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Holiday Download Guide (Feature)

Dec 21, 2007

Dec 21, 2007 December is the month of giving and, better yet, receiving. December is the month when sugarplum visions of $400 consoles and $60 games dance through your head. And, of course, December is the month when your loved ones usually just cheap out and buy you a gift card instead. So long as that gift card is an online points card from Microsoft, Sony or Nintendo, however, you'll be alright. With so much downloadable content available for so little money, you could stretch a few ...

Reminder: Carcassonne Available for Free Now (News)

Nov 15, 2007

Friendly Reminder!

Make sure to download the Xbox LIVE Arcade game Carcassonne for FREE today through tomorrow (Friday, November 16th).

Xbox LIVE Turns Five, Gives Away Carcassonne, soars past 8 million mark (News)

Nov 13, 2007

Xbox LIVE membership soars past 8 million mark, Microsoft unveils new download service for Xbox games direct to your living room beginning Dec. 4.

all 8 million members will have the opportunity to download a free Xbox LIVE Arcade game,* available for downloading between 12:01 a.m. PST on Nov. 15 and 11:59 p.m. PST on Nov. 16.** In addition to this, every active member who joined the service in 2002 will receive 500 free Microsoft Points.

Carcassonne gets Expansion Pack (News)

Oct 4, 2007

Tabletop-to-XBLA game Carcassonne is getting an expansion pack. The King and Baron pack comes with new five new town piece tiles and two new bonuses:

* The player with the largest completed Town will get the 'King' icon next to their Gamertag/Avatar. The player with the King icon at the end of the game will receive one point for each completed city in the game.

The "pack" will sell for 300 Microsoft Points.

Carcassonne - Xbox Live Arcade (Review)

Jun 27, 2007

With the launch of Catan a few weeks back, Microsoft showed off a new side of Xbox Live Arcade; a side where mature, thoughtful board game fans are more than welcome. That being said, however, Catan definitely isnt a jump-in-and-swim kind of experience. Its an awesome game that takes more than a little getting used to before you really know how to play properly. Carcassonne is the second game to follow the mature tabletop theme. This virtual adaptation of the popular, strategic German board ...

Exclusive- Carcassonne Achievements Revealed (News)

Jun 26, 2007

GamingTalkHQ got there hands on all tweleve achievements for this weeks XBLA title Carcassonne.

Carcassonne Xbox.Com Page Up, Priced (News)

Jun 15, 2007

Xbox.com just posted the Carcassonne website on the main page, with a price of 800 Microsoft Points ($10 USD). These guys don't post Xbox Live Arcade games until they're about to be released.

What is Carcassonne? (Preview)

Apr 18, 2007

For those unfamiliar with Carcassonne, it started in 2000 as a German board game inspired by the medieval French city of the same name. While it may not yet enjoy mainstream success, Carcassonne has already gained an almost cult following, for its classic gameplay and simple charm. If you've never played this gem, this June is the time to check it out when it heads to Xbox Live Arcade. The game consists of 72 tiles that each make up a section of a medieval landscape, and include features like ...

Carcassone - Gameplay 04-13-07 (Video)

Apr 13, 2007

Set in a medieval landscape composed of 72 tiles, you'll start with just one tile and steadily expand into a virtual bathroom floor of territory.

Carcassonne - Xbox Live Arcade (Screenshots)

Apr 11, 2007

European Board Games Headed to XBL (News)

Aug 24, 2006

Microsoft continues pushing forward with their Xbox Live Arcade releases, and while the world scrambles to download their free copies of Texas Hold 'Em before they have to fork over real-world cash, Microsoft's already planning some more interesting releases that aren't HD-filtered versions of old school classics.
In a press release covering the Leipzig Games Convention, Microsoft revealed that European board games Settlers of Catan, Carcassonne and Alhambra would all be appearing on Xbox Live.