On Xbox Live Arcade today: Rainbow Islands and Inferno Pool

28 October 2009

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Posted by:Ferry

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

Rainbow Island returns as an XBLA remake, with completely new features added! Use your Rainbow Magic to shoot out rainbows to defeat your enemies as well as climb them towards the top in this platform gaming classic! Use your Avatar to personalize the colorful action! Play cooperatively with a friend with 2 Xbox 360 Controllers or race to the top against other players over Xbox LIVE. Conquer all 10 Areas in 4 different game modes! A range of quirky costumes can be acquired in the game to customize game character’s outfit. All Areas are seamlessly connected as you climb from the earth to the far reaches of space!

Game features include:

Watch the Rainbow Islands: Towering Adventure gameplay video:

Also available today is Dark Energy’s Inferno Pool on Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360. Inferno Pool will be available worldwide for 800 Microsoft Points (that’s US$10 / €9.60 / £6.80 / CAN$12.40 / AU$13.20).

Inferno Pool is a revolutionary, simultaneous multi-player Pool action game. Multiplayer mayhem awaits for up to four local or online players, in a race to clear the most balls from your table in Inferno Pool. Pot balls to fire at opponents, or stockpile balls to unleash an onslaught. Master Jump Shots, Combos, Bank Shots, Kick Shots, and build your multiplier with an unbroken potting streak to unleash the devastating Inferno Mode.

Game features include:

Watch the Inferno Pool launch trailer:

Deals of the Week are: Fable II Pub Games and Call of Duty World at War Map Packs (both 50% off)
“Xbox LIVE Gold Members can save 50% this week when they purchase Fable II Pub Games. Normally 800 points, Gold Members can grab it now for 400 points. — For the next week (until November 1) all three of the Call of Duty: World At War map packs are 400 point each, a savings of 50%.”

The new Xbox 360 Games on Demand are: Dead Space and DiRT.

Content: Dead Space
Price: Check pricing for your region
Availability: Not available in Japan
Dash Text: (Online Interactions Not Rated by the ESRB) When an immense mining ship, the USG Ishimura, comes into contact with a mysterious alien artifact in a remote star system, its communications with Earth are mysteriously cut off. Engineer Isaac Clarke is sent to repair the Ishimura’s communications array, but he arrives to find a living nightmare-the ship is a floating bloodbath, the crew unspeakably mutilated and infected by an ancient alien scourge. Clarke’s repair mission becomes one of survival as he fights not just to save himself, but to return the artifact to the planet … at any cost. Download the manual for this game by locating the game on http://marketplace.xbox.com and selecting “See Game Manual”.

Content: DiRT
Price: Check pricing for your region
Availability: Not available in Japan
Dash Text: (Online Interactions Not Rated by the ESRB) DiRT is an off-road racing game. The player’s role is to race their way through the world of off-road motor sport, increasing their fame and prestige on their way to becoming the ultimate Off-Road Champion of Champions. Download the manual for this game by locating the game on http://marketplace.xbox.com and selecting “See Game Manual”.

The most recent demo released on Xbox Live was for CSI: Deadly Intent.

“In Sin City there are no secrets, only hidden answers. Join the new Vegas CSI team and explore brand-new cases written by CSI writers. Partner with the new cast of CSI Season 9 and explore crime scenes, examine victims’ bodies, and follow the surprising twists and turns of the story. Unveil hidden evidence, and search for valuable clues on the crime scene. Interview a variety of witnesses and suspects by asking key questions and using evidence to uncover the truth. Analyze evidence with an assortment of new technology, including DNA and microscope analysis. Play the demo now!”