Three more titles are being added to the Arcade Hits collection by Microsoft, effectively giving price cuts to the following: Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Worms and Feeding Frenzy.
These games will now retail for 400 Microsoft points ($5). This reflects a 50% discount for all three games. However, the price cuts are yet to take [...]

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The PS3 version of Age of Booty has been delayed to “sometime around mid-November.”
The hex-based strategy game recently hit Xbox Live Arcade last Wednesday and was listed to arrive on the PlayStation Store yesterday.
The delay has been attributed to the game needing a “little more work” to “ensure the online experience for PSN users [...]

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Today saw a surprise release on Xbox Live Arcade in the form of Crazy Mouse, an arcade maze game from Chinese developer Ultizen Games.
The game features 30 single-player levels and 16 multiplayer maps. It supports cooperative, competitive, tournament and ranked play.
Billed as the “first original XBLA game from mainland China”, Crazy Mouse can be had [...]

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Capcom’s most popular crossover fighting game Marvel vs. Capcom 2 might be making its way over to PS3 and Xbox 360, according to listings by ESRB.
Those nosey detectives at NeoGAF picked up the rating in the ESRB database, though they have been since been pulled.
In addition, industry veteran “john tv” posted a picture of [...]

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The oft-delayed revival of the vehicular combat series Vigilante 8 will finally be released on November 5 on Xbox Live Arcade, publisher Activision announced.
Developed by Isopod Lab, and seen as a continuation of the series, the game features eight-person online multiplayer, along with gameplay enhancements and tweaks.
It will sell for 800 Microsoft points.

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With the new Xbox Experience dashboard dropping next month, Microsoft has taken steps away from its previous announcement that it would delist under-performing games from Xbox Live Arcade.
In an interview to IGN, Microsoft VP John Schappert said that "the information about XBLA de-listing had been taken out of context and [...]

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Joining MLB Stickball on Xbox Live Arcade today are two more games – Tenchu: Shadow Assault and Beat’n Groovy. All three titles are 800 points ($10) each.
The first title is a party game spinning off from the famous stealth-action Tenchu series. It features a “trap action” game, supporting four-player multiplayer both locally and over [...]

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This week’s Xbox Live Arcade entry is MLB Stickball from Gaia Industries, offering baseball action for sports fans.
Taking a rather cartoonish approach to the sport, the game lets players pitch and hit in a variety of neighborhoods, each with their very own rules. It will also let you pick up over 120 professional players [...]

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This Wednesday will mark the release of mech shooter War World from Third World Games on Xbox Live Arcade.
Published by Microsoft and Ubisoft, the game will feature 16 mechs, over 100 singleplayer levels and four online multiplayer modes. It will retail for 800 Microsoft points ($10).

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Xbox Live Arcade is raking in quite a bit of money for Microsoft, who recently promoted the service through a five-week Summer of Arcade promotion that saw sales of XBLA titles hit new records.
The Summer, which saw the release of titles such as Braid, Castle Crashers, Bionic Commando Rearmed and many more top-tier titles, [...]

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The addictive ball-bouncing game from PopCap Interactive will hit Xbox 360 soon, according to studio VP Greg Canessa. It was originally slated for a Q2 2008 release.
Talking to Talking About Games, Canessa explained the game’s delay by saying that it gave the team more time to polish. He noted that the game is almost [...]

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Microsoft has announced that Rare’s Xbox 360 port of classic N64 platformer Banjo Kazooie will be available through Xbox Live Arcade starting Wednesday, November 26.
It will be priced at 1200 Microsoft points ($15), but will be available as a free download to those who pre-order Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts, which hits stores November [...]

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Get your credit cards ready, for 3D Realms and Microsoft have revealed the price of the upcoming Xbox Live Arcade re-release of Duke Nukem 3D: it will carry a price tag of 800 Microsoft points ($10).
Set for release on September 24 – this Wednesday – the game will feature all [...]

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To satisfy rabid gamers aching for Duke Nukem 3D, which is actually set for release next year, Microsoft has announced that this week’s new downloadable games for the Xbox 360 will be Domino Master and Feeding Frenzy 2: Shipwreck Showdown.
Both games will sell for 800 Microsoft points ($10) each and will be available tomorrow.
Domino [...]

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Making a short appearance on GameTrailers TV, 3D Realms announced that Duke Nukem 3D will hit Xbox Live Arcade on Wednesday, September 24.
No price point was given, though the studio notes that you should keep your eyes peeled at Major Nelson’s website, which is usually the first place to break information on these matters.
The [...]

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The popular arcade and Neo Geo brawler King of Fighters ‘98 is coming to the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade.
The game was recently re-released in Japan for the PS2 as King of Fighters ‘98: Ultimate Match, which is the version that will be released on Xbox Live Arcade. It features extra characters and [...]

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The achievements list for the Xbox Live Arcade port of Duke Nukem 3D has appeared on the internet via Achieve360Points, indicating that the game has passed certification and is due for release soon.
In fact, the game has gone gold, according to Shacknews who confirmed with 3D Realms’ George Broussard. “We officially passed final cert [...]

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Developer Behemoth confirmed today that its downloadable beat ‘em up title Castle Crashers will sell for 1200 Microsoft points ($15) on Xbox Live Arcade when it is released on August 27.
The game was previously listed for 1800 Microsoft points by Microsoft, though both Microsoft and Behemoth later clarified that the price point had not [...]

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When was the last time you and your friends dressed up as ninjas and pirates and played dodgeball? While you may never do so in real life, publisher Gamecock announced that gamers can unleash their inner buccaneers and assassins on Xbox Live Arcade with Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball on September 3.
The game also offers [...]

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Having released the time-warping puzzle platformer Braid on Xbox Live Arcade, game developer Jonathan Blow revealed that the service’s certification requirements had become a burden during the game’s polishing phase.
“They removed some of the requirements for XBLA games, but there are still a lot of requirements,” he said. “And I believe that, at least [...]

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