Good news Xboxers - Buena Vista Interactive have announced a few more details about the eagerly anticipated Tron 2.0 port, Killer App, scheduled for a release in Autumn this year. Although the exquisitely detailed depiction of the Tron world is a big highlight, as proved by the version, it's the Live capabilities the game boasts that look set to captivate gamers, as Buena Vista Interactive's director of marketing, Bob Picunko, proudly explained: "With its all-new, robust Live component, Xbox players will agree that the game offers some of the most innovative, action-packed gameplay ever created for the arena." And, judging by the press release, he's got good reason to be confident. Over ten new maps, 16 players can team up to undertake objective based missions, race each other on the sexy looking light cycles, or just rip the hell out of one another on Deathmatch mode, using an assortment of 16 different ultra-violent scary sounding weapons including the 'Mesh Energy Claw', 'Rod (Prod) Primative' (trying not to think about what you could do with that one), and the 'Drunken Dims' which, although sounding like the intoxicated idiocy of arguing tramps, are actually rather nasty digital grenades.

Other modes include in the 'Disc Area' - shooting other players whilst perched on fragile discs - and 'overRIDE', where the swift transition between first person viewpoint and third person light cycling enables the cycle to be used not only as a vehicle, but also as a weapon whilst ensuring smooth gameplay. Other Live 3.0 features mooted include player lists, msn messenger, player profiles, friend lists and downloadable content and auto-updates, whilst the customisable characters help you to stand out from all the other glowing neon 'digital warriors'.

Also, if the single player game is anything like as 'viciously hard' as our own man found the PC version, the opportunity to battle against fallible human counterparts without the pinpoint accuracy of the computer players may well come as a welcome distraction. Being a port, the story remains the same, with the player assuming the role of Jet, Alan Bradley's son for those of you who are fans of the film, who volunteers himself as a human 'user' to enter the computer and attempt to even things out in the war against evil 'user' Thorne's army of corrupt programs, as you play through more than thirty levels encountering all sorts of nasty baddies to destroy. And to be honest, anything that lets you ride a light cycle has just got to be ace, hasn't it? For pretty much the same info, but all delivered in a neon Tron stylee, head to www.tronkillerapp.com.

By Keri Webster