Official Xbox Live Arcade Thread

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Whatever happened to PopCap and XBLA anyway? They seemed to be BFF for a long time, then Heavy Weapon came out in like february and since then...nothing? I, too, want a few more of their games and thought they were a sure thing, but I guess not.
 
aku:jiki said:
Whatever happened to PopCap and XBLA anyway? They seemed to be BFF for a long time, then Heavy Weapon came out in like february and since then...nothing? I, too, want a few more of their games and thought they were a sure thing, but I guess not.
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Even worse, their one known XBLA game is god damned Feeding Frenzy 2.
 
Gowans007 said:
shit, from that list maybe I'll have to buy a few more.

Would love Peggle and Bookworm to pop up there too.
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I actually e-mailed Popcap about getting Peggle on Live Arcade, but they said they didn't have any plans for any further Live Arcade titles at the moment.
 
cjelly said:
I actually e-mailed Popcap about getting Peggle on Live Arcade, but they said they didn't have any plans for any further Live Arcade titles at the moment.
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Peggle will sell so much on XBLA. I know I'll re-buy it if they have Live play.
 
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this better be next week...
 
cjelly said:
I actually e-mailed Popcap about getting Peggle on Live Arcade, but they said they didn't have any plans for any further Live Arcade titles at the moment.
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Well, this adds to my working theroy that "Greg Cannessa is a a huge wrongheaded toolbag."
 
God it's frustrating waiting for games to hit xbla. I know there are legitimate reasons for the long dev times. I mean, they do add a lot of functionality to the games. But it's so hard to watch the weeks go by.

The main thing that gets me is the massive possibilities of titles that could be put on the platform. There are so many awesome games I played in the arcades that I'd throw tonnes of money at with no second thoughts to play again with leaderboards and online co-op. Then there's all the other systems games with unbelievable back catalogues. The mind just boggles with the amount of awesome we could be experiencing.
 
This weeks entire listing of DLC.

Title: Tetris Splash

Content: Marine Angelfish Bundle
Price: 50 Microsoft Points
Availability: Only in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States
Dash Text: [ESRB: E (Everyone)] Want to add some of your favorite fish to Tetris Splash? This salt water Marine Angelfish pack includes pygmy, emperor, and flame fish. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Content: Guppy Bundle
Price: 50 Microsoft Points
Availability: Only in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States
Dash Text: [ESRB: E (Everyone)] Want to add some of your favorite fish to Tetris Splash? This fresh water Guppy pack includes albino, full red, blue delta, and moscow fish. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Content: Triggerfish Pack
Price: 50 Microsoft Points
Availability: Only in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States
Dash Text: [ESRB: E (Everyone)] Download the triggerfish bundle to add to your collection of salt water themed fishes. The triggerfish pack include the clown, reef and picasso fish. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Content: Fresh/Salt Water Coral Theme
Price: 150 Microsoft Points
Availability: Only in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States
Dash Text: [ESRB: E (Everyone)] Looking for a change of underwater scenery? Download this fresh/salt water theme for Tetris Splash and customize your game with a snazzy Coral background and décor! There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Content: Tetra Bundle
Price: 50 Microsoft Points
Availability: Only in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States
Dash Text: [ESRB: E (Everyone)] Want to add some of your favorite fish to Tetris Splash? This fresh water Tetra pack includes bloodfin, neon, glowlight, and black neon fish. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Content: Tang Pack
Price: 50 Microsoft Points
Availability: Only in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States
Dash Text: [ESRB: E (Everyone)] Download the tang bundle to add to your collection of salt water themed fishes. The tang pack include the yellow, purple, and sailfin fish. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Content: Fresh/Salt Water Scuba Theme
Price: 150 Microsoft Points
Availability: Only in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States
Dash Text: [ESRB: E (Everyone)] Looking for a change of underwater scenery? Download this fresh/salt water theme for Tetris Splash and customize your game with a snazzy Scuba background and décor! There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Content: Fresh/Salt Water Pirate Theme
Price: 150 Microsoft Points
Availability: Only in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States
Dash Text: [ESRB: E (Everyone)] Looking for a change of underwater scenery? Download this fresh/salt water theme for Tetris Splash and customize your game with a snazzy Pirate background and décor! There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Content: Fresh/Salt Water Graveyard Theme
Price: 150 Microsoft Points
Availability: Only in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States
Dash Text: [ESRB: E (Everyone)] Looking for a change of underwater scenery? Download this fresh/salt water theme for Tetris Splash and customize your game with a snazzy Graveyard background and décor!

Content: Discus Bundle
Price: 50 Microsoft Points
Availability: Only in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States
Dash Text: [ESRB: E (Everyone)] Want to add some of your favorite fish to Tetris Splash? This fresh water Discus pack includes blue diamond, red marlboro, red turquoise, and royal blue fish. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Content: Butterflyfish Bundle
Price: 50 Microsoft Points
Availability: Only in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States
Dash Text: [ESRB: E (Everyone)] Want to add some of your favorite fish to Tetris Splash? This salt water Butterfly pack includes raccoon, oval, and vagabond fish. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Content: Fresh/Salt Water Atlantis Theme
Price: 150 Microsoft Points
Availability: Only in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States
Dash Text: [ESRB: E (Everyone)] Looking for a change of underwater scenery? Download this fresh/salt water theme for Tetris Splash and customize your game with a snazzy Atlantis background and décor! There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Content: Arowana Bundle
Price: 50 Microsoft Points
Availability: Only in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States
Dash Text: [ESRB: E (Everyone)] Want to add some of your favorite fish to Tetris Splash? This fresh water Arowana pack includes red, golden, redtail, and silver fish. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Content: Angelfish Bundle
Price: 50 Microsoft Points
Availability: Only in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States
Dash Text: [ESRB: E (Everyone)] Want to add some of your favorite fish to Tetris Splash? This fresh water Angelfish pack includes pearl, black, zebra, and marble fish. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Title: Soltrio Solitaire

