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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. %Gallery-24978%
The Maw, you know: It's coming to XBLA
"Full featured 3D action adventure" news now, with independent studio Twisted Pixel Games announcing The Maw, a colorful new addition to Xbox Live Arcade's future lineup. The titular maw refers to the gaping gob possessed by the pictured pet blob, capable of eating anything from a house to corn on a cob. (You can't unread that!)In their quest to guide adorable alien Frank back to his home, players will need to "harness The Maw's unstoppable growth and the incredible powers he earns," likely commanding him to strategically greet and eat creatures doubling as powerups. As you might expect, Twisted Pixel promises things like a "lengthy" single-player quest, "intense cutscenes" and "cutting edge graphics technology." We'll be sure to toss you scraps of info as soon as we learn more about The Maw.%Gallery-25036%[Via X3F]
New XBLA game: The Maw
No no, dear reader, not The Maw like the Halo level, but rather the maw as in the gullet of a voracious animal. See, The Maw has to do with Frank (the player, and character on the right of the above screen) and the game's namesake (the purple blob on the left). Both of whom are aliens trying to use the Maw's insatiable appetite to eat items, change shape from them, change the items themselves, and somehow use this to return Frank home. Sounds like an interesting concept, sort of mixture of PowerUp Forever and Katamari Damacy, and given Twisted Pixels' stated commitment to "a lengthy, full scope, single-player experience" as well as "personality and humor" we'll be keeping an eye on this one as more is released. Also worth noting is an unannounced game of theirs that looks like it's style could fit XBLA too ...%Gallery-24978%
