In short Motocross Madness is surprisingly not a completely ‘top down whacky’ arcade race. It actually does a pretty good job of not alienating us more sim racing fans. Solid mechanics, exuberant gameplay and an extensive package make Motocross Madness an absolute bargain at 800 MS points. Developer: Bongfish Publisher: Microsoft Distributor: Microsoft SA For fans of: MX, arcade racing Reviewed on: Xbox Live Arcade…
If only someone actually cared enough to send us these delicious looking breakfast wraps every morning as much as we care about keeping you informed about the gaming news in relatively bite sized junks… Details of Goichi Suda’s latest project, Killer is Dead, have finally been released. The creator of Killer7, No More Heroes and Shadows of the Damned is…
From next week, there’s a rather tasty (you’ll see what we did there) sale starting on the Xbox Live Marketplace. There are numerous daily specials to go along with an ongoing – until 31 December – sale on a number Arcade titles. The daily deals include discount on the Borderlands 2 Season Pass, Skyrim DLC and The Walking Dead episodic…
Microsoft has announced ‘Arcade NEXT’ for this coming [Northern Hemisphere] Spring. Kicking off on 18 April and running until 9 May, a new Microsoft Studios downloadable title will launch on Xbox LIVE Arcade every Wednesday. This will also coincide with the new Xbox LIVE Arcade Achievement Policy which up Arcade games Gamerscore to 400 and increase the Achievements to a…
**UPDATE** Major Nelson has confirmed the original story on his blog. Starting next month (April 2012) all new Xbox LIVE Arcade games will have the option to increase from 200 to 400 Gamerscore points, with the addition of up to 30 Achievements. Even better, this Gamerscore increase will be required in all new Xbox LIVE Arcade games starting in June…
It actually launches next Wednesday (22 February) on Xbox Live Arcade, but here’s the launch trailer so long.
The award-winning action role-playing game, Bastion, is now available for download exclusively on Xbox LIVE Arcade for the sum of 1200 of your Microsoft Points. The game’s release today marks the start of the ‘Summer of Arcade’… or as we are renaming it for the Southern Hemisphere – ‘Winter of Arcade’.
With the ‘Summer of Arcade’ starting soon on Xbox Live, there’s plenty to look forward to in the run up to its start on July 20. Major Nelson has the full list of upcoming releases for the next week, but highlights include this weeks ‘Zombies’ deal of the week, along with XBLA games Ms. ‘Splosion Man and Warhammer: 40,000 Kill…
A few interesting additions to Xbox Live are coming over the next few weeks, as well as some tempting specials on Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light, Hard Corps: Uprising and Torchlight.
Until July the 4th you can grab Lara and Hard Corps, along with a few other ‘Mutant’ based games for 50% less, with Torchlight and the Medal of Honor Hot Zone Pack being discounted from July the 5th.
Major Nelson has released the pricing and release dates of this years titles in ‘The Summer of Arcade’. They are most likely not available to all Xbox Live regions…