Content: Soltrio Solitaire - Game Pack 9
Price: 150 Microsoft Points
Availability: All regions
Dash Text: [ESRB: E (Everyone)] 10 games including Pyramid, Fourteen out and Block ten. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Title: Carcassonne

Content: Carcassonne: King & Baron Expansion Pack
Price: 300 Microsoft Points
Availability: All regions except Korea
Dash Text: [ESRB: E (EVERYONE)] This will add 7 new tiles to the original game including a king and a robber tile that is earned in the game. Thus adding a new level of strategy not seen before in the original game or expansion packs. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.
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Shard said:
Indeed there are still four more Wednesdays to get through.
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Gowans007 said:
After all the old XBLA puzzle games, then Puzzle Fighter, Tetris and soon Puzzle Quest I will be full up with XBLA puzzle games.

Really what more can they add?
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I would buy Devil Dice so hard. But I'm excited for the upcoming Poker Smash as well.
 
cjelly said:
I actually e-mailed Popcap about getting Peggle on Live Arcade, but they said they didn't have any plans for any further Live Arcade titles at the moment.
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My only guess is that they don't like charging half of what they do on the PC. Most of their games have sold well, but not extremely exceptional. Still, its only porting existing games.

And ANOTHER Solitaire pack :lol
 
Gowans007 said:
After all the old XBLA puzzle games, then Puzzle Fighter, Tetris and soon Puzzle Quest I will be full up with XBLA puzzle games.

Really what more can they add?
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A competent Tetris Attack/Puzzle League clone with non-friend code online play would be pretty much the greatest thing ever.

I'd also really like a puzzle game in the vein of Chip's Challenge or Kwirk.
 
Shig said:
A competent Tetris Attack/Puzzle League clone with non-friend code online play would be pretty much the greatest thing ever.

I'd also really like a puzzle game in the vein of Chip's Challenge or Kwirk.
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Chip's Challenge FTW!!
 
soul creator said:
I just got an email for a free Joust and Robotron codes...apparently I signed up for something a while back, and I'm just now getting it :lol

copy of email

codes changed to protect the innocent
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Yeah I got mine too. I already have Joust though. Anyone with a code for a different game want to trade?
 
Shard said:
Content: Carcassonne: King & Baron Expansion Pack
Price: 300 Microsoft Points
Availability: All regions except Korea
Dash Text: [ESRB: E (EVERYONE)] This will add 7 new tiles to the original game including a king and a robber tile that is earned in the game. Thus adding a new level of strategy not seen before in the original game or expansion packs. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.
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I'm loving the expansions for Carcassonne so far, I just wish they'd come out at a faster rate (and cost less) - the king and baron tiles (not sure why it's called a robber tile in the press blurb) make for some close fought games, although the new castle piece tiles aren't very interesting, except for a tile that lets you build a castle spanning over another castle. Not really worth 300 points, but eh - anything to make me play Carcassonne more.
 
BobFromPikeCreek said:
Yeah I got mine too. I already have Joust though. Anyone with a code for a different game want to trade?
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Yeah I own both. Something tells me there's gonna be a shortage of other games to trade with since everyone got the same two games.
 
soul creator said:
I just got an email for a free Joust and Robotron codes...apparently I signed up for something a while back, and I'm just now getting it :lol

copy of email

codes changed to protect the innocent
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I got mine too. Yay, free games.
 
soul creator said:
I just got an email for a free Joust and Robotron codes...apparently I signed up for something a while back, and I'm just now getting it :lol

copy of email

codes changed to protect the innocent
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Yeah, I got the codes. But I already have Robotron. :lol
 
Is it just me, or is this the easiest version of Tetris ever? Honestly, the stack never went above 3 blocks high for the 5 minute trial. Or maybe I just got better, idk, but either way it was really boring.
 
The latest On the Spot hints that Puzzle Quest is coming next week, if things go well.

They also have a preview on Mutant Storm...the 2nd one, whatever it's called. And it looks HAWT.
 
Shard said:
Tetris Splash: the IGN Xbox 360 Review (Passable)

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/825/825093p1.html
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Every XBLA Game Ever: the IGN Xbox 360 Review (Passable)

Mutant Storm 2 looks great, but it's not coming until 2008 right?
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No, it's coming out any week now. It's pretty much finished from what I've seen. Definitely isn't six+ months off, anyway.

Sucks for me with the retail game blitz going on; I can't focus on finishing off the last achievement in Reloaded before Empire drops!
 
aku:jiki said:
Every XBLA Game Ever: the IGN Xbox 360 Review (Passable)

No, it's coming out any week now. It's pretty much finished from what I've seen. Definitely isn't six+ months off, anyway.

Sucks for me with the retail game blitz going on; I can't focus on finishing off the last achievement in Reloaded before Empire drops!
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Yea, about that achievement, apparently only 5 people in the world have the Ultimate Black Belt Achievement.
 
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