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XBLA "House Party" Games Dated And Priced

The party starts on February 16. Mark it down!

Those Xbox Live Arcade “House Party” games that were revealed at CES are coming sooner than later, according to a recent Major Nelson blog post. Konami's side-scrolling throwback Hard Corps: Uprising will lead off the themed releases starting on Feb. 16, and will then be followed by...

 

This is the XBLA version. See, button prompts and everything!     
This is the XBLA version. See, button prompts and everything!     

That’s at least a couple of potential must-haves, right? The prices there are fairly tame considering the more high-profile nature of these downloadables, too. According to Nelson, Bejeweled Blitz, Beyond Good & Evil HD, and Full House Poker will all hit at an agreeable 800 MSPs. Torchlight and Hard Corps: Uprising will hit at the usual 1200 Microsoft Banana Dollars.

So, what games are you thinking about grabbing?        

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Is there any kind of deal for buying them all? Or a select amount of them? Usually there is, the difference being I could see myself buying 4 out of 5 of these (Sorry Poker), so if I got free points for buying that last one or whatever I might do that. 
 
Still, despite having played hours and hours of Torchlight on the PC, I am excited to get it on the 360. I spend more time in front of my TV than monitor, so I will probably get a little further than I have done in the past.

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It starts on my Birthday! :D

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Wow, this time Microsoft got it right for me at least. I'd play Torchlight on the 360, plus I've never played Beyond Good & Evil. Plus that poker game is the live one right? Is there going to be a deal if you buy all of the games? 

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I'm definitely picking up Torchlight, but I'm also tempted for BG&E. I have a PlayStation 2 copy already, but am too lazy to dig it up, set up the PlayStation, and replay. However, for 800 space bucks, it could be just what I need to revisit Jade and company...
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Edited By Haseo

Might of been interested in Hard Corps if it was cheaper but to me no live arcade game is worth 1200 points sorry Micro$oft

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@Jolt92: Agreed. Both high quality games.
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Nice surprise with the BGEHD only $10!

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Edited By mourernet

Torchlight!

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Finally time I knuckled down and played Beyond Good & Evil it seems.

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finally get to play BG&E

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Any idea when Beyond the Good & Evil HD is coming to PSN?
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Edited By matrix_hiei

already have torchlight on pc (paid $5 for it back in 09), but i'll be getting beyond good and evil. one of my favorite games from last gen, but i sold my copy after beating it years ago. i would love to go through it again on xbl.

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Edited By gamer_152  Moderator

Cool games but what kind of house party do people playing Torchlight and Beyond Good & Evil at?

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Edited By WickedCobra03

Well, I already have Torchlight for Mac and PC, that that is a probably not.  Beyond Good and Evil HD could be good though.  The only thing is that I hate buying games on the 360 because I have this sneaking suspicion that they are not going to carry to the next console or whatever and also the 360's are flaming piles of garbage in the first place so I have to worry about unlinking the game whenever my current 360 RRoD's.

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Edited By Mabui

Do I want to play Beyond Good and Evil again.. hrm~ That last boss - I don't know..

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Edited By BraveToaster

I already have Torchlight on Steam, but it's good enough to buy twice.

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Edited By BrittonPeele

I would be way more excited if I didn't already own the two best games (Torchlight and Beyond Good & Evil) on other platforms. Still, I won't be surprised if I repurchase them later for points.

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Totally getting Beyond Good & Evil. Its a steal at only ten bucks!

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@MysteriousBob said:
"Remember when XBLA was exclusively for 80s arcade games and Mega Drive ports? I do believe this is the first XBLA port we've seen of a game from the last gen. No including emulated on demand ports, of course.  Not getting it though. I want Torchlight. I own it for the PC already, but PC gaming for me is a pain for various reasons. "

Wouldn't the Dreamcast technically be considered part of the last console generation?  We've had several HD releases from the Dreamcast on XBLA.
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Edited By MormonWarrior

Didn't like Beyond Good & Evil one bit when I played it some years back, but I'm interested in seeing Torchlight and that Contra spinoff.

