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 Microsoft has further stepped up its regular Xbox Live Arcade updates, and everyones favorite euro game, Settlers of Catan, will be among the releases.
Big Huge Games (Rise of Nations) has headed up the conversion of hit board/tabletop game Settlers of Catan
for release on Xbox Live. In the game, players take on the role of
colonists of a newly discovered island, where they, as the release
says, "vie for control of valuable territory and resources through
strategy and trading."
The Xbox Live version, priced at 800 Microsoft Points ($10), will
feature the option to play as 13 different historical personalities
including Alexander, Cleopatra and Tokugawa, each with different play
styles and difficulty levels, as well as a 'Learn As You Play' tutorial
mode to help ease in new players.
As with other Xbox Live conversions like Uno, the game
will also feature full 4 player multi-player capabilities over Live,
animations and emotes to taunt and belittle opponents, and voice chat
to further communicate with other players.
Said Settlers of Catan creator Klaus Teuber of the
conversion, "I had no doubts that Brian Reynolds would do a great job,
and the first version of the game exceeded my highest expectations. The
AI is so clever that I even lost several games in a row!"
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