April 1st 2009 6:52 am PT

It is one of the best arcade games ever. Totally worth the purchase price.

Why didn`t you release 2 Arcadegames THIS week? So that Germany can enjoy the “Weeks of Arcade” as well.

No Puzzle Quest Galactrix today?????? What a mess :S

LOL, thats really funny, “Weeks of Arcade” without Arcade-Game for Germany & Korea.
Thats such a shame MS!

Ahhhhh I wanna sign in and play this…. The early version was amazing.

And now for one question Major…. WHERE THE HELL IS JELLYCAR!?!?

not funny!

Lol it looks like you can’t please many people. Just accept that’s it’s not available there and leave it. Actually, just cos you live in Germany you can still download it noone’s stopping you you know!

i want the theme but idk what it looks like! Add previews major! You can splurge 250 MS points for us to show us it on the site.

This looks like good fun at a good price too – Will try this one later tonight .

yeepee ! added

If you visit http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/daysofarcade the page doesn’t exist.

If you visit http://www.xbox.com/en-US/daysofarcade you get a lovely splash page with all the details you’ll ever need.

I found this out by clicking on a Days of Arcade banner ad seen on a games site too. Very poor. Seems to me MS couldn’t organise a piss up in a brewery. Shame, could’ve been a good promotion too. IF it had been promoted properly on this blog, the promotional adverts that have been paid for on various games sites actually worked, and the dates weren’t all announced at once forcing them to be changed soon after.

The whole thing is a shambles, really.

In contrast to MrMFloyd I don’t think “[t]he whole thing is a shambles”. I love XBL and XBLA and really appreciate events like ‘days of arcade’.

I can also appreciate the problems one probably runs into, trying to span all the countries that XBL does, and it seems a bit of a no-brainer that the odd web site may be missing etc.

However, as an adult gamer living in Germany it does pain me to be on the butt end of some rather brutal localization, i.e. hardly any English language content on the xbox channel and the clandesine ‘non-release’ of games such as Gears and now Dishwasher. In view of the trend towards globalization thru the internet this seems a bit anachronistic and I would wish for an age verification system rather than censorship of games. Maybe the Major and E could talk about their service and such issues in Germany sometime on the show?

“Wah wah! 800 points is too much! 400 or GTFO! Seriously anyone who bitches about this should go to PS3 with their free network. >:I

@MrMFloyd I’m trying not to come off as attacking you, but what is your beef with MajorNelson? Almost every thread has you attacking him and this site.

sucks that its Not available in Germany or Korea i wish it was.. you guys would of been even happer.. and guys look at rules on the constution or rules on your contry there may a rule there saying no undead videogames or undead anything this may be possible thats why germany and korea didnt get the days of arcade this week it is possible.. they tryed and they failed because there might of been a rule in your constuction..

He wants to be banned!

This game ROCKS!!! It’s Castle Crashers + so it’s a definate winner

Added to my download queue. :>
The demo is so amazing. It’s practically 2D DMC + co-op.

Anyone who have tried this one out yet? Or is it boring like people say?

Anyone who have tried this one out yet? Or is it boring like people say?

Thanks as always Major. Just bought this without having to even wanting to play the trial first since you guys were gracious enough to let us try it out awhile back along with a few other XNA games woohoo!

I was fully expecting 1200, thank goodness someone saw sense with this. I’ll be giving the trial a go soon, the new stuff sounds like a blast.

Great, amazing, and fun game. Well done James Silva and XNA team.

It’s pretty clear by now MrMFloyd is a troll with nothing of value to add. He conjured up a bogus Gamertag with the explicit purpose, it would seem, to be a nuisance. I’m done paying him any mind.

In other news, good to see this on line, looking forward to going home and checking out the demo!

Thanks major, will be downloading this one later today

This game is for the true gamers who play games. ANYONE who claims this game is ‘Too Hard’ is a wuss (and yes, I’ve played it, love it and was late for work again this morning)! I look forward to playing it more tonight – possibly Co-Op (Mac?). This game certainly satisfies me just as Altair when he kills that beggar woman without being discovered. “Please sir can I have some money!?” This game TOTALLY ROCKS, I pretend each agent is MrFloyd and it just makes it so much worth it. Actually, he’s the army zombies with the grappling ropes and grenades – such a nuisance but so much pleasure once they are gone. James E. Silva and XNA Team get a “HUGE THUMBS UP!” devoted follower in the same lines as Tom Fulp from me. Thanks! “Back Peggle, Back! Good Peggle.”

