Accidental announcement - Housemarque's Golf: Tee it up!

Team Xbox have accidentily released the very first screenshots for an upcoming XBLA title - Golf: Tee it up!

From what we can see from the shots - the game looks absolutely fantastic, with green hills and fantastic choices for colour - it could be the best looking game on the Xbox Live Arcade!

And why shouldn't it - according to the Team Xbox website, the game is being developed by Housemarque - better known for the graphical splendor that is Super Stardust HD on the Playstation Network! It's being published by Activision as well, their only other title being Vigilante 8 Arcade and previously DOOM.

The announcement, we can assume, is next week - so look out for it. In the meantime, check out all the brand new pictures at Team Xbox, or if they take them down, there is a backup of them available here! Can't wait!

Big thanks to user Chagrin for the tip!

XBLA Activity for week of 4/28 & 5/5

XBLA Activity for week of 4/28

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions)
1 Brain Challenge (+5)
2 DOOM (+1)
3 UNO (+1)
4 Ikaruga (-2)
5 N+ (+1)
6 Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (+4)
7 Worms (-)
8 Bomberman LIVE (-)
9 Marble Blast Ultra (V)
10 Street Fighter II' Hyper Fighting (V)

XBLA Activity for week of 5/5

Top Arcade Titles (Full Versions)
1 Wits & Wagers (debut)
2 UNO (+1)
3 DOOM (-1)
4 Brain Challenge (-3)
5 Ikaruga (-1)
6 N+ (-1)
7 Bomberman LIVE (+1)
8 Worms (-1)
9 Assault Heroes (V)
10 Sonic The Hedgehog 2 (-4)

The above arcade list is based on full versions purchased.

Wits & Wagers starts off with a strong push. Unfortunately Lost Cities has... well, lost itself. and gone off the lists. The rest being your regular contributors to your regular XBLA Activity lists.

Source: Major Nelson

Capcom interviews: Benn Judd & The Rocketmen crew

Website Deeko has a new interview with Bionic Commando Rearmed Producer Ben Judd, which you can view here.

Deeko: Is there any sort of story continuity between both games? And if there is, how are you guys handling the back story so gamers who never played the original don't feel lost?

BEN: Again, I think we've gone a great job of tying everything together. I've always felt that BC was a franchise that needed a deeper world. So we have already put a lot of surplus information on the Bionic Commando community site Bioniccommando.com and we are publishing a serial comic book that shows one of Spencer's most life-altering missions that occurs after Bionic Commando Rearmed and helps set up the tone for the 3D version. A lot of fans of the original have been pretty shocked by how the 3D Spencer looks compared to the original. And trust me, I can TOTALLY see why the fans are. He doesn't look very similar. But there is a rationale for it and there is a back story that I think people will understand once they read it.

As well as this interview, Capcom have made their own interview with A.C.R.O.N.Y.M Games creators Daniel Swadling and Jesse Joudrey about their game and the recent expansion:

How did you come up with the name “It Came From Uranus” for the Rocketmen expansion?

JY: About an hour after a spicy takeout meal, the name just came to us.

FS: Actually, it was forced on us by the evil people at Capcom marketing, who thought the name would appeal to juvenile boys (our largest target demographic)

JJ: We wanted to call it something serious. But that just wouldn’t be acceptable.

You can check out that interview here.

Source: Deeko.com, Capcom USA Blog

First trailer for Roogoo!

The first trailer for the upcoming Xbox Live Arcade Puzzler Roogoo has been released! It's got a very nice asthetic, and seems to be filled with additional multiplayer modes too.

Download the trailer here from Gametrailers.com or watch the embedded video above.

First Soul Calibur XBLA screenshots!

Gaming-Age have got the scoop on the upcoming Namco XBLA title - Soul Calibur. Check out all the images here!

Here it just looks like a completely straight up port of Soul Calibur from the Dreamcast - which is fine, but it seems nothing else was added. No true wide screen support, same old textures and occasional flat background. It is what it is - but some additional effort would have been nice.

Source: Gaming-Age

Achievement watch - Happy Tree Friends!

French Xbox 360 Achievement website Succes Full have gotten their hands on the achievement list for Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm!

You can view them by clicking here! And before X360A as well!

Looking at these achievements there is a lot for both 'styles' of game play - getting characters through without taking any or a lot of damage, or taking a whole lot of damage - killing even. It's all part of the show, after all.

The game is filled with different medals depending on how well you go through a level, as well as unlocking the "second part of the movie". Perhaps they dangle the first half of the cartoon as a carrot! Sizzle!

Happy Tree Friends: False Alarm should be popping up shortly. Will it be the game that brings Stainless games out of the pit that is the not-so-good Atari remakes? We'll have to wait and see!

Source: Sucess Full.FR

New Aces of the Galaxy trailer, possible release date released!

A new trailer was released for Sierra's upcoming space shooter Aces of the Galaxy today. Check it out above, or you can download the trailer here.

An interesting tidbit though - The Gamespress website - which deals with collecting all the game press releases and media - claim that the game is coming out next month - the 11th of June to be exact. Keep an eye out until then.

Looking back at the previous Xbox Live Arcade releases by Sierra, it appears that they're trying to release at least one title a month. With Aces of the Galaxy, Zombie Wranglers, Gin Rummy, Red Baron Arcade.. Maybe Megaforce and The Incredible Machine if their two year old Investor Presentation means anything - they look to keep the XBLA quite healthy. They even mention "12 short session games" in that presentation. Keep it up, Sierra!

Source: Gamespress, Gametrailers