Doom, Assault Heroes become $5 XBLA Hits

by Ludwig Kietzmann { Mar 17th 2008 at 5:15PM }

Perhaps, like us, you occasionally feel the urge to parade through the neighborhood, toting nothing but an impossibly huge rocket launcher and a desire to vaporize anything that, well, isn't you. And perhaps, like us, you realize (before it's too late) that these impractical desires are best expressed in video games such as Sierra Online's Assault Heroes or id Software's iconic Doom. It's certainly a lot cheaper.

In fact, the two aforementioned games will be added to Xbox Live's Arcade Hits program this Wednesday, March 19th, resulting in a 50% discount to 400 MS Points ($5) each. As Microsoft is keen to point out in the same press release, your determined point pinching may just come in handy for a lineup of new titles due to arrive on Xbox Live Arcade "in the near future:"

Rocky and Bullwinkle (Zen Studios): A miasma of "over 100 micro-games" based on the animated antics of the fondly remembered squirrel and moose. Much like fondly-remembered grandma though, we wonder if it's advisable to dig this up in 2008.
Shotest Shogi (AI Factory and Rubicon Development): A digital rendition of "Japan's top board game" complete with 16 AI opponents and an online multiplayer mode. It's also set "in an elegant Japanese room," which should finally lend our dank basements a hint of sophistication.
TiQal (Slapdash Games): A square-matching puzzle game that has players saving an ancient Mayan village alone or cooperatively amidst an "awe-inspiring musical score."·
Wits & Wagers (Hidden Path Entertainment): This "trivia party extravaganza" allows you to get by with educated guesses and a keen knowledge of the other players. You can play it by mashing the big buttons on Scene-It's trivial controller.
Wolf of the Battlefield: Commando 3 (Capcom Entertainment): Both an arcade revival and an omni-directional shooter, Wolf of the Battlefield breaks new ground with all the impact of a silk sheet freed from its washing line. Still, given our recent experience with the title, making enemies go BOOM and rescuing POWs seem like timeless activities.

Tags: assault-heroes, assaultheroes, commando-3, doom, rocky-and-bullwinkle, shotest-shogi, TiQal, wits-and-wagers, Wolf-of-the-battlefield

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Stevo @ Mar 17th 2008 5:20PM

That's the funniest picture I've seen all morning. Thanks Joystiq!

CB @ Mar 17th 2008 10:07PM

Before this, I never noticed the guy in the background.

Player1 @ Mar 17th 2008 5:31PM

Isn't the online multiplayer part of Assault Heroes completely broken still? There were constant posts asking about a fix on their forum. They never fixed it, they just deleted the forum.

343 Guilty Fart @ Mar 17th 2008 6:15PM

Yes, it is still broken. I played this game for the first time in a year last night (coincidence?) and the online portion was still broken. Sigh.

dantebk @ Mar 17th 2008 5:31PM

I know I'm probably in the minority here, but Assault Heroes is one of my Top 3 favorite XBLA titles. For $5 I recommend anyone who likes shooters check it out.

I would play a WarioWare-style game in a Rocky & Bullwinkle shell if the developers were as skilled as the guys who make WarioWare. Though I maybe shouldn't get my hopes up on that front...

-Dante
http://www.gamestache.com/

bAssackwards @ Mar 17th 2008 5:32PM

That picture made me laugh. +1 to the mighty Ludwig!

waynski1457 @ Mar 17th 2008 5:49PM

i hope this means that there will FINALLY be people online in doom now...

Pro-Truth League @ Mar 17th 2008 5:51PM

Naturally, the jerks at MS will use this as an excuse not to release any new games this week. Lazy assholes.

Nick @ Mar 17th 2008 6:06PM

What do you expect MS to do if the devs don't make anything to be released? MS doesn't make all these XBLA games.

Tiptup300 @ Mar 18th 2008 8:01AM

God, they were tightening up the graphics on level 3. After that then they can work on that other game they need done.

umm....hello??? @ Mar 17th 2008 5:59PM

sorry--if I have to be permanently logged in to XBL just to play DLC or XBLA games then fokitall.

rikimaru @ Mar 17th 2008 6:07PM

Doom is awesome, but they really need to fix the huge glitch that freezes your console when you try to go to the main menu from the game.

Dr. Stabbingworth @ Mar 17th 2008 6:31PM

Feh, they didn't do it for the $10 people, why do it for the discounted $5 deal. In fact, they haven't fixed countless broken things, so why bother to fix anything. Kind of a big fuck you from MS to its consumers. I'm getting pretty tired of defending them, despite all the cool games they have.

DangerMouse @ Mar 17th 2008 7:09PM

I stated it earlier, but Microsoft's going to be in for a big surprise when they keep fucking over their customers for dollars. If Sony was smart, they'd capitalize on this to lure a happy fanbase over to the PS3. I've never really been on the hate Microsoft boat, which has been cool internetting for the past 10 years, but everything they'd done has been sloppy, and corporate focused, rather than consumer focused.

And i wish this version of doom was available on steam instead of this goddamn dosbox bullshit. Sometimes, i think i'm spoiled by companies who make customer service their top priority.