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Some of you may remember the original Doritos Crash Course, a free download on Xbox Live Arcade. Fans of free achievements can rejoice again today, as its sequel is now available for download. Andrew Reiner and myself decided to take the avatar-based platformer for a spin, and you can watch it below... More

With Gotham City Impostors, Section 8: Prejudice, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, and more, XBLA has started offering multiplayer shooters at a steady rate in the last couple of years. Next up in the genre is Special Forces: Team X. It's available now for 1200 Microsoft points, and we're taking... More

Ice is unpredictable. For as long as I can remember, any sport that used ice skating as its backbone has fascinated me. Every time a competitor steps on it, not only do they have to navigate the ice’s own obstacles, but they’re usually adding on stunts. Whether it’s landing a triple... More

Every general needs an advisor to help them to victory every now and again, so heed this advice if you want to become the shogun of the Undead in Skulls of the Shogun. The XBLA-exclusive game is a turn-based isometric strategy title without the grid. Skulls' free-ranging movement system not only... More

The strategy genre isn't super well served in the XBLA downloadable games space, but that's going to change with Skulls of the Shogun. Take a look at the turn-based strategy title in action and pick up some useful tips in this episode of Test Chamber. The level below is taken from the middle... More

The Behemoth, the creators of downloadable favorite Castle Crashers, have a new game on the way. BattleBlock Theater is all about working with a friend to complete puzzling platforming levels. It also has a chaotic, 4-player arena mode which pits players against one another in creative competitive platforming... More

In the current issue of Game Informer, we published an interview with Robot Entertainment's Patrick Hudson. The company, formed by ex-Ensemble veterans has left Age of Empires behind in favor of innovative downloadable and mobile games like Orcs Must Die and Hero Academy. Unfortunately, there just... More

Reiner and I were both big fans of the sometimes frustrating, always intriguing dark mystery introduced in the first Alan Wake in 2010. Now Remedy has released a new downloadable game starring Wake in a new setting. Join us for a quick tour of the creepy locale of Night Springs. In this video, we jump... More

[Photo by Lance Rosenfield] Twisted Pixel Games is a tight-knit studio in Austin founded by ex-High Voltage developers Michael Wilford, Josh Bear, and Frank Wilson. The studio is known for humorous, challenging XBLA games like The Maw, Splosion Man, and the upcoming retail Kinect game, The Gunstringer... More

With XBLA's summer promotion now beginning, we take a brief tour of each game to help you decide which ones you'll use to hold off the summer gaming doldrums. 2011's Summer of Arcade begins tomorrow, July 20th, with the release of Bastion. Traditionally, Microsoft has reserved some of the... More

After several glowing recommendations, Phil Kollar and I grabbed a camera and trekked across the E3 show floor to find a surprising hit called Crimson Alliance. An action-RPG from a small studio with close ties to Bungie, it's games like this that are a real treat to discover at E3. Check out the... More

Last week I had my first opportunity to go hands-on with Bastion, a beautifully animated and overwhelmingly charming Xbox Live Arcade title in the works from Supergiant Games. After playing for 15 minutes or so, I was joined by Supergiant creative director Greg Kasavin, who answered some of my questions... More

Every year development budgets balloon to unprecedented levels, as the industry's top designers strive to deliver the next big blockbuster. But not every studio has to spend millions of dollars to create a memorable gaming experience, and this year more independent developers made their mark on the... More

Sequels are a dominant force in video games. Publishers want to create blockbuster franchises that reliably rake in cash, and that means sequels. In the rush to pump out new games, sometimes developers forget people are still playing their previous titles. That’s why we appreciate when game makers... More

When Red Dead Redemption released back in May, Rockstar blew gamers’ boots out of the water with its rich and vivid Wild West saga. While the single-player campaign had people buzzing about the riveting quests and dramatic conclusion, the capable multiplayer hooked its spurs into online gamers... More