The B.P.H.P.

Three new games are available this week for Xbox Live. First up is BackBreaker Vengeance, which is a downloadable follow-up to the original Backbreaker game, a new revised version of Galaga called Galaga Legions DX, and psp hit Half Minute hero with a some visuals and quests. Backbreaker will cost 1200 MSP ($15) and Half Minute Hero and Galaga Legions DX will set you back 800 MSP ($10).

Check out more below:



"Backbreaker Vengeance takes the intensity and AAA appeal of the original Backbreaker Football and combines it with the pick-up-and-play nature of the million-selling mobile games to create a whole new one-of-a-kind sports experience Xbox LIVE Arcade! It takes as its inspiration the wildly popular “Tackle Alley” mini-game in Backbreaker Football to deliver an all-new arcade slant on football! Three single player- and multiplayer modes; Tackle Alley, Vengeance, and Supremacy. 350 Waves in 70 unique Challenges Split-screen 2 player and AI multiplayer modes Euphoria-fueled dynamic motion for unpredictable and un-canned animations – no two tackles are ever the same! Relive key moments with the feature-packed in-game replay system. Complete Challenges to unlock new teams Amazing visuals – NaturalMotion’s Morpheme animation technology, realistic stadium lighting and weather effects, high-quality character models and tons of stadium spectators make for a true triple-A presentation!"

Link To Trial- BackBreaker Vengeance Trial (384 MB)

Link To Full Game- BackBreaker Vengeance ($15)




"The world is at its end, and you have 30 seconds to save it. Welcome to HALF-MINUTE HERO -Super Mega Neo Climax-! A complete hypersonic RPG adventure: start your quest, meet people who need your help, fight through dark dungeons, earn money, upgrade equipment, level up, level up, level up, and take down the final boss…all in just half a minute! There are 62 entire RPGs in HALF-MINUTE HERO, each with its own leaderboard to earn medals and compete with friends. You’ve never played an RPG like this before!"

Link To Trial- HALF-MINUTE HERO -SMNC- Trial (327 MB)

Link To Full Game- HALF-MINUTE HERO -SMNC- ($10)






"The world is at its end, and you have 30 seconds to save it. Welcome to HALF-MINUTE HERO -Super Mega Neo Climax-! A complete hypersonic RPG adventure: start your quest, meet people who need your help, fight through dark dungeons, earn money, upgrade equipment, level up, level up, level up, and take down the final boss…all in just half a minute! There are 62 entire RPGs in HALF-MINUTE HERO, each with its own leaderboard to earn medals and compete with friends. You’ve never played an RPG like this before!"

Link To Trial- Galaga Legions DX Trial (126 MB)

Link To Full Game- Galaga Legions DX ($10)

Here are the five arcade releases for this year's summer of arcade line-up. As a bonus this year, purchasing all five games will get you a free copy of Crimson Alliance. Check out the release dates and prices below:


Date Title Price
July 20 Bastion 1200 MSP
July 27 From Dust 1200 MSP
August 3 Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet 1200 MSP
August 10 Fruit Ninja Kinect 800 MSP
August 17 Toy Soldiers: Cold War 1200 MSP





"Coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade September 7, this fast-action RPG game from industry-leading Certain Affinity lets you play with up to three friends and battle the sinister Cult of the Soul Siren. You’ll receive three characters, each with a host of special abilities from the Assassin’s time-bending attacks, to the Wizards elemental mastery or the Mercenary’s sweeping whirlwind strikes."









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Major Nelson

There's no lockdown on NCAA, so you can check out the demo before the full release, and still be able to play this season's best matchups. Check out more details on the demo below:




"Experience the pride and pageantry of gameday like never before with the NCAA Football 12 demo. With an enhanced in-game presentation, new traditions, and an all-new tackling system, make an impact by leading your team to victory. Play in two exciting match-ups as Alabama takes on Florida State and Oregon battles Texas. Get details on other great improvements to NCAA Football 12, and share the demo with a friend to unlock 5 Nike Pro Combat uniforms for use in the full retail version of the game."

