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ilomilo (XBLA) Review

The final game in the Games for the Holidays promotion is a puzzle game by the name of ilomilo. Considering the quality of the other games involved, and the notable presence of the game in the commercials for the new Windows Phone 7 devices, ilomilo has got a lot to live up to. Does it finish out the promo strong? Time to take a look.

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Raskulls (XBLA) Review

The second game in the Games for the Holidays promotion is here. This time around we’ve got a running, jumping, color matching game called Raskulls. The developer, Halfbrick, is best known for their smash hit iPhone game, Fruit Ninja. We know that they can make an maddeningly addictive game for a palm sized touch screen. Are they up to the task of creating something worthy of a full console experience?

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A World of Keflings (XBLA) Review

The first title in the Games For The Holidays promotion is finally here. This week we’ll be looking at A World of Keflings, from Ninja Bee. This is the expanded follow-up to A Kingdom For Keflings, a game which was among the first to use the Avatar in gameplay. Is it worthy of a spot in the promotion? Well, I’ll take my XBLA Avatar, clad in his shamefully out of date PAX East hoodie, into the Kefling infested world to find out.

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