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Oct 24, 2007
If you were a gamer in Europe in the early nineties, chances are you'd at least played Speedball 2, even if you didn't own it. This series was pretty popular back in the day, which means this Live Arcade release should be fairly big in Europe. In the US, however, Speedball never really caught on, and that carries over to today, where it's really hard to find a whole lot of people playing Speedball 2 over Xbox Live at any given time.
Speedball is a futuristic sport that can best be described as a mish-mash of basketball, hockey, and a bit of arena football thrown in for good measure. Players wear armor, and fire a little, dangerous ball around the arena to earn points. Points are not only awarded for the obvious - scoring goals - but hitting various targets around the arena also yields points... as well as injuring other players. Games are rife with power-ups, as well, which can change the whole complexion of a match.
