Xbox Live Marketplace and Live Arcade discussion Part III

[Pared]

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Ahh, Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3. I knew it was something like that.

And yes, apparently they released the game while I was in Canada. Bastards snuck that one by me!

[Cyros]

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Well I contacted Infogrames - the company that created Test Drive Le Mans for the dreamcast, to make the effort to bring one of the best console sim racing games made about GT and Le Mans Protorype cars to the Xbox 360 Arcade. I will call as well since I speak some french and the infogrames headquaters is in France.

I will also contact AM2 to see if they are willing to come out with the Dreamcast version of F355 challenge as a downloadable game as well as an introductory to the new version that is supposedly coming out soon.

Talk about dedicaton. I wasn't sure infogrames was even still around.

[bjf1377]

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Well I contacted Infogrames - the company that created Test Drive Le Mans for the dreamcast, to make the effort to bring one of the best console sim racing games made about GT and Le Mans Protorype cars to the Xbox 360 Arcade. I will call as well since I speak some french and the infogrames headquaters is in France.

More power to you if you can get anything accomplished. I logged some SERIOUS hours with Test Drive Le Mans when it first came out and I still have to put it in my top 5 favorite driving games I've played

[The GIGGAS]

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http://kotaku.com/5022546/xbla-this-...olf--tee-it-up

Schizoid and Golf: Tee It Up! this week.

Giving a hard look at the golf title. Don't know much about Schizoid other than the fact that it's an XNA title that seems to be played better w/ 2 people.

[callmetaternuts]

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Im amazed at how much stuff i can d/l for free. Never went online with my 360 bc i dont have wireless adapter. I hooked up hard line yesterday, downloaded about 10 demos, some good stuff.

[Flawless]

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Puzzle Quest: Galactrix Preview

D3 came by the TeamXbox offices recently to show us the latest on its Puzzle Quest sequel, subtitled Galactrix. The XBLA title builds off the addictive gameplay concepts that were at the heart of last year’s Challenge of the Warlords, but puts some fresh spins on it as well, so that the new game is familiar and fresh at the same time.

Vigilante 8: Arcade Hands-on

Remember back in the mid to late-90's when vehicular combat games were all the rage? Twisted Metal, Interstate 76, and Destruction Derby were at the forefront of the charge, but bringing up the rear was a little title known as Vigilante 8. It gained a following, spawned a sequel and wound up drifting harmlessly into the annals of gaming, most thought to never be heard from again. Now, around the game's tenth anniversary, Xbox Live Arcade users are being given the chance to experience a remake of the Vigilante 8 series, all for the low cost of 800 Microsoft Points come this fall.

Just recently we were sent a handy-dandy Xbox 360 memory card containing the needed files to play a very early build of Vigilante 8: Arcade from Isopod Labs. The game packs in more content than most will be used to from a simple ten-dollar download. Thankfully for those looking forward to the release, everything looks to be on track for V8: Arcade to be one of the few must-own XBLA games.

[Flawless]

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Posted back in February.

Duke Nukem 3D XBLA

Duke Nukem Forever is not the only 3D Realms title coming to home video game consoles in 2008. Miller also confirmed the existence of a downloadable Xbox Live Arcade version of Duke Nukem 3D, which will feature on-line multiplayer support, Xbox Live achievements, on-line score boards, and a co-op mode.

"We're really excited about bringing classic Duke to the 360," said Miller during an interview. "We're talking to Microsoft about getting a release slot sometime this year."

Classic shooter gets new features for XBLA

Yeah baby! Ok, so Duke Nukem 3D was the shooter for the redneck in all of us… frantic action, pig-cops for bad guys and the added feature of being able to throw money at scantily clad dancers.

So rumours have been circulating that Duke Nukem 3D is heading to XBLA very soon and though we haven’t been able to get a definite launch date, we have turned up so more info. What we have managed to uncover is a brief list of the new features being added to Duke Nukem 3D to bring it in-line with what today’s gamer is looking for in a shooter.

First off, there’s going to be at least 39 levels of action for you to unlock as you follow Duke’s return to Earth to find that alien space maggots have taken over the police force, corrupting officers and chasing after our babes. The wonderful Pipe Bomb makes a welcome return as does the brilliant Shrink Ray and Freezer… but there’s more to come.

Your score will be show on an XBLA leaderboard so your mates can see how much you rock and of course there’s a bunch of achievements to get grab too. Completely new is the ‘painless death system’, that will allow you to rewind the play back to pretty much any point in the last few minutes of play. Handy if you get your *** kicked or just if you want to play a section through a second time to try it differently. This ties in the new User Clip system which will allow you to record, upload and share your favourite Duke moments, purely for bragging rights purposes.

And finally there’s the multiplayer side with online MP co-op games and up to 8 player deathmatch… and having cut my online gaming teeth with Duke over serial cable all those years ago, I’m particularly looking forward to that one.

Anyway, that’s all we’ve managed to discover for now, we’ll keep you posted as soon as we have anything else.

Hail to the king, baby!


Also, listening to the IGN Game Scoop podcast, they said Microsoft is going to announce a very big XBLA game on Monday at their conference. All the editors would say is it's awesome and very very cool.

[Flawless]

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Too Human demo goes up on Monday

Too Human breaks the genre barrier by combining elements of both action and RPG genres. Play as Baldur, the cybernetic Norse god, who refuses to turn humanity over to the machines, and experience this new style of gameplay in the demo exclusively available on Xbox LIVE before the game hits retailers (Gold membership required for early access). The demo features part of the first level of the game and will be available beginning Monday, July 14, at 2 A.M. PDT.

I thought we would get a large chunk of gameplay with the hub world, cyberspace and all, and have a level cap. "part of the first level" sounds like it will be pretty brief.

[ExtremeGamer]

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Posted back in February.

Duke Nukem 3D XBLA



Classic shooter gets new features for XBLA




Hail to the king, baby!


Also, listening to the IGN Game Scoop podcast, they said Microsoft is going to announce a very big XBLA game on Monday at their conference. All the editors would say is it's awesome and very very cool.

Think it's Duke?

I saw the achievements and the proof it's out there and the share site. That's a game I cannot wait for.

[Cyros]

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Too Human demo goes up on Monday




I thought we would get a large chunk of gameplay with the hub world, cyberspace and all, and have a level cap. "part of the first level" sounds like it will be pretty brief.

That does sound a bit dissapointing.

[ExtremeGamer]

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Portal Still Alive announced for XBLA

http://kotaku.com/5024946/portal-sti...ox-live-arcade

[The GIGGAS]

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Portal Still Alive announced for XBLA

http://kotaku.com/5024946/portal-sti...ox-live-arcade

SWEET.

[Flawless]

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Banjo-Kazooie Hops on Live Arcade

At its E3 press conference, Microsoft announced that Rare's original Banjo platformer will be released this year for the Xbox Live Arcade. The game will feature slightly upgraded visuals and the long awaited "stop and swap" functionality originally promised at its release more than 10 years ago.

Many will remember that the first Banjo-Kazooie game promised to interact with Banjo-Tooie. That didn't pan out, but that feature will finally be realized on Xbox 360. By finding specific items in Banjo-Kazooie on Xbox Live Arcade, you will be able to unlock things in Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts.

[bkfount]

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Banjo-Kazooie Hops on Live Arcade

banjo, OMFG.

That game aged well, and i was playing it the other week. Glad to hear they implemented the feature that got pulled from the N64 version. I even got the eggs and ice key on my n64 with a gameshark.

[The GIGGAS]

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OMG... I swear I don't love M$...

I swear, I have open-source OS!