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Wait ... a Raskulls game? In 2010? What's next, Pele's Superstar Soccer?

Who still remembers the Raskulls, those third-rate Smurf knockoffs from the 1980s? Even the biggest fans of Peter Cullen and June Foray probably recycled their tapes of the Ruby-Spears cartoon, which aired on ABC's Saturday morning cartoon block for a few months in early 1984. The Kenner toy line, Star comics series, and Atari 2600 game (released in the wake of the crash of 1983) were all embarrassing failures. Even the Snorks looked good next to the Raskulls.

Okay, absolutely none of this true, but this fake history perfectly fits the tone of Raskulls, an XBLA exclusive from Halfbrick Studios that combines racing with puzzle-platforming. It might be a brand new property, but Raskulls is an obvious parody of The Smurfs and the assorted rip-offs that littered the Saturday morning airwaves back in the 1980s. The self-aware and absurd Raskulls basically Shrekifies The Smurfs.

Gallery: Raskulls (12/14/10)

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>games-for-the-holidayshalfbrick-studiosmicrosoftraskullsxblaxboxThu, 30 Dec 2010 16:30:00 EST<![CDATA[12 Days of Joyswag: Xbox 360 S plus 'Games for the Holidays,' A World of Keflings, Raskulls, and ilomilo]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/25/12-days-of-joyswag-xbox-360-s-plus-games-for-the-holidays-a/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/25/12-days-of-joyswag-xbox-360-s-plus-games-for-the-holidays-a/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/25/12-days-of-joyswag-xbox-360-s-plus-games-for-the-holidays-a/#comments To celebrate the holidays, we're having twelve straight days of giveaways up through Christmas day. And while we say it's to celebrate, really ... we're simply getting rid of some of the larger packages around the ol' office.

Remember when Microsoft promised everyone in the audience during its 2010 E3 keynote a brand-new Xbox 360 S, the just-announced redesigned console? We've got just one left and we're going to take this opportunity to unload it before the year's out. But instead of just a plain ol' 250GB Xbox 360 S console, we're going to spice matters up with codes for all three of this month's Xbox Live Arcade "Games for the Holidays," featuring A World of Keflings, Raskulls, and ilomilo.

We've got nine other sets of codes which we'll be handing out on Twitter and Facebook over the course of the week but, for now, get in on our final piece of Joyswag in this series. Happy holidays!

Gallery: Xbox 360 Slim (live shots!)

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Joystiq12 Days of Joyswag: Xbox 360 S plus 'Games for the Holidays,' A World of Keflings, Raskulls, and ilomilo originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 25 Dec 2010 23:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>12-days-of-joyswag-2010A-World-of-KeflingsGames-for-the-HolidaysilomilojoyswagmicrosoftRaskullsxboxXbox-360-SlimSat, 25 Dec 2010 23:30:00 EST<![CDATA[Download Raskulls early through ilomilo]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/22/download-raskulls-early-through-ilomilo/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/22/download-raskulls-early-through-ilomilo/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/22/download-raskulls-early-through-ilomilo/#commentsWe've already reported about the quirk that allows you to download Raskulls early through today's A World of Keflings. Readers have written in to inform us that you can also get it through the other Xbox "Games for the Holidays" release, ilomilo -- which is itself available well before its release date thanks to a secret website.

Simply press Y in the ilomilo main menu, and you'll be able to access the trials (and thus the full games) for both Raskulls and Keflings. At this point, the only one of the three you can't get before its release date is A World of Keflings, and that's only because today is Keflings' release date.

[Thanks, Dillon and Jeff]

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>a-world-of-keflingsgames-for-the-holidaysilomilomicrosoftraskullsxblaxboxWed, 22 Dec 2010 23:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Video: Xbox Live Arcade's Games for the Holidays mascot crossover]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/09/video-xbox-live-arcades-games-for-the-holidays-mascot-crossove/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/09/video-xbox-live-arcades-games-for-the-holidays-mascot-crossove/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/09/video-xbox-live-arcades-games-for-the-holidays-mascot-crossove/#comments Confused by Xbox Live's "Games for the Holidays" crossover bonus? Don't worry. This new video from Microsoft makes it very clear what you unlock when you buy more than one game from this seasonal promotion.

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Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>a-world-of-keflingsgames-for-the-holidaysilomilomicrosoftraskullsxblaxboxThu, 09 Dec 2010 07:00:00 EST<![CDATA[Xbox 'Games for the Holidays' feature unlockable crossovers]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/02/xbox-games-for-the-holidays-feature-unlockable-crossovers/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/02/xbox-games-for-the-holidays-feature-unlockable-crossovers/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/02/xbox-games-for-the-holidays-feature-unlockable-crossovers/#commentsRaskulls, Ilomilo, and A World of Keflings aren't just connected through the shared "Games for the Holidays" promotion. They also each unlock extras in the other games.

In Ilomilo, you can get unlockable Keflings and Raskulls costumes for Ilo and Milo by purchasing the other games. Additionally, "You can unlock ilo and Doug as playable characters in Raskulls," says Raskulls dev Halfbrick, "and also unlock Raskulls characters within ilomilo and World of Keflings by purchasing the full range of games." And buyers of Raskulls or Ilomilo can build homes for characters from those games in A World of Keflings, according to a statement posted by Kotaku.

Even crazier: you can actually get Raskulls early by buying A World of Keflings. Raskulls can be bought from within that game, a week before its December 29 release. That's two out of the three games available early!

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JoystiqXbox 'Games for the Holidays' feature unlockable crossovers originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 02 Dec 2010 17:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>a-world-of-keflingsconnectivitygames-for-the-holidayshalfbrick-studiosilomilomicrosoftraskullssouthendxblaxboxThu, 02 Dec 2010 17:45:00 EST<![CDATA[A World of Keflings, Raskulls and ilomilo dated for XBLA]]>http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/02/a-world-of-keflings-raskulls-and-ilomilo-dated-for-xbla/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/02/a-world-of-keflings-raskulls-and-ilomilo-dated-for-xbla/http://www.joystiq.com/2010/12/02/a-world-of-keflings-raskulls-and-ilomilo-dated-for-xbla/#comments "But Joystiq," you ask, "isn't there already a way to get the absolutely delightful ilomilo for XBLA right now?" Yes, there is -- or you could wait until it's "officially" released on the Xbox Marketplace come January 5 as part of the "Games for the Holidays" promotion. But really, who would do such a silly thing? (Either way, it'll set you back 800 Microsoft Points, or $10.)

Of course, since there's no way to secretly procure Ninja Bee's latest, A World of Keflings, or the puzzle/racer mash-up that is Raskulls from Halfbrick Studios, you will have to wait until their official launches on December 22 and 29, respectively, at 800 points ($10) each.

JoystiqA World of Keflings, Raskulls and ilomilo dated for XBLA originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 02 Dec 2010 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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