XBLA screeny blowout: Rez, Tron and Poker Smash

by Dustin Burg { Jan 8th 2008 at 1:00PM }

After sniffing through the deep, dark and musty bowels of Microsoft's Xbox Live Arcade marketing materials, not only did we get a nasty sinus infection, but we came across spiffy new screenshots from a few upcoming XBLA games. What Arcade games? Well, you're jumping the gun there stallion with all your questions as we were just about to tell you. Ahem. Screenshots from XBLA games including Rez, Tron and Poker Smash which can all be viewed in the galleries posted after the break. So please do us a favor and make our sinus infection worth getting by viewing as many screenshots as possible. We read somewhere that the only way to cure a blogger's sinuses is to view their screenshot galleries ... just saying.

Gallery: Rez (XBLA)

Gallery: Tron (XBLA)

Gallery: Poker Smash (XBLA)

Tags: poker-smash, rez, tron, xbla

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Larry not allowed to say cheevo @ Jan 8th 2008 1:09PM

MS should give us Tron as the free game! I'm not purchasing any games until I get word on what the free game will be! I wonder if they took that into consideration, as far as how it could affect sales of games. I'm sure I'm not the only one that's waiting.

jduke @ Jan 8th 2008 2:00PM

I hear ya. I'm curious what the hold up is anyway.

flameofdoom666 @ Jan 8th 2008 4:54PM

Last night, I was going to buy an arcade game, but then I didn't becuase I thought "what if this is the free game..."

Tony @ Jan 8th 2008 1:15PM

I'd honestly be surprised if the free game was something developed by a third party. It'd serve MS's purposes more (and save them money, I'm sure) if it was something they took care of themselves.

Larry not allowed to say cheevo @ Jan 8th 2008 1:18PM

I know, but I'm hoping that I'm not going to be disappointed when the truth really does come out. So I was just being positive. Yeah... I know. :( Looks like we'll be getting Yaris 2.

Tony @ Jan 8th 2008 1:28PM

Don't make me cry... :(

flameofdoom666 @ Jan 8th 2008 4:55PM

But Yaris is third party, so nope! We may get a lame card game though...

jduke @ Jan 8th 2008 2:04PM

So I'm really confused about Poker Smash. Is it poker? Looks like a puzzle game. Anyone have any info?

Jonah Falcon @ Jan 8th 2008 6:43PM

Poker Smash is a card game version of Tetris Attack.

Some videos for you:

http://www.gamestooge.com/2007/09/12/poker-smash-the-next-big-puzzle-game/

jjdoglegg @ Jan 8th 2008 2:17PM

Poker Smash = Poker and bejeweled.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHDdskJPafk

jduke @ Jan 8th 2008 2:36PM

ugh

Ithilis @ Jan 8th 2008 2:36PM

What the crap were they thinking by not updating Trons graphics? Is anyone here so sentimental for the game that they'd pay to endure that?

Tony @ Jan 8th 2008 3:09PM

The graphics are updated, although just barely. It looks like they're going the route of Midway's other arcade releases on XBLA... more or less matching the existing design, but adding more details and backgrounds. Robotron and Gauntlet did that too.

If you look really close in the shots, the cycles are more detailed and other sections feature backgrounds and higher color amounts.

It's definitely not really exciting or anything, but I guess it's better than nothing. It would have been cool if they did the cycle stuff in 3D or something like that free PC game.