Eets: Chowdown Chomps Its Way Onto Xbox LIVE Arcade

  
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Get your thinking cap on and your sweet tooth in shape, as Eets: Chowdown becomes available for download on Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360 beginning Wednesday, Apr. 25 at 0900 GMT (2:00 a.m. Pacific).

Eets: Chowdown from Klei Entertainment Inc. is a visual feast for the eyes and a treat for the brain, combining 2D puzzle game elements with a surreal sense of humor. Gamers must use colorful and whacky items like spouting Prankster Whales, vengeful Marshomechs, Radioactive Ginseng and more to manipulate Eets emotions and safely guide it through myriad hazards to each level’s exit.

Eets: Chowdown offers a slew of new items, 120 levels and the exclusive debut of Marsho Madness, a high-adrenaline action game in which players must keep the impending evil marshmallows at bay.

Eets: Chowdown will be available worldwide for 800 Microsoft Points and is rated E for Everyone.

Game Features

• 120 new levels in gorgeous high definition graphics
• Tons of crazy characters, including Marshomechs, Radioactive Ginseng, and Exploding Superpigs.
• Marsho Madness: the crazy, adrenaline-rushing Eets action game, where players can play co-op to keep the impending evil marshmallows at bay
• Earn up to 12 Achievements and 200 Gamerscore points

 
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Gamers will soon be able to bump and flip in high-definition, as Pinball FX will be available for download on Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360 beginning Wednesday, Apr. 25 at 0900 GMT (2:00 a.m. Pacific).

Zen Studios new Pinball FX offers a unique pinball experience for novice and expert gamers. It combines the arcade thrills of traditional pinball with enhanced gameplay and exciting, innovative features not found in any other pinball game. Gamers may control the flippers with their hand or arm motions using the Xbox LIVE Vision Camera or simply use the standard Xbox 360 controller. Pinball FX sets a new standard for realistic ball physics and graphical detail in pinball video games.

Pinball FX will be available worldwide for 800 Microsoft Points and is rated E for Everyone.

Game Features

• Real-time head-to-head mode for online multiplayer competition for up to 4 players
• Three vibrant, 3D pinball tables
• Tables start out simple, but new challenges open up as a players skill advances
• Gesture based controls and live chat via the Xbox 360 LIVE Vision Camera
• Earn up to 12 Achievements and 200 Gamerscore points
• Amazing realism that is an industry first for the genre

Screenshots for both will follow when i get them uploaded.

According to a recent media blast I recieved starting now (or fairly shortly) you can register online for a chance to become the one lucky winner of two VIP tickets to the Sasquatch! Music Festival, which is the grand prize of the Tenchu Z sweepstakes. You and a guest will be flown to Seattle and driven to the world-famous Gorge Amphitheatre to camp for two days and rock out with thousands of music lovers. Additionally, 30 first place winners will receive a copy of the Xbox 360 exclusive, Tenchu Z, so they can try their hand at becoming the ultimate ninja! You might have heard about this contest on Major Nelson’s latest podcast as well.

Some more info on the prize:

Held annually at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Wash., this year’s Sasquatch! Music Festival will take place over Memorial Day Weekend, on Saturday, May 26, and Sunday, May 27. Hosted by Sarah Silverman, of Comedy Central fame, the famous music festival will host more than 50 artists on three stages over the course of two days, including scheduled headliners: the Beastie Boys, Bjork, Arcade Fire, Spoon and Interpol. Sasquatch! features something for everyone, with a supporting line-up of Manu Chao, the Hold Steady, M.I.A., Bad Brains, the Dandy Warhols, Neko Case and much more!

and of course about the game making it all happen:

Coming this summer, Tenchu Z is the first mission-based ninja stealth action game for the Xbox 360 console that allows players to hone their stealth skills while slaying the enemy to become the ultimate ninja. With more than 50 stealth ninja missions set in ancient Japan, players can assassinate an assigned target, pour poison into a river within enemy territory and deliver a secret scroll to a given destination while avoiding enemy detection. Train solo to become a master of stealth or jump online with one to four players and take advantage of the co-op play through Xbox LIVE ., with a Gold account or System Link.

let’s be honest, who doesnt want to be a Ninja?

and don’t forget the small print

To see more ninja action, a new Tenchu Z trailer is available now to all subscribers on Xbox LIVE and online at www.xbox.com/tenchuz.

The sweepstakes ends May 9, so sign up now for your chance to enjoy the luxuries of a VIP ticket, including entrance to the music festival, private seating next to the soundboard with a dedicated service staff, a premier camping pass with a private trailer, limited edition goodies and access to the exclusive VIP lounge.

* Open only to legal residents of the 48 contiguous United States and DC, 18 years of age or older. Void in HI and AK and where prohibited by law. Sweepstakes ends May 9, 2007. For more detailed information or to register for the sweepstakes, please visit www.xbox.com/tenchuzsweeps. For additional information on Tenchu Z, please visit www.xbox.com/tenchuz.

Additionally, Tenchu Z is rated M Mature: Blood, Partial Nudity, Violence

this isn’t an officially supported tool yet, since I know that there are a few small things that I have to resolve, but I just made a small modification to the plugin which would allow anyone who uses wordpress to use my plugin, if you wish. The biggest change is all the direct access to the Microsoft data has been moved to a public service provided here on my blog - removing any issues that might arrise by giving this plugin to someone who is not in the XDCP. So essentially the plugin contacts my blog to get the gamerpicture for the person who left comments on your blog, and my blog does all the communication using my XDCP account.

