You might already know Babel Rising as an iphone game where you’ll prevent cute and cartoony looking humans from building the tower of Babel by using a variety of godly screen swiping powers. Now picture that same game but with 3D graphics, lots of special effects, multiplayer and of course: Kinect! That’s right, Babel Rising is coming to the Xbox!

Babel Rising Kinect

The aim of Babel Rising is to prevent the Babylonians from completing their Tower of Babel. You play the roll of God and with that you have a whole arsenal of godly powers at your disposal to get rid of the Babylonians. With the iphone game these powers were executed with simple finger swipes, but with Kinect I can imagine a whole range of different gestures can be used to cast the most outragous powers!

The first screenshots of this game have been released and to me it looks pretty good, especially if you think about the fact that this will be an XBLA game, and not a full fledged retail game. The press release (see below) also states that there will be competitive and cooperative multiplayer (although it doesn’t state if this is local or online) and I think the concept of the game would be a lot of fun to play cooperative with a friend.

The game is scheduled for somewhere in 2012 and if you want to get a little taste of the concept of this game you can go play a flash version right here! Enjoy!

Press Release

SAN FRANCISCO – October 27, 2011 –Today, Ubisoft announced the development of Babel Rising, a new game coming to PlayStation®Network and Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft in calendar year 2012. Developed by Mando Productions, players use the Kinect™ for Microsoft Xbox 360® entertainment system or the PlayStation®Move for the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system to summon God-like powers and prevent the Babylonians from constructing the Tower of Babel. Babel Rising highlights Ubisoft’s continued leadership in developing games for PlayStation®Network and Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft.

Ubisoft’s Babel Rising is the next-generation version of the popular iPhone game of the same name. In Babel Rising, gamers play as God, preventing humans from building the tower of Babel. Gamers can use their divine powers by hurling bolts of lightning, summoning massive earthquakes or unleashing gigantic floods upon the Babylonians. Developer Mando Productions has breathed new life into the game with 3D graphics and competitive and cooperative multiplayer modes.

Babel Rising joins the previously announced I Am Alive™ and Shoot Many Robots™ as part of Ubisoft’s upcoming digital releases. During Ubisoft’s Digital Day event, Ubisoft also demonstrated a yet-to-be named ATV racing game featuring fast-paced racing, aerial tricks, extensive vehicle customization options and a competitive multiplayer experience that is also scheduled for release in calendar year 2012.

Thanks to 123KINECT visitor dirtyvu for submitting this news!