Posts Tagged ‘XBLA’

Aug
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Plants vs. Zombies, Game Feast, Crackdown 2, Dragon Age, Mass Effect 2 DLC and more coming to LIVE next month

Written by Phil Meza posted under DLC,Games,Xbox 360
Plants vs. Zombies, Game Feast, Crackdown 2, Dragon Age, Mass Effect 2 DLC and more coming to LIVE next month

Xbox LIVE Marketplace is the destination for downloadable content over the next month, it seems. Microsoft has a bevy of new XBLA games, DLC, festivities and more in the wings, and it’s all been wrapped up nicely for your viewing pleasure. Xbox LIVE Arcade: – August 31: Dead Rising 2: Case Zero (Capcom) – 400 [...]

Aug
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XBLA’s Game Feast promotion announced, Super Meat Boy, Hydrophobia headlining

Written by Phil Meza posted under DLC,Games,Xbox 360
XBLA’s Game Feast promotion announced, Super Meat Boy, Hydrophobia headlining

We’ve had the Xbox LIVE Arcade Block Party and Summer of Arcade. Now it’s time to make room for Game Feast. Microsoft’s newest promotion centered around the world of exclusive downloadable Xbox 360 games was unveiled today, and is slated to begin in September, wrapping up with Team Meat’s Super Meat Boy on October 20th. [...]

Aug
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Robots, spacemen invading Toy Soldiers in new DLC

Written by Phil Meza posted under DLC,Games,News,Xbox 360
Robots, spacemen invading Toy Soldiers in new DLC

One of Xbox LIVE Arcade’s best releases from the Block Party earlier this year, Toy Soldiers, is getting new DLC. Signal Studios have announced the futuristic “Invasion” add-on, which is set to drop in September, for an unknown price. Invasion takes Toy Soldiers to infinity and beyond, adding three single player levels, two multiplayer maps, [...]

Aug
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Online sales of Xbox LIVE Arcade games through Amazon no longer available

Written by Phil Meza posted under DLC,Games,News,Xbox 360
Online sales of Xbox LIVE Arcade games through Amazon no longer available

Frequenters of Amazon.com’s handy Xbox LIVE Marketplace section are in for a bit of disappointment: the store is no more. Microsoft and Amazon entered into a partnership last year that allowed the online retailer to sell download codes for XBLA titles, using real money, letting you skirt the dreaded “I have no/I hate using Microsoft [...]

Aug
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Avatar Superstars Poker leaked by OFLC, likely for XBLA

Written by Phil Meza posted under Games,Leak,News,Xbox 360
Avatar Superstars Poker leaked by OFLC, likely for XBLA

What’s that you say, a game where you can use your Xbox 360 Avatars to virtually play poker is right up your alley? Holy double rainbows are you in luck, then! A recent OFLC listing has revealed an unannounced game from Microsoft called, fittingly, Avatar Superstars Poker. What does it mean?! The listing is all [...]

Aug
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Plants vs. Zombies battle to the death on Xbox 360 September 8th

Written by Phil Meza posted under Galleries,Games,News,Xbox 360
Plants vs. Zombies battle to the death on Xbox 360 September 8th

Plants vs. Zombies‘ long-awaited Xbox LIVE Arcade port was given a vague “early September” launch date last month, but that’s ridiculous. When exactly is “early September”? Thanks to PopCap, we know now that September 8th is the day in which foliage and shrubbery with engage in a battle with the undead on Xbox 360. When [...]

Jul
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Plants vs. Zombies invades XBLA in September

Written by Phil Meza posted under Games,Industry,News,Xbox 360
Plants vs. Zombies invades XBLA in September

It’s coming! After the Achievements were outed over the weekend, today PopCap officially confirmed Plants vs. Zombies is shambling towards the realm of Xbox LIVE Arcade in September. A long wait it’s been. For the console port, seven game modes, two new multiplayer modes in the form of co-op and versus, 12 Achievements and 21 [...]

Jul
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Summer of Arcade begins with Limbo, Destination Arcade this week

Written by Phil Meza posted under Games,News,Xbox 360
Summer of Arcade begins with Limbo, Destination Arcade this week

It’s summertime, and starting this Wednesday a gaggle of brand new, hotly anticipated LIVE Arcade titles finally arrive with the start of Summer of Arcade. On Wednesday, July 21st get into the spirit of things with the first release of the 4-week long promotion: Limbo, a gorgeous black and white platformer/puzzler long in the making. [...]

Jul
1

XBLA’s Destination Arcade delayed a week, to be available for a limited time

Written by Phil Meza posted under Delay,Games,News,Xbox 360
XBLA’s Destination Arcade delayed a week, to be available for a limited time

Xbox LIVE Arcade’s free Destination Arcade design overhaul has slipped a tiny bit, dear readers. Though Microsoft planned to drop the new (U.S. only) recommendation engine and XBLA browser redesign this Wednesday, Major Nelson informs that the application won’t be released until July 21st, as part of the first week of Summer of Arcade, and [...]