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Sensible World of Soccer fixed, back on XBLA
After a blatant bug caused it to be yanked from the Xbox Live Marketplace, Sensible World of Soccer has returned sans obvious technical faults. This version of the footy classic still has the problem of us being completely rubbish at it, but we can't lay the blame at the feet of the developers. They'd just boot it into our obviously unguarded net.If you were enjoying the previous release of Codemasters' kicker despite the creepy crawlies in the code, you're advised to delete the game from your Xbox 360 hard drive and download it again. Major Nelson assures us that you won't be charged if you've already paid for it -- and if not, swos never your concern anyway.
Sensible World of Soccer has critical bug, gets pulled
The video just about sums it up. After a long build-up, Sensible World of Soccer rushed onto the Xbox Live Marketplace field this morning and promptly fell on its face. (Thanks to West Ham's Robert Green for the visual aid.) The beloved soccer game apparently suffered from a bug that would sign players out of Live as soon as it started up, and wouldn't sign them back in until they returned to the dashboard. After the forums erupted on Codemasters' official site, the game was pulled from Marketplace.There's currently no announced timetable for its return, but we'll update this post as soon as we hear something new. In the meantime, Major Nelson has the lowdown on all the "anonymous" information your game will collect on you to present you with the very finest in in-game advertising. ... Once it's working, of course.[Thanks, GiantHaystax]
This Wednesday: Sensible World of Soccer, Tempest come to XBLA
We know what you're thinking: "This isn't news! I've known about the release of Sensible World of Soccer and Tempest on XBLA for weeks!" Well, you're right and you're wrong. As for the well-regarded soccer game Sensible, you hit the nail on the head as we reported last month it would arrive on the 19th for 800 points. So no big surprises there.And as for Tempest, we're pretty sure that you're confusing it with Space Giraffe. Don't feel bad though, it happens to everybody. While "a tarted up, 400-point HD version of Tempest" would be an accurate way to describe both, this one has a way better title.
Sensible Soccer coming to XBLA in November
Fans of, well, Soccer, will be pleased as punch to learn that the remake of 1994's Sensible World of Soccer will finally be making its way to Xbox Live Arcade sometime this month. At least, it will if everything goes well, according to developer Codemasters.Codemasters producer Jim Brown tells Eurogamer that the classic Soccer/Football title still has another round of submissions internally, as well as Microsoft's own certification process, but that the team anticipates the game's availability on XBLA within the month. According to Brown, delays on the game's release have been due to the multiplayer network code, which has been reworked significantly for stability. Sensible World of Soccer was deemed one of the ten most important games of all time back in March, by a panel including our very own Chris Grant.
Sensible World of Soccer considered for XBLA
Codemasters, owners of the Sensible World of Soccer (SWOS) license, is reportedly considering a port of this classic 'football' title for Xbox Live Arcade. Sensible Software's beloved SWOS, which debuted for Amiga & DOS in 1994, was intended to be an unlockable in Codemasters' mediocre release, Sensible Soccer 2006, but ended up a no-show in the final version.While Codemasters readily admits, "Live Arcade is a platform we're evaluating certainly," the company is still trying to gauge the demand for a re-release.
