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Carcassonne builds out XBLA

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Jun 25, 2007 11:19 am PT

Sierra Online brings tile-based board game to Xbox 360 this Wednesday; expansion set included in download.

At last year's Games Convention in Leipzig, Germany, Microsoft announced it would be blitzing board game fans with a trio of titles for the Xbox Live Arcade. The first of those, Catan, came out last month. While the Arabian-themed stock market game Alhambra remains undated, Catan will be joined on the Xbox 360's downloadable game service this week by Sierra Online's Carcassonne.

Microsoft today announced that Carcassonne will be released on the Live Arcade this Wednesday at 2 a.m. Pacific. Originally released in 2000, the Carcassonne board game lets players build a walled cityscape one square tile at a time, aiming to earn the most points by placing followers within completed farms, roads, and cities.

The game will include the original 72-tile board game, as well as its 12-tile The River expansion pack. Sierra Online is also including support for the Xbox Live Vision camera, a tutorial mode, and online multiplayer. Carcassonne has been rated E for Everyone and will sell for 800 Microsoft points ($10). For more on the game, check out GameSpot's latest coverage.

61 Comments

  • Sagacious_Tien

    Posted Jun 27, 2007 4:50 pm PT

    Just got it. I hadn't known of this game before - but it's a sure-fire hit here. A great game.

  • darkxinos

    Posted Jun 27, 2007 3:30 pm PT

    Carcassonne is a great board game! Should hold up nicely on console, but nothing beats sitting around a real table building up the map with real peaces =P

  • Montavious2004

    Posted Jun 27, 2007 1:09 pm PT

    Bomberman is LAME, there how's that! Stop whining on this board about Bomberman! I hope it never comes out now

  • groovus

    Posted Jun 27, 2007 10:24 am PT

    If you like this...you MUST check out HEROSCAPE. I only wish one of these companies would port that to 360. To me, HEROSCAPE is the best board game ever created. If you like Final Fantasy Tactics, you;ll this table top wargame. Have a good one all.

  • thitsa

    Posted Jun 27, 2007 7:31 am PT

    I had a chance to play a few single player games this morning. The single player experience and UI is well done. The game takes care of all the house-keeping, such as tallying up the score, which is (imo) a big chore in the table-top game. I'll be checking out multiplayer options tonight. This looks like it'll be a hit for strategy game fans.

  • lovermanxxx

    Posted Jun 27, 2007 1:13 am PT

    this is probably the best boardgame i have ever played

  • zeecorner

    Posted Jun 26, 2007 5:37 pm PT

    Catan is so sick, I will give this one try on that game's merit alone.

  • TehEliteElite

    Posted Jun 26, 2007 5:36 pm PT

    Aushan-
    "lol I've been to Carcassonne."

    Me too!

  • dukefan1210

    Posted Jun 26, 2007 9:25 am PT

    I heard that Bomberman was coming out for 4th of July

  • A_ShooK_One

    Posted Jun 26, 2007 8:01 am PT

    seriously where the hell is bomberman? they announced it months ago!!!

  • MfumeRising

    Posted Jun 26, 2007 7:56 am PT

    Anyone know if this has local multiplayer or is it possible?

  • Lucky_Fetus

    Posted Jun 26, 2007 7:07 am PT

    I play the board game all the time, it's fantastic. This and Catan are the best games on the arcade!

  • MoogleDragoon

    Posted Jun 26, 2007 5:56 am PT

    I think I am going to wait before I can make a final decision.

  • Aushan

    Posted Jun 26, 2007 3:19 am PT

    lol I've been to Carcassonne.

  • jmartin1016

    Posted Jun 26, 2007 2:40 am PT

    This looks ok, but where is Castle Crashers?

  • supine

    Posted Jun 26, 2007 2:22 am PT

    looks like a lot of fun. I like relaxing online games.

  • USmellLikePoopy

    Posted Jun 25, 2007 11:02 pm PT

    This sounds interesting. I might try it out.

  • res0i39c

    Posted Jun 25, 2007 9:40 pm PT

    Enough with the boardgames. Where are the REAL arcade games at? And where the heck is Bomberman at? They said june.

  • cbesett

    Posted Jun 25, 2007 7:52 pm PT

    We need more like this.

  • Jedi_Osborn

    Posted Jun 25, 2007 7:21 pm PT

    I'll try this one for sure.

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