This week sees two new games appearing on the XBox Live Arcade: Blazing Birds at 400 Microsoft points and Gel: Set and Match at 800 points. Here’s the skinny, straight from Microsoft:
Compete in the sport of robot badminton in Blazing Birds. Challenge sixty computer controlled opponents over three levels of difficulty. Invite your friends to play multiplayer matches or round robin tournaments with up to twenty players. The unique control scheme allows for blazing fast action and quick responsiveness. Score points using smash, drop, and clear shots with either manual or automatic aiming. Unleash seven deadly power shots including Meteor Strike, Firecracker, Hyperspace, Lightning Bolt, Dragon Flight, Hunting Season, and Wormhole. Only the best will face Signum IV.
- Great gameplay: Play sixty levels of artificial intelligence spanning three modes of difficulty.
- Multiplayer action: Compete in round robin style multiplayer contests with up to twenty players.
- Pick up and play: It’s quick and easy to play, and the fast and responsive controls feature seven powerful specialty shots.
- Dream.Build.Play winner: Blazing Birds was announced as one of the winners in XNA’s 2007 Dream.Build.Play contest. Now you can play it on Xbox LIVE Arcade!
Gel: Set & Match offers brain-busting fun for everyone with its unique take on puzzle gameplay. Match colored blocks together and they melt, but throw a melting block into another one and the chain continues! In Puzzle Mode, blocks are arranged to test your wits. Action mode throws in a side-scrolling twist and challenges you to clear a path. Battle mode puts you up against your friends in fast-paced multiplayer showdowns. Jiggle up, and get ready for fun!
- Unique gameplay: It’s a puzzle/action hybrid where Puzzle Mode provides brain-bending mental challenges, and the Action Mode is an innovative combination of side-scrolling action with puzzle matching gameplay.
- Multiplayer modes: Xbox LIVE® co-op play is in both Action and Puzzle modes, and Battle Mode features competitive online multiplayer play.
- Customization: Customize your character with the huge array of options through the game’s Item Store.
