13 years ago
XBLA gets “Black Friday” sale all week.
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!
13 years ago
Guwange Review (XBLA)
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.
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Halloween may be over but Costume Quest isn’t!
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.
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HotHead games preparing to Swarm XBLA
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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13 years ago
New XBLA promotion: Spend $20 get $5 back (on certain items)
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.
13 years ago
Alan Wake shines his light on Games on Demand November 23
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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13 years ago
The Behemoth crushes our hopes and dreams… until 2011
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.
13 years ago
Yars’ Revenge reboot revealed, will they finally get their revenge?
Yars’ Revenge was a science fiction game for the Atari 2600. You may have played it, and if you have you wouldn’t forget it. The game had you playing as one of the numerous Yars, a futuristic mutated house-fly that just wants their home back. Because you see, the Qotic (evil aliens, we presume) have destroyed all three. So you spend the game fighting them and getting your home back. The new title, however, is a departure from that. Full details and a trailer after the jump.
Users spend 1 Billion hours on Xbox Live every month
That’s according to some statistics that Xbox Live’s Major Nelson (Larry Hyrb) shared over on his blog. Those aren’t exclusively hours spent playing games however, those are “entertainment hours” which includes any time spent watching movies, listening to music or streaming tv shows. You can bet a significant amount of it includes Xbox Live Arcade games though.
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14 years ago
Gamestop’s new online storefront.
That’s right, B&M videogame chain Gamestop is moving into a new frontier, online distribution. What does this mean for us, the gamer? What does it mean for game developers? And what about Microsoft?! Well, read on to find out.