XBLA Peggle to include new online multiplayer modes [update]

by Dustin Burg { Feb 8th 2008 at 9:30AM }

With the help of the team over at the Gamerscore Blog, Evil Avatar got a chance to get a few questions answered by PopCap Games' Greg Canessa about two of their upcoming XBLA games, Feeding Frenzy 2 and Peggle.

From the interview we learn that not only will Peggle be amazingly, addictively fun (who would have guessed that?), but we find out that PopCap is working very hard to bring multiplayer to Peggle. Canessa confirms that the XBLA version of Peggle is guaranteed to include ~~two player co-op as well as~~ online multiplayer, but refused to cite specifics about how many players will be supported ~~or if co-op will be online enabled~~. We say, bravo to that! Including any form of multiplayer in Peggle is a huge step forward for the franchise and should make it even more addictive. Color us Peggle excited! Oh yeah, we should also tell you that Canessa confirmed that Feeding Frenzy 2 will include local co-op as well. Multiplayer XBLA gaming for all!

Update: Canessa did not specifically confirm whether or not Peggle's multiplayer modes will include co-op.

Tags: feeding-frenzy-2, peggle, pop-cap, pop-cap-games, xbla

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Royale @ Feb 8th 2008 9:46AM

Co-op peggle! Don't know exactly how that will work but... Peggle! Will the mutliplayer be enough to make me purchase a third version? I already have the ipod and PC versions.

The Dark Knight @ Feb 8th 2008 9:55AM

Who really cares about Peggle and Feeding Frenzy 2. We want arcade games like X-Men, TMNT: Turtles In Time, The Simpsons arcade game, and SSF2HD Remix. Quit trying to get the casual market with these dumb old PC games. After all TMNT: The Arcade Game was the top selling Xbox Live Arcade game last year, so I would think you would know better Microsoft what people want!

James @ Feb 8th 2008 11:14AM

Dark Knight, I don't think you'd be saying that if you'd played Peggle. When Yahtzee (of Zero Punctuation) called it "the gaming equivalent of highly-refined crack cocaine" he was not shitting around. Evenings disappear down that well at the bottom of the screen, and I would never have called myself a "casual gamer".

I'm mildly pissed that I bought the PC version just before they announced the XBLA version, but a) I think I'm going to like it better with a mouse than a control pad, and b) I got it for half-off with their New Years sale, so I can't bitch too loudly. I really, really hope the demo supports co-op, because I might buy it again just for that.