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Indie Games Holiday Uprising Announced

Indie games have had a rough go on Xbox Live. While there are tons of great independent games on the marketplace, sifting through the garbage to find the gems can be a bit of a chore. To get the jump on the holiday spirit, it was announced that indie games would be getting some love as part of a new promotion called “Indie Games Holiday Uprising”

Similar to Summer of Arcade and Game Feast for XBLA, Indie Games Holiday Uprising will showcase some of the best new titles to grace the independent scene. Expect games from known studios like Ska Studios and Radiangames as well as some new kids on the block.

Kinect Adventures Review

Have you ever wanted to be the controller? Be able to use your body to control what is actually happening on screen? You can now finally do that with Kinect. And more than likely, the first game you play will be Kinect Adventures. Is Kinect Adventures just another lousy pack in game or is it the Kinect game to have?

First off, Kinect support in Kinect Adventures works, it really does. That is by far the biggest thing about the game that will wow you. You’re choosing menu options with your hands, holding no controller. At first, it really does blow your mind a bit.

More Black Ops Patches Incoming

Call of Duty Black Ops is currently in the process of being patched, due to complaints about about lag and multiplayer matchmaking.

Most of the game’s most annoying and potentially gamebreaking glitches were fixed earlier this week, like certain game modes not functioning and unstable maps. Treyarch says that more improvements will be made and more glitches will be fixed in upcoming patches.

Transformers: War for Cybertron 2 Set for 2012 Release

At its annual investor conference earlier this week, Hasbro confirmed that Transformers: War for Cybertron 2 is currently in development, with the new title is tentatively scheduled for a 2012 release.
Mark Blecher, SVP and General Manager of Digital Media & Gaming, was extremely satisfied with the response to the first War for Cybertron.

“This is the most highly-rated, critical success of any game that’s had the Hasbro brand yet and we’re looking forward to a sequel in 2012,” Bleacher bragged.

Zombies!!! Board Game Lurches Onto XBLA Spring 2011

Several board games have found a second life on Xbox Live Arcade, from classics like Risk to more hardcore fare like Catan and Carcassonne. According to Joystiq, the board game Zombies!!! will be joining those ranks this coming spring thanks to developer Barbaroga, who is currently working on the Windows Phone 7 version of the game.

A digital version of Zombies!!! was originally to be developed by developer Big Rooster, but Zombies!!! owner Twilight Creations announced back in August that they would be searching for a new partner for the property.

Angry Birds Launching Onto XBLA

For those who have not yet experienced the joys of flinging homicidal avian, developer Rovio said that they plan on bringing their popular physics-based phone game Angry Birds to Xbox Live Arcade.

The announcement, reported by Pocket Gamer, came as part of a speech by Rovio staff at the first Social Gaming Summit which took place in London on Nov. 11. Rovio CEO Peter Vesterbacka said that his company plans on bringing the game to XBLA, Playstation Network and the Wii before they work on a sequel to the game.

Rovio also said that Angry Birds multiplayer is a “priority” for them and described it as being similar to Worms series of games, which featured turn-based battles and destructible environments. It ha

Call of Duty: Black Ops Breaks Records

Call of Duty: Black-Ops developer Treyarch has been criticized by being the team that makes “the other Call of Duty game.” Treyarch may have the last laugh; however, as Black-Ops has officially broken the record for most first day sales of any game. The game, which sold 5.6 million on launch day, beats out the old number one title Infinity Ward’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 by almost a million copies. Just the titles that were sold on launch day have already amounted to $360 million in revenue, cemented Treyarch as the staple developer in the Call of Duty franchise.