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Spring?s most anticipated Xbox LIVE Arcade games are headed to your living room with ?Arcade NEXT? from Microsoft Studios and Xbox LIVE. Beginning April 18, a new downloadable title will launch on Xbox LIVE Arcade from Microsoft Studios every Wednesday, through May 9. Also, starting in April, all new Xbox LIVE Arcade games (like these) will include up to 400 Gamerscore, with up to 30 Achievements available to unlock.

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TRIALS EVOLUTION, April 18 for 1200 Microsoft Points

?Trials Evolution? is on every front, the next dimension of the smash-hit, award-winning ?Trials HD.? Bust out of the warehouse into an outdoor world of night and day, curved driving lines, and spectacular scenery. Multiplayer comes alive in your living room or on Xbox LIVE. Build your own tracks with the in-game editor or download those of any other player from the new Track Central. Customize your bike and rider with awesome gear and unique parts, enjoy innovative skill games, try ghost racing, beat your friends? scores and more! Don?t miss the madness!

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BLOODFORGE, April 25 for 1200 Microsoft Points

With a brutal combat system, stunning art style, and a deeply compelling story, ?Bloodforge? empowers you to slaughter hordes of demonic soldiers, deformed worshippers, and the gods themselves, using ferocious Rage Kills, devastating Rune attacks, and furious Weapon Combos. Help seal Crom?s fate ? and the fate of the rest of the world ? in this dark, visceral story of revenge, betrayal, and destiny.

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FABLE HEROES, May 2 for 800 Microsoft Points

?Fable Heroes? is an action-packed, hack-and-slash adventure built for Xbox LIVE Arcade. It delivers a fresh spin on the ?Fable? franchise with a unique art style and gameplay that takes playful competition to the next level. Whether on the couch or using Xbox LIVE, up to four players work together to defeat enemies while also competing with one another to collect gold coins and level up. Precious gold collected in Fable Heroes can be imported into the forthcoming Kinect title, Fable: The Journey, providing players with a valuable head start from day one.

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MINECRAFT: XBOX 360 EDITION, May 9 for 1600 Microsoft Points

The infinite possibilities in ?Minecraft? just got bigger. ?Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition? brings the global phenomenon to console gamers for the first time. The Xbox LIVE Arcade version of the game features an innovative new crafting interface, natural controller movements, a full Tutorial mode to teach the basics and for the first time in ?Minecraft,? split-screen multiplayer as well as over Xbox LIVE.

Finally! I've been waiting forever for Trials Evolution. :D

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Its what the PC version costs, why would Xbox version be any cheaper?

Besides, I'm expecting the entirety of XBLA to mesh with Windows 8 (via the Store) - hence a cross-platform competitor to Steam/Origin (buy for one; run on all).

:) :) :)

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Besides, I'm expecting the entirety of XBLA to mesh with Windows 8 (via the Store) - hence a cross-platform competitor to Steam/Origin (buy for one; run on all).

:) :) :)

This would be real sweet, but I would say do not get your hopes to up on this one. I think anything with the affiliation XB (XBox) will stay just that, on the XBox. There may very well be one or two 1st party published XBLA games that they do offer both a XBox and Windows 8 compatibility, but I cannot see all XBLA games working that way. Would be great though.

I am really, really, really looking forward to Trials Evolution. First game was more or less like crack for me. Kick ass amazing game.

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I'm still shocked that Trials: Evolution isn't coming to PC. WTH Redlynx. I'm sure down the road it'll be repackaged or just released as is for PC (PSN one would assume also) but Microsoft must have really thrown some good money at them to make it an XBLA exclusive for now.

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This would be real sweet, but I would say do not get your hopes to up on this one. I think anything with the affiliation XB (XBox) will stay just that, on the XBox. There may very well be one or two 1st party published XBLA games that they do offer both a XBox and Windows 8 compatibility, but I cannot see all XBLA games working that way. Would be great though.

