Tired of destroying all those poor asteroids with high powered lasers? Interested in herding cattle? If you answered yes to both of those questions, I have an upcoming XBLA title to suggest to you: Asteroid Cowboys.

Very little is know about the game other than this: you play "a space cowboy who has to rope asteroids with a laser lasso and work along with other players." Co-op roping sounds even better, doesn't it?

The game has yet to be announced formally, but Digital Out's (link to Danish site) game was uncovered when the Nordic Game Program announced their second round of grant winners. Digital Out will be receiving DKK 500,000 (~$100,000) for Asteroid Cowboys through the Nordic Game Program.

Knowing that XBLA titles typically have budgets under half a million dollars, that is a considerable amount of funding for the project.

More on the game as is becomes available.

[via Gamasutra]