Mechanoid Army (XBLIG): "Tiny Terrors In A Cute Metal Package"

Recently the developer of the upcoming XBLIG zombie title called 'Zombies Ruined My Day' was kind enough to give me a code to his previous game. The game is titled 'Mechanoid Army', and was released as an Xbox Live Indie Game in 2010. It's a cute little space platformer with a serious back story about the possibility of Earth's demise via robots. After playing through the entire game this morning I have to honestly say I was very impressed.

Future XBLA/XBLIG Game Reviews

In the process of contacting developers about their games I was able to secure two codes for titles that are currently in the works, and will be released in the months to come. One of those titles was for an XBLIG, or possible XBLA game called 'The Bridge' by Hypercubegames. It has a unique artistic quality about it as well as some gameplay mechanics I haven't seen in the games of today.

The second game is from an equally impressive space shooter XBLIG title called 'Orbitron: Revolution'. Matthew Leigh of FireBaseIndustries (the developer behind the game) informed me that they are currently working on a release date. Once I get the codes for these two titles I'll be getting those reviews out to you as well.

NEW Reviews On the Way ...

Recently I got in touch with some XBLIG developers about getting a review code for their game. So far I've got 3 titles on the way - mancebo360's 'Zombies Ruined My Day', solmonus' 'When Maiden's Attack', & sosodevgames' 'Fluffy: Operation Overkill'. As soon as they arrive I'll be getting those reviews out to you guys. In the meantime mancebo360 gave me a review code for his 2010 XBLIG title 'Mechanoid Army' so I'll be working on that. Mancebo360 also told me that he expected 'Zombies Ruined My Day' to come out later this year. Thanks for visiting everyone!

Lucha Fury Developer's Studio Shut Down & Code Giveaway

Recently I was privelaged enough to get a review code for the XBLA title 'Lucha Fury' from Andy M. at xblaratings. I finished the review for him recently, and ended up summing the game up as being a 9 out of 10. I thought it was very deserving of such a rating despite my issues with the in-game stun effects. I was contacted by the developer today with some rather sad news that his studio was shutting down. He didn't give details other than this will be his last game. He did mention that he had read my review at xblaratings.com, and told me he was glad I enjoyed it. He told me that reviewers failed to mention the multiplayer, and co-op that was the main focal point when it came to humor in the game. I unfortunately was one of those reviewers. My only excuse for that is I had no one to share the experience with. I definitely missed out on that. In future reviews I hope I can find someone to do multiplayer with. I think Lucha Fury's developer deserved some reviews with every detail of the game mentioned. It's truly sad when a studio that produces a quality game title such as this has to shut down. My apology goes out the the developer.I'm definitely sorry for not being able to cover the multiplayer aspect of the game.