I posted this a few months back and forgot to link it here.  Enjoy.

http://upcomingdiscs.com/2018/06/07/rwby-volume-5-blu-ray/

Welp, gaming wise last week was probably best described as weird.  I blew through Altered Beast, I put Peggle down again (got the 20 million achievement and took a honest look at the Peggle Nights challenges left and said NOPE :)), re-started Minecraft Story (Episode 4), and started Batman: Arkham Asylum (Xbox One version).  AA is such a lovely game, seriously.  Provided I get enough time, it will be quite enjoyable going through it again.

But enough about that.  We have sales! Much like Altered Beast was last week, Fighting Vipers has to be the I’d buy that for a dollar and complete in about an hour game.  Virtua Fighter 2 also falls into that group, but it will cost you a couple of dollars instead.  Daytona USA is also easy achievement fodder, but it was GWG I believe a while back (and I’ve already beat it) so $5 seems a little too much.  The Worms games seemed shoe ins for backwards compatibility when we started this thing so I don’t even know what to think with those games.  Maybe today, maybe not.  Enjoy kids.

Again, this past week was a series of I didn’t get to really play anything except some Peggle because I was bored.  I have played the original Peggle (backwards compatible) off and on for about as long as I have owned an Xbox 360.  I never quite got everything mostly because I lose interest after a while  Well this past week, I did finally finish off the challenges in the original version (not Nights).  I’ll probably try to finish up the 20 million achievement as well and then put it back on the shelf for another year or so.  I honestly don’t think I will ever have enough patience to do the 100% clear all original levels but I might try to do all of the challenges in Nights.

Anyway, we do have a few BC games on sale this week this week.  Altered Beast everybody should pick up at a $1 if you don’t already have it.  For the very simple reason, I picked it up last night and tried to get the multiplayer achievement….except nobody was on.  So get on that!  The same could be said with Toe Jam & Earl at $2.49.  We should get a couple of BC announcements today, maybe we’ll get Max Payne 3 or something.  We can hope.  Enjoy.

Looks like the new Games with Gold were announced last night.  On one hand, it’s not a bad selection of games but on the other I have the two I want physically (Victor Vran and Hitman: Blood Money).  And yet another car game for the 360, geezus.  If I was that bored, I might go figure out how many racing/car games we get a year with GWG.  Anyway, I do miss the days when we would get a surprise with GWG in the form of a new BC game.  But this month, that is not the case.  Enjoy the rest of your week kiddoes.

Xbox One

• Overcooked (October 1st-31st)
• Victor Vran (October 16th – November 15th)

Xbox 360

• Stuntman Ignition (October 1st-15th)
• Hitman: Blood Money (October 16th-31st)

Where the heck is Gun?  Seriously, they add these two meh western games and we can’t get Gun because its probably lost in license hell.  *sigh*.  Anyway, I am glad for these two games because I often love western games even if most of them end up hard as heck (mostly in their attempt to be “realistic”).  Bound in Blood is available in both digital and physical form while Cartel you will need to seek out a physical copy which should run you no more than $10 (Bound in Blood is also about $10 physically).  Appreciate the games for sure, just wish it was an old favorite.  Enjoy.

• Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood $19.99 (cheaper as physical copy).
• Call of Juarez: The Cartel (only available physically, ~$10)

I would like to say I have played a ton of games last week or perhaps finished a game even.  No, I can’t say I have been.  I’ve been in a lot of pain and the capper was last night after my dental surgery when I literally could not sleep because of how much pain I was in.  Eventually somewhere along the way I did pass out and had all sorts of weird dreams which ended in a nightmare and shook me awake.  Somehow, I’m here writing to you but I’d be lying if I didn’t say I wish I was in a bed pumped full of some kind of painkillers instead of the lousy ones I’m on.

Anyway, we do have sales today, even if none of them are actually backwards compatible.  Hey if nothing else, we have the easiest 360 game (Avatar) for achievements on sale.  I actually have all of those Raven episodes but with a remaster on Xbox One, there is little chance of it ever becoming backwards compatible.  So enjoy the rest of your week, and be thankful that you aren’t in the pain like I am.  Take care.

I know I’m late, see prior post :).  Here is the official sales link.  Some good stuff thrown in here, I might even pick up one or two (Comix Zone keeps tempting me).  DLC of the week seems to be Red Faction: Guerrilla with a couple of super cheap dlc (reminder, it is not backwards compatible yet, though I have good feeling it will be).  Enjoy the rest of your week.

*sigh*, sorry about this post being so late.  The site got hosed on Tuesday early morning, and I was not able to get it repaired until Wednesday night.  In the process, we did have a sale and two backwards compatibility games added to the database. Brutal Legend is one of those fun games that I have never got a chance to play and GH Paintball 2, well I am not sure I ever want the chance to play.  But they are out there, and it’s a good thing.  Brutal Legend and GH Paintball 2 are both available physically, while only Brutal Legend is available digitally.  Thankfully GH Paintball 2 is reasonably priced for those who are curious.  Enjoy.

• Brutal Legend $14.99 (cheaper on disc)
  • Free DLC – Hammer of Infinite Fate
  • Free DLC – Tears of Hextadon
  • Free DLC – The Love Giver Guitar
• Greg Hastings Paintball 2 (only available on physical disc, should run you about $10)

Holy crap.  And here I thought we would never get Rumble Roses.  I just assumed it was one of those games that was just to be bottled up and forgotten about.  But no, when it got re-listed (after being delisted for so long) on Xbox Live to buy as a digital title I got a little excited since that’s usually a good indicator.  Welp, my odd dreams have been answered.  I might actually fire it up soon and run through a couple of title runs.  $14.99 is reasonable for the digital since a physical copy will probably run you about $20.  Zone of the Enders isn’t even available digitally and a physical copy will run you $10-$15.  But this kinda thing gives me hope for games like Gun.  Have a good rest of the week, enjoy.

• Rumble Roses XX $14.99 (physical copy available as well)
• Zone of the Enders HD Collection (only available on disc)

Hope everybody enjoyed my review of Elea – Episode One.  It was a lot of fun to play and review that.  I’ve actually beat the game twice now and have all but two achievements.  I’m in the top 10 @ TrueAchievements mostly because only one person has actually 100% ed it.  The last two are difficult though.  One involves sitting on everything you can throughout the entire game, the other involves completing all of the optional interactions in the spaceship chapter.  The later is difficult because after a certain point, everything closes down in that chapter because it is gearing you for the end of the game.  So, somehow I have to complete all of the extra stuff before that happens.  We’ll see I guess.

So, we have a bunch of sales this week. A lot of Assassin’s Creed, a lot of Battlefield, a lot of Tom Clancy.  However, hidden among all of that are some standout discounting like ArcaniA (and its DLC) along with Black Knight Sword.  Honestly, I doubt these would become backwards compatible (though I would happily be wrong in that case) but at that price it should be still worth your money.

By the way, speaking of titles that have not gotten backwards compatibility, Kingdom of Amalur.  That game is now in the hands of Nordic (no longer EA).  Supposedly they would like to do a sequel, but I would guess now that they bought the rights to the title they would probably also do a remastering of the original.  So while not certain of course, this probably means no BC.  Unfortunate, but a lot of these smaller RPGs on the 360 get pushed aside and unfortunately forgotten.  Tis a sad fate for RPGs not named Skyrim, Dragon Age or Fallout on Xbox.  Enjoy the rest of your week kids.

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