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Hitting Xbox Live Arcade this week is the first game to bare the hilariously-awesome Penny Arcade name. On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness: Episode One from Vancouver based Hothead Games drops on Wednesday, May 21 for 1600 MS Points. Beefier than your standard XBLA release, and also hitting PC for $19.99, Episode One promises a 7-10 hour RPG experience with all the very special hilarity that made Penny Arcade famous.

Still on the fence about the game? Check out our hands-on impressions from the current Microsoft Press Event or check out the demo when it lands.

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It’s time for some new Xbox Originals, kids! This time we get Stubbs the Zombie and Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows. Stubbs was created by Wideload, the studio behind the upcoming Hail to the Chimp. Those who fancy playing the role of a zombie (as opposed to ruthlessly slaughtering them) should definitely take note. Seven Sorrows successfully managed to fall off the radar, probably thanks to the fact that it launched in December of 2005. You might recall a certain console that launched a month prior. While it may have been overlooked, Seven Sorrows is unique in the Gauntlet series as it was originally developed by industry vet John Romero (best known for the awesome Doom series or the awful Daikatana, depending on your point of view). He left the project (and Midway) just months prior to completion.

Of the two 1200 MS Point ($15) titles, Stubbs seems to be the better value, as Amazon has the retail version’s used price pegged at around $25, whereas Gauntlet: Seven Sorrows hovers right around the $17 dollar mark with shipping.

Continue reading Stubbs and Gauntlet now on Xbox Originals

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The folks over at Gamecenteronline posted a pair of new Halo Wars screenshots (they claim three, but one we’ve seen previous) featuring a nighttime banshee battle and some Scarab-tastic destruction. The only problem is that the screenshots are super tiny little with no high res source in sight. So, enjoy what you can see in the two new screens. Also, if you haven’t already done so this day, send a prayer to the release date gods that Ensemble can get their Halo RTS out the door sometime in 2008. Its non-appearance at the Spring Showcase has us a bit worried.

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When news hit the internets last July that Peter Moore was leaving team Microsoft our heart was in shambles. The news tor our emotional psyche apart without care or remorse. We’ve since recovered (it took some time though) and are now hearing that Peter Moore too had a difficult time accepting his decision and he too was in emotional shambles.

Chatting with GamesIndustry.biz, Moore revealed that he “thoroughly enjoyed working” on the Xbox team and even admitted that, when in the final decisive hour, “it broke my heart leaving Microsoft.” Awww, so cute. Moore went on to explain that he’d “a real yearning for getting back to what we as Brits living in America call home, which is the San Francisco Bay area” and that need ultimately proved the reason why he took the job over at EA Sports. “You get to the point in your life where you state, do I live where I work, or do I work where I live? For me, I would prefer live in the Bay area - nothing against Seattle - and there’s only really one job I would have taken to leave Xbox and that’s president of EA Sports.”

Much love Peter Moore, we miss you.

[Thanks, Boff]

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