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Joe Danger: Special Edition hitting XBLA 14th December

Posted: 08.12.2011 by JonahFalcon

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Excitebike-styled racer Joe Danger: Special Edition will be landing on Xbox Live Arcade next week on the 14th December. The game was originally a PlayStation Network exclusive.

The Special Edition comes with new challenges, modes and characters, reportedly twice the content of the original Joe Danger.

Dev explains why Joe Danger: Special Edition is 360 exclusive

Posted: 16.11.2011 by JonahFalcon

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Hello Games recently announced the Joe Danger: Special Edition for Xbox Live Arcade, with new content that will not be released for the PlayStation Network version. It's curious, especially considering the game's history. Studio boss Sean Murray revealed why PSN won't be getting the new features.

Sony and Microsoft bent rules to allow Joe Danger XBLA

Posted: 08.11.2011 by JonahFalcon

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The port of Joe Danger to Xbox Live Arcade represents a rare case of console war detente between Sony and Microsoft, since Hello Games' arcade racer was financed in part by the Sony Pub Fund, a program Sony began at GDC 2009.

Joe Danger: Special Edition hitting XBLA

Posted: 04.11.2011 by JonahFalcon

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Hello Games' Sean Murray blasted Microsoft in July, explaining why Joe Danger was released on PlayStation Network, "Why choose PSN? It was the only way we could self-publish. XBLA is kind of a slaughterhouse for smaller developers. There are games that do amazingly well. But there's two titles released every week and a lot of those are falling in that 25,000 or less category."

Hello Games' Joe Danger rated for Xbox Live Arcade in S. Korea

Posted: 24.10.2011 by Technet2k

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The Korean Ratings Board has PSN's Joe Danger from British indie studio Hello Games listed for Xbox Live Arcade, courtesy of Microsoft Korea.

It's tagged as 'Joe Danger: Special Edition' and it suggests a release is pretty close. The indie team is busy with sequel 'Joe Danger: The Movie'.