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<generator>Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/</generator><item><title><![CDATA[I Am Alive screens and trailer fight for survival]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/23/i-am-alive-screens-and-trailer-fight-for-survival/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/23/i-am-alive-screens-and-trailer-fight-for-survival/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/23/i-am-alive-screens-and-trailer-fight-for-survival/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<center> <img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/10/iaascreenshot12_530x298.jpg" style="width: 530px; height: 298px; display: none;" /><!--[if IE]><object width="599" height="350" id="viddlerOuter-c82ea9da" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"><param name="movie" value="//www.viddler.com/simple/c82ea9da/"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="flashVars" value="f=1&amp;autoplay=f&amp;loop=0&amp;nologo=0&amp;hd=0"><object id="viddlerInner-c82ea9da"><video id="viddlerVideo-c82ea9da" src="//www.viddler.com/file/c82ea9da/html5mobile/" type="video/mp4" width="599" height="330" poster="//www.viddler.com/thumbnail/c82ea9da/" controls="controls" x-webkit-airplay="allow"></video></object></object><![endif]--><!--[if !IE]> <!--><object data="//www.viddler.com/simple/c82ea9da/" height="350" id="viddlerOuter-c82ea9da" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="599"><param name="movie" value="//www.viddler.com/simple/c82ea9da/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowNetworking" value="all" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="flashVars" value="f=1&amp;autoplay=f&amp;loop=0&amp;nologo=0&amp;hd=0" /><object id="viddlerInner-c82ea9da"><video controls="controls" height="330" id="viddlerVideo-c82ea9da" poster="//www.viddler.com/thumbnail/c82ea9da/" src="//www.viddler.com/file/c82ea9da/html5mobile/" tabindex="0" type="video/mp4" width="599" x-webkit-airplay="allow"></video></object></object><!--<![endif]--></center><br />Now that you've seen how deadly you can be with a bow and arrow in Ubisoft's post-apocalyptic survival game, <em>I Am Alive</em>, we're convinced the final boss is Ted Nugent.<p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/23/i-am-alive-screens-and-trailer-fight-for-survival/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>I Am Alive screens and trailer fight for survival</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/23/i-am-alive-screens-and-trailer-fight-for-survival/">I Am Alive screens and trailer fight for survival</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:00:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/23/i-am-alive-screens-and-trailer-fight-for-survival/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20154830/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/23/i-am-alive-screens-and-trailer-fight-for-survival/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>house-party</category><category>house-party-2012</category><category>i-am-alive</category><category>microsoft</category><category>playstation</category><category>ps3</category><category>psn</category><category>ubisoft</category><category>xbla</category><category>xbla-house-party</category><category>xbox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Hinkle]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[XBLA House Party kicks off on Feb. 15 with Warp]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/23/xbla-house-party-2012-release-dates/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/23/xbla-house-party-2012-release-dates/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/23/xbla-house-party-2012-release-dates/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center; "> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/23/xbla-house-party-2012-release-dates/"><img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/03/warppaxeast2011edited1.jpg" style="width: 530px; height: 298px; " /></a></div>We knew that <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/warp"><em>Warp</em></a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/alan-wakes-american-nightmare"><em>Alan Wake's American Nightmare</em></a>, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/nexuiz"><em>Nexuiz</em></a>, and <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/game/i-am-alive"><em>I Am Alive</em></a> would be <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/09/xbla-house-party-2012/">participating in Microsoft's 2012 Xbox Live Arcade House Party promo</a>, and we knew that the party would <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/10/xbox-live-arcade-house-party-2012-begins-feb-15/">start on February 15</a>, but we didn't have a clue as to how the specifics of the boogeying would progress. Today, Microsoft revealed that <em>Warp</em> will be the party's first attendee, arriving on February 15 for the nice price of 800 MS Points ($10), followed up in the proceeding three weeks by Alan Wake's American sojourn, the almost-but-not-quite-<em>Quake</em> multiplayer shooter <em>Nexuiz</em>, and one man's journey through the depths of human survival in <em>I Am Alive</em>.<br /><br />Like <em>Warp</em>, <em>Nexuiz</em> will only cost 800 MS Points ($10), while the other two titles will run 1200 MS Points a pop ($15). As always with these XBLA promos, Microsoft is offering an extra 800 free MS Points to anyone who grabs all four games within a defined time period (between Feb. 15 and Mar. 13 in this case). As for what to do with those extra points ... well, might we suggest hanging onto it for the upcoming launch of <em>Fez</em>? 'Cause that's totally what we're doing.<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/23/xbla-house-party-2012-release-dates/">XBLA House Party kicks off on Feb. 15 with Warp</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:25:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/23/xbla-house-party-2012-release-dates/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20154692/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/23/xbla-house-party-2012-release-dates/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>ea</category><category>electronic-arts</category><category>house-party-2012</category><category>i-am-alive</category><category>microsoft</category><category>nexuiz</category><category>q1-2012</category><category>release-date</category><category>remedy</category><category>remedy-entertainment</category><category>remedy-games</category><category>remedy-studios</category><category>thq</category><category>trapdoor</category><category>trapdoor-inc</category><category>ubisoft</category><category>Warp</category><category>xbla</category><category>xbox</category><category>xbox-live-arcade</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Gilbert]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Xbox Live Arcade 'House Party 2012' begins Feb. 15]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/10/xbox-live-arcade-house-party-2012-begins-feb-15/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/10/xbox-live-arcade-house-party-2012-begins-feb-15/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/10/xbox-live-arcade-house-party-2012-begins-feb-15/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/09/xbla-house-party-2012/"><img alt="" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/12/awanprevmain530px.jpg" style="display: none; " /></a><!