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Xbox Live Arcade Sales Charts - Wk Ending 1/5/2008 (Pac-Man Championship Edition - Xbox Live Arcade)

Jan 5, 2008

VGCharts reports Xbox Live Arcade Sales were topsy-turvy, as older games have taken a huge boost, while newer games had massive drops.

Metal Slug 3 debuts on the top of the All Games charts, with an estimated 7,700 units of sale.

It seems that after Christmas, many new Xbox 360 owners were searching the various games, buying up mostly older titles. Games in the # 40-75 recieved huge boosts in certain areas. Games such as Castlevainia: SOTN, Worms, Street Fighter, and such recieved boosts.

Top 10 Debuts of XBLA games since 11/10/07:

1 Metal Slug 3 7,781
2 Arkadian Warriors 5,844
3 Switchball 5,157
4 Word Puzzle 4,902
5 Sensible World of Soccer 4,247
6 Undertow 2,598
7 Screwjumper! 2,173
8 Gripshift 1,980
9 Tempest 1,569
10 Spongebob Underpants Slam! 1,385

Pac-Man World Championship: the final round (Pac-Man Championship Edition - Xbox Live Arcade)

Jun 8, 2007

Destrutoid has posted a video of the Pac-Man: World Championships final round. Some truely crazy Pac-manning going on below.

Pac-Man CE Nominated for Game Developers Choice Award (Pac-Man - Xbox Live Arcade)

Feb 7, 2008

Toru Iwatani's final game is nominated for a prestigious honor.

Pac-Man gets first update in 26 years (Pac-Man - Xbox Live Arcade)

Jun 5, 2007

Pac-Man games, from the originals to the re-releases, have had gamers chomping their way around the same selection of mazes for 26 years, but Pac-Man's 360 debut will change that. Pac-Man designers have finally decided on a change and put together new mazes for Pac-Man Championship Edition. The new 360 remake will play just like the old-school original, but it also includes "new mazes that dynamically change shape during gameplay, six new timed game modes, new soundtracks and high-definition ...

Delicious prizes offered for Pac-Man champ (Pac-Man - Xbox Live Arcade)

Apr 18, 2007

If you've been honing your Pac-Man skills recently (and you've had 20-odd years to practice) you might raise an eyebrow at Namco's newly-announced Pac-Man World Championship, which is offering the XBLA Pac-Man champ some truly scrumptious prizes. First place wins you a trip to New York to meet Pac-Man creator Toru Iwatani, 26 years of Quiznos toasted sandwiches (that'd take care of our lunch until retirement), 100,000 Microsoft points (about $1,250) and a special Pac-Man Xbox 360. Better than ...

Ms. Pac-Man munches onto Arcade (Pac-Man - Xbox Live Arcade)

Jan 9, 2007

This weeks Xbox Live Arcade offering features a trip back to a time when Big-Hair Bands, parachute pants and one-button joysticks ruled the world...

New Rally-X will be the next Live Arcade game (Pac-Man - Xbox Live Arcade)

Oct 20, 2006

New Rally-X will be the next Live Arcade game released on Xbox Live Marketplace, probably wednesday. The game first came out in 1981 using the Pac-Man hardware and was produced by Namco.

TGS: XBLA Pac-Man World Championship in '07 (Pac-Man - Xbox Live Arcade)

Sep 20, 2006

Microsoft and Toru Iwatani (he's the creator of Pac-Man) announced plans for a World Championship where the top 10 Xbox Live Arcade ranked Pac-Man players in the world will be flown to New York City to do battle. There'll be cherries and pretzels flying everywhere folks, it won't be pretty. There's not much info yet except that the contest will begin in "early 2007" and will presumably be won by someone with a lot of free time and abnormal reflexes.

Microsoft Showcases Nearly 110 Xbox 360 Games at TGS (Pac-Man - Xbox Live Arcade)

Sep 20, 2006

"Blue Dragon" Leads Holiday Lineup of Games; "Pac-Man" World Championship, Xbox 360 HD DVD Player in Japan and 1080p Support for Xbox 360 unveiled.

Pac-Man - Screens and info (Pac-Man - Xbox Live Arcade)

Aug 10, 2006

The classic video game Pac-Man was released onto the Xbox Live Arcade yesterday and to help celebrate the release of the game we've got our hands on some screenshots which we can now share with you.

Pac-man out in the open (Pac-Man - Xbox Live Arcade)

Aug 9, 2006

Sticking tight to the Xbox Live Arcade Wednesday schedule you can witness yet more proof today of Microsoft's new punctual approach: if you head over to your 360's Marketplace you will find Pac-Man available for download as promised.

