Ryan Langley: May has often been a quiet month for digital downloads in previous years -- a few big hitters, but mostly an excuse to offload multiple titles a week, to expel the backlog of Xbox Live Arcade games needing to be released.
Has this changed in 2010? We look at well-known titles such as Doom II and Zeno Clash, puzzlers like Voodoo Dice and the return of classic franchises like Rocket Knight and RayStorm.
We'll check out the Leaderboards for these titles, as well as look at the Top 20 lists released by the Xbox Live program manager Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb on his blog to determine how well they've done in the Xbox Live Marketplace.
Online multiplayer is back for 11 more games thanks to Insignia's XBL 1.0 replacement service running on Original Xbox consoles and the Xemu emulator on PC. Multiplayer, voice chat, leaderboards, etc. have been a monthly addition for many games from Xbox's past library thank to the team at Insignia.live! The 11 new games are now playable online once again after 13+ years.
Booo!! I was hoping that was Rainbow Six: Black Arrow...Boo!! again. I thought this coming to Xbox. I don't even read it I was so excited.
Has everyone completely forgotten Blinx?
Microsoft never could maintain a longrunning decent 3D platformers series of their own
Not sure if it was Xbox only back in the day but I'd love a current gen jet set radio!
Without a doubt, one of our highlights from EGX Rezzed 2016 was Table Top Racing. It was almost a classic love tale…”As soon as we locked eyes… (enter mushy crap here…)” – We think you get the picture. It just reminded us of a time where gaming was much less complicated and way more colourful, however at the time the game was only due to be released on the PS4… That’s not a bad thing. It just mean’t that being my primary console of choice is Xbox One, we wouldn’t get to play this any time soon as the majority of my games and friends reside in the Microsoft ecosystem – so when we got word this was getting a release on Xbox One, we immediately put our hands up and said “Yes, Please!”.