In another surprise Friday release, Battle: Los Angeles can now be downloaded from the Live Marketplace. We only recently found out about the game, which looks to be an impressively in depth shooter for an XBLA title. The full game can be purchased for 800 points from the link below, where you can also see the initial trailer for the game. Thanks to NeoGAF forum member BigMack for the heads up on this one.
Hard Corps: Uprising, developed by Arc System Works and published by Konami, is the latest in the Contra series, available now for 1200 Microsoft Points.
Hard Corps Uprising tells a zany tale about a corrupt nation or an evil dictator or both, some other evil bits here and there but truth be told the story is not the reason to buy the game, however there are many others. This latest installment in the Contra series, though not named as such, revamps the visuals with a crisp anime-esque appeal and animations and tops it off with an exciting hard rock soundtrack, as is Arc’s trademark.
Hard Corps epitomizes an action shoot ‘em up in every way, for better and for worse. Tons of enemies on screen of which there are decent variety, but not too many you have to learn something new every two seconds, though the same can’t be said for the boss fights. The game starts a bit slow and there’s no formal tutorial so certain elements of the game go unexplained, but once you get the hang of the Action Ships and play some of the more inventive levels, Hard Corps shows itself to be as enjoyable and thrilling as any other Contra title.
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The rumored Battle: LA has now been confirmed for Xbox Live Arcade. Set for a release sometime in March the game, much like the movie it is based on, revolves around humanity’s final struggle against an alien invasion. Judging by the trailer the game seems to be joining games like Section 8: Prejudice in setting a new visual benchmark for downloadable shooters. The game is being developed by Live Action Studios and published by Konami.
Source: Game Developer’s Conference 2011 via GamerBytes
Konami confirmed today that their action arcade game Rush’n Attack: Ex-Patriot will be released March 30 on XBLA. A 2.5D game developed by Vatra Games, it takes place fifteen years after the cold war between Russia and the United States. Get your combat knives ready, it’s nearly time to get back into the thick of things.
The XBLA House Party promotion kicks off today with the release of Hard Corps: Uprising. Wondering if it’s worth checking out? Well while we work on our review why not try out the trial for yourself? The full game will set you back 1200MSP.
Hard Corps is a Contra game in all but name, complete with the frantic gameplay and co-op one would expect. Somewhat controversially the Konami has paid DLC launching alongside the game, in the form of additional characters. The House Party promotion continues next week with the release of Bejeweled Blitz Live.
This week on XBLA Wednesday the marketplace has a lot of variety. In Stacking (1200MP) from Tim Schafer’s Double Fine Productions you take control of Russian stacking dolls, also known as Matryoshka dolls, in this delightful adventure puzzler. TNT Racers (800MP) shifts to top down view in this simple arcade racer boasting a wide variety of cars, modes, maps and powerups as well as online and on-couch multiplayer. On the DLC front there’s an extra stage for Castlevania Harmony of Despair titled “The Legend of Fuma” (240MP), a retro throwback to Getsu Fuma Den, and a character pack to match it (160MP). Three completely different XBLA experiences, all in one day!
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Konami has released pricing, availability, and screens for its latest shmup, Hard Corps: Uprising. We haven’t played the game yet, so we can’t really tell whether the game deserves its title. But you can find out for yourself when the game is released on XBLA February 16th for 1200 Microsoft Points.
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The game was designed originally by Konami and then brought to XBLA by Backbone Entertainment, a division of Foundation 9 Entertainment. The player chooses one of six X-Men: Cyclops, Colossus, Wolverine, Storm, Nightcrawler, or Dazzler. Their objective is to stop the villain Magneto from wreaking havoc on human civilization. They must fight through an army of hundreds of Sentinels and supervillains such as Pyro, Blob, Wendigo, Nimrod, The White Queen, Juggernaut, and Mystique. Later, Magneto kidnaps Professor X and Kitty Pryde, prompting the heroes to go on a rescue mission. The heroes fight their way to Island M and ultimately to Magneto’s base on Asteroid M where the final battle with the Master of Magnetism takes place.
If you were lucky your arcade had the full on 6-player mode, and if you didn’t have the nice arcade, you had the cheesy 4-player cabinet. The question is, how well did this classic age? Is it worth spending the 800 MS Points ($10 US)?
One week from today you and up to 5 friends will by slicing, dicing and blasting your way through X-Men Arcade. That’s right, the arcade classic is coming to your living room! Full details after the jump.
Are you a SHMUP (shoot ‘em up) fan? Have you ever heard of a little game called GRADIUS? If you know of such things and have bee eagerly awaiting Otomedius Excellent, prepare for a postponement of your satisfaction.
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