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This Week: UNO RUSH

Tue, 2009-03-24 22:00 — VanIslePimp

UNO RUSH™ is a four-player, social party game that's easy to jump into, but hard to leave because you'll have so much fun playing. Sort your cards (even off-turn) so you can play them sequentially when it is your turn. The first player to get rid of all their cards wins the round, and scores points based on the remaining cards in opponents' hands. This fast-paced, family-friendly game is sure to become a hit with you and your friends.

“UNO RUSH” gets dealt on March 25 at 9 a.m. GMT (2:00 a.m. PDT).

Published and developed by Microsoft, “UNO RUSH” will be available for 800 Microsoft Points worldwide and is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB. For more details on “UNO RUSH” you can visit: http://www.xbox.com/games/u/unorushxboxlivearcade/

Also, this week, you can play with the developers who helped make the game UNO RUSH this Friday, March 27, 2009. Xbox LIVE® Gold members can play with the developers of UNO RUSH from 3:00-6:00 P.M. ET. Look for these Gamertags:

  • UNO RUSH GwD 1
  • UNO RUSH GwD 2
  • UNO RUSH GwD 3
  • UNO RUSH GwD 4
  • UNO RUSH GwD 5
  • UNO RUSH GwD 6
  • UNO RUSH GwD 7
  • UNO RUSH GwD 8
  • UNO RUSH GwD 9
  • UNO RUSH GwD 10

Comments

Posted on: Tue, 2009-03-24 22:31 #1
I'll have to check out the

I'll have to check out the demo because I'm not getting how you play from the description.

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Posted on: Wed, 2009-03-25 07:25 #2
I believe it plays pretty

I believe it plays pretty much like the original UNO, but in real-time instead of being turn-based.


Well, guess it doesn't really matter what I think, when the game is out in a couple of hours from now. Just sucks that my 360 just died.

Posted on: Wed, 2009-03-25 15:41 #3
It's a queued format

I tried the demo on last month's OXM disc. You have to manage all of your swaps and card selection while the other players are taking their turns. When it's your turn, you'd better be ready to play, or the timer will count down and skip you. Not my cup of tea, but some people might light it. I would've preferred to see avatars added to the original Uno instead.

My fifth 360, which was the fourth refurb from the extended warranty, died a couple of weeks ago with the RRoD. Since I didn't really want to wait another month to get a refurb from the dead pool, I opted to buy a new Arcade unit for the HDMI and quieter drive and fans. Now, I'm unable to use the license migration tool because I had to use it last summer after "support" forgot to transfer my licenses on the last refurb.

"Support" refuses to do the migration because it's against policy. I managed to contact an actual English-speaking supervisor who attempted to route my request to the license transfer group at MS, but the interface wouldn't allow him to do it on a new purchase. He said that if I still had my RRoDed 360, they would have honored the warranty past three years and been able to transfer licenses without any issues.

The recommendations from "support" were to A) wait until June 26th, when it'll have been a year since my last transfer, or B) allow my kids to login with my gamertag which is A) against the Xbox Live TOS, B) gives them access to my Points stash and credit card information, and C) allows them to play games rated beyond their current limits. Neither is an acceptable solution, but Microsoft doesn't have a problem with either of those.

I emailed Larry Hyrb (Major Nelson) and all I got was crickets. I guess it's time to file BBB and state Attorney General complaints against MS.