I am really, really, really looking forward to Trials Evolution. First game was more or less like crack for me. Kick ass amazing game.

New Trailer - looks at least as good as the original :)

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New Trailer - looks at least as good as the original :)

Just watched another trailer about the UGC (user generated content) and I can now officially say it looks WAAAAAAAAAY better than the first. Was also very happy to see at the end of the trailer it is released next week on the 18th. Really psyched to be playing this game again. :yes:

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Besides, I'm expecting the entirety of XBLA to mesh with Windows 8 (via the Store) - hence a cross-platform competitor to Steam/Origin (buy for one; run on all).

:) :) :)

Hopefully MS does do that as a way of strengthening their ecosystem. Of course devs might not be too happy about building 2-3 versions of a game only to get paid once.

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Hopefully MS does do that as a way of strengthening their ecosystem. Of course devs might not be too happy about building 2-3 versions of a game only to get paid once.

Hell would freeze over before MS offered you the game on two or more platforms for the price of one game.

Not long till Trials Evolution. Going to be immense. Trying not to watch too much footage, the tracks look spectacular from the few I've seen.

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Well 1 more day for Trials, wish it came out tonight as tonight is a crap night TV wise so my wife would have let me take over the TV, but I am sure I can talk her into some game time tomorrow night. According to XBox.com, going to be the first time I fire up the 360 to play a game since 2/28 for Alan Wake. Before that was 1/2 for a random match of MW3, and before that was 10/18/11. Crazy how there just has not been much of a reason to play on the 360 for quite some time.

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Just downloading Trials Evolution now!

Cannot wait. Me and my friends used to play the original for hours. Now this one has proper multiplayer, good times.

Just got to work, so going to be at least 8 hours until i can check it out, but went ahead and purchased it already, really psyched to be playing it again, although the one review I read did say it suffers from the same thing as the first one, and that was hitting a point of the game where it just gets incredibly hard. I never beat the first one because of this. With that said, I really enjoyed getting to that point, and also because of the UGC even if that does happen with the SP I can continue playing levels created by others. Psyched for sure.

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Leaderboards were definitely messed up there for a bit, but seem to be working now. I am digging it a lot so far. Skill challenges go from incredibly fun to pretty stupid though, not sure about them just yet, but overall it is the Trials I know and love, and real interested to see what comes out of the community here.

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Loving it so far. Although i haven't hit any difficult levels yet. I have just unlocked the A Licence so i am guessing the extreme tracks are coming up. I agree with the skill challenges, so are fun while some just seem odd but i think they are doing this mainly to show off what you can make in the editor. I can't wait to see what the community come up with, i'm expecting some obscure tracks/modes.

Gamertag: Kuchiki Rukia

If anyone wants to try multiplayer sometime.

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Loving it so far. Although i haven't hit any difficult levels yet. I have just unlocked the A Licence so i am guessing the extreme tracks are coming up. I agree with the skill challenges, so are fun while some just seem odd but i think they are doing this mainly to show off what you can make in the editor. I can't wait to see what the community come up with, i'm expecting some obscure tracks/modes.

Gamertag: Kuchiki Rukia

If anyone wants to try multiplayer sometime.

Sent a friend request, not sure how soon I will be jumping on MP, but I like having as many names as possible for the leader-boards to compare times to. And fair enough point about the skill challenges being to see more what to do with the editor, the get the ball through the level one is a perfect example of this.

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Leaderboards were definitely messed up there for a bit, but seem to be working now. I am digging it a lot so far. Skill challenges go from incredibly fun to pretty stupid though, not sure about them just yet, but overall it is the Trials I know and love, and real interested to see what comes out of the community here.

I am at Medium level (I think, whatever is after B license) and I am loving it. I like how the backdrops are always...interesting :p but I have a love-hate opinion about the view/perspective change on a track. On one hand, it adds one more challenge to get the jumps and landing right but on the other hand it makes it ****ing difficult sometimes to see where I am going to land. :p

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