GDC '08 - XBLA Awards winners announced!

Last month Microsoft had Xbox Live Arcade players vote for their favourite games. Today they've announced those winners.

We crowned the winners of the Xbox LIVE Arcade Awards at GDC. In January, more than 26,000 people voted for their favorite Xbox LIVE Arcade games, chosen by a panel of select industry journalists. The winners for the first six categories were determined by popular vote, with the final four categories decided by sales and gameplay data, Metacritic score or staff vote.

Xbox LIVE Arcade Awards – 2007 Winners

- Best Overall Arcade Game: “Bomberman Live” (Hudson Entertainment)
- Best Classic Game: “Castlevania: Symphony of the Night” (Konami Digital Entertainment)
- Best Original Game: “Pac-Man: Championship Edition” (NAMCO BANDAI Games)
- Best Family-Friendly Game: “Pac-Man: Championship Edition” (NAMCO BANDAI Games)
- Best Competitive Multiplayer Game: “Bomberman Live” (Hudson Entertainment)
- Best Cooperative Multiplayer Game: “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” (Ubisoft Entertainment)
- Best-Selling Game: “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” (Ubisoft Entertainment)
- Most-Played Game: “Worms” (Team17 Software Limited)
- Highest-Rated Game: “Castlevania: Symphony of the Night” (Konami Digital Entertainment)
- Xbox LIVE Arcade Staff Choice: “Pac-Man: Championship Edition” (NAMCO BANDAI Games)

Source: Gamerscore Blog

GDC '08 - A quick note about the current XNA game test...

The Gamerscore blog was able to get some context on how the XNA tester framework is going to work:

The ability to download and play these preview games is for a limited time. You can only download the game launcher until February 24th, and all the games will stop working on March 9th. After that, you will have to wait until the holiday release of Xbox LIVE Community Games before you can play again.

So the games will only work for a couple of weeks - looks like we'll have to wait until the final release comes out during the Summer in the US. Hopefully they'll officially release the damn thing in Australia too, so I won't have to work around getting a US account and everything!

Go play them - Dishwasher is looking pretty damn exceptional.

Source: Gamerscore Blog

Gamerscore previews Commanders, new video demonstration

The Xbox Gamerscore Blog has added a new video interview with Terry Coleman, producer of Commanders: Attack of the Genos, along with a quick play through demonstration of the game. Give this a look if you're interested in the game coming out tonight!



Source: XBLA Preview - Commanders: Attack of the Genos @ Gamerscore Blog