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What: Rocketmen: Axis of Evil
When: 3/5/08 4AM EST
How Much: 800 MP ($10)

This weeks arcade wednesday brings us Rocketmen: Axis of Evil.  An action game developed by A.C.R.O.N.Y.M. Games and published by Capcom.  The game is classified as an Action RPG style shooter which you can play either solo, local co-op, or co-op over live with up to 3 other friends.  You can customize and level up your characters which you create and select a race and class for (out of 3 races, and 3 classes).  Official press release to follow

Help save the solar system this week when “Rocketmen: Axis of Evil” touches down on Xbox LIVE Arcade this Wednesday, March 5 at 9:00 a.m. GMT (1:00 a.m. PST).
Join Rocketmen Nick Sion, Alec Mink and the Alliance of Free Planets in their white-knuckled struggle to free the solar system from the tyrannical grip of the Legion of Terra in this RPG styled shooter. Players have the choice to save the galaxy alone or cooperatively with up to three other players over Xbox LIVE or locally on the same console. With its distinctive cel-shaded art style, engaging storyline, customizable characters and RPG elements, this shooter will keep players coming back for more. Capcom’s “Rocketmen: Axis of Evil” will be available worldwide (with the exception of Japan and Korea) for 800 Microsoft Points and is rated E10+ by the ESRB.
For more details on “Rocketmen: Axis of Evil” please visit:

• http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/r/rocketmenxboxlivearcade/default.htm
• http://www.capcom.com/digital

So the rumors have been flying for a while now, but is it true?  This is supposedly a video of our beloved Golden Eye 007 in the flesh - Xbox Live Arcade style..

No achievements, and could simply be an edit job - I tend to think it MIGHT be fake, but with the number of rumors floating around perhaps the game itself is a truth….  What do you think?

What: Asteroids & Asteroids
When: 11/28/07 5:00 AM EST
How Much: 400 MP ($5)
Screen Shots: My Gallery
More Info: Xbox.com

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Another classic from back in the ‘Good Old Days’.  The days of a black screen, and a triangle used to shoot asteroids - and the space ship if you were oh so lucky.  Many of you probably aren’t even old enough to have played the this classic in its glory - hell it was originally released when I was only a wee one year old - but somehow lasted many years later.  For those of you looking for that trip down memory lane, they provided the original game format as well as a shall i say “pimped” edition.  To keep up with todays gaming demands, they upgraded the graphics - it even has COLOR now!  All joking aside the graphics look pretty sweet.  As always another 200 Gamerscore to obtain, and at the budget price of $5. 

Should you buy it?  Give the demo a spin, and decide if you like it enough to buy the full game (thats what the demo is there for) - I might pick it up just to take a walk down memory lane….well that and you all know that I am an xbox live arcade junkie.

Get ready for classic space shooting action with the release of “Asteroids” and “Asteroids Deluxe” which will be available jointly for download on Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360 this Wednesday, November 28 at 9:00 a.m. GMT (2:00 a.m. PST).

Save the earth from a deadly deluge of asteroids and re-experience the beloved arcade classics “Asteroids” and “Asteroids Deluxe” on Xbox LIVE Arcade. Players control a spaceship in an asteroid field and shoot to destroy asteroids and saucers, all while trying to avoid a costly collision. Complete with re-mastered HD visuals and the whiplash inducing high-speed “throttle monkey” mode, players will be hooked for hours! “Asteroids” and “Asteroids Deluxe” will be available worldwide as a joint download for 400 Microsoft Points and are rated E for Everyone by the ESRB.