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Having just played and finished Torchlight don't think I want to buy it again. Beyond Food and Evil on other hand is a must buy.

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Full House Poker would be so much better if it were the sequel to Multimedia Celebrity Poker but with all the Tanners. 

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Oh shit! 
 
Are these games hand picked by Kid 'N Play?

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wait, so when does PSN get beyond Good and Evil HD? Its not a Arcade Exclusvie as far as I know.
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I really like this line-up.

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Edited By fjordson
Gonna pick up Torchlight for sure. Other than that, slight chance I'll get BG & E HD.
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@zoozilla said:

" @ds8k said:

" I was hoping Beyond Good & Evil HD would be released for PC. "
Well, it is on GOG for 10 bucks, and as with any PC game you can change the resolution, so... "
No the PC version was a bad port. Don't play it unless you just HAVE to play this game and don't have a console. It's ultra buggy, controller support is extremely poor, and it's faux widescreen with no aspect correction. The downloadable console re-release will be the definitive version.
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@ds8k said:
" I was hoping Beyond Good & Evil HD would be released for PC. "
Well, it is on GOG for 10 bucks, and as with any PC game you can change the resolution, so...
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What a terribly wasted opportunity for a Kid and Play reference. Shameful.

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Edited By SleepyDoughnut

They should really change the name of Hard Corps: Uprising. Looks like a good game but the name is so forgettable, I don't care if it has precedence as a name.

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@Styl3s: Because I can buy a pack of cards at a store and play that way. I can't buy guns and shoot my neighbors to level up. :(
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Oh No'z...Torchlight comes out the day after Dragon Age 2. Tactical Error ! ! !

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@Hunkulese said:
" Why do people continue to pay for poker games? "
I could ask the same thing about the COD franchise, why do people continue to buy them?
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None of those interest me. I already own Torchlight (and for the record, It's so much like Diablo that I would rather just play Diablo II), and for as much as I'm sure Beyond Good and Evil has a great story or whatever, I'm also sure that it hasn't aged well. Bejeweled is Bejeweled and Poker is Poker. Not exactly a selection I would consider worth promoting, other than maybe Torchlight. 
 
Then again, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Re-Shelled and Hydrophobia were also part of promotional blocks so....

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I was hoping Beyond Good & Evil HD would be released for PC.

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I'll probably end up getting Bejeweled Blitz, honestly the rest don't interest me all that much.

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I've been waiting to play Torchlight.  Cool.

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Beyond Good and Evil for 800 points sounds real good to me.  Been a while since I played that game.

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Remember when XBLA was exclusively for 80s arcade games and Mega Drive ports? I do believe this is the first XBLA port we've seen of a game from the last gen.
 
No including emulated on demand ports, of course. 
 
Not getting it though. I want Torchlight. I own it for the PC already, but PC gaming for me is a pain for various reasons.

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Interested in trying BG&E, maybe gonna look at Hard Corps too.

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Definitely up for Beyond Good and Evil. 800 points is a pretty good price point too! Already played it on the original xbox but I think I didn't complete it. Booted it up on Steam the other day but my computer was having trouble with it. The music and sound effects brought back some good memories though! 
 
In other words, I can't wait for this!

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Will get Torchlight sometime but right now I have a backlog of games I haven't played and some that I have played that I want to replay so I will probably wait a little while and see if it goes on sale.
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Definitely getting Torchlight and BG&E since I never played it, but wtf. ANOTHER POKER GAME??? How many are on there already??? Like 15??? It was mostly a rhetorical question???

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Everyone should play through Beyond Good and Evil. There needs to be an uprising in interest on this game so we can finally get a BG&E 2!

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Wow I would have paid $15 for BG&E. Cannot wait to play that again.

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Nothing that's going to motive me to dust off my 360.

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Finally i can play though Beyond Good & Evil and shut some friends up. Still on the fence if i really need to play Torchlight again. 

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Yes Torchlight!

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Looking forward to Contra and Torchlight.

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Hard Corps next week!