Chessmaster Arrives on XBLA in January
Titled Chessmaster Live, it includes numerous AI opponents for solo play, five original chess variants, and chess pieces inspired by those of fancy board maker House of Staunton. As the title implies, the game features online multiplayer as well, complete with the ability to engage in one of those "message chess" matches that can end up taking months.
Though Chessmaster Live isn't the first chess game to hit XBLA, it will hopefully turn out better than Strange Flavour and Freeverse's budget-priced Spyglass Board Games, which was marred by cumbersome controls, a troublesome online setup, and the lack of same-screen multiplayer.
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replyI wonder what someone who walks by would say, seeing someone who bought an expensive console, a HUGE tv and a 5.1 speaker system playing Chess. :D
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Sometimes it's about what you want, not what you need. I have almost $300 invested in just one board and set of pieces. It doesn't get used as much as my $20 set of weighted plastic pieces and vinyl board but that's OK, everything has it's place. Plus computer programs have the nice feature of preventing illegal moves, which can happen often if doing shots for every captured piece.
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