Assault Heroes 2 blows up XBLA on May 14

by Jason Dobson { Apr 25th 2008 at 10:30PM }

Wanako's Assault Heroes would have been one of our most cherished bits of Xbox Live Arcade entertainment had one key element -- online gameplay -- not been so broken so as to only be recognizable by its dental records. Even so, we are forgiving sorts, and when news came down that the developer planned to try its hands at the game once more with a sequel this spring, we figured why not. If He-Man and ABC After School Specials taught us one thing, it's that everyone deserves a second chance.

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]

Tags: assault-heroes, assault-heroes-2, assaultheroes, assaultheroes2, wanako, xbla

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