So here is the second roundup of rumors around the net about XBLA.
Garage Games next game will be a tribes based game.
Rumor: Before GDC, video clips started surfacing that were being attributed to GG’s next game and how much it looked like an updated tribes universe.
Our Take: As reported at Kotaku.com, while GG did show a video at GDC that looked a lot like it could have been from the tribes world, it was actually just a demo of what there engine (named Torque) could do, and would actually be released to the comunity for consumption.
Road Rash is coming to XBLA.
Rumor: Pictures showed up and then disappeared that were supposed to be from a debug xbox and showed two gamer’s gamer score for serveral unreleased games including Uno, Poker, Cloning Clyde and Road Rash.
Our Take: The initial posting and then removal of these pictures seemed to lend a bit of creditbility to them, solely due to many people claiming NDA. Also, at the time, nothing had been announced about Cloning Clyde and google searches brought up nothing about video games at all. The next day, NinjaBee’s latest game was announced. The second hint, far more than the first leads us to think that this is a case of someone breaking there NDA and letting the cat out of the bag.
If this is just a rumor, then it means that someone who knew the name and had access to NinjaBee’s unreleased game faked up some screenshots to add in road rage. Seems a little bit far fetched to me.
That’s it for this week, and if you hear of any juicy XBLA rumors be sure to send them to rumors@xblarcade.com