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Game Trailers & Videos: Shadow Complex Launch Trailer (FREE), Hasbro Family Game Night Producer Walkthrough (FREE), Army of Two “A Day In The Office” Trailer (FREE), Mini Ninjas Gameplay – Suzume (FREE), Mini Ninjas Suzume Character Vignette (FREE), Mini Ninjas Gameplay – Futo (FREE)

Arcade Games: Shadow Complex

Game Demos: Mini Ninjas Demo (FREE) (GOLD Exclusive), Lost Planet 2 CO-OP Demo (FREE) (GOLD Exclusive)

Game Add-ons: Madballs Babo: Invasion Obsidian Magmor (FREE), Rock Band “I Predict a Riot” by Kaiser Chiefs Track, Rock Band “Inside Out” by Eve 6 Track, Rock Band “I’m Shipping Up To Boston” by Dropkick Murphys Track, Rock Band “There’s No Other Way” by Blur Track, Rock Band “No Rain” by Blind Melon Track, Rock Band “Lonely As You” by Foo Fighters Track, Rock Band “I’ll Stick Around” by Foo Fighters Track, Rock Band “All My Life” by Foo Fighters Track, Rock Band Foo Fighters Track Pack 2

Themes & Gamer Pictures: Major League Gaming MLG Personalities Picture Pack

- jinx

Top Arcade Games

It’s that time of the week. Well, in fact it’s a few days early, but this week it’s that time of the week. Let’s look at Arcade games! I want to know what you bought and what you played, and I want you to know that too! Since it’s a few days early, this week isn’t going to look the same. Splosion man hasn’t had a full week, etc. etc. Also, the purchase list doesn’t include free games, as per usual.

ANZ Top Purchased Arcade Games

1. Battlefield 1943
2. The Secret of Monkey Island: SE
3. Splosion Man
4. Worms 2: Armageddon
5. Castle Crashers
6. Wolfenstein 3D
7. Magic: The Gathering
8. Bankshot Billiards 2
9. Sonic the Hedgehog 3
10. UNO

You guys are really going nuts on Battlefield 1943. This is its 3rd week running at the top of the list, and this is for purchases, not activity!

GLOBAL Top Purchased Arcade Games

1. Battlefield 1943
2. Splosion Man
3. The Secret of Monkey Island: SE
4. Castle Crashers
5. Worms 2: Armageddon
6. Magic: The Gathering
7. UNO
8. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1989 Classic
9. Sonic the Hedgehog 3
10. Marble Blast Ultra

Odd bit of a week, seeing Marble Blast Ultra knock out some of the competition to make an appearance back in the top 10. Not that we can really throw stones. We’re still going mad on the billiards.

ANZ Top Played Arcade Games

1. Battlefield 1943
2. The Secret of Monkey Island: SE
3. Splosion Man
4. Worms 2: Armageddon
5. Castle Crashers
6. UNO
7. Magic: The Gathering
8. Hexic HD
9. N+
10. Madballs Babo: Invasion

Well, at least you’re playing what you’re buying.

GLOBAL Top Played Arcade Games

1. Battlefield 1943
2. Splosion Man
3. Castle Crashers
4. UNO
5. The Secret of Monkey Island: SE
6. Worms 2: Armageddon
7. Magic: The Gathering
8. Hasbro Family Game Night*
9. Hexic HD
10. N+

Not too many differences this week.

Who’s planning on picking up Marvel vs. Capcom tomorrow night? Think it will be at the top of the lists next week?

- jinx

* includes all Hasbro Family Game Night titles

Top 10 Arcade Games

Another week has passed and once again it’s time to take a look at which Arcade games you bought, plus which ones you played, in the last week. As per usual, the purchase list doesn’t include free items. That wouldn’t be apples and apples. The played list is determined by the number of unique users who played the game while connected to LIVE. Single-player vs multiplayer isn’t differentiated.

Caveats all out of the way? Awesome. Let’s have some fun with top 10 lists!

ANZ Top Purchased Arcade games

1. Battlefield 1943
2. The Secret of Monkey Island: SE
3. Ikaruga
4. Worms 2: Armageddon
5. Wolfenstein 3D
6. Madballs in… Babo: Invasion
7. Magic: The Gathering
8. Castle Crashers
9. Bankshot Billiards 2
10. UNO

Ok, Battlefield is superb, it’s true. But I’m disappointed that Monkey Island, one of the all-time classic games EVER, didn’t take the #1 spot on its debut week. It still did well, but I’m secretly hoping it sells gazillions so all the Monkey Island games come to the Arcade. Also… what with the Bankshot Billiards 2? That’s an odd one to see pop up.

