After sniffing through the deep, dark and musty bowels of Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade marketing materials, not only did we get a nasty sinus infection, but we came across spiffy new screenshots from a few upcoming XBLA games. What Arcade games? Well, you're jumping the gun there stallion with all your questions as we were just about to tell you. Ahem. Screenshots from XBLA games including
Rez,
Tron and
Poker Smash which can all be viewed in the galleries posted after the break. So please do us a favor and make our sinus infection worth getting by viewing as many screenshots as possible. We read somewhere that the only way to cure a blogger's sinuses is to view their screenshot galleries ... just saying.
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1-08-2008 @ 1:09PM
Larry *not allowed to say cheevo* said...
MS should give us Tron as the free game! I'm not purchasing any games until I get word on what the free game will be! I wonder if they took that into consideration, as far as how it could affect sales of games. I'm sure I'm not the only one that's waiting.
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1-08-2008 @ 2:00PM
jduke said...
I hear ya. I'm curious what the hold up is anyway.
1-08-2008 @ 4:54PM
flameofdoom666 said...
Last night, I was going to buy an arcade game, but then I didn't becuase I thought "what if this is the free game..."
1-08-2008 @ 1:15PM
Tony said...
I'd honestly be surprised if the free game was something developed by a third party. It'd serve MS's purposes more (and save them money, I'm sure) if it was something they took care of themselves.
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1-08-2008 @ 1:18PM
Larry *not allowed to say cheevo* said...
I know, but I'm hoping that I'm not going to be disappointed when the truth really does come out. So I was just being positive. Yeah... I know. :( Looks like we'll be getting Yaris 2.
1-08-2008 @ 1:28PM
Tony said...
Don't make me cry... :(
1-08-2008 @ 4:55PM
flameofdoom666 said...
But Yaris is third party, so nope! We may get a lame card game though...
1-08-2008 @ 2:04PM
jduke said...
So I'm really confused about Poker Smash. Is it poker? Looks like a puzzle game. Anyone have any info?
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1-08-2008 @ 6:43PM
Jonah Falcon said...
Poker Smash is a card game version of Tetris Attack.
Some videos for you:
http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/09/12/poker-smash-the-next-big-puzzle-game/
1-08-2008 @ 2:17PM
jjdoglegg said...
Poker Smash = Poker and bejeweled.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHDdskJPafk
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1-08-2008 @ 2:36PM
jduke said...
ugh
1-08-2008 @ 2:36PM
Ithilis said...
What the crap were they thinking by not updating Trons graphics? Is anyone here so sentimental for the game that they'd pay to endure that?
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1-08-2008 @ 3:09PM
Tony said...
The graphics are updated, although just barely. It looks like they're going the route of Midway's other arcade releases on XBLA... more or less matching the existing design, but adding more details and backgrounds. Robotron and Gauntlet did that too.
If you look really close in the shots, the cycles are more detailed and other sections feature backgrounds and higher color amounts.
It's definitely not really exciting or anything, but I guess it's better than nothing. It would have been cool if they did the cycle stuff in 3D or something like that free PC game.
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