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I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1 spreads to RBN
Ska Studios’ XBLIG title “I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1″ (the most popular of that service) has hit the fabled 308,000 downloads. If you have not played the game, it is a standard twin stick...
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Indie Games Winter Uprising hub
You may, or rather should have heard of the Indie Games Winter Uprising by now. But if you haven’t here’s what you need to know. The developers behind the Indie Games on Xbox Live Marketplace decided...
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XBLA Fans Anticipated 2011 XBLA Game Releases: T-Z
We’ve spent the past week searching the internet and hounding our industry contacts in an effort to compile the ultimate 2011 XBLA Game Release List. We anticipated on heck of a year for Xbox Live...
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The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile gets release date
The above image speaks for itself, Ska Studios have finally revealed the release date for The Dishwasher sequel Vampire Smile. Players can get the game on April 6th for 800 Microsoft Points and in a...
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Brawler Week Hub: Daily Content and Contest Challenges
The staff behind XBLA Fans has been working extra hard the past few weeks as we prepared for BRAWLER WEEK! We created this special event to explore everything we love about this bloody beat ‘em up...
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Brawler Week Challenge #3: Uniquely Indie -Ended-
Today we’re posting an interview with James Silva from Ska Studios about Dishwasher: Vampire Smile. Ska Studios defines indie, with a team of three people and a cat. James makes the games while...
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Brawler Week: A Sitdown With the Head Dishwasher
The The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile releases on April 6, so we sat down with James Silva, Head Dishwasher of Ska Studios, to talk about the game, the road leading up to this point, and the road ahead....
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The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile review (XBLA)
The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile was developed by Ska Studios and will be released on April 6, 2011 for 800 MSP. A copy of the game was provided for review purposes. The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai was an...
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The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile Ghost Bead Guide
In The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile players collect ghost beads that modify their stats or gameplay experience in some way. Four may be equipped at any time. While some beads are easy to find and in fact...
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An in-game proposal
Move over Wills and Kate, XBLA royality James Silva and Michelle Juett of Ska Studios just got engaged. Yesterday at PAX, during a special showing of their 2012 XBLA release, Charlie Murder, James’s...
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Have a murderous Valentine’s Day with Ska Studios
It’s Valentine’s Day today and if you’re running a bit late and find the shops are all out of roses then why not say “I Love You” the XBLA way. The nice folk over at Ska-Studios, the developers behind...
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James Silva of Ska Studios hints at Dishwasher 3
James Silva of Ska Studios recently did a postmortem talk about his recent sequel, The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile and some interesting tidbits came out of it. He talks about the development of the game...
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Charlie Murder gets new logo
As part of a push for an enhanced presence at the upcoming PAX East, Ska Studios has unleashed upon the world the first official logo for its upcoming side-scrolling beat-em-up, Charlie Murder. The...
View ArticleCharlie Murder’s first trailer merges punk and brawler
After The Dishwasher series, James Silva and gang at Ska Studios have been hard at work on the XBLIG-turned XBLA game Charlie Murder. We finally have our first trailer of the game in action and it...
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PAX East: Curb-stomping punks in Charlie Murder
Full disclosure: I didn’t play much of the Dishwasher games prior to visiting Ska Studios at PAX East but me and the team were looking forward to Charlie Murder. A four player brawler with RPG...
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Sunday Night Streaming: Dishwashing in The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile
The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile has been out for quite some time now, but if you haven’t played it you certainly should. This frenetic 2D hack n’ slash is one combotastic bloodbath you must at least...
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Indie Mega Booth returns for PAX Prime with 30+ games
The Indie Mega Booth at PAX East this year held a ton of content for us. We had previews from everything from Charlie Murder to Runner2 to Super Time Force. They’ve announced the return of the booth...
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I shot a unicorn in Charlie Murder just to hear her die
The pesky mythological creatures filled the sky, regularly swooping down to wreak havoc on the undead rock band engaged in a fracas with other, less well-intentioned zombies below. Our group of zombie...
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Pool Nation and more join the 12 Days of XBLA
Cherry Pop Games recently contacted us about our 12 Days of XBLA promotion and we were more than happy to add a few Pool Nation codes to our list of prizes. Along with a few other great XBLA games,...
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XBLAFans’ most anticipated 2013 XBLA games: Part II
Here we are once again at the start of what’s sure to be another fantastic year of XBLA releases. Each day this week XBLAFans will be rolling out a list of eight of our most anticipated Xbox Live...
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Newsbits: XBLA Family Gold pack discontinued, soundtracks, and developer news
The Xbox Live Family Gold pack is no longer available. Originally introduced in November 2010, the four-pack of year-long Gold memberships was a popular deal among families, allowing discounted...
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“Working with Microsoft is great” says XBLA developer Ska Studios
Following on from some of the negative XBLA press that has recently hit the headlines, Ska Studios’ James Silva has decided to set the record straight on his experiences with Microsoft. In a recent...
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For indies, working with Microsoft is a horrifying mess…right?
Dead Space’s Isaac Clarke once had to drill into his own eyeball in order to survive a ship infested with mutated freaks. Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad of Assassin’s Creed fame was made to part with a portion of...
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What do developers want from the next-gen XBLA?
Tomorrow at 10 am PDT, Microsoft will likely tell us all some things we already know. The Xbox creator will also tell us plenty that we don’t already know. Some rumors will probably be proven true,...
View ArticleCharlie Murder launch trailer promises summer gore
Action-RPG brawler Charlie Murder got it’s official Xbox Marketplace listing this week and to celebrate, Ska Studios have released a brand new trailer. The game from the developers behind The...
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Summer of Arcade 2013 titles announced
While the E3 spotlight may be on the Xbox One, plenty is still happening on XBLA with today’s announcement of 2013’s Summer of Arcade lineup. The titles include Charlie Murder from Ska Studios,...
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Fan ports The Dishwasher to PC, developer shrugs
A Russian programmer known as Barabus is a big fan of the indie-hit-gone-arcade hack ‘n’ slash The Dishwasher: Vampire Smile, so much so that he took it upon himself to take it multiplatform. Without...
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Charlie Murder review (XBLA)
Charlie Murder was developed by Ska Studios and published by Microsoft Game Studios. It was released August 14, 2013 for 800 MSP. A copy was provided for review purposes. Charlie murders. Charlie — in...
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More than a tambourine hero: Charlie Murder’s Kelly
There’s a scene in Ska Studios’ Charlie Murder in which the members of the titular punk rock group do what rock stars do best. No, they don’t rock out, though the game does dedicates several scenes to...
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Ska Studios working on Charlie Murder title update for XBLA
Ska Studios’ Michelle Juett Silva and James Silva spoke recently (via PlayXBLA) about the upcoming title update for the popular Summer of Arcade game, Charlie Murder. The update primarily serves to...
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Microsoft reveals huge list of new ID@Xbox partners
Microsoft has announced that over 200 developers are working on titles for the Xbox One via its ID@Xbox initiative and has released the names of 65 of these developers that are joining the 32...
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Ska Studios talks Charlie Murder patch
Ska Studios revealed the state of the next Charlie Murder patch via a quick little Facebook post on its page. The studio says that all of the “easy” fixes are complete but it is “waiting on some...
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Charlie Murder title update now live
Ska Studio’s excellent RPG brawler Charlie Murder recently received a title update. The patch notes for the 400 KB download were posted on the game studios’ blog: I’m Thorough Achievement – collect...
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