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 Send to email | The Year In Xbox Live Arcade [Xbox Live Arcade] in Xbox Live Arcade Microsoft Xbla Xbox 360 Year in Review |  By Mike Fahey
el 22-Dec-2008 |  Microsoft has released what amounts to their ?year in review? for Xbox Live Arcade, citing record numbers and their most impressive line-up of titles yet.
Going by the provided numbers, it was indeed a damn fine year for XBLA, with more than 60 titles receiving a Metacritic score over 75. Jonathan Blow's Braid brought home the highest score with an average of 93, making it the highest-rated downloadable game of the year. Geometry Wars; Retro Evolved 2 averaged 90; Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix and Portal: Still Alive both scored an 89. The release also lists Castle Crashers as a fan-favorite, but doesn't list its Metacritic average of 82 for some reason. Braid, Geometry Wars 2, and Castle Crashers were of course part of the Summer of Arcade along with Galaga Legions and Bionic Commando: Rearmed, a promotion that saw a 58% increase in unique members purchasing XBLA titles and August topping the previous revenue high for the service by 67%. For even more impressive numbers we look to the to-date list, which shows Xbox Live Arcade game players earning more than 1.25 billion gamerscore points, unlocking nearly 100 million achievements in the process. While they don't give the exact number of actual Arcade titles purchased, they do count 100 million trial games having been downloaded since the service launched. ?Momentum for Xbox LIVE Arcade has been incredible this year,? director of digitally distributed games for Microsoft Scott Austin, said. ?Xbox LIVE Arcade has really become the top destination for premium downloadable games. And we?ve got a long list of games coming out in 2009 that we think will be just as incredible as what we already have on the service.? Me? I was a little disappointed this year, mainly because Talisman never happened, but there's more Puzzle Quest on the horizon, so I may yet be appeased. What are you guys looking forward to from Xbox Live Arcade in 2009?
 
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| The Year In Xbox Live Arcade [Xbox Live Arcade] |  Microsoft has released what amounts to their ?year in review? for Xbox Live Arcade, citing record numbers and their most impressive line-up of titles yet. Going by the provided numbers, it was indeed a damn fine year for XBLA, with more than 60 titles receiving a Metacritic score ov [..] Read complete article | | Published 22-Dec-2008 by Mike Fahey in Xbox Live Arcade Microsoft Xbla Xbox 360 Year in Review
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| Inferno Pool Headed To Xbox Live Arcade Next Week [Xbox Live Arcade] | | The battle for pool table domination begins next week on the 360, when Dark Energy Digital's Inferno Pool hits Xbox Live Arcade. Inferno Pool pits up to four online or local players against each other, trying to clear their pool table while their opponents fire balls at the [..] Read complete article | | Published 22-Oct-2009 by Mike Fahey in Xbox Live Arcade AsiaDark Energy DigitalInferno PoolKoch mediaNorth America
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| Today On Xbox Live Arcade: Funtown Mahjong [Xbox Live Arcade] | ![Click here to read Mario Creator Has Never Called Video Games "Art" - Mario Creator Has Never Called Video Games "Art" [Nintendo]](http://cache-07.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/03/160x120_marcel-duchamp.jpg) Xbox Live Arcade gets a healthy does of everyone's favorite traditional Chinese tile game with the release of FunTown Mahjong, which gets a headstart on DLC right out of the gate. FunTown Mahjong combines the fun and addictiveness of the ancient Chinese tile game with all the moder [..] Read complete article | | Published 28-Jan-2009 by Mike Fahey in Xbox Live Arcade Funtown Mahjong Xbox 360
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