Today marked the second of Microsoft's just-announced Xbox Live Wednesdays, where Microsoft's attempting to release a new downloadable game via Xbox Live each week. NinjaBee's visually unique side-scrolling platformer Cloning Clyde made its way onto their service today.
1up pulled aside creator John Nielson to discuss working on the game XBL-based smaller projects -- which still requires plenty of work. "Cloning Clyde came about from a LOT of hard work, late nights, and tremendous effort from a VERY small team working with a very small budget. Even with the limitations, they never lost their vision or stopped trying to make the greatest game possible," he told them.
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Revisiting the dawn of downloadables. Xbox 360 changed the way console gamers get their fix by introducing Xbox Live Arcade games to the mainstream. Sure, the original Xbox had a rudimentary online store that was launched via a mail-order disc, but Xbox 360 made it easy by integrating a Marketplace into the user interface. Believe it or not, its decade anniversary is this year and I made this list to celebrate.
Hardcore Gamer: NinjaBee Bundle gives you five games for 1600 MS Points – down from 3600 for the games separately. The included games are A World of Keflings, Band of Bugs, Ancients of Ooga, Cloning Clyde, and Outpost Kaloki X.
Welcome to The State of Games Episode 1. The first in an interview series getting deep into the gaming industry at large.
This week we discuss Xbox Live Arcade and the current issues with a new dashboard and more.
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