Link To Demo- NCAA® Football 12 (2 GB)

The maps keep coming, and we keep buying them! The third set of maps for Black Ops are here, and come first to 360 as usual. Check out the details below:



"Obliterate the competition with 4 unique Multiplayer Maps and a wild new locale for the latest in Zombies action. Jump into battle with “Hangar 18,” located in the classified military base of Area 51; “Drive-In,” close quarters combat through a 60's American Drive-In theater; “Silo,” a secret Soviet nuclear missile site in this multilevel battleground; and "Hazard", a coastal golf course on the cliff sides of Cuba. Zombies are back in "Shangri-La," a legendary shrine lost in an exotic jungle."

Link To Content- Annihilation Map Pack (766 MB/ 1200 MSP)

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Xbox 360 Top LIVE Titles









1 Call of Duty: Black Ops
2 Modern Warfare 2
3 Halo: Reach
4 FIFA Soccer 11
5 NBA 2K11
6 GTA IV
7 Battlefield: Bad Co. 2
8 Halo 3
9 Call of Duty 4
10 Gears of War 2









11 Call of Duty: WaW
12 Red Dead Redemption
13 Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
14 L.A. Noire
15 Forza Motorsport 3
16 NHL 11
17 Homefront – Multiplayer Demo
18 Fallout: New Vegas
19 Mortal Kombat
20 Duke Nukem Forever










Top Arcade Titles

1 Magic: The Gathering — Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012
2 Dungeons & Dragon Daggerdale
3 Pinball FX2
4 Castle Crashers
5 Full House Poker
6 Trials HD
7 Game Room
8 Portal: Still Alive
9 Outland
10 Battlefield 1943









11 Plants vs. Zombies
12 UNO
13 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s Decade Duels
14 DEAD RISING 2: CASE WEST
15 Duke Nukem 3D
16 Torchlight
17 Peggle
18 Deadliest Warrior
19 Toy Soldiers
20 Battle: Los Angeles

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Major Nelson's Blog

L.A. Noire will have a new audience this Fall when the game is set to arrive for the PC. Not much else is known about this version, but the ability to edit the game is a possibility that could peak interest for users wanting to try the detective drama on PC.

Since it's launch in May, L.A. Noire has sold over 800,000 copies across the PS3 and 360.





















"Originally developed by Team Bondi in conjunction with Rockstar Games, L.A. Noire is a crime thriller set in post World War II Los Angeles. As Detective Cole Phelps, players must search for clues, interrogate suspects and chase down criminals to solve a series of cases based on real world incidents. As he rises through the ranks of the LAPD, Phelps comes face-to-face with the corrupt heart of Los Angeles: from fallen starlets to double-dealing police officers and the vast reaches of the criminal underworld and finally, the darkness of his own personal demons"


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Rockstar Newswire

Ms. Splosion is almost ready to be released! Beta testing is well underway for the upcoming game from Twisted Pixel, and they have announced a release date of July 13th for the successor to Splosion Man.

"Ms. Splosion man comes packed with fifty levels of single player and a separate fifty level co-op multiplayer campaign. Included with the game are gamerpics, a premium theme, and some sweet avatar accessories! Expanded map features, tons of unlockables, ghost replays, and countless other improvements make this the definitive edition for any splosion connoisseur."



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Joystiq Xbox

SEGA is set to celebrate 20 years of Sonic and today you can check out a demo for new upcoming Sonic game, Sonic Generations. Generations seems to be going with a 2D/3D type gameplay, so hopefully it will be a return like Sonic 4 was. Check out more on the demo below!



"Sonic’s universe is thrown into chaos when a mysterious new power comes into force, creating ‘time holes’ which take Sonic and his friends back in time. Whilst there, Sonic runs into some very familiar characters from his past including a younger version of himself! Now they must team up to defeat their enemies, save their friends, and find out who is behind this diabolical deed."

