Tetris Splash on XBLA tomorrow

By Robert Purchese Published 2 October, 2007

Some sort of puzzle game.

Microsoft has said Tetris Splash will be tomorrow's Live Arcade offering, and will cost 800 of your hard-earned points (GBP 6.80 / EUR 9.30).

It's a variation on the classic puzzle theme, one that has six-player free-for-all and team matches over Live. Or you can play on your own and mix things up with new T-Spin and Combo modes.

As with all the other retro revamps on Live Arcade, Tetris Splash will have polished-up graphics, leaderboards and 12 achievements to unlock (netting you 200 Gamerpoints if you can get them all).

You'll also be able to download "exciting" themes for your dashboard and "unprecedented" background aquatic creatures.

So, a touch expensive, but probably predictably addictive. Expect our thoughts on it soon.

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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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Comments (14) Latest comment 4 years ago

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  • evilashchris #1 4 years ago

    For 400pts maybe.

    800? nah.

  • turk182 #2 4 years ago

    SWOS?

  • Bits #3 4 years ago

    Well that's annoying, I was just thinking I'd love this to be on XBLA, but at 800 points, they can take a run and jump.

  • Monkey_Puncher #4 4 years ago

    It's a much better price than the reail versions at least, I'll give it a go but I'll only get it if it has the original Gameboy music in the background.

  • Darren #5 4 years ago

    Surely these retro remakes should be a more reasonable 400 points not 800?

  • homerramone #6 4 years ago

    seconded. 400 pts.... maybe 800pts - up ya greedy corporate arse M$

  • AFX #7 4 years ago

    Depending on quality of the game, I'd most likely get a copy. But no rush as I'm still quite happily playing Halo 3 online :)

  • Bulbatron #8 4 years ago

    I'm glad this is coming out. I wanted to be able to play Tetris on my Xbox 360, but it's not the sort of game I'd have bothered buying as a disc. On Xbox Live Arcade, it will just be there when I want to play it.

    But yes, 800 Microsoft Points does seem a little on the steep side.

  • Lebowski #9 4 years ago

    Goal-scoring superstar hero? :-(

  • wobbly_Bob #10 4 years ago

    800 points?! HAHAHAHAHA... HA! I don't care if it's a special super duper Tetris, it's STILL Tetris.

    Yes, could splash out 6.80 on this OR you could just go to Ebay http://vi deo-games.listings.ebay.co.uk/G... and grab an full featured retail Xbox game bargain for the same, little more, or LESS ( at time of posting )

    Come on M$ and chums get it together. I want full games. Castlevania was a good start. How about some other PS one games ported? How about some decent arcade games such as Daytona, Ghouls and Ghosts, Super Hang On, Out Run, Strider, Shinobi, R-Type, Raiden, Virtua Racing, Time Cop, Star Wars, Tiger Heli, and the list goes on. How about some classic SNES or Megadrive games? How about some of the classic Amiga games or ST games such as Corporation, Alien Breed, Gods, Xenon, Power Monger, Turrican, and the list goes on... OK Sensi Soccer and Speed ball are also a good start but where are they???

  • Bulbatron #11 4 years ago

    More PSone games would certainly be good. Silent Hill would be great.

  • wobbly_Bob #12 4 years ago

    Glad I went to Ebay to post that link since I just bagged "Crimson Skies" a game I really wanted for only £8.50 including Post and Packing! Hmmm let me see Tetris or Crimson Skies for just a few pennies more... Doesn't require much thought! Ah, I know, why don't I have BOTH http://www.freetetris.org/

  • Fyzzu #13 4 years ago

    While I'm just thinking that if it works out to be a decent re-envisioning, like Pac-Man CE, it might just be worth it.

    I mean, it almost certainly won't be, but stranger things have happened. Like there being a really good version of Pac-Man on XBLA.

  • menage #14 4 years ago

    Well, where the hell is it then?