In an awesome move by Ubisoft and XBox Live, we can relive all our classic arcade days of 4-player fighting action with TMNT Turtles In Time. Available August 5th for $15, it will be an arcade lovers dream. The great part about this whole ordeal is not only is the game the same side scrolling, beat-em-up adventure you remember, but it comes with a nice set of new 3D graphics as well. Gameplay stays as true to the arcade as possible (throwing enemies into the screen) as well as new tricks like being able to face all four directions while fighting, rather then just left and right. Analog controls have not been implemented. Read More...

Rare have announced that the bear and birds second adventure, Banjo-Tooie, will be hitting the Xbox Marketplace sometime in April with more Stop 'N' Swop. 4J Studios are adding more Stop 'N' Swop features that never made it into the sequel."4J Studios have dredged the Banjo team’s collective memory and implemented the original plan for Stop ‘n’ Swop, for the first time on any platform ever and after many long years of waiting. Without going into too much detail, the Stop ’n’ Swop items collected in Banjo-Kazooie will ‘magically’ appear in Tooie, resulting in... well, you'll just have to find out. Read More...

The demo for the upcoming game Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts hit the XBLM this morning. Major Nelson posted all the details on his blog.     Content: Banjo Kazooie N&B DemoPrice: Free Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions Dash Text: [ESRB: E10+ (Everyone 10+) CARTOON VIOLENCE,COMIC MISCHIEF] Build awe-inspiring vehicles and tackle the Jiggy challenges in any way you see fit! Show your creations off over Xbox LIVE. Size: 1. Read More...

So you finished the first game and was wondering when the f*** will the episode 2 come out? Well it hasn't been release dated yet however according to their official website episode 2 has been completed and has gone gold for the PC, Mac, and Linux versions. The price will be $14.95 (or 1200 Microsoft points for those of you buying the 360 version) and will available from the Greenhouse digital distribution service as well as PSN and XBLA. If you live under a rock and haven't heard of Penny Arcade then go check em out! Read More...

It's been about 10 years since we first saw Banjo-Kazooie on the N64. Now coming this November fans of the bear and bird will get to play through the game once again on the Xbox Live Arcade for 1,200 ms points. Banjo-Tooie has also been confirmed to hit the arcade sometime next year. Here the list of achievements if you're interested in adding 200 points to your gamer score.     Get Jiggy Collect 2 Jiggies 10 Mumbo Jumbo Transformed by Mumbo for the first time. 10 Knock out Nipper Come out on top in a dust-up with Nipper the crab. Read More...

It is official guys, Duke Nukem 3D will be hitting your 360 very soon as a XBLA title.  3DRealms has officially announced that it has been completed for some time and passed final certification with Microsoft as of August 15th. The game will feature online co-op and multiplayer deathmatches and will have 12 achievement points (9 offline, 3 online).  There is no scheduled release date for the game as of yet, but 3DRealms said to expect game previews to pop up online by August 26th.  Price has also not been announced, but you can expect it to be between 800 ($10) and 1200 ($15) Microsoft Points, which falls in line with most XBLA releases. Read More...

Think you have what it takes to build your own game for Xbox Live, and can do better than what is out there now?  Well now you can, as Microsoft has announced that XNA Game Studio software will be made available to gamers who yearn to create their own video games.  Micorsoft already had a trial run of the XNA Creators Club games earlier this year which featured "Little Gamers", "Culture", "Jellycar", "The Dishwasher" and others.  MS has plans to introduce the XBox Live Community Games this holiday season to XBL Marketplace. Microsoft unveiled in their plan that you will be able to have your games added to the XBL Marketplace, for a price of 200 to 800 points, after passing a peer review, as well as take home a cut of the total revenue the game makes, which MS claims to be up to 70% in a form of a quarterly check. Read More...

Taken from Xbox.com: "Guitarist Billy Howerdel of ASHES dIVIDE will take a break from his touring schedule while appearing at The Fillmore Detroit to take on Xbox LIVE® members in Halo® 3 on June 3, 2008. If you're an Xbox LIVE Gold member, and you want a chance to play with Billy Howerdel, send a friend request to the following Gamertag and be online half an hour before (12:30 P.M. ET) the Game with Fame session starts at 1:00 P. Read More...

The greatest beat-em-ups of all time will live again this summer. The Sega Dreamcast edition of SoulCalibur is going to hit the 360 within a few months as an Xbox Live download. Publisher Namco Bandai made the announcement today at a press event. New features for the game will include updated higher-res graphics and worldwide leaders boards. So if you were holding on to your Dreamcast just to get your SoulCalibur fix, you'll soon be able to rest easy and stick the system and its goofy batarang controllers in the basement where they belong. Read More...