X-Men Arcade a timed XBLA exclusive
Not on PSN until February.
The PlayStation 3 version of X-Men Arcade will be released two months after the Xbox 360 version, Konami confirmed to Eurogamer this afternoon.
The XBLA version will be released in Europe and the US on 15th December - next Wednesday. The PSN version is slated for a February release. Pricing is yet to be revealed.
X-Men Arcade is a port of the classic multiplayer focused X-Men arcade game but with high definition graphics and drop-in drop-out online and local co-op.
Backbone Entertainment - the studio favoured by Capcom for all things PSN/XBLA: Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix, Marvel vs. Capcom 2, 1942: Joint Strike, Commando 3 – is at the helm.
Available to play in X-Men Arcade are Cyclops, Colossus, Dazzler, Nightcrawler, Storm and Wolverine. They're trying to take down the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, key enemies in which are Pyro, Blob, Wendigo, Mystique, White Queen, Juggernaught and Magneto.
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What free games are these? Can't find them on my dash.
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its exclusive as SSF2THD was finished at the same time as it was released at the same time in america it just saw a delay due to an exclusive deal again with MS but only in Europe.
After watching the video of xmen i wont be parting with any cash for it.
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Its pure nostalgia all the way for me. Its the first arcade game i played and completed!
In terms of gameplay though its nothing special at all, basically double dragon but with up to 6 players, each with a special move.
the exclusivity deal is so pointless, there are so many A* grade games around at the moment i cant imagine this is the top of anyones list at the moment.
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Whats their definition of HD, increase the display resolution...? It still looks kack but it's bigger - see...
And putting "Increase the difficulty" as a selling point, they must be struggling for ideas!
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Everyone gets their nostalgia fix this December. WinWin.
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Seem to be laziness on their part in just using PSN Blog posts and pasted most of the blog in as the meat of the article. PSN updates doesnt comes in until early evenintg anyway!
Evidence would be that there is no article anywhere today of the TWO free Arcades games released this morning, that seem pretty cool idea aimed at multi players for festive season, as totally free.
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Completed?!?!? Hats off to you!
Remember playing with my brother and dad and remember it being pretty rock hard. I think we got quite far and I can remember most of the boss fights but definately never faced Magneto.
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Harms Way - [link url=http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Harms-Way/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258410a70
]http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Produc...[/link]
Doritos Crash Course - [link url=http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Doritos-Crash-Course/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d80258410a71
]http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Produc...[/link]
Not played either yet mind. Can't complain at them being free and that though.
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completely with on this buddy, this game has such nostalgia value for me i know i'll end up buying it regardless. Was great fun to play this in the acarde back in the day.
Completed it, although i shudder at the thought of how much money i must of put in it to see it through. Magneto was a cock of the highest order
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Cheers chaps! Downloading now.
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@ ashcroft
Well then just play any versus game including marvel characters hell just download Marvel vs capcom 2 on either psn or xbla.
I played this in the arcade when I was seven at my local cinema, but it was only 4 player, to have this 6 player on-line is nostalgic hevan, if I want to play children of the atom I can pick any single character out of MvC2, CotA would be pointless,
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"Despite what you may have read, @Konami's X-Men Arcade will be hitting the PSN next Tuesday, Dec 14, for $9.99."
[link url=http://twitter.com/#!/PlayStation/status/13001675782488064
]http://twitter.com/#!/PlayStation/status...[/link]
"Release update: X-Men Arcade is coming 12/14 for $9.99 on PSN and 12/15 for 800 points on XBLA!"
[link url=http://twitter.com/#!/Konami/status/13047114305110016
]http://twitter.com/#!/Konami/status/1304...[/link]
Here's to hoping that the timed exclusivity is a mistake!
Happy gaming,
Boogalicious
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