Win a copy of Scrap Metal for XBLA

Thanks to those generous people at Microsoft and Slick Entertainment, we’ve got a copy of Scrap Metal to give away on Xbox Live Arcade. Part of Microsoft’s Block Party event, the game was released just last week and developed by the people who brought you N+.
To win all you have to do is email us [...]

Scrap Metal Review

Given its massive success, it would have been easy for Slick Entertainment to produce another title in the same vein as their previous XBLA foray, N+.
But not this time.
Enter Scrap Metal, as radical a departure from a jumping Ninja as you could possibly get. A top down racing game, in Scrap Metal combat is just [...]

Mega Man 10 Review

After 2008’s release of the brand new (yet distinctly retro) title Mega Man 9, it seems that Capcom couldn’t resist the glorious symmetry of matching up 2010 with Mega Man 10.
The last title was well received by gamers, particularly those of a certain age who were happy to let it lead them down a rose [...]

Greed Corp Review

Greed is good. If that tag line hadn’t be spouted by Michael Douglas all those years ago, it would almost be the perfect motto for W!Games new release, Greed Corp.
With their world crumbling and the once plentiful supplies dwindling, the inhabitants of Mistbound find themselves in the middle of a harsh power struggle. With four [...]

Monkey Island 2: Special Edition coming to XBLA / first remake coming to PSN

After all the love from their fans which LucasArts received for their HD reworking of Monkey Island last year on XBLA, it’s no real surprise that they’ve been working on bringing the sequel to XBLA too.
But The Secret of Monkey Island 2: Special Edition hopes to go one better than the first remake. As well [...]

Puzzle Quest 2 video blowout

It looks like Infinate Interactive are finally starting to talk shop about their upcoming sequel Puzzle Quest 2. A media blowout to coincide with the Games Developers Conference in San Francisso not only includes the new trailer you’ll find above (courtesy of IGN), but also an interview on Gametrailers with the CEO and lead developer [...]

Capybara Games bringing Clash of Heroes to PSN / XBLA

Capybara Games, the people behind the fabulous Critter Crunch for PSN, have announced that they’re bringing their successful DS title to PSN and XBLA. Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes was something of a success on the portable platform with its mixture of puzzle and RPG gameplay.
However, the downloadable release won’t be a simple port. [...]

XBLA Update: Scrap Metal

As Microsoft’s Block Party rumbles on into the second week, today sees the launch of Scrap Metal on XBLA. It’s enough to make David Jaffe talk about suing!
Scrap Metal – 1200 Points.
Drift around corners with guns blazing and take out legendary competitors in the fast-paced, top-down racing game Scrap Metal. Fight your way through explosive, [...]

Monday Night Combat announced for XBLA

Coming from Uber Entertainment, it’s the teaser trailer for Monday Night Combat. The game is coming to XBLA in 2010 and the style of the video (aping the popular Team Fortress 2 videos) seems to suggest that it will be some sort of arena based combat game.
The official description backs that up.
Monday Night [...]

Twit ta-woo-ho! Owl Boy still being worked on

If, like us, you’ve been looking forward to D-pad Studio’s Owl Boy since it was shown off in 2008, then you might have been disheartened to hear that the game hit a rather bumpy patch at the end of last year when their programmer left the project. Everything was thrown into disarray and the prospects [...]

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