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Torchlight sales pass 1 million units

By Alice O'Connor, Jul 07, 2011 11:55am PDT

Runic's charming action-RPG has passed the million-sales milestone, the developer announced today.

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"You guys COULD choose to ditch the whole f2p mmo idea and just add multiplayer and content ..."

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Rumor: Ms. Splosion Man exploding onto Steam

By Alice O'Connor, Jul 05, 2011 10:00am PDT

Twisted Pixel's explosive platformer sequel briefly appeared on Steam, suggesting Ms. Splosion Man won't be an Xbox Live Arcade exclusive, and will also come to PC.

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"Hopefully this is true. I loved the first 'Splosion Man but I would rather buy this on the PC ..."

- Zoopy_Iscariot see all 4 comments

Spelunky XBLA trailer shows multiplayer

By Alice O'Connor, Jun 14, 2011 11:45am PDT

The first trailer for much-loved indie platformer Spelunky's Xbox Live Arcade edition has arrived, complete with a peek at its multiplayer modes.

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"I want to know what drunken decision resulted in replacing the original (and wildly catchy) ..."

- MOOMANiBE see all 7 comments

Shuggy, Magic: The Gathering on XBLA this week

By Alice O'Connor, Jun 14, 2011 7:10am PDT

Almost four years after it was a finalist in the inaugural Dream Build Play contest, The Adventures of Shuggy launches on Xbox Live Arcade tomorrow. More Magic: The Gathering duelling planeswalkers also arrive this week.

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"Yay, Shuggy is finally coming out! I remember playing that game when we had it in test years ago ..."

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Super Street Fighter 3: Third Strike Online Edition unveiled

By Alice O'Connor, Jun 07, 2011 3:00pm PDT

Having quietly promised a revamp of Street Fighter III: Third Strike last year, Capcom has now formally unveiled the downloadable fighting game, revealing it's due out this year for $15.

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"but you weren't forced to use parry, and you tend to respect much more an opponent that ..."

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XBLA Summer of Arcade lineup announced

By Alice O'Connor, Jun 06, 2011 1:09pm PDT

Microsoft has revealed the upcoming Xbox Live Arcade games being highlighted with this year's Summer of Arcade promotion--Toy Soldiers: Cold War, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, Fruit Ninja Kinect, Bastion and From Dust.

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"Summer of Arcade will be the first many people hear of these games, so a shortish blurb, while ..."

- Alice O'Connor see all 28 comments

Crimson Alliance announced for XBLA

By Steve Watts, Jun 01, 2011 8:00am PDT

Certain Affinity has announced Crimson Alliance, an XBLA action/RPG due this summer. It comes complete with character classes, skill trees, and offline or Xbox Live co-op.

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"yep, loot and a decent style and i will easily hammer 20 hours into it. based on that one image ..."

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Trenched coming to XBLA June 22

By Steve Watts, May 25, 2011 1:20pm PDT

Double Fine announced that Trenched, the XBLA-exclusive mech tower defense game, will release on June 22 for 1200 Microsoft Points.

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"Really? I cant imagine a world where it would possibly for it to fail to make mountains of cash."

- MeestaNob see all 12 comments

2D MOBA 'Awesomenauts' announced

By Alice O'Connor, May 18, 2011 10:00am PDT

The awesomely-named, DotA-inspired sidescroller is headed to XBLA and PSN, promising jetpacking Russian monkeys and giant robots.

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Guardian Heroes being remastered for XBLA

By Steve Watts, May 05, 2011 8:00am PDT

Sega announced today that Guardian Heroes will be remastered for Xbox Live Arcade, and the version will add online co-op and new game modes. It's set for a release this fall.

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"One of the reasons why I wasted some coin on that Saturn. Fun game though"

- Pettytheft see all 15 comments

Three new shmup-related releases on XBLA

By Alice O'Connor, Apr 27, 2011 3:00pm PDT

This week's XBLA releases are a bit shmup-y, with a new shmup, a game from shmup specialist Cave, and one game with Ikaruga stylings.

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"Shmup? Is the definition of this common knowledge for Shackers?"

- radioactivez0r see all 18 comments

Backbreaker: Vengeance announced for XBLA

By Alice O'Connor, Apr 14, 2011 7:00am PDT

An Xbox Live Arcade game based upon the Euphoria-powered football game Backbreakers's Tackle Alley mode is due to launch this summer.

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"Hmm, definitely the way to go since that mini-game appeared to be the best part of the entire ..."

- passingstranger see all 2 comments

Just Cause 2 dev's co-op shooter Renegade Ops announced

By Alice O'Connor, Mar 30, 2011 9:00am PDT

Avalanche Studios is making a vehicular shooter "all about driving or flying around blowing stuff up while playing with your friends."

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"I love that devs are realising that downloadable can carry games that might not work as a retail ..."

- SpaecKow see all 14 comments

Bastion hitting XBLA in summer, PC later this year

By Alice O'Connor, Mar 10, 2011 8:30am PST

Supergiant's charming action-RPG, which boasts dynamic narration, will be out on Xbox Live Arcade this summer and PC "later this year."

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"After listening to the Idle Thumbs GDC2011 podcast, I'm looking forward to this a lot. Glad to ..."

- Memphis-Ahn see all 7 comments

GDC: Double Fine reveals Trenched for XBLA

By Alice O'Connor, Mar 03, 2011 5:45am PST

Psychonauts and Stacking developer Double Fine has announced its latest game, a "tower defense shooter" for XBLA named Trenched.

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"Tim Schafer hates all PC gamers now and wishes them only misery."

- Kub666 see all 38 comments