Indie Darling Braid Possibly Coming to XBLA
Indie darling Braid is a game that even before the majority of the public had seen the game had a huge fan following and received critical acclaim. It's good to hear that Joystiq makes note in their E3 preview of the game that Jonathon Blow, who is the creator of Braid, is in talks with Microsoft to put the game on Xbox Live Arcade. Sadly it is mentioned that no deal has been signed, but here's to hoping.
For more information about the game head to the official Braid site or Joystiq's preview. Joystiq also currently has up a screenshot gallery.
Udon Street Fighter Interview
Playstation 3 Fanboy has performed an interview with Udon Comics about their work in Super Street Fighter II HD Remix. It really is quite amazing what they have done to the Street Figher graphics with the new re-envisioning of the title. Below is one of the better questions from the interview.
Certainly, there must be a lot of work involved with this remix. How much art is going into the game?Our art crew was asked to redesign each character sprite based on the artwork of Edayan, one of Capcom's most respected artists. Our job is to create character model design sheets for the sprite animators to follow.
The game is an exact port of SSF2T, so the hit boxes and poses must be identical, even while the detail and resolution are increased to approximately 4.5 times the original. Along with character sprite designs, we're redrawing and painting each stage background to match the enhanced resolution.
In addition to the characters and stages, our art team is creating brand new artwork for the in-game intro, character selection and endings in the style of our popular Street Fighter comic. The project is a massive undertaking, far more extensive than our work on Capcom Fighting Jam.
SPFIITHDR Site Now Live; Acronym Lovers Faint With Joy
If you hate those smarmy sites, people like to call "blogs" (yuck) and avoid them under all circumstances (I know I do) then you will be pleased to learn the following: you can finally get your Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix news straight from the corporate marketing team at Capcom.
That's right, the official site is now open for business and sports a synopsis, screens, videos, and wallpaper downloads. Of course, the site also seems to take issue with scrolling down (huh?) but we won't let that sully our love for SPFIITHDR. Oh no. We will lap up any and all scraps of info on this puzzlicious game we can get our hands on. Mmm...puzzlicious.
USK Watch: Speedball 2 and War World
War World and Speedball 2 rated. No fanfare or big surprise there (since we already knew they were coming) but it's good to know nonetheless.
War World garnered what I take to be a 12+ rating and Speedball 2 gets a 6+ rating. (Although, German is not my strong suit.) No word yet on the ESRB.
[via our trusty friend, the USK website]
Massive XBLA Achievement Update
I bring you word of a massive XBLA achievement update (the shamlessly stolen headline probably tipped you off, huh?).
Xbox360achievements.org has come through again with achievement details for Hexic 2, Marathon: Durandal, and War World. No pretty pictures to look at, but plenty of interesting things to ponder after the break.
More Bomberman T-shirts!
Not skilled at Bomberman or Photoshop but still love you some mad bombing style action? Well, I've got the perfect contest for you. Xbox360Achievements.org is having a contest (open to anyone on the planet earth) to win 5 Bomberman T-shirts and it will be completely decided at random. Just post your favorite Bomberman Live outfit and you are done.
So get your name in the hat and start your attempts and hacking and rigging the random.org generator.
[via x360a.org]
Win Band of Bugs from Unscripted 360
Unscripted 360 has available two copies of Band of Bugs available for winners of a new contest. The Band of Bugs title really is one of the more solid, quality titles available on live and one of the personal favorite titles of many of the XBLArcade.com community. The contest simply requires you to name the NinjaBee games that are available on Xbox Live Arcade and the NinjaBee games reviewed by Unscripted 360.
More information can be found on the Unscripted 360 website.