Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space this Wednesday

Telltale’s Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space will launch on Xbox Live Arcade this Wednesday. All five episodes of the series’ second season will be bundled together and sell for 1600 Microsoft Points (320 points each). Like Sam & Max Save the World, the XBLA version of Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space will include achievements, HD graphic support, localized subtitles for German, French, Italian and Spanish, and a custom control scheme adapted specifically for the Xbox 360. A second Sam & Max Xbox picture pack will release on Wednesday.

Sam & Max Beyond Time and Space pits the Freelance Police against a demon-possessed Santa Claus, gigantic robots, and an emo vampire amassing an army of rave-loving zombies. Mariachis will sing, dead goldfish will prophesize, and Hell just might freeze over, and when friends are caught in the crossfire, Sam & Max risk their very souls to set things right. With an overarching story told throughout five action-packed episodes, the second season of Sam & Max is brimming with puzzles, exotic environments and the humor fans have come to expect from Telltale.

For more information, visit www.telltalegames.com.

Atlus reveals Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition

Atlus U.S.A. will bring the indie action game Zeno Clash to Xbox LIVE Arcade in a vastly enhanced version of the game called Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition. Ultimate Edition promises new modes including the all-new online cooperative mode for the Tower Challenges (a special survival mode that offers additional replayability beyond the single-player campaign), new features (including combat rebalancing, interface enhancements, improved animations, new modes), and added content. Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition for Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360 is scheduled to release in Spring 2010.

Visit the official game website (www.zenoclash.com) for more information regarding what’s new and improved in Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition.

The Zombie Apocalypse is dated for late Sept.

Konami Digital Entertainment has announced the release date and pricing for its downloadable zombie themed action game, Zombie Apocalypse. Coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade for the Xbox 360 on September 23 for 800 MS Points and the PlayStation Network on September 24 for $9.99 USD.

Zombie Apocalypse drops players in a battle of survival between the dead and the living. Equipped with some heavy duty artillery, your shooting skills will be put to the test in this arcade style shooter that throws copious amounts of zombies at you. Gamers can choose from up to 11 weapons including assault rifles, flamethrowers and teddy bears filled with C4 explosives. A chainsaw is also available to players who want an up close and personal encounter with the roaming dead. Players can also take advantage of their surroundings as they utilize environmental hazards to destroy massive hordes of zombies.
The goal is to stave of the zombie attacks for 55 days without joining their ranks. Good luck! But you do not have to face the evil masses alone as multiplayer allow up to four shooters to take on the zombies locally or co-operatively online.

Sounds like fun. Look for the game at the end of this month.

Peggle Nights expansion coming to XBLA this fall

PopCap Games announced that upcoming Peggle Nights is coming to Xbox LIVE Arcade this fall. PopCap promises that this casual puzzler will be fine tuned specifically for XBLA players, and will include all the levels and challenges from the PC and Mac versions of Peggle Nights, along with the ability to play all the new Nights content in the exclusive multiplayer modes found only on XBLA. The Peggle Nights expansion pack will be available for download exclusively on Xbox LIVE this Autumn.

Features in the Peggle Nights expansion pack for XBLA will include 60 new Peggle Nights levels for multiplayer over Xbox LIVE and all single player/local modes, Peggle Nights Adventure mode (60 levels) -including the Nights story, 60 new Peggle Nights Challenges, a new Peggle Master named Marina, a Peggle Nights trophy room, all the Peggle Nights adventure statistics you can handle, new style shots from Peggle Nights PC (available as title upgrade for all Peggle XBLA players) and three new Xbox 360 achievements worth a total of 50 gamerscore - bringing Peggle up to a total of 250 gamerscore.

Call of Duty World and Shadow Complex top Xbox Live

Call of Duty World at War, Shadow Complex, Halo 2 and I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1 were the top games according to Major Nelson’s weekly Xbox Live Activity Lists for the week of August 17, 2009. Shadow Complex and Trials HD share the distinction of showing up on both the Top Live Games and Top Arcades Titles list for the week. For games played online, it was all World at War, followed by Halo 3, Call of Duty 4, Gears of War 2 and Madden NFL.

Shadow Complex and Trials HD were the top selling Arcade games, with Battlefield 1943 and Marvel vs. Capcom 2 following closely. Surprisingly, Castle Crashers is still in the top after almost a year of being available. Amazing. Ska Studios’ (makers of The Dishwasher) I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1 topped the indie charts, while Halo 2 is still being enjoyed on Xbox Live.

The full set of lists after the jump!

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Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao this week

NAMCO BANDAI Games announced that its action game Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao will be available this week for Xbox LIVE Arcade and PlayStation Network. Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao features classic beat-‘em-up style action with interactive 2D stages and beautiful graphics. Offering a variety of online and local multiplayer modes, Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao allows players to team up with a friend to take on the Evil Overlord’s diabolical schemes in Story mode or battle an endless stream of enemies in Endurance mode and share your score online.

The game’s graphics make use of digital stereoscopic 3D technology, which promises crisp and clear 3D depth of field without sacrificing color or clarity through most high-end 3D Ready TVs. The game also includes anaglyph 3D which is compatible with any television set and a pair of standard red and cyan anaglyph glasses.

Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao will be available on August 26, 2009 for Xbox LIVE Arcade, and August 27, 2009 for the PlayStation Network.

For more information regarding Invincible Tiger: The Legend of Han Tao, visit www.invincibletiger.com.

Shadow Complex now on Xbox Live Arcade

Epic Games’ Chair Entertainment and Microsoft have released Shadow Complex on Xbox Live Arcade today - along with a trial version of the game. If you don’t buy the whole game you at the very least should check out the trial. Shadow Complex is a modern take on the classic side-scrolling shooter with cutting-edge gameplay provided by Unreal Engine 3, an original story set in the world of Orson Scott Card’s bestselling Empire novel. Comic book author Peter David, whose has worked on such franchises as Incredible Hulk, Spiderman, Star Trek, and X-Factor, developed the game’s original new story, which runs parallel to Card’s Empire novel and sets up the events in the sequel Hidden Empire.

In the game players collect power-ups and weapons, discover new abilities and evolve their character to be more agile, strong and dangerous. Besides the single-player adventure, there are a series of time-based side-challenges in Proving Grounds, which allow players to hone their skills as they compete for top placement on the leaderboards.

You can find out more about the game by visiting www.xbox.com - but it probably wouldn’t hurt to check out Harold Goldberg’s DLC MC: Shadow Complex Is a Game Changer or Kyle Orland’s Shadow Complex Review.