Technabob » strawdog studios http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Weird Science Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Space Ark: Everything Cool About Old Arcade Games [Xbla] http://technabob.com/blog/2009/05/22/space-ark-everything-cool-about-old-arcade-games-xbla/ http://technabob.com/blog/2009/05/22/space-ark-everything-cool-about-old-arcade-games-xbla/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 11:30:02 +0000 Alisha K. http://technabob.com/blog/?p=13492 Space Ark, a forthcoming XBLA title designed as a tribute to some of the colorful, crazy games that once dominated arcades. Take a little Breakout, a little Rainbow Islands… for style, give it a coat of gloss, and voila! Perfect for the]]> What’s both retro and thoroughly modern? Space Ark, a forthcoming XBLA title designed as a tribute to some of the colorful, crazy games that once dominated arcades.

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Take a little Breakout, a little Rainbow Islands for style, give it a coat of gloss, and voila! Perfect for the Xbox 360′s downloadable games service. Developer Strawdog Studios is also responsible for the crossplatform puzzler Geon, which is a mark in Space Ark’s favor.

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Pricing and release info–all the important stuff, you know–is still up in the air, but no one seems shy about showing Space Ark off. With the popularity of downloadable puzzle games, this one’s probably in the bag as a success.

[Strawdog Studios via Joystiq]

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