Available via the Game Marketplace over Xbox Live, Ubisoft’s Bloody Good Time demo puts players in the skin of a variety of wannabe movie stars as they compete for fame on set by eliminating the other wannabe’s via a multitude of murder weapons, murder aids and over the top death traps.
Comic Jumper is a primarily side scrolling downloadable adventure from Bread and Twisted Pixel available through the Xbox Live Arcade. Players take control of Captain Smiley, a comic book super hero who has fallen on hard times and is forced to take guest appearance jobs in other comics in order to fund his return to glory. Accompanying Captain Smiley is Star, a wisecracking star embedded in Smiley’s chest, and their administrative assistant/damsel in distress Gerda. Captain Smiley jumps into different comics through the use of a very Timecop-esque machine. Each comic world is complete with varying art styles and unique enemies, where Smiley battles bosses and completing challenges to rack up fees in order to relaunch the Captain Smiley comic brand.
Part of the Xbox Live Summer of Arcade, Uber Entertainment’s Monday Night Combat takes elements of tower defense, class based third person action, a heaping helping of bacon and combines them into one fast paced and over the top title that brings a breath of fresh air to the Xbox Live Arcade.
Next month Electronic Arts is continuing the joke filled release of the Tick-like superhero DeathSpank with……another release containing DeathSpank called the “Thongs of Virtue”. The new downloadable game is right on the heels of the first (successful?) episode for the Xbox Live Arcade and Playstation Network. We really haven’t even seen the sales numbers yet!
DeathSpank is an RPG-type game from Hothead Games, spawned from the same great mind that brought us Monkey Island: Ron Gilbert.
The first DeathSpank was filled with funny one-liners, conversation trees, and completely retarded fetch quests, one even involving you to obtain a “poop hammer” to beat the poop out of enemies and collect it. We’re sure the guys over at Hothead are taking things to a new level, it’s just surprising that they would release the follow-up this close to the first game when they just got people’s fifteen dollars.
In an industry that is slowly becoming a “what have you done for me lately” type affair, do you see this as a trend that will continue with games (at least with XBLA and PSN downloads)? Is this what you guys ultimately want? A second game that releases mere months after the first? We’ll see when it comes time for you to buy DeathSpank’s second installment Thongs of Virtue when it hits for $15 dollars around late September.
Look for DeathSpank: Thongs of Virtue in your download queue on PSN September 21st and on XBLA September 22nd.
If you haven’t picked up Limbo yet on the Xbox 360, you are seriously missing out. While it’s on the short side, it’s a game that should not be missed by anyone. Between the game mechanics, the simplistic art style, and the gory puzzles, it’s worth every penny of your 1200 Microsoft Points. Don’t believe me? Take a gander at Justin’s review.
Anyway, it looks like quite a few of you have already picked up a copy of the game, as it’s pushed more than 300,000 copies thus far. For an indie title with a price point on the higher side, that’s damn impressive. With little marketing push behind the game, word of mouth is what’s really driving Limbo into living rooms around the world.
I’ve played through a little over half of Limbo myself. I got to one puzzle (that I won’t spoil for anyone) that had me almost throwing my controller, so I took a break from the game and haven’t had a chance to get back into it. Hopefully soon, once a few games get finished up that I’m currently playing. What about you? Did you pick up Limbo? If not, you can turn in your gamer card at the door.
DeathSpank seems to be getting some high praise. Enough so that Hothead Games slapped together a new trailer showing off some of the better gameplay along with quotes from various reviews of the title. Now, I have yet to play DeathSpank, although I did buy it a few weeks back. Life has been hectic for me and a little game called StarCraft II showed up at my house, so my gaming time is pretty much dedicated to that. But from what I hear, this game is badass. Check it out.
Monkey Island is one of the premier early computer age adventure games. LucasArts and Guybrush Threepwood took us on swashbuckling journeys through various puzzles and treasure hunts back in the day when not much else was around. Fast forward nearly twenty years to the re-release of Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge. Guybrush killed the mortal pirate LeChuck in the first game, but he’s back in zombie form and it’s your job to take him down yet again. With updated graphics, controls, and a few additions, is Monkey Island 2 worth buying? Hit the jump to find out.
We’ve all played Tecmo Super Bowl on SNES or Sega Genesis. It’s one of the most well-known sports video games of all time. Everyone remembers throwing that touchdown pass to Bo Jackson, the fastest offensive player in the game. Or playing the championship game with San Francisco, with the unstoppable combination of Joe Montana and Ronnie Lott. The Tecmo Bowl Throwback, which is an updated version of Tecmo Super Bowl from 1993, is now available on Xbox Live Arcade and offers up all your favorite football memories with new and improved 3D gameplay, cutscenes, and menus.
We here at Loot Ninja are fans of killing zombies. We simply can’t get enough zombie killing in our video games! We continue to want even more blood, gore, and explosions of re-animated dead corpses on our TVs! It’s just how we roll. Well you’re also in luck kiddies, because this week’s Xbox Live Arcade’s Deal of the Week is Nihilistic Software’s Zombie Apocalypse. Normally priced at 800 MS points, you can head over to the Marketplace and snatch it up for 50% off! That’s only 400 MS points for all of you zombie killers out there.
For an XBLA title, Zombie Apocalypse looks and plays solidly, with the detail of the game being right up there with some of the better shooters in the online downloadable catalog. Zombie Apocalypse also features online multi-player for 4 players, and co-op for you and 3 friends (if they aren’t infected already). If you don’t want to spring $60 dollars for Left 4 Dead 2 or get the original Left 4 Dead for cheaper, Zombie Apocalypes isn’t too shabby of a price to hop on and kill zombies with your friends. Who doesn’t like killing zombies with their best friends?
[via Major Nelson’s Blog]
The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom likely hit the Xbox Live Arcade with little to no fanfare from gamers. Have you even heard of this game at all? Well, I should slap you if you haven’t, because you should. Mr. Winterbottom hit Xbox Live on Feb. 17th amidst loads of Dante’s Inferno hoop-lah and the release of Bioshock 2. You would be surprised to know that since it’s been out the ratings for The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom beat out the recently released Alien vs. Predator and are right up there with reviews of Bioshock 2. These are the type of titles hitting store shelves in a heavy release month, but I say we need to let The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom get all the praise it deserves.
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