Poker Smash: poker meets Puzzle Fighter

by Richard Mitchell { Dec 4th 2007 at 6:00PM }

It's always nice to watch new media for Xbox Live Arcade games come out of nowhere. Cruising over at GameTrailers, we uncovered a video for Poker Smash, from Void Star Creations. The game takes standard puzzle game mechanics (match tiles of the same type) and throws in a little bit of poker flavor. As in most puzzle games, the object is to match up tiles of a similar color. The twist is that each tile is in fact a poker card, and players can also create poker hands instead of merely matching colored tiles together. We don't know many more specifics other than that, though it appears online multiplayer may not be included, as the official site lists "split screen head to head" only. Poker Smash is currently slated to hit XBLA before the year is out.

Tags: poker-smash, void-star-creations, xbla

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jonah Falcon @ Dec 4th 2007 6:58PM

You can have up to 5 multiplayer, in which everyone has a stack of chips. You lose and gain chips depending on how well you do. Winner is the guy who owns everyone else's chips.

Richard Mitchell @ Dec 5th 2007 10:17AM

Still, it never says online. Just that 5 players can have a tournament.

Jonah Falcon @ Dec 5th 2007 2:54PM

I can email you the devs email addy so you can ask them directly.

Jonah Falcon @ Dec 5th 2007 3:00PM

Just realized how silly it is to say "It has up to 5 player multiplayer... is it online?" (grin)

Moorio @ Dec 4th 2007 7:27PM

HOMERUN!

frrs @ Dec 4th 2007 7:29PM

The art style actually looks nice.

Frank @ Dec 4th 2007 8:39PM

Looks fun actually, one of the few arcade games I'm actually excited for before it comes out!

alex @ Dec 4th 2007 10:08PM

No on line multiplayer? Forget it. HELLLO people! Isnt the reason we buy XBLA games is because of the fact that YOU CAN PLAY ON LINE, LIKE ON MULTIPLAYER. Even if this was free I wouldnt waste my time on split screen. SPLITSCREEN DEWDS. Please someone tell me that this is some kind of joke

Ren @ Dec 5th 2007 3:25AM

No, I buy them because they'd seem like a fun game to play. Online or no.

Darkharmony @ Dec 5th 2007 2:56PM

Yeah I'm not sure maybe we're in the minority but I think most people (like Ren and I) buy a game because it will be fun to play. Truth be told I don't get on to play against someone. Usually when I try to I find no one there. Guess that's why I still need a online win in puzzle quest.

Jonah Falcon @ Dec 5th 2007 2:56PM

There's online play, so you can get your head out of the oven. (grin)

Calsonic @ Dec 4th 2007 10:35PM

Me and my friends will get a kick out of this. I'll buy it.

Jonah Falcon @ Dec 5th 2007 2:56PM

Yes, there IS online tournament mode:

"POKER SMASH currently has 4 Singleplayer modes and 2 Multiplayer modes. Singleplayer consists of Action Mode, Puzzle Mode, Practice Mode, and Custom Theme Mode. Multiplayer supports up to 5 people in an Xbox Live Tounament Mode as well as a Local Splitscreen Mode."

mike @ Dec 5th 2007 5:11PM

This looks like tetris attack except with poker hands added in as well. Very exciting imo. The only problem I see is the cursor is a single box with an arrorw (which im sure changes depending on what direction your coming from, frather then a double box. This means unfotunetly the action will be slower then tetris attack, which could very well ruin the game.

ill give the demo a shot tho.

Jonah Falcon @ Dec 5th 2007 5:23PM

You can also lay bombs on the board as well.

The Baron @ Dec 15th 2007 2:32AM

Hello!

@mike.. Actually the single cursor makes it so that you can play it even faster than Tetris Attack. Currently the record combo is 80X as far as multipliers go.

And yes it has online play as well. Up to five different people can battle it out over Xbox Live.