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Gamespot hands on with Carcassonne

At this point, it looks like Carcassonne will be a good fit for the Xbox Live Arcade service. With its simple but addictive gameplay and support for up to five players, it could offer a nice change of pace from more action-oriented competitive multiplayer games. We'll bring you a full review when the game is released next month.
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Did we know it was coming out next month?
 
i would really love to see this done with more games. i love 3d graphics with 2d gameplay. Out of this World and Flashback would be my next choices. :D

p.s. anyone know when Quake III: Team Arena drops on XBLA? that's another game i'm really looking forward to.
 
When was PoP ever "lauded as THE game that started the platforming genre"? In 1989? What?

Looks awesome and I love the original, though. Day 1!
As if I don't buy every XBLA game on day 1...
 
shpankey said:
i would really love to see this done with more games. i love 3d graphics with 2d gameplay. Out of this World and Flashback would be my next choices. :D

p.s. anyone know when Quake III: Team Arena drops on XBLA? that's another game i'm really looking forward to.
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Unreal Tournament says hi.

DCX
 
I played some upcoming XBLA games today.

Prince of Persia is a contender for best XBLA game ever. (See my post in the PoP thread.)

Conversely, Wing Commander: Arena is a contender for the worst game ever. Not just on XBLA.

Ok, that's pushing it...but it was really, really bad. Wing Commander fans are going to riot.
 
virtuafightermaster said:
Sonic and Pop those games dont really take advantage of the xbox live features. Need more multiplayer games.
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http://www.gamingtalkhq.com/gamingtalkhq-home/mad-tracks-xbla-coming-soon-very-soon.html


Mad Tracks XBLA Coming Soon... Very Soon

MadTracks_WebHeader.jpgLoad Inc. the developers of Mad Tracks XBLA have posted an update on the official site with the following message." Mad Tracks has passed final Xbox certification and is good to go. Microsoft, D3P and Load Inc. are still adjusting a release date. Thanks for everyone's patience; the wait is soon over :-). What does this mean? It means we should see Mad Tracks on the XBLA in 2-4 weeks. This game is looking like it will be in the 800 Microsoft Point range.
Update on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 by Registered CommenterAlex Gold-Senior Editor

We can now confirm that the price point will be 800 Microsoft points. The man himself Denis Bourdain of Loadinc left this comment right here on the site.

Hey!
Thanks for posting our news.
We're not sure yet when the game will be released, but I can tell you it WILL
be 800 pts.
Cheers,
Denis.
Posted on Tuesday, May 15, 2007 by Registered CommenterAlex Gold-Senior Editor in XBox LIVE Arcade | Comments3 Comments
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Achievements for Soltrio Solitaire have been released.

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/news.php?id=295

Solitaire Voyager
15
Finish traveling all around in the Voyage mode.
Minute Man
20
Win at Klondike within one minute.
Tricked Out
10
Show off a custom backed deck online.
Solitaire Conqueror
25
Win at each Classic game at least once.
The Mingler
0
Play with another player with "The Mingler", or be one of the first 500 to be ranked online.
Duel Baby
10
Fully play a duel match against an online opponent.
Centurion
20
Play and win 100 solitaire games.
Apprentice
5
Win any solitaire game.
Agoraphobia
30
Play and win 1000 solitaire games.
Craftsman
25
Assemble 5 different custom card decks.
Flying Ace
15
In Klondike, place 4 aces on the foundation without taking a card from the stock.
Great Escape
25
Win at Freecell using only 2 cells.
 
Another Q and A over Aegis Wing, this time it is from Gamespot.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6170807.html?action=convert&om_clk=latestnews&tag=latestnews;title;1

Microsoft has positioned the Xbox Live Arcade as an even playing field to showcase a wide variety of offerings from big publishers and small unknown developers alike. Aegis Wing, set for release on the Xbox Live Arcade tomorrow morning, represents both.

Publishers don't get much bigger than Microsoft, but developers don't get much smaller or more obscure than a trio of students who designed Aegis Wing during a three-month internship with the Redmond, Washington-based company last summer.

The end result of their toil (with an assist by Carbonated Games) is a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up with a heavy focus on cooperative online or offline gameplay for up to four players. What's more, Microsoft is making Aegis Wing available for free to all Xbox Live members. While a Microsoft representative told GameSpot the company won't ever charge for Aegis Wing, it might not be available forever. However, he did say it would get at least a couple of weeks on the service.

Attaching ships lets one player pilot while the other controls the heavy firepower.

