Greed Corp 800MSP

Fret Nice 1200MSP

Lazy Raiders 800MSP

Just wanted to give you a heads up that Duke Nukem 3D is the deal of the week on XBLA. It’s %50 off this week and only $400MSP. I think it’s a hell of a deal and it’s only 85mb so not a bad price for one of the greatest shooters of all time.

Source: Marketplace.XBOX.com

Here’s an easy little contest. Help pick out the Raskulls box art and you could be a winner. What could you win might you ask?

Five (5) winners will be picked at random from the comments to receive a limited edition King figurine and a Raskulls t-shirt.So go on over to their page and vote and comment. I personally choose the Adventure King.

Source: Raskulls.com you have  23:59 PST on February 24th, 2010 to enter
EDIT: Contest is now closed.

The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom has just been released for XBLA. This is a game i have been greatly anticipating playing with my kids. The style is just awesome. Check out this trailer.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AaCIe4d7Hs[/youtube]

Between this and Darwinia+ last week it’s been an embarrassment of riches on XBLA as of late.  With what Microsoft has in store for us in March it’s a great time to be an XBOX 360 owner. I’ll hope to have a review of this game up later tonight or tomorrow. The Odd Gentleman produced game is Published by 2k Play

CLICK HERE to download  The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom Demo to your xbox 360

Microsoft has a lot planned for us in the month of March. So much that they have branded the event Block Party. Here is a rundown of what they have planned for us.

March 3 is the release of Toy Soldiers for 1200($15)
March 10, we’ll get Scrap Metal, for 1200($15)
March 17th we get the long awaited Perfect Dark 800($10)
March 24th we get the Game Room Hub for free. The game will be available for 400($5) for PC and 360 version, 240($3) for the 360 only version, or 40($.50) for a single play.

I’m excited for all these games. But Perfect Dark will probably be the Gem of the month. The Game Room intrigues me though as i’m a fan of old school games. I have a feeling I’ll be loading up my arcade as my kids and wife love the classics as well. So March is looking to be a huge month for XBLA I can’t wait to get my hands on these great games. What are you most looking forward to?

Today we launch Total Hype with a review of a very interesting game by Introversion Software, Darwinia+. This game has been on my radar ever since it won top prize at IGF 2006. It was announced for XBLA in 2008. But I had totally forgotten about it. Once I seen it on the release schedule though I was instantly excited.

I am a huge  fan of indie games this being matched with my favorite console was a perfect situation for me. So has my excitement panned out? Check out my review and find out…

Okay first thing you will notice about this game is it’s visual style. It has a retro style look on the surface. But it’s all part of this games charm. Once you get into it though it’s like a dream scape. Just imagine you’re a hero fighting in a computer world where everything is made out of pixels. That’s what Darwinia+ is. It’s a great looking game with a surprising amount of depth.

The visuals are great as you can see from the picture above(Click to make bigger). I really think they nailed the feeling of what it would be inside a computer having a war against viruses. The thing that really makes this game for me though is the sound. Check out the video below and just listen to that awesomeness. It goes with the visuals perfectly.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCNW1HRAIts[/youtube]

To add to the value you not only have Darwinia+ you have Multiwinia. The 49 map multi player with 2-4 players. This is the real star of this package. I played through a hand full of games and it’s very addicting. The power ups that you earn from the crates are awesome.  This game will be near the top of the XBLA charts for a long time. If people give it the chance that it deserves.

I’m a huge Call of Duty player so at first glance I was a little skeptical on how I would like this game. Sure I’ve been a strategy game fan for a long time. But for the last few years it’s been mostly Call Of Duty for me. But going in with an open mind I was very happily surprised. The military strategies you can use in this game to win are very similar to call of duty.

You can rush in to the game and sure you might do okay. But more than likely you will get killed quickly. But if you look at the flow of the game and watch how the enemies are going you will do great. I’ll be playing a lot of this game especially til they fix the care package glitch in MW2.
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Check out the game and let me know what you think of it here in the comments. I would love to hear about how you feel about my review process. I don’t try to make it a masterpiece of journalism. I’m a gamer and I am just trying to convey my love for games and helping you guys stay away from crappy games.