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by Richard on April 11, 2007
The cold hard facts on today's Live Arcade release:The addictive and original "Boom Boom Rocket" is the first music-rhythm game to appear on Xbox Live Arcade. Players trigger rockets to...
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by Richard on April 04, 2007
Sure, it's no Symphony of the Night, but I'm sure this is exciting to someone -- Luxor 2 is this week's XBLA release:In the second installment of the No. 1 casual game of 2005,...
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by Richard on March 30, 2007
With the great releases we've seen on the Live Arcade lately I suppose it was bound to happen -- we're back to crappy ports of old arcade games. This week's victim? Jetpac...
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by Richard on March 17, 2007
And the hits just keep coming -- this Wednesday will see the release of the PlayStation epic Castlevania: Symphony of the Night on the Live Arcade, for a mere 800 Microsoft Monopoly Points ($10, US.)...
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by Richard on March 17, 2007
Last month I asked Tetris Evolution: Why Isn't This a Live Arcade Game?, and apparently I wasn't the only one thinking it -- in a recent interview with Gaming Target, Tetris Evolution project...
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by Richard on March 05, 2007
Tired of hearing about all the features cut from Live Arcade titles to squeeze into that paltry 50MB limit? Microsoft is, too, and they've just announced that they've tripled the size...
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by Richard on March 04, 2007
When Microsoft asks you to please take down those screenshots you have of our new game, it usually doesn't mean that the game-in-question is just a rumor. While the pictures might be gone, we do...
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by Richard on March 03, 2007
Start hoarding your Microsoft Points: hot on the heels of the news that Worms had finally passed Live Arcade certification is the even better news that you'll be able to download the game as soon...
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by Richard on February 27, 2007
Browsing through the latest selection of Tetris Evolution screenshots at Gamespy, I can't help but wondering, to myself, aloud, "Why isn't this a Live arcade game? Wait, and why am I...
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by Richard on February 27, 2007
From the Team17 forums to your screen:Spadge (Moderator): The title has now passed certification and is good to go. We are now working with Microsoft with regards to finalising our release date....
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by Richard on February 26, 2007
Put down your pitchforks, raging mob -- Microsoft is finally giving us a Wednesday worth booting up your 360 for. That's right: we're getting to the good titles on that big list, specifically...
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by Richard on February 24, 2007
Games Are Fun brings us the good news: wing Commander is back, and headed to the Xbox Live Arcade. The new title is called Wing Commander Arena and will focus on multiplayer dogfights with up to 16...
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by Richard on February 22, 2007
I think we're all a bit bitter that Microsoft teased us by releasing that great big list of upcoming Live Arcade games and then delivered the worst titles first, followed by a...
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by Richard on February 20, 2007
I hope that you're having a good time playing those retro-hits Root Beer Tapper and Paperboy -- Microsoft decided that you probably need to catch up on your reading this week anyway and will be...
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by Richard on February 17, 2007
Gamasutra has a great interview with Microsoft's Live arcade games Portfolio Planner David Every -- the guy in charge of greenlighting games for the Live Arcade -- on what exactly your game needs...
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by Richard on February 13, 2007
That's right, boys and girls -- now you can relive your memories of being bored playing Paperboy in the arcade (or on the NES) by being being bored playing Paperboy on your $400 Xbox 360. Welcome...
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by Richard on February 06, 2007
Another Live Arcade Wednesday, another week without Worms -- but I'm sure that you can't wait to download this week's release, Root Beer Tapper:Order up bottomless, frothy fun this Xbox...
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by Richard on February 05, 2007
360-Gamer reports that Rare, the Microsoft-owned developer of the critically acclaimed financial flop Viva Pinata (among others), is hard at work on an XBox Live Arcade title:According to UK magazine...
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by Richard on January 31, 2007
Microsoft just released a list of ten new games headed for the Xbox Live Arcade this year:"3D Ultra Minigolf Adventures," from developer Wanako Games and publisher Sierra Online, allows...
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by Richard on January 19, 2007
Zootfly, the developer behind those cool Ghostbusters 360 videos just announced their Live Arcade debut, and XBLArcade.com has the first pictures: The game is called Toy Wars and there's no word...
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by Richard on January 18, 2007
EA recently announced their first Live Arcade title, and no: it's not a sports game. Boom Boom Rocket is a "rhythm music game" in which you fire rockets to the beat of (probably techno)...
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by Richard on January 15, 2007
Despite previous reports to the contrary it has been confirmed that Castlevania: Symphony of the Night will be the first Xbox Live Arcade title to break the Microsoft-imposed 50MB file size limit....
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by Richard on January 13, 2007
This week's Live Arcade release is Heavy Weapon, an arcadey shooter that puts you and your tiny tank up against an enemy army ground and air units. Heavy Weapon was developed by the ever-prolific...
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by Richard on January 11, 2007
Lucky journos attending CES are getting to play all kinds of great games, including the upcoming Live Arcade title Alien Hominid HD. Based on the cult-hit PS2/Gamecube game, Alien Hominid HD is a...
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