{"id":30504,"date":"2012-01-11T12:40:02","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T10:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=30504"},"modified":"2012-01-11T12:41:50","modified_gmt":"2012-01-11T10:41:50","slug":"xbox-live-arcade-and-windows-phone-game-promos-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/30504-xbox-live-arcade-and-windows-phone-game-promos-announced","title":{"rendered":"Xbox LIVE Arcade and Windows Phone game promos announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When I was a teenager, a &#8220;house party&#8221; was a thing that happened when somebody&#8217;s parents went away for the weekend, and all the kids went over and raided the booze cabinets, listened to mix tapes, made out, and this one time, I vomited in a kitchen sink.<\/p>\n<p>These days, a house party is apparently a series of single-player game launches on the <a title=\"Term Information\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/19908-Xbox-LIVE-(XBL)\">Xbox LIVE<\/a> Arcade. The future is really not what I&#8217;d imagined it would ever be.<\/p>\n<p>Starting on 15 February, the XBLA House Party promo sees the consecutive weekly launches of four titles, including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alan Wake&#8217;s American Nightmare (<a title=\"Company Information\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/11861-Microsoft\">Microsoft<\/a> Game Studios)<\/li>\n<li>I Am Alive (<a title=\"Company Information\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/11845-Ubisoft\">Ubisoft<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Nexuiz (<a title=\"Company Information\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/11889-THQ-Inc\">THQ<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Warp (<a title=\"Company Information\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/11851-Electronic-Arts\">EA<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Elsewhere, there&#8217;s a bunch of &#8216;Must Have Games&#8217; for Windows Phone being launched, starting &#8220;early February&#8221; and featuring:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BulletAsylum (Microsoft Game Studios)<\/li>\n<li>Chickens Can&#8217;t Fly (Microsoft Game Studios)<\/li>\n<li>Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (EA)<\/li>\n<li>Splinter Cell Conviction (<a title=\"Company Information\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/12133-Gameloft\">Gameloft<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Toy Soldiers: Boot Camp (Microsoft Game Studios)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_29720\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Alan-Wakes-American-Nightmare.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29720\" class=\" wp-image-29720\" title=\"Alan Wake's American Nightmare\" src=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Alan-Wakes-American-Nightmare.jpg\" alt=\"Alan Wake's American Nightmare\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Alan-Wakes-American-Nightmare.jpg 800w, 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sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29720\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alan Wake&#39;s American Nightmare<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Party and Must Have Games bringing you loads of games in 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