Mad Tracks - Xbox Live Arcade

OXCGN: Microsoft has taken a leaf out of Valve's Steam with Major Nelson announcing Xbox Live's first ever Inventory Blowout Sale. Ten Xbox Live Arcade titles at 50% off (give or take) for a week! But beware: As any hardened Steamer will tell you, you're likely to buy a lot more than you'll ever play. So for the more economically sensitive gamers amongst us, OXCGN has bought them all so you don't have to! From 10/10 to 1/10, here is our rundown of what we hope is the first of many Inventory Blowout Sales to come.

Following Sony's announcements of the April Foolishness Sale and PSP Favourites promotion earlier this week, Microsoft has today revealed a cost-cutting activity of their own. From today, eight top titles held on the Xbox 360's Xbox LIVE Arcade are available for half-price, and two further titles are set to be greatly reduced. These sale prices are limited however, available for only seven days.

Paris, Dec 18th 2007 - Today, Load Inc. announced Mad Tracks PC trial version was downloaded by 1.2 million PC enthusiasts and over 630,000 Xbox 360 fans. 'Mad Tracks', the toy car arcade game everyone is praising has passed the 1.8 million download mark of its trial version. The game is still available online at www.loadinc.net and on the Xbox360 Live Arcade.

Load Inc. announced today that the Xbox Live Arcade version of Mad Tracks has been nominated to compete in the best French console game category at the annual French Video Game Festival in Paris.

Load Inc has just released the new Encore Expansion Pack for 350 Microsoft Points. It includes nine additional races plus six new mini-games.

Microsoft and Load Inc. have released a correcting patch for Mad Tracks. This title update corrects unlocking issue that was preventing some players from progressing in the game. The update will automatically install at title launch and will have no side effect.

Mad Tracks developer Slyben has confirmed on the Xboxic Forum that the patch for Mad Tracks is finished and in the hands of the almighty Microsoft.

Mad Tracks has passed the dreaded Microsoft final certification and so the first racing game made for Xbox Live Arcade will be available soon.

Alongside today's release of XBLA Double Dragon, Microsoft has detailed the six new download titles heading to Xbox 360 "later this year." To save our fingers the pain, here's the list (not in chronological order of release) via the magic of cut and paste: Mad Tracks: This 3D racing party game from Load Inc. and D3Publisher recalls all the fun of playing with toy cars from childhood. Up to four players can race micro cars in a variety of gameplay modes in familiar settings such as a living

Premier publisher of interactive entertainment software, D3Publisher of America, Inc. (D3PA), will begin to bring titles to gamers through Xbox LIVE Arcade later this year. Xbox LIVE Arcade on the Xbox 360 is the premier destination for digitally distributed, high definition original and classic games. The first three titles Xbox 360 owners can expect to see from D3PA on the service are Mad Tracks, a racing game that takes its inspiration from the pull-back-and-go toy cars of gamers' youth, RocketBowl, Xbox LIVE Arcade's first bowling game, which brings the fun of miniature golf to the bowling alley, and Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords, a downloadable version of the Nintendo DS and PSP (PlayStation Portable) system game which blends match-three puzzle gameplay with strategy, character-building elements and a persistent storyline set in the beloved Warlords universe.