Category Archives: XBLA

XBLA Review: ‘Military Madness: Nectaris’

Posted on October 6, 2009 by John Carle

Score: 6.0 – XBox Live Arcade – 800 Microsoft Points ($10.00) Twenty years ago, a little system called the TurboGrafx-16 entered the console wars with Nintendo and Sega. Though it ultimately didn’t survive the long haul, it did produce a … Continue reading →

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XBLA Review: ‘Bubble Bobble Neo’

Posted on September 21, 2009 by John Carle

Score: 7.0 – XBox Live Arcade – 800 Microsoft Points ($10.00) If you’ve been following weekly XBLA announcements on XBox Community Manager Major Nelson’s site you’d know that on a weekly basis he has been plagued by requests for when … Continue reading →

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XBLA Review: ‘Defense Grid: The Awakening’

Posted on September 8, 2009 by John Carle

Score: 8.0 – XBox Live Arcade – 800 Microsoft Points ($10.00) Last week, we gave our preview coverage of Defense Grid: The Awakening and after getting the time to play through the full retail release of the game, it definitely … Continue reading →

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This Week’s ‘Rock Band’ DLC: Jackson 5, Audioslave, 3 Doors Down and More

Posted on September 8, 2009 by John Carle

Rock Band Tracks This Week for XBox 360 and Playstation 3: He may not be with us anymore but the King of Pop’s musical legacy is still alive and kicking with one of his first hits (along with his brothers) … Continue reading →

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Twitter Contest: ‘Splosion Man’ For Xbox Live Arcade

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Joe Gillis

It’s no secret we here at The Flickcast are big fans of this summer’s Xbox Live hit, ‘Splosion Man. In addition to getting a score of an 8.5 in the review, we got some time back at San Diego Comic-Con … Continue reading →

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Preview: ‘Defense Grid: The Awakening’ for XBLA

Posted on September 2, 2009 by John Carle

As we had done with the Summer of Arcade, The Flickcast has done its best to keep you abreast of the latest downloadable releases for XBox Live Arcade. (Keep an eye out for special download code giveaways for XBLA games … Continue reading →

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This Week’s ‘Rock Band’ DLC: Talking Heads, Rage Against the Machine, Oasis & More

Posted on September 1, 2009 by John Carle

After the epic week of new releases from 80s rockers Billy Idol and Fleetwood Mac along with icon Tom Petty, Harmonix takes a change of pace with their Rock Band releases and aims for some classics with their Talking Heads … Continue reading →

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‘Shadow Complex’ Sets XBLA Sales Record

Posted on September 1, 2009 by John Carle

As many of you probably read with our review of Shadow Complex two weeks ago,  the Super Metroid-inspired title is a fun action platformer with a few minor flaws. But according to the XBox Live Arcade community, these flaws didn’t … Continue reading →

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