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Codeglue, a Dutch game development studio that has honed the craft of addictive gameplay, is happy to announce they have won a coveted Dutch Game Award! Codeglue’s Rocket Riot – which was released on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® to critical acclaim – walked away with the show’s Best Visual Design Award, beating out huge titles with multi-million dollar budgets such as Killzone 2 and Overlord 2.
“We are absolutely thrilled to win this award, not only because of the level of competition we were up against but also because we know that Rocket Riot is an outstanding title with a look and feel all its own,” said Peter de Jong, CEO and founder of Codeglue. “Our team is so proud and our sincere thanks go out to everyone who has supported us and our titles over the years.”
VALCON GAMES has announced that it will bring Polar Panic to Xbox LIVE Arcade for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. Valcon Games LLC is video game publishing company that delivers unique and creative software such as the Polar Panic, the classic arcade-style game with an arctic twist.
The setting of the game may be ice cold, but the gaming action is HOT in this classic arcade-style puzzle action game. With 50 levels of single-player madness in story mode, and 50 mind-numbing puzzle levels, along with single and multiplayer survival modes, Polar Panic will heat up gaming for players during the Holiday season and beyond. Developed and designed by Eiconic Games, Polar Panic will launch for the Xbox LIVE Arcade on December 23rd, 2009.
Focus Home Interactive and Load Inc are pleased to present for the first time, and in video, the game "Things on Wheels" available soon on Xbox Live Arcade!
Things on Wheels – ToW – is a fun and fast remote-controlled car racing game that is playable in single or multiplayer (up to 4 players)!
ToW is a straight forward racing game pitting tricked out remote control (RC) cars against one another in unique, household settings. Best described as "a tribute to ReVolt,” the arcade side is reinforced by a simple pick up and play system that makes it easy to get anyone into the mix. For the racing connoisseurs out there, the state of the art car physics and control dynamics of ToW’s competitive racing will surely impress. Play locally with friends on a split-screen, or online via Xbox Live. Use in-game bonuses to vex the competition as you work your way into first place. Focused on crazy arcade style racing, ToW is the type of game that will have you screaming for more!
Diner Dash®, the number one PC time-management game has landed onto Xbox LIVE®! Guide Flo, a former office-worker turned restaurateur, as she builds up her diner empire. Go online and face players in head to head matches to see who's the best Flo. Join up with a friend or another player online for a Team Dash game where your team takes on six other players to see whose diner is the best in town.
“Diner Dash” drops the beat on November 18th at 9 a.m. GMT (2:00 a.m. PDT).
Published by Hudson Entertainment and developed by Backbone Entertainment, “Diner Dash” will be available for 800 Microsoft Points everywhere and is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB. For more details on “Diner Dash” you can visit: http://www.xbox.com/games/d/dinerdashxboxlivearcade/ or http://www.xblarcade.com/node/2373
Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of Square Enix® interactive entertainment products in Europe and other PAL territories, announces the upcoming launch of Gyromancer™ for Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft on Wednesday, November 18th.
Gyromancer is a new puzzle-RPG developed in collaboration between Square Enix and PopCap. With a blend of puzzle elements from the PopCap Games puzzle hit Bejeweled Twist™ and the RPG mastery of Square Enix, Gyromancer is an all-new experience that defines the puzzle-RPG genre.
W!Games are proud to reveal that their fresh and innovative turn-based strategy game, Greed Corp, will be released on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for Xbox 360 for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft in early 2010.
The first in a series of games based in the rich Mistbound universe, Greed Corp is set in a world of feudal warfare and environmental destruction through industrial consumption. As one of four warring factions your aim is territorial domination, but at what cost? Can you find the delicate balance between harvesting the land for resources and preserving it to stay alive? Will you defend your territory or sacrifice it to keep it out of enemy hands?
