October 12th 2009 2:00 pm PT

This week on Arcade: Axel & Pixel and Sam & Max Season 2

Axel & Pixel (800 points) and Sam & Max Season 2 (1600 points) will be available on Xbox LIVE Arcade this Wednesday.

Arcade By Larry Hryb, Xbox LIVE's Major Nelson

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SarsInMars

Sweet. Sign me up for S&M 2!
Ark Hunter

We’ll see on Axel & Pixel. Kind of a puzzle game of sorts?
Dannyb0yUK

Arghhhhhh how much longer for Serious Sam?
Rlan

Sam & Max Season 2 BEFORE the second Wallace & Gromit Episode? What in the world is going on here?
Snucki

Pass!
darkjester74

Huzzah for S&M 2!!!
ibelievein93x

I want Plants Vs Zombies!
VermilionFR

Come on, the pc version of Sam and Max is better. Playing with the controller is so boriiiiiiiiiiiing.
El Cid

I also can’t wait for Serious Sam HD – it was announced as a “late summer” release.
Kn0kkelmann

Huzzah for Axel & Pixel!!!
KP ScuzzyBunny

Was it the controller that made the first one so boring? I thought it was the game!
Lanmanna

@KP ScuzzyBunny
Says the person who has SW: the Clone Wars on their games?
VermilionFR

Agree with Lanmanna. BTW Axel & Pixel can’t wait for it
KMetalmind

Woho! Sam & Max Season 2!!!

Now bring Wallace & Gromit 2, 3 & 4 too!!
Alex Atkin UK

OH YEAH, SAM & MAX!

I hope we don’t suddenly get an announcement that Sam & Max is not coming out after all, like they did with Wallace & Gromit.
fake0815

There is an official announcement at the Telltale Blog, that Sam & Max Season 2 is coming this Wednesday on XBLA. So chances are high we can get our hands on Sam & Max.

Sadly the Wallace & Gromit release date is announced as “sometime in November”.
bknight2k

What ever happend to Wallace & Gromit?
They is no way i will ever buy anything from Telltale games again after this level of support for the 360 user base.
MAJBrown

Aaaahhhh!!! Where is Panzer General: Allied Assault?
Rick Dias PK

bknight2k: I’m hoping they needed and took extra QA time. Episode 1 on the 360 was unacceptably buggy (yes, it could be played to completion, but it was entirely possible to render it unwinnable and force you to start over or reload from a much earlier save), so if they’re making sure this one works well, I’m all for it. I thought the series was well enough on PC, and would have honestly enjoyed episode 1 on 360 if not for the technical problems I hit.
Exu

Too much. I won Sam and Max Season 1 and I can safely say it isn’t worth 1600. Added to that, season 2 is an episode shorter! 1200 would suit it far better.
Sly Jon

Am I the only one who found Sam & Max to be boring & stupid? Add the 1600 price tag & it makes it just a comedy
metallicorphan

sam and max season 1 was very unfunny,very disappointing…out for this one….still waiting for Wallace and Gromit 2!!!!
doomsoth

S&M is great and if your PC sucks then it’s worth getting on XBLA–nice they dropped the price from $30 too.
Fingleberries

Yay for Sam & Max… I know it might not be everyones cup of tea, particularly if you’re not too familiar with old school gaming. I found the first one brilliant fun – brought back memories of the originals. (ok, it wasn’t without it’s flaws, like there were slow bits as you were walking from one place to the next … still it was quicker than a Mass Effect elevator ).
davidkenobi

This Axel&Pixel makes me curious. So weird/nice design
wolfzero01

its too bad Sam & Max costs 1600 points as I enjoyed the first one, I’ve got too many games I want to get right now, guess I’ll wait for it to be the deal of the week
Jonah Falcon

Axel & Pixel seems to be an adventure game platformer, with a ton of minigames (ie. quicktime events at one point). Braid’s had a huge influence on games lately; Lucidity and this are evidence of that.

October 12th 2009 2:00 pm PT

This week on Arcade: Axel & Pixel and Sam & Max Season 2

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