A Microsoft Windows version, with support for Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, was released exclusively on the Epic Games Store on July 23, 2019.

[2] The game also includes a meta-game leveling system that leads to new challenges for players as they progress.

Co-producer Tetsuya Mizuguchi had wanted for many years to produce a music-based game around Tetris, but its licensing had been held by Electronic Arts, making it difficult to use.

Titled Tetris Effect: Connected, it was released on November 10, 2020 and was also made available to Xbox Game Pass subscribers at launch.

This version includes a new cooperative multiplayer mode, as well as the new competitive mode that pays homage to the first console versions of Tetris with its simplified visual style and stricter rules similar to those used during the Classic Tetris World Championship.

Tetris Effect utilizes a vast array of songs alongside its visuals, all of which were original compositions by Hydelic.

[41][42] The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences also nominated Tetris Effect for "Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition" at the 22nd Annual D.I.C.E.

Awards in April 2021, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences nominated the Connected version for "Online Game of the Year".

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