Omega Five shmups XBLA in November

by Alexander Sliwinski { Sep 12th 2007 at 10:30AM }

Hudson announced today that side-scrolling shooter Omega Five will bring the action to Xbox Live in November. Omega Five first leaked on the scene in June and appeared to be your classic "shoot everything on the screen" exercise, but designed for a modern audience. We picked up on the 3D graphics and some other fancy things during our hands-on time with an early build (we're perceptive like that). Omega Five will also support local co-op for a friend.

Who knows, Omega Five could be a holiday season XBLA cult hit.

[Via Press Release]

Gallery: Omega Five

Tags: hudson, omegafive

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Jonah Falcon @ Sep 12th 2007 10:36AM

Well, two of the more interesting aspects of Omega Five is:

1. enemies can emerge from the background
2. you have a pet dog (just like Fable!)

Sean @ Sep 12th 2007 10:44AM

Schmup you!

Delta @ Sep 12th 2007 10:50AM

This looks incredibly awesome.

I have been waiting far too long for some side scrolling goodness. That other "intern" project left me hanging in the wind.

GRANTED @ Sep 12th 2007 10:54AM

this, and that newgrounds knight game, look awesome. i'll have to convince a friend to download these.

DarthDavid @ Sep 12th 2007 11:12AM

What's up with all the shump love? The VC getting all the TG-16 shumps, Live getting Rez, Ikaruga, & Omega 5, the PSN......well nothing yet. Now all I need is Border Down, Hyper Duel, and Radiant Silvergun....=)

Mr BoomStick XL @ Sep 12th 2007 11:13AM

Looks like an updated version of Forgotten Worlds (and that's a good thing!!)!! I loved that game on the Genesis and would buy this game hands down!! WE NEED MORE SHOOTERS ON XBLA!!!!

dan stabbingworth @ Sep 12th 2007 1:19PM

Indeed. It would be cool if the Xbox Live ARCADE had some more ARCADE games. Not that I don't like the other games, but still.

aaron @ Sep 12th 2007 11:42AM

looks very cool.... xbla is really starting to take off with the great games. war worlds, undertow, hoopworld, toy wars... and im sure thats just whats been announced (and i know im forgetting alot of other good games) but all of those i will probably buy day 1.

kinda funny that there are more xbla games i am looking forward to than the retail big budget ones.