Official Xbox Live Arcade Thread

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Caspel said:
In the future, I'll be showing footage of several XBLA games that haven't been released on my YouTube page. I plan on showcasing OutRun, Dishwasher, Comix Zone, Gunstar Heroes and a few others soon. If you'd like a link, feel free to PM me.
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I think I already found it.
 
So, I decided today to go buy Lumines Live (especially for Genki Rockets songs), but couldn't find the Heavenly Star skin in the Marketplace. Did they remove it?
 
vjoe said:
So, I decided today to go buy Lumines Live (especially for Genki Rockets songs), but couldn't find the Heavenly Star skin in the Marketplace. Did they remove it?
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It was available for a limited time. I have it but I cannot see it anymore on my download history either.

There is a remix on the Tokyo Club Mix Pack add-on, but it is not the same skin.
 
New Achievement List: Lode Runner

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/lode-runner/achievements/

There are 12 achievements with a total of 200 points.



Gold Star 15
Complete the first stage of the 1P Journey

Gold, Mine 30
Complete the 1P Journey

Mother Lode 15
Collect 8 bronze medals in Hang On (main game)

Big Ore-Deal 20
Complete 30 of the 1P Puzzles

Double Up 15
Complete the first stage of the Co-op Journey

Double Down 30
Complete the Co-op Journey

Metal of Honor 10
Win 5 Last Man matches (original levels) on Xbox LIVE

Gold Rush 10
Collect 5000 pieces of gold

Treasure Hunter 15
Unearth 20 hidden enemies and steal their treasure

Blast Off 10
Without blasting, collect all gold and complete level 3-1 of the 1P Journey

Fool's Gold 15
Steal all gold from trapped enemies and complete level 3-1 of the 1P Journey

Golden Rule 15
In a single game and without killing an enemy, complete the first stage of the 1P Journey
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GamerBytes Interview: Travelling The Galactrix With Steve Fawkner

http://www.gamerbytes.com/2009/03/gamerbytes_interview_travellin.php

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NCAA Basketball MME: The Beginning Of Something More?

http://www.gamerbytes.com/2009/03/ncaa_basketball_mme_the_beginn.php
 
"This week's release of Hasbro Family Game Night is another example of EA breaking the rules. FGN is a download of a platform created for Hasbro titles - you download the main application, and then download each title as if it were an "expansion", with each expansion including 200 Gamerscore, making the title appear to have 1400 Gamerscore from the outset."
So this is coming out on Wednesday?

Interesting read on NCAA btw.
 
UraMallas said:
That's strange. Talk about slipping through the cracks, that game did it in about every conceivable way; from not meeting the storage requirement and not having a "Live" tag to being released a day late and without any sort of announcement.
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Rules are for little people.
 
ESRB Watch:



Watchmen: The End is Nigh Part II

Platform: Windows PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3

Rating: Mature

Content descriptors: Blood, Sexual Content, Strong Language, Violence

Rating summary: This is an action game in which players control one of two characters (Rorschach and/or Nite Owl) who explore environments and engage in hand-to-hand combat with several enemies. Players can use weapons such as crowbars, baseball bats, and knives to kill various bikers, gang members, and thugs. Players can trigger close-up, slow motion attacks that often result in bones snapping or enemies getting stunned. Punches and melee attacks frequently cause splashes of red blood to fly through the air, while floors/walls are sometimes stained with pools of blood. During the course of the game, players must track down a villain who has molested an actress appearing in a pornography film. The search leads players to a strip club that contains go-go dancers in cages, peep-show booths, and a pornographic film playing in the background. Although moaning and suggestive dialogue (e.g., "Ohhh, it's so big!") can be heard echoing from the film, no nudity or sexual acts are depicted. Some strong profanity (e.g., "f*ck" and "sh*t") can be heard in the dialogue.
 
Rlan said:
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You're evil. I saw the pic and thought we were getting Galactrix this week in addition to Hasbro. I'm really hoping it is next week's game, or one of the games. I mean, they did say one week we will get two games during this promotion.
 
The following achievement lists have been paid for by the New World Order.

Banjo-Tooie

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/banjo-tooie/achievements/

There are 12 achievements with a total of 200 points.

Sort:

Knocked Out Klungo 20
He's out for revenge; not once, not twice, but three times. You need to beat him once.

Treasure Hunt 20
You'll probably end up with many more, but to achieve this you need just one of each.

All Beaten Up 20
Kill any 20 bad guys with any of these attacks: Mumbo's wand, your Pants Attack or the Daddy T-Rex.

A Merry Old Soul 20
You’ll find Old King Coal in Chuffy's boiler and he's a bit on the grubby side. Scrub him out!

Hatch the Future 20
Separate our heroes for the first time, or hatch a Banjo-Kazooie Stop 'N' Swop Egg with Heggy.

Calamari Bonanza 20
Don’t be suckered! You’ll have to freeze every single octopi.