Maybe you care, maybe you dont, let me know if you are interested in this plugin

well got another interview lined up, all the important folks must be busy In any event this is a bit different then the rest of them its a live radio interview instead of a podcast. so feel free to listen in as I can almost guarantee to fumble my words or something that is sure to make you laugh. The show is broadcasted by magaman. His show is live from 6 to 8 PM EST on Fridays. I told him that I was going to try and call in for around 7PM tomorrow.

http://www.kgmrradio.com/comment.php?comment.news.67

well I just finished up a chat with one of the boys over at XBLRadio, if you dont listen to their podcast, I would suggest checking it out - they are a nice bunch of community guys with a bunch of different podcasts - a video podcast, an xbox live roundtable (for gamers just like you) and a standard news type deal.

I am not promoting it just because I am interviewed on it, because well I generally think I sound like a tool on these type of things. But I do subscribe to their podcasts, and since I just finished the discussion with them, it made me think to mention them to you guys.

I am not sure when the interview will be up, and lucky for me, it was no where near as long as the one with deacon over at unscripted [:D]

Yet another contest - I love a good round of pacman, but I have my doubts of actually ranking high enough to win the world title. I think I will start practicing anyway

NEW YORK — April 18, 2007 — Microsoft Corp. and NAMCO BANDAI Games Inc. today made video game history by announcing the first-ever Xbox 360™ “Pac-Man” World Championship, presented by Quiznos. From April 25 to May 9, fans of one of the world’s most beloved video games of all time will compete on the classic arcade game via Xbox LIVE® Arcade on the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system, evolving “Pac-Man” gameplay from the local pizza parlors and arcades of the ’80s to the Xbox 360 and its online gaming community with more than 6 million members. The top finalists from participating countries around the world will be flown to New York City for the finals on June 5, with the winner being crowned the Xbox 360 “Pac-Man” World Champion by Toru Iwatani, the creator of “Pac-Man.”

The Xbox 360 “Pac-Man” World Champion will receive worldwide acclaim from being the first-ever Xbox 360 “Pac-Man” World Champion and gain a place in gaming history. The winner of the finals will also receive other great prizes, including 26 years of free Quiznos toasted subs (one sandwich a week for 26 years, a $13,520 (U.S.) value), 100,000 Microsoft Points for games, movies and other fun content available on Xbox LIVE, and a one-of-a-kind Xbox 360 featuring a special design inspired by “Pac-Man.”

You might know of www.360gl.com, and if you dont definately check them out. Here is the official description of them.

is first and foremost a Gaming League and Tournament Site, but we are building the Gamerbase into a useful tool for combining (and referring to) the great community sites that are out there.

I am happy to say that they have added a little feature to display live eye information on their gamers (that have a live eye profile) using the 360friendspot public APIS.

Swing by and check them out, looks like they a Gears of War tournament coming up - you and all your team members can rack up a smooth 1600 MS Points, to bad I completely suck at Gears of War

i know its a long shot, but if you are interested in joining gamefly, if you use this referral link I can get myself a free Wii. So yeah perhaps there isnt much reason for you to get me a free game system - but I will be forever grateful to you. So far I never see them in stock in my area, and I am not 100% sure I would spend the money buying another system or not, but you cant turn a free one down So far one of my friends did in fact use my referral link…..just need 4 more.

Just use this link to sign up

ok, shameless begging over.

It looks like they are really doing some promotion for this game, yet another community site is giving you the chance to win a copy of the History Channel Civil War. The latest giveaway is provided by 360voice.

How to Enter:

1. Send an e-mail to mail@360voice.com with the subject “Sherman’s March”.
2. In the body of the e-mail please include your gamertag.
3. You have until April 22nd at 9:00PM EST to submit your entry.

That’s it! One entry per person… the winner will be chosen at random. If you are chosen we will require a valid name and shipping address to mail your title. We can not accept entries that do not have the correct subject, received after April 22nd at 9:00PM EST or do not include your gamertag. In addition to the prize you will also get the contest winner badge!

read all the details here

Activision / History Channel - if you are reading this ( I doubt you are :)) I would love to have a similar givaway for 360friendspot but not a clue on who to get a hold of to make it happen.

Took me about 2 hours to take this guy down last night on super-hero difficulty. Maybe I will redo it and record it to show the strategy I used, but for now I will simply explain it the best I can.

First Part - on the top level

• Attack with quick attacks, blocking whenever sabertooth attacks - he generally swings one (sometimes two) times before his first rage.
• While he is charging his rage, hit his as many times with quick attack, then block his rage attacks - dont bother to attempt to fight back.
• He will come at you in 3 waves while in rage, after the third you should have your own rage built up - use it, and continue to attack with quick attacks and blocking his attacks as they come
• Also after his first rage, often he attacks in a wave of three attacks, and then you can counter after blocking these three, if he does a jump attack it will throw you back even when blocked, but if blocked properly it doesnt seem to take away your life (or if it does, it is a very small amount)
• He will generally rage again, use the same strategy as before, when he hits about half life he will jump to the below platform.

Second Part - Lower Platform

• Use the same strategy as above, but be warned when you get him very low he will rage and it doesnt seem to end - also blocking his rage attack will still damage you - once he was in this nonstop rage (I would guess when he was a bit under 1/4 - 1/5 life) I simply charged and attacked him blindly - blocking any attack possible and using my rage as well.