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Zeno Clash delayed on XBLA until April
If you're sick of being mired in a world that always makes way too much sense, we're sorry to report that Zeno Clash:Ultimate Edition, ACE Team's bizarre first-person shooter/brawler, has been held up from its debut on XBLA, originally slated for ... right now. Writing on the company's message board, co-founder Andres Bordeu said "Yes, it's been pushed back a tad. Sorry about that to everyone. It should come out early April." So let Father-Mother dry those tears. It sounds like things are going to be getting plenty weird soon enough. [Via Eurogamer]
Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition gets full, confusing trailer
Thus far, we've really learned only one thing from the trailers released for Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition: You can plan to spend a lot of time in the game pounding very strange looking people in the face. Whether you do so by yourself or with a friend is up to you. Now, thanks to the latest trailer from Atlus, we learn a little bit about the story of Zeno Clash. It seems that the main character kills someone or something known as Father-Mother. We're not sure what started the dispute -- perhaps a forgotten Father-Mother's Day present -- but the end result is a dead tribal leader, banishment and a quest for the truth. You know, that old chestnut. Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition hits XBLA on March 31.
Zeno Clash trailer brings the co-op pain
There's an old saying: "Beating the snot out of people is better with friends." At least, we think that's a saying. It really doesn't matter, though, as the video above pretty much proves it anyway. When Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition lands on XBLA, it will bring with it new co-op modes that weren't seen in the PC version. Specifically, the game will feature split-screen and online co-op in the Pit and Tower challenge modes, which will also include leaderboards. So, if ganging up on helpless bad guys and pummeling them to death sounds like fun, you should probably keep an eye on Zeno Clash.
Zeno Clash now at retail
Tripwire Interactive has announced that the retail version of Zeno Clash is now available. The press release notes that the game is available at Best Buy, and a quick search reveals the game is available from several other sources, including Newegg and Amazon. The retail version includes Steam Achievements, the full single-player campaign, survival mode and free extra content known as "The Pit." For those unfamiliar with the game, it's a first-person adventure in which you beat up lots of weird-looking dudes in a bizarre fantasy world. If that doesn't help, we've handily embedded a trailer for the upcoming XBLA version after the break. Zeno Clash has landed some decent reviews since it launched, so those of you who held out on the downloadable release might consider picking up the $20 retail package.
Zeno Clash hits XBLA March 31, new trailer
Atlus has released a new trailer for the upcoming first-person action XBLA title, Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition. Upping the ante on the first-person fisticuffs seen in previous trailers, the new video shows off some of the new weapons in Ultimate Edition. You'll get a chance to see some particularly nasty looking hammers -- look at the size of the roothammer! -- as well as a spear and a shotgun that looks like it was designed by a caveman. And you're going to want them all, too, especially with all the weird pig-monster-men walking around. According to the trailer, Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition should land on Xbox Live Arcade on March 31.
Zeno Clash XBLA gets face smackin' new trailer
Atlus has released a new trailer for the upcoming Xbox Live Arcade port of Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition. Lest you've forgotten it, Zeno Clash is that weird first-person game set in a weird looking universe where you fight even weirder looking people. It's also very creepy, apparently. The trailer itself shows off some of the new moves available in the Ultimate Edition of the game, which hits Xbox Live Arcade this March. Like we said, it's all a little strange. Honestly though, if you can't get pumped about virtually elbowing weird looking dudes in the face, there's not much we can do for you.
Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition trailer isn't creepy enough
The trailer we've placed below the break for XBLA's Zeno Clash: Ultimate Editiion is a failure. It's not that you won't get a good idea of the first-person-brawler-slash-shooter's gameplay -- you will. It's that the clip doesn't come within a million miles of communicating just how skin-crawlingly creepy the experience of playing Zeno Clash is. Just for the record, it's kind of like taking a shower in Neil Gaiman's bathwater after its been filtered through David Lynch's birth certificate. Cr-eepy.
Zeno Clash headed to retail on PC
We're glad that we're not the only ones who played the profoundly odd Zeno Clash and realized it needed to be experienced by as many people as possible. First, we learned it was headed to XBLA, and now Tripwire Interactive has announced it will bring the PC version of the first-person shooter/puncher to retail shelves in the USA and Canada. No time frame has been given other than "soon" but, judging from that, it sounds like you'll find it in stores before you see it on the Marketplace next March. [Via Big Download]
Atlus bringing Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition to XBLA in March '10
If you missed ACE Team's first-person melee title, and indie darling, Zeno Clash on PC earlier this year you'll have a second chance next March when the title comes to Xbox Live Arcade, courtesy of publisher Atlus. This won't be a straight port, however: "New modes –including all-new cooperative mode for the Tower Challenges –new features, and added content combine with a series of tweaks and improvements based on fan feedback to deliver the definitive version of the critically-acclaimed game." No word on if these "definitive" changes will make their way back to the original PC release. Of course the Chile-based ACE Team is also hard at work developing the game's sequel so perhaps some of the tweaks in Ultimate Edition may reveal what's in store for the next iteration of the game. And with that, we add another title to the always growing list of Q1 2010 releases we have to play.
Zeno Clash may come to XBLA
If you haven't played Chilean-developed first person brawler/shooter Zeno Clash, then you can't sound totally snooty at parties by telling your friends just a few decibels too loudly that you've been playing a Chilean-developed first person brawler/shooter. You might get another chance though as developer ACE Team recently revealed it may bring the game to consoles.Studio co-founder Carlos Bordeu told Eurogamer that the company is currently in talks to bring the game to Xbox Live Arcade, possibly with some new content, though it still hasn't found a publisher. Seriously, if you get a second shot at the thing, don't pass it up, OK? It's lovely.
ACE Team announces Zeno Clash sequel
Indie developer ACE Team has revealed it is hard at work on a sequel to the IGF-nominated PC fighting-FPS, Zeno Clash. According to the dev's latest blog entry, the team has begun planning a Source-powered follow-up, which will continue the story of Ghat -- a hero with amnesia, banished for setting off an explosion that kills an influential Golem known as Father-Mother.Zeno Clash 2 will take place after the events of the first title. If you're a fan of first-person melee combat (a la Breakdown and/or Condemned), make sure to check out Zeno Clash. It's creative and insane.
