11 years ago
Weekly Roundup: December 8 – Middle-earth, Minecraft and modifications
Weekly Roundup compiles all the biggest news stories, reviews and features from the week into one handy post on the weekends.
A solid week for Xbox Live Arcade. We’ve got some big releases and DLC to pour over, a lot of great games on the horizon and a few impressive milestones for XBLA favorites. What did you pick up this week? Are you battling for Middle-earth? Hitting monster combos in Tony Hawk, or pitting historic figures against each other in fantasy duels to the death?
12 years ago
What we are playing: June 24
With Summer of Arcade looming on the horizon, we dip back into some recent hits to tide us over.
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12 years ago
XBLA sales figures for the month of April
Before we go marching on into the land of statistics… Yes the following figures are based on leaderboard data. No it’s not entirely accurate. It is, however, the best barometer we have. Onward!
It’s been a fine two months. We’ve seen the likes of Trials Evolution and Minecraft shatter records, Fez and The Walking Dead revitalise dusty genres and titles like Skullgirls and The Pinball Arcade bolstering genres with an already strong showing on XBLA. Not to mention Fable: Heroes, The Splatters and Anomaly Warzone Earth rounding out a special 8 weeks.
Rewind a little to April and actual sales data isn’t quite as cheery, at least not across the board. As usual, Gamasutra has the full rundown.
12 years ago
What we are playing: May 27
A bit of a lull in XBLA games this week, but nothing Trials Evolution can’t plug.
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12 years ago
What we are playing: April 22
What we are playing is a weekly column published on Sunday. Select members of the team talk about the games they’ve been playing over the past week and which they’re …
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12 years ago
What we are playing: April 15
What we are playing is a weekly column published on Sunday. Various members of the team let the world know which games have had them hooked over the past week …
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