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It won't take long. Just pop it into Excel or Word and use the Alphabetize function. If you can't figure it out, I can do it for you, just let me know...

Alright, but I'd like to see what anyone else thought first, I mean, I don't know if some people prefer the category style or not.

hahaha magik, you're really keen on this eh? i say leave the boy alone, it's fine as it is!

btw word puzzle...did anyone else get it? together with COD4 it was my one year 360 anniversary present to myself...and my electro-mechanical bride, of course.

Wow, I thought Switchball was a lot of fun! What did you guys think? I might consider buying it, I just wish it was like 600MSP instead of 800MSP :angry:

I was completely disappointed by it (the demo, at least). Marble Blast Ultra remains my favourite XBLA game to this day and from the description and screenshots it seemed like I would love Switchball too. Maybe I was expecting it to be too similar, because I just found it to be completely dull.

Gameplay-wise, the movement speed of the balls is just way too slow, the method of changing balls seems clunky (why not by pickups or using a button?) and these along with how you arrive at the level seem to greatly reduce the fun of trying to beat your best times, which is half of the point of these games. Then there's the graphics, which while pretty are marred by a painfully slow framerate and the worse screen-tearing I've seen in an Xbox game to-date - there's just no excuse for this sort of thing as we approach the 2nd birthday of the 360.

Ah well, I've already got a backlog of 4-5 XBLA games I intend to buy eventually, so at least this is one I won't be adding to the list!

Alright, but I'd like to see what anyone else thought first, I mean, I don't know if some people prefer the category style or not.

I'm not saying get rid of the categories, I'm just saying alphabetize the games within the categories.

hahaha magik, you're really keen on this eh? i say leave the boy alone, it's fine as it is!

I just thought it might be helpful. I don't really care either way, just trying to help. :p

This week on Arcade: We celebrate our 100th title!

Xbox LIVE Arcade celebrates 100 Arcade titles with Screwjumper. And since we don’t have cake to celebrate, you can also get your green on with Shrek N Roll.

Both titles will be available this Wednesday for 800 points each.

Source: Major Nelson

gone are the days of 400 point coin op classics?! neoadorable displeased. neoadorable even angry. neodorable may do something dumb like boycott Arcade altogether, especially after neordorable got burned with Word Puzzle!

yes, i'd like to applaud them for giving us this game for free. it's the kind of thing they need to do more of. not being an ass, it's true, if we're a community apart from those other people then it's time we acted the part. and it should start with MS.

Just a reminder, Carcassonoe (sp) is free starting tomorrow until the 15th..so get it while it's hot.

I tried it out. It seems like a cool game that takes a while to learn..

And it's better 'free' game than Aegis wing or Yaris lately..but free is better anyway :)

I tried it out. It seems like a cool game that takes a while to learn..

And it's better 'free' game than Aegis wing or Yaris lately..but free is better anyway :)

I think Aegis Wing is awesome :yes:. But then again, I'm really missing my Gradius and R-Type. Would be nice if they just remade R-Type Final on the 360.

Right guys I still haven't purchased any Arcade games.

From listening to the 1UP podcast we are all supposedly getting 1 free game given to us soon.

What I want is the lowdown on the best/most addictive XBLA arcade games out just now.

So I can pick a good game for free, but most importantly go buy some others just now :)

I'm getting fed up waiting for Everyday Shooter to hit UK PSN.

Also i'm guessing Live doesn't allow sharing of DLC games to 5 friends like PSN?

Suppose we get demos to replace that, but it's still nice to get the games for free :p

Sorry dude, hate to break it to you but you can't choose which game you want for free. In the west we were given Carcassonne and in the East, they were given Hexic 2 (you could download both if you made a Korean account and vice versa). But unfortunetly it was only for 24hrs, so you've missed it altogether.

Titles I'd check out are Bomberman Live, Geometry Wars, Uno, Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Texas Hold'em and Worms. Can't think of any more of the top of my head. Check Major Nelson's website for the top 10 played games just now and see what's popular I guess :)

Neo, I guess I'm just old skool :cool:

This week on Arcade: Undertow

Undertow will be available this Wednesday for 800 points.

Posted: Nov 19 2007, 09:01 AM by Major Nelson | with 0 comment(s)

Filed under: Arcade

Source: Major nelson

Speedball XBLA gets treats

by Rob Purchese

Empire has revealed plans to release a continual stream of new content for Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe on Live Arcade, a bit like a persistent nosebleed.

The first of these was a Theme Pack to decorate your Dashboard with, which will be followed this week by a bundle of new Arena locations each with three variations to keep things fresh.

Then, in order, we will be treated to a collection of Gamerpics, more superstar players, fresh team strips and a final compilation of Gamerpics. Each will cost between 100 and 150 Points (GBP 0.85 and 1.28).

Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe is a remake of the retro sports gem for Live Arcade. If you really must know, it is a futuristic sports game not too dissimilar to American Football, just with more body armour, less rules, better steroids and an metal Olympic hammer-like ball. It also costs 800 Microsoft points (GBP 6.80 / EUR 9.30).

We loved it back in 1991 and we heart the Live Arcade version. Pop over to our Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe review to find out why.

Alternatively you can pop into our Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe gallery for some exclusive snaps of the new content.

Source: EG

Asteroids on Live tomorrow

by Rob Purchese

Microsoft has told us tomorrow's Live Arcade treat will be a double pack containing Asteroids and Asteroids Deluxe.

This rocky offering could be yours for 400 Points (GBP 3.40 / 4.65), and takes you back to the olden days of vector graphics as you blast your little spaceship around and break up enormous asteroids as they hurtle towards you.

Deluxe is the sequel to Asteroids, and both will come HD visuals with a high-speed "throttle monkey" mode to make things a bit trickier - plus the usual Leaderboards to climb and 200 Gamerpoints to earn.

Look out for our review of Asteroids soon.

Source: EG

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