Queen's gambit finds Chessmaster on XBLA in January
by Jason Dobson 
{ Nov 29th 2007 at 10:20AM }
Not a lot of details have been revealed about this latest game to carry the Chessmaster banner, though to be honest we think we have a good idea what to expect. Still, Ubisoft's Peter Helm did describe the game as being a "comprehensive chess program" featuring "hundreds" of AI opponents for Elo-ranked matches, as well as Live play with with voice and camera support, which opens up the opportunity to return to those wild drunken nights spent at college playing 'strip chess.' Your move, baby.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Bucket @ Nov 29th 2007 10:30AM
Most of you are not hardcore enough to play chess.
WiNG @ Nov 29th 2007 10:45AM
This is a great idea, but they should do scrabble instead.
Every time I think about playing chess, I just play Starcraft instead.
Vidikron (FU) @ Nov 29th 2007 10:58AM
I think Scrabble would make an awesome XBLA game. It would work great on the Wii too with the pointer to move and place pieces (assuming they had a solid online component). Someone needs to do it!
gonk @ Nov 29th 2007 11:00AM
AND RISK
cmon!
gonk @ Nov 29th 2007 10:47AM
Do you know how we keep warm in Russia?
Emperor Samoth @ Nov 29th 2007 11:00AM
Bring BattleChess to PS3 to be used with the PlayStation Eye. Then again, it might not be as cool as I envision it.
mike k. @ Nov 29th 2007 11:06AM
I hope this will include chess matches over long periods of time, similar to chess by mail or some sort. Where you can start a match and then have the match saved on a server where each player can log in at their own time and make their move.
gonk @ Nov 29th 2007 11:37AM
that'd be nice, but i seriously doubt it
GibGirl @ Nov 29th 2007 2:31PM
http://www.redhotpawn.com
Pyronite @ Nov 29th 2007 12:20PM
Hope they include some of the deeper Chessmaster aspects, from the coaching to the tracking and such.
UnnDunn @ Nov 29th 2007 12:51PM
This game is so bought.
Spyglass board games had a chess game, but that was crap.