Xbox Live Arcade's unprecedented string of releases continues this week with the arrival of Luxor 2 from MumboJumbo. Xbox Live Arcade isn't short on puzzle games involving marbles. We've already got Marble Blast Ultra and Zuma. Luxor 2 opts for the traditional color matching of Zuma with an Egyptian twist. In addition to the scenery change, Luxor 2 features a horizontally scrolling cannon of sorts (akin to Astro Pop), rather than the 360 degree cannon found in Zuma. Rather than explain the object ourselves, we'll just give you the delightfully absurd description in the official press release: players advance by "shooting and destroying the magical balls that threaten the pyramids at the end of their paths." Enough said, right? The game will be available this Wednesday for the sum of 800 MS Points. You can grab a PC demo of Luxor 2 here.
Full press release after the break.
"Shoot Like an Egyptian With "LUXOR 2" on Xbox LIVE Arcade
Why just walk like an Egyptian when you have a mystical winged scarab at your disposal? The smash-hit action puzzler, LUXOR 2 will be available for download on Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360 beginning Wednesday, Apr. 4, at 9:00 a.m. GMT (2:00 a.m. PST).
In the second installment of the No. 1 casual game of 2005, "LUXOR 2" from MumboJumbo, players travel through 88 exquisitely detailed and explosive levels shooting and destroying the magical balls that threaten the pyramids at the end of their paths. Players can earn up to 15 exciting power-ups, play through four distinct levels of difficulty, challenge themselves to a total of 13 bonus rounds and work their way up through the new 100-level player ranking system. Also, unique to the Xbox LIVE Arcade version is a new arcade-style mode of play called the Pharaoh's Challenge.
"LUXOR 2" is the recent recipient of the Zeeby's Craft Awards for Best Audio 2006 and Best Visual Arts 2006. It will be available worldwide for 800 Microsoft Points and is rated E for Everyone.
Game Features
* 88 explosive levels with 13 new bonus rounds
* 4 levels of difficulty, including the mind-bending Challenge of Horus
* 4 modes of play: Adventure, Practice, Survival and Pharaoh's Challenge
* 15 power-ups including the new Lightning Storm and Pharaoh's Dagger
* Player ranking system with 100 levels from Farm Hand to Pharaoh of the Two Lands
* Pharaoh's Challenge: A fast-paced arcade-style version of the game, where the user mploys the Pharaoh's Dagger exclusively to eliminate the approaching spheres
* Earn up to 12 Achievements and 200 Gamerscore points
More information is available at http://www.xbox.com/games/livearcade."
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-02-2007 @ 5:57PM
cg said...
800 points for this bag of sh#te! yippee I get to save some money this week. This is the kind of crap that should be given away for free.
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4-02-2007 @ 5:58PM
Patrick said...
*cough*zuma*cough*
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4-02-2007 @ 6:13PM
Tony said...
"*cough*zuma*cough*"
*cough*Puzzloop*cough*
They weren't the first, I doubt they'll be the last. This one is different enough to legitimize its existence, although I don't know why anyone would want both of them.
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4-02-2007 @ 7:24PM
AoE said...
What Tony said... Sorry Luxor, if you'd arrived before Zuma you'd probably have ended up with my $$$ instead.
Still... Live's had a good run of releases recently. I hope they don't follow this up next week with a two-thumbstick shooter. I feel like it's been at least a month since one of those has been posted, so we're probably due...
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4-02-2007 @ 7:34PM
gascan said...
I love how every week that an xbla title is released a bunch of little bitches whine that it isn't some other game that they are hoping for.
Microsoft: This week on Arcade game X!
Spoiled little bitch fanboy: Nice but where is game Y! You mean i actually have to pay money for this game? You must be crazy.
Microsoft: OK you spoiled little kid NO RELEASE NEXT WEEK. How do you like that?
Spoiled little bitch fanboy: I hate you. I love Wii.
Microsoft: Look here comes Master Chief. It's Halo 3.
Spoiled little bitch fanboy: Wii? Whats a wii? Live Arcade? What's that? Give me Halo 3.
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4-02-2007 @ 8:26PM
J8675309 said...
I always preferred Luxor to Zuma
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4-02-2007 @ 9:02PM
JGE said...
Anything to keep the ol' lady gaming means I get to keep gaming, too.
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