The now-defunct Xbox Live Arcade (R.I.P) was a goldmine for fantastic indie games. Unfortunately, however, dozens of games were released as digital-only titles on the platform, and the recent Xbox 360 store closure means that many of them are now lost to time, unable to be purchased anywhere else.
One of the titles affected by the closure was The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai, a super-stylish, hyperviolent beat 'em up by Ska Studios, a studio that most notably released Salt and Sanctuary and Salt and Sacrifice.
An ode to Xbox Live Arcade.
The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai had built up a cult audience on XBLA and was the first major stepping stone in the Salt and Sanctuary team's careers. But while the game is no longer available for purchase, the studio revealed exclusively to TheGamer that it does have tentative plans to revive it.
In a wider interview we had with Ska Studios and other developers regarding the closure of the Xbox 360's Marketplace, studio founder James Silva discussed his plans for the future of The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai.
Silva told me, "Dead Samurai is what launched my career, and now you can no longer buy it. That's not...
