This week only, for Xbox Live Gold members, Pinball FX reduced by 50% to 400 MSP. ($5 American greenbacks) This is one of my favorite XBLA titles, so if you're a fan of the pinball wizardry, I highly suggest you check it out. There's even a free DLC table up for grabs, with several additional ...
09.21.09 | Deals and Sales, Xbox Live Arcade | Read more
In a rare string of recent deals worthy of your attention, this week Microsoft discounts the venerable shooter, Ikaruga. This hard-as-nails shooter from Japan retails for $10, is now $5 just this week. (From 800 Microsoft Points down to 400.) If you like to bring the pain, and haven't check ...
07.14.09 | Demos, Xbox Live Arcade | Read more
This week's deal is N+ for half off. It's now 400 MicroSoftSpaceBucks, or $5 in human terms. This is a fun game, I really enjoyed the demo but didn't feel it was worth $10 at the time. I'll be plunging in, how 'bout you? ...
07.9.09 | Deals and Sales, Xbox Live Arcade | Read more
The latest from DICE is a quick and dirty version of Battlefield - 1943. Here is a review comment roundup: Edge Magazine: 9/10 "a perfectly sized, expertly crafted romp.... gives other download games their marching orders." OXM - Original Xbox Magazine: 75 + Large-scale, class based comb ...
07.7.09 | Games, Xbox Live Arcade | Read more
This week's Xbox Live Marketplace deal of the week is a $5 discount on Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix. Normally 1200 Microsoft Points ($15), this week only 800 MS points ($10). For fighting genre fans, this is a must have title. If you've been holding out on a better price, there's no ...
06.23.09 | Deals and Sales, Xbox Live Arcade | Read more
This week's Xbox Live Deal is Brain Challenge - an Arcade Game which has several games or tests which supposedly give your noggin the workout. It tells you what your current brain capacity is. I remember trying the demo when it came out, and was duly unimpressed, especially for $10. Maybe $5 ...
05.11.09 | Deals and Sales, Xbox Live Arcade | Read more
This new title looks pretty cool, a kind of cross between Worms and an iphone tank game called CannonGame. (which is fun and free, btw.) Slick looking graphics round out a decent sounding package - until you hear the price, that is. 1200 Mars Units - or $15 bucks to those here on planet earth ...
02.18.09 | Xbox Live Arcade | Read more
This was just released last week, and I was a bit hyped up for it. Not that I'm a huge hockey fan like my poutine-eating friends from the Great White North, but I love to play games with buds on my team, and I've recently been getting into sports games. I've not really been into sports much in t ...
02.17.09 | Xbox Live Arcade | Read more
Reminiscent of a bad acid trip from the 70s, Galaga Legions was released this week on Xbox Live Arcade. A frantic shooter with classic arcade roots, this title is pretty fun. I wasn't quite able to get a handle on the enemies coming from the right and left yet, but the new gameplay elements o ...
08.22.08 | News, Xbox Live Arcade | Read more
This game is another remake of a classic favorite for me. I can remember playing getting beat-up by the computer in the arcades many moons ago. The original was tough, and a quarter sucker, but I loved it. The remake faithfully captures the spirit of the original, but with new HD graphics. Defi ...
08.15.08 | Games, Xbox Live Arcade | Read more
