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Puzzle Quest and Yaris are XBLA bound

Even though we were tipped off about one XBLA release this week Microsoft decided to surprise us with another. Releasing to the XBLA this Wednesday, October 10th are two new Arcade offerings including the puzzle adventure Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords which is priced at 1200 Microsoft points and a racing game sponsored by Toyota called Yaris which, to US and Canadian Live members, will be absolutely free.

We're sure Puzzle Quest fans are already frothing at the mouth in anticipation for this Wednesday and already purchased their Microsoft points cards, but where the heck did this Toyota Yaris game come from? Total left field here, but a free corporate sponsored game and some free Gamerscore is something we won't question.

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Tony1

10-08-2007 @ 1:32PM

Tony said...

They've shown off that game a few times... I think most recently at some Yaris event. There were screenshots of people playing it.

I didn't think it would just suddenly appear, though.

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Jake2

10-08-2007 @ 1:38PM

Jake said...

the link for Yaris is busted.

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Gemini Ace3

10-08-2007 @ 1:50PM

Gemini Ace said...

Once Yaris hits, people are gonna say "Halo who?".

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qbix4

10-08-2007 @ 1:55PM

qbix said...

The Yaris game has been on achieve360points for a while. And yes, I was also thinking "WTF?" when I saw it. I refuse to get games just for the achievements though.

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Wolvie75 VwR5

10-08-2007 @ 2:06PM

Wolvie75 VwR said...

My first thought when looking at the screenshot is.. "wow, i didn't know the yaris can do 140"

as far as puzzlequest, recommended play?

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Grant6

10-08-2007 @ 2:08PM

Grant said...

woot!
free game and a hopefully great one.
sounds like a great Wednesday coming up.

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Adam7

10-08-2007 @ 2:22PM

Adam said...

Why the fuck is this shitty free game, US and Canada only, bollocks to that.

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E.J.8

10-08-2007 @ 2:41PM

E.J. said...

@Adam, why bollocks a game that you don't care for? Why post in this thread, for that matter?

Besides, if you're from Europe, you guys have Smart Cars already. No need to market these Echo-replacements to a continent full of small cars.

Hooray for advergaming!

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ccc9

10-08-2007 @ 4:35PM

ccc said...

Hmm, maybe itll be kinda like Rush.

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AfroCelt10

10-08-2007 @ 4:41PM

AfroCelt said...

Puzzle Quest kicks ass on the DS, though its depth may not be so groundbreaking on a console.

Definitely tryout worthy though.

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DjDATZ11

10-08-2007 @ 4:48PM

DjDATZ said...

Sweet...free XBLA games FTW!

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Jonah Falcon12

10-08-2007 @ 6:08PM

Jonah Falcon said...

Not exactly out of LF. Backbone's been working on this for 8+ months now, and was listed on the XBLA wiki page.

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Jonah Falcon13

10-08-2007 @ 6:09PM

Jonah Falcon said...

" I refuse to get games just for the achievements though."

Er, it's FREE. What, exactly, are you giving up? (laugh)

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Jonah Falcon14

10-08-2007 @ 6:10PM

Jonah Falcon said...

"My first thought when looking at the screenshot is.. "wow, i didn't know the yaris can do 140""

Considering the Yaris cars have a robot arm sprouting from them, shooting robots on little bikes and battling robot spiders, something tells me this isn't a hardcore racing sim (laugh).

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Jonah Falcon15

10-08-2007 @ 6:20PM

Jonah Falcon said...

Oh, one more thing - Backbone did Yaris - they also did Bomberman Live and Super Puzzle Fighter for XBLA as well.

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qbix16

10-08-2007 @ 7:43PM

qbix said...

I'm saying that, even if the game is free, if it isn't fun, I won't play it. Also, I don't like blatant advertisements in the shape of a game, but that's just me. Free is good, I don't have a problem with that. Nonetheless, I will continue to play only the games I am legitimately interested in.

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Viridium17

10-08-2007 @ 9:41PM

Viridium said...

@ E.J. - actually, if you're in Canada you've got the Smart Car already as well. It's just the US that's languishing for now. :)

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Stan18

10-09-2007 @ 8:36AM

Stan said...

I have to get points.. NOW!

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