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by Richard on December 25, 2007
After a brief hiccup last week Sensible World of Soccer is now again available for download on the Live Marketplace. I gave the demo a whirl and while I appreciate the 16-bit graphics and simple...
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by Richard on December 19, 2007
TempestFirst up to the Live Arcade plate this week is Tempest (One of the two inspirations for Space Giraffe, the other being A Whole Lot of Weed, Man.) Vector graphics might have wowed audiences...
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by Richard on December 14, 2007
Arkadian Warriors Ex-MMO-addicts like myself will appreciate Arkadian Warriors, which seems to be a simple Diablo-esque action RPG where kindly old NPCs tell you to go to some dungeon and kill 15...
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by Richard on November 26, 2007
They're really digging deep now - this week's Live Arcade release is asteroids. Yes, that Asteroids:Save the earth from a deadly deluge of asteroids and re-experience the beloved arcade...
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by Richard on November 21, 2007
This week's Live Arcade release is Undertow, an underwater Geometry Wars in which you control a member of a team of scuba-diving pirates and battle for control of (aptly named) control points....
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by Richard on November 15, 2007
This week's Live Arcade releases are completely forgettable and Microsoft feels so bad about that that they're giving away a good (dare I say, great?) game for free: Carcassone. Okay, so...
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by Richard on November 08, 2007
Switchball: In Switchball you take control of a heroic marble, rolling your way across floating stages, battling that ever-present menace: the wooden box. Think Monkey Ball without the monkeys. Or the...
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by Richard on October 31, 2007
Wondering what games are coming up soon on the Xbox Live Arcade? Well, look what I found snuck into a recent press release...this list of upcoming XBLA titles:• "N+"(Slick Entertainment...
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by Richard on October 31, 2007
Yet Another Twin-Stick Shooter or not you just might find yourself enjoying this week's Live Arcade release - Mutant Storm Empire. While it's easy enough to ignore the string of Geometry Wars...
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by Richard on October 22, 2007
While first announced many moons ago (okay, announced this May) the Live Arcade version of the PSP puzzle-platformer Exit will finally be available for purchase this Wednesday:Taito's Exit...
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by Richard on October 21, 2007
Cylons beware - Sierra Online's upcoming Battlestar Galactica game lands on the Live Arcade this week:The overhead space shooter packs ships and settings from the critically acclaimed series,...
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by Richard on October 18, 2007
It's a weird week for the Live Arcade. Up first is Every Extend Extra Extreme - a sequel to a PSP game:"Every Extend Extra Extreme" from Q Entertainment is a frenetic race for survival....
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by Richard on October 12, 2007
If you can pry yourself away from Halo 3 (or The Orange Box...or one of the other million new games released this month) for a few minutes you might want to give this week's Live Arcade release a...
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by Richard on October 07, 2007
tetris addicts looking for their next fix will be more than happy to pony up the 800 MS Points for Tetris Splash on the Live Arcade. And then 50 MS Points each for all of the "fish packs"...
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by Richard on October 05, 2007
A new carcassonne expansion called King & Baron was quietly released on the Live Marketplace this week. In addition to seven new tiles the expansion also adds some scoring changes - the player...
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by Richard on August 31, 2007
It's a port-tacular week for the Xbox Live Arcade - this Wednesday will bring the release of Fatal Fury Special and Cyberball 2072:Rediscover the arcade classic game "Cyberball 2072™"...
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by Richard on August 27, 2007
No, that's not the sound you make when chewing on pinecones - this week's XBLA release is none other than Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD remix:One of the most popular puzzle games of all...
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by Richard on August 20, 2007
This week the XBLA gets two full games and there's not a single crappy arcade port to be seen. The first release is Space Giraffe, a shooter that may or may not take place in space but...
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by Richard on August 15, 2007
The Live Arcade steals another game from the Virtual Console this week - ECCO the Dolphin. And just like the other Sega classic releases the Live Arcade version is $3 US cheaper and comes with better...
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by Richard on August 11, 2007
Yes, I'm late with XBLA Wednesday again. Don't worry, though, it's not like anything cool came out - just Track and Field. Yes, that Track and Field. The one your cousin had on the NES,...
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by Richard on July 31, 2007
The upcoming Xbox Live Arcade four-player co-op side-scrolling beat-em-up castle crashers (from Behemoth, the developer of Alien Hominid) was on display at the recent San Diego Comic Con and...
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by Richard on July 31, 2007
According to a press release on Evil Avatar Indian developer Gameshastra has scored the rights to convert everyone's favorite knob-twisting drawing toy, the Etch A Sketch, into a game for the PC,...
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by Richard on July 30, 2007
This week the Live Arcade gets its next Uno - Spyglass board games:# Full featured games: Four classic board games to choose from. Play Chess, Checkers, Mancala, or Reversi.# Video integration with...
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by Richard on July 30, 2007
XBLA Wednesday is late this week as I wanted to wait until my 360 got back from the repair center before blogging about the release of Wing Commander Arena for the Live Arcade - I've been a fan...
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