The duders at Klei Entertainment are trying their hands at the 2D stealth platforming genre (what?!) with Mark of the Ninja for XBLA. Mark of the Ninja is to Shank as Pizza Rolls are to Pizza. It’s got all the flavor of the original recipe, but product as a whole is superior in every way…. Continue reading
Finally, a month full of video game releases worth talking about. Start selling what your momma gave you because this is only the beginning of what the rest of 2012 has to offer. We woke up the staff to find out which games they will be playing this month. Check out the our hand selected… Continue reading
What made the dudes at 5th Cell decide to take a break from Drawing and Scribbling to create a futuristic third person shooter? You won’t find that answer in this video! What you will find, though, is Hybrid – a wholly competent competitive shooter with a tactical movement mechanic that actually works. Even if I… Continue reading
Retro graphics with action that practically shoots the name Contra across the screen, plus time manipulation and a ghost army. Did you need any more info to be sold on Super T.I.M.E. Force? Well Capybara Games has put together a trailer to blow your childhood minds just in case: During our last preview, I was… Continue reading
Nothing is solid yet, but our favorite missile-tears crying child of an oppressive God-crazed mother may be appearing on consoles in the future. The Binding of Isaac is currently being remade and rebalanced according to Edmund McMillen, and he says it’s up to the publisher what they do with the game as far as consoles go. i… Continue reading
Multiplayer beat-em ups will always have a place in my downloadable library. Foul Play is looking to bring a bit more class to the genre and to XBLA with its old-fashioned brawling style. Foul Play stars Baron Dashforth as he reenacts his true life story of daemon hunting for a in-game theater audience. It “is… Continue reading
State of Decay is a third person, open-world zombie survival game which has been in the works by Undead Labs for some time. Undead Labs originally announced the game a little over a year ago as Class 3, but it now has released a new trailer and comments on how Microsoft Studios assisted in bringing the game to Xbox… Continue reading
I’m not going to address those other games, all you should know is that Dust: An Elysian Tale is this week’s major Xbox Live Arcade release and that Metroidvania fans need to pay attention to this trailer: Dust fits the classic mold of the XBLA that we all used to love. Small team, gorgeous artwork,… Continue reading
Double Fine must get worried about its downloadable titles getting lonely if they are exclusive for too long. It looks as though Iron Brigade has been called up to join its cousins on the PC. Costume Quest and Stacking made the leap last year after being XBLA exclusives, so its nice to see our favorite… Continue reading
Follow Josh and Justin down a slow, dark decent into madness with a first look at Spelunky for XBLA. What looks like a charming indie platformer turns out to be the catalyst for mental breakdowns. Keep the NSPL on speed-dial for this episode of Game Curious. This video is intended for an mature audience as… Continue reading
I think the last video game pinball game I played may have been on the NES. Recently though, pinball apps have started growing in popularity on every system imaginable. Personally, I had thought about trying some of the classic pinball ports on iOS, but hadn’t pulled the trigger. I had completely written off the chance… Continue reading
Do you remember the Fez patch that reportedly was destroying saves for some players? Do you also remember that this patch was pulled shortly after being placed on XBL? Well, everyone rejoice because the save killing patch is returning! In a recent post on the Poytron site, Phil Fish declared that the save issues were… Continue reading