''Alhambra'' is the cancelled

Xbox Live Arcade Xbox Live Arcade (XBLA) is a digital video game download service available through the Xbox Games Store, Microsoft's digital distribution network for the Xbox 360. It focuses on smaller downloadable games from both major publishers and independent ...

version of the popular board game designed by

Dirk Henn Dirk Henn (born 1960) is a German-style board game designer who was born in Bendorf, Germany. Dirk Henn is best known for his game ''Alhambra'', which won the Spiel des Jahres and placed 2nd in the Deutscher Spiele Preis in 2003. Game Company Af ...

for the

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, and developed by

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, and was to be the third designer board game to be released on Arcade, the first two being ''

Catan ''Catan'', previously known as ''The Settlers of Catan'' or simply ''Settlers'', is a multiplayer board game designed by Klaus Teuber. It was first published in 1995 in Germany by Franckh-Kosmos Verlag (Kosmos) as ''Die Siedler von Catan''. Pl ...

'' and ''

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''. The game was cancelled by Vivendi "due to unforeseen difficulties", though it may yet be revived with a new publisher.

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