Pac-Man & Galaga previews up on IGN

IGN has previews for both these arcade classics that are soon to make there way to XBLA. Also included in the previews are the price (500 MS Points) and a full list of achievements for both.

You can check Pac-man out here and Galaga out here.

Tomacco – Wed, 2006 – 05 – 31 15:45

Marathon to XBLA?

Frankie, of bungie.net, was at his foggy best in this weeks update, with the following quote:

Spenser asks,

Marathon and XBLA: is it at all possible?

Of course it's possible, it's just not on any current agenda. If it's any consolation, many, many people think it's a good idea.

You can check out the entire post here.

Tomacco – Tue, 2006 – 05 – 30 23:58

Pinball coming to XBLA

During his interview with Major Nelson Aaron Greenberg was talking up some of the new games types that will be coming to XBLA, including totem ball, gesture based games and "A pinball game". While that's all the info available right now, I know of quite a few pinball freaks that this will please.

You can check it out here (the list is at about 36:45)

Tomacco – Tue, 2006 – 05 – 30 23:47

XBox Live Vision spotted ... in Uno!

One of the moderators over at CheapAss Gamers, was playing Uno when one of the beta testers for MS new camera joined his game, the mod was able to grab his camera and grab a short clip for all to see. While it's not the most exciting use for Vision, it's great to see that it works.

You can check his post out here.

Tomacco – Tue, 2006 – 05 – 30 16:52

SFII preview up at Gamespot

There's a decent, 3 page, preview up at gamespot. For all you achievements junkies out there it does describe them all, although doesn't state the point values. Here's a summary:

Based on what we saw of the work-in-progress game, Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting is looking solid. The offline game is looking good and the online experience, though there's still work to be done, has potential that it's close to realizing. As it stands right now, what we've played could pass for "good enough," but we're hoping that Capcom will be able to do the work needed to get it to be better. Though there's still no word on exactly when the game is releasing or how much it will cost, Street Fighter II: Hyper Fighting is still expected to ship in Q2 2006.

You can read it all here.

Tomacco – Sat, 2006 – 05 – 27 15:28

Mad Tracks Interview

Denis Bourdain, VP Business Dev at Load Inc, see picture bellow, took some time out of his busy schedule to answer a few quesitons about the upcoming Mad Tracks. He answers questions about pricing, DLC, and a release time frame (just an estimate of course, this is XBLA after all :) )

Read it all after the break

Tomacco – Fri, 2006 – 05 – 26 19:02

Gamespot Interviews Streamline Studios

During E3, Gamespot got the chance to interview Hector and Alexander Fernandez from Streamline Studios, makers of the upcoming Hoopworld. While there was no real "new" info, they do have a few game play videos sprinkled through out.

You can check it out here.

Tomacco – Wed, 2006 – 05 – 24 21:47