Alien Hominid confirmed for 02/28
Take a deep breath and restrain yourself from bursting into tears of joy. No, it’s not the announcement of the Worms XBLA release; Alien Hominid will officially be coming this Wednesday, February 28th for the Xbox Live Arcade!
You may be wondering what has been up with Microsoft’s rough release schedule lately for the Xbox Live Arcade. Well, Luke Smith and the folks over at 1UP.com have done some investigative reporting and tackled Aaron Greenberg, Group Product Manager for Xbox 360 and Xbox Live to find out “What’s Wrong with Xbox Live Arcade?“. “We hear the feedback, I can assure you that these last few weeks of Xbox Live Arcade releases was not the way we planned it,” Greenberg said. Along with confirming this coming week’s XBLA entry, Greenberg also mentions that we can expect some new titles to be displayed at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in early March. If you’re interested in the full scoop, head on over to 1UP.
If you’re not familiar with the once popular flash game from The Behemoth, here’s the standard marketing line to chew on:
They’ve got your spaceship, so blow up anything in your path to get it back. Completely hand-drawn high-definition graphics coupled with old-school game play results in ultimate mayhem. This addictive, side-scrolling shooter features cute, quirky humor and adjustable cartoon gore.
As of right now we’re unsure of how much Alien Hominid will cost you, but easy guess is 800 points for this stylish side-scrolling romp. However, with the spotlight on Xbox Live Arcade’s recent shortcomings, you have to wonder whether Microsoft is completely aware of the situation and their competition on Virtual Console and Playstation Network. Hopefully the release of Alien Hominid will strike a turning point for some consistency and quality.
I took to long for MS to reease this so I bought it on ps2 about 3 months ago. Absolutely great game. I might even go so far as to call it a classic…
Don’t expect the PS2 version. The 50meg limit on arcade games says this is going to be the flash version.
This is obviously the console version, if the graphics aren’t enough to prove it then the multiplayer is.
In 50 meg? Dream on.
This is Hominid Lite, it can’t be anything else. It’ll still be worth a buy on the arcade but there’s no way it’s going to be the console version.
Where is Worms Man? This comments section just won’t be complete without him.
Well uhm I had a chat with him and we decided together that the joke was getting a little too stale
too bad you’re both wrong!
WE WANT WORMS WE WANT WORMS
wont be complete without him? lets hope the aggrovating fool has pissed off somewhere…or got worms on PSP…that should shut him up..but if all goes well…hes gone.
we want wor…..oooh better not eh lol !!!!
woot this is better than worms microsoft please dont release worms-_-
This is greta and all, but WHERES WORMS!
Now I want to start a band called “Adjustable Cartoon Gore”.
is this game any good?
Not for $50 on the PS2. For $10 on XBLA with achievements it’s brilliant.
whats this crap just stop the bullshit and give us Worms or are they afraid that crackdown won’t get the quailty live time it doesn’t deserve stop hanging the carrot in front of our faces
Doug…the game was never 50 dollars on the PS2, it was 20 dollars brand new and worth it. Now if the guys would just hurry up and get castle crashers done…
Glad there’s finally a decent game out, but I would have preferred Worms too.
worms worms worms…god dammit…get it on psp untill it comes out…its like £15
Damn i want CASTLEVANIA…. grml