Tag: xbox live arcade
Xbox Microsoft Points currency to get the axe ahead of Xbox 720 release
The Xbox 360's contentious Microsoft Points currency, currently used to purchase digital content for Microsoft's gaming console, is to get the axe ahead of the release of their company's next-gen Xbox console release. It's a move that's been on the…
Massive Xbox Live Arcade and Marketplace sale kicks off next week
A quick warning for all those Xbox 360-owning Tech Digest-reading gamers out there. Don't blow all your cash buying presents in the run up to Christmas, as you'll want to keep a little dough left aside spend in next week's…
Xbox Live Summer of Arcade 2012: Should you buy Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD, Wreckateer, Deadlight, Hybrid or Dust: An Elysian Tail?
We love the Xbox Live Summer of Arcade. An annual event since 2008, it's delivered some of the Xbox 360 console's finest downloadable games including Braid, Limbo and Shadow Complex. More often than not, it delivers games to bother the…
REVIEW: Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition (XBLA)
Minecraft, the indie-gaming smash-hit lands on Microsoft's Xbox 360. There's a host of changes that accompany the release, but are they all good? Read on to find out if Minecraft on a console is just as engrossing as it is on a PC
REVIEW: Fez (Xbox 360 XBLA)
The star of a much-hyped video game movie and the lovechild of one of the indie gaming community's most outspoken developers, can Fez ride the wave of expectation that's greeted it at every blocky, 8-bit corner? Read on for our review of the puzzler/platformer hybrid to find out.
Dragon's Lair coming to Xbox Live? Wont eat coins like they're Pringles…
If you're a reader of a certain age, and one who frequented coin-op arcades in the late 1980s, you're likely familiar with Dragon's Lair. A ground-breaking laserdisc based game, it lured you in with Disney-quality animation from Don Bluth (setting…
Microsoft Points on Xbox 360 being ditched in favour of real money transactions?
Microsoft are rumoured to be getting rid of the Microsoft Points system used on the Xbox 360 to buy games, movies and other content. Currently, Xbox 360 gamers must top up an account by using their credit cards (or buying…
Limbo headed to the PlayStation 3 PSN store and Steam for PC
Limbo, the finest downloadable game to hit the Xbox Live Arcade store last year (and arguably ever), is to finally get a release on the PlayStation 3 through the PlayStation Network Store and the PC through Steam. Heading over to…
REVIEW: Dungeons and Dragons: Daggerdale (Xbox 360 XBLA)
Riddled with more bugs than an unwashed dwarf's beard.
Classic Resident Evil titles remastered for Xbox Live Arcade, PSN
Capcom have just confirmed that two classic Resident Evil titles will be getting a HD makeover this year. Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil: Code Veronica X will be available this Autumn via Xbox Live Arcade and the PlayStation Network,…