GDC08: More XBLA titles on track for summer

by Terrence Stasse { Feb 20th 2008 at 6:00PM }

Though not as high profile or as long-delayed as Castle Crashers, there are still plenty of titles for XBLA that will be seeing released in the summer. The same Microsoft press release that held the Castle Crashers release info also had other XBLA titles on the summer release list. These games were as follows:

Braid, a platformer, Defense Grid: The Awakening, a tower-defense game, Go! Go! Break Steady!, a music rythm game, and finally there's Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Penny-Arcade's RPG adventure game. Whew. With so much good content seeing release this summer (Ninja Gaiden II) here's hoping we'll be able to find time to play these games, as some (if not all) of these hold real promise.

The descriptions from the press release after the break.

"Defense Grid: The Awakening" (Hidden Path Entertainment LLC). "Defense Grid: The Awakening" is the definitive tower defense game experience designed specifically for Xbox LIVE Arcade and launches this summer.

"Braid" (Number None Inc.). Developed by Independent Games Festival Winner and experimental game designer Jonathan Blow, "Braid" is a platform experience that bends all the rules with the manipulation of time. "Braid" will launch this spring.

"Go! Go! Break Steady" (Little Boy Games). An Xbox LIVE Arcade exclusive, "Go! Go! Break Steady" is the debut title from independent developer Little Boy Games. The combination music and puzzle game combines break dancing with novel gameplay and launches this summer.

"Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness" (Hothead Games). The first video game collaboration between Penny Arcade creators Mike "Gabe" Krahulik and Jerry "Tycho" Holkins and legendary game designer Ron Gilbert, "Penny Arcade Adventures" is an RPG-adventure game set in a highly stylized 1920s universe filled with bizarre characters, outrageous combat and adult humor. The first episode of the game launches this summer.

Tags: braid, break-steady, castle-crashers, defense-grid, penny-arcade, XBLA

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

ZEBRA NINER @ Feb 20th 2008 6:09PM

So, when do we get Schizoid?

Terrence Stasse @ Feb 20th 2008 6:19PM

Sorry, nothing more specific than Q1 2008

aeron @ Feb 22nd 2008 4:46PM

the words look purty

Etchasketchist @ Feb 20th 2008 7:22PM

A long time ago there was a mention of an Etch-a-Sketch game for XBLA. Anybody know if that died?

Magic Whiskey @ Feb 20th 2008 7:34PM

Yeah hey, X3F..keep your ears out for Castle Crashers and the new Street Fighter XBLA wise..and do us all a solid and learn us more about Alone In The Dark, Silent Hill 5 and Alan Wake, too. Richard, if you can go as far as giving us hands-on previews on any or all of the above, i'd love it!
(I know Richard digs the genre.)