[360] Official XBLA thread. OMG V8 IS SO BROKEN I ALREADY GOT 2 REFUNDS

Well, if you want Zuma achievements, they're not easy. Most of them are for going through the "story mode", but those levels get really hard really fucking fast.

How hard? Hoth hard?

Hoth wasn't even hard you fucking poser.

Or was that Mo0 that was complaining about Hoth. I don't remember but whoever it was sucked at Lego Star Wars, ok.

EDIT: Confirming that it was Mo0 and that he sucks.

Definitely not me, chief.

Good work catching the implication I was making, though. I'm impressed.

Look, it's not my fault that it is a highly kept secret that you are capable of failure on a Mo0 level at times.

Y'know, I'm sitting here, trying to think of an insult that's possibly worse than that, but I can't come up with shit.

Time to become an hero.

You know, I kinda feel bad now after realizing what I just said. Nobody should be compared to Mo0 at games, nobody. I take it back, GELB-1 old buddy.

All is forgiven. Can we go back to ridiculing Mo0 now?

There is one Hoth joke and two of us, that works in our favour.

What is this cockfest.

So anyway Bomberman is filled with bugs:

- If you pick up a dangerous bomb just before it's about to explode (I mean JUST before), your character's frame will freeze, and you won't be able to move, and it'll blow you up.

- Sometimes an error will occur where people are invincible, and people will still be in the game even though other people are sitting at the results screen.

- You can throw bombs over falling blocks which appear in a clockwise position, making the bombs bounce across the screen indefinitely.

- Remote detonator bombs can't be detonated if they've been kicked (why the hell)

- If you throw a bomb quickly, against a bomb you've just planted, in revenge cart mode, they'll both explode.

- On the map with all the power ups in the middle, sometimes you can get "stuck" and can't move, although you aren't trapped between bombs at all. You're just stuck.

- You can indefinitely trap people with Line Bomb providing you have enough bombs. Just trap them, kill them, line bomb again, wait until they've stopped flashing, repeat.

- Punching bombs requires you to touch the bomb first. Simply bomb punching on the tile next to it won't work.

I'm sure there's more bugs but these are the only real ones I've come across frequently. Especially the one where half of the people in the room are/aren't in the game, which fucks everything up.

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Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe has been delayed until mid-October.

The Live Arcade title was originally expected in August, but mysteriously disappeared as the release date approached.

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The Live Arcade version will add polished-up visuals and leaderboards, and is expected at a price of 800 points (GBP 6.80 / EUR 9.60).

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Shame about the delay, but this is still one I've got my eye on. Loved Speedball 2 back in the day so I just hope it's aged well.

Speedball 2 and Sensible Soccer remain two of the greatest games ever made. The more old Amiga games come out on XBLA arcade the better really. Here's hoping they get hold of the Bitmap Brothers back catalogue or something similar.

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Here's hoping they get hold of the Bitmap Brothers back catalogue or something similar.

That would rock. I remember me and my mate playing our way through Choas Engine and loving that at the time.

A look at some of the upcoming XBLA games from the TGS:
First Impressions - TGS: Xbox Live Arcade Roundup // Xbox 360 /// Eurogamer

EXIT and EEEE looking rather intruiging, but all of the games mentioned sound like excellent additions to the XBLA roster.

They're doing another limited time reduction on the price of a few XBLA titles: Bankshot Billards 2, Frogger and Hardwood Spades. For more info, follow the link: Limited Time Price Cut on Select Xbox Live Arcade Titles - Xbox

None of them look all that interesting, but if they're something you've considered then a reduced price might be the temptation required to make the purchase.

Not bad, I guess, but Billiards is still over $10, which I have a problem with. Still might pick it up though, because I'm a sucker for a decent pool game.

Except that everyone who's played it told me nothing but bad things, often referring to BB as one of the worst decisions you could make on the service.

I personally haven't played it, but that's just what I've read, and near unanimously too. Can't hurt to demo it first, though.

It should be mentioned that Bomberman's getting a new content update this Wednesday. Dunno if any games are going with it. It'd be the first gameless week in a LONG TIME if we don't get anything, but it's also understandable. Who would buy and play some arcade title this week? Especially if it's not something people are looking forward to. Likely candidates are Undertow and War World, though, IF we get something.

Just a guess though?

Equally they might use this week to push out some shite no one's likely to play to keep the string of new releases going.

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Empire Interactive has said that Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe will be on Live Arcade next Wednesday.

It will cost you 800 points (GBP 6.80 / EUR 9.30) and feature more teams, better graphics - including a 3D option, head-to-head online multiplayer and an improved upgrade system.

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Hell fucking yes. This is one XBLA release I'm definitely looking forward to.