GLOBAL Top Purchased Arcade Games

1. Battlefield 1943
2. The Secret of Monkey Island: SE
3. Ikaruga
4. Worms 2: Armageddon
5. Magic: The Gathering
6. Castle Crashers
7. UNO
8. Tour de France 2009
9. Sonic the Hedgehog 3
10. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1989 Classic

Is Bankshot Billiards our way of rebelling over the lack of Tour de France?

ANZ Top Played Arcade Games

1. Battlefield 1943
2. The Secret of Monkey Island: SE
3. Worms 2: Armageddon
4. Madballs in… Babo: Invasion
5. UNO
6. Castle Crashers
7. Magic: The Gathering
8. N+
9. Hexic HD
10. Ikaruga

And so Feeding Frenzy drops from the list. It’s been on there a while! But in its place the deserving Monkey Island!

GLOBAL Top Played Arcade Games

1. Battlefield 1943
2. The Secret of Monkey Island: SE
3. Castle Crashers
4. UNO
5. Worms 2: Armageddon
6. Magic: The Gathering
7. Tour de France 2009
8. N+
9. Ikaruga
10. Hasbro Family Game Night*

* Includes all Hasbro Family Game Night titles

We’ve had a good run of Arcade titles recently. The vast majority of titles on the lists are new!

Are you responsible for any of these being on the list?

- jinx

Top Arcade Games

It’s that time of the week again–time for the top Arcade games for the last week! As per usual, we’ll look at the top purchased games first, then see what you spent all your time playing.

One new development for top purchased games–I’m now cutting out the free offers, since it’s not apples to apples to compare free games with those that cost.

ANZ Top Arcade Games by Purchases

1. Battlefield 1943
2. Worms 2: Armageddon
3. N+
4. Magic: The Gathering
5. Castle Crashers
6. Bankshot Billiards 2
7. UNO
8. Ikaruga
9. Sonic the Hedgehog 3
10. Marble Blast Ultra

GLOBAL Top Arcade Games by Purchases

1. Battlefield 1943
2. N+
3. Worms 2: Armageddon
4. Magic: The Gathering
5. Castle Crashers
6. Ikaruga
7. UNO
8. Sonic the Hedgehog 3
9. TMNT 1989
10. King of Fighters XII

I see we locally got into the N+ Deal of the Week in a big way, and even Ikaruga, which was only DOTW for a day or 2 during this reporting period, has already broken top 10. I’m glad to see you all liking it so much! Also, Worms 2 mania is in full swing, and in the last week the original Worms has finally dropped out of the top 10, after being there pretty much every week.

Otherwise, looks like we still have a greater obsession with balls. That is, billiards and marbles. Obviously. Ahem.

ANZ Top Played Arcade Games

1. Battlefield 1943
2. Worms 2: Armageddon
3. N+
4. UNO
5. Magic: The Gathering
6. Castle Crashers
7. Hexic HD
8. Worms
9. Feeding Frenzy
10. Hasbro Family Game Night*

GLOBAL Top Played Arcade Games

1. Battlefield 1943
2. Worms 2: Armageddon
3. N+
4. Castle Crashers
5. UNO
6. Magic: The Gathering
7. Hexic HD
8. Hasbro Family Game Night*
9. Worms
10. Peggle

This week is unusually in accord. Normally there are 2-3 major differences. This week? Just Peggle! Speaking of Peggle, we’re unlocking the multiplayer this weekend. What does that mean? If you’re a LIVE Silver member, you can play online against friends as if you had a Gold account. Maybe the yanks are practicing up for that.

- jinx

* All Hasbro Family Game Night titles combined

Top Xbox LIVE Arcade Games – July 8, 2009

It’s that time of the week again! Here are the top 10 local and global Arcade games by purchases, plus the top 10 you’ve been playing.

