It's that time of the week when we can all find out what we will be playing come Wednesday. This week will be Wits & Wagers with it's insanely time consuming achievement. Without further ado I present to you the full press release.

“Wits & Wagers” is the trivia party game where you don’t need to know the right answers to win! Awarded Official Xbox Magazine’s coveted Editor’s Choice award, “Wits & Wagers” brings an inventive and accessible party experience to Xbox LIVE Arcade this Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. GMT (1:00 a.m. PDT).

Just like the award-winning board game, players don’t have to be trivia experts to excel at “Wits & Wagers,” which balances social and betting skills with trivia knowledge. Choose your wacky dancing character and then dive into the game. You can win by making educated guesses, playing the odds or just knowing the interests of other players, whether they are local or online.

Break out the Big Button pad controllers and invite friends over for an entertaining couch vs. couch multiplayer experience on Xbox LIVE, supporting 1-4 players offline and 2-6 players in online multiplayer mode. With 700 trivia questions, great character costumes and dance moves, catchy music, achievements, leaderboards, support for the Xbox LIVE Vision Camera, the Xbox Big Button Pad and more, “Wits & Wagers” is the fun party game you can play with your family and friends starting this Wednesday!

Developed by Hidden Path Entertainment, “Wits & Wagers” will be available in the U.S., U.K and Canada for 800 Microsoft Points and is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB. For more details on “Wits & Wagers” please visit:

IGN has aquired two new gameplay videos of Wits & Wagers. If you're into it make sure you head to IGN instead of watching the video below as they are nearly unreadable at that tiny size.



[Via The Xbox Domain]

Did you happen to download the XNA trial games at all? 360Sync hooks the world up with a video of interview with the guys from Hidden Path Entertainment about their Xbox 360 titles Culture and Defense Grid: The Awakening. Mark Terrano (the one on the right) was the lead designer for Age of Empires II, which I'm sure makes everyone believe that these two games are in the right hands. The only question I have is what about Wits and Wagers, which is also being developed by this team?

Xbox360Fanboy has declared the latest addition to the ESRB website to be XBLA bound. What's the game? Why it's Wits and Wagers, a trivia board game that levels the playing field by allowing you to bet on other's answers. According to boardgamegeek.com, "you can win by making educated guesses, by playing the odds, or by knowing the interests of your friends."

The board version also accommodates up to 20 people so perhaps we've got another party game on our hands. Development is being handled by Hidden Path Entertainment.

Which is better for you? Knowing useless stuff, knowing (and having) friends, or betting big? Me, I'm all about useless knowledge.

[via X3F]