XBLA Wednesday: Marathon Chess

Filed in archive XBLA on July 30, 2007

This week the Live Arcade gets its next Uno - Spyglass board games:

# Full featured games: Four classic board games to choose from. Play Chess, Checkers, Mancala, or Reversi.

# Video integration with Xbox LIVE Vision camera: Fully integrated video chat lets you see your opponent. Use the video effects to personalize your game.

# Customizable pieces: Choose custom game pieces that range from traditional marble, to metallic silver, to fuzzy and wiggling gel.

# Twelve achievements: Twelve achievements are offered ranging from easy, such as playing all four games, to more challenging, such as taking all four corners in Reversi.

All for the low, low price of 400 Spacebucks ($5 US.)

The other title released this week is called Marathon: Durandal - a predecessor to a little game called Halo. Maybe you've heard of it?