We look at the iPad for gaming, and discuss the up coming iPhone Game Center – will it match Xbox Live?

In our preview segment we talk about why we are looking forward to Splinter Cell Conviction, and then we cover the top Xbox Live Arcade titles of 2009!

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This week’s show notes:

NEWS:

• iPhone Game Center arrives this summer: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6257296.html
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OI7HXjW1_WM
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aRRurs1WEI
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvRQmI_rUCY
• Apple patenting iPhone gamepads: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6254641.html
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNt33a9oPMQ
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJfu07CWqhU&feature=related

PREVIEW:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6tg7n6idTg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMV13ADmwOY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLKY8euDCAw&feature=PlayList&p=9980B9D50FBDD244&playnext_from=PL&playnext=1&index=1

REVIEW:

Xbox LIVE Arcade for the best XBLA games of 2009. Here are the winners:

Best Overall Arcade Game: Trials HD

                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xnpo9Nk5xg

                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQAmbTEOJG8

                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhsusQvTab8

Best Original Game: Splosion Man

                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ennmNmg5lbM

                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bF-uLirnYNg&feature=related

Best Family Game: Hasbro Family Game Night

                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9ux7Xr-4Mk

                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6skV33AVug

Best Co-Operative Multiplayer: Battlefield 1943

                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K36sYJsW7rA

                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM4Fh8X7IuY

                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bH8XNcC0X7c

Best Competitive Multiplayer: Battlefield 1943

Best Solo Game: Shadow Complex

                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc49PhzeZkY

Best Innovation: Trials HD

Best Graphics: Shadow Complex

Best Classic/Remake: Banjo-Tooie

                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bUKu9rxiVU

                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRBtPB-MZXY