Toy Wars On XBLA
Ah, remember playing with your toys as a child? When He-Man and Optimus Prime would make simulated man-machine love, while Teela got her face scraped off by GI Joe and a convenient patch of rough pavement? Not much has changed, really, now that I've grown up. He-Man and Optimus Prime have been replaced by a gym bunny and a punky nerdcore cutie, Teela's fat as a cow and I only see her when I feel like I'm a terrible person, and GI Joe came out of the closet, went back in, came out again, and now works as a drug-runner in Mexico.
Adulthood is never quite what you expected.
Luckily, we have games. And the Xbox 360 has the XBLA, which will soon be getting Toy Wars: Backyard Mayhem, in development by Zootfly - the same folks who will also be bringing you Ghostbusters. It looks like the epitome of sandbox gameplay because, well, it takes place in a sandbox. And strangely, it's multiplayer only, which I find a little disappointing but might indicate a really fun, robust experience that simulates playing with toys with your friends. I'm thinking Toy Story with evil.
Lots of evil.
Listen to what the devs had to say:
We’re [Zootfly] working on an Xbox Live Arcade/E-Distribution title called Toy Wars. This time it’s about toys that have taken over the house and the backyard. It’s a multiplayer-only game where players control a variety of toys–from bulldozers to robots–and fight it out in sandboxes and living rooms.
Bring it on, tough guy! My robot can kick your bulldozer's ass any day, hands-down. I'll be spitting out dozer parts for weeks.
Toy Wars announced for the XBLA [Xboxic]
tiny dancer
Posted to Video Games on 19 January 2007
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