OXCGN writes: "Heroes are meant to live forever aren't they? In this game I (playing the hero protagonist) seemed to die more than in any other game that I have ever played. Alien Breed: Evolution is a game where you are not an invincible hero but an ordinary soldier who has the amazingly convenient ability to revive- a lot.
Alien Breed is a series that has stood the test of time. It has not been seen since the late 1990's but now it makes a comeback into the digital age of high-definition and huge flat screens. The first Alien Breed game was released in 1991 and it was for the Amiga, which is an old version of the PC. It is a gaming legend that has been reborn on the Xbox 360 through the downloadable Xbox Live Arcade medium."
GOG.com, the digital distributor of DRM -free PC games, has added PC games from developer Team 17 Software Ltd. to their roster. They now offer a number of games that Team 17 has developed, and GOG.com including the quintessential artillery shooter Worms United, a special edition of the original Worms with the expansion Worms Reinforcements.
Following the launch of four new downloadable content (DLC) packs for Worms Reloaded, Team17 has announced that their promised discounts will extend to other titles also. A spate of sale prices will be applied to many of their titles in celebration of the summer season, both on PC and iOS.
As the first chapter in the new trilogy, it’s up to Alien Breed: Evolution to create compelling enough story to keep the player interested between chapters. It does so with a comic strip style series of panels and some surprisingly laudable voice acting. There’s not much going on here that doesn’t fit easily into the typical science-fiction library, certainly nothing that competes on literary grounds with those attempting to push forward the medium as a story telling device, but regardless it’s an enjoyable tale for the most part; which is really the same as that which can be said about the game itself.
I've still got alien breed on my Amiga 32 one of the best games of its Gen alone with chaos engine will defo pick this up.
It is good to see that old games are coming back through XBLA. I hope more old games will be made for XBLA soon.
It's good it has co-op! That's probably the only way I'd want to play it.
NOt a fan of some older ones that are simply ports of older games, to 'keep then authentic' - blahh . .
But when they are complete rebuilds with the basic concept of the older games, then great. It is after all, the 21st century, not the late 80's to mid 90's . .so we expect a newer, fresher approach to games. Well I certainly do.
If I can nab some code for this, then I'll get it. Looks rather cool actually.
there needs to be another truly amazing XBLA arcade game, as i just dont care about these ones.