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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

PSN, WiiWare, XBLA: Best Of Gamerbytes: Age of Goo or World of Booty?

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Last week the Tokyo Game Show was in full swing, and Microsoft announced a ton of great titles that everyone should be looking forward to. This week we've got a great selection of downloadable titles too - Age of Booty is coming for PSN and Xbox Live Arcade, PSN gets SOCOM Confrontation too, and WiiWare got World of Goo - supposedly the best WiiWare title to date.

Xbox 360

XBLA This Week - Age Of Booty (PSN On Thursday), Plus Free N+ Expansion
Age Of Booty Is Getting its release this week on the Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network - a hexagonal real-time strategy game featuring Pirates and Rum. The most fascinating thing about this game is that the demos for both platforms will feature free online play for the first two days you play! Check out all about that here - I really hope it catches on.

TGS 2008 - Microsoft Keynote Notes - Space Invaders Extreme, Arkanoid and More Announced
A ton of fantastic titles were announced for Xbox Live Arcade at the Tokyo Game Show - Space Invaders Extreme, Arkanoid Live, R-Type Dimensions, Metal Slug 7 and King of Fighters '98 were all announced. That is all great stuff. Click the links for more information, including screenshots, for those titles.

Microsoft No Longer Delisting Titles, NXE allows you to remove "0" Point Titles
With the upcoming release of the New Xbox 'Experience', it appears Microsoft have changed their mind about removing low selling Xbox Live Arcade titles... for now.

PSN

NA PSN Store Update - Puzzle Quest, Linger In Shadows and Battle Cars Now Available
Big PSN update this week. You can now play Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (With the XBLA expansion free), Supersonic Acrobatic Rocket Powered Battle Cars, and Linger in Shadows. Brand new expanded content for Mega Man 9, and new packages for those who haven't picked up Super Stardust HD.

Don't forget - this week you can also download SOCOM Confrontation!

Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 Coming To XBLA and PSN?
New leaked ESRB websites and Partnernet screenshots appear to show that Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 might be making its way to the Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network.

Prince Of Persia Classic Confirmed For PSN
It's been in the air for some time, but now it appears that Ubisoft's Prince of Persia Classic remake on XBLA will be making its way to the PSN sometime soon.

WiiWare

NA WiiWare Update - World Of Goo, Art Style: Cubello
World Of Goo, supposedly the best WiiWare title to date, is now available for download in North America. Also available is Cubello, the latest in the Artstyle line of games.

EU WiiWare Update - Midnight Bowling, Potpourrii
Europe played catchup last week with the addition of some older WiiWare titles making their way over.

High Voltage Software Announce High Voltage Hot Rod Show
High Voltage Software announce a brand new racing game for WiiWare. It's Micro Machines meets Super Off Road meets Unirally, with 4 player split screen multiplayer.

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