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3 New XBLA Releases Bring Gin, Pirates, Nebula Tomorrow

Sep 02, 2008 11:40am CST tags: Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball, Shred Nebula, Gin Rummy, Xbox Live Marketplace, XBLA
The Xbox 360's online store, Xbox Live Arcade, is set to get a whopping three new releases this Wednesday thanks to Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball, Shred Nebula, and Gin Rummy.

Blazing Lizard's Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball promises all of the things on the label: pirates, ninjas, and dodgeball action. The game also features two other teams from the Land of Awesome Stuff, robots and zombies. Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball launches at a price of 800 Microsoft Points ($10).

Shred Nebula, the freshman release from CrunchTime Games, is an omni-directional shooter boasting influence from Virgin Interactive Entertainment's 90s PC shooter SubSpace. Unlike Bizarre Creations' recently released XBLA shooter Geometry Wars 2, Shred Nebula features 8-player online multiplayer with both deathmatch and co-op modes. Like Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball, it releases for 800 Points ($10).

Studio Ch'in brings popular card game Gin Rummy online this week, bringing with it 6 gameplay modes and customizable rules. The Xbox Live Vision-supported game will appear at a price of 400 Points ($5).

Report: Ticket to Ride, Gin Rummy Coming to XBLA

Mar 21, 2008 6:20pm CST tags: Ticket to Ride, Gin Rummy, Golf: Tee it Up!, XBLA
Listings at the German game ratings board USK and American games rating board ESRB have revealed several previously unknown titles for the Xbox 360's online Xbox Live Arcade, Xbox 360 Fanboy reports.

Among the listings are a downloadable version of the award-winning board game Ticket to Ride, in which players compete to build a railroad network across the countryside.

The title marks the latest addition to the fledgling Xbox Live Arcade board game genre, which includes titles such as Big Huge Games' Settlers of Catan and Sierra Online's Carcassonne.

"I've been assured that Ticket to Ride is absolutely badass," said Shacknews staffer Chris Faylor. "You might not know this, but I'm a board game connoisseur of sorts."

In addition to the board game, the listings revealed a golf game, entitled Golf: Tee it Up!, and an Xbox Live Arcade version of the popular card game Gin Rummy.