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Rampant Speculation Theatre presents: Australian Classification Board rates 'Rabbids Rumble'

Jordan Mallory — Sun, 06 May 2012 17:00:00 EST

The Australian Classification Board has issued a rating of "G" to Rabbids Rumble from Ubisoft, which doesn't exist. Okay, well, not officially anyway. We're sure something exists, and that the Australian Classification Board rated it, but Ubisoft has yet to publicly acknowledge its existence, whatever it is. Just like every other time we've been present with a leak that completely lacks context, Rampant Speculation Theatre has some ~~ludicrous, baseless guesses~~ totally reasonable ideas about what Rabbids Rumble might be.

Not to miss the brawler gravy train, Rabbids Rumble will be a Smash Bros.-esque fighter starring all the extremely recognizable characters we all know and love from the Rabbids franchise, like, uhm, the white one, or the one with the ears. Launch is tentatively set for "whenever PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale comes out."
Other entirely made up sources claim that Rabbids Rumble is actually a hyper serious seismology simulator, wherein the player takes control of a Rabbid Seismologist that must analyze tectonic recordings from around the globe. Microtransactional progression is implemented via seismometer upgrades that can either be earned in-game, or purchased as DLC.

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Rampant Speculation Theatre presents: Microsoft registers XboxFL.com

Jordan Mallory — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 10:40:00 EST

Microsoft has registered XboxFL.com and XboxFL.net, according to whois records unearthed by the bloodhounds at Fusible. At the moment, both URLs redirect to Bing, though we highly doubt that will be the case forever. As is our way here on Rampant Speculation Theatre, we've got some ~~wildly unlikely~~ totally plausible guesses regarding the domains' potential purposes:

"XboxFL" actually stands for "Xbox Football League." The service will be a browser-based fantasy football simulator with heavy integration into both the console and Windows Phone versions of Xbox Live.
Alternatively, "FL" could stand for "Featured Losers," which would mean that XboxFL.com is an embarrassing hall of shame for Xbox Live users that performed far, far below average in that week's most popular games. Avatars are bound to wheels, Hunchback of Notre Dame style, while site visitors play sponsored flash games to pelt them with rotten fruits and dead rodents.

Rampant Speculation Theatre presents: Microsoft registers XboxFL.com originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 31 Mar 2012 10:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Rampant Speculation Theatre presents: 'Xblaze' announced by Arc System Works

Jordan Mallory — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:30:00 EST

Arc System Works, the development house responsible for the Guilty Gear and BlazBlue series of fighting games, has announced the first entry in what it mysteriously refers to as its "Adventure Project." The game, Xblaze, will be released this fall on unknown platforms in unknown regions, and may tie in with the BlazBlue universe/mythos.

No further information is yet available, so at this point the game could be virtually anything. In true Rampant Speculation Theatre fashion, our ~~hastily concocted~~ educated guess is as follows: It will be revealed that the "X" in Xblaze is actually pronounced "cross," ala Street Fighter X Tekken. Yes, Xblaze will be the first cross-over fighting game ever to cross over with itself, pitting characters from BlazBlue against characters from, uh, Blazblue.

Rampant Speculation Theatre presents: 'Xblaze' announced by Arc System Works originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 24 Mar 2012 17:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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