Xbox Live: Monster Island updated and back on the Marketplace

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When Miniclip's latest Xbox Live game Monster Island debuted four weeks ago, we were at one time pleased and dismayed. On the 1 mitt, Monster Island is easily the best Aroused Birds-style game on Windows Phone. It packs an accented ton of artistic and well-designed levels – 252, with more than promised in time to come updates. It even boasts multiple types of bombs, enhancing the puzzle complexity. But on the other paw, it also launched with an Achievement specifically for buying three dollars' worth of in-game coins as PDLC. This raised the price of earning Monster Island's full 200 GamerScore from $2.99 to $5.99. Not cool on the developers' function, and the game should never have made it through certification that mode.

WPCentral broached the outcome with Microsoft, who removed Monster Island from the Marketplace only 2 days after release.

Today Monster Island returned to the US Marketplace, and existing users received the new version i.1 update. Every bit expected, the update changes the 'Big Spender' Achievement, removing that abrasive PDLC requirement. 2 other Achievements were adapted as well. Players who unlocked these Achievements prior to the update will not need to unlock them again.

Old list:

Curiosity Killed Monsters: Buy a solution pack in the Shop
Keep 'em coming: Buy a skip pack in the shop
Big Spender: Buy 3 coin packs

New list:

Curiosity Killed Monsters: Earned 750 coins and spent them on a new grapheme in the Monster Island store!
Keep 'em coming: Earned 1500 Coins and spent them on solutions in the Monster Island store!
Big Spender: Earned a total of 2500 coins and spent them in the Monster Island store!

As you can see, all three Achievements have new requirements. 'Proceed 'em coming' took over the old requirements from 'Curiosity Killed Monsters,' which is expert because level skip packs are basically useless. Yous tin't unlock new worlds or Achievements for existing worlds by skipping around! Buying new monsters offers no gameplay benefit (they purely add aesthetic variety), but at to the lowest degree now players have some kind of incentive to endeavour a new beastie out. On the whole, these changes brand Monster Island'due south Achievement listing much more off-white and well-considered.

Nosotros're glad that Monster Isle has returned, but one oddity remains. The game is still available only in the US Marketplace, simply as information technology was on release twenty-four hour period. Miniclip is located in the frozen climes of Switzerland and their other Xbox Live games for Windows Telephone (Gravity Guy, Fragger, and iStunt 2) are all available exterior of the The states. Possibly they're however laboring away at translating Monster Isle into other languages? That wouldn't explicate its absenteeism from the British Marketplace though. WPCentral's own Richard Edmonds still can't play Monster Isle, and that's just not right. We've reached out to Miniclip and Microsoft and will update should they respond.

Monster Island costs $2.99 and in that location is a free trial. American users can get it here on the Marketplace. If you're located outside of the US, y'all can ever try the Flash version free at Miniclip.com.

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