TSA:
5th Cell has released a gameplay trailer for upcoming third person online shooter, Hybrid, which will release exclusively on XBLA in the Summer.
Each and every month, various games and DLC are permanently discounted on the Xbox Live Marketplace.
- AT
This year was a year dominated by the rise of the Arcade. Half of the games in my top 10 were 15 dollars or less and that’s a huge testament to how big the Xbox Live Arcade has gotten in the past year. Apart from the ones on my list, other games like Fez, Journey (PS3 download but you get the message), and Trials Evolution are getting major consideration for awards on multiple other websites. That doesn’t mean there hasn’t been a fair share of retail releases that impressed on multiple levels. Tell that to Sleeping Dogs, Mass Effect 3, Far Cry 3, Assassins Creed 3, and Dishonored and they will prove you wrong. It wasn’t the best year, that’s for sure, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t impress in many ways.
Ben Rowland wrote: Hybrid’s lineage is perhaps one of its most interesting aspects. This unlikely project has 5th Cell, the developer of Nintendo DS-exclusive games such as Scribblenauts and Drawn to Life, making the leap into the realm of online shooters. Hybrid is a third person multiplayer-focused shooter that attempts to bring some new ideas to a genre that’s well beyond the point of saturation. While Hybrid makes a valiant attempt and succeeds in a few areas, it unfortunately isn’t the genre-bender that we had hoped for.
Good looking arcade game.
Coudn've have been less interested.
Even though I'm not huge on digital content, this has probably been the best year ever for the Xbox Live Arcade. The quality of the games that have been coming from that platform is pretty amazing.
it looks good for an arcade game......my main gripe......MS still isn't making any Actual full fledged games anymore. seriously all i see is halo, gears, fable, forza, Kinect and Arcade releases
A 'tactical shooter', lol, really? Why in the world would they even claim that? It's clearly an arena-style shooter with a cover system. Is this really what people consider tactical these days?
While this game doesn't seem bad, it's almost pointless for a developer to make an online focused XBLA/PSN game. Heck, it's pretty much pointless for them to make retail games this way, too. If it isn't Call of Duty or Halo, most games with an online mode will be near-dead within 3-6 months. It's a sad thing, but pretty much the truth. =\
Also, wow.. Anyone else notice that most of those helmets shown (on the human side?) are a complete rip-off of the helmets from Reach?