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badgenome on 22 July 2009
sinha said:

Defense Grid XBLA to have more levels than PC version

 

Xbox360Achievements.org has gotten its hands on the game's achievement list which usually that the game is close to being released - but they achievements also suggests that the game may have more content than expected.

The achievements suggest that the game will simply be released as Defense Grid, relegating its The Awakening subtitle. However The Awakening is used as a name for the main Campaign mode. One achievement, Master Strategist, says it will be earned when you "Earn a gold medal on at least 40 Story or Challenge mode missions in any campaign." Any campaign? Sounds like new content to me.

The PC original also included only 20 levels, and only 19 of them had a challenge mode. Unless Grinder levels (continuous streams of enemies) are included in this statistic it would require more than the original's levels to be earned.

We should hope to hear more about this award winning tower defense game soon. Stay tuned.

But of course. It only makes sense to include more content for the superior platform.



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De85 on 23 July 2009

'Splosion Man is officially the best new game I've played all year. It's very simple, but everything works really well.



Joelcool7 on 23 July 2009

No offense but that huge line up in my opinion just ties Microsoft with Nintendo's virtual console. Its gonna take a lot of classic love to get me to buy XBLA over Virtual Console. My XBLA is useless to me nothing here beats SuperMarioWorld, Donkey Kong Country series, StarFox and Zelda!

Plus I've already bought Sonic Gems collection and mega collection so I own every Sonic game made pretty much. So honestly I don't even know if Microsoft could give me classics or even new content that would blow away WiiWare and VirtualConsole!



-JC7

"In God We Trust - In Games We Play " - Joel Reimer

 

sinha on 23 July 2009
De85 said:
'Splosion Man is officially the best new game I've played all year. It's very simple, but everything works really well.

 

It's a great game, but a little part of me just died while completing level 3-5... TwistedPixel are sick sick bastards.

 

Joecool7, the XBLA vs VC debate was already covered earlier in this thread.  None of the XBLA bashers who posted here bothered to reply to my response so I'm going to assume it's all just more drive-by-sh*tting on 360 threads and not address it further.



We don't provide the 'easy to program for' console that they [developers] want, because 'easy to program for' means that anybody will be able to take advantage of pretty much what the hardware can do, so the question is what do you do for the rest of the nine and half years? It's a learning process. - SCEI president Kaz Hirai

It's a virus where you buy it and you play it with your friends and they're like, "Oh my God that's so cool, I'm gonna go buy it." So you stop playing it after two months, but they buy it and they stop playing it after two months but they've showed it to someone else who then go out and buy it and so on. Everyone I know bought one and nobody turns it on. - Epic Games president Mike Capps

We have a real culture of thrift. The goal that I had in bringing a lot of the packaged goods folks into Activision about 10 years ago was to take all the fun out of making video games. - Activision CEO Bobby Kotick

 

Sardauk on 23 July 2009

I already have so many unfinished XBLA games on my HDD...

Oh well, It won't stop me from buying the new ones :)

I think I bought more via DD than Retail this year...



 

Evan Wells (Uncharted 2): I think the differences that you see between any two games has much more to do with the developer than whether it’s on the Xbox or PS3.

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JaggedSac on 23 July 2009

Damnit, this game looks good and I really shouldn't be buying anymore games.



SlipperyMooseCakes on 23 July 2009

http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=64520

Plants V.S. Zombies coming to XBLA.



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sinha on 23 July 2009
SlipperyMooseCakes said:
http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=64520

Plants V.S. Zombies coming to XBLA.

 

Plants vs. Zombies is an all-new action-strategy game from PopCap, known for Bejeweled and Peggle! Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Comic-Con is not the only event currently being held, at the Casual Connect in Seattle we met with PopCap's Garth Chouteau who revealed to us that P vs. Z is coming to XBLA, but did not elaborate any further on whether we can expect extras such as achievements, multiplayer or even a release date.

 

 



We don't provide the 'easy to program for' console that they [developers] want, because 'easy to program for' means that anybody will be able to take advantage of pretty much what the hardware can do, so the question is what do you do for the rest of the nine and half years? It's a learning process. - SCEI president Kaz Hirai

It's a virus where you buy it and you play it with your friends and they're like, "Oh my God that's so cool, I'm gonna go buy it." So you stop playing it after two months, but they buy it and they stop playing it after two months but they've showed it to someone else who then go out and buy it and so on. Everyone I know bought one and nobody turns it on. - Epic Games president Mike Capps

We have a real culture of thrift. The goal that I had in bringing a lot of the packaged goods folks into Activision about 10 years ago was to take all the fun out of making video games. - Activision CEO Bobby Kotick

 

sinha on 23 July 2009

XBLA sales info from GamerBytes:

Battlefield 1943 Breaks Sales Records, Sells More Than Bad Company

 

EA have revealed that with their release of Battlefield 1943 just a little over two weeks ago, they have created a monster. In two weeks they have sold 600,000 copies collectively between the Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network - becoming the fastest selling day one and week one game on either platform.

In comparison, Battlefield: Bad Company was released to retail on the 23rd of June 2008 and also had a two week sales period. According to the NPD Sales numbers for that time, Bad Company sold 346,800 copies on the Xbox 360, and on the PS3 version sold less than 260,000 copies.

Therefore, Battlefield 1943 worldwide has sold more than Battlefield: Bad Company did in the US in the same period.

 

Magic: The Gathering Sells 170,000 in 5 Weeks

Wizards of the Coast, the people behind all Magic: The Gathering bits and pieces, have revealed that in 5 weeks, they have sold over 170,000 copies of Magic: The Gathering on Xbox live Arcade.

The trial version of the title has also been downloaded over 440,000 times, which we believe means the game had a 38% attach rate - very high considering what we expect from digital downloads.

The game is currently 5th in the Major Nelson Top 10, and has repeatedly beaten Castle Crashers since its release - a game that until now had never been outside the top 5.

 



We don't provide the 'easy to program for' console that they [developers] want, because 'easy to program for' means that anybody will be able to take advantage of pretty much what the hardware can do, so the question is what do you do for the rest of the nine and half years? It's a learning process. - SCEI president Kaz Hirai

It's a virus where you buy it and you play it with your friends and they're like, "Oh my God that's so cool, I'm gonna go buy it." So you stop playing it after two months, but they buy it and they stop playing it after two months but they've showed it to someone else who then go out and buy it and so on. Everyone I know bought one and nobody turns it on. - Epic Games president Mike Capps

We have a real culture of thrift. The goal that I had in bringing a lot of the packaged goods folks into Activision about 10 years ago was to take all the fun out of making video games. - Activision CEO Bobby Kotick

 

badgenome on 23 July 2009
sinha said:
SlipperyMooseCakes said:
http://www.worthplaying.com/article.php?sid=64520

Plants V.S. Zombies coming to XBLA.

This!

But, uh... since when are achievements and especially release dates considered "extras"?