Summer of Arcade
Giveaway: Summer of Arcade Game Pack
WINNER ANNOUNCED: Congratulations to Shaw E. for winning the full set of 2012’s Summer of Arcade titles! An email has been sent to the associated email address. If no response is received by this time on Wednesday, a new winner will be selected (if no update on Wednesday, the prize has been claimed). Thanks for participating, and good luck in the future! This year’s XBLA Summer of Arca...[Read More]
Review: Dust: An Elysian Tail (XBLA)
Every year Microsoft runs the Dream Build Play contest, where game developers create or submit indie games they’ve been working on. What do they usually win? Money, and of course a contract to create an Xbox Live Arcade title. Maybe you remember a game called The Dishwasher: DeadSamurai, which was a previous winner of the contest. Many of the games that are listed within the indie section of...[Read More]
Review: Hybrid (XBLA)
I have a varied history with shooters. I absolutely adored Rise of the Triad and Counter-Strike, and spent my fair share of time playing some of the other standards of the genre, but even so, I never once considered myself a real fan of the genre as a whole. Over the past few years, this has shifted somewhat, and I now find a shooter as one of my favorite games of this generation, much to my surpr...[Read More]
Review: Deadlight (XBLA)
For the past few days, I’ve been playing nothing but Deadlight, and I’ve definitely been enjoying myself a lot. Developed by Tequila Works and published by Microsoft Studios, Deadlight is the third title in this year’s XBLA Summer of Arcade promotion. There has been a major oversaturation of the zombie market over the past few years, but when a game does it right, the oversaturat...[Read More]
Giveaway: Wreckateer (XBLA)
WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Congratulations to Terry and Rob H. for winning XBLA codes for this week’s Summer of Arcade title, Wreckateer! Thanks for participating, and good luck in the future. Summer of Arcade started last week with Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD, and continues this week with Wreckateer, from Iron Galaxy Studios. A Kinect game, Wreckateer puts you behind a ballista with various typ...[Read More]
Review: Wreckateer (XBLA)
To be honest, I was less than enthused about Wreckateer in the lead-up to this year’s XBLA Summer of Arcade promotion. I hadn’t had the opportunity to play it hands-on anywhere, and it sounded like a rehash of Angry Birds with castles and goblins instead of birds and pigs. I hate Angry Birds. I seriously saw Angry Birds branded Cheese Nips at the grocery store last night, and they were...[Read More]
Review: Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater HD (XBLA)
Music is a very strong memory anchor. To this day, over a decade later, any time I hear Lagwagon’s “May 16th,” or Millencolin’s “No Cigar,” or Goldfinger’s “Superman,” I suddenly find myself grinding the helicopter blades in Hangar, or taking that first rolling ramp down into the Warehouse, or pulling off my first 900, or any of the various oth...[Read More]
Summer of Arcade Release Dates and Prices
We’re getting closer and closer to this year’s Summer of Arcade promotion for Xbox LIVE, which will highlight five titles as usual. During the Microsoft presser at this year’s E3, the titles included in the 2012 Summer of Arcade promotion were revealed, and today, Major Nelson has revealed the release dates and prices for each of the five promoted titles. As an added bonus, purch...[Read More]
Review: Crimson Alliance (XBLA)
Certain Affinity’s Crimson Alliance certainly attracts captivated audiences contentedly attacking creatures amok. By which I mean, it’s good. If you purchased or otherwise received all five of this year’s Summer of Arcade titles, you should know what Crimson Alliance is, as it was the free reward. If you did not, then this is your introduction: Crimson Alliance is a hack-and-slas...[Read More]
Review: Toy Soldiers: Cold War (XBLA)
A day may come when 2011’s XBLA Summer of Arcade ends, when we find that the event is over and the anticipation begins to fade, but it is not this day. A day of woes and lonely MSP, when the year-long wait begins anew! But it is not this day! …It’s Wednesday, and the last charge of 2011’s XBLA Summer of Arcade event is being lead by Signal Studios’ sequel to Toy Soldi...[Read More]
Review: Fruit Ninja Kinect (XBLA)
You know, there’s this old (crappy) joke: “I just flew in from (insert city name here), and boy are my arms tired!” Let’s freshen it up for the times, shall we? Hey guys, I just played three days of Fruit Ninja Kinect, and boy are my arms, neck, shoulders, and upper back sore! When I first heard that Fruit Ninja, an iOS game I was very familiar with, would be heading to XBL...[Read More]
Review: Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet (XBLA)
Calling your game “Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet” creates an expectation right off the bat. Is the planet shadowy? Is the planet twisted? And most importantly, is the twisted, shadowy planet INSANELY twisted and shadowy? The name alone creates a list of criteria that must be met. Does Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet (say that five times fast), the third entry in this year’s Summe...[Read More]
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