XBLA’s Most Wanted: Star Wars Battlefront Arcade
Ah Battlefront, a series that fondly remembered on last generation consoles, and perhaps only slightly less fondly on handhelds. The world was crushed when the oft-rumored Star Wars Battlefront III...
View ArticleXBLA’s Most Wanted: Star Wars – Jedi Power Battles
The two console generations previous to this one saw a rather large amount of Star Wars related video games. With this generation however, due to various changes at LucasArts, we have been limited to...
View ArticleXBLA’s Most Wanted: Sam & Max Hit the Road SE
Some franchises, regardless of quality, just never become very popular. One such example is the Sam and Max comic and video game series, which most people never heard of but have never played. Sam and...
View ArticleXBLA’s Most Wanted: Star Wars X-Wing Alliance
The X-Wing series spans a total of four games and three expansion packs. Of the series, TIE Fighter is often mentioned in top 100 games lists, and in general the entire series has been commercially...
View ArticleXBLA’s Most Wanted: Star Wars Podracer Arcade
The new Star Wars trilogy — it’s been criticized by professionals and fanboys alike. The old argument “George Lucas ruined my childhood” is a common one when the new trilogy is brought up. But whether...
View ArticleMonkey Island Special Edition goes retail
A while back the remakes of two of the greatest adventure games hit Xbox Live Arcade. Soon the special edition versions of The Secret of Monkey Island and LeChuck’s Revenge will be available on a...
View ArticleXBLA’s Most Wanted: Grim Fandango
Long before Tim Schafer was the head of Trenched developer Double Fine he was a game designer at LucasArts. He started out as a tester in 1989 on Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: The Action Game...
View ArticleFriday Top Five: Valentine’s Day Special
Love is in the air or so it would seem with Valentine’s Day just around the corner. At XBLA Fans we thought we’d take a moment to celebrate our love affair with games by taking a look at some of the...
View ArticleXBLA’s Most Wanted: Star Wars Jedi Academy
In the late 90′s and early-mid 2000′s LucasArts was king. Games like Grim Fandango, Star Wars Battlefront, Star Wars Jedi Knight, Mercenaries and Secret Weapons over Normandy sucked gamers into their...
View ArticleAn open letter to publishers: Get with the (XBLA) program
It’s interesting to me to see how different publishers are handling this still relatively new digital game world. Many have stuck their toe in the effectual water then scampered off because they felt...
View ArticleEditorial: What I need Star Wars: First Assault to be
As a mega-huge Star Wars nut I squealed a bit inside when the box art for the upcoming Xbox Live Arcade title, Star Wars: First Assault was leaked a few days back. I scoured the internet looking for...
View ArticleThe force is strong with these upcoming Star Wars tables for Pinball FX 2
Fresh off the news of a new sequel trilogy of Star Wars films (with J.J. Abrams confirmed to direct the first) comes news of 10 (yes, 10!) new Star Wars-themed tables for Pinball FX 2. Three will be...
View ArticleNothing like a good blaster at your side: new Star Wars Pinball trailer and...
Hot on the heels of the initial announcement comes this Empire Strikes Back trailer for Star Wars Pinball. Much like Marvel Pinball, these tables will be packed together as downloadable content for...
View ArticleStar Wars: First Assault is not Battlefront III, but it could be eventually
Star Wars: First Assault isn’t the reincarnation of the now defunct Battlefront series like many had hoped. According to a Kotaku report citing an unnamed source who is said to be “familiar with the...
View ArticleStar Wars: First Assault leaked footage *update – removed*
Kotaku continues its string of leaked news on LucasArts’ downloadable shooter, Star Wars: First Assault. Early gameplay footage and an introduction sequence that seems to spoof Halo: Reach were...
View ArticleDisney shutters LucasArts
Last week entertainment powerhouse Disney closed the doors to LucasArts, and its in-development projects along with it. LucasArts’ parent company, LucasFilm, was purchased by Disney just six short...
View ArticleXBLA’s Most Wanted: Star Wars Battlefront Arcade
Ah Battlefront, a series that fondly remembered on last generation consoles, and perhaps only slightly less fondly on handhelds. The world was crushed when the oft-rumored Star Wars Battlefront III...
View ArticleXBLA’s Most Wanted: Star Wars – Jedi Power Battles
The two console generations previous to this one saw a rather large amount of Star Wars related video games. With this generation however, due to various changes at LucasArts, we have been limited to...
View ArticleXBLA’s Most Wanted: Sam & Max Hit the Road SE
Some franchises, regardless of quality, just never become very popular. One such example is the Sam and Max comic and video game series, which most people never heard of but have never played. Sam and...
View ArticleXBLA’s Most Wanted: Star Wars X-Wing Alliance
The X-Wing series spans a total of four games and three expansion packs. Of the series, TIE Fighter is often mentioned in top 100 games lists, and in general the entire series has been commercially...
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