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XBLA Wednesday: Final Fight: Double Impact
16 years ago

XBLA Wednesday: Final Fight: Double Impact

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Final Fight: Double Impact was released on Xbox Live Arcade earlier today. The game contains both Final Fight and Magic Sword and features an arcade cabinet view …
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Blacklight: Tango Down – meet “The Order”
16 years ago

Blacklight: Tango Down – meet “The Order”

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Blacklight: Tango Down is a first-person shooter created for hardcore shooter fans by Ignition Entertainment and Zombie Studios, and it’s coming this summer to …
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Machinarium’s XBLA Refusal and more: The original interview with Amanita Design’s Jakub Dvorsky
16 years ago

Machinarium’s XBLA Refusal and more: The original interview with Amanita Design’s Jakub Dvorsky

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This interview was conducted at the Casual Connect 2010 conference in Hamburg. It was used for a short article that created a lot of buzz about Microsoft turning down the chance to publish Machinarium on Xbox Live Arcade by Microsoft. Although our focus is Xbox Live Arcade related content, our editorial staff agreed that the following is an exception due to the recent circumstances.


Jakub Dvorksy, currently the lead designer at the Czech indie studio Amanita Design, is the original founder of the studio and brought together the team of creatives and artists that have been responsible for the highly acclaimed point and click adventure Machinarium. We recently had the pleasure of talking to this self-taught leader and look back at the history of the little studio in the Czech Republic.
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Machinarium refused for XBLA, moves to PSN instead *UPDATED*
16 years ago

Machinarium refused for XBLA, moves to PSN instead *UPDATED*

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Czech game studio Amanita Design, creators of the critically acclaimed PC point-and-click adventure Machinarium, recently announced that they are making plans to bring the game to different platforms. Asking …
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Microsoft Points Now Sold in Useful Sizes
16 years ago

Microsoft Points Now Sold in Useful Sizes

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So if you’re like us, you find Microsoft Points to be one of the most annoying things out there. For one thing, why couldn’t 100 points equate …
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Updated #1: Giveaway: Win a copy of Trials HD *CONTEST OVER*
16 years ago

Updated #1: Giveaway: Win a copy of Trials HD *CONTEST OVER*

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So the wonderful people over at Redlynx, have passed along three codes for Trials HD to us. As such, we’ve decided we want to give them to …
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Trials HD voted best of XBLA, creator gives discount on roots
16 years ago

Trials HD voted best of XBLA, creator gives discount on roots

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Bargain time! Finnish game studio Redlynx is celebrating the fact that Trials HD won ‘Best Overall Arcade Game on Xbox Live Arcade for 2009’ and is celebrating …
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Final Fight: Double Impact piledrives onto consoles
16 years ago

Final Fight: Double Impact piledrives onto consoles

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Capcom continues to lead the way in bringing classic titles to current consoles with Final Fight: Double Impact. The title will feature both Final Fight and Magic Sword, two …
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Xbox Live Arcade inventory blowout sale
16 years ago

Xbox Live Arcade inventory blowout sale

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FIRE SALE! That’s right, there’s a huge sale on selected Xbox Live Arcade titles through the rest of today only. Save 50% or more on the following …
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Xbox Live Arcade GOTY 2009 Awards
16 years ago

Xbox Live Arcade GOTY 2009 Awards

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Major Nelson has just published the Xbox Live Arcade Game of the Year awards as voted by players for 2009. The awards to Trial HD and Shadow …
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