Microsoft's early faith in Team 17 is why Alien Breed hits XBLA first
by Ben Gilbert 
{ Jul 20th 2009 at 11:15AM } 
Why not release on all three platforms simultaneously from the get go? Brown says it has to do with Microsoft giving Team 17 a chance before anyone else would. "They showed a lot of faith in us early doors [British for "early on"] and that's kind of kept going really," Brown notes. He even goes as far as to call the relationship a "first-party publishing relationship" (which is the case for Team 17's other franchise, Worms, but not Alien Breed). Hey, Microsoft, you trying to put a ring on that finger?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Access Granted @ Jul 20th 2009 11:22AM
You can do it!
sonicspike41 @ Jul 20th 2009 11:25AM
You can do it all night long!
Dance Mofo @ Jul 20th 2009 12:31PM
you can do it duffy moon, you can do it!
deaftly @ Jul 20th 2009 2:15PM
Aquariums make me horny
Neuromancer @ Jul 20th 2009 11:25AM
"Early doors" is the new phrase of the day. Use it to confound people at your workplace or school.
max stubbs @ Jul 20th 2009 11:30AM
Well considering us Brits have never heard that phrase before you can use it on us aswell.
Early doors?
adium @ Jul 20th 2009 11:34AM
you must be living in a cave if you've never heard that
max stubbs @ Jul 20th 2009 12:17PM
Yeah, that massive cave called London.
Alphathon @ Jul 20th 2009 12:31PM
Don't worry Max, you're not the only brit who hasn't heard it before. Probably a regional thing. Of course living in scotland phrases like that don't really make it up here, but we can confuse you all with the wonders of doric :)
Neuromancer @ Jul 20th 2009 2:28PM
@JUNG GUNS
You're going to have to narrow it down, who are you talking to and specifically what picture?
The Dark Wayne @ Jul 20th 2009 5:29PM
id guess the guy with the retarded looking old man from family guy is what he's referring to
jamacianmecrazy @ Jul 20th 2009 6:20PM
I'm guessing he actually said "early days" but the interviewer misheard him and chalked it down to a British thing.
sam @ Jul 20th 2009 6:33PM
I'm british and i've heard that phrase... isn't it kind of old-fashioned though?
tmacairjordan87 (aka Mr. Negativity) @ Jul 20th 2009 11:26AM
Doesn't look like a very good game, but then again after seeing Shadow Complex not much on xbla does.
R (XBL: Esoteric Lord) @ Jul 20th 2009 11:46AM
Aliens, flamethrowers, explosions, what could possibly go wrong?
chaos_deception @ Jul 20th 2009 12:50PM
tmacairjordan87 (aka Mr. Negativity) Said @ 11:26AM on Jul 20th 2009
Doesn't look like a very good game, but then again after seeing Shadow Complex not much on xbla does.
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Nice Comment Smart Ass, but you Fail anyway.
If you had played Alien Swarm: Unreal 2004 Total Conversion Mod, then you would know exactly what this Game is going to be like.
Frigging Amazing, I myself am looking forward to it, even if you are not.
Go cry in a Corner.
tmacairjordan87 (aka Mr. Negativity) @ Jul 20th 2009 12:52PM
If anyone here appears to be crying, it's you. I just stated the obvious.
"If you had played Alien Swarm: Unreal 2004 Total Conversion Mod"
Ahh, a PC game. How cute.
Vcize @ Jul 20th 2009 1:45PM
Wait, so do you mean that Shadow Complex looks so good that it makes everything else look bad by comparison, or do you mean that Shadow Complex looking bad somehow makes every other unrelated game on XBLA look bad too?
I don't get it..
Neuromancer @ Jul 20th 2009 2:29PM
Vcize I think you just blew my mind.
jackal @ Jul 20th 2009 2:40PM
tmac,
"Ahh, a PC game. How cute." Your point would be what, exactly? At least UT2004's gameplay wasn't nerfed in the same way UT3's was because, back then, Epic didn't try accommodating an audience that, apparently, doesn't have the faintest clue on how to use a keyboard and mouse properly for a fast paced twitch shooter.
Janichsan @ Jul 21st 2009 3:44AM
"Ahh, a PC game. How cute."
Yep. PCs. That's were the *real* men play their games.
;)
goboColossus (LIVE, PSN - gobopop) @ Jul 20th 2009 11:36AM
Team 17 has always been hellbent on one-upping Psygnosis, of course they aren't releasing on an SCE platform first. Lots of love for Team 17 (and Psygnosis), so I hope the game plays well. Alien Breed was a huge part of my childhood, would be a shame to not be able to play this game due to timed platform exclusives.