It Lives! 15
Miracles do happen! Bring Sabreman back to life.

After The Storm 10
Ahhhh, a pretty rainbow. You did that, you old softy!

My Nemesis 10
Do it properly this time! Get rid of Grunty and save us from her rhymes. Off with her head!

Points Make Prizes 15
Balloons of any color will do, get 60 points worth or more and you're a winner… sort of.

They think it’s all over... 15
Win a Colosseum Kickball final. The worst scorers rule at this game, so you should be good at it!

Shoot Em Up! 15
It’s great fun exploding these little lovelies! Any 20 Ulcers, Clinkers or Mines will earn this.
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Arkanoid LIVE!

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/news-1135-Game-Added--ARKANOID-Live-.html

There are 12 achievements with a total of 200 points.

A Lonely Victory 20
Clear Episode 1 in 1P Play.

A Temporary Peace 20
Clear Episode 2 in 1P Play.

The First Step (Episode 1) 10
Clear the first 10 Rounds of Episode 1 without continuing.

Certificate of DOH 25
Clear the first 30 Rounds of Episode 1 without continuing.

The First Step (Episode 2) 10
Clear the first 10 Rounds of Episode 2 without continuing.

Certificate of Bones 25
Clear the first 30 Rounds of Episode 2 without continuing.

A Trustworthy Friend 10
Clear an Episode with the assistance of a friend.

The Mock Battle Specialist 15
Defeat the computer.

The Real Battle Specialist 15
Combat rivals from around the world!

The Master Marksman 10
Destroy large numbers of Enemies!

The Nimble Vaus 20
Master the Mini-Vaus!

The Piercing Light 20
Master the Power Laser!
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twinturbo2 said:
Hasbro Family Game Night is this week. Hopefully, OutRun Online Arcade is next week...
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If I was a betting man, I'd say the next two weeks will feature UNO Rush and Puzzle Quest Galactrix. Flock following that and then OutRun (w/ The Dishwasher and/or Lode Runner getting pushed to the end or bundled with something else).

I'm probably wrong, though. :lol
 
B-Rad Lascelle said:
If I was a betting man, I'd say the next two weeks will feature UNO Rush and Puzzle Quest Galactrix. Flock following that and then OutRun (w/ The Dishwasher and/or Lode Runner getting pushed to the end or bundled with something else).

I'm probably wrong, though. :lol
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Flock is definitely April 8th on XBLA, hope that helps.
 
http://sports.espn.go.com/espnmag/story?id=3990227

The Gamer Blog
FIFA 09 puts a new spin on the trading-card game.
by Jon Robinson

EA Sports

Pick a pack of players.

According to EA Sports, 1.2 million gamers head online to play FIFA 09 every day. And while everyone who thinks they know gaming will talk your ear off on the popularity of Madden, it's FIFA that has become the most popular sports game across the world with over 150 million games played online since last October.

In fact, the FIFA franchise's lifetime sales figures account for a staggering $2.5 billion dollars.

Because of the game's immense popularity and die-hard following, EA Sports is set to release an all-new downloadable game mode called FIFA 09 Ultimate Team on March 19, priced at $9.99 on the PlayStation Network and 800 Microsoft points on Xbox Live Arcade.

"We wanted to be a pioneer in the online space and offer content that's not only unique, but something new for our fans to keep FIFA feeling fresh," says the game's producer, Matt Prior. "We've created a new experience targeted specifically at the online community."

In the new mode, gamers collect a variety of player and strategy cards to build their ultimate team, then play out matches with their fantasy squads using the FIFA 09 engine in order to win even more cards. The more you play, the more cards you earn, giving you a better shot at adding the elite players from across the world to your team. Gamers can then go online and challenge other soccer fans across the world to see who has built the best lineup.

Sound addicting? That's putting it mildly. It takes the must-have elements of card collecting and combines it with the finger-twitching fun that is FIFA to create a new mode that will keep soccer fans busy, at least until FIFA 10 ships to stores.
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Developer Interview:

The Mag: How does the game work?
Prior: You get a starter pack of cards, and they obviously won't be the best players out there, but then you go and try to build your team. You take that team into games, and how you play in those games will earn you in-game currency. You then use that currency to buy more packs of cards, eventually building your team up by focusing on team chemistry.

If a gamer is impatient, can they also purchase new packs of cards online using real money?
They can, yes. We realize that there are going to be guys out there who can devote ten hours a day to the game, and there are other people out there who will be lucky if they can cram in a couple of hours. So we wanted to make sure we didn't focus on one or the other. So for the guy who can't afford to spend 10 hours a day playing the game, there is the option to buy the packs from the in-game store using Microsoft points and real-world money for Sony. But what I want to point out is there is no difference between the packs you get in-game and the packs you can purchase. We didn't want to reward people for spending more real-world money as opposed to the in-game money. And the prices are pretty modest, only 20 Microsoft points for a bronze pack, 40 for a silver and 80 for a gold. But because team chemistry plays such a big role in this game, I might open a pack that is the world's best pack for me, but that same pack of players might be the worst for you and how you're building your team.

