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Inferno Pool

Inferno Pool is a mash-up of grimy, dive-bar billiards and that classic '80s board game Crossfire. A standard eight or nine ball pool game can be played solo or with a friend, but the selling point here is a…

63 4 November 2008

Inferno Pool is a sport developed by Blade Interactive, released 4 November 2008 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and iOS.

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What Inferno Pool is

Inferno Pool is a sport game developed by Blade Interactive and released in 2008. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and iOS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Inferno Pool is a mash-up of grimy, dive-bar billiards and that classic '80s board game Crossfire. A standard eight or nine ball pool game can be played solo or with a friend, but the selling point here is a four-player extravaganza where any ball you pocket can be sent over to an opponent's table.
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How it plays

It is played from a first person perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Inferno Pool holds a critic score of 63 out of 100. That places it above 30% of the 1,609 rated sport games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 2 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Inferno Pool launched on 4 November 2008, within three weeks of Fallout 3, Dead Space, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King and Gears of War 2. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Fallout 3, Dead Space, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Gears of War 2.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

Inferno Pool — frequently asked questions

When did Inferno Pool come out?
Inferno Pool was released on 4 November 2008 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and iOS.

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