Posts Tagged ‘live arcade’

Wednesday’s XBLA Release: Boogie Bunnies

January 14th, 2008

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This week’s XBLA release has been announced to be Boogie Bunnies… Um… What?

I don’t really know what to say about this, as I have never heard of this game before. All I can say is, at least it’s not Tron. You can pick it up on Wednesday for 800 points. I’ll reserve judgment for the trial version.

Link: This week on Arcade: Boogie Bunnies

Rumor: Where is GoldenEye for XBLA?

January 11th, 2008

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We reported a couple days ago on rumors of Rare’s classic FPS GoldenEye coming to Xbox Live Arcade. According to this month’s EGM we probably shouldn’t hold our collective breath, as Quartermann’s rumor page states that the port is now dead. Elaborating on the story is 1UP, claiming to have the reason for the end of the title’s much anticipated journey over to our side.

Believe it or not, it turns out the problem is money! Who would have guessed? Apparently Nintendo is having some trouble paying their bills and was like, “dude, we need royalties.” And Microsoft was all, “no way man, we’re just paying you a flat sum.” It all went downhill from there with all kinds of “oh no you didn’t”‘s and “step-off”‘s. I guess we can’t all just get along.

Link: Why Did GoldenEye XBLA Stall? [Via Wired]

Rumor: Goldeneye 007, Perfect Dark, Banjo-Kazooie to XBLA

January 9th, 2008

goldeneye_screenshot1.jpgAccording to gamerblog Xbox Evolved, Microsoft, Rare, Activision (the current holder of the James Bond game license), and MGM/Sony Pictures (who have the rights to the James Bond films) have worked out a deal that will allow Goldeneye to be ported to the 360. But that’s not all!

The title will have updated graphics and full multiplayer capabilities, and should be released “later this year”. Also slated for release are Perfect Dark and Banjo-Kazooie.

Remember, everyone… this is still a rumor (and not one that any of the major players involved have commented on, at that)… so don’t get your hopes up quite yet.

Link: Rareware Is Revisiting 007 [Via Kotaku]

Peggle Confirmed for XBLA

January 9th, 2008

peggle.jpgThere were rumors yesterday of a few unannounced titles coming to XBLA. Today, one of those rumors has been confirmed by Shacknews. Peggle will indeed be coming to Xbox Live Arcade sometime in Q2 of 2008. There has been a lot of buzz around this game recently. If you’re curious to know what it’s all about, you can play a free version on PopCap’s website.

Link: Peggle XBLA Confirmed [Via Joystiq]

Omega Five and Tron Hit XBLA

January 9th, 2008

omegafive.jpgtron.jpgAs of this morning, you can now download Omega Five and Tron from Xbox Live Arcade for 800 and 400 points respectively. If you’re picking up either one (or both) of these games, let us know what you think in the comments. Hit the links for details from Major Nelson.

Link: Arcade: Omega Five
Link: Tron

Video: Lode Runner and Rez HD

January 9th, 2008

Watching Lode Runner in action brought back some memories. I can’t wait for this one. I know a lot of people are excited about Rez HD as well. So here is some video footage of both games in action. Enjoy!

[Via Gamerscore Blog]