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About Nathan Bowring

I'm a software developer who enjoys gaming, and I know how cliche that sounds. I've been playing XBLA games for some time now, and I'm a huge fan of the price and creativity of these games. Writing about them is almost as fun as playing them. Almost.
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Hatty counts his cash in Battleblock Theater’s gift shop
12 years ago

Hatty counts his cash in Battleblock Theater’s gift shop

Battleblock Theater is a terrible place, forcing prisoners to perform deadly plays for the entertainment of giant cats. That isn’t to say it’s all bad, at least the prisoners …
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Strike Suit Zero developer diary 002
12 years ago

Strike Suit Zero developer diary 002

The second developer diary for Strike Suit Zero explains the creation of the game’s signature half-spaceship half-robot Strike Suits. Developer Born Ready Games has collaberated with designer Junji Okubo to design …
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Trials Evolution will make you face your insanity
12 years ago

Trials Evolution will make you face your insanity

RedLynx has already packed a lot of great tracks into Trials Evolution, but they’re not stopping there. The Face Your Insanity track will baffle and astound as the track constantly …
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Foul Play announced
12 years ago

Foul Play announced

Victorian daemon-hunter and renowned Daemonologist Baron Dashforth had an amazing career vanquishing fantastical creatures. Now retired, he wants to share his life’s journey with the world. And what better way to share his story than by making it into a high-budget play?

Developer Mediatonic is making its first foray into XBLA with Foul Play, a sidescrolling brawler all about performance. Killing your enemies isn’t enough, you need to dispatch your costumed foes with style if you want to keep the audience’s attention. Execute perfectly choreographed strikes, takedowns, throws, and reversals to keep your viewers on the edge of their seat. The play’s scenery will constantly be changing as you progress: castles will crumble, pyramids will rise, and fires will burn. Dashforth can fight alone, or with his loyal companion Scampwick in two player co-op. When teaming up, the duo can link attacks and perform special team takedowns to furthur amaze the crowd.

The game’s opening night and price of admission are yet to be decided.

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Minecraft bug fix update out now
12 years ago

Minecraft bug fix update out now

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Minecraft players may have been surprised when they logged on today and were prompted with an unexpected update. The new update 4J Studios has rolled out provides fixes for bugs that have appeared after the 1.7.3 update. Many of the fixes involve pistons, as well as some visual and audio oddities players have been experiencing. Keep reading for the entire list of fixes that will make Minecraft even better.

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Time to fear the end: Deadlight is out today

Zombie puzzle-platformer and third Summer of Arcade title Deadlight is out today. A new trailer has arrived just in time, showing the various accolades the game has received thus far. Between …
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Hybrid trailer details the world war
12 years ago

Hybrid trailer details the world war

While Hybrid may be a match-based multiplayer shooter, the newest trailer shows how the overarching game can be just as important as a single battle. When you start the game, …
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Tink will flood XBLA with color
12 years ago

Tink will flood XBLA with color

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Not only has Mimimi Productions partnered with Gambitious to continue development on their game Tink, but they also announced their game for XBLA. Tink is a third-person adventure game where you take the roll of Tink, a hero raging a war of color against The Creeping Bleakness. The villain is sucking all the color of the world and filling it with grey, emotionless creatures. Tink will use the power of colors to restore life to the world and alter the emotions of his enemies. According to CEO and Founder of Mimimi Productions Johannes Roth, Tink will also bring the color back to our world of violent video games:

“With Tink we wanted to create the kind of game that we miss playing in today’s climate of violent combat and bleak post-apocalyptic worlds. Our aim is to give players the same kind of feeling we had when we first played games like Banjo Kazooie, so it made sense to give our hero the power to bring colour back into his world, just as we want to do with gaming. We’re sure there are lots of other gamers out there who want it too!”

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Hybrid will have micro-transactions
12 years ago

Hybrid will have micro-transactions

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5th Cell’s third-person shooter Hybrid will have a bountiful list of unlockables, including helmets, weapons, and specializations, all of which can be earned through natural progression. Those who want to get these …
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Deadlight launch trailer
12 years ago

Deadlight launch trailer

Next week will see the launch of Deadlight, the third game of Summer of Arcade. Set in an alternate 80s timeline, a zombie apocalypse has destroyed the world. The game …
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