At the Eurogamer Expo -- in
Europe! -- Team17 has
revealed its plans for the episodic structure of its upcoming downloadable title,
Alien Breed Evolution. It was previously revealed that the game would be released in three separate episodes, and now Team17's John Dennis explains that each episode will contain a prologue and five levels that are "much larger than they should have been." In addition, each episode contains two major "set pieces" -- large scripted events -- as well as two boss battles and a multiplayer level. Each episode should last five to eight hours.
The first episode of
Alien Breed Evoluation should release fairly soon, as it was originally slated for "around October." The
XBLA version will enjoy an unknown
period of exclusivity before the PSN and PC versions are released.
{ Oct 29th 2009 at 4:00PM } 
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
NitroMikeo @ Oct 29th 2009 4:04PM
Episodic content is bad. It just means you pay more overall, for small segments of a game. And they are rarely 'proper' games.
Sure they are some exceptions, but I would go as far as saying its lazy.
Samuel Vimes @ Oct 29th 2009 4:18PM
Episodes do have it's up side. If the game is terrible at least you only had to buy one part of it.
NitroMikeo @ Oct 29th 2009 4:24PM
Touché
ImbecilePete @ Oct 29th 2009 6:59PM
But isn't that what XBLA trials are for?
Shagittarius @ Oct 29th 2009 4:21PM
A top down episodic shooter? That is just lazy...or a purposeful rip off.
Levi @ Oct 29th 2009 9:29PM
A- If you think it's lazy, go make a top down shooter.
B- It's not a ripoff, from what I've heard, it's a remake of a game they made before Worms.
hunter @ Oct 29th 2009 9:57PM
i think that the word lazy is because theya re going episodic instead of releasing a whole game.
and alien breed WAS a rip off it was a rip off of gauntlet just in case you forgot
TriviumSuffocationTheBlackDahliaMurderLambOfGod @ Oct 29th 2009 4:53PM
I have a hard time trusting Team17 after Box Office Bust. Yuck.
Samuel Vimes @ Oct 29th 2009 4:54PM
But, but, what about Worms!?
jsut @ Oct 29th 2009 4:59PM
Also, Alien Breed was one of T17's best games. I'm quite excited about this version, though I'm skeptical about the boss battles.
hunter @ Oct 29th 2009 10:00PM
team 17 has been living out of worms for the last 20 years, when they finally decided to create something new they created the biggest piece of crap that was released in this year, even though they are trying to forget about it, so there are a lot of reasons to be worried.
and the boss battles of the original alien breed games were a joke, as a mather of fact all the "bosses" that team 17 created on the amiga were a joke, let´s see if they finally learned a pattern different than forward, shot, go back, wait.....
hunter @ Oct 29th 2009 10:05PM
team 17 has been living out of worms for the last 20 years, when they finally decided to create something new they created the biggest piece of crap that was released in this year, even though they are trying to forget about it, so there are a lot of reasons to be worried.
and the boss battles of the original alien breed games were a joke, as a mather of fact all the "bosses" that team 17 created on the amiga were a joke, let´s see if they finally learned a pattern different than forward, shot, go back, wait.....
nevada corporate @ Oct 29th 2009 5:35PM
warms?
Azerael @ Oct 29th 2009 8:00PM
Evoluation?
boing.inc @ Oct 29th 2009 9:41PM
Nice. I know I'm looking forward to it and glad to see it on the PC too :)
Alien Breed was a blast to play back in the day so hopefully this turns into a fun little time waster.