Taito's Qixx++ on XBLA tomorrow

By Robert Purchese Published 8 December, 2009

Decades-old game returns to life.

Taito's remake of 28 year-old game Qix will be available tomorrow on Xbox Live Arcade.

Dubbed Qix++, this will cost 800 Microsoft Points (£6.80/€9.60).

Game details are scarce; so far a short video on GamerBytes is all the evidence of Qix++ there appears to be. Visuals have been sparingly snazzed-up, and we presume all the required Leaderboards and Achievements are in place.

The aim of Qix is to fence off a majority of the screen. This is done using a diamond-like marker that travels horizontally or vertically, from one edge of a rectangular playing-field to another. But making life difficult is a weird entity that bumbles around, obstructing your path.

This as well as other enemies must be outmanoeuvred, as touching any of them loses a life. Timing, then, is the key to success.

Sounds boring. Where are the rats?

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About Robert Purchese

Bertie is Eurogamer's Senior Staff Writer. When he's not hunting down news stories he's often found playing with his kids or gabbling about fantasy games and strange online worlds.

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