Xbox

YouTube Bans Indie Dev’s Trailer Account As ‘Commercially Deceptive’

Whomever at YouTube banned Crosse Studios’ account might want to reconsider that action. Inexplicably, the entire collection of trailers for the independent sports video game developer was taken out of commission yesterday, on the grounds that the videos violate YouTube’s policy against “scams, spam and commercially deceptive content”.


November 4, 2010
News

Indie Sports Game Updates With Motion Capture

College Lacrosse, which released last year on Xbox Live’s Indie Games channel, returns this year with a new version and a slew of upgrades – including motion capture animations and an augmented control set. It will cost $US5.


April 24, 2010
News

Licensed Pro Lacrosse Video Game Arrives For Xbox 360

Promised for delivery by April 30, NLL Lacrosse 2010 arrived a week early on Xbox Live’s Indie Games channel. The $US5 download delivers all the players on all 11 teams of the National Lacrosse League.


April 1, 2010
News

Indie Sports Game Unites Developer’s Dream With A League’s Ambition

By the end of April, Xbox Live’s Indie Games channel will see a very unusual first: The service’s first sports title licensed by a professional league, and backed with the sponsorship of a major brand.


January 10, 2010

Can Sports Video Games Win One For The Little Guys?

Of the independent games available on Xbox Live, a sports title is currently the No. 1 downloaded title and another is the No. 2-rated game, across all offerings. But sports is far from the service’s dominant genre.


December 6, 2009

Sticks Up, Lacrosse Breaks Into The Xbox 360

Let’s be real. It would take a nuclear war for lacrosse, even though it’s literally more American than football or baseball, to displace either game on TV. It would take even more to put it in a retail video game box.


November 20, 2009
News

Lacrosse Title Debuts On Xbox Live Indie Channel

Absolutely, it’s an exciting and physical sport. But even lacrosse fans admit the game has a niche following. But lacrosse does have its own video game now, which just went up on Xbox Live yesterday. Suck on that, water polo!


October 10, 2009

You Want It, You Got It — College Lacrosse On Xbox 360

Great, Another sport I’ve never played in my life, but will have to review because, you know, I’m the sports guy. Here’s lacrosse, game of Native Americans, Jim Brown, and every Volvo-driving L.L. Bean family between Charlottesville and Albany.