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Team17 unveils Alien Breed Evolution News

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News by Robert Purchese

9 July, 2009

Team17 has pulled the curtain back on Alien Breed Evolution, a co-operative and download-only project first teased last September.

Three screenshots are up for your perusal, but otherwise details are scarce - no dates, no platforms. Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network are strong candidates, however, given the visuals on show.

Team17 promises more soon.

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beastmaster
09/07/09 @ 10:50
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Yes!
anomagnus
09/07/09 @ 10:53
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wow, this is a purchase!

this brings me RIGHT back to when i was supposed to be studying, but wound up playing this instead!
Venkman90
09/07/09 @ 10:58
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Noice
Crazyreyn
09/07/09 @ 10:59
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Excellent news! Can't wait. Hopefully this does well enough to bring back other golden Team 17 titles.
bad09
09/07/09 @ 11:04
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ah man that looks sweet! WANT! WANT! WANT! Hell the original may get a dust off on UAE tonight as well

Spadge get in here now and tell us when in July!!!!!

EDIT - Oh and when's Superfrog coming? I got Robocod on PSP last night and in the mood for more great classic platforming :)
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designerheadache
09/07/09 @ 11:05
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player one requires keys
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wizlon
09/07/09 @ 11:05
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Team 17 in non-Worms shocker. But really, well done, this looks fantastic. Although the Aliens don't look quite how I remember, maybe James Cameron had something to say about image rights...
spadge
09/07/09 @ 11:07
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No details as yet. It's a little while off but should be this year.

We'll release video in a couple of weeks. It looks WAY better moving (the audio's great too).
George Roper
09/07/09 @ 11:08
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Although the Aliens don't look quite how I remember, maybe James Cameron had something to say about image rights...

Or maybe spiky, black horseshoes in Alien Breed didn't give you enough of a picture of how they'd look in 3D?

Anyway, fantastic news. I really hope this turns out great!
cragtek
09/07/09 @ 11:09
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Looks good - I shall be following this one methinks.
Chufty
09/07/09 @ 11:10
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Oh... awesome.
JonFE
09/07/09 @ 11:13
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Based on the screens, it looks great; if it plays as it looks, purchase is dead cert...

spadge, please pass on some well-deserved kudos to the team :)
spadge
09/07/09 @ 11:15
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The team have done a fine job, thanks (still hard on with it btw!).
Bumadan
09/07/09 @ 11:17
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Fantastic! Very much looking forward to this :-)
Adam_T
09/07/09 @ 11:20
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I hope they do the alarm countdown missions with the firedoors :) - awesome!
cam_guin
09/07/09 @ 11:20
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Awesome...anyone remember Take No Prisoners? Great little shooter...
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TriggerHippie
09/07/09 @ 11:20
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I can hardly see for salty geriatric gamer tears!
klem578
09/07/09 @ 11:21
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Really really good-looking for a DL only game, the atmosphere i get just by looking at those screenshots is amazing...

Basically, since i never got to play the previous A.B, could anyone describe how it played/looked/felt?
Was it like a dungeon crawler in space but more "shootey"? (that's the feeling it gives me judging by those pics).
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09/07/09 @ 11:22
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"Basically, since i never got to play the previous A.B, could anyone describe how it played/looked/felt? "

BLOODY AWESOME! :)
cam_guin
09/07/09 @ 11:24
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@klem - frantic little run and gun top down shooter, with puzzle elements. fluid 360 movement, neat graphics and attention to detail. Like the recoil and the muzzle flash off your machine gun. The logo was pretty badass to boot...

I totally forgot about these too : http://uk.gamespot.com/amiga/action/alie...
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Domovoi
09/07/09 @ 11:29
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Looks nice, but I'll wait for more details to see if this is the game that'll wash Box Office Bust's foul taste away like spadge kept claiming.
Muzakjunkie
09/07/09 @ 11:44
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Screens look great, can't wait to play it guys.
bodypopper
09/07/09 @ 11:46
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Can't wait. Can someone resurrect Chaos Engine too please?
chiz
09/07/09 @ 11:47
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Looks fantastic
ZuluHero
09/07/09 @ 11:51
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Great news :)

My brother and I used to re-live scenes from Aliens playing Tower Assualt. I bet he'd be over the moon if i told him about this. We might be grown up now, but theres always room for some co-op alien blasting! :)
anomagnus
09/07/09 @ 12:00
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@TriggerHippie

i wish i could give you more than one recommendation

If you can remember playing this game when it first came out, does that make us both geriatric old gamers?
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09/07/09 @ 12:04
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If I could have only owned one game on my Amiga it would have been Kick Off 2


But....

