Gamernode writes: "Warlords (the evolved version) feels like a minigame in the almost universally loathed Fuzion Frenzy. Given it costs 400 Microsoft points, this may actually work to its advantage. Some minigames in Microsoft's "SUPER XTREME" Mario Party rip-off doused in metallic tones warrant more than half a play.
The gameplay is simple. Protect the corner monarch from getting hit by ricocheting the incoming projectiles at opponents who are doing the same. For added control, grab and charge a projectile and toss it at a foe. The single player game suffers from inconsistent A.I. which will gang up on you one second and put on its little red helmet the next. The latter of which almost never happens on the highest difficulty level; especially the game's nigh-unplayable Throttle Monkey mode which requires faster reflexes than a basement-dwelling Unreal Tournament champion on the cusp of overdosing on Jolt cola. With four people, the diverse opposition naturally continues, but because you're playing with/against real people it feels far less...cheap. With a full house and no A.I.-controlled bots the four-cornered double-sided breakout gameplay is at its best; especially when alliances are formed quicker than you can say Richard Hatch."
"SNEG and Slitherine are today very happy and proud to announce that the old school "Close Combat" and "Warlords" series is now available for PC via Steam." - SNEG and Slitherine.
A new Atari compilation is coming to Steam this spring, featuring more than 100 retro games – including Asteroids, Centipede, Missile Command, Tempest, and Warlords.
The compilation, Atari Vault, features local and online multiplayer support, Steam leaderboards, and support for the Steam controller.
Atari Vault is being developed by Code Mystics, which worked on several Atari Greatest Hits compilations on the Nintendo DS, and the mobile compilation Atari's Greatest Hits. The latter had 100 old-school Atari games, 18 of which were arcade ports, with the remaining 82 coming from the Atari 2600 console.
From the review, "Long, long ago on the Atari 2600 there was a game called Warlords. It took Breakout – style gameplay and added a multiplayer element. It owed a bit to Pong as well. Ah, the things Atari could do with a long blip and a couple of smaller blips back in the day. [Brian Allen] never owned it, but I am told it led to much controller throwing and damaged some friendships. This new version is the second time Warlords has received an Xbox 360 remake, and this is the second time developer Griptonite Games has released this second remake. Confused? This is the video game industry we’re talking about. Sometimes you have to just go with it.
