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Xbox Live Arcade Adds Two New Titles And Goes Half Price - Screens

by Rainier on Aug. 30, 2007 @ 10:19 a.m. PDT

Cyberball 2072 and Fatal Fury Special are coming to Xbox Live Arcade, and both will be available for download on Wed., Sept. 5, 2007 at 9:00 a.m. GMT (2:00 a.m. PDT). Additionally, four Xbox Live Arcade favorites will be available for half their regular price this weekend. See below for details.

Touchdown! Rediscover the arcade classic game Cyberball 2072 on Xbox Live Arcade. Take control of your robotic team, and call the plays to move your downfield for a touchdown. But watch out. The ball gets hot if you don't keep moving. Keep your eye on the ball to make sure it doesn't go critical before you can score.

Features :

  • Play selection: Call more than 100 plays for your robotic team.
  • Beat the Coach: The Beat the Coach mode enables you to go up against the A.I., simulating a live opponent.
  • Challenge Mode: The special Challenge Mode tests your ability to make the play under pressure.
  • Improve your team: Build up your win record, and buy upgraded robots to improve your roster.
  • Futuristic football action: Fast football action with robots. The ball gets hotter with each play and can only be reset by moving past the 50-yard line or scoring a touchdown. Keep your eye on the ball!

The third title in the “Fatal Fury” fighting game series from SNK Playmore makes its way onto Xbox Live Arcade this Wednesday! Join Terry and Andy Bogard, Joe Higashi and 12 of the toughest titans in one of the biggest matches of the millennium. Set in Southtown, a fictitious American city, players must compete against the ruler of the underworld Wolfgang Krauzer. Who will win? You’ll have to play to find out.

The grandmother of all fighting games is here, with FATAL FURY SPECIAL, a unique adaptation of the original 1993 arcade smash Garou Densetsu Special. Experience all the great fighting game action, with added network play and high-definition display, now available on Xbox Live Arcade. Fifteen fighters (plus a special guest), gather for the match of the millennium. Can you beat them all?

Features :

  • Fifteen (plus one) unique characters: All your favorite characters are here, including Terry Bogard, Billy Kane, Wolfgang Krauser, and a special hidden character.
  • Classic fighting arcade action updated: The classic game has all the original features of the arcade smash, but has been updated for high-definition displays.
  • Twelve unique achievements: Twelve new achievements, ranging from easy such as beating a fighter without sustaining any damage, to difficult, such as taking 10 straight wins on Xbox Live, are presented for you to master.
  • Four leaderboards: Four ways to track your overall performance in the game.

Limited Time Xbox Live Arcade Price Drop

Celebrate this Labor Day weekend by downloading four Arcade favorites for half the price! For the 48 hour period beginning at 12:00 a.m. GMT on Sunday, September 2 (5:00 p.m. PDT on Saturday, September 1) and continuing through 11: 59 p.m. GMT (4:59 p.m. PDT) on Monday, September 3, the following Xbox Live Arcade games will be available for half their usual price:

  • · “Small Arms” – 400 Microsoft Points (normally 800 Microsoft Points)

Easy to pick up but hard to put down, “Small Arms” is a frantic multiplayer action game with the feel of an arcade shooter.

  • · “Zuma Deluxe”– 400 Microsoft Points (normally 800 Microsoft Points)

Explore more than 20 realms in Adventure mode and put your skills to the test in this fast-paced puzzle game.

  • · “Gauntlet” – 200 Microsoft Points (normally 400 Microsoft Points)

The original dungeon crawler lets four adventurers explore and fight together as a warrior, valkyrie, wizard, and elf.

  • · “Dig Dug” – 200 Microsoft Points (normally 400 Microsoft Points)

Experience the fast-paced action of this quarter-cruncher from 1982 as you take control of Dig Dug himself and vanquish Pookas and Fygars.

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