Alien Hominid Goes Gold
The highly anticipated debut from O~3 Entertainment and The Behemoth crashes into stores November 16.
O~3 Entertainment, an interactive entertainment publishing and distribution company, today announced the highly anticipated Alien Hominid has gone gold and is expected to ship to retail stores November 16. Developed by The Behemoth, Alien Hominid will be available for the PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system and Nintendo GameCube.
The press can't get enough of the short yellow alien with spherical black beady eyes, three teeth, and a little green gun. GameSpot gushed, "The straightforward, accessible gameplay…is rock solid and a blast to play... the visuals are simple, but they pack a whole lot of personality into the colorful package." Game Informer raved, "It's a fairly simple game, and by that we mean it simply rocks." Official PlayStation Magazine offered perhaps the highest praise possible for a video game when they said, "Alien Hominid represents everything that is good about the game industry."
Alien Hominid is the debut console title from O~3 Entertainment and developer The Behemoth. It is an evolution of classic 2D side-scrolling platform shooters, blending old school play mechanics with stunning hand drawn graphics (in other words, it looks pretty AND plays great).
Born on the internet in 2002, a prototype version of Alien Hominid has become one of the most downloaded games of all time, with over six million downloads from the entertainment portal www.newgrounds.com, the first of hundreds of websites now mirroring the prototype.
"The response to Alien Hominid has been amazing," said Bill Gardner, CEO of O~3. "There is still room in the market for good, old fashioned, action games that are done right. It's no surprise this game has over six million downloads - it's truly original and addictive."
The press can't get enough of the short yellow alien with spherical black beady eyes, three teeth, and a little green gun. GameSpot gushed, "The straightforward, accessible gameplay…is rock solid and a blast to play... the visuals are simple, but they pack a whole lot of personality into the colorful package." Game Informer raved, "It's a fairly simple game, and by that we mean it simply rocks." Official PlayStation Magazine offered perhaps the highest praise possible for a video game when they said, "Alien Hominid represents everything that is good about the game industry."
Alien Hominid is the debut console title from O~3 Entertainment and developer The Behemoth. It is an evolution of classic 2D side-scrolling platform shooters, blending old school play mechanics with stunning hand drawn graphics (in other words, it looks pretty AND plays great).
Born on the internet in 2002, a prototype version of Alien Hominid has become one of the most downloaded games of all time, with over six million downloads from the entertainment portal www.newgrounds.com, the first of hundreds of websites now mirroring the prototype.
"The response to Alien Hominid has been amazing," said Bill Gardner, CEO of O~3. "There is still room in the market for good, old fashioned, action games that are done right. It's no surprise this game has over six million downloads - it's truly original and addictive."