Braid also confirmed for Xbox Live Arcade

by Justin McElroy { Sep 13th 2007 at 1:55PM }

In all of Tuesday night's excitement about classics like REZ and Ikaruga coming to Xbox Live, we neglected to tell you about another, slightly less well known, title that will be making it's way to the Arcade: Braid. It's an odd 2D platformer that puts more of a focus on your ability to manipulate time and solve puzzles than on your ability to avoid dying. Though we're not sure of an exact date, Microsoft is currently saying "early 2008."

If you're among the uninitiated when it comes to Jonathan Blow's unconventional game, see our hands-on impressions here. If you want to understand more about Blow and his way of thinking about game design, you should check out Stephen Totilo's interview with him. On second thought, you have to read it. It's a long piece, but it's fascinating.

Gallery: Braid

Tags: braid, tgs07, xbla

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jonah Falcon @ Sep 13th 2007 1:59PM

You forgot to mention Braid AND Schizoid were also mentioned at pre-TGS.

Ihar `Philips` Filipau @ Sep 13th 2007 2:06PM

btw, am I reading forums right, that to access XBLA one has to pay for Xbox Live account?

waves @ Sep 13th 2007 2:22PM

Not exactly. In order to access the XBLA (and the entire XBL Marketplace including demos), you can use the free Xbox Live Silver account.

It wouldn't make a whole lot of sense to force customers to pay a cover charge just to get into your online store.

More info on the free Silver account here:
http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/features/silverage.htm

Ihar `Philips` Filipau @ Sep 13th 2007 2:30PM

Thanks, waves. M$ isn't company which follows logic all the time. So felt better to ask then guess.

Well, slowly slowly, XBLA is getting close to critical mass, when it would make sense to buy Xbox solely for XBLA games. The day - at least for me - is already looming.

T3H WICKERMAN @ Sep 13th 2007 2:10PM

looks good, i dont see why pubs dont think people wont buy 2d games anymore. As long as a game is good i will play it. (and even some crappy ones for gamerscore!)

T3H WICKERMAN @ Sep 13th 2007 2:11PM

ur account and downloads do not require any subscription fee. Playing online does though. so far its been worth it but i do wish it was free.

Ihar `Philips` Filipau @ Sep 13th 2007 2:32PM

Count me into casual crowd. I will NOT pay to play on-line. Especially considering that I'm not willing (nor do have time) to train to play with others. Training for multi-player is crucial...

blooh @ Sep 14th 2007 2:43AM

you don't need gold. i got a 360 a couple weeks after launch but didnt get live gold until a week ago. i played lots of single-player games, but with CoD4 (very fun beta, btw), puzzle fighter, halo 3, etc I felt it was time to go gold. the price isn't that high, it's a little over 4 dollars per month