Lots of images from upcoming XBLA title

BlimBlim
Tuesday, January 30, 2007 | 6:24 PM
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Xbox 360

Microsoft released this whole bunch of images from upcoming Xbox Live Arcade title, including the much awaited Castlevania Symphony of Night, Worms, Alien Hominid HD and even some new ones.
Update: Added two images of 3D Ultra Minigolf Adventures.

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night - 4 images

Worms XBLA - 3 images

Alien Hominid HD - 3 images

Catan XBLA - 3 images

Eets Chowdown - 3 images

Luxor 2 XBLA - 3 images

Band of Bugs XBLA - 3 images

2 images

ManThatYouFear

Commented on 2007-01-30 08:46:16

And they all look crap..........except worms :D I WANT WORMS!!!!!!

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BlimBlim

Commented on 2007-01-30 08:52:15 In reply to ManThatYouFear

Posted by ManThatYouFear

And they all look crap..........

Right.
This is getting really annoying.

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GriftGFX

Commented on 2007-01-30 08:54:17

Worms does own and all, but there's some quality stuff here all around. Catan looks awesome, and SoTN man! Come on, have a heart. <3

I came in here expecting to see screenshots of the Atari classics making their rounds on the arcade soon, just based on your comment. Not that those games look bad, but I can see how someone may not think Warlords and Centipede stand up to todays standards. Personally they're two of my favorite games ever :P

Alien Hominid + online co-op? I'm so there.

How come Worms only ever shows two teams in screenshots? Is this version only two player?

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PlumbDrumb

Commented on 2007-01-30 08:58:55 In reply to BlimBlim

It's flippin' arcade games, what do we expect?
Yeah yeah, your ten star dinner on a silver plate... sure dude.

I think it's been far too long for Luxor to show up though.
That game kept me going for a week straight.

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Chakie

Commented on 2007-01-30 09:21:36

I will definitely download Castlevania and Worms. But what about Alien Hominid? Is it a platformer? Looks pretty.

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GriftGFX

Commented on 2007-01-30 09:25:41 In reply to Chakie

Posted by Chakie

I will definitely download Castlevania and Worms. But what about Alien Hominid? Is it a platformer? Looks pretty.

Side scrolling shooter, a la Contra. It's available for NGC, and the original Xbox (and PS2?), but having it in HD and with online co-op is a nice bonus. It is made by Behemoth, the same developer as the future XBLA title, Castle Crashers.

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kenshin2418

Commented on 2007-01-30 09:28:08

someones walking on thin ice :P

Still all look pretty good considering they are, XBLA games. Of course my top picks are Worms, Castlevania, and Luxor, those are pretty much day 1 purchases. However, Catan and Alien Hominid look good and pretty interesting. I'll keep an eye out on them for sure.

Thanks for the pics, Blim!

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Foo

Commented on 2007-01-30 09:45:21 In reply to Chakie

Posted by Chakie

But what about Alien Hominid? Is it a platformer? Looks pretty.

Try the original flash game. Funny game.
http://www.alienhominid.co.uk/ (play the flash game)

I have actually never played SotN before, so i really looking forward to that title. I used to love Castlevania on the NES and SNES systems. Worms of course is one of my favorite all time party games, so that one is a must-have.

I have no idea what Catan is however. Looks like some kind of old board game i can never appreciate.

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BlimBlim

Commented on 2007-01-30 09:48:19 In reply to PlumbDrumb

Posted by PlumbDrumb

I don't know if you replied to the wrong guy or not, but the annoying part was about people complaining about the graphics, not about the game themselves. Most are looking fine to me :)

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gowans007

Commented on 2007-01-30 10:19:14

Castlevainia, Worms HD, Alien Homnid HD, Catan & Eets Chowdown....

WOW thats some amazing line up on its way and all instant purchases to me.

So excited about a true board game making its way to XBLA, I hope its a true success.

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roxwell

Commented on 2007-01-30 10:45:23

Nice!

Looks like i'm going to need more points.

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Killers

Commented on 2007-01-30 10:49:31

Worms in high-def glory? Come to mama... or wait.. its acctually papa here..

And Alien Hominid looks like alot of fun! Never played SotN but it seems i made a mistake missing that game since people are going crazy about it.

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ApolloCreed

Commented on 2007-01-30 10:51:21

they all look great. But alien hominid is the only one i'm gonna buy i think

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xflame_chris

Commented on 2007-01-30 12:00:10

Is Luxor somehow related to Zuma ?

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TheBeagle

Commented on 2007-01-30 12:33:07

Alien Hominid looks really cool. Before someone said it was the same guys making Castle Crashers, that thought had actually entered my head. They look kinda similar in art style. I really like the look of it. Cant wait for worms also. Eets looks pretty interesting as well.

Edit. Christ I just tried that flash game of Alien. Anyone else find it extremely hard ?

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GriftGFX

Commented on 2007-01-30 12:58:54 In reply to TheBeagle

Posted by PlumbDrumb

you know, I first found Zuma, but later found out it was almost a direct copy of Luxor.
Could be the other way around though.

I just don't have the knowledge to tell you for sure.

I'm not sure, but Zuma is a ripoff/clone of Puzzloop/Magnetica. Good game though. I think Luxor may not be PopCap (?) so it's probably a ripoff of Zuma. I may get Luxor, looks like a little bit more original take on the whole thing..

Posted by TheBeagle

Edit. Christ I just tried that flash game of Alien. Anyone else find it extremely hard ?

The console release is pretty hard too, I expect the same from the arcade version.

So..is Worms 2 players?

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sdry

Commented on 2007-01-30 13:30:26

I tested all live arcade releases couple of days a go and they all were more or less utter garbage :D (oh well, texas hold em' was okayish but it was free) Wouldnt pay a penny for any of them. They even suck comapred to stuff people made when PC pd & shareware games were popular. Dont see too mutch potential on these upcoming LA releases. Worms was great fun (10 years a go..) so it's propably only one I bother to check out.

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Chakie

Commented on 2007-01-30 13:38:19 In reply to Foo

Posted by Foo

Posted by GriftGFX

Thank you very much for the info and for the link to the flash game. You're right -really funny one. Will download/buy it also.

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4_U

Commented on 2007-01-30 14:01:40

Luxor is an addictive game. It's like Zuma and Arkonoid without the bouncing ball.

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caiaya

Commented on 2007-01-30 14:22:27

Castlevania

Sweet~~~~~~~~~~!!

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pr0cs

Commented on 2007-01-30 14:43:14

They all look great, this is what XBLA is meant to be.
I've never heard anything about Eets Chowdown or Band of Bugs, the screenshots don't really help explain what sort of games they are either. Either way I'm interested.

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SilverHawk

Commented on 2007-01-30 14:44:07 In reply to GriftGFX

I can't wait to try them all, especially SoTN, Worms and Luxor.

Posted by GriftGFX

Personally they're two of my favorite games ever

same here :)

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tonto

Commented on 2007-01-30 14:54:26

Nice to see some new titles announced.

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SoLove

Commented on 2007-01-30 14:56:03

Banned.

See ya in a month :)
Clean it up or your keyboard is next!

-Plumb

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MugiMugi

Commented on 2007-01-30 15:01:45

I'm a bit disepointed on the borders on Castlevania >< really wish they could port the game better then this..... really sucks for small monitors...

Other then that, all games looks really interesting, defetively will try the demo out for all of em.

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