If I was allowed a second it would have been Alien Breed.

I think my name might give away my age - like anomagnus was also playing rather than studying!
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09/07/09 @ 12:06
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bewarealienspadgehasdroppedone
kangarootoo
09/07/09 @ 12:09
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Looks nice. Will it be as frickin hard as the original was I wonder?
chudders
09/07/09 @ 12:19
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Awesome! Those alarm/firedoors levels shit me up something rotten.

Ahh fond memories.
Kirly_Wombat
09/07/09 @ 12:29
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Wow that looks great to me. I spent soo much time playing Alien breed on the Amiga with my mate, and this looks like it might just be true to the spirit of the original :) Will keep an eye on this.
RabidChild
09/07/09 @ 12:39
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CHAOS ENGINE next, please :)

(yeah, I know it was the Bitmap Bros rather than Team17, but I can dream)
Milbe
09/07/09 @ 12:47
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welcome to INTEX systems!
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09/07/09 @ 12:53
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3 difficulty levels, admittedly the original was mighty tough (we were all brought up on the toughness of coin-ops).
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09/07/09 @ 12:55
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excellent, really looking forward to this one :D
TriggerHippie
09/07/09 @ 12:56
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@anomagnus

Yep, we're the Chelsea pensioners of gaming!
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anomagnus
09/07/09 @ 13:04
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as others have said, chaos engine HAS to be made

i actually find myself nostalgic now for things like gamesmaster. How sad is that?

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09/07/09 @ 13:15
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I can't remember if I liked Alien Breed the 1st time around.
I was probably too busy playing Cannon Fodder, Sensible soccer or Laser Squad.

If mid 30's is classed as "geriatric old gamers" then I would prefer the term "Twilight gamer" :-)

TriggerHippie
09/07/09 @ 13:24
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Twilight Gamers! rofl. There's a gaming clan with slighty diminished reaction times in the making.
hiddenranbir
09/07/09 @ 13:31
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Make it PC!!!!

YES! WOO!

ALIEN BREEEEEEEEEEEED!
Darren
09/07/09 @ 13:34
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Alien Breed for XBLA?!? Yummy! It always was, by far, my favourite Team 17 game from my Amiga days. :)
septimus
09/07/09 @ 13:37
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Looks great.

@Spadge
Is the PS3 version getting simultaneous release? Please! Even though I have a 360, all my mates who used to be Amiga gamers are on PS3.
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09/07/09 @ 13:51
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Team 17 is still alive? Woo! :)
Where were you hiding all those years guys. hehe. Still, great comeback! If you could only bring more remakes of good old titles. And don't forget pc :)

PS.
And this is what I call a proper remake of alien breed (judging by the screenshots). Shows that you can do it if you know how, hehe. As opposed to that mess with fallout 3...
schnide
09/07/09 @ 13:57
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Fallout 3 is one of the best games ever made. What you say has no implication on this.
Xerx3s
09/07/09 @ 14:11
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"Fallout 3 is one of the best games ever made. What you say has no implication on this."

Oh dear oh dear. I assume that you are either very young or never played anything other than console games?
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09/07/09 @ 14:23
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All this talk of Team17 makes me want to play Project X!

Man I wish I still owned my Amiga, UAE is great but I loved that machine soooo much! Real men had Amiga, ST owners were girlymen who had no friends and beat up little kittens.

/ watches clock for evening of emulated amiga love.
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09/07/09 @ 14:59
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"Fallout 3 is one of the best games ever made. What you say has no implication on this."

I liked FO3 a lot, but its quality (like all quality) is subjective. It might be your favourite, but its still just a matter of opinion.
kangarootoo
09/07/09 @ 15:03
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@bad09

There are a bunch of good emulators out there, though I would not search for them at work as such sites to live in close proximity to female nakedness and other not-work-friendly internet content :)
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designerheadache
09/07/09 @ 15:09
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Chaos Engine remake would be awesome, even if they just HD updated the visuals.

I would also pay vast amounts of money for a "Yo JOE!" remake, that game was freaking awesome with a kickass soundtrack to boot :P
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09/07/09 @ 15:16
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No, no... MOONSTONE remake next! I've been praying for years.

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