Electronic Arts announced today that it is partnering with Bizarre Creations -- creators of Project Gotham Racing and Geometry Wars -- to create a brand new game for Xbox Live Arcade. Entitled Boom Boom Rocket, it will be the first Xbox Live Arcade game from Electronic Arts. Boom Boom Rocket is described as a rhythm music game in which players launch rockets to a musical beat. Better timed explosions create bigger fireworks displays. The game is set to include both single player and head-to-head play. Head-to-head, strangely, will be limited to local matches only (both players on the same Xbox), though there will be online leaderboards. The music tracks will be composed by Ian Livingstone, who has considerable experience creating music for film, television, and videogames. We're a little puzzled by the lack of online play -- especially this far into Live Arcade's lifespan -- but we're always open to new games. The title is expected to hit in the spring of this year. Follow the "read" link for a PDF of the official announcement.
[Thanks, Darksaviour69. Via Major Nelson]
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1-17-2007 @ 12:03PM
Jonah Falcon said...
I hope this cures them of microtransactions -- XBLA is where it's at...
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1-17-2007 @ 12:14PM
scotius said...
You mean you don't think that Live multiplayer capability won't be a later microtransaction upgrade? *cough* They will find a way. Oh yes, they will find a way.
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1-17-2007 @ 12:19PM
J.Goodwin said...
Hm, I was kind of afraid something like this would happen.
There's no way to buy used XBLA games, so I am unable to support Bizarre's latest effort, which will no doubt be fantastic.
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1-17-2007 @ 12:24PM
ShaolinDolemite said...
EA is gonna say "no Crysis" and expect us to buy an arcade game that will most likely cost us an arm and a leg (not to mention micro-transactions).
I for one don't mind most micro-transactions but the way our "friends" at EA do it- you gotta mind.
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1-17-2007 @ 12:25PM
scotius said...
I think I messed up on the double negative there. Apologies. You get the idea, though. I don't like EA, I'm saying.
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1-17-2007 @ 12:40PM
milkmanjb said...
What the hell? Where's Geometry Wars 3?
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1-17-2007 @ 12:45PM
Shamma Banks Jr. said...
This game sounds like it will suck anyway. I am kinda dissapointed at the XBLA titles that have came out over the last year, I expected better. It is not living up to it's true potential yet, IMO.
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1-17-2007 @ 8:42PM
CyberKnight said...
800 points for the game, 150 points to download each song, and oh yeah, each rocket is 10 points...
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