Marble Blast Ultra was removed from the Xbox Live Arcade on February 12, 2011.
Marble Blast For Windows Mac And LinuxIf you dont then heres a description: Marble Blast was originally released in December 2002 for Windows (Mac and Linux were released a month afterwards), and an expansion for it, Marble Blast Gold, replaced it May 2003.Marble Blast Gold revolves around controlling a colourful marble around different stages, with the goal getting to the end pad while avoiding falling off the level (Out of Bounds).Some levels even contain hazards to hinder the players progress and powerups to help him pass various challenges.Collecting gems is a requirement in some levels before players can complete the level. Some levels feature a Qualify Time in order to increase difficulty, and all levels feature a Gold Time, where players must finish the level below a specific time-frame. ![]() Marble Blast Gold supports user created custom levels, which can be shared. Marble Blast Gold came pre-installed on iMac, iBook and iMac Mini, which heavily contributed to its commercial success. This resulted in a number of sequels: - Marble Blast Gold (Xbox) - Marble Blast Ultra (Xbox 360) - Marble Blast Online (Web Browser) - Marble Blast Mobile (iPhone and iPod Touch, but can work on iPad) GarageGames was later re-branded as TorquePowered and became a subdivision of InstantAction as it entered the online gaming platform. However it could not maintain profit and its parent company, InterActiveCorp, had shut down its activities. Marble Blast For Windows License To TheTorquePowered had sold the license to the Marble Blast franchise among others to InterActiveCorp and the company itself was later acquired by Graham Software Development and was re-named as GarageGames. GarageGames announced that on February 1, 2011, Marble Blast Gold would be removed from its stores as well as other retailers and would no longer be available for sale. The exclusion to this is the Mac Games Store, where Marble Blast Gold can still be bought. A few months afterwards Marble Blast Ultra and Mobile were removed from their respective stores. ![]() InterActiveCorp has had agreed to maintain the license conditions stated in Marble Blast Gold, hence modifications and custom levels to this game can still be created. Reviews for Marble Blast Gold: GameRankings: Received an 8.410 rating, Addictive gameplay and appealing levels lead to some of the best fun that 14.99 can buy. Gametunnel: Rated 910, Marble Blast Gold is another great entry into the marble genre and a showpiece for the Torque engine. The Marble Blast franchise post-Marble Blast Gold: Marble Blast Gold (Xbox) The Xbox version of Marble Blast Gold contains 100 levels as well as gold times, but added Leaderboards for users to share their top times. The Xbox version contained improved graphics (mainly bump mapping and reflection) and replaced a number of Marble Blast Gold levels with newer ones, including: Black Diamond, The Road Less Travelled, Root Cube and others. The Xbox version can no longer be bought since Microsoft moved to the newer Xbox Live Arcade, but those who purchased Marble Blast Gold and still have it on their Xbox can still play it. Marble Blast Ultra (Xbox 360) The Xbox 360 version of Marble Blast featured 60 levels, many of which were brand new, but a number of them were either from Marble Blast Gold for the PC or the Xbox. Marble Blast Ultra had upgraded graphics (as it used the Torque Game Engine Advanced), leaderboards and multiplayer (up to 8 players). Players could play any of the 10 original multiplayer levels and in 2010 were able to purchase 10 additional levels, which were split in 5 levels per pack, for 500 Microsoft Points per pack.
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