Digital Foundry writes:
"In the four weeks since it launched, RedLynx's Trials HD on Xbox Live Arcade has swiftly become one of the most fantastic success stories in the history of Microsoft's digital delivery platform, selling over 300,000 copies. Combining ultra-addictive gameplay with a bespoke, highly advanced physics and graphics engine, Trials HD takes a decidedly retro game concept and updates it in spectacular fashion for the Xbox 360 generation.
In this exhaustive technical interview, we talk with two of the guiding lights behind the game's development. RedLynx's lead programmer Sebastian Aaltonen (aka sebbbi in online circles) is one of the technically gifted coders currently working on the Microsoft console, and has created a graphics engine that exercises and indeed re-purposes the unique architecture to produce a truly unique-looking game. Not only that, but Trials HD is a masterpiece of memory management. There is no loading - access to all content is instant. The 210MB download uncompresses to around 400MB internally, with each level taking a mere 8K (yes, 50 per cent of the memory of a low-end ZX Spectrum) while tournament options occupy a mere 100 bytes (!)."
Darren writes: "10 years ago? Surely not. We’re talking about the year when President Obama was first inaugurated and Michael Jackson passed away. Feel old yet? It’s particularly scary as that was the year I started University, and my housemate introduced me to a cracking little game by the name Trials HD. We ploughed hours into chasing personal bests, climbing online leaderboards and had a great laugh in the process. That is the beauty of this game, as the addictive and entertaining gameplay is perfectly balanced by its slapstick charm."
Neil writes: "Summer is over and the nights will soon be drawing in. What better time than now to grab a few bargain games from the Xbox Live Deals With Gold sale and get your stashed saved up for those rainy winter days. Well, there is no better time and right now we see the Xbox Live Deals With Gold and Spotlight Sale hit home once more, delivering all manner of Xbox One and Xbox 360 bargains our way. But what is on that list? Well, how does the following sound?"
Neil writes: "There is nothing better than being able to get your hands on a bargain or two and with the Xbox Live Deals With Gold sale providing little in the way of exciting discounts this week, it's good to see the Xbox Ultimate Game Sale arrive once more.
Delivering discounted Xbox One and Xbox 360 titles from now until the 30th July 2018, if you are looking for a new game or two, but don't want to spend too much of your hard earned cash in doing so, then this is the way to go. It's full of brilliant games at low prices."
Love these sales, they seem to be happening more often as of lately. Picking up hell blade.
Anyone play Watchdogs 2? The first was decent, but heard some people say the second was significantly better...Anyone here verify that?
Never played the second one. But the reviews for it were very good and it was really well received.
Yeah man the 2nd was much better. Didn't take itself quite as seriously as the original did and there are some pretty ingenious ways of completing missions.
The 2nd one was much better. I thoroughly enjoyed it and I didn't even finish the 1st one. It is pretty fun to play coop as well. (You can't do the main missions coop, but there is still a lot to do outside of main missions.)
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