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XBLA (Xbox Live Arcade) News, Announcements, Reviews, and Impressions Thread

I've gotta say, very impressed by the gamepad controls in Terraria. Really makes me wish they would retrofit the PC version with the same. Very curious to see how that game hits with console players.
 
If you are interested in a free Toy Soldiers and a free The Maw, just go to this website and fill the gaps with this info (it's hidden):



thank you! i love you!

Umm for reason it gives me an error when trying to redeem the codes, maybe they are region locked? weird


Edit: They just worked right now, weird. But who a shit free games!
 
If you are interested in a free Toy Soldiers and a free The Maw, just go to this website and fill the gaps with this info (it's hidden):



Wow. That did indeed work. I've passed them up in every sale so far, but I'll give them a solid try for free.

It's one thing to expect that people aren't going to share codes, but it's another entirely to let the same person reuse the same code. Weird.
 
Wow! I didn't even know they could bundle games together like that on XBLA. I will definitely get this if the price isn't too outrageous.

Up until this announcement, the line has always been that they can't.

I bet Capcom just loves having launched a bundle friendly concept like Capcom Arcade Cabinet in such a confusing way on XBLA because they "couldn't" just do bundles like on PSN, and then a month later Microsoft announces this...
 
This seems to at least be a really hacky way around it, if it's an actual new item on the marketplace rather than a selectable option.
 
http://majornelson.com/2013/03/28/play-to-earn-from-xbox-live-rewards/

Games coming in April,

BattleBlock Theater
Double Dragon II
God Mode
Monaco
Motocross Madness
Sacred Citadel


And next months xbox live rewards promo is,

Play to earn with MyPunchcard,
  • Play 20 hours of any combination of arcade games, receive a free avatar item
  • Purchase any four arcade games for 400 Microsoft Points or more from Xbox LIVE, receive a one month Xbox LIVE Gold membership
  • Spend 3200 Microsoft Points on arcade games, receive 800 Microsoft Points in return.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD3eqS6kQV8
 
http://majornelson.com/2013/03/28/play-to-earn-from-xbox-live-rewards/

Games coming in April,

BattleBlock Theater
Double Dragon II
God Mode
Monaco
Motocross Madness
Sacred Citadel


And next months xbox live rewards promo is,

Play to earn with MyPunchcard,
  • Play 20 hours of any combination of arcade games, receive a free avatar item
  • Purchase any four arcade games for 400 Microsoft Points or more from Xbox LIVE, receive a one month Xbox LIVE Gold membership
  • Spend 3200 Microsoft Points on arcade games, receive 800 Microsoft Points in return.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD3eqS6kQV8

Damn, that is a pretty good line up for April!
 
If you are interested in a free Toy Soldiers and a free The Maw, just go to this website and fill the gaps with this info (it's hidden):



Doesnt seem to be working anymore, I got blank spaces where the code should be on the email. Tried it on two different emails for The Maw and same result, blank space. Thanks though!

It's US only, that could be why.
hmmm so an IP from Puerto Rico would make it not give me the code? :( My account is US
Just wanted the maw but i dont really feel like doing proxy thingyo
 
Doesnt seem to be working anymore, I got blank spaces where the code should be on the email. Tried it on two different emails for The Maw and same result, blank space. Thanks though!


hmmm so an IP from Puerto Rico would make it not give me the code? :(
Just wanted the maw but i dont really feel like doing proxy thingyo

Don't bother with proxy, they most definitely run out of codes.
Everybody is getting blank spaces.
I think there are only Toy Soldiers codes left.
 
This seems to at least be a really hacky way around it, if it's an actual new item on the marketplace rather than a selectable option.

It'll just be like a "season pass" in any other game, surely? You'll download the games as DLC or something, like Family Game Night did.
 
Look, for once, we actually KNOW what's coming out on XBLA next month! Should just date them all, and start the Promotion of each...

Wonder how much of that becomes oddball friday releases, and how much will release on a normal Wed... we know DDII Is a Friday release.
 
Look, for once, we actually KNOW what's coming out on XBLA next month! Should just date them all, and start the Promotion of each...

Wonder how much of that becomes oddball friday releases, and how much will release on a normal Wed... we know DDII Is a Friday release.
God Mode is Friday on Steam. This is what the XBLA wiki lists out:

Code:
BattleBlock Theater	The Behemoth	April 3, 2013
Double Dragon II: Wander of the Dragons	Barunson Interactive	April 5, 2013
Motocross Madness	Bongfish	April 10, 2013
Sacred Citadel	SouthEnd Interactive	April 17, 2013
God Mode	Old School Games	April 19, 2013
Monaco: What's Yours is Mine	Pocketwatch Games	April 24, 2013
 
And next months xbox live rewards...rl]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD3eqS6kQV8
Interesting. So we could possibly combine the offer of spending 3200 Microsoft points on XBLA games and get 800 back with the one day April 1st deals related to the "Spring Sale" (assuming there is XBLA games in that sale) and the possibility of XBLA games being in the Microsoft Studios sale that goes from April 2 - April 8.
 
God Mode is Friday on Steam. This is what the XBLA wiki lists out:

Code:
BattleBlock Theater	The Behemoth	April 3, 2013
Double Dragon II: Wander of the Dragons	Barunson Interactive	April 5, 2013
Motocross Madness	Bongfish	April 10, 2013
Sacred Citadel	SouthEnd Interactive	April 17, 2013
God Mode	Old School Games	April 19, 2013
Monaco: What's Yours is Mine	Pocketwatch Games	April 24, 2013

Cool, thanks! It'd give Beat 'em-Up / Hack 'n Slash fans a bit of a break between Double Dragon and Sacred Citadel, GodMode gets to come out with it's own day, the month begins with one of the biggest XBLA draws, and ends with a pretty hype'd Indie effort. Hopefully, the Friday releases can get some good attention this month, Atlus knows how to promote games tied with them pretty well, so not as much worry for it being swept aside, compared to other such games.

Not sure if it was posted, but here's a Sacred Citadel Interview from Pax 2013. I love how they're so secrative about their 4th character class, wonder if that means it's unlockable?

Haven't watched any GodMode stuff in a while, though I could be pretty interested in it, if it fills in that "Spawn: In the Demon's Hands" Arena-combat niche well.
 
Concerning The Maw and Toy Soldiers: a friend of mine doesn't want the codes I got him so here goes. Please don't take them if you already have the games. YOUR FREE ARCADE GAME CODE - THE MA... TOY SOLDIERS: 43TQC-M6J3F-9M7HV-PRMHG-FYJTZ
 
Is Sacred Citadel done by the Ilomilo devs? I want to watch that dev video above but my sound is out on my laptop right now, :(
 
BattleBlock Theater
Motocross Madness
Sacred Citadel
Monaco

Those games have me covered for April, BattleBlock and Monaco being the highlights.
 
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