Xbox Live Marketplace and Live Arcade discussion Part III

[Flawless]

Re: Xbox Live Marketplace and Live Arcade discussion Part III

Can't wait for this.

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[rdmcfall]

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Woah...Limbo looks incredible. I'm a sucker for the artsy games (Braid, etc.), and that art style is SICK.

I just picked up Winterbottom for 400 points...very good puzzler. I'm just killing time until Crazy Taxi comes out. I had to have put 100 hours into it back on the Dreamcast...can't wait for the XBLA version.

[Buckeye]

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What are some good demos out there?

[DTX3]

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Anyone planning on buying Blacklight: Tango Down tomorrow?

[jmood88]

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Can't wait for this.

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I can't wait for that game and every time I see the new stuff coming out on XBLA it amazes me how far it has come from the beginning when it was just ports of really old games.

[Flawless]

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Destination Arcade: New XBLA 'visual browser'

Unencumbered by legacy Xbox support, this year's Xbox 360 Dashboard update promises to be a big one. And while E3 may have been a bust for those of us eager to learn about the bi-annual update, we are getting some information piecemeal, starting with last week's Hulu Plus announcement and now, this week, we have Destination Arcade, a "brand new recommendation engine & visual browser app" coming to Xbox 360s ... next week!

There's not much information on the new browser app, but we do know you'll be able to sort by price and community rating, find out about "the latest arcade releases through a news feed" (sort of like this one!) and, seemingly replacing a piece of pre-New Xbox Experience functionality, the ability recommend games to friends and see which games your friends have recommended. You can find some pics of the new service in the gallery below.

[The GIGGAS]

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It looks really cool, and I selfishly hope that the first screen is just using an RSS feed that I could find and stick on my Google Reader.

[CaptainZombie]

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Those are some very pretty looking menus.

[Buckeye]

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Might get Risk downloaded?

[The GIGGAS]

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http://www.joystiq.com/2010/07/06/summer-of-arcade-xbla-games-dated-and-priced/

Like last year's Summer of Arcade, purchasing all five games in this year's lineup entitles the buyer to a 1200-point rebate (essentially buy four, get one free). Additionally, if you buy three of the five, you'll get 400 MSP back! As for the release schedule:

* Limbo: July 21
* Hydro Thunder Hurricane: July 28
* Castlevania: Harmony of Despair: August 4
* Monday Night Combat: August 11
* Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light: August 18

All are 1200 points or 15 dollars.

[jmood88]

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Limbo is the only one I want.

[Sandman42]

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I might get Monday Night Combat. Have to see how impressions are from that game.

I downloaded RISK Factions yesterday and if you're a fan a of Risk its a fun game to play.

[SinisterAlex]

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I saw the visual browser images on Major Nelson's blog.... only for US it seems.... *sigh*

[bkfount]

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Destination Arcade: New XBLA 'visual browser'

The whole xbox platform could go for some better sorting options. With all the content they have, stuff gets buried in the clunky NXE menus. I had to go through their website to download some indie games I was recommended, because it would have taken forever to find them on the dashboard.

I'm also not a fan of how they bury your download history to some far corner of the mini blades, and you have to scroll down walls of text for every piece of downloaded content you ever got to find the one XBLA game you're looking for.

[cake612]

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Anyone planning on buying Blacklight: Tango Down tomorrow?

Downloaded it and played for a little while. It ran really smooth, no lag at all for me and I really like the gameplay. I'm definitely a fan of it so far and will be putting a few hours into it, worth the 15 bucks. Add me if anyone wants to play.