Mutant Storm's Xbox 360

By Corey Brotherson Published 3 August, 2005

Another rah rah for MS.

The acclaimed Mutant Storm franchise will be landing on Microsoft's imminent new console, Xbox 360, thanks to a deal signed between the US giant and the game's London based developer, PomPom Software.

Highly regarded shooter, Mutant Storm, will first see a new version of the original appear on Xbox 360 Live Arcade around Christmas this year. Currently code-named 'Reloaded', the game is set to be a launch title for online service when the machine is released. A full sequel, Mutant Storm 2 (codenamed 'Revolution'), is scheduled for the second half of 2006, exclusive to Microsoft's machine.

"Naturally, we are delighted to be working with Microsoft on this ambitious new project," said Miles Visman of PomPom Software. "Writing for a platform as powerful as Xbox 360 is allowing us to put in features and ideas for the game which just weren't possible previously. We're looking forward to delivering the best ever version of Mutant Storm."

Inspired by Williams' classic Robotron and Jeff Minter's Llamatron, earlier versions of Mutant Storm have appeared on Xbox Live, PC, Linux and Macintosh.

Comments (8) Latest comment 7 years ago

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  • Dizzy #1 7 years ago

    Oh god... great news. One of my favourite games! Please have online multiplayer mayhem. Robotron with more players... finally!

    /faints

    BTW does anybody else have a problem finding any coherency in Xiphos posts??? On drugs?
    Edited by 1 at 03/08/05 @ 14:06

  • Teeth #2 7 years ago

    The sequel is supposedly a cross between MS and Space Tripper. I blew my load when I heard that.

  • gibbondrives #3 7 years ago

    theres a feature on this in this months Edge.

    When asked about Multiplayer, Pom Pom said they're playing about with it now, but trying to figure out whether it would work well.

    and for a downloadable game, it looks ace.

  • Lothar Hex #4 7 years ago

    What's Mutant Storm?

  • bloke #5 7 years ago

    Just to answer Xiphos - work on Reloaded has been going on for some months and will just about to ready for launch, Revolution will be 2nd half of '06. ish.

  • bluebird #6 7 years ago

    Those who love mutant storm, I can highly recommend this page: ABA games
    I actually prefer his games to Mutant Storm.. amazingly they are free too!

    Try GunRoar (now has dual control support like mutant storm), Torus Trooper, Parsec and the innocent but brilliant Tumiki Fighters.

    I think this guy really understands what makes a good shooter.

  • jlaakso #7 7 years ago

    Yes, Kenta Cho is ace. (However, I don't like GunRoar and instead highly recommend you to sample Parsec47 and nNoiz2sa.)

    If Microsoft is bringing PomPom aboard, I'm suddenly way more interested in Live. Not just for PomPom's games, but if this is an indication of things to come...

  • Diabeu #8 7 years ago

    never heard about this Mutant Storm, time to use google :]