MS: '50 Live Arcade games by year end' (Pac-Man - Xbox Live Arcade)

Jul 17, 2006

Last week Microsoft put some order into Live Arcade by announcing Xbox Live Arcade Wednesdays, a new promotion which - funnily enough - sees Live Arcade receiving new titles on Wednesdays. Things jumped into action with Frogger appearing on Arcade on July 12, and so far it's been announced that Frogger will be followed by Cloning Clyde, Galaga, Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting and Pac-Man.

But naturally the Wednesday Live Arcade fun won't end there and according to Xbox Live Arcade group manager Greg Canessa Microsoft is targeting 30 Arcade titles "by the end of summer" and 50 "by the end of the calendar year."

Paperboy hits the top spot (Paperboy - Xbox Live Arcade)

Feb 21, 2007

The latest figures show that Paperboy was the most played Xbox Live Arcade game last week. The top 5 were¿

1. Paperboy
2. Root Beer Tapper
3. UNO
4. Heavy Weapon
5. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3

Extra! Extra! Read All About it! "Paperboy" Delivers on Xbox Live Arcade (Paperboy - Xbox Live Arcade)

Feb 12, 2007

Just in time for Valentine's Day, this special delivery won't break the bank, but just might break some windows! The much-loved arcade classic from the 1980's, "Paperboy" (Digital Eclipse/Midway) will be available for download on Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360 beginning Wednesday 14th February 09.00 GMT / 10.00 CET

Penny Arcade Adventures Third Fastest Selling Xbox Live Title (Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One)

May 28, 2008

Gamedaily.Biz reports that with 16,500 downloads on Xbox Live, Mike "Gabe" Krahulik is pretty stoked over the results. Considering that the game was also $20, it makes the sales sweeter still for the web-comic makers.

Penny Arcade's Mike "Gabe" Krahulik today wrote about the sales of Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness. The 16,500 downloads on Xbox Live over a three-day stretch make it the third fastest downloaded game in the service's history, behind Ikaruga at 22,500 units and RezHD at 25,000 units. He also expressed his enthusiasm over the generally good reviews for the game.

Penny Arcade Game Busts Three-Day Records (Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One)

May 27, 2008

According to Kotaku, the first episode of Penny Arcade Adventures was the highest-grossing Xbox Live Arcade debut ever, earning $330,000 in its first three days. These numbers were taken from VGChartz. The prior record-holder was Worms HD. In terms of units sold, On The Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness was the third-highest performer of 2008 - even with its higher price point.

Penny Arcade Game Pimped With Flamebait (Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One)

May 24, 2008

Kotaku reports: "When a movie's major, above-the-title testimonial comes from Access Hollywood, Rex Reed, or a television station in New Mexico, chances are it's going to be a real turd of an operation. Penny Arcade is trying that in reverse with On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One. They're flacking it with the rantings of an anti-Penny Arcade troll.

'Penny arcade sucks and is unfunny. please murder penny arcade and then yourself if you disagree with me,' raves commenter ddf of Wired blog! He goes on to say, "this game sucks and anyone who likes it sucks. penny arcade sucks and is as funny as something that's not funny at all.'"

Available Now: Penny Arcade Adventures on Xbox LIVE Arcade (Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One)

May 21, 2008

Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One is available now on Xbox LIVE Arcade.

This is the first episode of Penny Arcade's RPG-Adventure comes in at 1600 Microsoft Points and is not surprisingly rated 'M'.

Penny Arcade Adventures - On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One Demo Released (Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One)

May 21, 2008

Penny Arcade has released a playable demo for the PC version of Penny Arcade Adventures - On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One, which was released today for the PC and Xbox 360.

Kotaku: Penny Arcade Game Impressions (Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness, Episode One)

May 14, 2008

Kotaku writes: " After finishing up playing a bit of Too Human coop yesterday, I noticed a demo station of Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness sitting all by itself, tucked away next to the Ninja Gaiden II stations.

Since the game wasn't getting official demos, I decided to take our 30 minute break between games to sit down with a game and take it for a test drive.

The game starts off by letting you customize your character's look and clothing. The selection isn't as robust as I would have liked to see (no luxuriously long hair guys? I'm hurt) but there's still more than enough to make the character feel like one of your own.

The game itself unwinds slowly through an amalgam of comic panel and full motion cut scenes that are both narrated by a... um... narrator. This voice is actually the only one you'll ever hear in the game. I'm told this is because fans of the web comic have their own and wildly varied ideas of how the characters should sound (For instance my Gabe and Tycho sound like Asterix and Obelix).

I was surprised at how much I enjoying playing what I did of the game. It felt very much like a blending of some of the best bits of different types of games. It has, for instance, a distinct role-playing flavor to it, but there's also a point-and-click adventure and action element to the game."