Kotaku Australia » yaris http://www.kotaku.com.au the Gamer's Guide | Computer and video game news and reviews Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:45:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Yaris Yanked From Xbox Live? http://www.kotaku.com.au/2008/11/yaris_yanked_from_xbox_live-2/ http://www.kotaku.com.au/2008/11/yaris_yanked_from_xbox_live-2/#comments Tue, 04 Nov 2008 20:00:00 +0000 Michael McWhertor http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2008/11/yaris_yanked_from_xbox_live-2.html Normally we’d object to the removal of choice when it comes to our Xbox Live Arcade games. If we want to play your crap shovelware, who are you to tell us otherwise, Microsoft? But in the case of the free-to-download XBLA “game” Yaris… well, we’ve played Yaris. Nobody should play Yaris. It’s not worth the electricity expended to keep the Xbox 360 on long enough to complete the download.

That’s why we’re not exactly saddened to learn that Yaris has disappeared from the Xbox Live Marketplace.

Yaris has even be de-listed from Xbox.com — the English language United States specific version, anyway — with the game detail page now playing dumb as to its existence. There’s no mention of the game on the publicly available Marketplace.

Tipster AJ writes “It’s taken off, and it won’t even show downloads from it on your played game history.”

The removal may be due to an expired contract agreement with Toyota or simply an act of benevolence. We’re checking with Microsoft to see if this is merely an oversight or if the game has been officially de-listed as part of the company’s new rules, a move the company may have reconsidered.

]]> http://www.kotaku.com.au/2008/11/yaris_yanked_from_xbox_live-2/feed/ 0 Yaris Free Running To Xbox Live Arcade Wednesday http://www.kotaku.com.au/2007/10/yaris_free_running_to_xbox_liv/ http://www.kotaku.com.au/2007/10/yaris_free_running_to_xbox_liv/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2007 20:40:25 +0000 Michael McWhertor http://www.kotaku.com.au/games/2007/10/yaris_free_running_to_xbox_liv.html yaris_xbla.jpgYaris the car is the fuel-efficient Toyota Echo replacement that’s designed for girls. Yaris the game is a free Xbox Live Arcade “advergame” that will let players drive the titular automobiles through all sorts of (eight) different tracks. How’s it look? Free! I can only assume it plays “Free!” as well, as the download doesn’t go live on Marketplace until this Wednesday.

Unlike a real Yaris, the virtual version comes equipped with a scary mechanised phallus under the hood that will let you shoot giant 8-balls, bike-riding sumo, and hover toasters. Here are some ellipses to illustrate speechless-ness.

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Yaris [Xbox.com]

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