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Reminder: Hasbro games 50% off this week [update: Sorry! discounted too]

by Richard Mitchell { Oct 12th 2009 at 1:45PM }

Update: We've confirmed with Major Nelson that Sorry! should have been priced at 400

as well. The price will be updated on XBLM "very soon."

Just a quick reminder here to let everyone know that this week's XBLM Deal of the Week is discounted prices for nearly all of the Hasbro Family Game Night collection on Xbox Live Arcade. All this week, Gold Live members can pick up Boggle, Scrabble, Battleship, Yahtzee, Sorry! Sliders or Connect 4 for 400

($5) each (half off the usual 800

). Curiously, one game, the original Sorry!, has not been discounted and remains at 800

.

Still, if you've been waiting for a reason to pick up one of the other titles, this week looks like a good time to take the plunge.

Browse the Hasbro Family Game Night collection on XBLM (sign in to see discounted prices)

Microsoft details October's Xbox Live Deal of the Week specials [update]

by David Hinkle { Oct 9th 2009 at 10:15AM }

Update: Houston, we have prices!

As you already know, this week's Xbox Live Deal of the Week is none other than Prince of Persia's 'Epilogue' DLC. We're not here to talk about that, though -- instead, we're here to give you the heads up on what the rest of this month has in store for penny-pinching purchasers looking for goodies on Xbox Live. So let's get to it:

October 12

Hasbro Family Game Night (Battleship, Connect 4, Scrabble, Yahtzee, Boggle and Sorry! Sliders discounted to 400)

October 19

Resident Evil 5's Versus mode (discounted to 240)

October 26

Fable II Pub Games (discounted to 400)

Pub Games is the only title with its planned discount listed, so you'll have to wait until the appropriate time to know how much the others are discounted for. We're sorry we boggled your mind with savings, only to battle your ship -- ah, forget it, that joke could never work.

Next Wednesday: Wallace & Gromit, Yosumin Live and Boggle

by Alexander Sliwinski { May 22nd 2009 at 1:45PM }

Major Nelson was authorized to break with tradition (due to the Memorial Day weekend) and has revealed next week's XBLA titles early. The arcade will finally be graced by Telltale's adventure title Wallace & Gromit, along with Yosumin Live and Boggle for Hasbro Family Game Night. All the titles mentioned will be 800

($10) apiece.

If paying $10 for Boggle next week seems a bit high, you can always search flea markets over the holiday weekend and find it for a couple bucks. There always seems to be a copy of Boggle at those things.

Gallery: Wallace & Gromit's Grand Adventures

X3F TV -- XBLA in Brief: Sorry!, Banjo Tooie, Virtual On

by Richard Mitchell { Apr 29th 2009 at 5:30PM }

We've got three new games on Xbox Live Arcade this week covering a pretty broad range of tastes. We've got a board game in Sorry!, the latest addition to Hasbro Family Game Night. Then we have the classic platformer, Banjo Tooie. Topping it all off there's Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram, an arcade mech fighting game from Sega. All in all, it's a pretty full week, and an expensive one too -- both Banjo and Virtual On clock in at 1200

.

Check out the latest episode of XBLA in Brief and see if any of 'em are worth a spin.

Download the trial version of Sorry!
Download the trial version of Banjo Tooie
Download the trial version of Virtual On

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Xbox Live Top 10: Halo 3 still king of the hill

by David Hinkle { Apr 28th 2009 at 12:30PM }

Folks can't get enough of those Mythic maps, as Halo 3 frags its way to the top of the Xbox Live charts for another week. The siren's song of plasma grenades and billion-dollar cyborgs bested the Nazi zombie-killing antics of Halo nemesis, Call of Duty: World at War.

On the Xbox Live Arcade side, the first and second placeholders from last week have switched, with Hasbro Family Game Night taking the top spot on the charts, and OutRun Online Arcade moving down to the second spot. For the full rundown, hit up Major Nelson's stats.

This Wednesday: Virtual On, Banjo Tooie & Sorry! [update]

by Richard Mitchell { Apr 27th 2009 at 2:30PM }

It's really just a reminder at this point, but we thought you might like to know that Microsoft has confirmed that both Banjo Tooie and Virtual On: Oratorio Tangram are headed to XBLA this Wednesday. If you're up for some giant robot blasting action, we suggest Virtual On. If you're more of an anthropomorphic-bear-jumping-on-things kind of guy, then you'd probably prefer Banjo Tooie.

If, however, you like cheap Arcade games, you're out of luck. Both games cost 1200

($15).

Update: As a commenter points out, Sorry! is coming to Hasbro Family Game Night as well for 800

($10)

Gallery: Virtual On Oratorio Tangram (XBLA)

Gallery: Banjo-Tooie (XBLA)

X3F TV -- XBLA in Brief: Hasbro Family Game Night

by Richard Mitchell { Mar 18th 2009 at 3:00PM }

The shortest, easiest way to say it: Hasbro Family Game Night lets you play Hasbro board games on your TV. There's not much more to say, really. Oh, each game will cost you 800

. Before the anger starts flowing, you should know that most of these games cost more in the real world. Check out the latest XBLA in Brief and decide if Hasbro Family Game Night deserves a shelf in your digital game closet.