@ N3B13 R0N I don’t think anyone doubts that The Dishwasher not being released has something to do with the specific situation of the respective countries, and that’s why I would never point any blame at MS or the Major. Although I don’t think the German Grundgesetz has a paragraph about video games

However, since MS does do such a great job of making a great gaming environment with XBL and is therefore obviously interested in our experience, it seems only legitimate to voice criticism on the way such regional specifics are handled. After all, each person with a gold membership pays the same amount for the service regardless of their region. My suggestion would be to use a strict age verification system for mature content and thus be able to globalize XBL more, so that the service doesn’t differ too much between the countries.

Nevertheless, MS has done a great job with XBL and the Major and E personalize the service marvelously.

@DUSTIN KRIEGER

I think the word you are looking for is SWEET. lol…..SWEAT!

@ValeYard13 Finally someone who has some sense when it comes to the region filters. Some people seem to think that MS has some magic power that just let them bypass other countries’ laws. It’s not MS that doesn’t allow content in your countries, it is your governments.

I know that it`s not MS fault, but what I tried to say is, that they should have released another game today as well. So also Germany can “enjoy” this weeks`”Arcadeday”. There is 1 week with 2 games coming out, so why not this week? Because they give a s… about Germany.
Now I go back in my cellar to make my own console, so I can be sure to get everything.

Not in Germany again! Germany is one of the biggest markets for games and you still don’t manage to create a age verification system? The console does have the age restrictions settings since day one, so only the marketplace is the problem. You could make so much money if we could buy that stuff, too.

Meh not really my cup of tea. Probably end up buying Alien Hominid HD

@Dark Wolf 1991: I dunno where your Jellycar is, but mine’s on my iPod Touch.

Woot about time. I’ve been waiting for this one forever. I was totally willing to dish out 1200 pts for this also. Was excited to see it at 800. Guess imma be losing some sleep for a few days.

You can get the beta version of Dishwasher here for only 80 points!

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/offers/022f0001-0000-4000-8000-000058410902?partner=RSS

The leaderboard feature is pretty rad. Also, the sword warp ability makes me feel like Nightcrawler.

re: Jelly Car. Check out the latest issue of OXM. The developer is quoted as saying he will not release on XBL until he can release it for free. As of now, there is no option for releasing free community games It’s free on PC and iPhone/iPodTouch.

I’ll have to buy some more points to get this one, the demo is great. Absolutely stunning game.

NBA Kirkland…that links is for buying the beta gamerpics for 80ms points.

@ NBA Kirkland: I’m not sure why that is titled “Beta”, but if you look at the details for it, it’s actually for 5 Dishwasher gamerpics.

Played the demo but not my type of game – fair play to the guy who created it though – he is without a doubt very talented and deserves to have success with it .

Didn’t like the demo. But then I am not a fan of side scrolling beat em ups. I do however love the art style.

Is the theme for this game a premium one? Its priced as such. And if it isn’t, why the hell are old themes still being put for sale.

@MrGreen13 @MACPH1ST0 April fools!

NBA Kirkland: Yeah riiiiiight…

This game is a fistful of awesome. You get so much out of this game for 800 points.

Buy this now, guys.

This game is ace and if you don’t buy it there is clearly something wrong with you.

Why didn´t Microsoft release two games this week? I heard that one week in this “days of arcade” time, MS will release two games in one week, so as we here in germany get screwed with Dishwasher, why not plan ahead and release the two games this week?

I am sorry, but this is a total failure on Microsofts part….

Also it´s total crap that a game that has only comic violence gets not released here….I mean Castle Crashers or Alien Hominid are out here and they have blood and violence too. I just don´t get it.

It really sucks that MS isn´t able to get an age confirmation thing in the dashboard so that they can release this stuff here for the older gamers.

After checking mraketplace today: So Germany gets the trailer and gamerpics, but not the game? wtf?

The Dishwasher is AWESOME! ive been waiting about a year for this and its well worth it.
Sorry to here its not available in Germany, i guess they’ll sort that out though.
Its clearly one of the best games to come on XBLA

The Peter Moore Achievement – HILARIOUS!!! Easy as pie too! It’s only 8 Gamer Points , but surely made me laugh outloud!! Ha ha..

Yes! I was afraid they’d price this at 1200 for sure! I have been waiting for this game since those bunch of community game demos were out for that short time so so long ago.