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XBLA Wednesday: Summer of Arcade Week 3
12 years ago

XBLA Wednesday: Summer of Arcade Week 3

Get ready for the zombie apocalypse in Deadlight, check out the latest Trials Evolution track and see what Sales and Specials there is!
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Watch the platforming battle between Kurt & The Crook in Pid
12 years ago

Watch the platforming battle between Kurt & The Crook in Pid

Might & Delight’s upcoming Pid shows incredible promise in the platforming genre with team members that have worked on the XBLA classic Bionic Commando: Rearmed. We’ve seen The Opposition …
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Sunday Night Streaming: Dishwashing in The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile
12 years ago

Sunday Night Streaming: Dishwashing in The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile

The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile has been out for quite some time now, but if you haven’t played it you certainly should. This frenetic 2D hack n’ slash is one …
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Battleblock Theater has hit the code complete milestone
12 years ago

Battleblock Theater has hit the code complete milestone

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We know, we know, where is the Behemoth’s follow-up game to their 2008 smash hit Castle Crashers? We’ve seen Battleblock Theater countless times from this year’s PAX East to …
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Sonic Adventure 2 confirmed at San Diego Comic Con event
12 years ago

Sonic Adventure 2 confirmed at San Diego Comic Con event

A while back, a marketplace listing showed up for Sonic Adventure 2, the sequel to the original Dreamcast game. During the Sonic Boom event at the San Diego Comic-Con, …
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Quantum Conundrum DLC will be coming to XBLA
12 years ago

Quantum Conundrum DLC will be coming to XBLA

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Quantum Conundrum is finally being released this Wednesday and we couldn’t be more excited here from our early impressions to our upcoming review this week. But a couple weeks …
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Frogger: Hyper Arcade Edition leaps onto the marketplace today
12 years ago

Frogger: Hyper Arcade Edition leaps onto the marketplace today

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While Frogger: Hyper Arcade Edition has been known about for a while now, we still haven’t gotten a for sure release date currently. Showing up today out of nowhere, …
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Awesomenauts 1.1 patch notes released, DLC characters detailed
12 years ago

Awesomenauts 1.1 patch notes released, DLC characters detailed

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The rumors were true! Ronimo Games has confirmed Coco Nebulon and Derpl Zork as their upcoming DLC characters for their 2D multiplayer online battle arena game, Awesomenauts. Not only …
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Spelunky Guide – Tips, Tricks and Secrets
12 years ago

Spelunky Guide – Tips, Tricks and Secrets

 

 

Spelunky, Mossmouth‘s gift to the platforming and roguelike world, is not easy. In no capacity is it easy, and in fact as of writing I have died ~600 times. Sure, a lot of that was just to find information, but we assure you the death counts for this game will be in the thousands for most players. While every adventure through Spelunky results in a score, and surely that is important, the real goal here is to make it to the end and get the treasure spoken of only in whispers in back alleys and on forums. This guide has a deluge of tips and tricks for you to employ in your journey through Spelunky, as well as an ever growing account of all the secrets and unlockables in this game. Here’s the disclaimer:

Spelunky is first and foremost about adventure. It’s about failure, about dying, about losing, about learning from each and everything you see that inevitably kills you. Part of the glory of Spelunky’s design is finding out how things work, the nature of the AI and of the ever-changing environments. You should experience that, and you should do so without this guide. We recommend you not look at this guide until you’ve died at least 100 times. That said, if you’re frustrated, or if you have to find the secrets right-just-now, we welcome you to enjoy our wealth of information.

We have no intention of spoiling the whole game for you, so the secrets and unlockables are on their own page, away from the tips and tricks. That said, there are plenty of spoilers in here as well, but we have separated each and every collection of tips by section of the game to which they pertain. Everything you’ll experience for the majority of your “newbie” experience is just below and none of it is entirely shocking, though there’s much useful information there. At the very bottom of this guide is our tips to completion, and they include information from every single thing, including the secrets, but they’re also our most comprehensive (and tested) tips for success. We wish you luck, adventurer. Read More

Spelunky Guide – Secrets and Unlockables
12 years ago

Spelunky Guide – Secrets and Unlockables

Welcome to the super secret section of our guide! The content is secret… not… not the guide. Spelunky is rife with “Did you know?”s and “Where IS this place?”s, and it’s our job to try and find them. Actually, it’s your job, but if you’re having trouble it’s our job to help! Not sure why you need to find these things? Well if you want to complete your journal, you’ll have to make your way through every nook and cranny of this game. We’ve cataloged each and every secret we could find, but as far as we know there are still much more out there, lurking in the roguelike shadows of this game. This guide will be updated as myself and the community discover new things. Please email me at todd@xblafans.com if you find something not in the guide. If you’re not ready to see all the secrets, head on back to the Tips & Tricks page. Read More