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It’s April 1st and we all know what that means: time to avoid the internet for the next 24 hours. Typically we try to break XBLA news stories before …
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Today we’re posting an interview with James Silva from Ska Studios about Dishwasher: Vampire Smile. Ska Studios defines indie, with a team of three people and a cat. James …
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Until a month ago I had never played Castle Crashers. This was always a painful admission on my part given my position within the industry, but I finally resolved …
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The staff behind XBLA Fans has been working extra hard the past few weeks as we prepared for BRAWLER WEEK! We created this special event to explore everything we love about this bloody beat ’em up genre. The week is chock full of reviews, interviews, features, contests, and prizes. We’re bookending Brawler Week between Rush’N Attack and Dishwasher: Vampire Smile… two games that we encourage you to take for a test run.

Every day we’ll update this post with more awesome content and a new challenge for our readers to complete. Each challenge will be accompanied by a prize we will randomly give out to one or more lucky person that picks up the gauntlet and completes the challenge. At the end of the week, we have a very special prize that just three lucky readers will win. (Hint.) Please see our contest rules for more info and requirements.

This post will remain stickied on top to keep you up-to-date on the latest Brawler Week info. Don’t forget to keep checking for your next opportunity to win game codes and other great prizes!

Today’s features:

• Giveaway Challenge #6: No Hype – win X-Men Arcade

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With the shear breadth of gaming, it’s hard to play every title that comes out in a year, especially with a limited budget. Historically though, there are …
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Full House Poker was developed by Microsoft Games Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios.  It was released March 15, 2011 for 800MSP. A copy of the game was provided by the publisher for review purposes.

Last year, 1 vs. 100 pushed boundaries for what the digital space could provide on consoles by engaging thousands of players at one time in a game show like format. This year, Microsoft is back at it again with a spiritual successor of sorts in the form of Full House Poker. Players fill the shoes of their own avatars as they play the prevalent form of Poker (Texas Hold ‘Em), while attempting to expand their own virtual bankrolls. But do the cards deserve you going all in?

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Hothead Games announced the release date to Swarm late this evening via their twitter feed.  Gamers will be able to “get flocked” this March as the game launches in …
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Haunted Temple Studios has released a new trailed for Skulls of the Shogun. We had the opportunity to talk with their CEO Jake Kazdal a while back and he detailed …
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The team at Ska Studios posted some new screen shots for The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile. The sequel to The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai, Vampire Smile will release later this year. …
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What we do at XBLA wouldn’t be possible by ourselves. It takes an entire team of people willing to devote the spare time to talk about video games. But …
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