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Filed under: News, Xbox Live Marketplace, Community Games

James Silva is one busy guy. First he creates The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai (which is coming “soon”), then he writes a book about how to make an XNA game, and now he’s gone and created another game. To be specific, he’s created a new Community Game called (ahem) Zombie Smashers X4 Guitarpocalypse. If you’re hoping that we’ll be able to explain the title to you, we’re sorry to let you down. All we know is that you select a character, pick a guitar, and start smacking the crap out of the other three players. Gather enough energy and you can start banging out a wicked guitar solo (no, seriously) which (again, seriously) unleashes a powerful special attack.

Also, there’s a cat that shoots fireballs from its eyes. So, essentially, this is the game design you used to scribble in your spiral during history class. Also, it’s only 200 points ($2.50). Check out the trial version. Just try it.

[Thanks, desertpyrate]

James Silva’s ZSX4 Guitarpocalypse now on Community Games originally appeared on Xbox 360 Fanboy on Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: News, Xbox Live Arcade

Today, Microsoft announced that they’ve expanded their Community Games initiative into new regions, thus growing the amount of developer participants.

Singapore, Australia and New Zealand have just been added to the list of regions that can produce and participate in the Xbox Live Community Games program and create games like these. On top of the three new region additions, the Community Games program is available in:

• United States
• Canada
• England
• France
• Italy
• Spain
• Nordic Regions

MS expands Community Games into new regions originally appeared on Xbox 360 Fanboy on Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Filed under: News, Xbox Live Arcade, Xbox Live Marketplace

With all the excitement surrounding the New Xbox Experience, one “feature” we haven’t discussed and some haven’t explored are the new Community Games. If you weren’t aware, the XNA developer community is churning out XBLA-style games that get voted on and the best are pushed onto the Xbox Live Marketplace’s Community Games section. And, just like official XBLA games, you can download a trial before you buy.

To get you started on your Community Games game search, we took the liberty to list the seven most popular games that are currently available. Also, don’t forget to tell us what your Community Games top choice is.

Seven Most Popular Community Games

• Weapon of Choice – (Action & Adventure) by MommysBest
• sin(Surfing) – (Sports & Recreation) by Raph
• Colosseum – (Fighting) by Shortfuse Games
• In The Pit – (Action & Adventure) by luvcraft
• Word Soup - (Puzzle & Trivia) by Fuzzy Bug
• Funky Punch XL – (Fighting) by SolusG
• painball – (Shooter) by radlogicgames

Reminder: Check out Live Community Games originally appeared on Xbox 360 Fanboy on Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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