Xbox Live Marketplace and Live Arcade discussion Part III

[CS10029]

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Tried Exit, might be the most boring game I've ever played. Thank God for demos, promptly deleted it. Didn't even try Battlestar.

The Need for Speed demo doesn't work, I tried it a few times, it just sits at the car screen saying push A to begin. Well, A doesn't work, start doesn't work, nothing works other than going back to the dash. Very odd.

EA really are a bunch of winners over there.

[Dispatch]

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How come some one on my friends list is playing the Guitar Hero III Demo?

[USF11]

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How come some one on my friends list is playing the Guitar Hero III Demo?

Cause the demo is awesome!

[Flawless]

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Undertow to Make XBLA Splash Soon

Undertow, Chair Entertainment's promising underwater shooter, has an official release date. Gamers will be able to download Undertow on November 21 on Xbox Live Marketplace.

Undertow features a fifteen-level campaign (with option co-op play) and two multiplayer modes allowing up to sixteen players to go at it in the deep blue sea. Choosing from four unique upgradeable units, players explore vast levels underwater in a side-scrolling action shooter.

To celebrate the official release date, Chair has released a brand new trailer. This is just a taste of what Undertow has to offer. Check it out.

Trailer

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[Jistic]

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Puzzle Quest = Ultimate Time Waster. Way too addicting!

[fredropro]

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America's Army is up now multi player only.

[fishepa]

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Puzzle Quest = Ultimate Time Waster. Way too addicting!

Yep!

[Flawless]

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Codemasters talks Sensible Soccer XBLA - targeting a late November release

Eurogamer: What are the reasons for the delay? Is it down to the licensing issues surrounding player and/or team names?

Jim Brown: It's not down to player names, no - we wish it were that easy. SWOS hasn't hit the digital streets yet as it's simply not ready.

The title has been close to release for some time now in terms of number of outstanding blocking issues; however we've been unhappy with the quality of the network performance and have rewritten significant proportions of the network code.

Sensible Soccer is a brand that's very important to us and a game that's close to our hearts. Most of the team here in the Online division are lifetime gamers, and we strongly believe the title has to enjoy first-class performance over the internet if it's to retain it's position as the best football game ever. The very nature of SWOS' seminal twitch gameplay simply demands it.

We have that now, the current build in our Internet test lab is flying along - we're now re-debugging the network rewrite to cure de-synchronisation and disconnect issues (already fixed once on the old netcode) caused by the rewrite, which isn't easy when working in Amiga code from the early 90s.

We took the decision very early on to work with that code and unaltered gameplay, and we still feel it was the right choice. It's been frustrating, but we genuinely believe SWOS is a winner and want the title to play as we originally intended when we started this project.

[Flawless]

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Teamxbox says Switchball is coming next week.

Switchball Review - 9.4

I was a huge Marble Madness fan back in the day (the arcade trackball made it much easier), and I had a good deal of fun with Marble Blast Ultra, one of the games that proved Xbox Live Arcade’s true worth to me. Now, with Switchball Sierra Online is bringing us what may go down in history as The Greatest Ball Game Ever. It’s a great bit of addictive fun, offering a surprisingly long solo game and some fun co-op and multiplayer options.

Videos and Screens

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[The GIGGAS]

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Codemasters talks Sensible Soccer XBLA - targeting a late November release

I can't tell you how much I want to get my grubby little hands on that game.

[dave360]

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I enjoyed the America's Army demo. The co-op factor is pretty good IMO.

[Pete1210]

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Best Buy (in store) had the Mad Catz arcade game stick on clearance for $9.99. And it includes codes for 3 arcade games (Frogger, Astropop and Time Pilot). YMMV.

[ExtremeGamer]

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ESPN programming coming to XBL. NCAA games, shows, etc.

http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_archives/48988/20071105/microsoft_deals_to_download_espn_content_on_xbox/

[CaptainZombie]

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Best Buy (in store) had the Mad Catz arcade game stick on clearance for $9.99. And it includes codes for 3 arcade games (Frogger, Astropop and Time Pilot). YMMV.

Not a bad deal at all

[Altimus]

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ESPN programming coming to XBL. NCAA games, shows, etc.

http://www.realgm.com/src_wiretap_ar...ntent_on_xbox/

Saw this earlier today and the first thing I did was waste money on a HD game.