Live Arcade Wednesday - 10/8

[Queasy]

MLB Stickball

Content: MLB Stickball
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Availability: Canada, United States
Dash Text: [ESRB: E (Everyone)] Xbox Live Multiplayer 1-4, Local Multiplayer 1-4, HD (High Definition). Play ball! It's the classic game of stickball on Xbox LIVE Arcade. The pros from the MLB take to the streets in a game for the baseball enthusiast and casual fans alike. Win games, hit home runs, shut down batters, trip car alarms and burst water towers to unlock pro players and flesh out your team. Each neighborhood has its own rules, from the streets of Brooklyn to the beach in Los Angeles. Confound batters with an array of pitches, including the classic stickball bounce pitch. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts

Shadow Assault/Tenchu

Content: Shadow Assault/Tenchu
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions
Dash Text: [ESRB: E10+ (EVERYONE 10+) VIOLENCE] Local Multiplayer 2-4, Xbox LIVE Multiplayer 1-4, HD (High Definition). Tenchu, the world-famous ninja action game, is now on Xbox LIVE Arcade. Control your favorite characters as you use a variety of ninja weapons to defeat your enemies and complete your missions. Use traps in multiplayer mode to kill your friends for massive points! There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts.

Beat'n Groovy

Content: Beat'n Groovy
Price: 800 Microsoft Points
Availability: Not available in India
Dash Text: [ESRB: E (EVERYONE)] Single Player, Xbox LIVE Multiplayer 1-2, HD (High Definition). Try the FREE demo of BEAT?N GROOVY? and let the energy of the music flow through you. There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/Live/accounts

 

[raystorm]

Stickball is atrocious. Why didn't they just port over RBI Baseball or Baseball Stars, use the current MLB teams, rosters, create nice 2D versions of the ballparks and release that? Am I asking for so much when it comes to basic and fun arcade baseball?

 

[Queasy]

Yeah, this seems to be another uninspired week for XBLA. August showed that they can do huge sells when they put out really quality games. They've seem to have had a hard time of doing that since though.

 

[erwos]

Has anyone tried out Tenchu yet? I'm curious, yet apprehensive.

 

[blurredvision]

Originally posted by: Queasy
Yeah, this seems to be another uninspired week for XBLA. August showed that they can do huge sells when they put out really quality games. They've seem to have had a hard time of doing that since though.

It's gotta be tough to put out a quality game every single week though.

 

[Dessert Tears]

Originally posted by: erwos
Has anyone tried out Tenchu yet? I'm curious, yet apprehensive.

It's a meh 2D puzzle game with a Tenchu license.