Link to Demo- Sonic Generations (653 MB)

The third piece of downloadable content for New Vegas will be available July 19th. Old World Blues will allow you to take your current equipment to a new area where you will find new weaponry and five more levels to reach for your character.

From Fallout Wiki:

"In Old World Blues you will discover how some of the Mojave’s mutated monsters came to be when you unwittingly become a lab rat in a science experiment gone awry. You will need to scour the pre-War research centers of the Big Empty in search of technology to turn the tables on your kidnappers or join forces with them against an even greater threat."

Old World Blues will cost 800 MSP ($10) when it arrives for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC next month.




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Fallout Wiki

The new games this week for Xbox Live include Trenched by Double Fine and a new 2d Beat-em-up called Lucha Fury. Trenched will cost 1200 MSP ($15) and Lucha Fury will set you back 800 MSP ($10).

Check out more below:



"Protect humanity from the evil Monovision menace in this Tower Defense Shooter from Tim Schafer’s Double Fine Productions. Join The Mobile Trench Brigade! Use a combination of mobile firepower and stationary defenses to turn the tide of war in our favor. Customize your trench with thousands of possible loadouts. March side by side with allies from around the world as you fight your way through Europe, Africa, and the Pacific. The Mobile Trench Brigade. Walk with us."

Link To Trial- Trenched Trial (1.35 GB)

Link To Full Game- Trenched ($15)




"Lucha Fury is a frantic, wacky, beat 'em all set in the crazy colorful world of Lucha Libre, masked Mexican wrestling. - Encounter hoards of loco enemies and head-case Bosses all disguised with crazy masks. - Play with up to 4 friends in cooperation mode to unleash devastating combos, or play solo and line up spectacular array of attack. - Strut your stuff using provocation, submissions, planchas and other stylish moves to win Fever points and send your scores soaring. - Go on a wild journey through the stylized world of Lucha Libre brought to life through far-out story-telling, dumb humor, bad taste, and surprises galore..."

Link To Trial- Lucha Fury Trial (1.31 GB)

Link To Full Game- Lucha Fury ($10)

Well, it's here! The Arson desk for L.A. Noire needed a bit more love, but next time it will be Vice that gets a new case. If you've got the Rockstar Pass, you can simply download the new case, otherwise it will cost you 320 MSP ($3):

"At 9.45 in the morning, a thunderous explosion rocks Los Angeles. City blocks are flattened and smoke and ash fill the air. Detectives Phelps and Biggs race to the site of the former Nicholson Electroplating plant to find a pile of unanswered questions. What caused the explosion? What were Nicholson's employees working on? And where are chief chemist Dr Harold McLellan and his mysterious female assistant?"

Link To Content- Nicholson Electroplating (320 MSP/ 208 MB)

Treyarch is rolling right along with map packs, and on June 28th, you can annihilate your friends with the third map pack for Black Ops.

The new maps consists of four competitive maps with Hangar 18, Drive-In, Silo, Hazard and of course one new zombie map to be revealed at a later time.

Obliterate the competition with "Annihilation," the newest downloadable content pack for "Call of Duty: Black Ops", with 4 unique Multiplayer Maps and a wild new locale for the latest in unrelenting Zombies action.

The first Official DLC (Previous cases were preorder bonues) for L.A. Noire will be out on Tuesday, June 21st, and Rockstar has released a trailer of the new case today. The Nicholson Electroplating case is the DLC Best Buy offered to select gamers at their Midnight Launch Event for L.A. Noire. If you have the Rockstar pass, you've already purchased this content, so for others you can pick up the case next week for 320 MSP ($3).



"In L.A. Noire, when a devastating explosion at the Nicholson Electroplating plant rocks downtown Los Angeles, Arson desk detectives Phelps and Biggs are called to the scene. Was this just a tragic accident, or is something more sinister at play?"

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Rockstar Newswire

Since Kinect's launch last year, there have been many cool videos created by developers that show Kinect being used in many different ways besides games for Xbox 360. Today is our chance to create some cool stuff with the SDK Microsoft has just released:

"The Kinect for Windows SDK beta is a programming toolkit for application developers. It enables the academic and enthusiast communities easy access to the capabilities offered by the Microsoft Kinect device connected to computers running the Windows 7 operating system.

