Madballs in …Babo: Invasion releasing on Steam

Another title coming to the wonderful world of Steam.

Playbrains earlier today announced that it’s incredible Madballs in …Babo: Invasion which has already been released on Xbox Live Arcade and received fairly good scores around the gaming industry (us included) will now be heading to the PC for even more people to enjoy.

Madballs in …Babo: Invasion will be heading to Valve’s digital game distribution service on Thursday, September 17th and will set you back a reasonable £6

OTTAWA, CANADA – September 4^th 2009 – Playbrains, an independent game development studio specializing in the digital download arena, are proud to announce that fresh from its critically acclaimed debut on Xbox LIVE® Arcade, Madballs in…Babo:Invasion (MiBI) will be releasing on PC, via the Steam digital download service on September 17^th. The game will be priced $9.99 in the US and Canada, £6.99 in the UK, €8.99 in Western Europe and €6.99 in Eastern Europe

The spiritual successor to the massively popular freeware top-down Shooter BaboViolent2, Madballs in Babo:Invasion is an arena based 3D shooter offering players a satisfying and immersive experience in both single-player and multiplayer, including ‘Invasion Mode’ where players are able to design their own combat maps almost instantaneously by placing a combination of map tiles to create a never-before-seen map before gameplay starts. Truly, no two games are ever the same.

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Featuring the recently re-released Madballs™ characters, Oculus Orbus™ and Horn Head™, from the popular 1980’s toys best remembered for their outrageously bad looks and graphically colourful names, Madballs in…Babo: Invasion is a gameplay rich, feature laden ‘casually hardcore’ action shooter which is also that rarest of gaming commodities; a genuinely unique title.

Some of the outstanding review scores and quotes lavished upon the recent Xbox LIVE Arcade release:

“…an impressive title for the XBLA system.”

Team Xbox.com – 8/10

“Surprisingly slick with excellent online play.”

UK Official Xbox Magazine – 8/10

“…Madballs in…Babo: Invasion is both a pleasing nostalgia trip and a surprisingly deep arcade shooter.”

Computer & Videogames.com – 8/10

“…Madballs fully deserves a place among the finer titles on XBLA.”

EDGE Magazine – 7/10

KEY FEATURES

· Single Player – Hours of repeatable gameplay through 10 epic levels

· 2-4 Player Online Co-op – challenge individual campaign levels with your friends or play the whole campaign in ‘Enduro’ mode

· 16 Player Multiplayer – 21 maps to match all game sizes

· ‘Invasion’ Mode – the signature mode of the game, players take turns placing map tiles to create a unique multiplayer map prior to each match

· Classes – 10 character classes (each with 2 special abilities) over two warring factions, with each faction having 5 unique weapons each with two distinct firing modes

· Madballs Characters – Oculus Orbus™ and Horn Head™ from the infamous 80’s toy craze as in-game characters

· 5 Archetypes – Assault, Heavy, Runner, Flyer, Support

· Deployables – active (rocket turrets) or passive (healing towers) can be placed in Invasion mode

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· Unlocks and Secrets – 50 unlocks and 50 Secrets to find during campaign gameplay

· Action – emphasis on fast-paced, visceral action that is easy to pick and play, yet offers a real strategic challenge for hardcore gamers

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