SEGA doing Happy Tree Friends

By Tom Bramwell Published 11 May, 2007

For Xbox Live Arcade and PC.

SEGA (cor, busy day for them eh!) has revealed that it's collaborating with Mondo Media on an Xbox Live Arcade and PC game built around cult Internet and TV "phenomenon" Happy Tree Friends. It's due out in the autumn.

Another saccharine film adaptation? Not likely. As those in the know will, well, know, Happy Tree Friends began life as a Flash cartoon that tells the horrifically violent stories of cute and cuddly characters as they meet Itchy and Scratchy-style deaths in drawn-out fashion.

For the game, Happy Tree Friends False Alarm, SEGA's development partner Stainless Games (Novadrome) is planning a physics puzzler where players control Flippy, the emotionally tattered war-torn bear; Lumpy, the dim-witted blue moose; or Handy, an amputee beaver in an attempt to navigate 10 levels without being violently undone by the multitude of potential disasters within each setting. You'll employ concrete, ice and nitroglycerin among other things as you navigate mine shafts, sweet factories and a museum that all promise "outrageous outcomes and plenty of accidental mayhem".

With its emphasis on physics-based puzzling the game immediately calls to mind another PC and Xbox Live Arcade title, Eets: Chowdown, and it wouldn't be a bad template. Details are a bit of on the scant side though, with Happy Tree Friends creator Kenn Navarro preferring to use his quotey bit to pay tribute to SEGA's "rich tradition of creating compelling, character-based games". "True to form they're developing a truly original game that we think our fans will love," he added.

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Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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  • udat #1 5 years ago

    I want them to do Chu Chu Rocket for XBLA.

  • Steroyd #2 5 years ago

    Happy Tree friends is just sick and wrong SICK AND WRONG!!!

  • spongebob #3 5 years ago

    What the heck? Is it the sudden amount of light and warmth or something but I am really happy about all of these new game announcements. No doubt most of them will end up being crap upon release but it's frigging awesome to read news about new games instead of constant console battles, PR nonsense and industry ramblings.

  • sanctusmortis #4 5 years ago

    Sega in game splurge shocker!

    Mmmm, Happy Tree Friends game. Accompany with putting the series' on XBLM please, MS!

  • Machetazo #5 5 years ago

    "Mmmm, Happy Tree Friends game. Accompany with putting the series' on XBLM please, MS! "

    I doubt that's far from their minds, lol. The target audience is about right-ish, the property's popular enough to get wider attention on XBLA. This game could be fun, moreso than what EG reckon it draws its inspiration from, at least.

  • prettyboytim #6 5 years ago

    That sounds great. I love HTF.

  • _Price_ #7 5 years ago

    Just make it into a graphic adventure Sega, you know you want to.

  • davisorle #8 5 years ago

    Happy Tree Friends into a game. LMAO!!!!

    I really want to see that! It better be good. I can be good. It can actually be one of my favorite game so it better be even more brutal than the show... IT BETTER BE