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Yaris Yanked From Xbox Live? (Yaris - Xbox Live Arcade)

5/11/2008

Kotaku writes:

"Normally we'd object to the removal of choice when it comes to our Xbox Live Arcade games. If we want to play your crap shovelware, who are you to tell us otherwise, Microsoft? But in the case of the free-to-download XBLA "game" Yaris... well, we've played Yaris. Nobody should play Yaris. It's not worth the electricity expended to keep the Xbox 360 on long enough to complete the download.

That's why we're not exactly saddened to learn that Yaris has disappeared from the Xbox Live Marketplace, a little over a year after going live.

Yaris has even be de-listed from Xbox.com - the English language United States specific version, anyway - with the game detail page now playing dumb as to its existence. There's no mention of the game on the publicly available Marketplace."

Advergaming Invades Xbox Live (Yaris - Xbox Live Arcade)

10/10/2007

Yaris, an Arcade racing shooter that is free to download via Xbox Live in the US and Canada,it is the first advergame to be distributed over Microsoft's online games service, reports the New York Times.

"People can time shift, they can do all sorts of different things to avoid advertising," said Kim McCullough, corporate manager for marketing communications at Toyota. "That's why we have to move beyond traditional advertising to do things that are really engaging for people."

Toyota To Release Free Yaris Game On Live Arcade This Wednesday (Yaris - Xbox Live Arcade)

8/10/2007

Hop into a Toyota Yaris and drive it on crazy tracks loaded with stubborn obstacles, cool powerups, and intense enemy action. The relentlessly twisted courses in Yaris might have loops or even be tube-shaped, but the Yaris never has to worry about sliding off track, as it defies gravity by scaling side-walls and going all topsy-turvy. Equip your Yaris with an arsenal of weapons to take out your adversaries, but be careful to avoid enemy fire, because once your shields are depleted, so is the game.