PAX East is upon us and here are a list of upcoming XBLA games that will be playable at the event, with screen shots included. Enjoy!
Fire Pro Wrestling (SPIKE / Microsoft Game Studios) – Imagine your Avatar in a wrestling game, rumbling in the ring with your friends. Doing special moves, and teaming up with your friend to fight the Avatar from all over the world. That dream game is finally here! Fire Pro-Wrestling, let’s your Avatar fight like real wrestler!
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet (Fuel Cell / Gagne International / Microsoft Game Studios) – From the mind of renowned artist, Michel Gagne, comes a captivating adventure set in a unique, rich and insanely twisted world. Blending exploration, intense shooter action, and puzzle-solving with gorgeous visuals, rich storytelling and Hollywood quality presentation, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet draws you into an epic journey full of surprises, danger and wonder.
Section 8®: Prejudice™ (TimeGate Studios / Microsoft Game Studios) is a sci-fi first person shooter with dynamic combat, where every decision drastically impacts the battlefield. Discover the sinister series of betrayals that threaten humanity’s survival in the 5 hour single-player campaign, battle up to 32 players as you complete various Dynamic Combat Missions in Conquest, compete online with up to four players in the all new Swarm co-op mode, and unlock a devastating arsenal of over 60 weapons, equipment, and upgrade variants – all for only 1200 Microsoft Points.
The Gunstringer (Twisted Pixel Games / Microsoft Game Studios) – From the developers that brought you award-winning hits like “Splosion Man,†“The Maw†and “Comic Jumper†comes an all-new Kinect-exclusive title, “The Gunstringer†for Xbox LIVE Arcade. Take control of an undead marionette in an epic Wild West stage production that requires your puppeteering and quick draw shooting skills to exact revenge on the Gunstringer’s enemies – all controller-free. “The Gunstringer†will be available on Xbox LIVE Arcade this spring.
Toy Soldiers: Cold War (Signal Studios / Microsoft Game Studios) – The Cold War is decided when ‘80s era action toys come alive and wage war! Toy Soldiers: Cold War blends intense first person combat with addictive action strategy, whether you’re scrapping solo or jumping into the fray with friends. Battle in campaign, competitive, co-op modes or fight for the highest score in mini-games!
Trenched (Double Fine Productions / Microsoft Game Studios) – Join The Mobile Trench Brigade and protect humanity from the evil Monovision menace in this Tower Defense Shooter from Tim Schafer’s Double Fine Productions. Use a combination of mobile firepower and stationary defenses to turn the tide of war in our favor.
Looks like a good line up of XBLA games are in the pipe. After playing Stacking and Costume Quest, Trenched has got me interested as well as The Gunstringer and I’m not sure why, but Fire Pro Wrestling has fun wrote all over it.
