From today, at 9AM GMT (2AM PDT), you can play Bizarre Creations’ Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 on Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360. Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 will be available worldwide for 800 Microsoft Points (that’s US$10 / €9.60 / £6.80 / CAN$12.40 / AU$13.20).
Experience an unbelievable adrenaline rush from playing the latest version of the frenetic retro shooter Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2! Newcomers and pros alike will be blown away by the screen-melting intensity and insane new features, including six action-packed gameplay modes, new enemies, new scoring strategies and a diverse list of exciting achievements! If that’s not crazy enough for you, try multiplayer mayhem for up to four players! Use power-ups in versus mode to boost your stats or handicap your opponent. Or team up with others in co-op mode. Play it all in razor-sharp 1080p to new pulse-pounding music!
Key game features include:
* Action-packed modes: Unlock all six of these innovative and challenging modes — Deadline, Evolved, King, Pacifism, Waves, and Sequence.
* Multiplayer mayhem: Step up the intensity with four-player multiplayer. Versus, team, and co-op modes offer different types of challenges and strategies. Pick your ship and pwn the grid.
* Achievements: Go for 12 entertaining and inventive ways to boost your gamerscore.
* Geoms: Collect Geoms to increase your multiplier — but act fast, they won’t last forever!
* New enemies: Shoot down all the usual suspects, then say “Hello” to new enemies that have found additional ways to hunt you down.
Like every week, there were also various downloadable Rock Band tracks released for the Xbox 360 version of the game in addition to 2007’s downloadable Rock Band content. Below’s listing shows the new tracks.
Content: “Yomp”
Price: 80 Microsoft Points
Availability: Not available in Asia , Australia and New Zealand
Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) LYRICS,MILD SUGGESTIVE THEMES] Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game track: “Yomp”–thenewno2.
Content: “Electric Crown”
Price: 160 Microsoft Points
Availability: Not available in Asia , Australia and New Zealand
Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) LYRICS,MILD SUGGESTIVE THEMES] Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game track: “Electric Crown”–Testament.
Content: “This Is It”
Availability: Not available in Asia , Australia and New Zealand
Availability: All regions except Australia, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan
Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) LYRICS,MILD SUGGESTIVE THEMES] Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game track: “This Is It”–Staind.
Content: “They Say”
Availability: Not available in Asia , Australia and New Zealand
Availability: All regions except Australia, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, Taiwan
Dash Text: [ESRB: T (Teen) LYRICS,MILD SUGGESTIVE THEMES] Build your Rock Band library by purchasing this song game track: “They Say”–Scars on Broadway.
* PLEASE NOTE: Many Rock Band song game tracks are available as both a multipack and as a single game track. These song game tracks are exactly the same (unless expressly noted as a special version or remix). Be aware that it is possible to download the same song game track twice so please carefully consider your purchases. For music credits, visit www.RockBand.com.