You begin as a simple spaceship armed with a lowly dual cannon, steering your way through randomly generated, wraparound levels as you blast abstract alien foes. Kill enough baddies, and the end-of-stage "Guardian" will appear -- best enough of these deadly adversaries and you'll find your ship subtly evolving, changing in shape and amassing more powerful weapons (lasers, mines, and bombs) and abilities (such as a shield that you can pivot using the right analog stick). Your ship isn't the only thing morphing, though: The entire playfield bends and warps as you progress, and the camera naturally zooms in and out to offer a better view of the constantly shifting action.
Cubed3's Mike Mason recently got the chance to speak to Andrew and Philip Oliver - the Oliver Twins. The pair, creators of Dizzy the egg and co-founders of Blitz Games Studios, were happy to speak about their company's plans and divisions.
Ironically, they both seem to look like Dizzy as they got older on the header image.
A look at PowerUp Forever, an under-selling arcade shooter on Xbox Live Arcade and Playstation Network from Blitz Games Studios.
A look around tells me it was added in March this year on EU PSN...but I don't have access to it to check on a PS3 itself, unfortunately.
Hmm, I'll go check if so, must've been uploaded when I was busy and had no access to the internet. Sounds like an excellent concept!
EDIT: Yeah, it's there. Gonna go try a demo on my 360 though.
GiantBomb:
"OK, I'll stop harping on the name. It's not that big of a deal. PowerUp Forever is a pretty good dual-joystick shooter that stands out, even though there are now around a billion of these games available on various digital download services. If you felt that Flow was too soft, or that you wanted more guns in the first stage of Spore, you'll certainly dig it."
