Posts Tagged ‘Xbox Live Arcade’

July 19, 2010 | Mike Rose

Limbo (Xbox Live Arcade) Walkthrough and Achievement Guide

This is a full, step-by-step guide to completing Xbox 360 Live Arcade platformer Limbo. The solution to every single puzzle is here in full detail.
If you’re looking for a particular puzzle solution, trying using the Find ability in your browser (Ctrl+F in most browsers) and search for a keyword to the puzzle – e.g. spider, [...]

July 15, 2010 | Erik Johnson

Eye Catching: Pirates of New Horizons Officially on Our Radar

The quad squad of Exit Strategy Entertainment seems to be cooking up something very nice in their upcoming unity-powered third-person action adventure platformer Pirates of New Horizons. In development for nearly two years, the game is grabbing some buzz on the heels of its recent announcement, debut screenshots and trailer (below) of a female space pirate [...]

July 14, 2010 | Erik Johnson

DeathSpank released, Gilbert wants more XBLA/PSN titles with “real meat on them”

Hothead Games’ anticipated action RPG DeathSpank has arrived on PSN and Xbox Live Arcade, and is now available for respective console owners to purchase and download.
Players assume the role of the wanderer DeathSpank, described as a “Dispenser of Justice, a Vanquisher of Evil, and a Hero to the Downtrodden.” Throughout your travels you search for [...]

June 27, 2010 | Erik Johnson

LIMBO Priced, Set For ‘Summer of Arcade’ Release

Playdead has announced that its puzzle platformer LIMBO will be part of Xbox 360’s annual ‘Summer of Arcade’ promotion, running 1200 MS Points ($15) when it arrives later this season.
The dev notes that we’ll still have to ’stay tuned’ for a specific release date but now we certainly know its coming soon. A build of the [...]

June 17, 2010 | Erik Johnson

Preview: Super Meat Boy [E3]

Super Meat Boy. It’s arguably the most anticipated game we have or ever will mention on this site; with legions of fans already on board thanks to the original Meat Boy release. Nearing a year of development time, the game is agonizingly close to its launch–and subsequent global takeover.
I was delighted to find a playable [...]

June 3, 2010 | Erik Johnson

Defense Grid: Resurgence Map Pack 1 Hits PC, Xbox 360

Hidden Path Entertainment has announced the release of the first ‘Resurgence’ map pack for its stellar tower defense title Defense Grid: The Awakening, now available for purchase and download on Steam and Xbox Live.
The initial release of the premium expansion pack brings two of the eight new downloadable maps being offered up for the game. [...]

May 24, 2010 | Geoff Gibson

Microsoft, It’s Time to Allow Self-Published Xbox Live Arcade Titles

Way back in 2004, Microsoft launched a, then practically unknown, digitial distribution channel on their popular Xbox gaming platform known as the Xbox Live Arcade. It was the very first digital distribution platform on a major console and, even today, it continues to be the best. But that doesn’t mean that it’s perfect.
Earlier this month, [...]

April 11, 2010 | Arsen Nazaryan

Published Indie ‘The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom’ Coming to Steam

It seems from time to time the mainstream community becomes entranced by an indie game. In this case, The Odd Gentlemen created a silent film-style puzzle platformer that has every major game publication raving about its creativity and originality. But us indie gamers are no strangers to creativity and originality. That being said, The Misadventures [...]

March 9, 2010 | Geoff Gibson

Spelunky XBLA New Screenshots Released

If there’s a more charming tomb-raiding/treasure hunting adventure game then I certainly don’t know of it. Spelunky, which has been free on the PC for a couple years now, is also in the process of being ported to the Xbox Live Arcade in a sort of “HD remix”.While that means the game will, invariably, cost [...]

January 26, 2010 | Peter Rambo

Darwinia+ Releases on XBLA Feb. 10

After a long wait, Darwinia+ will finally be showing up on home consoles Feb. 10. Way back in 2006, Introversion Software intended to do a simple port of IGF-award-winner Darwinia for the Live Arcade service. In this video, CEO Mark Morris says Microsoft asked for multiplayer, and rather than just tack another mode onto [...]

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