The fusion of "rhythm" and "puzzle" creates a completely new kind of game in 0D Beat Drop! Drop pieces along with the beat, and go for the win with explosive chains. In addition to the single player mode with over 100 stages, online play includes options such as playing against a single player, playing with four players total, or having a team battle! The unique "Beat-O-Matic" function analyzes your own songs and lets you use them in the game. Feel the rhythm of the beat!
“0D Beat Drop” drops the beat on November 11th at 9 a.m. GMT (2:00 a.m. PDT).
Published by ArcSystemWorks and developed by Cyclone Zero, “0D Beat Drop” will be available for 800 Microsoft Points everywhere and is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB. For more details on “0D Beat Drop” you can visit: http://www.xbox.com/games/0/0dbeatdropxbla/
Blitz Arcade announced today plans to launch its Xbox™ LIVE® Arcade game Encleverment Experiment™– a clever Avatar supported game for gamers who think they are clever – next week. To mark this announcement, the first trailer for the game was released today along with screenshots. Keep reading…
Encleverment Experiment invites players ages five and older to join brilliant and eccentric Professor Ivor Question in his funky lab. Gamers enjoy a variety of fun and fast-paced challenges testing memory, reflexes, and dexterity. Response time and accuracy are rewarded with Noodles, the in-game currency. The game’s challenge is to accumulate Noodles, but out-braining your friends is fun, too.
The game features two main game styles: Take-a-Test Mode for single players and Game Show Mode for 1-4 players.
OneBigGame, the non-profit publisher of videogames formed in 2007, is proud to introduce the first game to be published under its label. Chime, created pro bono by music game specialists Zoë Mode, is a unique block puzzle game fused with music creation elements and contributions from a number of famous musicians. Chime will be released this winter on Xbox LIVE® Arcade.
Chime introduces a creative twist on both music and block puzzle games. The game will task players with covering a number of different grids with irregular shapes, each connected to a sound effect from the different music tracks, to form rectangular blocks, called quads. As gamers slowly cover the grid, they will be building up the song playing in the background in a unique way. Working their way to 100 percent coverage, players will unlock the song in full. Easy to get into but hard to master, Chime will hook fans with its addictive game mechanics and cool music tracks by Moby and Paul Hartnoll (Orbital), among other yet unannounced artists.
Hudson Entertainment is preparing to serve up a piping hot helping of Diner Dash® on November 18th for Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft. A new version of Diner Dash, the award-winning casual game franchise created by PlayFirst that has sold over five million units, is coming to Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the first time.
“Diner Dash will feature the classic gameplay that fans have come to adore along with updated HD graphics,” said Sabine Duvall, vice president of product development at Hudson Entertainment. “With a brand-new 8-person multiplayer mode, a whole new group of players are going to enjoy Diner Dash.”
Fans have been waiting for the rest of the Xbox LIVE Arcade releases of Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures –for nearly 6 months now, since the first episode was released on the service. This week, Telltale Games and Xbox LIVE Arcade are releasing the remaining three epsiodes all at once - The Last Resort, Muzzled! and The Bogey Man. All three will be available this Wednesday, November 4th for 800 Microsoft Points each.
Episode 2 - The Last Resort: When unrelenting rain ruins their holiday plans, Wallace & Gromit bring the beach to 62 West Wallaby with a makeshift resort - in their basement. Keeping customers satisfied is tricky business, especially when one of them is clocked on the head by an unknown assailant. Whodunnit? Find out... with a little help from Wallace's latest invention, the Deduct-o-matic!
Episode 3 – Muzzled: Monty Muzzle, a newcomer in town, is holding a grand fundraiser to rebuild the local dog shelter. Gromit soon realizes that Muzzle's intentions aren't exactly charitable and he must foil the huckster's plot to save the town's investment and rescue his canine friends.
Episode 4 - The Bogey Man: Wallace has been admitted to Prickly Thicket, the oldest country club in Lancashire. Wallace and his faithful caddie Gromit get wrapped up in a decades-old club dispute that threatens to destroy their peaceful West Wallaby lifestyle, and the duo must fight to save the neighborhood they hold dear!
“Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures” continues on November 4th at 9 a.m. GMT (2:00 a.m. PDT).
