Weekly XBLA Update - 02/13/08
This week sees two new titles on XBLA beginning with the turn based strategy game Commanders: Attack of the Genos. The fifteen mission campaign features two difficulty levels, a 1930's art deco style, fifteen online play and fifteen playable units setting you back 800 MS points.
The other offering is Discs of Tron, the classic arcade game that stole many quarters from my pockets as a youth. Defeat the evil Sark through 25 different levels and feel that nostalgia come rushing back. Also available are a theme and a gamerpic pack. Discs of Tron comes in at a very reasonable 400 MS points.
Make the jump for more detailed descriptions of each game!
“Commanders: Attack of the Genos” is a fast-paced turn-based strategy game featuring an art deco look and tongue-in-cheek storyline. The game requires players to devise a masterful tactical battle strategy to both cripple the enemy and defend their territory from genos, a genetically modified super race. Fight alongside a powerful Commander, which serves as a hero unit, in the 15-mission campaign with an arsenal of weapons including missile launchers, bombers and infantry in this turn-based strategy game.
Featuring a 1930’s art deco look and feel, “Commanders: Attack of the Genos” offers two unique endings, two difficulty levels and 15 diverse playable units to keep gamers coming back for more. “Commanders: Attack of the Genos” allows players to either challenge or team up with three friends in battle locally or over Xbox LIVE. The game will be available worldwide (with the exception of Japan and Korea) for 800 Microsoft Points and is rated E10+ by the ESRB.
For more details on “Commanders: Attack of the Genos” please visit: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/c/commandersxboxlivearcade/
In “Discs of Tron,” gamers play as Tron in an attempt to defeat the evil Sark in an electronic battleground, using the iconic disc weapon. Survive 12 levels of Sark’s attacks in the single-player campaign or grab a friend and face off in multiplayer mode over Xbox LIVE to discover the true disc champion.
Releasing simultaneously with “Discs of Tron” is downloadable content consisting of a theme and gamer pic pack, which contains images of Tron, a red soldier and the disc platforms from the game. “Discs of Tron” will be available worldwide (with the exception of Japan and Korea) for 400 Microsoft Points and is rated “E” for Everyone by the ESRB.
For more details on “Discs of Tron” please visit: http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/d/discsoftronxboxlivearcade/
Fruit Brute
Posted to Video Games on 13 February 2008
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