Empire Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of Silverstar Holdings, has announced that the classic combat sports game Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe will be available on the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft via Xbox LIVE Arcade from 17th October 2007.
Regarded as a break-though title that took the sports genre to a new level, the Bitmap Brothers classic, Speedball, was first released for the Amiga in 1990 and quickly became a huge success. However it wasn’t until the release of its sequel, Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe that the title reached new gaming heights and sold over 2 million units. It is still considered by many to be one of the best games of all time. The Xbox LIVE Arcade version is a perfect conversion of Speedball II: Brutal Deluxe but with the addition of an all-new High Definition version, more teams and downloadable content, whilst still retaining all the classic elements that have made it a firm favourite amongst gamers.
