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Joystiq interview: Hitting the open road with Vigilante 8 dev Isopod Labs
After a number of false starts, the re-imagining of Luxoflux's late-90s car combat title, Vigilante 8, finally crashed headlong into Xbox Live Arcade, a release that has so far been met with both rubbernecking and a handful of mixed reviews. The game's developer, Isopod Labs, was co-founded by both Peter Morawiec and Adrian Stephens, the same two individuals behind Luxoflux, in January 2007. Vigilante 8: Arcade represents the studio's first title, and on the heels of the game's debut we cornered one half of the founding duo in Adrian Stephens to speak more in-depth about his company and why it was important to the team to revisit their past.
Vigilante 8 Arcade brings 70s mayhem to the XBLA
Available for download off the Xbox Live Arcade is brand new Arcade gaming goodness in the form of Isopod Labs' Vigilante 8 Arcade. For 800 Microsoft points and 118MBs of hard drive space, you'll be thrust into Vigilante 8's world of vehicular destruction and vehicular combat that may get so intense, your eyes may start tearing up. View the V8 screenshot gallery below and give the trial a download. Otherwise, you could always wait for this week's XBLA in Brief.%Gallery-17045%
This Wednesday: XBLA has Vigilante 8 on its plate
Should Election Day not turn out the way you wanted, might we suggest some massive automotive carnage to vent your frustration? (In a video game, of course.)Activision is finally rolling Vigilante 8: Arcade out of the garage this Wednesday, eight years after the last game in the car combat series, Vigilante 8: 2nd Offense, appeared on PlayStation, N64, and Dreamcast. This new XBLA release, in all its I'm-not-Twisted-Metal-no-seriously-ness, supports up to eight players via Live and will set you back a couple gallons of regular unleaded at 800 ($10).Now that V8: Arcade is on Live, dare we wish for a little ... Star Wars: Demolition? No, probably best not to.%Gallery-35960%
Vigilante 8 Arcade tears up the XBLA this week
Releasing to the Xbox Live Arcade is the long awaited, classic, brutal and memory conjuring Vigilante 8 Arcade from developer Isopod Labs. This V8 remake with improved graphics and new features will be available for 800 Microsoft points this Wednesday, November 5th. And if you have already experience V8 back in the glory gaming days, then we don't have to sell you Vigilante 8 Arcade. For those who are unfamiliar, just know that V8 is all about cars, guns, destruction and lots of 1970s references. %Gallery-17045%
V8 Arcade fails first certification attempt, trys again
Posted on their official blog, Isopod Labs has informed the V8 Arcade fanboy masses that the release date wait will be a bit longer than expected. Reason being, their first attempt at Microsoft certification ended in failure due to some techy "QNet library" stuff. But fret not, because Isopod has already fixed the problems, sent a new V8 Arcade build to Activision and Microsoft for a second certification sweep. And while you wait for the release, we advise taking Isopod's suggestion and downloading Castle Crashers. Long live the green knight!
V8 Arcade enters its final submission
After nearing completion for over three months now, development on Isopod Labs' Vigilante 8 Arcade is now finished as they just confirmed the final game submission has been sent to Microsoft. Though, if the Microsoft certification crew finds issues, V8 will have to be submitted again. But we have faith the process will go smooth. Like butta!Sadly, we still do not have a V8 Arcade release date, but we do know it will cost 800 Microsoft points, utilize DLC and come with PS1 vehicle unlocks. High fives all around for PS1 vehicle unlocks and all thirteen polygons each vehicle is comprised of.[Thanks, Reece]
Vigilante 8 price is set, DLC already set, date not set
Hmm ... this news is something that we're a bit unsure about. Over at IGN there's an interview with the devs of Vigilante 8 Arcade about the game's details and its dev process. And while it's a good read and did tell us that the game would be hitting at a ten dollar price point (800MSpts), it also informed us of the fact the Isopod labs already has their DLC well in hand. The details provided in the interview don't address the question entirely, but we do know that the first DLC pack will cost 320MSpts and will feature two new arenas & three new cars. Here's where the uncertainty comes in: does this mean the DLC is already done before the game ever launches? We're not big fans of that sort of thing if true, but given that this is an XBLA game there could be a number of reasons for it. The most likely would be limited storage size, the other would be desire to keep the entry price lower. Oh well, we'll probably never know anyway.%Gallery-17045%
Boogie and Chassey Blue added to V8 Arcade
For what we believe to be nostalgic reasons, we simply can't get enough Vigilante 8 Arcade information, details or media. So, upon coming across confirmation that our pals Boogie (in his tricked out Leprechaun) and Chassey Blue (in her destructive yet feminine Piranha), we got a little excited and felt the need to share. And we're confident that after giving the vehicle previews a view (in the gallery below), you'll either start crushing on Chassey or be jealous of Boogie's mad-cool 70's style. We can't wait, bring on the V8 and bring on the destruction already!%Gallery-17045%
V8 Arcade nears completion and we have screens
Today, with the help of tipster Alan, we came across freshly picked media and freshly picked news pertaining to recently announced XBLA game Vigilante 8 Arcade. No blemishes here, everything looks ripe for the picking.Over on V8 Arcade's official home, the Isopod Labs crew has been keeping a consistent stream of new media and updates flowing including a handful of screenshots which we've placed in our gallery below. Isopod also posted a little fanmail session where they confirmed that they're at a 9 on the universal 1 through 10 development scale of completion as the game should release sometime this Spring. Oh, and advice for Isopod Labs. Bring back the banned N64 V8 commercial, because we're suckers for cheezy bleeped out "holy sh*t!" moments.%Gallery-17045%[Thanks, Alan Thomas]
Vigilante 8: Arcade coming to XBLA
Activision will breathe new life into the vehicular combat series Vigilante 8, when Vigilante 8: Arcade lands on Xbox Live Arcade this spring. The game will incorporate content from the first two Vigilante 8 titles, as well as introduce new features, and feature online multiplayer for up to six players.Vigilante 8: Arcade is being developed by Isopod Labs, a studio founded by members of the original Vigilante 8 team from Luxoflux. The new title will feature eight vehicles, local split-screen multiplayer, voice support for online matches, and the inevitable promise of future downloadable content. The original Vigilante 8 was released for Sony Playstation and Nintendo 64 back in 1998, with the sequel arriving on Dreamcast, N64 and PS1 in 1999. As the original games were developed in direct competition with the Twisted Metal series, it's likely that Vigilante 8: Arcade is planned to compete with the secretly announced Twisted Metal title on PS3. We'll have to see which car battler will come out on top.
