Jul
28

Microsoft announces release dates for Castle Crashers & more

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Today Microsoft announced that over the next five weeks, five of the most anticipated Xbox Live Arcade games will be arriving. According to their gamerscore blog:

” * July 30: “Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2” –  The latest version of the wildly popular retro shooter offers screen-melting intensity and insane new features, including six action-packed gameplay modes, new enemies, scoring strategies and a diverse list of exciting Achievements. “Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2” is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB and will be available at 800 Microsoft Points.

If you want to see of other four games, hit the jump. Continued…

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Feb
01

Sadface: Rock Band’s $0.99 songs are now full price

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A little while ago, I wrote up a news item about some cheap Rock Band downloadable songs. To be specific, I wrote about how songs by All American Reject, 30 Seconds To Mars and The Sounds were available to download for $0.99.

Today Xbox LIVE’s masters decided to change all that. If you were to go check out Xbox Live Marketplace right now, you would see that said songs are now $1.99. Now this isn’t really a big deal; I just wish that Harmonix would have announced that the $0.99 cost was temporary.

When asked about the pricing of future songs, an MTV/Harmonix spokesperson said that future $0.99 songs would probably “be the same situation, with the discounted price for a limited time.”

Let’s just hope that next time we get a little warning when songs are going to have a price hike.

Read: Cheaper indie Rock Band DLC raised to standard price.

Make sure to check out GGL’s new episode of Up All Night featuring Rock Band, as well.

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Jan
31

Poker Smash goes all in on XBLA Feb 6.

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This must be Xbox Live Arcade’s week. First it’s announced that Rez HD and Chessmaster Live come out today. Now we hear that next Wednesday, Feb. 6, Poker Smash is coming to XBLA.

Mixing elements of poker and Tetris, this unique hybrid is the flagship title of Void Star Creations. Featuring six gameplay modes (Action mode, Puzzle Mode, Practice Mode, Custom Playlist Mode, Split Screen Head-to-Head and Miltiplayer Tournaments), Poker Smash looks to be a well polished, unique puzzler. There has been no word of price, however I’m willing to bet it’s going to be 800 Microsoft Points ($10).

Read Poker Smash on XBLA next week.

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