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Madballs in...Babo: Invasion

Platform(s): PC, Xbox 360
Genre: Action
Publisher: Playbrains
Developer: Playbrains
Release Date: Sept. 17, 2009

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'Madballs in...Babo: Invasion' (ALL) Gets Avatar Attack Mode - Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on July 2, 2009 @ 5:28 p.m. PDT

Madballs in...Babo:Invasion is a gameplay rich, feature laden 'casually hardcore' arena based 3D action shooter, where you're able to design your own combat maps by placing a combination of map tiles to create a never before seen map before gameplay starts. In Avatar Attack gamers will be able to take full control of their custom Avatar as a playable, in-game character.

Get the Madballs in...Babo: Invasion [PS3/X360] Trailer off WP (65mb)

A gameplay rich, feature laden "casually hardcore" action shooter, Madballs in...Babo:Invasion is that rarest of gaming commodities: a genuinely unique title. Featuring the recently re-released Madballs characters, Oculus Orbus and Horn Head, from the popular 1980's toys best remembered for their outrageously bad looks and graphically colorful names, MiBI is an arena-based 3D shooter where players are able to design their own combat maps almost instantaneously by placing a combination of map tiles to create a never-before-seen map before gameplay starts. Truly, no two games are ever the same.

Offering players a satisfying and immersive experience in both single-player and multiplayer, Madballs in...Babo:Invasion has a plethora of features and game modes such as 4-player online co-op along with, never-before-seen in an Xbox LIVE Arcade title, being able to incorporate your Xbox LIVE Avatar into multiplayer combat via the 'Avatar Attack' mode. Yes, Xbox LIVE Arcade combat just got personal. And with up to 16-player multiplayer support, MiBI will be one of the few Xbox LIVE Arcade games to support more than 8 players at a time, and the only avatar-based game to support 16 players.

By selecting the "Avatar Attack" mode from the multiplayer Skirmish menu in MiBI gamers will be given the option to use their custom Avatar as a fully-controllable in-game character. Once selected, the "Decappuccino Machine," in a very sanitary manner, will painlessly separate the Avatar's head from its body where it will then be fitted and equipped with some heavy hitting and highly explosive artillery! And unlike the bright gooey mess that Madballs and other Babo spew when they take damage, each Avatar head is hand-filled by the loving and caring folks at Playbrains with only the finest confetti to ensure a pleasant and colorful display upon destruction.

"We wanted to give Xbox LIVE Arcade players an opportunity to really go 'head to head," commented Scott Simpson, president of Playbrains. "We feel that the Avatar Attack mode in MiBI will soon take its place in our world's society as a critical tool for settling disputes - leapfrogging wars, lawyers, reality show judges and other far more expensive methods that humans have used until now."

Key Features:

  • Single Player - Hours of repeatable gameplay through 10 epic levels
  • 2-4 Player Online Co-op - challenge individual campaign levels with your friends or play the whole campaign in 'Enduro' mode
  • 16 Player Multiplayer - 21 maps to match all game sizes
  • 'Invasion' Mode - the signature mode of the game, players take turns placing map tiles to create a unique multiplayer map prior to each match
  • 'Avatar Attack' - Multiplayer combat with your Xbox LIVE Avatar
  • Classes - 10 character classes (each with 2 special abilities) over two warring factions, with each faction having 5 unique weapons each with two distinct firing modes
  • Madballs Characters - Oculus Orbus and Horn Head from the infamous 80's toy craze as in-game characters
  • 5 Archetypes - Assault, Heavy, Runner, Flyer, Support
  • Deployables - active (rocket turrets) or passive (healing towers) can be placed in Invasion mode
  • Unlocks and Secrets - 50 unlocks and 50 Secrets to find during campaign gameplay
  • Action - emphasis on fast-paced, visceral action that is easy to pick and play, yet offers a real strategic challenge for hardcore gamers

Madballs in Babo Invasion, will be releasing on Xbox Live Arcade and PC in Summer of 2009.


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