This week in XBLA

This week in XBLA is the stellar PC game Peggle and the Iphone App Crystal Defenders.

Peggle

Peggle is a casual puzzle/skill based game made by Popcap. The object of the game is to eliminate different colored pegs with a ball. The game somewhat of a cross between Plinko from the Price is Right and a Pachinko machine. Its very addictive and you will never want to stop playing. There is even online multiplayer as well as Leaderboards in the XBLA version. The full version is 800 Microsoft Points($10). As always there is a free trial version that you can download. Compared to the PC version, the XBLA port is even better with the multiplayer and is actually cheaper than the PC version (although its on sale now). I defintly recommend everyone to try this game. Because of its casual nature and cuteness its great for kids and mother as well.
9 pegs out of 10


Crystal Defenders

The second game out this week is Crystal Defenders. This a port of a cell phone/iphone game of the same name. It's a tower defense game made by Square Enix. If you have every played a TD game before then there is nothing special that makes this one stand out. Its very standard, place people, wave comes, kill wave, repeat. There is no multiplayer besides leaderboards. Although the price is a bit high, (800 MS points/ $10) its a good game that you can't go wrong with.
7.5 waves out of 10