[Update] X-Men Arcade Will Not Be a Timed XBLA Exclusive

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[Update] X-Men Arcade Will Not Be a Timed XBLA Exclusive

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Sorry, European PS3 gamers. Looks like you're going to be waiting a little while before you get to brawl with Marvel's Favorite Mutants.

Update: To clarify, the delays getting X-Men Arcade onto PSN do not apply to North America. XMA will be out on North American PSN next Tuesday, December 14th, as originally scheduled.

The original news post is preserved below in its entirety, and is still accurate regarding Europe. Sorry, European PS3 owners - you'll need to keep hanging on to your mutants for a little while longer.

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It's safe to say that Konami's X-Men arcade game from 1992 is still one of the most beloved beat-em-up titles to ever come out. While the game was (sort of) ported to the GBA platform with <a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men:_Reign_of_Apocalypse>Reign of Apocalypse, the game hasn't come out for home consoles until now. However, 360 gamers are going to get to play it quite some time before PS3 owners.

Konami has confirmed that, while the game, X-Men Arcade is going to be released for the 360 in Europe and the U.S. next week on December 15th, However, the PSN version of the game is currently scheduled for a February release. No selling price has been announced for either yet. The reason for the delay wasn't revealed by Konami when the publisher spoke to Eurogamer.

While the game is a pretty faithful port of the original arcade cabinet version (featuring Cyclops, Colossus, Dazzler, Nightcrawler, Storm, and Wolverine as playable characters), it is set to feature changeable difficulty levels, drop-in/out multiplayer modes, and high-resolution graphics.

Source: <a href=http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-12-08-x-men-arcade-a-two-month-xbla-exclusive>Eurogamer

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[the_pleasure_is_mine]

There's Microsofts money at work for you.

 

[esperandote]

I dont actually remember playing this, it look great though, good thing i just bought a 360.

 

[Terrortree]

DO WANT!!!

 

[Sniper Team 4]

I dont actually remember playing this, it look great though, good thing i just bought a 360.

WHAT?! Did you never enter an arcade? Oh, you must get this game when it comes out, whether it be the 360 or the PS3 one. It is one of the classics.

My brother's not going to be happy, since I want the PS3 version instead of the 360, so he's going to have to wait. Unless he wants to pay for it.

 

[demoman_chaos]

There's Microsofts money at work for you.

Exactly what I was going to say.

 

[Lord Beautiful]

Wow, this really hasn't aged well, has it?

 

[Saboten]

I was at an anime con a couple weeks ago and the voice actor Kyle Hebert came and talked about this game. Apparently (if I remember correctly) he is the voice actor for all the males in this game. I can totally hear it in the narrator and prof x.

 

[Nurb]

It's cool to see it again, but I feel sorry for these kids who never got to experience a REAL arcade in the late 80's and early 90's.

 

[AbsoluteVirtue18]

I'm very excited for this. I remember I use to play this with my cousin Patrick when I was younger.


[sub]Musn't...say..it...[/sub]

"X-Men! Welcome...TO DIE!"

[sub]Dammit...[/sub]

 

[Krakyn]

Oh no, what am I ever going to do? I have to wait an extra two months to play a game that came out 20 years ago?? Damn you, Sony!

 

[Leg End]

NNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO........!!!!

Damn you Micro$oft, damn you and your filthy money depriving others of badass!

 

[StriderShinryu]

I'll probably download the demo but that's about it. Just like the Turtles or Simpsons games in that style, they were great fun at the time but they just don't hold up as anything more than barely playable today.

 

[DeadlyYellow]

Xbox, welcome to die!

Just kidding. They must be getting desperate to claim titles as exclusives for x amount of months.

 

[Quiet Stranger]

OMG i can't fucking wait!

 

[search_rip]

This game brings me so many good memories and the spending of coins at the arcades

 

[THEoriginalBRIEN]

I disagree. Many arcade games from the 80s and 90s hold up great today. No they're not as in depth, visually impressive, or flexible as today's games, but if you played them at all when they were around you'll still enjoy them. It's a major argument for video games as art: they offer more than just interaction with technology and have true staying power to some of their audience.

All sentimentalities aside, I can't wait for this!
And by "can't wait" I mean I actually can manage waiting two months longer than Xbox Live subscribers if it means I get to keep my free PSN subscription.

 

[Professor James]

There's Microsofts money at work for you.

I don't think Microsoft had anything to do with this because if they did, why only people in Europe?