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TGS 08: Microsoft has no immediate plans to delist XBLA games

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2008-10-09 17:42:40 by Colette Bennett in Destructoid - Hardcore video game blog
...XBLA titles would be delisted seemed difficult to misinterpret -- especially since Mark Whitten, General Manager of Xbox Live, said it word for word. As of this week, it seems that isn't the case after all, at least if Microsoft Corporate VP Tom Schappert is to be believed According to Schappert, the information about delisting was "taken out...
 
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XBLA Wednesday Will Bring Sudoku and an Arcade Classic

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2008-05-27 17:12:49 by Jonathan in Gaming Today
...XBLA. You know, the kind where the Marketplace gets one boring game and one updated arcade classic. This Wednesday will bring two new XBLA titles with Buku Sudoku and Warlords. Buku Sudoku iswell, sudoku with the usual XBLA additions of HD graphics and online modes. The game will contain 1200 puzzles and three difficulties, as well as a new...
 
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XBLA Royalty Rate Changes - Closer To The Truth?

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2008-02-24 12:00:31 by Simon Carless in GameSetWatch
...XBLA royalties in half' , and it's one that has caused a lot of controversy, with plenty of predictable name-calling and insistence on the death of XBLA as a viable platform One of the problems here, of course, is that Kotaku's report only had one side of the story - and Microsoft isn't really in a position to refute the reports, because it...
 
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Developer Agrees with XBLA Changes

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2008-05-29 19:35:03 by Chris in Gaming Today
...XBLA needs to change, Zsolt Kigyossy, Zen Studios managing director, told MTV Multiplayer There are simply too many (great and less great) titles on the service, he continued. The present price point limits the content and the quality of the games made for the service (how much a publisher / developer is willing to spend on a title). As a...
 
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Peggle And Others Headed To XBLA

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2008-01-09 02:51:00 by Brian Lockhart in DigitalBattle
...XBLA titles on the way. Peggle (which has been confirmed), as well as Bust a Move and Bliss Island (Both currently unconfirmed) have been rated E for everyone on the ESRB website No word on whether Bust a Move will be a new entry or an Xbox Original title, but details have been confirmed on Peggle. It should be releasing sometime in Q2, if...
 
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XBLA Awards to award games that deserve awards

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2008-01-21 20:21:52 by admin in Video Games Blog
...XBLA Awards are broken down into six categories that can be voted on by the community (yes, even you ) over on Xbox.com and four categories that are industry only votes. Then, come February at the Game Developer's Conference, Microsoft will announce the XBLA winners, confetti cannons will shoot and we'll get a chance to see XBLA developers...
 
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Lost Cities Coming to XBLA on Wednesday

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2008-04-21 18:04:08 by Jonathan in Gaming Today
...XBLA version of Lost Cities, if only to satisfy my nagging curiousity. Well, it looks like well all get to see how this game actually plays as early as this Wednesday, since Microsoft has just announced thats when the game will become available for the Xbox Live Arcade. Lost Cities will have you using cards to amass points while you go on an...
 
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Ticket to Ride Coming to the XBLA Soon

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2008-05-12 22:48:20 by Jonathan in Gaming Today
...XBLA sometime in the next few weeks. The game will be based on a hit board game of the same name that was released in 2004. Players will be tasked with creating railroad routes across North America, while trying to connect different cities. Like most digital versions of board games, Ticket to Ride will be quick and easy to learn, but will...
 
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XBLA Hors D'oeuvres: Buku Sudoku

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2008-05-29 21:53:05 by Chris in Gaming Today
...XBLA Hors Doeurvres are back. If youre not familiar with them, theyre simply a weekly feature where I play the latest Xbox Live Arcade game in trial form for no more than 10 minutes, and then summarize my impressions of the game based only upon that I think the most telling part about Buku Sudoku is that I really had a hard time putting my...
 
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XBLA Hors D'oeuvres: Aces of the Galaxy

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2008-06-05 19:09:39 by Chris in Gaming Today
...XBLA Hors Doeurvres are back. If youre not familiar with them, theyre simply a weekly feature where I play the latest Xbox Live Arcade game in trial form for no more than 10 minutes, and then summarize my impressions of the game based only upon that Right off the bat, I wasnt particularly enamored with Aces of the Galaxy . Its an on-rails...
 
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