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Far Cry 3 And The Stranger In A Strange Land This month sees the largest addition to the Xbox Originals program for the Xbox 360 ever, with a more than 61 games hitting the service on September 15th. Of course all but one of those games is part of Crave’s Intellivision Reborn compilation – which incidentally failed to spark a rebirth of the Intellivision – but if we’re going to get technical about things than none of those even count, having not originally appeared on the Xbox. So, a whole slew of Intellivision Games of dubious quality, and one excellent alien invasion title in THQ’s Destroy All Humans, a game that received the coveted Fahey award for Best Use Of Zim in a Non-Zim role.
Thanks to Mustapha for pointing out the new additions.
Microsoft have just announced that the next original Xbox game to be granted a second lease of life will be BioWare’s Jade Empire. For a BioWare game it’s nowhere near as fondly recalled as some of their other, more laser gun-oriented titles, but it’s still an excellent game, especially its take on RPG combat. It’ll be made available on July 21, for the usual 1200 MS Points.
Jade Empire Coming to Xbox Originals [Gamerscore]
If you hadn’t noticed, Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness is available on the Australian Xbox Live Marketplace. Whether it’s good or not, I can’t say, but as long as it doesn’t take itself too seriously, all should be well. Considering how much Gabe and Tycho love games, I doubt they’d let rubbish be made with their names.
For those after a taste of the retro, Metal Arms: Glitch in the Machine and Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory can be downloaded from the Oz selection of Xbox Originals.
Hit the jump for descriptions of the games and links to the relevant sections of the Xbox.com website.
I’d be quite interested to see the process involved with choosing what games become Xbox Live Arcade Xbox Originals. I am beginning to think a hat is involved. While some of the picks so far have been no-brainers, others are a bit more questionable.
MIcrosoft have announced that two further games are to be added to their lineup of Xbox Originals. First one’s Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, which if you haven’t played is worth it for the multiplayer alone. Other one’s Metal Arms: Glitch in the System, Swingin’ Ape’s (ie the Starcraft Ghost guys) murderously underrated robot platformer. Both games will be available everywhere except Korea and Japan, and both games will set you back the standard 1200 points when released on April 21. Coming to Xbox Originals: Splinter Cell:CT and Metal Arms [Microsoft]
The line-up of Xbox Originals for Xbox 360 will add one more next Monday, when Dreamfall: The Longest Journey hits Live Marketplace. Funcom’s adventure game sequel to The Longest Journey divided critics, but won some praise, apparently warranting its “Game of the Year” distinction. Of course, that may just be marketing. If you’re into it, 1200 Microsoft Points will make it yours. If you’re not sold, there’s plenty of information at the official Xbox site.
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey [Xbox.com]