Fret Nice is a unique platform game with a distinct art style, a lot of great music and support for all guitars controllers out there. Fret Nice is the first platform game ever to be played with a guitar controller. The game will be available from Xbox LIVE Arcade sometime in early 2010.
“We felt sorry for gamers who bought a guitar only to be used for pure music games, so we made a platform game for them! Fret Nice is the perfect blend of two worlds.” says Pieces Interactive CEO Johan Hellberg.
Pieces Interactive is an up-and-coming Swedish developer that has quickly garnered attention to their titles. Their unique style and innovative game mechanics, blended with great music has become a signature trademark. In fact, at E3 this past Summer, Tecmo Inc (the creators of such hits as Dead or Alive, Ninja Gaiden and Tecmo Bowl) announced that they would be publishing Fret Nice from developers Pieces Interactive.
Twisted Pixel Games has announced three new reasons to play Splosion Man on Xbox LIVE® Arcade during the next few weeks: free avatar awards, free meats, and improved online multiplayer. CEO Michael Wilford said “we’re excited because this is the biggest update to an existing game, with a lot of chances for players to score some free new stuff.”
Avatar Awards: Now that the Xbox Dashboard fully supports awarding players with avatar accessories from within a game, a title update has been released early this morning to enable Splosion Man’s awardable functionality, making it the first game to provide this feature to players free of charge. Players who have already performed the achievement will be awarded their accessories at the main menu, while new players will get to see a preview of what their avatar looks like wearing the accessory. Players can win two male and two female accessories for free by playing through Splosion Man.
Multiplayer mayhem awaits for up to four local or online players, in a race to clear the most balls from your table in Inferno Pool®. Pot balls to fire at opponents, or stockpile balls to unleash an onslaught. Master Jump Shots, Combos, Bank Shots, Kick Shots, and build your multiplier with an unbroken potting streak to unleash the devastating Inferno Mode. Alliances will be formed, friends will be betrayed, and the battle isn't over until the stat screen appears. Includes the challenging Endurance Mode, an Inferno-fuelled battle to survive against the clock and post a world-beating time. The game also includes classic pool modes for one or two local or online players.
“Inferno Pool” burns up on October 28th at 9 a.m. GMT (2:00 a.m. PDT).
Published by Koch Media and developed by Dark Energy Digital Ltd, “Inferno Pool” will be available for 800 Microsoft Points in North America and Asia and is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB. For more details on “Inferno Pool” you can visit: http://www.xbox.com/games/i/infernopoolxbla/ or http://www.xblarcade.com/node/2322
Xbox 360 owners have another Taito arcade classic to look forward to. The publisher has announced an Xbox 360 version of Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure, to be released domestically (and presumably worldwide as well) on Wednesday, October 28th for the Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.
Towering Adventure is a remake of the classic Rainbow Islands game, which has Bubble Bobble series characters Bubby and Bobby building rainbows to climb their way up to the top of a tower. The remake was previously released on the Wii in March. The 360 version promises story mode, challenge mode, and time attack modes, along with a worldwide one-on-one online competitive Xbox Live Match mode. Those who prefer to compete offline will also find a two player local cooperative mode.
Koch Media, a leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products, and Dark Energy Digital, a British developer and publisher of video games, announced the signing of a licensing agreement for Koch Media to publish and market the game Inferno Pool in North America and Asia. In the United States, Inferno Pool for Xbox LIVE® Arcade will be published and distributed by Deep Silver Inc., a publisher of interactive entertainment software and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Koch Media.
Inferno Pool is a revolutionary new arcade Pool/Billiards game where 1-4 local or online players battle to clear their tables while firing potted balls at opponents. Players can stockpile balls for a later onslaught, nominate their victims, and unleash devastating ball streaks and outrageous skill shots to trigger the punishing Inferno Mode. Alliances will be formed, friends will be betrayed, and the battle isn't over until the stat screen appears. The game also includes classic 8 ball and 9 ball modes for 1-2 players, and the addictive, Inferno-fueled, race against the clock Endurance Mode.