--[if IE]><object width="530" height="318" id="viddlerOuter-eea24c2d" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"><param name="movie" value="//www.viddler.com/simple/eea24c2d/"><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"><param name="allowNetworking" value="all"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="flashVars" value="f=1&amp;autoplay=f&amp;loop=0&amp;nologo=0&amp;hd=0"><object id="viddlerInner-eea24c2d"><video id="viddlerVideo-eea24c2d" src="//www.viddler.com/file/eea24c2d/html5mobile/" type="video/mp4" width="530" height="298" poster="//www.viddler.com/thumbnail/eea24c2d/" controls="controls" x-webkit-airplay="allow"></video></object></object><![endif]--><!--[if !IE]> <!--><object data="//www.viddler.com/simple/eea24c2d/" height="318" id="viddlerOuter-eea24c2d" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="530"><param name="movie" value="//www.viddler.com/simple/eea24c2d/" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowNetworking" value="all" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="flashVars" value="f=1&amp;autoplay=f&amp;loop=0&amp;nologo=0&amp;hd=0" /><object id="viddlerInner-eea24c2d"><video controls="controls" height="298" id="viddlerVideo-eea24c2d" poster="//www.viddler.com/thumbnail/eea24c2d/" src="//www.viddler.com/file/eea24c2d/html5mobile/" tabindex="0" type="video/mp4" width="530" x-webkit-airplay="allow"></video></object></object><!--<![endif]--></div><br />Microsoft plans to kick off the Xbox Live Arcade House Party for 2012 on February 15, releasing the four <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/09/xbla-house-party-2012/">previously revealed titles</a> back-to-back. At this time, Microsoft isn't revealing pricing nor the order in which it plans to release the titles. <em>Yeah</em>, our definition of "<a href="http://majornelson.com/2012/01/10/house-party-details/">House Party <em>Details</em></a>" varies greatly.<br /><br />A company rep confirmed that the order listed on Xbox guru Major Nelson's site is simply alphabetized. So, beginning February 15, for some price and in some order, folks will be able to pick up <em><a href="http://joystiq.com/game/alan-wakes-american-nightmare">Alan Wake's American Nightmare</a></em>, the long-awaited <em><a href="http://joystiq.com/tag/i-am-alive">I Am Alive</a></em>, <em><a href="http://joystiq.com/tag/nexuiz">Nexuiz</a></em> and EA's <em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/warp">Warp.</a></em><div class="postgallery"><p><strong>Gallery: <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/alan-wakes-american-nightmare-12-19-2011/">Alan Wake's American Nightmare (12/19/2011)</a></strong></p><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/alan-wakes-american-nightmare-12-19-2011/#4684377"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/12/awanimage2_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/alan-wakes-american-nightmare-12-19-2011/#4684378"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/12/awanimage3_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/alan-wakes-american-nightmare-12-19-2011/#4684379"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/12/awanimage4_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/alan-wakes-american-nightmare-12-19-2011/#4684380"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/12/awanimage5_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/photos/alan-wakes-american-nightmare-12-19-2011/#4684382"><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.joystiq.com/media/2011/12/awanimage7_thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" /></a></div><p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/10/xbox-live-arcade-house-party-2012-begins-feb-15/">Xbox Live Arcade 'House Party 2012' begins Feb. 15</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:52:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/10/xbox-live-arcade-house-party-2012-begins-feb-15/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20145338/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/10/xbox-live-arcade-house-party-2012-begins-feb-15/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>alan-wakes-american-nightmare</category><category>house-party</category><category>house-party-2012</category><category>i-am-alive</category><category>microsoft</category><category>nexuiz</category><category>warp</category><category>xbox</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander Sliwinski]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:52:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Alan Wake's American Nightmare, I Am Alive part of XBLA's 'House Party 2012' [update: Now with trailer!]]]></title><link>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/09/xbla-house-party-2012/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/09/xbla-house-party-2012/</guid><comments>http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/09/xbla-house-party-2012/#comments</comments><description><![CDATA[<div style="text-align: center;">
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Microsoft is set to throw another House Party in 2012. In attendance will be <em><a href="http://joystiq.com/game/alan-wakes-american-nightmare">Alan Wake's American Nightmare</a></em>, EA's <em><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/tag/warp">Warp</a></em>, <em><a href="http://joystiq.com/tag/nexuiz">Nexuiz</a></em> and the long-awaited <em><a href="http://joystiq.com/tag/i-am-alive">I Am Alive</a></em>.<br />
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The trailer for the XBLA House Party promotion, which was apparently posted by accident, does not reveal any release dates. Out best guesstimate, if history serves, would be late February <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2011/02/08/xbox-live-house-party-titles-beyond-good-and-evil-hd-torchlight/">like last time</a>. We've contacted Microsoft for launch details.<br />
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<strong>Update:</strong> We snagged the trailer and have embedded it above!<br />
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[Thanks, Joey]<p style="padding:5px;background:#ffffcc;border:1px solid #ffff99;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.joystiq.com"><img src="http://www.joystiq.com/media/feedlogo.gif" alt="Joystiq" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0;" /></a><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/09/xbla-house-party-2012/">Alan Wake's American Nightmare, I Am Alive part of XBLA's 'House Party 2012' [update: Now with trailer!]</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.joystiq.com">Joystiq</a> on Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:25:00 EST.  Please see our <a href="http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/">terms for use of feeds</a>.<br style="clear:both;"></p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/09/xbla-house-party-2012/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/forward/20143725/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2012/01/09/xbla-house-party-2012/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>]]></description><category>alan-wakes-american-nightmare</category><category>house-party</category><category>house-party-2012</category><category>i-am-alive</category><category>microsoft</category><category>nexuiz</category><category>warp</category><category>xbox</category><category>Xbox-Live-House-Party</category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Alexander Sliwinski]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:25:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>