| 'Splosion Man | |
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| Developer(s) | Twisted Pixel Games |
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| Publisher(s) | Microsoft Game Studios |
| Series | 'Splosion Man |
| Release Date(s) | July 22, 2009 |
| Genre(s) | Action, platformer |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: E |
| Platform(s) | Xbox 360 |
'Splosion Man is a 2.5D action platform video game developed by Twisted Pixel Games for the Xbox 360, available through the Xbox Live Arcade digital download service.
The game was released on July 22, 2009 as part of the 2009 Xbox Live Summer of Arcade. The game also bundled with Trials HD and Limbo in the Xbox 360 Triple. A sequel, titled Ms. Splosion Man, was released on July 13, 2011.
Gameplay[]
Players control 'Splosion Man, an escaped science experiment with the ability to explode himself repeatedly, as he works his way through obstacles and traps trying to exit the fictional laboratory known as Big Science. 'Splosion Man includes a story mode consisting of fifty levels, including three bosses, as well as up to four-player cooperative gameplay, with fifty coop-exclusive levels. When playing cooperatively the players are each presented in a different color to distinguish them from others. All players share the same screen which zooms in and out according to how close players are to one another.
Development[]
Pre-production for 'Splosion Man began in early 2008, coinciding with winding down of development of The Maw, another Twisted Pixel Games title. The pre-production began in order keep the team working on a title once The Maw was completed. Production began in December 2008, and development began in January 2009. On April 1, 2009, Twisted Pixel released a press announcement that a new game called 'Splosion Man would be released onto the Xbox Live Arcade.
Reception[]
'Splosion Man received "favorable" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. It was voted by the Xbox Live community as the Best Original Xbox Live Arcade Game of 2009. IGN listed the game eleventh in their top twenty-five Xbox Live Arcade titles of all time. GameSpot gave the game a 8/10, OXM gave the game a 8/10.
Sales[]
'Splosion Man was a commercial success, along with the four other Summer of Arcade titles. A Microsoft Australia representative stated that all five of these titles would have made the top 10 best-selling games in Australia in their first week of release. It launched as the second best-selling game in the week of July 20, 2009, with over 70,000 players. It ranked third in the following week. It was the fifth best-selling Xbox Live Arcade title during the week of August 10, 2009.