On Xbox Live Arcade today: Lucidity and South Park

7 October 2009

Posted by:Ferry

From today, at 9AM GMT (2AM PDT), you can play LucasArts’ Lucidity on Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360. Lucidity will be available worldwide for 800 Microsoft Points (that’s US$10 / €9.60 / £6.80 / CAN$12.40 / AU$13.20).

From the team that re-imagined The Secret of Monkey Island, comes Lucidity, an addictive puzzle platformer set in the surreal childlike dreamscapes of the little girl Sofi. In this challenging puzzler, keep Sofi safe as she drifts deeper into the strange new world of her dreams. Featuring stunning hand-illustrated visuals, a spellbinding original score and unique puzzle platformer gameplay, Lucidity challenges your wits, tests your reflexes, and mesmerizes your senses.

Game features include:

A surreal fantasy: Take a trip into the surreal childlike dreamscapes of Sofi, a little girl filled with a persistent desire to explore new worlds and overcome all obstacles in her way. As she drifts into a vivid dream world where, beckoned by the kind words of her grandmother, she learns to overcome her fears, test your skills in this addictive puzzle platformer where through quick reactions and placement of unique puzzle pieces, you must create a path to help Sofi traverse safely through 27 visually stunning, hand-illustrated dreamscapes.

Mesmerizing dreamscapes: Like a children’s storybook come to life, get lost in mesmerizing dreamscapes detailed with beautiful hand-drawn contemporary art.

Addictive puzzle-platformer gameplay: Skillfully place unique puzzle pieces designed to propel Sofi to and from suspended platforms, or over and under obstacles, in an effort to maintain her state of perpetual motion.

Spellbinding original score: The game features a lush original score drawing you into Sofi’s dream world.

Unlockable achievements: Collect fireflies on your adventures to unlock additional bonus levels and achievements to make it to the top of the leaderboards.

Watch the Lucidity launch trailer:

Also available today is Doublesix’s South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play! on Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360. South Park will be available worldwide for 800 Microsoft Points (that’s US$10 / €9.60 / £6.80 / CAN$12.40 / AU$13.20).

Play as Stan, Kyle, Kenny, Cartman, or any number of your favorite South Park characters in South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play! It’s the fast-paced action/strategy game, where you play to save the town of South Park. Combining snowball-throwing action with tower defense strategy, the game is designed for players of all skill levels. Unlock special content and new characters throughout the game for your in-game scrapbook. Play locally with up to four players or team up on Xbox LIVE in the story-based campaign or the extra-demanding Challenge levels.

Game features include:

It’s South Park: Your favorite characters from the popular animated TV show come to Xbox LIVE in an exciting action/strategy tower defense game.

Unlockable content: Unlock your favorite South Park character and unleash each of their special abilities. Continue to unlock more than 80 videos for your scrapbook.

Strategy, South Park-style: Build snow mazes to outsmart your enemies, and use the town itself to destroy your foes.

Multiplayer: Play locally with up to four players in intense cooperative levels, or team up on Xbox LIVE in either Challenge or Campaign mode.

New achievements: Twelve new achievements for you to earn along with the South Park gang.

Xbox LIVE Arcade exclusive: South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play! is available exclusively on Xbox LIVE Arcade.

Watch a South Park Let’s Go Tower Defense Play! gameplay video:

Deal of the Week is: Prince of Persia: Epilogue 30% off
“Gold Members can save 30% when they purchase Prince of Persia: Epilogue for 560 points ($7) this week.”

The new Xbox 360 Games on Demand are: Call Of Duty 3 and Rainbow Six Vegas 2.

Call Of Duty 3
Price: Check pricing for your region
Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions except Japan
Dash Text: (Online Interactions Not Rated by the ESRB) Download the manual for this game by locating the game on http://marketplace.xbox.com and selecting “See Game Manual”. Follow the Allies on the Normandy Breakthrough campaign as they push inland to liberate Paris and take the first step on the path to Berlin. Through a seamless narrative that delivers the rush of unrelenting battle and breathtaking action, players assume the roles of four ordinary Allied soldiers—American, British, Canadian and Polish—and are thrust onto an authentic, living battlefield for an unprecedented variety of combat. Experience advanced high-definition graphics, detailed character animations, and explosive on-screen action, delivering the most immersive and cinematically intense war experience ever..

Rainbow Six Vegas 2
Price: Check pricing for your region
Availability: All Xbox LIVE regions
Dash Text: (Online Interactions Not Rated by the ESRB) Download the manual for this game by locating the game on http://marketplace.xbox.com and selecting “See Game Manual”. The sequel to the award-winning next-generation first-person shooter returns to Sin City. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas 2 is your last chance to rescue Vegas from an escalating terrorist siege that will force you into heart-pounding action from beginning to end. The best are back and this time winner takes all.

The most recent demo released on Xbox Live was for Need For Speed Shift.

And lastly, the top Xbox Live Activity for week of September 28:

Xbox 360 Top LIVE Titles
1 Halo 3
2 Call of Duty 4
3 Halo 3: ODST
4 Call of Duty: WaW
5 Gears of War 2
6 Madden NFL 10
7 Forza 3 Demo
8 GTA IV
9 Left 4 Dead
10 FIFA 10

Top Arcade Titles
1 Trials HD
2 Zombie Apocalypse
3 BUST-A-MOVE Live!
4 Battlefield 1943
5 Shadow Complex
6 Castle Crashers
7 Marvel vs. Capcom 2
8 Magic: The Gathering
9 NBA 2K10 Draft Combine
10 Defense Grid: The Awakening

Original Xbox Top Live Titles
1 Halo 2
2 Star Wars: Battlfrnt 2
3 Counter-Strike
4 Fable
5 Splinter Cell Chaos
6 Conker: Live Reloaded
7 Star Wars: Battlefront
8 Doom 3
9 SW: Republic Commando
10 Call of Duty 3

Top Indie Games
1 I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES!!!1
2 Avatar Drop
3 Avatar Golf
4 Headshot
5 The Fart Machine II
6 The Drinking Game
7 Cassie’s Corner
8 Junkyard Battle
9 Miner Dig Deep
10 Fishing Girl

* These lists are based on global unique users connected to Xbox Live or in the case of Arcade and Community Games, full versions purchased during the week.