Posts with tag mad tracks
Posted Jun 27th 2007 1:00PM by Dustin Burg
Filed under: News, Xbox Live Arcade
Racing onto the Marketplace is a new expansion pack for
Mad Tracks ever so accurately named Encore. The Encore expansion pack will set you back 350 Microsoft points and includes nine additional races and six new mini games. So, the new expansion should give you nearly double the amount of content in
Mad Tracks and may just be worth the extra bucks. Unless you're against
Mad Tracks, downloadable content, or spending money ... then steer clear of this one.
Posted Jun 12th 2007 1:30PM by Dustin Burg
Filed under: News, Xbox Live Arcade
TeamXbox is reporting that a patch has just been released for
Mad Tracks that fixes the progression problem that has plagued some gamers. If you don't recall, soon after
Mad Tracks launched onto the XBLA players who downloaded the trial and then bought the final game
discovered a bug that wouldn't allow any progression through the game. But today a patch has been released that fixes the problem with all bugs squashed and promptly removed. The title update will automatically download the next time you load up
Mad Tracks.
Posted Jun 3rd 2007 10:45AM by Dustin Burg
Filed under: News, Xbox Live Arcade
Some
Mad Tracks purchasers are reporting that they can't progress through new levels or unlock new mini games. The bug, discovered over on the Xbox.com forums, occurs when the trial game is first downloaded and then upgraded with a purchase. For some reason the game still thinks it's the trial version even though the 800 Microsoft points have been plopped down. Though, the good news is that a fix is nearly in place as
Mad Tracks developer Slyben hopped on Xboxic's forums to tell everyone that a patch has been made and it's sitting in Microsoft's hands. So, it should only be a few days until the patch releases. But we can't help but feel for our fellow
Mad Tracks enthusiasts who, upon downloading the trial and then purchasing the game, can't get their full
Mad Tracks experience. Patience ...
Posted May 31st 2007 1:45PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News, Xbox Live Arcade
Buying a new
Xbox Live Arcade game can be a harrowing experience. Even if a trial version blows you away, you can never be sure that the full game will be as impressive. For instance, what if it turns out that the full game is only three levels long? Tough luck, buddy. Them MS Points is gone. Given this unpredictable nature, we're always happy to give someone the chance to win an Arcade game for free. Well, technically
Gamertag Radio is giving it away, but let's not split hairs, shall we? Specifically, they're giving away a free copy of
Mad Tracks. Head over to GTR for your chance to win. Remember kids, 800 MS Points saved is 800 MS Points earned.
Posted May 30th 2007 9:30AM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News, Xbox Live Arcade
Fans of tiny racing rejoice!
Mad Tracks is now available on
Xbox Live Arcade. The game is based on the concept of toy cars. Specifically, the game involves pull-back-and-release cars. You remember those, right? You pull them back and then watch them zip off the table,
Thelma & Louise style. What, you didn't play
Thelma & Louise? Maybe that was just us. Anyway, it's an interesting concept and a racer of any stripe is certainly welcome on XBLA. The game features both single-player and online multiplayer. It can all be yours for 800 MS Points. Has anyone out there taken it for a spin yet?
Posted May 29th 2007 1:30PM by Dustin Burg
Filed under: News, Xbox Live Arcade
Just as
rumored,
Mad Tracks will be racing its way onto the Xbox Live Arcade promptly tomorrow morning.
Mad Tracks is that overly joyful arcade style racing game that includes twelve cartoony cars, fifteen challenges, powerups galore, and four player co-op over Live. It's one game that we're looking forward to getting our hands on as we're excited to see how well it plays with three other friends over Xbox Live. Oh, and if we haven't mentioned, all this
Mad Tracks fun will only set you back 800 Microsoft points.
So, there you have it. You've officially been informed about your XBLA fix for the week. Now you can get back to pondering how to cure the common cold.
Posted May 27th 2007 3:30PM by Dustin Burg
Filed under: News, Xbox Live Arcade
With the
rumor of a possible release this week, GamingTalkHQ dug up some new
Mad Tracks info including pictures of all twelve cars and Load Inc.'s plans for the game's gamer picture and theme offerings. Off the bat
Mad Tracks purchasers will receive two free gamer pictures and three sets of five gamer pictures will offered for 100 Microsoft points each. There will also be a
Mad Tracks theme available for 150 points. Nothing too surpising there. Much more interesting are the renders of all twelve cars from the game, which you can check out after the jump. Our favorite? The Palace, because it's so darn sophisticated yet rebellious at the same time.
