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Anomaly Warzone Earth Details What’s Exclusive for Xbox

William Saw — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:58:30 +0000

Anomaly Warzone Earth is coming to XBLA this Friday, April 6th for 800MSP ($10) so it would make sense for the folks at 11bit Studios to release a new video detailing just what are the new features are exclusive to the Xbox version.

Anomaly Warzone Earth for XBLA Arrives April 6, Releases a Top-Secret Documentary

William Saw — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 20:30:22 +0000

11 bit studios Reverse Tower Defense title Anomaly Warzone Earth comes over to Xbox Live Arcade on April 6th for 800 MSP ($10). Anomaly was previously released on Apple’s iOS App Store with resounding success, garnering the prestigious Apple Design Award and a contender for Game of the Year. The developers originally planned the game for consoles and released a documentary video chronicling their top-secret research in finding the perfect controller for Anomaly Warzone Earth.

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition Ready for April 17th Release

William Saw — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 03:49:14 +0000

Warner Bros and CD Projekt RED have announced The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Enhanced Edition has gone gold and will release April 17, 2012 on Xbox 360. The Enhanced Edition features a world map, a soundtrack audio CD and a quest handbook. Those who preorder the Dark Edition recieve all of the above in addition to a Witcher medallion, art book, and behind-the-scenes DVD.

Akai Katana Teases a Trailer, Rains Bullets of Hell

William Saw — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 06:44:42 +0000

Akai Katana comes to Xbox 360 this spring as a HD addition of the original shoot ‘em up title. Fans of intense bullet hell gameplay should look forward to this one.

Sine Mora Releases on Xbox Live Arcade Today

William Saw — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 23:29:54 +0000

Hungarian developer Digital Reality and Suda 51′s Grasshopper Manufacture released their shoot ‘em up Sine Mora for the Xbox Live Arcade today. Sine Mora has a time-bending gameplay feature and a steampunk art direction. Its available here for 1200 Microsoft Points.

Phil Harrison To Lead Microsoft’s European Game Studios

William Saw — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 01:14:37 +0000

Former president of Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios, Phil Harrison has joined the ranks of Microsoft as “senior leader” and will oversee the Interactive Entertainment Business in Europe. Harrison will oversee Microsoft’s European studios such as Rare, Lionhead Studios, and Soho Productions.

Previously at Sony, Harrison pushed the development of Playstation Home and artistically creative games like LittleBigPlanet and Heavy Rain. He later left Sony to join Infogrames as president of Atari and most recently co-founded London Venture Partners, a investment firm focused on social and mobile titles. Hopefully Harrison can bring a focus to Microsoft’s first party development studios as he did with Sony.

Get a Glimpse of Halo 4 in ‘Making Of’ Video

William Saw — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:40:57 +0000

343 Industries released a video documentary detailing how badass Halo 4 will be. Franchise director Frank O’Connor and Executive Producer Kiki Wolfkill discussed how Halo 4 is not a “reboot” of the series but rather a technical update that marks, “the start of the next ten years of Halo.”

First DLC for Final Fantasy XIII-2 Now On PSN, Xbox Live

William Saw — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:53:13 +0000

As promised, Square Enix has released its first downloadable content pack for Final Fantasy XIII-2 hoping players who want to add Lightning and Master Sergeant Amodar to their party will now fork over those hard earned dollars to do so.

More DLC promising to “enhance the narrative” of Final Fantasy XIII-2 including “key characters” will be announced at a later time.

Rayman 3 HD Trailer Brings Back the Nostalgia

William Saw — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:57:41 +0000

Fans and newcomers can enjoy Ubisoft’s Rayman 3: Hoodlum Havoc in HD graphics. With the addition of online leaderboards, achievements, and mini-games along with 15-20 hours worth of gameplay, its certainly something I’d look out for in the coming months given their release of Beyond Good and Evil HD. Rayman 3 HD hits March 21 for Playstation Network and Xbox Live Arcade.

Check out the trailer below.

Puddle Releases on Xbox Live Arcade Today

William Saw — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:33:31 +0000

Konami has released Puddle on Xbox Live Arcade today at 800 Microsoft Points. The winner of the GDC 2010 Independent Games Festival Student Showcase Division is now available for download on the Xbox 360 with a Playstation Network release to follow next week on January 31 for $9.99.

Puddle is a physics based puzzle platform game and it was originally developed by six student from the French video game school ENJMIN and was later picked up and developed by Neko Entertainment.