ANZ Top Arcade Games by Purchases

1. Worms 2: Armageddon
2. Magic: The Gathering
3. Castle Crashers
4. The King of Fighters XII
5. Worms
6. Sonic the Hedgehog 3
7. UNO
8. Duke Nukem 3D
9. A Kingdom for Keflings
10. Marble Blast Ultra

GLOBAL Top Arcade Games by Purchases

1. Worms 2: Armageddon
2. Magic: The Gathering
3. The King of Fighters XII
4. Castle Crashers
5. UNO
6. Sonic the Hedgehog 3
7. Worms
8. N+
9. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
10. Marble Blast Ultra

What? Where did Kingdom for Keflings come from?! You guys must have taken my insights on Avatar clothing to heart. Worms look like they’re slowly beginning domination of the Arcade, as well they should.

ANZ Top Played Arcade Games

1. Worms 2: Armageddon
2. Magic: The Gathering
3. UNO
4. Castle Crashers
5. Worms
6. Hexic HD
7. Hasbro Family Game Night (all FGN titles combined)
8. Feeding Frenzy
9. Peggle
10. Geometry Wars: Retro evolved

GLOBAL Top Played Arcade Games

1. Worms 2: Armageddon
2. Magic: The Gathering
3. UNO
4. The King of Fighters XII
5. Hasbro Family Game Night (all FGN Titles combined)
6. Worms
7. Hexic HD
8. Peggle
9. N+
10. Garou: Mark of the Wolves

Only a couple differences. Looks like the rest of the world is keen on N+ this week… perhaps because it’s the deal of the week?! But they can’t overcome our love for Feeding Frenzy. Seriously, that’s up there on the local chart every week!

-jinx

Top Arcade Games Last Week – July 1, 2009

ANZ Top Arcade Games by Purchases

1. Magic: The Gathering
2. Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
3. Castle Crashers
4. Worms
5. Hasbro Family Game Night
6. Garou: Mark of the Wolves
7. Sam & Max Save the World
8. Bankshot Billiards 2
9. Dash of Destruction
10. Sonic the Hedgehog 3

GLOBAL Top Arcade Games by Purchases

1. Magic: The Gathering
2. Hasbro Family Game Night
3. Garou: Mark of the Wolves
4. Castle Crashers
5. Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
6. Dash of Destruction
7. Aegis Wing
8. UNO
9. Worms
10. Sonic the Hedgehog 3

Aegis Wing? Really? No idea why this would have jumped up into the list, but I guess we’re guilty of Bankshot Billiards 2, which I also have no idea about since we haven’t done any major promotion around it recently, but that’s the top 10! Also, we seem to have kept Sam & Max in the top 10 over global’s choice of UNO. No complaints there! After all, UNO has been around for a while.

Bonus Round!

We know the top 10 arcade games by purchases, but what are you guys actually playing?

ANZ Top Played Arcade Games

1. Magic: The Gathering
2. UNO
3. Castle Crashers
4. Garou: Mark of the Wolves
5. Hexic HD
6. Worms
7. Peggle
8. Rocket Riot
9. Sam & Max Save the World
10. Feeding Frenzy

GLOBAL Top Played Arcade Games

1. Magic: The Gathering
2. Castle Crashers
3. UNO
4. Garou: Mark of the Wolves
5. Hasbro Family Game Night
6. Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
7. Hexic HD
8. Worms
9. Peggle
10. Rocket Riot

A couple differences here but nothing major. Magic makes sense. UNO’s continuing popularity warms my heart and makes me wish I were better at it. I guess we don’t get into the Family Game Night stuff as much? I’m originally American so forgive my ignorance, but I’m curious if the same boardgames–Boggle, Sorry!, Yahtzee, Connect4, Battleship–are popular here or if they’re just a quaint American thing. Any boardgame enthusiasts want to educate me?

- jinx

Marketplace Roundup – June 24, 2009

LIVE Arcade Games: Droplitz – Full Game, Droplitz – Trial Game, Garou – Mark of the Wolves, Garou – Mark of the
Wolves – Trial Game

Game Trailers & Videos: Guitar Hero: Metallica Launch Trailer (HD)

Game Add-Ons: Yosumin Live! Yosumin Adventure, Magic: The Gathering Player Personas (FREE), Magic: The Gathering Backgrounds (FREE), Family Game Night Sorry! Sliders – Full Game, Family Game Night Sorry! Sliders – Trial Game

Gamerpics & Themes: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen DECEPTICONS Theme, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen AUTOBOTS Theme, Magic: The Gathering Picture Pack 1 – Mana Symbols, Magic: The Gathering Green Theme, Magic: The Gathering Picture Pack 2 – Planeswalkers, Magic: The Gathering White Theme

Independent Videos: Red vs. Blue Episode 54 – Hello My Name Is Andrew

- jinx