Cubage is a video game developed by the FV Productions, and released in November, 2008

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 for Xbox360.

Overview

Cubage is a digital version of the wildly popular Rubik's Cube

Rubik's Cube

Rubik's Cube is a 3-D mechanical puzzle invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik.Originally called the "Magic Cube", the puzzle was licensed by Rubik to be sold by Ideal Toy Corp. in 1980 and won the German Game of the Year special award for Best Puzzle that...

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Gameplay

The game consists entirely of a 3x3x3 sectioned Cube in which each row and column can be rotated. At the beginning of the game, the cube is randomly rotated based on the player chosen difficulty, and the player must rotate sections to return the cube to its original state.

Reception

Cubage has been fairly well received in most reviews. When the XNA Community Games service first launched, GamerBytes claimed it was exactly what it tried to be. It was called solid and good looking by XNPlay.
However the game has received some bad press. Most notably is the question of why a user would buy a digital version instead of a material Rubik's Cube, but also for clunky controls and a lackluster interface.