If I buy a gold pack, am I guaranteed the best guys?
The way it works is the color of the pack indicates the color of the majority of the cards in that pack. So when you buy a gold pack, it will mainly be gold players, but we want to keep that whole Willy-Wonka excitement going, so even in a bronze pack, you might find a gold player, but it's rare. It's very much random, just like when you're buying packs of trading cards, and we wanted to capture that excitement.


Since team chemistry is so important, 11 superstars won't guarantee success.

Are there any gameplay differences gamers will notice between playing as any random team in FIFA 09 and playing with your ultimate team in this new mode?
The core of the gameplay is the same, but now we've added gameplay cards that can affect everything from the speed of your player to the length of his throw-in. None of it is so powerful that it will break the game. It's not like Mario Strikers where you'll see players run around at 100mph. It's more of just an influence on the game. It becomes a strategy within the game on when to play those cards. And because you start out the game playing with all bronze players, these are guys you've probably never even played as in the game before, so you need to learn how to play with these poor players until you earn some of the superstars.

What are the different match types in the game?
There are league matches and tournament matches. League matches give you a leaderboard where you can compare yourself to all of the other users out there. But the real fun are the tournaments which you can play online or offline. Offline is against the computer where your play against teams like the Galaxy or whatever and those competitions get harder and harder as you progress from a bronze level to a silver level to the gold where you're playing against the best teams in the game. The real battles will be fought online, though, as you put your team up against the best players across the world.

Can you trade cards online?
Absolutely. That's one of the things we really wanted to get in there, this whole trading element. Harking back to the whole premise of the playground days where you have packs of cards and trade with your friends. So, there is a sort of eBay system of putting your cards up for trade where you can set a minimum price, a buy out price and you can set the length of the auction. So you'll get people bidding on your cards, and you can also offer trades of up to four cards. What you'll find is that you'll put a card up for trade, then you'll get all these notifications of offers, so it gets fun because like anything, some of the offers will be a bit crazy, but others will be good, and it's up to you who you want to deal with.

Once you add a guy to your team, is he yours to keep?
No, and this is actually an important strategy element that we wanted to add. You can't just collect a team full of 11 superstars, then kick back and think that you're done. Every player has a contract, and when you play him in a game, that contract reduces by one. If you let it reach zero, he'll disappear. You'll get ample warning before that happens, it's not like he's ripped from under you. But there's an easy way to make sure he doesn't disappear when he's down to one, and that's by sitting him on the bench. Then when you buy new decks of cards, you'll find contract cards in the packs, so you play the contract cards for the players you want to keep, then the next game he's right back in the lineup. It's a balancing act, and what we've been finding is people have an A and a B team. They'll use the B team against the computer to earn more points for cards, but then when they go online, no one ever wants to lose online, so they roll out the A team. It's a very strategic element.

Who is on your ultimate team?
I'm a Manchester City fan, so I'm always on the lookout for Manchester City players, even though the way team chemistry works, they may not be the best fit for my system. Robinho is probably my ultimate player out there, but I still haven't been able to get him yet. His card is out there somewhere, I just need to find the right pack.
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B-Rad Lascelle said:
If I was a betting man, I'd say the next two weeks will feature UNO Rush and Puzzle Quest Galactrix. Flock following that and then OutRun (w/ The Dishwasher and/or Lode Runner getting pushed to the end or bundled with something else).

I'm probably wrong, though. :lol
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I'm hearing that OutRun is indeed next week. :D

Shard, any official word from Sega?
 
having never played the 3D versions of Outrun, how does the series compare to other arcade racing staples (Daytona USA, Cruis'n, Rush, etc)? the sense of speed i got from watching that leaked Youtube video of Outrun Arcade was pretty incredible.
 
warbegins said:
having never played the 3D versions of Outrun, how does the series compare to other arcade racing staples (Daytona USA, Cruis'n, Rush, etc)? the sense of speed i got from watching that leaked Youtube video of Outrun Arcade was pretty incredible.
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That reminds me, I have t oget around to playing Outrun 2006 sometime.
 
warbegins said:
having never played the 3D versions of Outrun, how does the series compare to other arcade racing staples (Daytona USA, Cruis'n, Rush, etc)? the sense of speed i got from watching that leaked Youtube video of Outrun Arcade was pretty incredible.
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Newjack OutRun is more like Cruis'n than Daytona, the physics and control are all tweaked towards forward motion and flowing around traffic. But it has insane sense of speed and really preserves that old-school fantasy world feeling of driving through all this perfect, miniature dioramas of iconic locals, such as famous parks, castles, cities, etc.

There's really no other modern day arcade racers like it that I'm aware of; it really is the old school perfectly translated into 3D graphics.
 
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