The Kinect for Windows SDK beta includes drivers, rich APIs for raw sensor streams and human motion tracking, installation documents, and resource materials. It provides Kinect capabilities to developers who build applications with C++, C#, or Visual Basic by using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010."

The Kinect SDK is currently for non-commercial purposes only, but Microsoft is expected to release a commercial version in the near future.

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Microsoft Research

Major Nelson's Blog

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Xbox 360 Top LIVE Titles









1 Call of Duty: Black Ops
2 Modern Warfare 2
3 Halo: Reach
4 FIFA Soccer 11
5 NBA 2K11
6 GTA IV
7 Battlefield: Bad Co. 2
8 Gears of War 2
9 Halo 3
10 Call of Duty 4









11 L.A. Noire
12 Call of Duty: WaW
13 Red Dead Redemption
14 Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood
15 Forza Motorsport 3
16 NHL 11
17 Fallout: New Vegas
18 Mortal Kombat
19 Madden NFL 11
20 Left 4 Dead 2










Top Arcade Titles

1 Dungeons & Dragon Daggerdale
2 Pinball FX2
3 Full House Poker
4 Castle Crashers
5 Trials HD
6 Game Room
7 Portal: Still Alive
8 Outland
9 Battlefield 1943
10 Section 8: Prejudice









11 Torchlight
12 Plants vs. Zombies
13 UNO
14 DEAD RISING 2: CASE WEST
15 Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's Decade Duels
16 Magic: The Gathering
17 SEGA Rally Online Arcade
18 The Fancy Pants Adventure
19 Peggle
20 LIMBO

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Major Nelson's Blog

After two weeks of no new releases, Xbox Live Arcade Wednesday returns with Adventures of Shuggy and Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012. Both games will you 800 MSP ($10).

Check out more the game below:

"Shuggy has just inherited a castle full of goblins, ghouls, zombies, and robots. Help him clear out over 100 rooms to make his new home liveable again! Every room in the castle is different, letting Shuggy fly, float, swing, spin, change size, and more as he explores the Dungeon, Boiler, Clocktower, Gallery, and Graveyard. Play an online match full of power-ups as Shuggy or one of his quirky relatives, and try to collect more gems than your opponent. Play 36 twisted two-player levels in the offline co-op mode, with puzzles that can only be completed through cunning and teamwork."

Link To Trial- Adventures of Shuggy Trial (86 MB)

Link To Full Game- Adventures of Shuggy ($10)











"Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 takes last year’s massive hit game to even greater heights with better graphics, more options, and new challenges! Face off against the AI, or gather your allies for the new multiplayer format: Archenemy, where you team up to take down a boss opponent. And if one of your fellow Planeswalkers drops out, no problem–the AI will drop in for uninterrupted action! Featuring ten unique decks, Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 also lets you customize those decks. As you progress in the game, you can enhance your deck by swapping in new, unlockable cards! Gather your allies. A challenge awaits."

Link To Trial- Magic 2012 Trial (520 MB)

Link To Full Game- Magic 2012 ($10)

This week for videogame releases includes the 12 year developed Duke Nukem Forever, as well as the sequel to the original Alice game. After two weeks of no new releases on Xbox Live, The Adventures of Shuggy and Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers 2012 will be making their way to XBLA on Wednesday. Check out the rest of the lineup below!

Alice: Madness Returns (Xbox 360/ PlayStation 3, PC)
Tuesday, June 14th $59.99

Child of Eden (Xbox 360 Kinect)
Tuesday, June 14th $49.99

Record of Agarest War Zero (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
Tuesday, June 14th $59.99

Wipeout: In the Zone (Kinect Xbox 360)
Tuesday, June 14th $49.99

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3)
Tuesday, June 14th $59.99

Duke Nukem Forever (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC)
Tuesday, June 14th $59.99