Is it Amiga day or something? Bizzare Creations post, followed by Team 17, maybe we'll get some Bullfrog, DMA, and Reflections news now...
AlpahGeeeK @ Jul 20th 2009 12:11PM
Bullfrog. Populous, yes please.
Janichsan @ Jul 20th 2009 1:54PM
Don't hold your breath: Bullfrog's dead (its sad remains belong to EA), DMA is now known as Rockstar North and as it seems not to keen on making much more than GTA
DemonJ @ Jul 20th 2009 11:57AM
I think this statement shows Microsofts enthusiasm towards making a wide collection of different genres for all of its audience, thus meaning they are hellbent on making sure that partnerships with all companies big and small are equally as important for new and future projects. Thumbs up MS!
Otis @ Jul 20th 2009 12:06PM
Shouldn't the PC get it first by their logic? :x
deaftly @ Jul 20th 2009 12:18PM
They probably ya know.. want to make money.
arisc2 @ Jul 20th 2009 3:54PM
well if they do want to make money then they should release it on p.c, you know why?? something called steam that has proved 2,000 times and more, how stupid and retarded is that old "you can´t make money on the pirate storm pc" line?
but anyway it´s a team 17 title without worms... i don´t know what could happen but i don´t think it´s going to be something amazing.....sorry but they don´t sound so amazing after that larry game that for some weird reason they are trying very hard to forget, wonder why? :D
MarioSpitza @ Jul 20th 2009 8:48PM
*Is extremely confused*
Well, according to the article, Team 17 says Microsoft puts a lot of faith in them. As a result, they're releasing the game on Microsoft's XBox 360.
It seems to make perfect sense to me. I don't get what you mean, why does that line of reasoning suggest it should go to PC first?
Otis @ Jul 21st 2009 5:49AM
Because the PC platform has had "early faith" in them since god damned 1995.
Scott @ Jul 20th 2009 12:17PM
Please tell me you meant to use the phrase "Brown notes" as I hope you meant to use it. Those opportunities are few and far between.
jackal @ Jul 20th 2009 2:30PM
deaftly,
Digital distributors such as Steam and D2D accounted for $1 billion worth of software sales alone just last year; considering Alien Breed will be available only on those digital distribution services and that most console gamers haven't even heard of (let alone played) the original game so many years ago, I fail to see how Team 17 wouldn't be able to make as much or more money on Steam than what they could on XBLA. As far as "Microsoft's early faith" is concerned, Microsoft simply paid for timed exclusivity; another member of Team 17 confirmed as much not too long ago.
genem30 @ Jul 20th 2009 3:03PM
Team 17 is doing something other than milking the Worms franchise yet again?
And "They showed a lot of faith in us early doors"? probably just means that Microsoft threw them some cash to get it first, like it usually means when something comes with the 360 before other platforms. No shocker there.
arisc2 @ Jul 20th 2009 4:06PM
>Team 17 is doing something other than milking the Worms franchise yet again?
amazing right?? i can´t believe they are going to try to do something new!!!...... oh wait, it´s a remake of an old game they did more than 15 years ago...so i guess the word "new" doesn´t apply here....
>And "They showed a lot of faith in us early doors"? probably just means that Microsoft
what it means is that nobody in microsoft knows that they created LSL box office bust, and they should hope nobody finds out........
arisc2 @ Jul 20th 2009 3:36PM
well if they do want to make money then they should release it on p.c, you know why?? something called steam that has proved 2,000 times and more, how stupid and retarded is that old "you can´t make money on the pirate storm pc" line?
but anyway it´s a team 17 title without worms... i don´t know what could happen but i don´t think it´s going to be something amazing.....sorry but they don´t sound so amazing after that larry game that for some weird reason they are trying very hard to forget, wonder why? :D
GordoJones @ Jul 20th 2009 3:58PM
I'm so confused, is Tmac a 360, PS3, or Wii troll. He seems to hate everything. Since both Shadow Complex and Alien Breed use Unreal Engine 3 they will both look pretty good. SC is a 2.5D side scrolling shooter and AB is a 3/4 top down shooter, can't they both be good?
Foetoid @ Jul 20th 2009 5:43PM
Hey i need to ask this. I just finished Alien Shooter 2 on Steam. Is this a similar style of game? I really enjoyed AS2 and would love for this to be an updated, graphically enhanced version of the same gameplay.
J.Goodwin @ Jul 20th 2009 6:11PM
Team 17 would be a good fit into the MGS Europe pantheon.
Jacky @ Jul 28th 2009 2:17AM
This statement proves that Microsoft is pretty much focused to its goal and works with great zeal and enthusiasm............
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