The long winding road of Galactrix!

So either we are a little late on this story, or REALLY freaking early :)

Just over a year ago, we picked up on a story that the fine folks at Xboxic.com discovered about a new title coming to XBLA from Infinite Interactive named simply Galactrix.  You see, at the time Infinite Interactive's other title Puzzle Quest wasn't yet the smash hit that it is today.  It seems that they have decided to leverage the popularity to better promote the upcoming Galactrix.

Can't say I blame them.

Another thing that has changed over the last year is the fundamental gameplay of the title.  From the screen shots that were displayed with the original announcement which can be seen on the Xboxic post (yeah we've learned this last year to make sure to save all public images for ourselves :) ), gone is the familiar square blocks from Bejewelled/Puzzle Quest and in its place is a more Hexic style of hexagon blocks.

While it's interesting to see how games progress when marketing gets involved, the latest screen shots certainly prove this game is coming along nicely: