Muzer
8 Aug 2009, 13:29
There's about half a page on Alien Breed in Retro Gamer - quite a few details are in there.
I can't scan it because my scanner is broken, but I'll retype it. Any typos are mine.
ALIEN BREED DIGITALLY REBORN
TEAM17 FINALLY LIFTS THE LID ON ITS DOWNLOADABLE UPDATE TO A SCIENCE FICTION CLASSIC
After teasing its return last year, Team17 has finally revealed details of one of its most revered franchises - Alien Breed. The self-described 'retro modern' remake will actually be a trilogy of releases, all made available via digital distribution.
Alien Breed Evolution will be powered by the Unreal Engine 3 but won't jump on the first-person bandwagon. The top-down mechanics return, with a campaign that supports both single-player and co-operative play online. For those who have softened over the years, three variable difficulty settings allow you to ease yourself back into the alien-exterminating ways of your youth.
Team17's esteemed studio director, Martyn Brown, said the veteran developer wasn't afraid to be inspired by today's most atmospheric examples: "There's a gulf of difference between something that's our own and something that isn't," he told Imagine Publishing's NowGamer website. "We've ended up with something that's kind of a mish-mash of Dead Space and Diablo III, which is a really nice place to be."
But after more than 17 years away from the franchise, is the Yorkshire-based developer up to the task? Having been in development for 15 months, with a 30-strong development team and £1.8 million budget that makes it one of the most expensive downloadable projects to date, they seem confident that it will put the studio back on the map, like the original did all those years ago. *
<screenshot with caption: [Xbox Live] Alien Breed Evolution has been confirmed for both Xbox Live and PSN, with the first installment hatching this October>
Forum opinion - Visit retrogamer.net/forum to have your say
Are you looking forward to Alien Breed?
<pie chart>
Yes, provided it sticks to its series roots - 53%
No, I was never a fan of the series to begin with - 13%
No, I don't like the direction it's taken - 13%
Yes, I'll get it on day one - 13%
I was never a fan, but I'm still interested - 7%
</pie chart>
When you said it uses the Unreal engine I thought FPS, but it seems like an isometric third-person game - excellent! As long as the camera is fixed in up-close so we get claustrophobic corridors with the potential for alien swarms to come pouring through at any moment, this should be one worth watching out for - paranoid marvin
If they stick to the same or very similar style then yes. One of my all-time favourite game series. I really hope they don't feck it up - markopoloman
I can't scan it because my scanner is broken, but I'll retype it. Any typos are mine.
ALIEN BREED DIGITALLY REBORN
TEAM17 FINALLY LIFTS THE LID ON ITS DOWNLOADABLE UPDATE TO A SCIENCE FICTION CLASSIC
After teasing its return last year, Team17 has finally revealed details of one of its most revered franchises - Alien Breed. The self-described 'retro modern' remake will actually be a trilogy of releases, all made available via digital distribution.
Alien Breed Evolution will be powered by the Unreal Engine 3 but won't jump on the first-person bandwagon. The top-down mechanics return, with a campaign that supports both single-player and co-operative play online. For those who have softened over the years, three variable difficulty settings allow you to ease yourself back into the alien-exterminating ways of your youth.
Team17's esteemed studio director, Martyn Brown, said the veteran developer wasn't afraid to be inspired by today's most atmospheric examples: "There's a gulf of difference between something that's our own and something that isn't," he told Imagine Publishing's NowGamer website. "We've ended up with something that's kind of a mish-mash of Dead Space and Diablo III, which is a really nice place to be."
But after more than 17 years away from the franchise, is the Yorkshire-based developer up to the task? Having been in development for 15 months, with a 30-strong development team and £1.8 million budget that makes it one of the most expensive downloadable projects to date, they seem confident that it will put the studio back on the map, like the original did all those years ago. *
<screenshot with caption: [Xbox Live] Alien Breed Evolution has been confirmed for both Xbox Live and PSN, with the first installment hatching this October>
Forum opinion - Visit retrogamer.net/forum to have your say
Are you looking forward to Alien Breed?
<pie chart>
Yes, provided it sticks to its series roots - 53%
No, I was never a fan of the series to begin with - 13%
No, I don't like the direction it's taken - 13%
Yes, I'll get it on day one - 13%
I was never a fan, but I'm still interested - 7%
</pie chart>
When you said it uses the Unreal engine I thought FPS, but it seems like an isometric third-person game - excellent! As long as the camera is fixed in up-close so we get claustrophobic corridors with the potential for alien swarms to come pouring through at any moment, this should be one worth watching out for - paranoid marvin
If they stick to the same or very similar style then yes. One of my all-time favourite game series. I really hope they don't feck it up - markopoloman