New XBLA game: The Maw

by Terrence Stasse { Jun 12th 2008 at 1:00AM }

No no, dear reader, not The Maw like the Halo level, but rather the maw as in the gullet of a voracious animal. See, The Maw has to do with Frank (the player, and character on the right of the above screen) and the game's namesake (the purple blob on the left). Both of whom are aliens trying to use the Maw's insatiable appetite to eat items, change shape from them, change the items themselves, and somehow use this to return Frank home.

Sounds like an interesting concept, sort of mixture of PowerUp Forever and Katamari Damacy, and given Twisted Pixels' stated commitment to "a lengthy, full scope, single-player experience" as well as "personality and humor" we'll be keeping an eye on this one as more is released. Also worth noting is an unannounced game of theirs that looks like it's style could fit XBLA too ...

Gallery: The Maw (XBLA)

Tags: the-maw, twisted-pixel, xbla

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

JerkfacedFed @ Jun 12th 2008 2:59AM

dammit

great now i'm gonna see a new game named "tsavo highway" just to get hits on the internet

noobs

Boff @ Jun 12th 2008 4:38AM

Hard to tell if it's any good from the screens. I'll give the trial a go and see.

UNSCleric @ Jun 12th 2008 6:30AM

Where is the Warthog?

mattclarkie @ Jun 12th 2008 8:46AM

A good idea for a game would be if the Maw from Halo was made into a game.

You have to drive your warthog accross various levels avoiding all the crap, making jumps and reach the end before the timer runs out.

They could do a co-op mode where player 2 mans the turret.

Vcize @ Jun 12th 2008 10:12AM

Dude, great idea.

Amiculi @ Jun 12th 2008 9:50AM

Well, that doesn't sound very interesting, however this post did result in my googling PowerUp Forever and that DOES sound interesting.

Dan Manning @ Jun 12th 2008 9:38PM

I was really, really, I mean really wanted a level that was just the last levels of the odd-numbered Halo games over and over. Sad to say that this isn't it. It seems to me reminiscent of the Gamecube game Cubivore. Or a 3D version of those "fish" ( http://www.xgenstudios.com/play/fishyclassic ) games.