Freeverse bringing Airburst to XBLA
by Richard Mitchell 
{ Oct 25th 2007 at 3:30PM }
Freeverse, the company that brought Spyglass Board Games and Marathon: Durandal to Xbox Live Arcade (on the same day!), has announced a new title for the service called Airburst. The game is being developed by Freeverse's UK counterpart Strange Flavour and emphasizes the pick-up-and-play philosophy of XBLA and "promises to be one of the best party games on the platform." The game features characters riding platforms made of balloons, doing their keep the "chainsaw-bladed burster ball" from destroying their platform while simultaneously bouncing the ball back towards the opponent's platform. It sounds a bit like Pong, only the object is to not let the ball hit your paddle. Airburst promises multiple gametypes, character-specific abilities, and the requisite "crazy power-ups," so it looks like everything is covered. Well, almost everything: no release date has been announced.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Tony @ Oct 25th 2007 3:34PM
There appears to be a screen here: http://www.unscripted360.com/2007/10/25/airburst-headed-to-xbox-live-arcade/
Tony @ Oct 25th 2007 3:34PM
Sorry, that's for Airburst Extreme to give an idea. Still, it helps lol.
Snap @ Oct 25th 2007 3:56PM
Airburst is a fun little game. I bought a copy years ago for Mac. Would love to see this on XBLA with local multiplayer and online play.
Jonah Falcon @ Oct 25th 2007 4:00PM
There's an official site:
http://www.strangeflavour.com/pages/airburst.html
Christopher Mitrione @ Oct 25th 2007 4:08PM
I have had Airburst on my Mac for years! I play it every now and then. Cramming 4 people on one keyboard was difficult, but funny at the same time. Everyone always fought over the arrow keys.
Jonah Falcon @ Oct 25th 2007 6:43PM
Oh, and it's not Pong in reverse. It's more like Combat Breakout or a mobile version of Warlords.
MARKTW @ Oct 26th 2007 7:38AM
Sounds like a cool little game, hope they don't forget local multiplayer like they did for Spyglass Board Games!
Pom @ Oct 26th 2007 7:50AM
Wow, Marathon 2 and now Airburst... this company must get a kick out of porting Mac games to XBLA! :P Now let's hope for Escape Velocity...