Inferno Pool
{{Short description|2008 video game}}
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| developer = Blade Interactive
| publisher = Blade Interactive
| platforms = iPhone, PlayStation 3 (PlayStation Network), Xbox 360 (Xbox Live Arcade)
| released = iPhone
November 4, 2008
PlayStation 3
{{vgrelease|PAL|May 28, 2009|NA|October 28, 2009}}Xbox 360
October 28, 2009
| genre = Sports
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
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Inferno Pool is a sports video game developed and published by Blade Interactive for iPhone in 2008, and for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2009.
Reception
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| MC_PS3 = 66/100{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/inferno-pool/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-3 |title=Inferno Pool for PlayStation 3 Reviews |website=Metacritic |publisher=Fandom |access-date=June 23, 2023 |archive-date=May 11, 2025 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250511143744/https://www.metacritic.com/game/inferno-pool/critic-reviews/?platform=playstation-3 |url-status=live }}
| IGN_PS3 = 5.3/10{{cite web |last=Brudvig |first=Erik |date=November 6, 2009 |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/11/06/inferno-pool-review |title=Inferno Pool Review (PS3) |website=IGN |publisher=Ziff Davis |access-date=June 23, 2023 |archive-date=June 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623183810/https://www.ign.com/articles/2009/11/06/inferno-pool-review |url-status=live }}
| OPMUK_PS3 = 4/10{{cite magazine |title=Inferno Pool |magazine=PlayStation Official Magazine – UK |publisher=Future plc |date=July 2009 |page=97}}
| OXMUK_X360 = 7/10{{cite magazine |title=Review: Inferno Pool |magazine=Official Xbox Magazine UK |publisher=Future plc |date=July 2009 |page=97}}
| OXM_X360 = 7/10{{cite magazine |title=Inferno Pool |magazine=Official Xbox Magazine |publisher=Future US |date=Christmas 2009}}
| Play_PS3 = 81%{{cite magazine |title=Inferno Pool |magazine=Play UK |publisher=Imagine Publishing |issue=181 |date=September 2009 |page=89}}
| TX_X360 = 6.3/10{{cite web |last=Chapman |first=David |date=October 30, 2009 |url=http://reviews.teamxbox.com/xbox-360/1798/Inferno-Pool/p1/ |title=Inferno Pool Review (Xbox 360) |website=TeamXbox |publisher=IGN Entertainment |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091101102622/http://reviews.teamxbox.com/xbox-360/1798/Inferno-Pool/p1/ |archive-date=November 1, 2009 |access-date=June 23, 2023}}
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The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions received "mixed or average reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. Official Xbox Magazine UK gave the Xbox 360 version an average review while the game was still in development.
Since its release, the Xbox 360 version sold 3,126 units worldwide by January 2011.{{cite web |last=Langley |first=Ryan |date=January 28, 2011 |url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/console/in-depth-xbox-live-arcade-s-2010-sales-revealed |title=In-Depth: Xbox Live Arcade's 2010 Sales Revealed |website=Game Developer |publisher=Informa |accessdate=June 23, 2023 |archive-date=February 1, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110201164901/http://www.gamerbytes.com/2011/01/indepth_xbox_live_arcade_sales_18.php |url-status=live }} Sales moved up to 4,305 units by the end of 2011.{{cite web |last=Langley |first=Ryan |date=January 20, 2012 |url=https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/xbox-live-arcade-by-the-numbers---the-2011-year-in-review |title=Xbox Live Arcade by the numbers - the 2011 year in review |website=Game Developer |publisher=Informa |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190325034553/https://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/39713/Xbox_Live_Arcde_by_the_numbers__the_2011_year_in_review.php |archivedate=March 25, 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=June 23, 2023}}
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References
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External links
- {{moby game|id=/152147/inferno-pool/|name=Inferno Pool (iPhone)}}
- {{moby game|id=/84637/inferno-pool/|name=Inferno Pool (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360)}}
Category:Blade Interactive games
Category:Cue sports video games
Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:PlayStation Network games
Category:Video games developed in the United Kingdom
Category:Xbox 360 Live Arcade games
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