January 4th 2010 5:00 pm PT

This week on Arcade: Matt Hazard Blood Bath & Beyond

 

Matt Hazard Blood Bath & Beyond will be available on Xbox LIVE Arcade this Wednesday for 1200 points.

 

Arcade By Larry Hryb, Xbox LIVE's Major Nelson

permalink: http://majornelson.com/2010/01/04/this-week-on-arcade-matt-hazard-blood-bath-amp-beyond/

  • DarkGin87

    What no Joy ride? boohoo, i know you can’t say when it coming out but can’t you tell us a Lil bit, like if the game is still coming or has it been dropped. come on i know one of yas wants to leak a little info for 2010

  • DarkGin87

    i tell you what you tell me a little info on joyride and ill buy this game on Wednesday, seem fair :P

  • Anonymous

    Kinda reminds me of Shadow Complex, I will check out the demo and see if its worth 1200 points

    Heres a vid for those who have not seen any gameplay videos
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGf6oOw2j6w&feature=fvw

  • Firecrest

    No online co-op? I guess the developers could lazily chalk it up as “adding to the story elements”, just as they did the same for Eat Lead. Sorry, it’s neither charming or excusable- just lazy.

  • PiMD

    More like a Shadow Complex want2b.

  • Rinedog

    I think Joyride may have disappeared because Sega made a deal to have Avatars in Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing

  • II W4RLORD II

    Does anyone know of a good website run by someone that buys these arcade games and plays them and then reviews them for all to see with an honest review. I would love to see that. Please anyone know?

  • r3dreck

    pass for 1200 points.

  • r3dreck

    @II W4RLORD II: sometimes they are on metacritic.com

  • DarkGin87

    @ II W4RLORD II try http://www.xbox360achievements.org/index.php they review every game

  • a peeking duck

    Serious Sam HD next week, folks! :D

  • Disco Penguins

    Is that serious?! No online co-op?! Oh, man. This went from being an “excited pick up” to a “no thanks”. I truly thought this was going to be the game to start the new year, but the more I learn, this is just more and more of a disappointment.

    Looks like I’ll have to wait until Serious Same HD instead.

  • Disco Penguins

    Now I’m not excited for Serious Sam HD after looking at it’s page. A video a while pack claimed it was going to be 8-player co-op. Xbox.com says otherwise; 1-4 players. And of course that goes with NO splitscreen as well. Splitscreen is what gives games MORE replay value than they already have. If a friend comes over, I can’t say, “Hey! Wanna play Serious Sam HD?” Oh, wait. You can’t. Looks like we’ll have to play Halo 3… like always.

    *sigh* Just give me Perfect Dark already.

  • Exu

    Are you having a laugh? 1200 and no online multiplayer?
    I was looking forward to this, but now it’s been priced out of interest for me, and probbaly quite a lot of other people.
    Didn’t they realise that almost nobody likes Matt Hazard? This should have been 800 with online.

  • TaygetaVendetta

    I really enjoyed Eat Lead and can’t wait to play Blood Bath and Beyond.

  • oAssassin Xo

    Wheres Perfect Dark. I bought my card for it months ago and yet its STILL not here. I know people will be disagree but theres been nothing really good on Arcade since it came out. I own maybe 5 games. Peggle, Shadow Complex, Smash TV, TMNT and like 2 or 3 others. Well points is for one games are to expensive. And second theres nothing thats quality. Always some silly internet style game…. “Oh look…another game where I movie pieces around to make a line of 4!”.
    .
    .
    Meh. I want side scrollers, shooters…etc. Ones that aren’t insane hard and ones that have replay value. FUN GAMES. Perfect Dark. Shadow COmplex…these are fun. Although Shadow COmplex was far to short. I only bought that because someone else gave me half the points towards it.

  • tsaweeos

    I was told that Perfect Dark was comming out winter 2009.
    What ever happened to that?

  • SkyyPlum

    After looking at game play videos I’ll pass once again on a xbla title. This games AI looks as bad as Rogue Warrior, and that’s saying something. Plus 1200 pts for this, unreal, its bad enough were only getting 1 xbla game a week now a days but its the same overpriced stuff week after week, WHY? Plus the deals of the week are always on popular games that most people have already bought, is this trend ever going to end Major?

  • sepulturas666

    This game looks really bad.
    And 1200 points, yeah, will bomb as hard as Invincible Tiger and some other crappy overpriced xbla games.

  • mchiefvs360

    I’m just waiting for Perfect Dark.

  • AutomaticOcelot

    MHBBBXBLA is a hell of an acronym. Soon coming to a Gamertag near you…

    (p.s. Ham Doctor)

  • CFR

    @tsaweeos: If I recall correctly it just said this winter. Unfortunately it’s still technically winter so we still have to wait.

    I really want to play Perfect Dark, that’s what I’m waiting on now. I’ve always wanted to play counter-op with someone other than my brother… I hope they kept it in.

  • Atleticoinomano

    “World of Goo” on your profile, Major? O_o

    Wow! :O

  • H3nKeR

    i would buy it,but it will not release in germany, so i can give a ****…

  • SpaceNinjaDino

    Local co-op only? Would be much more interested with online co-op.

  • bknight2k

    Seemed over priced at 1200 points for what it is.

  • rastansaga

    interesting that Microsoft and Xbox-live are so against profanity – banning people for such talk, yet seem fit to permit this game to have a difficulty level called “fuck this shit”

  • rastansaga

    not worth it without online co-op. developers seem to be getting lazier and lazier these days

  • SkyyPlum

    What I really don’t get is why MS is releasing crap titles now when in a couple weeks great games will be coming out at a good rate on shelves. When ME2, Bio-Shock 2, Dante’s Inferno, etc.. come out in the next month I don’t see myself looking for an arcade title and I’m sure I’m not the only one thinking like this. Who really makes the decisions there, I swear its a Nintendo or Sony spy lately because xbla is going downhill big time.

  • LateGeorge360

    Actually it’s a good game, much like Contra HD.

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