Rumor Roundup
With the summer now fully upon us, we had to dig even deeper than normal to bring you these rumors.
The XBLA version of Texas Hold'em may include a "tells" system.
Rumor: The version of Texas Hold'em coming to XBLA is being developed by Carbonated Games (a MS subsidiary) and will have more than a few things in common with the Bicycle version they just released on MSN Gaming Zone, including the "tells" system.
Our Take: We asked MS to comment and they wouldn't even confirm that it's Carbonated that are developing it. That said, I'd say it's a pretty good guess that it'd be them since Texas Hold'em> is a first party game and what would be the point of having two divisions making different versions of the same game? Add to that how much everyone has loved how Uno turned out, it just makes sense for CG to be developing it.
As for the "Tells" system, it sounds like a great idea, and if CG is developing it, you'd have to guess that the game is going to be running on the same basic framework (although it does look different from the screenshots we've seen so far), so it wouldn't be unreasonable to assume that they'd share this feature.
A third Pompom game might be making it's way to XBLA
Rumor: Bliss Island will be the third XBLA game developed by Pompom Software.
Our Take: This one seems to make sense, after the success Pompom has experienced with Mutant Storm Reloaded and the upcoming Mutant Storm Empire on Xbox Live Arcade, you would imagine that they'd be pretty happy with XBLA. Add to this that the official site has three other locations stating "Coming Soon" (one of which is known to be the PSP) and you've got a pretty decent argument that we'll be seeing it at some point in the future.
Comments
whats is a "tells" system ? ??
Tomacco
22869
"tells" in texas hold'em are subconscious things that people do in certain situations, for example if someone bets extremely quickly and extremely large, it could be a tell that they are bluffing. The professional players will notice and use these tells to their advantage.
I'm not sure what this particular game entails in that manner, but I know one of them is that you have to actively flip your cards over to see them and everyone can see that you are looking at your cards (no they can't see what they are)
That "official site" link in the Pompom rumor takes me to a SquareSoft fansite. Is that a mistake?
I was looking for the "coming soon" page you mentioned, but instead I found new screens of Mutant Storm Empire (linked from Pompom's forums). Even better. :-)
http://www.pompomgames.com/ms_empire_screens/
Tomacco
22869
Excellent find McLean78 and I've fixed the link in question