15 years ago
Redefining a Genre: Skulls of the Shogun Aims to Add Accessibility; Keep Depth
The following article is based around an email interview conducted by our team with Jake Kazdal, CEO of Haunted Temple Studios. For the uninitiated, Haunted Temple Studios is currently developing Skulls of the Shogun for Xbox Live Arcade for Spring 2011 release.
Skulls of the Shogun is a turn based strategy title. Players take on the role of a Samurai General who was betrayed by one of his closest allies and slain in the moment of his greatest victory. Awakened in the afterlife, he finds the same opponent has betrayed him again in death. As a result, he begins a rampage trashing the laws of the Samurai afterlife as he seeks revenge.
Trials HD hides secrets…and squirrels?
Trials HD developer Red Lynx has released a somewhat spooky (it is almost Halloween afterall) video showcasing some of the secrets hidden within it’s XBLA title. Alot of the secrets will be new to many and the video notes there are more still to find. It ends with the chilling revelation that there are Squirrels hidden in the darkest corners of the game. Frightening indeed. Click below to see the video for yourself. Read More
5th Cell reveal their XBLA title
Scribblenauts developer 5th Cell have been teasing an announcement this week, well the teasing is over! Their next game will be a post-apocalyptic third person shooter called Hybrid. Click through for more info and the teaser trailer. Read More
15 years ago
G. Rev skip shops, go digital-only with new title.
G. Rev, developers of SHMUP title Senko no Ronde have decided for their next title to skip stores all together, and go XBLA only. Will this become a common trait? No one can say for sure, but we can say that this title looks very interesting! Full details after the jump!
15 years ago
Super Meat Boy soundtrack now available
Indie title Super Meat Boy is a great game for many reasons (just read our own Kaitlyn Chantry’s review to find out why), but it also has a fantastic soundtrack. …
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15 years ago
Hydro Thunder Hurricane Tempest Pack Review (XBLA DLC)
Hydro Thunder: Hurricane was developed by Vector Unit and published by Microsoft. The full game retails for 1200 Microsoft Points. The Tempest DLC pack retails for 400 Microsoft points. A copy of the DLC was provided to us for review purposes.
Back in August, we reviewed Hydro Thunder: Hurricane for XBLA and gave it a Try rating. This wasn’t to say the game suffered from significant flaws, but we questioned if the game could hold attention long enough to match its $15 value for the majority of players. Clearly it could, as two months later, the game’s online community is still thriving and Vector Unit has released their first piece of DLC.
The Tempest Pack for Hydro Thunder: Hurricane contains three brand new original maps (Atlantis, Castle Von Boom and Bermuda), two new, original Boats (the super agile Whiplash and the slip-slidery Psyclone), one new skin for every boat in the game, six X-Boats (upgraded to expert versions of current boats) and of course 50 additional Gamerscore.
MNC Free DLC Named: Spunky Cola Special
In the final day of the Halloween reveal, Uber Entertainment saves all the best for last. The November DLC, that is free has been named. Spunky Cola Special looks absolutely hot, and I can’t wait! Read More
15 years ago
GamePeople: How Case Zero Found Dead Rising’s Soul
The following article may or may not be representative of the beliefs of the XBLAFans Editorial Staff. It has been republished with permission from GamePeople: The destination for everyday artisan video game reviews. To read the article as originally published click here.
Dead Rising Case Zero presents as a zombie death demo for Dead Rising 2, the main event. Underneath however is a tale about the importance of the father/daughter relationship – albeit one with distracting zombie killing all around it.
I’m a fan of all things zombie. Films might be typically shallow and mindless but I’m always happy to watch them as long as they have some undead walking the streets. It was a similar tale for the first Dead Rising. Visceral and fun yet I have no recollection of it ever being particularly powerful in its storytelling.
15 years ago
Update: XBLA Fans Caption Contest: Win a copy of Dream Chronicles
So Dream Chronicles just launched on Xbox Live Arcade today. We are currently writing up our review, but we talked with some of the awesome people working on the …
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15 years ago
Wednesday XBLA Releases
It’s Wednesday again, and you know what that means! New games, and this week there are 4, and one of them is free! Read on for a full dossier on each title.