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PM: The Maw Review

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"The essence of the gameplay is pure cause-and-effect puzzle action, tossing strange alien creatures into The Maw's mouth to make him grow and/or absorb their DNA and take on their characteristics. For Frank's part, he's much more than the guy with the leash. He can latch onto gelatinous flying Bulbouses carrying exploding balls of pollen; pull creatures out of the ground to slam, spin-throw or toss to The Maw; or even dodge bullets, then slam the turrets that fired them. He also does a bit of platforming and shooting, rides The Maw, flies The Maw, and steers The Maw as Twisted Pixel takes us through an array of otherworldly alien mind benders. Strange Dodo bird-like creatures called Loofers (once Frank cooks 'em a little) turn The Maw into a nine-eyed laser shooting pack animal, ingesting yummy Puff-Tors changes him into the world's hungriest (and slimiest) balloon, and my personal favorite Maw food, the Beetull, morphs him into a rampaging giant alien dung beetle. Twisted Pixel has done an extraordinary job taking a simple premise with simple controls and weaving it into an addictive experience. The original interactive soundtrack by composer Winifred Phillips fits the quirky nature of the game like a glove. The Maw is over all too soon, taking only a few short hours (that fly by) to complete-but something tells we haven't seen the last of Frank and The Maw."

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Ten Games Are Leaving Xbox Game Pass for Console in September

It only makes sense that as more games are added to Xbox Game Pass some are taken away. Find out what's leaving the subscription service this September.

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autobotdan1694d ago

Replace Ninja Gaiden Black with Ninja Gaiden 2 please

Specter2291694d ago

Theyll leave and 2 of them will be free for games with gold next month ...

darthv721693d ago

Well I certainly dont have a problem with that, seeing as I dont subscribe to GP.

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McDonald’s Promo Giving Away 70M Twisted Pixel Games

McDonald’s is gearing up to begin its new One Hot Holiday promotion on December 3 that features Xbox One bundles as its grand prize. That’s not so crazy; it seems like every corporation is running some sort of contest to win next-gen consoles. However, McDonald’s also happens to be giving away a whole lot of copies of Twisted Pixel titles.

ScubaSteve13796d ago (Edited 3796d ago )

i won a free copy of the maw

infectedaztec3796d ago

Ragin, this is America only! Anyone with a code they don't need think of us,poor forgotten Irish!
i was literally ready to hop on the car to McDonalds to enter.

this is also an excellent idea,for,increasing indie games on the platform....expect this great trend to continue

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'Twisted Bundle' Coming Soon to XBLA

Twisted Pixel Games is notorious for releasing quality titles for the XBLA. They also developed one of the few highly rated Kinect games in The Gunstringer. Today it was revealed that their four previously published XBLA titles would be released as a bundle, appropriately titled the 'Twisted Bundle.'