PopCap Games – Heavy Weapon for Xbox 360 Live Arcade at E3
PopCap Games announced today that its hit PC game Heavy Weapon will be showcased in the Microsoft booth at E3 in LA next week. This is the first time in PopCapÂ’s history that the company has publicly unveiled a game prior to its official release date. A new multiplayer mode added exclusively for the Live Arcade version of Heavy Weapon highlights a bunch of new features and enhancements to the game on MicrosoftÂ’s hugely popular Xbox 360.
In Jason Kapalka’s (Chief Creative Officer at PopCap) own words: “As a kid, nothing was more fun than playing collaborative-style arcade games like Contra, where you and a friend could play together as a team, working together to blow the daylights out of everything on the screen. Few things are more satisfying than total mayhem with you in the thick of it. When we first considered putting Heavy Weapon on the Xbox, it was instantly clear to us that this would be the perfect multiplayer collaborative game, and the first playable prototype totally confirmed that expectation. We haven’t been able to stop playing the prototype, and expect this to be a great Xbox Live Arcade game.”
Heavy Weapon is a classic arcade-style side-scrolling action game in which the player strives to defeat hordes of enemy armies in the form of tanks, jeeps, fighter jets, helicopters and other land- and air-based vehicles. Power-ups that provide additional speed, shields, firepower and other capabilities help the player overcome increasingly nasty enemy forces and bosses while progressing through levels representing the oppressed (fictitious) countries over which the war is being waged. Since launching for Web and PC Play, Heavy Weapon has been downloaded more than 10 million times.
The multiplayer survival game to be included exclusively in Heavy Weapon for Xbox Live Arcade will be on display at E3. The single player survival game is already a frenzied battle where the player is pitted against inexhaustible enemy forces. In multiplayer mode the action is even more furious, with as many as four sets of cannons blazing and endlessly intensifying waves of enemy forces. The ensuing chaos would make even a battle-hardened Geo Wars veteran sweat!
Heavy Weapon includes the following enhanced features and functionality:
- High-Definition Graphics – All titles will support the Xbox 360’s HDTV display output and widescreen resolutions.
- Leader-boards – Online scoreboards to compare against other Xbox Live players.
- Achievements – Merit badges awarded for predefined accomplishments earned in the game that players can proudly display as they navigate the Xbox Live environment.
- Gamerscore – A meta-score spanning all Xbox 360 titles, whereby cumulative accomplishments across different game genres/categories are in one “uber” score
- Enhanced Play Controls – Using the new wireless controllers that come standard with Xbox 360 System, players can now ‘feel’ the weight of the space bricks as they’re swapped in Astropop and sense the “kick” of the balls.
This game already adds to the growing list of stuff being released during E3. I, for one, can’t wait for E3. It’s gonna be total tech-madness during E3 Week, what with all the simultaneous Press Conferences, Releases, Interviews, and lots more! We, at QJ.NET will be at the helm, giving out news and updates as they happen. Stay tuned for news regarding our upcoming E3 blog. Until then, you can check out all our E3 related stories/articles here.
PopCap Games announced today that its hit PC game Heavy Weapon will be showcased in the Microsoft booth at E3 in LA next week. This is the first time in PopCapÂ’s history that the company has publicly unveiled a game prior to its official release date. A new multiplayer mode added exclusively for the Live Arcade version of Heavy Weapon highlights a bunch of new features and enhancements to the game on MicrosoftÂ’s hugely popular Xbox 360.
In Jason Kapalka’s (Chief Creative Officer at PopCap) own words: “As a kid, nothing was more fun than playing collaborative-style arcade games like Contra, where you and a friend could play together as a team, working together to blow the daylights out of everything on the screen. Few things are more satisfying than total mayhem with you in the thick of it. When we first considered putting Heavy Weapon on the Xbox, it was instantly clear to us that this would be the perfect multiplayer collaborative game, and the first playable prototype totally confirmed that expectation. We haven’t been able to stop playing the prototype, and expect this to be a great Xbox Live Arcade game.”
Heavy Weapon is a classic arcade-style side-scrolling action game in which the player strives to defeat hordes of enemy armies in the form of tanks, jeeps, fighter jets, helicopters and other land- and air-based vehicles. Power-ups that provide additional speed, shields, firepower and other capabilities help the player overcome increasingly nasty enemy forces and bosses while progressing through levels representing the oppressed (fictitious) countries over which the war is being waged. Since launching for Web and PC Play, Heavy Weapon has been downloaded more than 10 million times.
The multiplayer survival game to be included exclusively in Heavy Weapon for Xbox Live Arcade will be on display at E3. The single player survival game is already a frenzied battle where the player is pitted against inexhaustible enemy forces. In multiplayer mode the action is even more furious, with as many as four sets of cannons blazing and endlessly intensifying waves of enemy forces. The ensuing chaos would make even a battle-hardened Geo Wars veteran sweat!
Heavy Weapon includes the following enhanced features and functionality:
- High-Definition Graphics – All titles will support the Xbox 360’s HDTV display output and widescreen resolutions.
- Leader-boards – Online scoreboards to compare against other Xbox Live players.
- Achievements – Merit badges awarded for predefined accomplishments earned in the game that players can proudly display as they navigate the Xbox Live environment.
- Gamerscore – A meta-score spanning all Xbox 360 titles, whereby cumulative accomplishments across different game genres/categories are in one “uber” score
- Enhanced Play Controls – Using the new wireless controllers that come standard with Xbox 360 System, players can now ‘feel’ the weight of the space bricks as they’re swapped in Astropop and sense the “kick” of the balls.
This game already adds to the growing list of stuff being released during E3. I, for one, can’t wait for E3. It’s gonna be total tech-madness during E3 Week, what with all the simultaneous Press Conferences, Releases, Interviews, and lots more! We, at QJ.NET will be at the helm, giving out news and updates as they happen. Stay tuned for news regarding our upcoming E3 blog. Until then, you can check out all our E3 related stories/articles here.