Xbox Players to Get Connected via the Ultimate Incarnation of Tetris® Effect

Tetris® Effect: Connected Launching on Xbox Series X, Xbox One, and Windows 10 (PC) at Series X Launch, Cross-Play With All-New Online Multiplayer Expansion

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – July 23, 2020 – Enhance and The Tetris Company, Inc. announced today that Tetris® Effect: Connected, the ultimate incarnation of the award-winning puzzle game Tetris® Effect, will be available exclusively for the Xbox Series X, Xbox One, and Windows 10 PC (Microsoft Store), as well as the Xbox Game Pass and Smart Delivery programs, when it launches alongside Xbox Series X this holiday.

Tetris Effect: Connected adds an all-new robust multiplayer expansion to the huge variety of addictive and innovative single-player modes that Tetris Effect is known for, and is optimized native 4K / 60 fps visuals (Xbox Series X and PC versions).

Later in Summer 2021, the multiplayer expansion will be made available as a free update to all other existing versions of Tetris Effect (PS4, Epic Games Store, Oculus Quest).

Wherever they choose to play—on Xbox Series X, Xbox One, or Windows 10 PC—Xbox gamers can connect and play with or against each other in all-new modes like “Zone Battle,” which shakes up traditional 1-on-1 Tetris gameplay via the time-stopping Zone mechanic made famous in Tetris Effect, or the innovative co-op of “Connected” mode, where up to three players can literally connect their Tetris playfields together and play as one, as they work together to take down a series of increasingly-challenging CPU-controlled bosses.

“We were blown away by the reaction to the original Tetris Effect,” says Producer and Enhance Founder Tetsuya Mizuguchi. “People just ‘got it’ on every level—as a game, of course, but also as this positive, emotional, life-affirming experience. Some people were shocked they could be so moved, even to tears, by a ‘puzzle game,’ which we took as the ultimate compliment.”

“But we also kept hearing that players wanted to share that experience with others. We want that, too—and especially as the world continues to adapt to unprecedented forms of isolation, it felt like a worthy challenge. Tetris Effect: Connectedis our attempt to do just that: connect all different types of people, in cooperation or competition, via our universal love of Tetris.”

The new multiplayer expansion joins the 10-plus single-player modes already included in the original Tetris Effect. This is Tetris like you’ve never seen it, or heard it, or felt it before—an incredibly addictive, unique, and breathtakingly gorgeous reinvention of one of the most popular puzzle games of all time, from the people who brought you the award-winning Rez Infinite and legendary puzzle game Lumines. Music, backgrounds, sounds, special effects—everything, down to the Tetriminos themselves, pulse, dance, shimmer, and explode in perfect sync with how you’re playing, making all of the game’s 30+ stages something you’ll want to experience over and over again.

Development is being handled by the same team of Monstars Inc. and Resonair as the original Tetris Effect, with additional coding and networking help from Tokyo-based Stage Games.

KEY FEATURES:

• Online or Local co-op and competitive play for 1-3 players (1-2 competitive, 1-3 co-op, with CPU players available)
• Ranked and unranked play, matchmaking, and player progression for unlockable avatars
• Cross-play between all Xbox Platforms: Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Windows 10 (PC)
• The entire Tetris® Effect single-player game also included
• Smart Delivery means Xbox One owners can upgrade to Xbox Series X any time for free
• Available for sale or via Xbox Game Pass at launch

ABOUT TETRIS® EFFECT:
Previously released on PlayStation®4, PC (Epic Games Store) and Oculus Quest, the original Tetris® Effect was hailed as a breakthrough title by fans and critics alike, earning an 89 Metacritic score and 60+ awards and nominations from major outlets, including overall “2018 Game of the Year” honors from Giant Bomb and Eurogamer, and various “Best of 2018” awards from The New Yorker, Polygon, The Washington Post, IGN, GameSpot, The Verge, PlayStation Blog, and many more.

A challenge for the mind and a feast for all the senses, Tetris Effect is the perfect excuse to play Tetris again… and again…and again, and again, and again and again and again and again and again and again and…