This Wednesday: XBLA dodges balls, plays cards and ... shreds nebulas?
We don't even know what that means, honestly. What you just read is the nonsensical result of Microsoft deciding to unleash three thematically varied games on Xbox Live Arcade Wednesday. How are we supposed to tie a space shooter, a card game and a meme-based dodgeball game into a coherent headline? Oh, and just wait till you get to the part where we explain what each game entails. Here we go:
The showdown between pirates and ninjas (also, robots and zombies) begins in earnest with the release of Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball, a lighthearted celebration of long-dead cultures and non-fatal projectiles. The game and its 8-player online matches can be had for 800
($10).
Similarly priced is Shred Nebula, which immediately defies expectations by being utterly devoid of guitar-playing space clouds. In fact, it offers "deep multiplayer space combat" for up to eight players online, along with Adventure, Score Attack and Deathmatch modes.
Finally, there's the online-capable and sufficiently self-explanatory Gin Rummy for 400
($5). That about does it for this paragraph.
The showdown between pirates and ninjas (also, robots and zombies) begins in earnest with the release of Pirates vs. Ninjas Dodgeball, a lighthearted celebration of long-dead cultures and non-fatal projectiles. The game and its 8-player online matches can be had for 800
($10).Similarly priced is Shred Nebula, which immediately defies expectations by being utterly devoid of guitar-playing space clouds. In fact, it offers "deep multiplayer space combat" for up to eight players online, along with Adventure, Score Attack and Deathmatch modes.
Finally, there's the online-capable and sufficiently self-explanatory Gin Rummy for 400
($5). That about does it for this paragraph.





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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Obie @ Sep 2nd 2008 2:42PM
"You can dodge a wrench,you can dodge a ball!"
Meh, I'll wait for Duke Nukem arcade.
Heh @ Sep 2nd 2008 2:46PM
Meh, I'll keep playing Castle Crashers.
tmmoore_nc @ Sep 2nd 2008 3:00PM
I agree. I'll continue playing Castle Crashers.
rTwelve [xbl:chilblane] @ Sep 2nd 2008 3:07PM
Precisely. Why bother with mere ninjas and pirates when in CC you can deal with pirate ninjas. The most fearsome mythical hybrid since Zerg-Protoss and uh, ligers?
Jonah Falcon @ Sep 2nd 2008 2:50PM
If you loved SubSpace, you'll enjoy Shred Nebula.
I may pick up Gin Rummy - it's the one card game I'm an expert at.
Joe Smith @ Sep 2nd 2008 3:03PM
I guess the honeymoon is over.
Jonah Falcon @ Sep 2nd 2008 3:11PM
Like anyone would marry you.
deaftly @ Sep 2nd 2008 3:16PM
Whats the point... ninjas always win anyway
Dirty @ Sep 2nd 2008 3:24PM
The developer for shred nebula has a bad-ass logo.
Van @ Sep 2nd 2008 3:58PM
Been waiting for dodgeball for a while now. Will be a fun party game. Ninjas FTW!
kagai @ Sep 2nd 2008 5:18PM
And, with that, the Summer of Arcade officially ends. Thus, begins, the Fall of Failure. I'll miss you summer.
CC FTW!
Kyattsuai @ Sep 2nd 2008 6:29PM
Is it some unspoken rule now that all pirates must look like Jack Sparrow?