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Tetris to drop on Xbox 360, THQ to publish

by James Ransom-Wiley on Jun 9th 2006 11:25AM

Following a lawsuit launched against The Tetris Company, THQ has acquired the rights to publish Tetris on the Xbox 360 in territories outside of Japan (i.e. North America & Europe). THQ alleged that The Tetris Company breached their contract, preventing the publisher from releasing a version of the classic puzzler for the DS. Instead, Nintendo swooped in and published one of the best installments of Tetris to date.

According to THQ's financial filings, a settlement was reached, which included the Xbox 360 publishing rights.

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Tags: DS, lawsuit, publish, Tetris, The Tetris Company, TheTetrisCompany, THQ, Xbox-360

Reader Comments (22)

i hope they do it as an XBL title and not as a 40$ dvd game with load-times. i also wish they'd make it like tetrinet.

I will be the first (not the only) to admit they will get it. "Who's commin with me...WHO'S COMMIN WITH ME?!?"

Good for nintendo.

I wasn't aware that they'd gone around THQ to develop Tetris for the DS. I guess I'd better go buy it soon, lest it get discontinued for another "Tetris Worlds" rehash.

Why is it that Nintendo's been the one company that can release Tetris without screwing it up?

DVD- I enjoyed Tetris Worlds for the xbox, especially the Hot line and Fusion gametypes.

The puzzle game I'd really like to see is lemmings, but seen as though it's published by SCE (i think), it just ain't gonna happen.

[This post was made at the kickoff of the 2006 FIFA World Cup :D]

Oh man... Tetris high scores on XBoxLive leaderboards... my poor thumbs

ahh yes... the continuing legal saga of the greatest video game of all time.

Let's all pause a moment to remember the guy who started it all:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey_Pajitnov

Oh, and Alexey Pajitnov works for Microsoft now, so in a way it's kind of cool that he's getting paid for inventing a classic.

Tetris DS is deffinatly one of the best versions. I just wish it would have left out all the Nintendo stuff man. That mari theme gets sooo fucking repetitive. Maybe THQ would have put in the origonal Tetris theme.... And the ability to change the music.

Yeah, I used to work for THQ and I must say they should NOT be able to publish Tetris games because they suck at it. You wouldn't think it'd be that difficult to get right!

One word: WEWT!

I'm happy to hear this news. Tetris for 360? Yes please.

Glad they're making use of all that graphical power.

THE BLOCKS WILL BE SHINIER THAN EVER!

Is this Arika's Tetris: The Grand Master Ace? Because if it is, it may be a reason for me to get a 360.

no matter how shiny those blocks rr, blocks will still b blocks!

Not only does Pajitnov work at Microsoft now, but he made the game that comes with the 360, Hexic. Why his name isn't on the title screen or anything is a bit weird.

Hexic is a fabulous game... IMO better as a puzzle game than Tetris. The reason why Tetris is so great is that it's simple (duh) but Hexic has many levels of chess-like complexity. Good for Alexey... dude needs to get paid and paid and paid for those titles.

@soco

I gotta agree. If they could come close to Tetrinet I'll be all over it. Hopefully

Finally my wife MAY play something on the 360. She is not just a casual gamer, she is hardcore oldskool. Not because she's trying to be cool, she just hates any game with a need for more than a few buttons. This and the Wii may let me play with my wife more often - not that I want her cutting into my Oblivion time ;)

Yeah THQ is completely incapable of doing Tetris right. Tetris Worlds on the GBA was the biggest waste of $20 imaginable. God bless Nintendo for bringing us Tetris DS!

im guessing that this is coming to XBLA, why do they keep realeasing such good games for the arcade.
my housemates keep laughing at me for playing uno and hexic whilst i have GRAW collecting dust on my shelf lol

They really need to get rid of the unlimited spin feature. On the ds it makes it near impossible to lose when you play by yourself. It wouldn't have been too bad if they would've let you turn it off.

i've been playing the old gameboy version of Tetris for...
i don't know how many years.
and i'm sticking to it.
its a classic.
i'm keepin' it 8-bit.

i might just get Tetris DS though.

maybe.. maybe...

Noiceeee. Woof.

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