The only weapons I have are: 2 scythes.... and some guns. I can beat him, but it is hard to do so, as he keeps breaking my shit!

MS has just announced a fantastic slew of XBLA over the next 5 weeks. Which of these would you like to see as a Race??

Geometry Wars 2 is already a Race starting in 2 days!

July 30: “Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2” – The latest version of the wildly popular retro shooter offers screen-melting intensity and insane new features, including six action-packed gameplay modes, new enemies, scoring strategies and a diverse list of exciting Achievements. “Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2” is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB and will be available at 800 Microsoft Points.


August 6: “Braid” – From acclaimed developer Jonathan Blow, “Braid” is a mind-bending and artistic puzzle-platformer where the player manipulates the flow of time in strange and unusual ways. “Braid”is rated E10+ for Everyone 10+ by the ESRB.


August 13: “Bionic Commando: Rearmed” – The classic 8-bit side-scroller reports back for duty in a stunning remake, complete with all-new HD graphics and features that put 2D gaming back on the map! “Bionic Commando: Rearmed” is rated M for Mature by the ESRB


August 20: “Galaga Legions” – The legend lives on with “Galaga Legions,” a reimagining of the classic arcade shooter. Featuring table-turning game dynamics and updated graphics, the game was created by the team behind the bestselling “PAC-MAN Championship Edition” from Namco Bandai Games. “Galaga Legions” is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB.


August 27: “Castle Crashers” – Award-winning studio The Behemoth brings red hot arcade adventure to Xbox LIVE Arcade with “Castle Crashers,” featuring hand-drawn characters and an array of weapons to choose from as you defend your kingdom and save the princess. “Castle Crashers” is rated T for Teen by the ESRB.

Am I the only one who has no interest in XBLA titles?

I really annoyed because I need to replay the whole of Assassin's Creed to get 2 acheivements!!!! I only have 3 more to get before I have to replay it

Bionic Commando all the way!

Now my question is, how in the hell does a non-bloody port of an old NES game get an "M" rating??? I'm seriously doubting Capcom decided to infuse it with the F-bomb over and over... and gameplay footage shows no blood. So odd.

Now I'm just wondering if they are gonna push it back again because previously it listed as coming out in June.

Maybe because of Hitler?

Anyways, I nominate, if we can pull enough buyers in, a Castle Crashers race also. mr. stickball expects it to be the best selling of the five, so there should be enough members to commit to it. Any takers?

I was kind of wondering the same thing.  I think the ESRB's rating system is all over the place.  I was at gamestop last week and a young kid and his dad were looking at 360 games and he couldn't buy anything over Teen rating.  I've long been of age and never paid much attention but I was pretty thrown back by how some games received a M and some a T that I figured were very equivilent.  Halo 3 was an M but games like Oblivion / Ghost Recon were a T.  Halo is sort of colorful and more cartoony imo and didn't understand why it was rated higher then games which seem more gritty/real in their violence.  Maybe it's the small blood splatters that appear every once in a while in Halo? I dunno.  I was just surprised how many shooter games I saw that were both T and M which seemed very similar in violence & content to me.

@EagleEye - I would say Castle Crashers since it gives a good enough time gap between GW2.  I could honestly see almost all of those being good races but maybe we should wait to the achievements come out to see for sure.  Some might be really easy (like Pac Man: CE was)

I think defo Castle Crashers. Some members even signed up here just to participate for that Race and I hope to organise some League co-op parties.

Bionic Commando is my next pick as well.

Just hope that the Achievements are not whore points!

Braid is virtually unknown to me, but I can almost bet that Galaga Achievements will be a tough cookie, much like Geo Wars.

Yep I will not add any Race until I see the Achievements. Wouldnt make sense if everyone gets 200/200 after 1 week and I hand everyone 10 pts!

At www.achieve360points.com they give the achievements list for every game that's out and are usually the first to get achievement announcements on upcoming games. Here's the entry for Castle Crashes, which is finished:

http://www.achieve360points.com/game/castlecrashers/

It's hard to say how hard they'll be, as I don't quite know how how each mode works yet. Maybe we can make it a two week race instead of four if it's too easy.

Oblivion was M. Halo is M because of the splatter, but 90 percent of it is purple alien splatter, I think T would be much more accurate.

I don't think Hitler is enough of a reason. I seem to recall the original game having the word damn or hell or something in it, that's not enough for an M either.