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Released today,

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Bellator: MMA Onslaught - 1200msp, 1.91GB.

Spelunky - 1200msp, 157MB.
 
As if things couldn't get better, I see there's finally a decent looking pool game on the way, brand new Joe Danger and brand new Zuma! This year is ridiculous!

And today is all about Spelunky!
 
Family Fry said:
Re: Joe Danger 2 placeholder date, dev tweeted to me saying.

"News to us! Better get this game finished quick!"
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I might have been the other guy they replied to with you. :)

The 8/29 date makes sense. They've said for a long time now this game was coming in the summer. Summer of arcade runs though the middle of August. So that doesn't really leave a lot of time for the game to come out of it's going to meet it's "summer" target.

I suspect the current date is the target, but of course there is a chance it could slip into early September.
 
Family Fry said:
Joe Danger 2, 2 weeks after summer of arcade, very nice indeed.
Man It's going to be an expensive summer.

Also on xbox.com

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July 11th is it's listed date, supposed to be 800 MSP.
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Very excited for this one. I played the heck out of the first one on Live. I believe it was actually my very first XBLA purchase.
 
UraMallas said:
Very excited for this one. I played the heck out of the first one on Live. I believe it was actually my very first XBLA purchase.
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Same here. I spent more time playing Zuma and Hexic than any launch title when the 360 dropped. Been waiting on Revenge for a while now.
 
Finally got around to trying Jeremy McGrath's Offroad. Good graphics, 60 fps. The physics are a tad light and the Speed Wheel is ineffective because of pitch for landing and RB/LB in menus, but it's a pretty solid rally racer.
 
bjork said:
If you're reading this thread and you don't own ilomilo, please address this glaring omission from your library.
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Grisby said:
Ilomilo is a great game. Fantastic price for that guys.
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Thank you for the recommendation, picked it up for 400pts through the Sales App, enjoying it a lot. A very charming, quirky little game.

The sales app is becoming my first point of call when I turn on the xbox, if only to try my luck on the daily scratch game.
 
Hey guys, I am not sure if this is the right place to write this, but a word of warning.


DO NOT BUY NINJA GAIDEN BLACK on Xbox Live Market place.

Its busted and does not download more than 2 gigs.


I have spoken to MS and they told me they can't do shit as Tecmo-Koei hosts the files.


I lost 800 MS Points.
 
Unregistered007 said:
Hey guys, I am not sure if this is the right place to write this, but a word of warning.


DO NOT BUY NINJA GAIDEN BLACK on Xbox Live Market place.

Its busted and does not download more than 2 gigs.


I have spoken to MS and they told me they can't do shit as Tecmo-Koei hosts the files.


I lost 800 MS Points.
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That's terrible :/... Aren't they gonna give you your money back?
 
Unregistered007 said:
Hey guys, I am not sure if this is the right place to write this, but a word of warning.


DO NOT BUY NINJA GAIDEN BLACK on Xbox Live Market place.

Its busted and does not download more than 2 gigs.


I have spoken to MS and they told me they can't do shit as Tecmo-Koei hosts the files.


I lost 800 MS Points.
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umm, kick up a fuss, you will get a refund, also, fairly certain MS hosts all content themselves
 
BruiserBear said:
That's pretty much what they told a few of us on Twitter yesterday when we asked them about that date. It's going to really bum me out of it gets pushed much further than early September.
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Me too. Loved the first one. Bought it on PSN and 360 and will also get the iPhone version.
"If the date is real, then it's genuinely news to us, and we better get this game finished real quick. " definitely does not sound like we can expect the game very soon.
Maybe MS will make some kind of "Fall of Arcade" like they did 2 years ago with "Game Feast". I can definitely see this being part of it.
Still hope we get it sooner, though.
 
Class3 For The PC
We are (very) excited to announce that Class3 will be available on the PC.
It’s tempting to leave it at that. Read on for more:

Almost since the moment we announced, we’ve been seeing threads, emails, posts, and carrier pigeons begging for us to consider a PC version of Class3.

Now that we’ve got the basic development done and are into the polish phase of production, we took a look at our options. Our main priority (besides making you a kickass game) was not delaying the XBLA launch. We determined that we could launch a PC version shortly after the Xbox version without affecting our development schedule. Microsoft was into the idea as well, and offered us their full support.

We are doing our development on the Xbox. The interface is designed for the Xbox, and we assume you’ll be playing Class3 on the couch with your feet up. Making a PC version available just turns out to be simple enough to make it worthwhile.

Really, it was a no brainer. Doesn’t set us back, and makes a few million people happy? Bring it on!
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Awesome.
 
So, apparently, the Playstation Blog mentioned Frogger HAE is coming out July 10th (well, 11th for us) on PSN and XBLA:

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Frogger’s coin-op thrills are back and better than ever! Jump into the action with classic and brand-new game modes that expand on Frogger's classic run-and-dodge gameplay. Customize your game board with different skins, from the modern neon style of HYPER ARCADE to the 8-bit sprites from Castlevania and even CONTRA! Throw down against friends or the CPU in up to 4 player matches to find out who's really the top frog!
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Anyone here looking forward to this? Throwback stages to Contra and Castlevania are pretty nice, but I wonder if this can do for Frogger, what CE did for Pacman...
 
Hopefully with all these other random Arcade games getting announced for right before or during SoA, we see JSR HD before the end of the month.
 
Berek Halfhand said:
1200 for Spelunky is insane. No thanks.
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Insanely good, yes.

Maybe if it was JUST the single player, no updates to the original, and an unpolished trainwreck that needed a patch or 2 to get right... but this game comes out polished right out the gate, the extra modes and multiplayers is all a worthy addition to the game, and the core game is several levels more refined than even the freebie original.

Quite a worthy release, one of my better non-fighting ones this year, easily!
 
SAB CA said:
So, apparently, the Playstation Blog mentioned Frogger HAE is coming out July 10th (well, 11th for us) on PSN and XBLA:
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That looks... horrible. Happy to judge it properly when it comes out, of course, but those screenshots are among the worst screenshots I've ever seen for a game.
 
Never got the chance to play Nights back in the day so looking forward to it.

Xbla is on such a roll that I think I could just stop buying retail games and still have more than enough to occupy my time.
 
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