Speedball II in development for XBLA

Since we will almost certainly never get our HD remake of American Gladiators on Xbox Live Arcade, we continue to look to other sources to get our fix of games based on fake sports. Imagine our relief then when we heard that Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe was in development for XBLA by Empire Interactive. The pseudo sports game was originally released for the Genesis and a slew of other systems.

For the uninitiated, Speedball is a bit like handball, except crossed with ice hockey. Oh, and the ball's made out of steel. So yeah, awesome. This new version will feature HD graphics (naturally), more teams and online multiplayer. The official release date? Not soon enough. (CVG says August -- for 800 Microsoft points.)