This week on Live Arcade (2/6/08)

[tenaciousdave]

Developer Void Star Creations has confirmed that its Xbox Live Arcade title Poker Smash is coming next Wednesday, February 6. Of course, it could be a bluff, but the excitement seems legit and we doubt the team would want to give away its tell this early in the game.

No word yet on price. If your loins are craving for a poker-Tetris hybrid, perhaps the soothing use of Rez HD will tide you over until next week.

Source: Joystiq (http://www.joystiq.com/2008/01/30/poker-smash-on-xbla-next-week/)

[Clipse]

Poker Smash will be available this Wednesday for 800 points.

Additionally, Crystal Quest will receive a free gameplay update this week.

According to the press alert, here are the update details:

Developer Stainless Games has added a fresh twist to the puzzle action by incorporating a score multiplier. This update will make the game slicker and faster than before and opens up the possibility of even higher scores!

The score multiplier increases every time gamers pick up a crystal, but failing to pick up a crystal or getting zapped negates the multiplier. To keep a level playing field, old Leaderboards will be retired after the update, but will still be viewable for posterity’s sake. The update also includes improvements to downloadable content, which is part of Stainless Games’ ongoing commitment to constantly improve the player experience.

Source: Major Nelson (http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2008/02/04/this-week-on-arcade-poker-smash-plus-a-crystal-quest-update.aspx)

[Azeron]

I'm still busy basking in the afterglow of Rez HD.

[KINGxSAINT]

Im going to give poker smash a shot as soon as I get some Microsoft points. Anyone else going to try it out? Ill let you all know how it is if not!

[Burner110]

Im going to give poker smash a shot as soon as I get some Microsoft points. Anyone else going to try it out? Ill let you all know how it is if not!

Well I might it sounds pretty good

[LongJon]

I gave it a shot without Microsoft Points (trial version) and I didn't think much of it. I love poker so I was hoping this'd be good. Just seems like they've shoe-horned poker hands into tetris or something similar, too much of a Meh game to hold my interest.