Pompom has put up a collection of new screenshots for their upcoming sequel Mutant Storm Empire. The 20 high-res shots (plus a logo) seem to be of the first two worlds. With how the game is shaping up and with online co-op, this game is quickly becoming yet another “must have” for XBLA
You can go check out the screenshots here.
Thanks for the heads up McLean78
Written by xblarcade on June 28th, 2006 with 2 comments.
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With the summer now fully upon us, we had to dig even deeper than normal to bring you these rumors.
The XBLA version of Texas Hold’em may include a “tells” system.
Rumor: The version of Texas Hold’em coming to XBLA is being developed by Carbonated Games (a MS subsidiary) and will have more than a few things in common with the Bicycle version they just released on MSN Gaming Zone, including the “tells” system.
Our Take: We asked MS to comment and they wouldn’t even confirm that it’s Carbonated that are developing it. That said, I’d say it’s a pretty good guess that it’d be them since Texas Hold’em> is a first party game and what would be the point of having two divisions making different versions of the same game? Add to that how much everyone has loved how Uno turned out, it just makes sense for CG to be developing it.
As for the “Tells” system, it sounds like a great idea, and if CG is developing it, you’d have to guess that the game is going to be running on the same basic framework (although it does look different from the screenshots we’ve seen so far), so it wouldn’t be unreasonable to assume that they’d share this feature.
A third Pompom game might be making it’s way to XBLA
Rumor: Bliss Island will be the third XBLA game developed by Pompom Software.
Our Take: This one seems to make sense, after the success Pompom has experienced with Mutant Storm Reloaded and the upcoming Mutant Storm Empire on Xbox Live Arcade, you would imagine that they’d be pretty happy with XBLA. Add to this that the official site has three other locations stating “Coming Soon” (one of which is known to be the PSP) and you’ve got a pretty decent argument that we’ll be seeing it at some point in the future.
Written by xblarcade on June 27th, 2006 with 4 comments.
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While this is old information, there hasn’t been much made of the sequel to the popular Mutant Storm Reloaded. Tentatively due out some time in August, here’s what the developers had to say about it:
Mutant Storm 2 ( which it WONT be called ) is going to be a cross between Tripper & MS. The only thing that its going to share with MS1 is the robotron control method. Apart from that, we see it alot more like Tripper in many ways, with scrolling levels, bosses etc. Its not something we can really talk about at this stage with all our focus being on the conversion of MS1 we need to get ready in 2 months!
Tripper is a more mission based game that is loosely based on Defender.
More info as it comes in…
Written by xblarcade on March 14th, 2006 with no comments.
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