Big Huge Games has announced that Catan, the Live Arcade version of the classic board game, will be arriving on Xbox Live Arcade in the 1st quarter of this year. While this was somewhat expected, given Microsoft's recently announced lineup of Arcade games, it's still a good sign that the game should show up soon. Also confirmed is that Catan will support three to four players over Xbox Live and that AI opponents will be available. The designer of the original board game and the Arcade version, Klaus Teuber, has been working closely with Brian Reynolds to create challenging opponents. Teuber even admits that he has lost several game to the CPU.
If you can't get your fill of Catan, be sure to visit the game's official website, where you'll find screenshots and strategies for the upcoming game.
[Via IGN. Thanks, Scott]
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2-09-2007 @ 12:57PM
Jonah Falcon said...
Old news that it was going to be released in this quarter. It was SUPPOSED to be released in the LAST quarter.
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2-09-2007 @ 1:26PM
jesus torres said...
any ideas as to the points cost? i sincerely hope it's not in the lumines live range...
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2-09-2007 @ 1:26PM
Measure said...
Only 4 players? seems like an unnecessarily low number for Xbox Live.
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2-09-2007 @ 1:47PM
Louis said...
The original game only supported 4 people anyways until the expansions came out to support more people.
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2-09-2007 @ 2:20PM
Mark said...
"Teuber even admits that he has lost several game to the CPU."
Game designers aren't the best at playing their own games. So I don't know how much that statement is worth.
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2-09-2007 @ 3:01PM
shakespear said...
This quarter!?
I want it Wednesday!
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2-09-2007 @ 3:09PM
rask said...
The 360 needs more multiplayer and party games, so this is a step in the right firection.
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2-09-2007 @ 3:33PM
Phizzle said...
They must add the Cities and Knights of Catan to make this any good. Without that I don't think I can play.
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2-09-2007 @ 4:33PM
Maclintok said...
Oh man, my buddy bought all the Catan board games. He would go ga-ga over this. I never got into it but now that I don't need to play with live peeps I might check it out. Yes, I'm a loner.
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2-09-2007 @ 5:17PM
Jonah Falcon said...
"Only 4 players? seems like an unnecessarily low number for Xbox Live."
I've never liked 5-6 player Catan games. Maybe it'll be a free download in 30 days.
I can see it now, in 90 days: Seafarers - 800 point expansion with 125 more achievement points, and Cities & Knights 800 points with 125 additional as well.
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2-09-2007 @ 5:18PM
Jonah Falcon said...
PS. The game promises 8 unique AI characters, too.
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2-09-2007 @ 5:57PM
DomZ said...
This is unbelievably awesome. I've been searching for exact release date info for a while and this quarter only leaves 40 more days MAX!
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2-10-2007 @ 10:47AM
pellinho said...
The game looks like it will be quite good but do we need ANOTHER board/card game on XBLA?
The correct answer is no.
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2-11-2007 @ 8:03AM
for HIS glory said...
are you crazy? what other board games are on xblm?
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