The three interns--Matt Monson, Danny Dyer, and Scott Brodie--have parlayed their experiences into career opportunities. Monson graduated from Texas A&M and now works full-time at Microsoft's Turn 10 Studios (developers of the Forza Motorsport series). Fellow Aggie Dyer is finishing up at A&M and considering grad school, but has accepted an internship at Turn 10 in the meantime. A recent Michigan State University graduate, Brodie has gone to work for Carbonated Games, the team behind the Live Arcade version of Uno and the studio that helped finish Aegis Wing.
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Carcassonne is coming next month!? Man, I can't wait. Catan is one of my favorite games on the system. And Carcassonne allows for local multiplayer. Bring on more board games!
 
Shard said:
Another Q and A over Aegis Wing, this time it is from Gamespot.
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"All Xbox Live members", huh? So as a european, I'm not an XBL member? What's that $10 expense on my account labeled "Microsoft" every month, then?

When the **** are companies going to realize that the world has been globalized for about 10 years thanks to the internet? We all read that shit. You can't say "everybody" and just mean a certain country anymore. It doesn't work, companies! Stop doing it!

(I know Gamespot wrote the actual sentence I'm reacting to, but it's pretty obvious that they're just typing down the company line as it was told to them with no reflections over it whatsoever.)
 
aku:jiki said:
Prince of Persia is a contender for best XBLA game ever. (See my post in the PoP thread.)

Conversely, Wing Commander: Arena is a contender for the worst game ever. Not just on XBLA.
Ok, that's pushing it...but it was really, really bad. Wing Commander fans are going to riot.
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PoP:SoT is my favourite game ever, I absolutely love XBLA, the original PoP on the master system and the pc was probably my most played game until the Dreamcast came out. It's probably safe to say I'm gonna love this remake.

Worse than Novadrome?

I agree, Aegis Wing better be available in Europe; how do you get early access to the XBLA games by the way?
 
Bowen_B said:
PoP:SoT is my favourite game ever, I absolutely love XBLA, the original PoP on the master system and the pc was probably my most played game until the Dreamcast came out. It's probably safe to say I'm gonna love this remake.

Worse than Novadrome?

I agree, Aegis Wing better be available in Europe; how do you get early access to the XBLA games by the way?
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Partnernet.
 
If you make yourself a US account [just make an account via the Xbox website], and download it, it should be avaliable to everyone who is using the same system, right? Microsoft might be cracking down on stuff like that, but that's moreso the Video content, right?
 
Shard said:
Partnernet.
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I fail hard, I should've known that.
My boss, one of his clients and one of my colleagues have Partnernet but they never bother to play their 360s and I'm not under NDA so they wouldn't talk to me about it anyway.
I'm tired and going to sleep.
 
Shard said:
Is anybody going to actually buy Soltrio Solitaire?
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You would be surprised. If I told my mom Xbox 360 had solitaire she could play on her HDTV. She would probably buy a 360. When she comes over to my place she can't put down Hexic.
 
Rocky_Balboa said:
Downloading it now with my US gamertag. I wonder if it is region locked...
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Worked on my US account, and I just signed in to my normal Uk account to see gowans007 already playing it... :D

In other words no region lock...
 
Aegis Wing is surprisingly awesome for a free game, especially on co-op. I'd have liked to see more boss/enemy variety, though (only beat the first 3 levels).
 
Playing the first two levels of Aegis Wing.

It's barebones in a way. You can tell it's a side project. Shooters are supposed to have rocking music.

This shooter does not have rocking music. So far.

I don't think your main weapon upgrades, all your power comes from the secondaries. Maybe they're recommending multiplayer to increase your main weapon's power?

It's free.

...I'm really not liking this music. Thank god for custom soundtracks!
 
Bowen_B said:
Worse than Novadrome?
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Hah, that's a tough question! I don't know, I didn't play much Novadrome since it sucked...but, yeah, I'd say Novadrome at least felt 5% more interesting than WC:A.

Shard said:
Is anybody going to actually buy Soltrio Solitaire?
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I am, without hesitation. I love Silver Creek's "cozy" (so to speak) artstyle and I love Solitaire. Win-win for me.
 
Do NOT play Aegis Wing single player. Co-Op is the only way to fly. Great fun when all of you link together to form one big mega bitch of a ship.
 
Aegis Wing is really really cool especially for a free game.

Multiplayer was a ton of fun, it's cool how you can latch on to other ships and form a super powerful bad-ass one. Boss fights were very fun too.

Was playing with Gowans, not sure what happened but I think I got disconnected from the game.
 
I'm probably going to buy Solitaire if the demo is any good. I'm all about Freecell. That card editor and Vision support are very tempting, but the 800 pt cost of admission is tough to swallow.
 
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