Carcassonne to hit XBLA this Wednesday @ Gaming Target

Written by John Scalzo on June 25, 2007

News: Another board game classic for the Live Arcade.

Microsoft has announced that this Wednesday's Xbox Live Arcade release will be the classic baord game Carcassonne.

Carcassonne will be available for 800 Microsoft Points and for those that don't know how the game works, we have this explanation:

Named after the medieval fortified town of Carcassonne in southern France, famed for its city walls, Carcassonne for Xbox Live Arcade starts with an empty landscape and a single square tile. Using strategic tactics and a little luck, one to five four players take turns selecting from 72 tiles displaying various features of a city including roads, the walls of a castle or fields. The medieval countryside thrives as players and their opponents place tiles and complete towns, roads, and farms while competing to accumulate the most points.

Other features include:

Special AI settings to challenge any skill level

Challenge your friends Ц Up to five players can play over Xbox Live or up to four players can play on the same Xbox 360

Interact with new and old friends alike over Xbox Live while you play Carcassonne with the Xbox Live Vision camera

Helpful step-by-step tutorial to teach you the game in minutes

Skill-based matchmaking for ranked games

The complete Carcassonne includes 72 tiles and all rule sets

Carcassonne includes the УRivers IIФ expansion set - 12 additional tiles

We'll have more on Carcassonne soon.