Matt Hazard spin-off due this winter

By Tom Bramwell Published 2 October, 2009

Blood Bath and Beyond for PSN/XBLA.

Vicious Cycle and D3Publisher have announced that Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond will be released for PlayStation Network and Xbox Live Arcade this winter.

Blood Bath and Beyond is a spin-off from last year's pretty ropey Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard, in which lead character Matt has to take on foes from his fictional old games. Satire, innit.

This new digital download is a side-scroller in which Matt has to... go back through his old games chasing down one of his old nemeses, General Neutronov. His battle threatens to take him through a made-up catalogue of delights like The Adventures of Matt in Hazard Land and Chest of the Pirate Queen.

There are some screenshots in a Flash viewer on the official site, which also suggests we'll see the game the other side of the New Year.

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Comments (5) Latest comment 3 years ago

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  • HermitArcader #1 3 years ago

    Post deleted at 09:17:39 22-12-2011

  • BBIAJ #2 3 years ago

    So, the 6th March 2009 has suddenly become so last year now, right?

    Okay then...

  • KDR_11k #3 3 years ago

    Dunno, I liked Eat Lead but got stuck at a stupid boss fight (the blindsiding instakill tentacles) and haven't tried to progress since. They didn't make much use of their claim that Matt is from the 8-bit era and he isn't designed properly for that anyway (8 bit characters were never bald and never this monotone, hair is one of the few details a sprite can have and most 8 bit systems don't support a color palette that contains so many browns and grays), would've been much funnier had he been able to flatten enemies with a jump like Super Mario.

    While most people thought Shadow Complex when they saw this announcement I thought Duke Nukem Manhattan Project, also a 2.5D sidescroller and Matt Hazard always struck me as a Duke Nukem wannabe (I figure Eat Lead was somebody getting tired of waiting for Duke Nukem Forever)..

  • giant_frying_pan #4 3 years ago

    Well, the name's good.

  • Royal Fool #5 3 years ago

    I liked Eat Lead for what it was.