Celebrating the 360's fourth anniversary IGN takes a look at the top 25 games on the console including some new and old releases over the years. The list is comprised of a wide variety of genres and features XBLA games for those looking for something on a budget. 360 owners can see what they've missed out on and put on their list for the holiday season.
"For a lot of you out there, the Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) offerings are either too expensive or not appealing enough to warrant inclusion in your game collection. Personally, I look at the XBLA games as a great supplement to any gamer’s repertoire, as well as an opportunity to boost one’s gamerscore by up to 200 points per game. I own about 18 arcade games, and a lot of them were bought cheaper than you’d expect, at discount (Xbox has a weekly special and a “discount” bin of arcade ..."
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""We have listed 10 of the best Xbox Live Arcade titles that every gamer needs to own and while these are not in any particular order out of all the games on the Xbox Live Arcade these rose to the top. It was a hard decision to make as well with so many amazing titles the list could have easily hit 20 titles.""
"We here at IGN have several favorite Xbox Live Arcade games. Puzzle Quest, Undertow, Pac-Man Championship Edition, Prince of Persia Classic
We could go on.
It would appear that the masses do not share our taste in downloadable games, though, as none of these titles made the list of top ten XBLA games for 2007.
Major Nelson has released the list over on his blog. It seems most gamers overwhelmingly favor retro games over original content."
For months after the launch of the Xbox 360, the only good arcade game to play was Geometry wars. With the success of the game on the 360, the developers decided to create one for Nintendo platforms and mobile phones. But with all this there was no official word for a second Geometry wars for the 360. Community man Ben Ward did say that they have not forgotten about the 360. In hopes that they will make one in the future.
One of the most popular Xbox Live Arcade experiences is now on its way to Valve's Steam download portal, despite it supposedly being a Windows Vista exclusive. At the snip price of $2.50 USD, who really cares though, get it while it's hot, we say.