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This Wednesday: Hasbro Family Game Night matches with XBLA

by Justin McElroy { Mar 17th 2009 at 10:30AM }

If you, like young Mikey, love matching rows of similarly colored checkers but can't stand being around other people and all their germs, your salvation will arrive this Wednesday in the form of Connect Four, one of the first offerings in Xbox Live's Hasbro Family Game Night series.

Other games arriving today include Scrabble, Yahtzee and Battleship with Boggle, Sorry! and Sorry! Sliders coming later in the year. All the titles will be playable in a virtual game room that, in some way, incorporates Avatars. If you'd like to play beloved family games as you replace your friends and loved ones with digital simulacra, you can expect to pony up

800

($10) a piece. (Yeah, you read that right. A piece.)

Gallery: Hasbro Family Game Night: Xbox 360

Days of Arcade promotion coming to XBLA March 18; Lode Runner, six other titles coming soon

by Griffin McElroy { Mar 5th 2009 at 12:35PM }

Xbox Live figurehead Major Nelson recently updated his blog with the titillating announcement of a six-week long promotion titled the "Days of Arcade." Similar to last year's "Summer of Arcade" event, the promotion will kick off March 18 with the release of Hasbro Family Game Night, with the following five weeks bringing a number of highly anticipated titles to the Marketplace, including The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai, Flock, Outrun Online Arcade, Puzzle Quest: Galactrix, UNO Rush and Tozai Games' remake of Lode Runner.

Aside from Game Night, we won't know which games are coming which weeks until Major Nelson announces them on the Mondays preceeding their Wednesday releases. However, as the keen-eyed mathmaticians among you have already noticed, with seven titles dropping in six weeks, one XBLA Wednesday will bring us a double dose of downloadable distractions. We've already canceled our Spring Break excursion to Cabo San Lucas in a fit of breathless anticipation.

Mr. Potato Head presents: Hasbro Game Night Achievements

by Dustin Burg { Mar 4th 2009 at 5:30PM }

A list of Achievements has made its way online for this month's release of Hasbro's Family Game Night collection of Xbox Live Arcade titles.

The list of 70 milestones totals 1400 Gamerscore points, which may seem like a Gamerscwhore's dream, but know that the sum is calculated using all seven separate XBLA games. Mathematically, that's seven classic board games (which we're told will cost 800

each) multiplied by the Arcade's standard 200 Gamerscore, which gives us the 1400 total. That said, Evel Knievel Mr. Potato Head still approves of the digital board games.

Hasbro Family Games to release mid-March, include Avatar support

by Dustin Burg { Feb 25th 2009 at 4:00PM }

Nestled in a press release announcing the inclusion of Yahtzee in Hasbro Family Game Night (something we already knew) is confirmation that four Hasbro games will be releasing on Xbox Live Arcade sometime this March.

Scrabble, Connect Four, Battleship and Yahtzee will be the first four Hasbro titles made available when Xbox Live's special Family Game Night Destination launches next month. Boggle, Sorry! and Sorry! Sliders will release later this year.

The press release also confirms Avatars will be supported and that each title can be purchased individually for 800

($10). If that wasn''t enough information, we're told the Family Game Night Destination lets players launch Hasbro games from their own customized game room. This uniquely decorated space accommodates Mr. Potato Head, can be shared with friends and sounds to be somewhat inspired by Home.

Gallery: Hasbro Family Game Night (XBLA)

Scrabble is XBLA bound, Hasbro channel coming soon

by Richard Mitchell { Jan 6th 2009 at 3:00PM }

After it was first rumored nearly a year ago (along with Monopoly), EA has announced that Scrabble is indeed heading to Xbox Live Arcade. The company also announced the creation of a brand new Hasbro Family Game Night "channel" in Xbox Live Arcade. The channel will serve as a "digital game closet," according to EA Hasbro general manager Chip Lange, where players can quickly access various Hasbro games without leaving the channel. Players will be able to "earn virtual trophies, furniture and themes" to decorate their closets by playing Hasbro games. In addition to Scrabble, other titles planned for the service include Sorry!, Sorry! Sliders, Battleship, Connect Four, Boggle and Yahtzee.

The Hasbro Family Game Night channel is set to debut this spring, though no specific dates have been given for any of the individual game releases. Oh, one more thing: No Monopoly mentioned, folks. Sorry.

[Via Joystiq]

Joystiq hands-on: Hasbro Family Game Night

by Kevin Kelly { Jun 24th 2008 at 8:00PM }

Stepping into Electronic Arts' "EA3" event last week, we made a beeline for ... Hasbro Family Game Night, passing up the likes of Dead Space, Mirror's Edge, Mercenaries 2, and Tiger Woods Golf 2009: Busted Knee Edition along the way. We know, we know. But who can resist the lure of Battleship, Connect Four, Yahtzee, Boggle, Sorry and its new sibling Sorry Sliders? (Answer: you maybe; not us.)