Classic Board Games Coming To Xbox Live Arcade?

While we were recording the podcast last night, we spoke about what franchises we would like to see on the 360. Jokingly me and Tony agreed that Chess should be on the arcade. After we said that Corran chimed in that if you look at the pamphlet that came with the vision camera, you will see a screen-shot of chess with vision camera capability. I decided to investigate this by digging up my vision camera pamphlet from the dark corners of my TV cabinet and surely enough there was a screen-shot of vision camera enabled chess and a paragraph that said  “Play face-to-face with one of 4 classic board games- Checkers, Reversi, Mancala and Chess.” I found this pretty interesting since these games are not on the arcade as of right now. So I think that we should expect to see these classic board games on the Arcade hopefully sometime soon. Here is the page on which the Classic Board Games are mentioned:

(Sorry for the shaky image quality, Thanks Corran for the tip off)

Checkmate!

-Frank (Gamertag: TheMan661

This Weeks Arcade Title is….

Luxor 2, it will be selling for 800 points and it will be arriving on Marketplace on Wednesday. More details over at Gamerscore Blog: http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2007/04/02/543546.aspx

-Frank (Gamertag: TheMan661)

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Now Available!

I know most of my arcade fans out there were waiting for this one. Castlevania: Symphony of the Night is available now on the Xbox Live Arcade. It is selling for 800 Microsoft Points and it is not available in South Korea. I’m definitely going to download the trial version for this game.

-Frank (Gamertag: TheMan661)

Castlevania is on the way!

Castlevania: Symphony of Night will be arriving on the Xbox Live Arcade as next weeks arcade title and will be selling for 800 Microsoft Points. So next Wednesday get ready for Castlevania as next weeks arcade title. I was reading Major Nelson when I found this out and he linked off to the Gamerscore Blog press release on the game. Are you arcade fans excited or what?

-Frank (Gamertag: TheMan661)

TMNT Review

TMNT came out today. Single player is fun. Multiplayer sucks.

The End

– Arizona Jedi

Worms is Finally Here!

Alright now all you “Worms” fans out there can now get ready for some non stop “Worms” action. “Worms” has now finally hit the arcade and it is selling for 800 points. It is available in all of the Xbox Live regions and the size of the file is 42.29MB. I cannot wait to go and download this one.

-Frank (Gamertag: TheMan661)

“Worms” is on the Way!

Alright all you guys who are waiting for “Worms” (me being one of you) can stop staring at the marketplace screen every hour of every day waiting for “Worms” to pop up. I’m sure that nobody does this but if you do you can stop. According to the guys over at Gamerscore Blog and Major Nelson, “Worms” will be available next Wednesday and will be sold for 800 Microsoft Points. This will probably climb up the XBLA unique users chart when it hits marketplace.

Here is the original Gamerscore Blog post: http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2007/03/02/541945.aspx

-Frank (Gamertag: TheMan661)

Alien Hominid HD released on Xbox Live Arcade

As announced, Alien Hominid HD has been released on the Xbox Live Arcade. The game is priced at 800 points, and it is available in all the Xbox Live regions. I may even download this given the price for a pretty cool game.

-Frank (Gamertag: TheMan661)

This weeks Xbox Live Arcade title is….

ALIEN HOMINID! Yep we are getting an XBLA title this week called Alien Hominid which I am sure you have heard of, if you haven’t check out the interview Major Nelson did with John Baez from the Alien Hominid team on his show #213. I’m pretty sure this title is going to sell for 800 points. Also according to the guys over at the Gamerscore Blog this game will feature a full 200 Gamerscore. Here is the official press release: http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2007/02/26/541853.aspx

-Frank (Gamertag: TheMan661)

Xbox Live Arcade Forecast

The guys over at Gamerscore Blog brought us a report on the upcoming Xbox Live Arcade Forecast. It looks like there will be no Xbox Live Arcade title this coming week but Alien Hominid and Castlevania should be coming soon. Where is Worms? I have no idea, I am looking forward to seeing Worms on the Arcade but I guess we are going to have to wait for that one. Check out the report here: http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2007/02/19/541199.aspx.

-Frank (Gamertag: TheMan661)