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The XBLA generated record revenue in October with $11.2 million in sales, according to a new report from market research firm Forecasting and Analyzing Digital Entertainment (FADE).

The sales are up 91 percent from last year in October, and helped the download service break the $100 million mark for year-to-date revenue.

Here’s the list of the top ten selling titles for October, 2010:

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Pac-Man Championship Edition DX was developed and published by NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc. It was released on XBLA on October 17th.

Over the years, we have seen hundreds of Pac-Man remakes. Most of them have been awful in the opinions of Pac-Man enthusiasts. The only iterations that have been well received have been the ones that stayed very close to the original recipe. Without a doubt, Pac-Man Championship Edition was the clear fan favorite of Pac-Man remakes. At least that was the case, until now. Pac-Man Championship Edition DX is everything a Pac-Man fan could have dreamed of, and more. Read More

Xbox Live has decided this year to join in on the fray! Microsoft will be offering a week-long sale extravaganza from 11/23/2010 until 11/29/10 with a new deal each day, including such titles as ‘Splosion Man, Secret of Monkey Island, and Halo: CE. Full details after the jump!

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Guwange is a vertical scrolling shooting game, launched in Japanese arcades in 1999.  Set in the Muromachi period of Japanese history, Guwange tells the tale of the “Shikigami users”, hosts to ghostly avatars called Shikigami. Unlike other CAVE shooting games, known for their fighter craft and destructive machinery, the heroes of Guwange walk across the demonic landscape on their quest to rid themselves of the Shikigami curse, cutting a swath through enemies.

You have to click read more to get my thoughts on it now.

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Costume Quest, Double Fine’s recent and very popular XBLA title, will be getting some new content in the shape of the ‘Grubbins on Ice’ DLC.

The new content will …
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Considering their last two games, Penny Arcade Adventures and Deathspank, were released on XBLA it may not come as a surprise to learn that HotHead Games’ next game Swarm …
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1 vs 100 apparently wasn’t a big enough success to get another season on Xbox Live. But if a rating by the Australian classification board is to be believed …
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That’s right, another promotion where you get money back! While not nearly as good as last months (Spend $20 get $10 back on nearly all items) it is still good. Full details after the jump.

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Remedy’s psychological thriller Alan Wake will be making his debut on Microsoft’s Games on Demand on November 23rd, as I stated in the title. It’s strange to see a …
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That’s right, you heard it here first: The Behemoth has delayed BattleBlock Theatre. Obviously this is not the best of circumstances, but there is a silver lining to this storm cloud, details after the jump.

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