Classic competitive Tetris coming to Tetris Effect

Tetris Effect, Enhance’s surprisingly emotional version of classic puzzle game Tetris, is getting competitive and cooperative multiplayer in November with an updated version called Tetris Effect: Connected. It’s also getting a new mode with classic, NES-era Tetris rules — the type that the pros use at the Classic Tetris World Championships.

When it comes to Windows PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X on Nov. 10, Tetris Effect: Connected will include three new multiplayer modes:

• ​Connected​: where three players team up and connect their play fields to battle AI-controlled bosses
• Zone Battle​: a one-on-one match of standard competitive Tetris, but Tetris Effect’s time-stopping Zone mechanic
• Score Attack: a versus mode, where two players compete for high scores

A variation of Score Attack, called Classic Score Attack, uses the rules of Nintendo’s Tetris for the Nintendo Entertainment System: no hard drop, no hold queue, random Tetromino generation, and Tetrominos lock instantly when they touch a surface. Classic Score Attack also reskins the playfield for a pixelated, old-school look.

Tetris Effect: Connected’s multiplayer modes will come to Oculus Quest, PlayStation 4, and Windows PC (on the Epic Games Store) as part of a free update in summer 2021. For a closer look at Tetris Effect: Connected’s co-op and competitive modes, check out the gallery below.

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