Konami Digital Entertainment GmbH has announced the return of one of its most enduring creations, with the announcement of a new downloadable Rocket Knight (working title) for Xbox LIVE Arcade.
The original Rocket Knight was an extremely popular 2D side-scrolling title first released on the 16-bit SEGA Megadrive and later on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, and starred a rocket-pack wearing Opossum called Sparkster. Famed for its fast platform-based gameplay and cartoon visuals, Rocket Knight will debut on next generation consoles fifteen years after its inception with updated graphics and alluring new environments.
In Rocket Knight, players take on the role of a fiery opossum named Sparkster, who returns home to The Kingdom of Zephyrus after 15 years only to find it in shambles. Using wits and a trusty rocket pack, players must steer clear and overcome a hostile wolf army looming to take the lives of the Zephyrus people. A 2.5D action adventure title, Rocket Knight brings expansive new worlds, each with massive platform levels and a rocket flying level.
Panzer General is back with an all-new turn-based strategy game in Panzer General: Allied Assault! For the first time on Xbox LIVE® Arcade, recreate actual battles during the last phase of World War II and experience the dramatic events of D-Day as they unfold in your hands. Build, customize, and fight with your personalized deck of 60 cards. Play with a friend in multiplayer mode, gain access to special units and cards, and become a Panzer General.
“Panzer General: Allied Assault” goes to war on October 21st at 9 a.m. GMT (2:00 a.m. PDT).
Published by Ubisoft Entertainment and developed by Petroglyph Games, “Panzer General: Allied Assault” will be available for 800 Microsoft Points everywhere and is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB. For more details on “Panzer General: Allied Assault” you can visit: http://www.xbox.com/games/p/panzergeneralaaxbla/
XBLArcade.com is holding a contest to reward its loyal readers and Tozai Games is teaming up with us to help motivate visitors to visit more often and post comments about the games we list. But that’s not all, this co-sponsored event is also designed to help generate awareness and interest in Tozai Games' titles as well as the Xbox LIVE Arcade as a whole community of great games and the individuals playing them. In essence, this is our way of saying thank you for being a gamer! And to do that, Tozai Games and XBLArcade.com will be giving away one game code of your choice between Lode Runner and R-Type Dimensions for Xbox LIVE Arcade.
Lode Runner - Confront crazed enemies in fresh sets of single-player levels and fun-filled co-op challenges, or lean back and master increasingly complex puzzles. Battle it out with endlessly spawning enemies in a feverish new mode, or challenge up to three friends in a cunning game of high speed tag, where the first to die are the first to avenge… as enemies! Create custom levels and host matches over Xbox LIVE®. Lode Runner is worth its weight in gold! Download the trial version of Lode Runner.
Digital Chocolate has announced that the award-winning mobile and PC hit game Tower Bloxx will be available on Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft starting this Wednesday, October 21st as Tower Bloxx Deluxe. Block dropping has never been as fun nor looked as good…
Reach for the skies in this wacky skyscraper construction game! In Tower Bloxx™ Deluxe, your task is to build brand new homes for the Tower Toons™ - funny little people who move in and turn the lights on before they even have a roof over their heads! It’s a test of skill - the better you drop new floors on the swaying tower, the happier they will be. But it’s windy up there, so you better keep your cool since a mistake might cost you a bunch of floors! Casual one-button game play will get you into building tall towers in no time - but it takes practice to really master Tower Bloxx™ Deluxe. Tower Bloxx Deluxe improves on the award-winning original with amazing new visual effects, more in-depth game play and two brand new game modes and brand new mini-game.
As in the original Tower Bloxx, the blocks are dropped on top of each other with an intuitive and extremely fun one-button game mechanic. In Tower Bloxx Deluxe, the beloved core game play remains the same, but sub-goals are added along with achievements, enhanced city building mode and midway targets such as tower upgrades and balcony blocks that add population boosts to your tower.