Articles tagged with 'xbla'

The Secret of Monkey Island 2: Special Edition announced for XBLA

Thursday, 11 March 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

Surprise! The phenomenal success of Monkey Island: Special Edition has led to the original sequel getting its own Special Edition. Okay, it's not surprising. But it's awesome ...

Today on XBLA: Scrap Metal

Wednesday, 10 March 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

Cars, guns, explosions - it's just what I asked Santa for! And now I won't have to wait around for some pre-diabetic reindeer fancier to bring it for me either - Slick Entertainment's Scrap Metal delivers cars, guns, and explosions in one convenient , pre-Xmas package right NOW ...

EA announces Shank, DeathSpank for XBLA

Friday, 05 March 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

Industry icon Ron Gilbert (The Secret of Monkey Island) and Hothead Games have been working on action RPG Deathspank for ages now, but it looks like the project has finally secured publishing, with EA chucking cash at them for the rights ...

Crystal Dynamics announces Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light

Thursday, 04 March 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

It's a new Tomb Raider game, but they've chucked the "Tomb Raider" bit. Now it's Lara Craft and the Guardian of Light. Because if it sounds like an Indiana Jones movie, people will want it ...

XBLA Block Party kicks off with Toy Soldiers

Wednesday, 03 March 2010 Steven De Klerk

Microsoft's Xbox LIVE Arcade Block Party promotion kicks off today with the release of the strategy game, Toy Soldiers ...

Blacklight: Tango Down announced for XBLA

Tuesday, 02 March 2010 Henry Dowling

Ignition Entertainment and Zombie Studios have announced that they are hard at work on Blacklight: Tango Down, a dowloadable "AAA-quality" military shooter under development for the Xbox LIVE Arcade, set for release later this year ...

Ska Studios announces The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile for XBLA

Thursday, 25 February 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

Ska Studios has announced a sequel to Dream.Build.Play 2007 winner and last year's XBLA cult hit, The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai. Like its predecessor, The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile is a 2D action platform, with loads of gore and gristly bits. The game also introduces new weapons, including the unambiguously titled Violence Hammer and Painkiller, and plays out over two solo character campaigns, 50 arcade challenges, and something called the Dish Challenge ...

Today on XBLA: Fret Nice, Greed Corp, Lazy Raiders

Wednesday, 24 February 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

It's a bumper pack day on XBLA, with three new titles out and about and hustling for your cash. That's assuming anyone even cares, since we're all playing Borderlands DLC today, right? Right. Anyway ...

Xbox LIVE Marketplace release schedule [March]

Wednesday, 24 February 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

March is Block party month, but there's more to it than that. Major Nelson's chucked out an Xbox LIVE Marketplace release schedule, so you can print out a calendar and start marking off the days ...

XBLA Block Party promotion: Free MS Points and LIVE subs

Tuesday, 23 February 2010 Tarryn van der Byl

It's the XBLA Block Party, and Microsoft wants you to come to the Block Party so much, they'll give you 400 MSP and an extra month on your Xbox LIVE Gold subscription to do it. Terms and conditions apply, of course, and this includes buying all of the Block Party titles and the Game Room app by 31 March 2010. So that's ...