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X3F TV -- XBLA in Brief: TiQal

by Richard Mitchell { Mar 28th 2008 at 5:30PM }

Ah, another sweet, sweet episode of XBLA in Brief. This week we take a look at the latest puzzle offering TiQal. That's not too surprising. After all, we do it for every new XBLA release. What is surprising: TiQal is actually a pretty decent puzzle game. Check out the video and see for yourself.

Gallery: TiQal (XBLA)

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TiQal finds its way onto the XBLA

by Dustin Burg { Mar 26th 2008 at 12:30PM }

Wednesday is here and as a reward for making it halfway through the work week / school week, Microsoft has released Slapdash Games' TiQal to the Xbox Live Arcade for all to enjoy. For 800 Microsoft points, you can experience everything TiQal has to offer including 120 levels of funnery, single and multiplayer gameplay and "loads of excitement". We've even been told TiQal has the potential to give your life a meaning and cure gout. No promises though.

Gallery: TiQal (XBLA)

This Wednesday: TiQal blazes XBLA, Switchball re-released

by James Ransom-Wiley { Mar 24th 2008 at 4:35PM }

You know what? Go ahead and toss everything you thought you knew about the collapse of classic Mayan civilization right out the window. Enter TiQal, Slapdash Games' startling new discovery of the catalyst that sparked the deterioration of the once thriving southern lowlands cities of Mesoamerica. Blocks, people. It was those darned, colorful blocks. Relive the puzzling mystery (with a friend, if you'd like) -- and try to rewrite history -- this Wednesday, as TiQal comes to Xbox Live Arcade for 800 Microsoft Points.

Not a pre-Columbian culture buff? Well, have we got a special announcement for you! Switchball returns to XBLA with a little spit shine. The once glimmering sphere just got ... shinier with "enhanced" graphics and higher high-scores! This incredible, one-time update is free for previous purchasers and just 800 Microsoft Points (full game included) for first-time ballers. Incredible!

Gallery: TiQal

Gallery: Switchball

TiQal hits XBLA this Wednesday

by Xav de Matos { Mar 24th 2008 at 12:45PM }

On the "it still isn't Ikaruga" front this week comes word that the Wednesday Xbox Live Arcade release will be TiQal. Since we don't have a clue what TiQal is, we're going to go off the information found on Xbox.com, so let's get learned together. TiQal is "loads of excitement," and also it promises to be both "fun and challenging." Wait, what? Well what kind of a game is it?!

TiQal is a puzzle game, reminiscent of Tetris with a Zuma aesthetic with 100 levels, special power-ups and can bring dogs back to life. We got this info from Wikipedia, so some of it could be wrong - there are actually 120 levels. TiQal will hit this Wednesday for 800 MS points.

Gallery: TiQal (XBLA)

Upcoming XBLA game screeny blowout to the max!

by Dustin Burg { Mar 19th 2008 at 5:00PM }

Located after the break (in their respective game galleries) are hundreds upon hundreds of screenshots for the recently confirmed for release Xbox Live Arcade games Rocky and Bullwinkle, Wits and Wagers, TiQal and Shotest Shogi. And when we say hundreds upon hundreds of screenshots, we kid you not. The bandwidth needed for all these screens would require us to be owned by a ginormous corporate company ... thankfully, we are. So, enjoy your screenshot viewing, embrace these upcoming XBLA games and eat up as much bandwidth as you can stomach.

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Doom, Assault Heroes become $5 XBLA Hits

by Ludwig Kietzmann { Mar 17th 2008 at 5:15PM }

Perhaps, like us, you occasionally feel the urge to parade through the neighborhood, toting nothing but an impossibly huge rocket launcher and a desire to vaporize anything that, well, isn't you. And perhaps, like us, you realize (before it's too late) that these impractical desires are best expressed in video games such as Sierra Online's Assault Heroes or id Software's iconic Doom. It's certainly a lot cheaper.

In fact, the two aforementioned games will be added to Xbox Live's Arcade Hits program this Wednesday, March 19th, resulting in a 50% discount to 400 MS Points ($5) each. As Microsoft is keen to point out in the same press release, your determined point pinching may just come in handy for a lineup of new titles due to arrive on Xbox Live Arcade "in the near future:"

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List of XBLA games that are headed our way

by Dustin Burg { Mar 17th 2008 at 3:45PM }

With today's Xbox Live Arcade Hits announcement, Microsoft also felt the need to dangle a freshly baked cookie in front of our noses by revealing a few games that are headed to the Arcade soon'ish. Among the games listed in their "coming soon" checklist are Rocky and Bullwinkle, Shotest Shogi, TiQal, Wits & Wagers and Capcom's Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3. So, you can pretty much choose one or two of those for an XBLA release next week. We're also giving you permission to uncontrollably complain if none of those five titles tickles your Arcade fancy. On the same token, feel free to uncontrollably praise the games if you're excited for a specific title.