Brain Challenge just joined the short list of Xbox Live Arcade games that support Avatars, as confirmed by Major Nelson’s recent Tweet. Avatar support is installed into Brain Challenge via a new title update, automatically downloaded the next time you launch the game online. While we’ll take our cameos wherever we can get ‘em, Brain [...]

Episode 8 of the xnaroundup podcast examines 3 new xbox 360 community games, Mithra, ZP2K9 & TWP Spine of the World. Featuring: aliens, zombies, machine guns, flame throwers, and grinding.
 
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This Wednesday will see the release of Peggle and Crystal Defenders for 800 points each. Additionally, The Maw will release River Redirect, which is a new level with new gameplay, for 160 points.
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Finally coming to Xbox Live Arcade in April is Lode Runner, an HD remake of the classic 1980s action-puzzler title. The game was first announced at CES back at the beginning of 2008, but few details have materialised in the months since. Developed by Southend and Tozai Games, the pairing that recently brought the re-vamped [...]

Three XBLA games are reviewed in the issue – Peggle, which scores a 9.5 / 10, CellFactor: Psychokinetic Wars which scored a 6.5 / 10, and Puzzle Quest: Galactrix which scored an 8.0 / 10. For those games they also had the final pricing for those games – Peggle we know is 800 Microsoft Points, [...]