I had somehow missed this on my RSS reader, looks like the upcoming XBLA title based on the Magic: The Gathering universe, Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Plainswalkers, was playable at the PAX show and here are some hands-on by Wired, and an interview with the developers by MyPAXBlog.

The title is scheduled for a Spring 09 release.

From Siliconera

"The Tokyo Game Show 2008 game list is up and it’s leaking bits of information. One revelation is The King of Fighters ‘98 Ultimate Match will be released as a downloadable Xbox Live Arcade game sometime in the future. (See page seven.) SNK Playmore just packaged The King of Fighters ‘98 Ultimate Match as a retail PlayStation 2 game in Japan in June. We’re supposed to get sometime in 2009. This remake of the King of Fighters ‘98 has a healthy dose of extra characters and balance changes for top tier players.

No price or details have been announced, but it’s pretty much expected that the Xbox 360 release will be modified for online play. Oh, and we’re still waiting for the Xbox Live Arcade version of Samurai Shodown 2 too which is not listed to appear at SNK’s booth."

What do you think?

Achieve360Points revealed earlier today the full list of achievements for 2 new XBLA titles: Things on Wheels and War World.

While the ToW achievs look fun to play for, the WarWorld ones are a bit uninspired, IMO.

Either way, at least the WarWorld achievement list tells us that the game isn't forgotten and that's a good thing, right?

Achieve360Points revealed exclusively the achievements for the upcoming XBLA title Duke Nukem 3D.

DK will have the standard 200 points divided by 12 achievements, 9 single-player and 3 multiplayer. Rather uninspired achievements I have to say, especially the multiplayer ones, although there are a couple of funny ones like "Looks Like Cleanup on Aisle 4" (10G) and "Shake It Baby" (10G).

You can check all the achievements at Achieve360Points.com

Hi, a couple of news sprung up on my RSS reader.

First and foremost, The Behemoth dev blog brings word that Castle Crashers has been priced. The title will be available August 27th for 1200 MSP (about USD$15), a bit steep but not as steep as the rumored 1800 MSP price point.

Next, Patrick Klepek from the MTV Multiplayer blog has new details regarding the South Park XBLA title announced at E3 last month. The game, developed by Doublesix Games (who made GeoWars: Galaxies for the Wii and DS), "will be the first game published under the Xbox Live Productions label, Microsoft’s new first-party partnership initiative for XBL Arcade content." and, according to Xbox.com, will be "fun-filled and hilarious strategy game".

I don't knoe what to think about South Park at this point, but Castle Crashers is definitely a must-buy (although I have no way to access Xbox Live at this moment *sadpandaface* )

After word came that Pirates vs. Ninja Dodgeball will be released September 3rd, sumhydroponic posted on the forums that Shred Nebula will also see a September 3rd release, which Xbox 360 Fanboy confirmed recently.

TeamXbox has hands-on previews of 3 new XBLA titles:

Domino Master: Like the title implies it's a Domino game, after Sudoku and crosswords titles, domino seems like a no-brainer.

Crazy Mouse: A Pac-Man ripoff where you take the role of a mouse that has to eat chunks of cheese. Unlike Pac-Man, Crazy Mouse has items and a burst button.

Puzzle Arcade: A jigsaw title... dominoes, sudoku, crosswords, uno.... you get the point right? :D

It's official folks, Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball, the game that will finally end the eternal battle between these two character-types (or maybe just heat it even more) has a release date: September 3rd, 2008

From: TeamXbox (they also have some new screenshots)