Thursday, January 24, 2008

XBLA: Undertow Free!

Sorry for the slow news lately, I have been stuck in a week long training session at work (when most of my blogging is done ;p). Just a quick XBOX update for you guys/

Major Nelson has announced that XBOX Live Arcade is now offering Undertow as a free download. This is due to all the issues they had over the Christmas break and has been offered to all Gold (paying) and Silver(non-paying) members of XBOX Live! You have to hurry this offer runs out at 12am PT Sunday January 27, so get it this weekend!

Undertow is an underwater side scrolling shooter, it was released in November 2007. I haven't played this yet but it looks like a fairly reasonable game. The usual asking price is 800points. That equates to:
AUD: $13.20
USD: $10.00
GBP: £6.80
EURO: €9.30

Bargain!
UPDATE: Last night I snatched my copy of Undertow. This was very much a let down.
The idea behind the game is quite good. Two factions fighting for under water control points that then remove the enemies ticket count a'la Battlefield. The poor sound, sub-par graphics(considering publisher Chair used the Unreal Engine) and B-Grade cut scenes just make for one uneventful and low quality game.
No real surprises though I didn't expect Microsoft to give anything fantastic away, but is this all we are worth?

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