The Maw chomps its way to the XBLA Jan. 21st

Twisted Pixel Games just informed us that their intergalactic, purple colored and completely original Xbox Live Arcade game The Maw will be releasing to the Arcade next Wednesday, January 21st. The Maw will be priced at 800 Microsoft points and contain enough purple goo creatures to satisfy your need for purple goo creatures. Want more? How about these Twisted Pixel supplied (and completely random) The Maw facts and figures:

• The Maw is comprised of over 900 animations, 1000 sound effects, 25 music tracks, 200 visual effects, and 150 models.

• The Maw uses 85:1 compression technology making it a 150MB download. Without it, the game would be a chunky 2GB.

• The Maw allows gamers to unlock free gamer pictures and a premium theme.

• The Maw is a video game.

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