[360] Official XBLA thread. Complain about the new price points but buy the garbage anyway!

Originally Posted by OmagnusPrime

Some news I'm sure Skills will be pleased to hear:
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Finally. Been looking forward to V8: Arcade for a while. Hopefully its release date is announced soon. ^_^

Also, sometime back in January (memory's pretty bad, sorry.), there was a GoldenEye 007 remake for XBLA in the works, with updated graphics and online play (along with splitscreen obviously) for up to four players, but it was stopped. The only two reasons I've read of so far is that Nintendo and Microsoft couldn't agree on money-related terms and just stopped it, or that Satoru Iwata said he "didn't want to see it on anything other than a Nintendo console" and put pressure on Activision, the current James Bond license holders.

1up - Why did GoldenEye XBLA stall?
Kotaku - GoldenEye XBLA shitcanning was Nintendo's fault?
(There's more links, but I've only posted these two considering they're related to the possible answers up top.)

Three clear screenshots (spoiler'd due to size):

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And the only video I know of it (video quality's pretty eh, but you can tell it's not the N64 game.):

YouTube Video

Whatever the reason for its cancellation, it honestly sucks. Would've loved to try it at least.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Haven't gone online with Castle Crashers yet. Been playing offline multiplayer with friends/family and so far, it's been a frigging blast. I've beaten the game, and I'm trying to get all the weapons and animal orbs currently. I'll try the online, and if it doesn't work, hopefully it'll be fixed soon enough.

And for anyone wondering about Vigilante 8 Arcade: The first submission into Microsoft had a few issues apparently. They've been fixed, and hopefully it's released early October. Wishful thinking though. The Xbox Live Vision Camera is supported for V8: Arcade. Nice feature I guess, but I don't have one and I probably won't be getting one any time soon.

Oh, and we weren't the only ones surprised when Slick Clyde wasn't in the main game or first DLC pack. Wouldn't mind getting Slick Clyde and Casino in a second DLC pack, but again, wishful thinking.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Alright, Duke Nukem 3D was released on XBLA today. It's a good port, but that's about it to be honest. There's no split-screen for either Dukematch or Co-op, which is something I was expecting, and unless I change my mind and buy more points, I won't be paying 10$ to see if online play is any good. Sorry Duke, it's a pass.

How ya doing, buddy?

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Why... would you expect a port of a PC game to have... splitscreen, something thats a relic of the 16 and 32 bit era? Do you think you're downloading Goldeneye? Yeesh.

I figured that since Doom and Marathon: Durandal had split-screen, this would too. My mistake.

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Still, this is a great port of a fantastic game and you have to like a game that has an achievement for handing dollars to strippers.

The above is true.

Apparently V8: Arcade passed the XBLA testing, so here's hoping it's released soon.

How ya doing, buddy?

Alright, bought Duke Nukem 3D. Jesus Christ, online is a riot.

Played through the beginning up until the level Dark Side (game froze for some reason) on the highest difficulty (every single enemy kept respawning until we blew it up/shrunk it/shattered it. Pretty funny.), with 6 players from the beginning to just me and another person at Dark Side. Protozoid Slimers (green slime that crawls on the ceiling/floor and latches onto your face) still scare the living shit out of me, but it's hilarious watching people dance around when one's on their face. Definitely a good purchase.

If anyone wants to go through Co-op or play Dukematch, I'll gladly join when I get the chance.

I was speaking idiomatically.

For those who care, Vigilante 8: Arcade finally has a release date: November 5th. They also uploaded a gameplay trailer as well.

Definitely looking forward to this. ^_^

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The original Perfect Dark is coming to XBLA.

Currently listed as a Winter release date (by one of Major Nelson's E3 twitters, apparently), or TBD as it says on the page. Definitely looking forward to this one.

FELIPE NO

New Perfect Dark XBLA screens:

Still set for "Winter 2009" (page says "TBD", it's incorrect), with more screen-shots coming soon.

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Originally Posted by Qwarky

Maybe now they'll have a Joanna model that doesn't look like a moose. N64 era Rare was absolutely terrible at modeling women.

Heh, no matter what in-game shot her model's been in, we've never seen her face (only her back turned, seen in the Elvis shot, and the co-op shot).

The only actual "shots" of her are desktop wallpapers. :/

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Alright, the achievements for Perfect Dark XBLA have been revealed, which reveals an awesome fact: GoldenEye weapons are available for Combat Simulator use.

More screenshots were released as well, including one from Rareware's site. This is going to be amazing.

Edit: The link for achievements is apparently broken/missing, so until it's back, I've uploaded a screenshot of the list here.

Second Edit: And there go the screenshots. They've been uploaded to this flickr here.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Colonel Asshole

Is there a decent source on that achievement list? That's not just The Rare Witch Project? I have been unable to confirm this, and it's somewhat fishy looking considering the fact that there's more than 12 achievements there.

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to confirm it either, but since it came with actual screen-shots, who knows. Maybe three were unused and just grouped together?

Weird theory, sorry, but it's all I can think of at the moment.

Just as well, I remember the Orange Box had many more achievements than usual (which was justified, since there were essentially five games), maybe they're increasing the maximum amount of achievements for Arcade games in the future (chances are it's being released in early 2010, bar nothing.), or maybe Perfect Dark XBLA was given a little bit of freedom?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Large leak of Perfect Dark XBLA shots just hours ago, thanks to a leaked build and an eager 360 owner with a dev-kit. Slideshow here.

Apparently the build is dated December 6th, 2009 (as shown in one of the shots). The achievements I posted earlier are real, as well.

There's an eight player maximum for matchmaking online, and there are custom games online, but the maximum amount of players are unknown (probably eight as well). Co-op and Counter-op are online as well, two players maximum.

How ya doing, buddy?

Originally Posted by Firefly

If this screenshot is to be believed, the game might have some 'reward' to offer for having Crackdown 2 and/or PD Zero saves on the same HD/memory card.

I honestly think it's a replacement for that Perfect Dark Game Pack GBC attachment, whatever the hell that was, since it unlocked quite a few cheats when you had it (All Guns was one of them).

I understand Perfect Dark Zero being there, but Crackdown 2's pretty puzzling.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Zip

is it possible to download the leak anywhere?

Unfortunately, he removed the link to the developmental build. It was on Megaupload (I was trying to find it earlier, still trying.). If I find it, I'll link it right away. Need a dev-kit on your 360 to use it, though.

As for the connection, thanks for pointing that out Shin, completely forgot.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Perfect Dark's going to be out in March, and it'll cost you 800 points.

FELIPE NO

I actually won a free code for PDXBLA, but gave it to a friend due to my 360 getting an E74. I'll be getting a new one today at least, and I'll be playing this for a damn long while. A few quick things to note about PDXBLA.

-All weapons, levels and bodies/heads are unlocked for Combat Simulator use.

-Having a Perfect Dark Zero save unlocks the old Game Boy Color Transfer Pack cheats. (Cloaking Device, Hurricane Fists, R-Tracker, All Guns in Solo)

-There are two unlockable avatar awards: A shirt, and an Elvis doll.

-There are in-game achievements ("awards") for various things, such as getting all bronze/silver/gold in the firing range.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?