Next XBLA Downloadable: Wing Commander Arena

The Xbox Live Arcade was indeed dying for a good title. It has been confirmed (although, not through an official press release, but through... talk) that Wing Commander Arena is the upcoming downloadable game via XBLA. You'll need no more, no less than 800 Microsoft Points to get it. Given that it's Electronic Arts who's told about this to Xbox360Fanboy, there's no reason not to believe it's true.

Here's what the site posts: "Even though we have yet to receive one of those fancy press releases, we've confirmed with publisher EA that this coming Wednesday's Xbox Live Arcade game is going to be none other than Wing Commander Arena. This 3D arena style remake of Wing Commander will be available July 25th at the 800 Microsoft point price point..."

In Wing Commander Arena players will engage in dogfights that take place on one of nine environments, while pilots will be able to choose from 18 ships (9 Terran Confederation and 9 Kilrathi). There can be up to 16 players in a single match. The game will be separated into single player and multiplayer modes. Multiplayer modes include 8 on 8 teamplay or 16 player free for alls, capship Battles allowing two teams to launch an organized assault on each other's capship while defending their own, Satellite (Capture the Flag) and one-on-one duels.

There is also a Bearpit where one-on-one duels can be watched from the sidelines by other players who can take potshots at the duelers. Single player modes include Asteroids, Training Modes and Melees. Playing through the single player modes will unlock the various ship types. Just check out the image to the upper left side of the article and you'll pretty much see what the game's all about. Be sure to have 800 MS Points by tomorrow.