Posted May 24th 2007 12:30PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: Xbox Live Arcade, Rumors
It was revealed just over a week ago that
Mad Tracks, from developer Load Inc., had passed certification and had been priced at a cool 800 points. According to GamingTalkHQ,
Mad Tracks may be coming out sooner than expected. How much sooner? How about next week? It seems that Xboxic reported yesterday that "anonymous sources inside Microsoft" had confirmed that the game will arrive on
Xbox Live Arcade next week. Following up on this report, GamingTalkHQ decided to IM Load Inc. VP, Denis Bourdain. It was then that GamingTalkHQ noticed Bourdain's away message: "Save Your MS points for next week." It may not be official confirmation, but it's as close as we're going to get before Microsoft decides to send out the press releases.
Have any fanboys out there been looking forward to
Mad Tracks?
Posted May 16th 2007 11:15AM by Dustin Burg
Filed under: News, Xbox Live Arcade
Yesterday, Developer Load Inc. announced that XBLA title
Mad Tracks has passed the infamous Microsoft certification. Though, they still have yet to settle on a firm release date, but it should be safe to say that
Mad Tracks will be tearing up the Arcade within' a month or so. Load Inc. also went on to announce that
Mad Tracks will be available for 800 Microsoft points when released. Anyone been looking forward to getting some hands on time with the game?
[Thanks, Alex Gold]
Posted May 1st 2007 5:30PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News, Xbox Live Arcade
Perhaps you've heard of
Puzzle Quest. The game has caused quite a stir among DS fanboys the world over. If you're not up to speed on the game, suffice it to say that it is a hybrid puzzle game/RPG. No, that's not a joke. It's an RPG in which combat is decided by rounds of
Bejeweled. Strange as it sounds, the game has managed to round up some impressive review scores. What does all of this have to do with the Xbox 360 you ask? Simple, D3 Publisher, publisher of
Puzzle Quest, is bringing the title to Xbox Live Arcade. They're also behind
Mad Tracks and
RocketBowl (take that,
Wii Sports!). While no official details about the game have been revealed, we can only assume that
Puzzle Quest will feature online versus play.
Expect to start seeing D3Publisher games on Xbox Live Arcade this year.
[Via Joystiq]
Posted Jan 1st 2007 5:45PM by Dustin Burg
Filed under: News, Interviews, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade
Xbox360Achievements released not only the achievements for upcoming XBLA game
Mad Tracks, but also got a few questions answered in their forums. Denis, lead developer of
Mad Tracks, answered some questions from fans about the game, but didn't spill any beans on an official release date. Rest a little, look at some achievements, read a few responses ... you know how we roll on New Year's Day.
[Thanks, DaKing240]
Posted Nov 26th 2006 9:15PM by Dustin Burg
Filed under: News, Interviews, Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade
In an interview with the Mad Tracks team, Xbox Elite Team Belgie's very own YLA G gets some answers on why the game has been delayed since September, how far development has come along, and most importantly when we'll get our grubby hands on this cartoon looking game. And for the multi-lingual Xbox 360 fans there is good news, Mad Tracks is the first Xbox Live Arcade game to offer multiple language options. So, now you can brush up on your Spanish, German, Japanese and Russian all while racing around Mad Tracks style! Who said video games weren't educational?
[Thanks, YLA G]
Update 1: Fixed my reference to who "got the answers" ... sorry man.
Posted Aug 9th 2006 10:30AM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: News, Xbox Live, Multiplayer, Xbox Live Arcade
Our friends at Xboxic delivered some good news today.
Mad Tracks, the wacky pull-back car racer, has been delayed. The reason why a delay is good news: Load is delaying the game so that Live Multiplayer can be added. Some of you may recall from our earlier
post that Live play was not originally planned for the game. See, boys and girls, sometimes delays can be a good thing.
Does this news change anyone's mind about buying
Mad Tracks?
Posted Jul 31st 2006 3:00AM by Ken Weeks
Filed under: Xbox Live Arcade
Xboxic goes hands-on with the Xbox Live Arcade version of
Mad Tracks and finds it speeding along nicely, though sadly without Live multiplayer.
Posted Jul 26th 2006 12:30PM by Richard Mitchell
Filed under: Xbox Live, Xbox Live Arcade, Xbox Live Marketplace
More than a few people were disappointed that
Mad Tracks was not included on last Sunday's
poll. As a form of penance, please accept this solitary shot of the upcoming Live Arcade racer. The game is based on the little pull back car toys -- you know, pull the car backwards and let it go: zoom! Check out Load, Inc's site for some images of the PC version. You can even get a PC trial of it if you want. The 360 version should hit the Arcade in October.
Anybody played the PC version yet?
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