One of the best games from the Dreamcast is finally getting a proper sequel: Bangai-O! Those who played it remember it fondly; a version for Nintendo DS was released, but (despite being pretty good) it didn’t really have the same savor as the original. I have a feeling this new one is going to be the sequel I’ve been hoping for. It’s called Bangai-O HD Missile Fury, and the… → Read More
Get ready for Xbox Live Arcade to become a bit more useful. Microsoft’s Major Nelson announced today that there is a significant update to Xbox Live Arcade, including a new recommendation engine and visual browser system. → Read More
Get ready to throw down $15 Capcom’s Marvel vs. Capcom 2 via the PlayStation Network on August 13. Xbox 360 owners will get the downloadable title two weeks before on July 29. That is all. → Read More
Launching in conjunction with Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade, Capcom will release Marvel vs Capcom 2 on July 29 for 1200MS Points via Xbox Live. → Read More
Ahoy hoy, Bionic Commando fans. Capcom just passed this along to us and we wanted to let you know that starting today you can download Bionic Commando: Rearmed for half price on XBLA. It’s now 400MS points and the deal runs until June 3rd, so you’d better hurry. → Read More
Classic mech fighting game Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram is coming to the 360, but the proprietary control scheme (dual full-sized joysticks) isn’t exactly implemented well in the 360 controller. So what’s a Sega fan to do? Oh, how about hack a couple containers of Japanese candy onto the controller? → Read More
Ah, OutRun — one of my favorite games of all time. If you’re a fan of the series and you own an Xbox 360, perhaps you’ll join me in spending 800 points to download it. → Read More
Being the “Year of the Mouse”, China-based Ultizen Games announced today that Crazy Mouse will be available for download from XBLA starting tomorrow. The game features a crazy mouse that fancies himself a gastronomist like Remy from “Ratatouille” where you will attempt to make your way through 32 levels of maze-y fun. It’ll set you back 400 MS points or whatever they’re called, but you… → Read More
The utter nostalgic simplicity of Braid is making the indie developer swim in a lot of coin. Jonathan Blow’s game has already sold 55,000 copies and at $15 a pop, that works out to an impressive $825,000. Who knows how much he’s getting after Microsoft’s pimp tax but it’s got to be enough to cover his rent. So what are you waiting for, 55,000 fellow XBOX 360 players… → Read More
Just a friendly reminder that Capcom’s Bionic Commando: Rearmed will be out this Wednesday at 5AM EDT. And now here’s part 3 of the behind the scenes series. → Read More
In this great interview with Hironobu Takeshita at Gamasutra, the producer of the hotly anticipated upcoming Mega Man 9, the hardships and fun bits of developing an 8-bit game in the modern era are discussed. It’s as clear from this conversation as from all the shots and details leaked before that the dev team is in love with the old games and interested in exceeding them in ways that… → Read More
Oh yeah, baby. I’m going to beat this mother in one sitting no matter what. I’m really glad they went back to about the Mega Man 2 era in terms of skills and enemies since that’s the era I rock. I’m going to play some Mega Man tonight with “Eye of the Tiger” on in the background to get ready for this. → Read More
http://www.gamevideos.com//swf/gamevideos11.swf?embedded=1&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&src=http://www.gamevideos.com/video/videoListXML%3Fid%3D20105%26ordinal%3D%26adPlay%3Dfalse This game needs no introduction. Here’s a snippit of actual gameplay for the upcoming XBLA title. → Read More
There we go. Was that so hard? Was it so hard to make a totally awesome Mega Man game and then release it on all three consoles at once? They are doing so many things so right here. 1. Cross-platform love like never before 2. Retro graphics like — before 3. The Blue Bomber 4. Robot dragons History will look kindly on Mega Man 9, which I’m hoping is going to be every bit as hard and… → Read More
Your Xbox Live update will have to wait, according to Marc Whitten of Microsoft. There’s no dashboard update scheduled for awhile. Not only that, certain Xbox Live Arcade games will be delisted if they’re unpopular enough, something many fans may not like. Of course, those games have been out awhile and users will get a three-month notice before they’re pulled. We’re hoping… → Read More
http://www.gamevideos.com//swf/gamevideos11.swf?embedded=1&fullscreen=1&autoplay=0&src=http://www.gamevideos.com/video/videoListXML%3Fid%3D18565%26ordinal%3D%26adPlay%3Dfalse I think I’ll let the bionic arms do the talkin’ here. This highly-anticipated XBLA game is looking to be an unbelievable bargain: the full single-player remake of Bionic Commando from the NES, plus… → Read More
Microsoft held the inaugural Xbox LIVE Arcade Awards at this year’s GDC in San Francisco where 26,000+ users voted for their favorite XBLA games. There were 10 categories wherein finalists were determined by industry journalists. The winners for the first six categories were chosen by popular vote. The last four categories were determined by sales, gameplay data and by Metacritic score or… → Read More
It’s been about 10 months since we first told you that “Tron” would be coming to XBLA and I completely forgot about it as I’m sure most of you have done. Today, Disney announced that Discs of Tron will be available on the 13th of this month. Details of the game can be found here. The forum is now up and running as well. Don’t forget to hit the former link for a sweet… → Read More
We have a date! Well, not a date, but at least a release year. 3D Realms President Scott Miller said they were “talking to Microsoft about getting a release slot sometime this year.” Let’s hope DNF doesn’t pull a Daikatana. If you can’t wait for the next generation, maybe you’ll settle for the last. It’s popping onto XBLA with a co-op mode (score). I know… → Read More
Before I getting started, I would like to know if you guys want us to inform you of upcoming XBLA releases. Leave a comment if you hate it else I’ll keep going with the updates. Coming next Monday to a Xbox 360 near you is Ninja Gaiden Black, Sid Merier’s Pirates! and BLACK. Each game is 1200 Microsoft points. For our foreign readers, I should inform you that certain games won’t… → Read More
Listen up, XBLA fanatics. I’ve got codes for Mutant Storm Empire and Word Puzzle. Don’t ask me what the codes do because I have no idea, but I have them and now you, too, can have them. I’m not sure how many people can use the code so let’s shoot for the first five people to e-mail me, peter ha at crunch gear dot com with the subject line “XBLA Rules” and… → Read More
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