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Eidos announce ‘GEON : Emotions’ for Xbox 360 Live! Arcade (Screens included)

Eidos have this morning revealed their first title for Xbox 360’s Live! Arcade.

Developers Strawdog Studios describe the game as “…a psychedelic, pick-up-and-play game of rapidly changing tactics…” which could mean anything really.

We don’t have much information on the title so far, but certainly the screenshots seem to suggest there will be much rolling of cube shaped objects on to matching coloured game tiles. Emotions mentioned on the games official site include Rage, Anger, Passion and Bliss amongst others.

Screenshots after the Press babble.
Official Press Release:

Eidos New Media, part of Eidos Interactive, one of the world’s leading publishers and developers of entertainment software, has teamed up with Strawdog Studios to develop its first title exclusively for Microsoft Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA), GEON: emotions will be available later this Summer.

High octane visuals, with a fast and slick sound track to match, GEON: emotions is a psychedelic, pick-up-and-play game of rapidly changing tactics. Playing as one of eight emotions – Rage, Passion, Fear, Envy, Rapture, Courage, Bliss or Melancholy – players must race to collect pellets and score goals, using power-ups and their ‘emotional’ strengths and weaknesses.

There are three single player modes: Duel, Time Attack and Mini Games, and three multiplayer modes for up to four players: Duel, Team Geon and Last Man Standing and a huge selection of different arenas to get pulses racing.

“GEON: emotions is our first title for Xbox Live Arcade and we’re really proud of it,” said Simon Protheroe, New Media and IT Director at Eidos. “It’s the perfect mix of fun, action and head-to-head competition which works so well on Live Arcade.”

Contenders will need passion to overcome their fear in order to rage towards the bliss of victory. Do you have the courage to look melancholy in the eye, give a rapturous performance and become the envy of all as the Master of Geon?