Battleship is one of the launch games of the downloadable XBLA version of Hasbro Family Game Night , a game that can only be played through this application. Hosted by Mr. Potato Head, the game can be selected from a game room within the application.
The game is a conversion of the classic board game. Players place a fleet of ships on a 10x10 grid and an opponent does the same without seeing the location of each other's ships. Players then take turns firing at the grid to try and locate the ship. During the placement, ships can be rotated with a key, and there is also an option to auto deploy all of them.
The gameplay offers three modes:
Original: classic rules, players take turns firing a single shot
Salvo: players can fire as many shots as there are ships left, with five shots per turn at the beginning and less when some of the player's ships are sunk.
Super Weapons is a more strategic mode that introduces new elements from Electronic Battleship Advanced Mission , such as reinforcements, lucky shots, heavy shots, decoys, torpedoes, and random power-ups.
The game also features custom modes where individual features can be enabled. There are three difficulty levels, and multiplayer is available locally and through Xbox Live.