Marble Blast Ultra reaches new heights
by Benjamin Bradley · 02/13/2006 (6:40 pm) · 8 comments
Over the past two weeks, I've been following the craziness that is the Xbox360 Marble Blast Ultra forums. It's been really cool to see people posting hints, videos, walkthroughs, challenges and more. It's because of this active community that Marble Blast Ultra has risen to one of the top played games on the Xbox. (According to the logins to Xbox Live)
Over the weekend a really cool thing happened in the forums. J. Allard who plays as HiroProtagonist was posting about what his goals for the coming week. "...Finish UMB advanced levels..." How cool is that, that one of the top guys over at the Xbox/Xbox360 division of Microsoft has as one of his goals is to play Marble Blast Ultra. Plus if you look at his Gamercard, you'll see that Marble Blast Ultra is the latest game he's been playing.
For those of you who haven't checked out Marble Blast Ultra on the Xbox360, you should grab the demo and try it out. You won't be disappointed by getting this great game for only 800 credits.
Marble Blast Ultra Screenshots
TeamXbox Review - 8.9/10
Gameing Target - 8/10
UGO - B
TalkXbox - 8.9/10
XboxEvolved - 9/10
Next Level Gaming - 89/100
Bonus Stage - 8.7/10
Xbox Solution - 7.9/10
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EuroGamer - 8/10
#2
02/13/2006 (8:06 pm)
Looks like it might be time to MARBLE IT UP!
#3
02/13/2006 (8:19 pm)
Id love to play.. if Microsoft would ship some more damn 360s!
#4
02/13/2006 (10:39 pm)
This is such an amazing game! I like how you can change the marbles as well. Very nice and the enhancements with TSE really make it incredible. :)
#5
02/14/2006 (1:56 am)
Benjamin, does "top played game" include people trying the demo, or unlocked/paid versions? Just curious.
#6
02/14/2006 (4:27 am)
BigBob... I think it means only the unlocked/paid versions.
#7
02/14/2006 (6:14 am)
South Africa will never see the Xbox360... :-(
#8
02/14/2006 (8:26 am)
Great job on the game guys. It really is a 'blast' to play. hehe ;) I finished the game today. Some of the levels tested my patience though. Level 60 in particular with those crazy bumpers. I just found it so frustrating having to do the same bits over and over just trying to get the last 2 gems in the area with the pinball things. Frustrating bits aside.... I really did enjoy the game. Now I am going to start playing the multiplayer. :)
Torque Owner Keith MJK
I have not been a fan of Marble Blast until it appeared on the Xbox 360 Live! Best wishes with it for the future.
Keith