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- Boss Fight Books to Get a New Look for Richard Moss’s “Age of Empires”
- GDC Awards: All the Winners from 1996 to Today
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- The History Of The Word “Metroidvania” And How It Spread – A Critical Hit (2025)
- Creator of Hit Game Shovel Knight Is at a ‘Make or Break’ Moment – Bloomberg (2025)
- Shadow of the Colossus: An oral history – Design Room (2025)
- In 2005, games started rewiring our brains – The AV Club (2025)
Most Recent: Xbox 360
XBLA: Sacred Citadel, Capcom Arcade Cabinet: 1984 Pack
Sacred Citadel, a cartoony beat ’em up that will serve as a prequel to Sacred 3, is this week’s headlining new addition to the Xbox Live Arcade. It’s available to download for 1200 Microsoft Points ($15) and more details about the game can be found right here:
The once peaceful land of Ancaria is in grave danger. The evil Ashen empire has enslaved its population and is using the orc-like Grimmoc to wipe out the Seraphim, who swore to protect it. In order to defeat the empire you will have to prove yourself as a warrior by riding terrifying mounts, acquiring earth shattering skills and looting powerful weapons and valuable treasures. Grab your friends and join the resistance!
Also available this week is the final entry in the Capcom Arcade Cabinet, the “1984 Pack,” which contains 1942, SonSon, and Pirate Ship Higemaru. It can be purchased for 800 Microsoft Points ($10).
Posted in News, Xbox 360
Tagged Capcom Arcade Cabinet, Sacred Citadel
Sega announces Castle of Illusion Starring Mickey Mouse reboot
It’s a good time to be a fan of Disney side-scrollers from the late 80s/early 90s. Just a few weeks after Capcom announced DuckTales Remastered, Sega has confirmed that Castle of Illusion will be remade for the PC, PlayStation Network, and Xbox Live Arcade this Summer.
“The original Castle of Illusion was tremendously entertaining and has a well-deserved reputation as a Sega classic. Castle of Illusion Featuring Mickey Mouse brings this great game to a new generation,” said Chris Olson, Vice President of Digital Business at Sega of America. “Mickey is back and he looks fantastic.”
If there’s any justice in the world, an Aladdin HD remake will be announced next…
Posted in News, PC, PS3, Xbox 360
Tagged Castle of Illusion
NHL 14 crashes into stores on September 10
It’s time to pay the taxman, but EA Sports has a better idea on how to spend your April 15. The publisher has unveiled the first trailer for NHL 14, so you should give it a watch above (after you’ve paid Uncle Sam, of course). The game will be available for the PS3 and Xbox 360 on September 10.
Hit the jump for a look at some of the new features we can expect to see in EA’s 23rd hockey simulation. (more…)
New Releases: Injustice, Pandora’s Tower, SMT Devil Summoner Soul Hackers, More
NetherRealm Studios (the creators of Mortal Kombat) are back with their latest game, the DC Comics one-on-one fighter Injustice: Gods Among Us. Watch Superman and Batman battle it out for the soul of the DC Universe on the PS3, Xbox 360, or Wii U this Tuesday.
This week also sees the release of the final Operation Rainfall game, Pandora’s Tower. The Operation Rainfall group worked tirelessly to find a publisher for the Wii game (along with Xenoblade Chronicles and The Last Story before it) and it is amazing that we’ll finally get to play the fruits of their labor for oursselves this week.
A trio of other games will also be available this week:
- Atlus is returning to the world of Shin Megami Tensei this week with Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner – Soul Hackers on the 3DS.
- Pandora plans to release Victoria II: A Heart of Darkness, the second expansion to Victoria II.
- And the beat ’em up Sacred Citadel is coming to the PC. PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade editions should also be available this week.
Posted in 3DS, News, PC, PS3, Wii U, Xbox 360
Tagged Injustice: Gods Among Us, Pandora's Tower
Official site, YouTube trailers for XCOM FPS taken offline
2K’s successful reboot of the XCOM franchise, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, brought many new fans to the series when it was released last year. The title’s classic turn-based gameplay was combined with modern production values to procude an exciting game that appeared on multiple Game of the Year lists.
But what a lot of people have forgotten is that 2K originally resurrected the series with the announcement of a 2K Marin-developed first person shooter, simply known as XCOM. But like 1984 Ministry of Truth, it seems that the publisher is trying to shove their seven-years-in-the-making game down the Memory Hole.
The XCOM official website and two YouTube videos on 2K’s channel have been removed. Rumors abound that the game has undergone a stylistic shift at 2K Marin, but we’ll have to wait and see if that’s true or if the entire game has been scrapped.
[Source: Digital Trends]
State of Decay lurches onto XBLA in June
State of Decay, Undead Labs’ open-world third person zombie survival simulation, has been a long time coming. And after viewing the brand new trailer above, we now know it’ll be available on the Xbox Live Arcade this June.
The end is here. Life as you know it has gone to hell after the mother of all zombie outbreaks. Now you and the few scattered survivors must band together to survive and rebuild in a 3rd-person action game set in a dynamic open world. You choose where to make your stand, designing and fortifying your home base, performing daring raids for food and ammunition, and rescuing other playable survivors with unique talents. The open, sandbox world develops in real-time, dynamically generating content based on your choices and the ever-increasing zombie threat.
Just don’t let the armless zombies get you… they’re the worst!
Posted in News, Xbox 360
Tagged State of Decay
Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition retail version delayed until June
Microsoft has delayed the release of the retail disc version of Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition. The game was previously scheduled to hit stores on April 30, but has been pushed back to add in “the very latest content.”
FYI: In order to include the very latest content, the retail version for Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition has been delayed until June 4 (US)
— Larry Hryb (@majornelson) April 12, 2013
The “very latest content” likely includes the upcoming “Title Update 10,” which will fix most of the bugs introduced in “Title Update 9.” With the delay, Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition will now be available in stores on June 4.
Injustice: Gods Among Us launch trailer comes out punching
With literally days to go before Injustice: God Among Us flies into stores, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has unveiled the final trailer that will be released for the title.
Injustice: God Among Us launches on the April 16 in the US then April 19 in Europe on the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and the Wii U.
Posted in News, PS3, Wii U, Xbox 360
Tagged Injustice: Gods Among Us