Super Stardust HD developer lifts the lid on Outland

Posted by Chris Holmes at 1:53pm on September 3rd, 2010

Housemarque (the development team behind Super Stardust HD) has announced that its next title after Dead Nation will be Outland. It’ll be downloadable game on the PlayStation Network and the Xbox Live Arcade. Ubisoft have picked up the publishing duties. Outland is a platform shooter that’s set in a branching jungle environment. Players have to switch between light and dark forms to deal damage to light and dark enemies and dodge light and dark attacks. An official release date is yet to be announced.

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Ubisoft announces Bloody Good Time

Posted by Chris Holmes at 1:14pm on September 3rd, 2010

Ubisoft has announced Bloody Good Time for the Xbox Live Arcade and Steam (PC). The game is a multiplayer shooter running on Valve’s Source engine. Essentially, the Bloody Good Time puts players on a Hollywood set and lets them decide what they want to do. It supports up to eight players and features lots of weird and wacky weapons like frying pans and explosive remote-controlled rats amongst usual gun fare. A release date is yet to be announced.

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Bangai-O coming to the XBLA

Posted by Chris Holmes at 3:45pm on September 2nd, 2010

Treasure has confirmed that Bangai-O is coming to the Xbox Live Arcade. The 360 incarnation will be called Bangai-O HD: Missile Fury. Apparently, there are over 100 levels to play with and a level editor to make your own and share them with friends.

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Xbox Live Marketplace release schedule for the week of 31/8/10

Posted by Chris Holmes at 8:03pm on August 31st, 2010

Microsoft has confirmed the Xbox Live Marketplace release schedule for the next two weeks:

Xbox Live Deals of the Week

September 5th: Select Resident Evil content

September 13th:

BUST-A-Move Live! (400 Allards)

Gyromancer (800 Allards)

Tower Bloxx Deluxe (400 Allards)

Puzzle Chronicles (400 Allards)

Xbox Game Add-Ons

September 2nd: Crackdown 2 Toy Box (Free; 560 Allards for more content)

September 7th: Mass Effect 2 Lair of the Shadow Broker (800 Allards)

September 7th: Dragon Age: Origins Witch Hunt (560 Allards)

September 7th: Rock Band Snoop Dog 8 Single Tracks (160 Allards per track)

Xbox Live Arcade

September 8th: Plants vs. Zombies (1200 Allards)

September 8th: Dance! It’s your Stage (800 Allards)

September 15th: Sonic Adventure (800 Allards)

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Xbox Live Game Feast promotion detailed

Posted by Chris Holmes at 7:51pm on August 31st, 2010

Major Nelson has confirmed what Microsoft has up their sleeves with the Xbox Live Arcade Game Feat promotion. It starts on September 29th and finishes up on October 20th. Here’s the release line-up in the promotion:

September 29th: Hydrophobia (1200 Allards)

October 6th: Comic Jumper (1200 Allards)

October 13th: Pinball FX 2 (Tables purchased individually, but a free import from Pinball FX)

October 20th: Super Meat Boy (Price yet to be confirmed)

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Super Meat Boy coming to XBLA on October 20th

Posted by Chris Holmes at 12:30pm on August 31st, 2010

Team Meat has confirmed that Super Meat Boy will be debuting on the Xbox Live Arcade on October 20th. The game will be part of a new Microsoft Game Studios promotion called “Game Feast”. Apparently, Super Meat Boy will be the main course in the Game Feast.

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Space Invaders: Infinity Gene coming next month on PSN/XBLA

Posted by Chris Holmes at 11:57am on August 31st, 2010

The official website for Space Invaders: Infinity Gene has confirmed that the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade versions of the game will be released next month. Infinity Gene was released on the iPhone last year and it received good reviews from critics.

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Shank Review

Posted by Matt Purslow at 4:32pm on August 26th, 2010

The second 2D scroller available this week is Shank; downloadable from both Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network. A bloody action beat-em-up, can Shank stand out from the already star-studded crowd of downloadable titles released this summer?

