Assault Heroes 2 blows up XBLA on May 14

Carrying a promise to "expand its horizons into outer space," publisher Sierra Online has confirmed that Assault Heroes 2 will roll onto XBLA on May 14. The sequel will include a number of additions to the series' freshman outing, including the ability to hijack vehicles -- including spacecraft -- as well as more levels. There will also be a number of new co-op modes included, though honestly we're less concerned with what's been added than we are with Wanako simply making them work.
[Via press release]











Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Double J @ Apr 25th 2008 10:47PM
Dat's muh birfday! Who's gonna buy it for me? No one? I see how it is, always Charlie Brown....
nmezib @ Apr 25th 2008 11:49PM
dats my birfday too! yaaaaaaaaay!
woo..
fine.
Tiptup300 @ Apr 25th 2008 11:28PM
I believe Christmas already blew up XBL.
Blue_Falcon @ Apr 26th 2008 12:15AM
Sorry, I loved the first one and everything, but that week I'll be busy with...
Defend Your Castle, Dr. Mario, FFCC: My Life as a King, Gyrostarr, LostWinds, Toki Tori, and whatever other good WiiWare selections are made available for its launch.
BTW, did they ever manage to fix the online for the first one? I tried playing it like 4 months later and I still couldn't get a game going with anyone, so I simply assumed they gave up. I know I did. I find it slightly worrying they're rolling this out so soon when the original's online functionality is questionable (as far as I'm concerned). I hope they get it working for those who buy it.
Mulder @ Apr 26th 2008 12:27AM
I actually just played it online today with my brother and had no issues whatsoever, even though my connection isn't all that great. It seems they did end up fixing it; hopefully they'll get it right from the start with the sequel.
343 Guilty Fart @ Apr 26th 2008 3:47PM
Wow, I still can't get it to work. Maybe it works if you 'Invite to Game' one of your friends, but if you just try to 'join a match' it never works. All I want is that one stupid achievement.
skullivan @ Apr 26th 2008 1:50AM
I only ever played Assault Heroes the first week or so it was out and never had any problem with the co-op play. It was a fun game but I doubt I'd get the sequel, especially with Commando 3 coming out on XBLA in the next couple weeks (and Bionic Commando and 1942 coming after that).
@Blue_Falcon:
The WiiWare launch in the US isn't going to be a whole mess of games like it was in Japan. I wouldn't expect more than like 2 games the first week in addition to Crystal Chronicles, maybe less.
The Japanese launch had like 9 games followed by a month of absolutely nothing. Nintendo doesn't want to do that in the US.
http://blog.wired.com/games/2008/04/nintendo-us-wii.html
hvnlysoldr @ Apr 28th 2008 2:26PM
Hooray for He-Man references.