Sensible Soccer coming to XBLA in November

by Scott Jon Siegel { Nov 5th 2007 at 6:30AM }

Fans of, well, Soccer, will be pleased as punch to learn that the remake of 1994's Sensible World of Soccer will finally be making its way to Xbox Live Arcade sometime this month. At least, it will if everything goes well, according to developer Codemasters.

Codemasters producer Jim Brown tells Eurogamer that the classic Soccer/Football title still has another round of submissions internally, as well as Microsoft's own certification process, but that the team anticipates the game's availability on XBLA within the month. According to Brown, delays on the game's release have been due to the multiplayer network code, which has been reworked significantly for stability. Sensible World of Soccer was deemed one of the ten most important games of all time back in March, by a panel including our very own Chris Grant.

Tags: codemasters, sensible-soccer, sensible-world-of-soccer, sensiblesoccer, soccer, swos, xbla

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Prime @ Nov 5th 2007 6:41AM

Hopefully have better online play than the current PES2008.

I loved this game growing up.

Pawsaldo @ Nov 5th 2007 7:03AM

This is the best football game I have ever played, it was so fun and I miss it ;___;

Man there are quite a few XBLA games I want :(

I wish I had a 360 now....

dave Nichols @ Nov 5th 2007 8:10AM

Pawsaldo - could not agree more. Got a PS3 and have never been so jealous of another machines line up.... Speedball 2 has been the hardest to swallow so far.

Dave.

James @ Nov 5th 2007 8:26AM

Sensible Soccer was my fave till Strikers. In many ways it feels like a true sequel to Sensible.

t_m @ Nov 5th 2007 9:08AM

Is it weird that the games I want most on EVERY console are the small live/arcade/micro download games, and not the ones that are supposed to be selling the console?

Pawsaldo @ Nov 5th 2007 11:16AM

@dave Nichols
OMG speedball 2 I forgot that was on XBLA aswell I miss that game as I had the Amiga version, but my amiga died so I got the Mega Drive version but sadly you can't save the game ;__;

Rob Accomando @ Nov 5th 2007 7:44AM

That's the most sensible, level heading piece of news I've heard all day

Poisoned Al @ Nov 5th 2007 8:07AM

Sweet! The only footie game ever made I actually liked is on XBLA! All the others are about as fun as chewing glass IMO. I SO hope they kept the mode where you can kick a live grenade about.

Gangsta Smurf @ Nov 5th 2007 8:08AM

Fuck soccer, give us a Tecmo Super Bowl remake!

nerrrrrrd @ Nov 5th 2007 8:11AM

I thought the football vs football argument would've been posted earlier.

Poisoned Al @ Nov 5th 2007 8:16AM

Me too. Not all Americans are stupid, but they seem to have an monopoly on it. I hate football and football games, but Sensible Soccer is awesome.

All you've done Smurf is prove you're just another uneducated, cheeseburger inhaling tard.

Gangsta Smurf @ Nov 5th 2007 8:52AM

That wasn't an anti-soccer comment. It was a "stop force feeding us these C-grade games and give us some classics" comment.

I like Soccer as well as Football and other sports. Next time, check your egos at the door.

Anonim @ Nov 5th 2007 9:09AM

Stupid merkin...

Anonim @ Nov 5th 2007 9:10AM

;)

Poisoned Al @ Nov 5th 2007 9:10AM

You've never played have you? Yet here you are, squirting out your worthless option anyway.

ScreamingSkull @ Nov 5th 2007 9:25AM

And everybody knows if there's an "American Football" game that should come to XBLA, it should be Mutant League Football.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutant_League_Football

Gangsta Smurf @ Nov 5th 2007 9:26AM

Worthless option? Okay. Tecmo Super Bowl > That Soccer game. There, I said it.

dan stabbingworth @ Nov 5th 2007 9:45AM

"Not all Americans are stupid, but they seem to have an monopoly on it."

"Yet here you are, squirting out your worthless option anyway."

Wow, way to be an ass and insult yourself at the same time. If you think stupidity only afflicts Americans, then you should look in the mirror.

dan stabbingworth @ Nov 5th 2007 9:46AM

In response to Poisoned Al

bigsofty @ Nov 5th 2007 11:52AM

People rained on 2D as 3D took over BUT 2D can offer things 3D cant, its much easier to concentrate on the movement on the ball in 2D for example and its a genuinely different game play experience in 2D!

Yeah, I hat the current over hyped 3D football games that available but like many people who pined for the the likes of SS, it was just seen as nostalgia and not simply because some people prefer it that way!

gonk @ Nov 5th 2007 12:15PM

never heard of this game

Carlos @ Nov 5th 2007 12:31PM

BEST FOOTBALL GAME EVER

you could do it all with just one button! today games use a shit load of buttons and yet you can't always do what you want it to. This game was just some of the most fun i've had with a video game, and it is now one of the main reasons i can see myself buying a 360 for.