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Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game Review

Posted by Matt Purslow at 3:36pm on August 26th, 2010

This year’s Xbox Live promotion, Summer of Arcade, has certainly been filled with some pretty superb titles. From the artsy Limbo to the madness of Monday Night Combat, there’s been something for all tastes.

This week we get another two great-looking 2D side-scrollers, first of which is Scott Pilgrim vs The World: The Game.

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Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter dated for XBLA

Posted by Chris Holmes at 5:35pm on August 24th, 2010

Devolver Digital has confirmed (via the medium of twitter) that Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter will be released on the Xbox Live Arcade on 22nd September. The PC version of the game was well-received when it was released a while back. The Xbox Live Arcade version has been in the pipeline for a while thanks to the testing and submission process for the game leading to regular delays.

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DeathSpank sequel announced

Posted by Chris Holmes at 4:49pm on August 24th, 2010

EA and Hothead Games have confirmed that they will be bringing a DeathSpank sequel next month. It will be called “DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue”, and is due out on the PSN on 21st September and the Xbox Live Arcade on 22nd September for 1200 Allards. The storyline will take place across a war-torn continent from the North Pole to the high seas as DeathSpank seeks to find and destroy six mystical thongs.

“We’re taking action RPG fundamentals and adding loads of new creatures, environments, weapons and characters, while continuing to push the envelope with our signature humour,” said Vlad Ceraldi, director of game development at Hothead.

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Suda51’s new game announced

Posted by Chris Holmes at 2:27pm on August 19th, 2010

Suda51 and his Grasshopper studio (most recent work includes the No More Heroes series) will co-develop a new game for the PlayStation Network and the Xbox Live Arcade. The game will be called “Sine Mora”, and the team will partner with Digital Reality to get it out. That title means “without delay” in Latin, which is quite apt as Sine Mora is a side-scrolling shooter with time manipulation gameplay. No one has said how much it’ll cost or when it’ll be released yet. Apparently this will be the first in a range of games from the duo.

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Downloadable Red Faction game announced

Posted by Chris Holmes at 3:25pm on August 16th, 2010

THQ Digital has announced a downloadable Red Faction game for the PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade. The title officially goes by the moniker of “Red Faction: Battlegrounds”, and it’s an isometric arena combat game apparently. It will feature four-player co-op and will allow players to unlock items for Red Faction: Armageddon. A release date and price have yet to be confirmed.

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Tim Schafer’s next game called Costume Quest, coming this autumn

Posted by Chris Holmes at 12:07pm on August 11th, 2010

THQ has announced that they will be publishing Costume Quest, the next title from Tim Schafer and his development studio Double Fine. The game is a third-person adventure RPG, set during a Halloween night. You play as a trick-or-treater and have to collect sweets, points, cards, battle stamps and mission assignments as you potter about the neighbourhood.

Costume Quest will be released this autumn as a downloadable title on the Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network, with a sequel coming in early 2011. “We wanted to make a big impression with these, our first downloadable games ever,” Schafer said. “So we are coming out swinging with two great adventures from two of the most creative minds in the company.”

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Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light to launch without online co-op

Posted by Chris Holmes at 1:29pm on August 9th, 2010

Square Enix has confirmed that Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light will be released on the Xbox Live Arcade without its online modes (online co-op, leaderboards and voice chat). They will be patched in at the same time as the PC and PSN versions are released on 28th September. The game will be released on 18th August in a one-month timed exclusive deal.

Apparently, five downloadable content packs will be released for the game between October and December on all platforms. The first three DLC packs will add “new puzzle, exploration and combat experiences and new areas to explore”. The last two will add some new playable “well-known videogame characters”.

Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light will set you back 1200 Allards on the Xbox Live Arcade and $14.99 on the PlayStation Network and Steam.

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