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Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) title Carcasonne will be available on shelves this summer, announced Sierra Online – the game’s official developer.

Designed for two to five players, Carcassonne is set in a medieval landscape made up of 72 tiles. Players start from a single tile and then draw from a pool of remaining tiles to create a growing landscape and gain points for ultimate victory.

Carcassonne will feature multiplayer modes both offline and online allowing players to compete against up to five players on Xbox LIVE and four players on a single Xbox 360.

Carcassonne is based on a board game of the same name. In its board form, Carcassonne is about placing tiles to annex the medieval countryside and amass points, and so it will be here, as players try and claim the biggest towns, roads and farms. Gamers can master strategy in the medieval world by owning the largest towns, longest roads and biggest farms, not to mention a monastery or two. Or they can score points and properties by poaching from others.

Carcassonne will be available on Xbox LIVE Arcade in June 2007 and is rated “E” for Everyone by the Entertainment Software Rating Board.