12 years ago
Friday Top Five: Top five XBLA in-game songs
You know those songs you come across in a game sometimes that are so good that you find a safe spot, put the controller down and just listen to the music? Those moments where you completely forget what you are doing while you are mesmerized by the melody? Well that’s what this list is dedicated to. Those moments in gaming where the music captures your attention and your imagination. Moments of music so good, you wish the level would never end. Music so captivating that you hum these songs to yourself for days, weeks, months or years later. These are the top five in-game songs in XBLA.
12 years ago
Downloadable games growing beyond their bytes
When Xbox Live Arcade launched in 2004 on Microsoft’s debut console, six titles well-known for their arcade roots appeared on the service at a fraction of retail cost. After Xbox Live Arcade re-launched on Xbox 360, the “Arcade” titles being released had a meager size limit of 50MB and retained the trend of being quick, shallow experiences. Today, some downloadable titles earn more critical attention than major blockbusters and may even reach Microsoft’s mandated size limit of 2GB.
“Now is an excellent time for high-quality, original, specific, relatively low-priced games, and I think this will continue for the foreseeable future,” said Greg Kasavin, writer and designer at SuperGiant Games. “Though it’s very difficult to make games, it’s never been easier due to the digital platforms and free tools out there these days.”
12 years ago
Bastion’s Greg Kasavin on the state of downloadable titles
We recently had the opportunity to talk at length with Greg Kasavin, writer and designer at SuperGiant Games about the state of the downloadable titles. Instead of focusing solely on Bastion, the team’s debut release, we spoke with Greg about why he chose independent game development as a career, his experience thus far with the Xbox Live service, as well as his plans for the future. Bastion is out now on XBLA and Steam and was the first title to be released in last year’s Summer of Arcade promotion.
12 years ago
What we are playing: April 15
What we are playing is a weekly column published on Sunday. Various members of the team let the world know which games have had them hooked over the past week …
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12 years ago
Friday Top Five: Top five XBLA trailers
There’s nothing more enticing than that tease, that pinch, that itch you get from a fantastic trailer. With retail games, so many of them get these bloated budgets and the trailers get absolutely insane, but XBLA has to rely on their creativity! Their imagination! Their sense of wonder!… And yes, money also. However, not every trailer is amazing, but the best ones combine with some great games and catchy trailer ideas to really entice you. This week’s Friday Top Five will be about these beautiful, and often evil, displays of awesome, wallet-attacking footage. We were looking for that marriage of gameplay, story, presentation and shameless plugging, and we’ve found the best examples of it.
12 years ago
EU Easter Eggstravaganza Sale
Gamers in the EU region are being treated to a special Easter Sale just now. Some top XBLA games are featured and see a whopping 50% off the RPR:
Download Bastion’s soundtrack sheet music for free and ringtones for $0.99
Supergiant Games has yet again wowed us with their awesomeness by handing out freebies for their award winning game Bastion that they could easily sell for a pretty …
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12 years ago
Supergiant cut a planned gardening feature from Bastion
A number of things pop out of the ground in the hub of Supergiant’s wonderful action-RPG, Bastion. Anklegators and blacksmiths weren’t the only things the developer originally envisioned …
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12 years ago
XBLAFancast Music Special
To celebrate our recent milestone of 50 episodes, which also coincided with our one year anniversary, we decided to do something a little different. In this special episode of the XBLAFancast we focus on the music of XBLA, with some choice tracks from some of the best soundtracks XBLA has to offer. So please, sit back and enjoy the XBLAFancast music special.
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