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XBLA in Brief: FunTown Mahjong
It's not often that we get to take a trip to FunTown, so we were thrilled at the prospect when FunTown Mahjong released on Xbox Live Arcade this week. To put it bluntly, our excitement was not warranted. Dull presentation and hilariously bad translation make this game entertaining enough, but for all the wrong reasons. Watch the latest episode of XBLA in Brief for our impressions of the trial version.
This Wednesday: FunTown Mahjong melds tiles on XBLA
After originally being announced last Wednesday, only to be delayed seven days, the ancient Chinese tile game, in the form of FunTown Mahjong, is now available for download on Xbox Live Arcade. This 800 (yowch!) version of mahjong features one-player local or four-player Xbox Live play, a game tutorial, "vivid audio and visuals" as well as the option to "change background images and tiles." Even better: you can expand the tile fun with a Chinese Festival DLC expansion for 160 points. Why aren't you playing yet?Download FunTown Mahjong from the XBLM
FunTown Mahjong marches into Arcade-ville next week
Yesterday, the Xbox Live Arcade was supposed to receive two new titles to its library, at least according to Major Nelson, but only The Maw showed up. The other game in question was FunTown Mahjong, which is now slated to hit the Arcade next Wednesday. The Major updated his original post regarding the availability of FunTown Mahjong saying, "It turns out I was given incorrect information," and confirmed a XBLA version of the ancient four-player Chinese board game will hit the service on January 28 for 800. Yay?
This Wednesday (yeah, today): The Maw and FunTown Mahjong hit XBLA
This week's first XBLA release is FunTown Mahjong. Protip: If you wander into a village marked by a big sign that says "FunTown," and the first guy you see tells you that they've only got one game in town, that it's Mahjong and it costs $10 to play it ... then you're not in FunTown. You're in Awfulville, and the Chamber of Commerce has just changed the name.On the bright side, we're also getting The Maw, a very pretty action-platformer that has us quite intrigued. You can also pick that one up for 800 ($10).
