Jetpac Refuelled Rockets Onto Xbox Live Arcade

A galactic test pilot's work is never done, and in Rare's "Jetpac Refuelled" gamers have to fight off pesky aliens while trying to build rockets to take them to their next destination. "Jetpac Refuelled" will be available for download exclusively on Xbox Live Arcade for Xbox 360 beginning Wednesday 28th March at 09.00 GMT/10.00 CET.

Rare's Jetpac Refuelled is a revamped and modernised version of the 1983 classic space blaster Jetpac. In Jetpac Refuelled players must clear a path through hordes of aliens to refuel their ship and amass a fortune over the course of 128 hi-definition levels, complete with achievements, leaderboards and simultaneous multiplayer action. Compared to the original Jetpac, which included 16 levels, Jetpac Refuelled provides players with everything they loved in the classic and much more. "Jetpac Refuelled" can be played alone, or against another player on the same console or over Xbox Live.

Game Features

• Includes two versions of the game
• o Retro – The classic 1980s version
• o Refuelled – Rare's 2007 remake of the classic Jetpac comes complete with entirely new hi-def graphics, menacing enemies, new smartbombs that produce an electromagnetic pulse, modernised weapon upgrades and updated gameplay for modern gamers
• Earn up to 12 Achievements and 200 Gamerscore points
• Completely updated graphical look of the game gives Xbox Live Arcade gamers a truly hi-def and in-depth gaming experience

Where can I get it?

"Jetpac Refuelled" will be available worldwide for 400 Microsoft Points from Wednesday 28th March at 09.00 GMT/10.00 CET and is rated "E" for Everyone.

More information is available at http://www.xbox.com/games/livearcade.

Multiplayer gameplay over Xbox Live requires an Xbox Live Gold Membership.

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