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'Meteos Wars' And 'PowerUp Forever' This Week's XBLA Titles

by Rainier on Dec. 8, 2008 @ 9:11 a.m. PST

Meteos Wars is a puzzle game where the story, situation and environments formulate one explosive adventure! In PowerUp Forever gamers get to hone your battle skills in the thrilling action-shooter game, where no two encounters are ever the same.

Take a ride through this intergalactic journey where you slide, stack and ignite your blocks to blast away the world-ending meteors! Only you can stop them from falling and crushing your planet. Master the combo links and power-ups to challenge your friends in intense multiplayer sessions. A puzzle game can't get any better than Meteos Wars, where the story, situation and environments formulate one explosive adventure!

Meteos Wars features several gameplay modes and tons of unlockables with a focus on both single and multiplayer play. The game has received an audio and visual facelift and picked up a few new features along the way, keeping the Meteos experience fresh and creating hours of excitement.

Game Features:

  • Planets galore: Defend over 20 planets, each with its own alien race, Meteos block styles, unique gravity effects and visual and audio style
  • All-new special techniques: Master four of the "Planet Impact" special attacks - Armageddon, Gambit, Sentinel and Tempest.
  • Massive modes: Test your quick-thinking action-puzzle skills in a variety of single-player modes, including Mission Mode, Attack Mode or Vs. Mode. Three challenges await you in Attack Mode – the 1-minute attack, 100-Meteo attack and the Challenge attack.
  • Multiplayer: Blast away your opponents over Xbox LIVE in Matching Vs. Mode and become one of the best Meteos Wars players in the community! You can also go head-to-head with your friend in Local Vs. Mode.
  • All-new accessories: Collect various accessories for your aliens by clearing certain objectives – accessorize your alien and give it some personality!

Q Entertainment will launch Meteos Wars on Xbox Live Arcade December 10, 2008 for 800 MSP.

PowerUp Forever, a thrilling action-shooter gamewhere no two encounters are ever the same, is making its way to Xbox LIVE Arcade this Wednesday, December 10 at 9 a.m. GMT (2:00 a.m. PDT).

Players must extend their power to survive by hunting and defeating dangerous enemy Guardians! Harvest their glowing energy cores to assimilate their power and increase the size of your ship and stock of weaponry. As a player’s ship evolves their world and enemies shrink to insignificance, revealing enemies that were too massive and powerful to see before.

Think you’ve got it beat? Well think again - endless levels that extend for infinity, an armory of weapons which includes lasers, shields and bombs, and procedurally-generated enemies and environments provide a completely new challenge with every game session. Gamers can battle it out in a variety of modes of play, including Survival Mode, Guardian Mode, Defender and Overkill Mode.

Features :

  • Procedurally Generated Environments – Never experience the same game twice as all of the enemy types and locations are procedurally generated
  • Innovative Growth Mechanic – Adds a unique twist to the shooter genre and offers fun, exciting gameplay
  • Power Up your weapons – Power up cool new weapons, such as lasers, shields and bombs, that boost your arsenal as you evolve
  • High Definition Graphics – True next-gen graphical effects and an exciting abstract art-style provide eye-popping visuals
  • Multiple modes of play
    • Survival Mode – Survive relentless waves of non-stop enemies
    • Guardian Rush Mode – Defeat a series of guardians in the shortest length of time
    • Defender – How long can you survive only using a shield?
    • Overkill Mode – Unlimited weapons!

Published by Namco Bandai Games America and developed by Blitz Arcade, PowerUp Forever, rated E for Everyone, will be available for 800 Microsoft Points worldwide.

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