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Fez Officially Confirmed for XBLA
Sentry | 10:09 AM on 07.06.2009 3 comments




Polytron announced on July 2nd that Fez - the upcoming, retro-aestheted platformer that will juxtapose layers of 2D gameplay against 3D "trixels" - will in fact be released on Xbox Live Arcade. The specific cost and release date of Fez are still unknown, though early 2010 is estimated for the latter.

As yet, there are no announced plans for release on alternate platforms, though I personally don't find it unreasonable to expect for "Fez" to eventually make its way to PC.

This is personally one of my most anticipated games of the near future. The trailers that I've seen so far suggest an extremely enjoyable and intriguing platforming/puzzle-solving experience, not to mention a chill chiptune-esque soundtrack, both of which complement my gaming tastes perfectly and have whet my appetite for Fez's release.

Additionally, I've taken to Renaud Bédard's articles on some of the mechanics behind the games trixels, as I'm something of a process-geek and love learning about pretty much anything related to the technical, artistic, musical, or logisitcal development of a product.

I wholeheartedly recommend that you click either of those links and give 'em a read.

Polytron

Note: I put this up mistakenly thinking that it hadn't already been covered on Destructoid. Though I did briefly check to see if somebody had written on it, I obviously missed something, which was negligent on my part. However, I do care about the things that I mentioned in this post, and personally feel that there's more in here than just the old news.

So I'm keeping it up.

(For the record, I'd have no objection to this not being listed in the Cblog recap, but am prepared to accept my "Fail", chin held high.)



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garison's Destructoid Blog
Old, but still amazing news. I don't really download games on PC, so it coming to XBLA makes me really really happy.

And Fez looks fucking amazing.
Overcrowd's Destructoid Blog
@Garison

Same. My PC can't even run KotOR, so it's a total bummer when games like Fez remain PC exclusive. Thank fuck it isn't though, as it looks incredible.
Holyetheline's Destructoid Blog
Saw this on the frontpage a few days ago. I'm stoked!!!!


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