Video Gaming News - November 2004
Santa Clara, CA (November 18, 2004) - O~3 Entertainment today announced that Alien Hominid is shipping to retail stores throughout North America. Developed by The Behemoth, Alien Hominid is available for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube.
From O~3:
Alien Hominid is the debut console title from O~3 Entertainment and developer
The Behemoth, and one of the first examples of top-notch independent development
on the major gaming consoles. It is an evolution of classic 2D side-scrolling
platform shooters, blending old school play mechanics with stunning hand drawn
graphics. Born on the internet in 2002, a prototype version of Alien Hominid has
become one of the most downloaded games of all time, with over seven and a half
million downloads from the entertainment portal, the first of hundreds of
websites now mirroring the prototype.
"Alien Hominid is the epitome of what we're trying to do at O~3," stated Bill
Gardner, CEO of O~3. "Our mission is to find the best independently developed
games in the world, and bring them to market."
Features of the Alien Hominid console game include:
* Blast through level after level of stunning hand drawn art by Dan Paladin
* Individual controller difficulty settings. Both skilled and unskilled players
can enjoy the game at the same time.
* Take down your enemies in a variety of ways with a wide assortment of alien
melee attacks that range from humorous to, well, gross
* Experience a fully interactive world teeming with dynamic enemies and unique
bosses
* NPC A.I. so real you'd think it was human
* 16 levels of intense multiplayer action. Main game for 1 or 2 players,
mini-games up to 4 players.
* 5 extra mini games (including the 1-4 player PDA games with over 200 levels
and a level creation option) and alternate gameplay modes bring players back
again and again
* The game's monstrously popular internet prototype has been played over
7,500,000 times.
About the Game
While joy riding in its new spaceship, Alien Hominid crash lands in front of FBI
headquarters, and narrowly escapes with only its alien hide. Alien Hominid must
find its spaceship and get off this rock before its vicious human enemies find
it and cart it off to Area 51. Along the way Alien Hominid relies on its deadly
melee skills and advanced weapons to out smart the ever-cunning enemies who want
to probe it for alien secrets.
About Alien Hominid
Although half the size of a fully grown human, Alien Hominid has the uncanny
ability to cause mayhem and destruction wherever he goes. The FBI and their
mechanical marvels have been designed to keep A.H. from retrieving its UFO, but
it will not be deterred. Hominid befriends the most unlikely of humans, who aid
it with insane weapon upgrades. Alien Hominid will shoot, bomb, toss, eat and
slash anything in its path - and bring on the heat in multiplayer co-op mode at
any time.