Battle vs. Chess
The list of releases looks long this week, but when we discount all of the expansions, rereleases, ports, and cruft, we’re really only left with one vaguely interesting new game, Battle vs. Chess. This new chess game seems to be an homage to the original Interplay game Battle Chess from 1988. In this remake, players can choose to play a normal chess game with animated battles, as the original game, or they can play in a Battle Mode in which the animated pieces have defensive abilities which randomly cause some attack moves to be undone based on certain attack circumstances. Additionally, there are challenge scenarios, and alternately sized and shaped boards to play on. Its primary feature of interest to hard-core chess players is the Fritz algorithm system (if you play a lot of chess games, you already know what this is. If you don’t, you probably don’t care) integrated into the AI for highly scalable difficulty.
Following is a full list of this week’s announced North American releases:
Windows
- Battle vs. Chess
- Dead Rising 2
- FIFA Soccer 11
- Final Fantasy XIV Online
- Front Mission Evolved
- John Daly’s ProStroke Golf
- King of Kings 3
- Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
- Maxdriving
- NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits
- Painkiller: Pandemonium
- The Guild 2: Renaissance
- The Sims 3 Deluxe
- Titanic Mystery
- Tropico 3: Gold Edition
- Truck Racing by Renault Trucks
Wii
- Astro Bugz Revenge
- FIFA Soccer 11
- Greg Hastings Paintball 2
- Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
- Haunted House
- John Daly’s ProStroke Golf
- Kid Fit Island Resort
- Matthews Bow Hunting
- MySims SkyHeroes
- Oops! Prank Party
- Rapala Pro Bass Fishing 2010
- Samurai Warriors 3
- Sid Meier’s Pirates!
- Target Toss Pro: Lawn Darts
- Titanic Mystery
DS
- Deer Drive
- Farm Frenzy: Animal Country
- FIFA Soccer 11
- Fizz
- MySims SkyHeroes
- Petz Fantasy: Moonlight Magic
- Rapala Pro Bass Fishing 2010
- Scripps Spelling Bee
- Titanic Mystery
- Zenonia
Xbox 360
- Battle vs. Chess
- Borderlands: Claptrap’s New Robot Revolution
- Dead Rising 2
- FIFA Soccer 11
- Front Mission Evolved
- Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
- Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock (Guitar Bundle)
- Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock (Super Bundle)
- Hydrophobia
- MorphX
- MySims SkyHeroes
- Plants vs. Zombies
- Quantum Theory
- Rapala Pro Bass Fishing 2010
PS3
- Atelier Rorona: The Alchemist of Arland
- Battle vs. Chess
- Borderlands: Claptrap’s New Robot Revolution
- Dead Rising 2
- Ferrari: The Race Experience
- FIFA Soccer 11
- Front Mission Evolved
- Get Fit With Mel B
- Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
- Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
- MySims SkyHeroes
- Quantum Theory
- Rapala Pro Bass Fishing 2010
PSP
- FIFA Soccer 11
- Rapala Pro Bass Fishing 2010
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