NEWS ARCHIVE
06/27/2008
Fan Creations
Want to spice up your copy of Chessmaster? Check out these fan creations from chess sets to skins and more!
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05/02/2008
Rabbids Chess Set on Chessmaster LIVE!
The new Rayman Raving Rabbids Animated Chess Set for Chessmaster® LIVE is now available for download. The fully animated, 3D chess set features the mischievous, insane bunnies from the popular Rayman franchise that players have grown to love.
The Rayman Raving Rabbids Animated Chess Set can be purchased on Xbox LIVE® Marketplace for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft for 200 Microsoft Points.
04/10/2008
Chessmaster Live Hip Hop Weekend
This weekend check out the Xbox Live Hip Hop Weekend.
Enter the Play and Win Sweepstakes for the chance to win dozens of prizes including a grand prize package that includes a chess board autographed by chess grandmasters.
Read all about it and find out how to enter here.
[ read more ]04/04/2008
Chessmaster Live Play and Win Weekend
Next weekend, April 11 - 13, you can win big by playing Chessmaster Live on the Xbox Live Arcade! During this Play and Weekend a gamer will win a 12-month subscription to Xbox Live and 1500 MS Points every hour for 72 hours! On top of that a grand-prize winner will receive a deluxe chessboard signed by the Hip-Hop Chess Federation, a 12-month subscription to Xbox Live, and the Chessmaster XI: Grandmaster Edition for PC.
Stay tuned for more details!
04/04/2008
New Chessmaster Live Chess Sets for Download
5 new chess sets are available for download on the Xbox Live Marketplace for the Chessmaster Live on the XBL Arcade! Choose your style: Egypt, Mongol, Pyramids, Spheres, or...Mushrooms!
[ read more ]02/27/2008
Chessmaster LIVE Giveaway!
Xbox360Achievements is holding a giveaway for Chessmaster LIVE! The website has 4 redemption codes for the new Xbox Live Arcade game up for grabs. Want one? Check out the website and enter the giveaway.
Enter the Giveaway
01/30/2008
Chessmaster Live for Download on Xbox 360
Chessmaster LIVE is now available for download from the Xbox Live Marketplace on Xbox 360! In Chessmaster LIVE you can challenge your friends to casual or intense matches of chess, customize your environment, and puzzle over a series of classic challenges. Check it out!
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01/28/2008
All Queens Invitational in February
The Hip Hop Gaming League's All Queens Invitational is coming up next month! If you're in the San Francisco Bay Area stop by the event page for more details on how you can attend this star-studded chess event.
[ read more ]12/19/2007
New Chessmaster XI Free Content!
There's new free content now available for Chessmaster XI! Install this free patch for access to a new mini-game, called Chain Reaction, 5 new chess sets, and 1 new skin!
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10/30/2007
Chessmaster XI Available Now!
Chessmaster XI is now available in stores! Pick up your copy just in time for the holidays and tease your brain with the fun and challenge the game offers.
A patch is immediately available to fix a small number of issues found and quickly fixed by the developers. You can download the patch via any of the links below.
09/12/2007
Welcome to the Chessmaster XI Website!
Welcome to the new website for Chessmaster XI! Here you'll find all the most up-to-date information about the game, as well as screenshots and downloads.
[ read more ]08/23/2007
1st Annual Chess Kings Invitational
The Hip-Hop Chess Federation (HHCF), an organization that uses music, chess and martial arts to promote unity, strategy and non-violence, and Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers are proud to announce the 1st Annual Chess Kings Invitational to be held at the prestigious San Francisco Design Center on Saturday, October 13th from 1pm to 5pm.
[ read more ]08/10/2007
Chessmaster XI Coming in October
Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, announced that it will publish Chessmaster: The Art of Learning for the Nintendo DS system and Chessmaster: Grandmaster Edition for Windows PC. In both games, Josh Waitzkin, International Master and eight-time National Chess Champion, coaches players to grasp the basic fundamentals of chess and to master the game through exciting courses and tutorials taken directly from his groundbreaking book, The Art of Learning (Free Press). Players can then practice their newly learned skills in single-player mode or challenge their friends to a fun-spirited competition in multiplayer mode via LAN or Internet.
Hit the jump for the full press release.
