Quick show of hands among Xbox 360 owners: Who remembers 1 vs. 100? For those who don’t, it was an adaptation of a popular game show back in 2009 for Xbox Live members of all ages to participate in, where live, pre-scheduled matches would involve a random player being picked as “The One”, 100 more random players being picked as “The Mob”, and everyone else being “The Crowd”.
From there, players would answer multiple-choice trivia questions, with The One having the opportunity to win Microsoft Points and The Mob having the opportunity to take those points for themselves if The One lost. Other features included real-time narration from host Chris Cashman and pre-recorded dialog from co-host Jen Taylor, best known to gamers as the voice of Princess Peach and Cortana.
Though 1 vs. 100 did very well, the company discontinued the program in 2010 and hasn’t really done anything like it since on their home consoles.
From there, players would answer multiple-choice trivia questions, with The One having the opportunity to win Microsoft Points and The Mob having the opportunity to take those points for themselves if The One lost. Other features included real-time narration from host Chris Cashman and pre-recorded dialog from co-host Jen Taylor, best known to gamers as the voice of Princess Peach and Cortana.
Though 1 vs. 100 did very well, the company discontinued the program in 2010 and hasn’t really done anything like it since on their home consoles.
- 1/29/2014
- by John Fleury
- We Got This Covered
Microsoft have announced that 1 vs. 100 will not be returning to Xbox Live for a ‘third season’. The online game show allowed players compete for real world prizes against other online players. The game has, according to reports, now been cancelled to allow the development team the opportunity to work on new projects. Says Dave McCarthy, General Manager, Microsoft Game Studios:
When we started on this journey, we knew we were creating an entirely new genre of entertainment that would be a continually evolving concept. We’re very proud of the 1 vs 100 team and their accomplishments, and are excited to apply what we’ve learned to future programming.
In the statement released, Microsoft also revealed that over 114,000 players competed in the show simultaneously, winning the online game show a Guinness World Record.
When we started on this journey, we knew we were creating an entirely new genre of entertainment that would be a continually evolving concept. We’re very proud of the 1 vs 100 team and their accomplishments, and are excited to apply what we’ve learned to future programming.
In the statement released, Microsoft also revealed that over 114,000 players competed in the show simultaneously, winning the online game show a Guinness World Record.
- 7/16/2010
- by Phil
- Nerdly
Microsoft has confirmed that its online gameshow 1 Vs. 100 will not return for a third series. The massively multiplayer online game, which was available for free for Xbla Gold members, ran for two seasons and set a Guinness World Record for most contestants on a gameshow with 114,000 people once playing simultaneously. According to Cvg, Microsoft's Dave McCarthy explained that the team will be using what they learned on "future projects". "When we started on this journey, we knew we were creating (more)...
- 7/15/2010
- by By Liam Martin
- Digital Spy
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