Could Xbox One be the end of Xbox Live Arcade? Possibly. But don't worry, smaller games aren't going away from Microsoft's next-gen console. Instead, the XBLA designation may be phased out, in order to make smaller games and AAA titles equally visible, Matt Booty, general manager of Redmond Game Studios and Platforms told us.
It took Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine three years after winning big at IGF 2010 to see a release date and, in that time, certain features were inevitably going to hit the cutting room floor. Among them were a couple of competitive multiplayer modes -- Cops and Robbers and Thief vs. Thief.
Monaco creator Andy Schatz said in a Reddit AMA (via Polygon) that the two game modes had reached a playable state, but were ultimately cut due to balance issues and an incompatibility with the game's existing maps. Thief vs. Thief was meant to pit players against each other in a race for coins, while Cops vs. Robbers would have introduced playable constables into the equation.
We know he's been very bad and his last game was a bit rubbish, but won't you give Naughty Bear another chance?
After wrapping up the beat-em-up gore-fest that is Shank 2, indie studio Klei Entertainment is going in a stealthier new direction with their next project.
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