[Gamasutra rounds up the week's biggest news for the major console and portable digital delivery services in conjunction with sister site GameSetWatch, this time highlighting news about Counter-Strike and Worms Crazy Golf.]
This week, we take a look at the sales of Xbox Live Arcade games over the past month, we discuss
Counter-Strike coming to consoles as a digital download, we see
Trenched renamed for the European markets, and a whole lot more.
In-Depth: Xbox Live Arcade Sales Analysis, July 2011 (XBLA)
Gamasutra contributor Ryan Langley
examines July 2011's Xbox Live Arcade debuts and continuing successes, with charts and Leaderboard data showing the performance of XBLA titles from
Ms. Splosion Man and
Bastion.
Valve Takes Counter-Strike To Consoles With Sequel (XBLA / PSN)
Half-Life, Portal, and
Left 4 Dead developer Valve
has announced Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, a sequel to the popular multiplayer team-based shooter.
Trenched Renamed Iron Brigade, Coming To Europe (XBLA)
Microsoft has announced that Double Fine's third-person tower defense game
Trenched will be released in Europe in September
as Iron Brigade, a new name that avoids a potential trademark conflict with a Portuguese board game.
Indie Dev Hello Games Debuts Joe Danger Follow-Up (PSN)
Indie developer Hello Games
recently announced the follow-up to its PSN stunt racer
Joe Danger, saying the game is "kind of a sequel," but "mostly something entirely new."
Microsoft-published Splatters Coming To XBLA, PAX (XBLA)
The physics-based game that was an Independent Games Festival award finalist for Technical Excellence back when it was known as
Confetti Carnival, is
coming to Xbox Live Arcade next year.
A Double Dose Of Worms Courtesy Of Team 17 (XBLA / PSN)
A few months ago we broke the news of two new
Worms titles coming out of Team 17. Now both are finally announced --
so what are we up for?
He's Coming Back: Elevator Action Deluxe Teased (PSN)
Square-Enix has
gotten around to formally announcing the title with a Japanese teaser site for
Elevator Action Deluxe.
Kojima's Latest Tweets Highlight MGS HD Achievement Icons Plus More (XBLA / PSN)
Kojima has
revealed new bits of info related to
Metal Gear Solid that he broke on, surprise, Twitter.
Interview: Jonathan Blow - Xbox Live Arcade 'A Pain In The Ass' For Indies (XBLA)
Gamasutra's Christian Nutt speaks to
Braid and
The Witness dev Jon Blow about digital distribution --
and he has some choice words about Microsoft's service, arguing that competitors like Steam and iOS are simpler for developers to deal with.
10 Minutes Of Grasshopper/Digital Reality Shoot'em Up Sine Mora (XBLA)
This demo playthrough clip out of Gamescom has 10+ minutes of action from the upcoming side scrolling shooter from Grasshopper.
Black Knight Sword: Grasshopper's Picture Book-esque Sidescroller (XBLA / PSN)
The other XBLA/PSN game Grashopper is showing off this week at Gamescom, is an internally developed (with input from Digital Reality)
2D action platformer called
Black Knight Sword, due to hit digital platforms early next year.
