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X3F TV — XBLA in Brief: Outrun Online Arcade
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This week, we take Outrun Online Arcade for a spin. Offering plenty of tracks, tunes and some ridiculously long powerslides, Outrun has a lot to offer arcade racing fancs. Check out the latest episode of XBLA in Brief and decide if Outrun Online Arcade deserves a spot in your digital library.
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Guitar Hero World Tour Xbox bundles $99 at Wal-Mart
Now, we know that Guitar Hero World Tour isn’t nearly as a good as that other rhythm title, but if you’re a starving faux-artist on a budget, you might be interested to know that Wal-Mart is offering the Xbox 360 version of the full band World Tour bundle for a mere $99. We’d rather see [...]
Ninety-Nine Nights 2 details arrive in short supply
Ninety-Nine Nights 2 (N3-2 from now on, dig?) is on the way, though we’re certain few were asking for it, and the latest issue of Famitsu has revealed the first details. Siliconera says the feelplus-developed title now contains support for two players, and a photo of the article reveals a couple new characters in “Guren” [...]
The Beatles: Rock Band priced in Europe, UK
MTV Games this morning revealed pricing for the European and UK iterations of its upcoming Beatles-based rhythm game extravaganza, The Beatles: Rock Band. Aside from the already announced $250 US release, the “limited edition premium bundle” arrives in the EU at €199 and £179 in the UK.
The release makes no mention of the rumored [...]
See Space Invaders Extreme’s Xbox Live multiplayer
This is new footage from a new mode in a new version of an old game that itself was a new version of an old game. We’d need Doc Brown to sort out this Space Invaders Extreme multiplayer footage for us, so we’re not even going to try to understand. We’re just going to watch [...]
Lost Cities no longer found on XBLA
We’ve confirmed with Major Nelson that the now-aptly named Lost Cities has disappeared from Xbox Live Arcade. Apparently, not too many folks were actually looking for the game, as our inbox holds an overlooked tip about its missingness dating back to March 4th.
The game was published by Sierra last summer, but we presume that those [...]
Assassin’s Creed 2 teaser lacks gameplay, oozes melodrama
Following an unveiling in Game Informer and the launch of an official website, Assassin’s Creed 2 has spawned its first teaser trailer. This is typically a time of great excitement in the build-up to a highly anticipated game; it’s when we usually get a sneak peek — however brief — at gameplay. [...]
New Halo Wars dev blog talks unit balance
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In the latest Halo Wars developer blog, lead technical designer Tim Deen discusses the game’s unit balance. Most Halo Wars fans are probably familiar with the game’s “Rock, Paper, Scissors” (or RPS) balance, but Deen goes into extreme detail, even providing the complex chart seen above. If you’d like to move beyond RPS [...]
Bayonetta gearing up to hair-kick demons in Fall 2009
In Tokyo last night, Sega quietly announced plans for a “simultaneous worldwide release for Fall 2009″ of action/hair manipulation game Bayonetta. New screens revealed at the event show the game’s heroine battling enemies on the side of a building, unleashing her guillotine on another and fighting a really, really shiny dragon. Would we expect any [...]
Terminator: Salvation trailer includes sweet action, bad voice acting
Grin is on a licensed game streak, having taken the reigns on Capcom’s Bionic Commando reboot, breathing digital life to Mark Millar’s Wanted and now shining light on Linda Hamilton’s dark vision of the future in Terminator: Salvation. Based on what we’ve seen and our hands-on impressions, Terminator: Salvation has potential; however, the voice [...]