New video for The Maw

by Terrence Stasse { Jul 9th 2008 at 10:30PM }

When we first set eyes on The Maw we knew we were looking at something interesting and new. With a concept like "eat everything to change yourself and world, to get an alien home" it sounds like a winner. And now with some video to go with the idea, we're almost sure it's going to be a winner. Using some sort of electrical tether that looks similar to something seen in the newest Banjo trailer the player swings and grapples around the world while directing the loveable purple glob to down useful items as needed.

This looks really good, good enough, in fact to be one of the finalists in the PAX 10 indie game competition. Congrats to Twisted Pixel!

Gallery: The Maw (XBLA)

Tags: the-maw, twisted-pixel-games, xbla

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Superjay @ Jul 9th 2008 10:38PM

MAWWWW!!!! Wheres the meatloaf!!!!!!!!!

Matt @ Jul 9th 2008 10:59PM

The creatures look like they're straight out of from Spore. Not that that's a bad thing...

Momer @ Jul 9th 2008 10:59PM

It may just be the video player, but the fps looks really low in some parts.

Terrence Stasse @ Jul 9th 2008 11:04PM

It's the player.

Viddler isn't the best around.

Anticrawl @ Jul 9th 2008 11:08PM

If you don't understand why the FPS on streamed video is slower than any direct media source then you are not qualified to judge any game based off of an embedded video.

Momer @ Jul 10th 2008 12:03AM

http://www.viddler.com/explore/X3F-TV/videos/2/
Please watch this, then the Maw one, and you'll see what I mean. Egads.

Anticrawl @ Jul 9th 2008 11:01PM

Since I'm baffled as to why you guys never posted an article from my tip about HAWX two days ago and the video has now been removed from the site I'll share this new video post with you guys. Let Joystiq and PS3fanboy know cause I'm not sending in another tip.

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/35944.html?r=1&type=wmv

http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/12460/Tom+Clancy's+HAWX+Dev+Diary+

Same video of course, just new sources.

Terrence Stasse @ Jul 9th 2008 11:12PM

Sorry Anti, we get rather a lot of tips and we don't use anywhere near them all. It had nothing to do with you or the game.

That said, you must really be looking forward to HAWX. We'll look into covering it more.

Anticrawl @ Jul 9th 2008 11:19PM

Well I'm excited because it's the first real in-game footage. A big deal for any game with me. I don't generally dig flight games but this one looks interesting. Not even really a big fan of the Tom Clancy series even.

In any case I figured you guys got a lot of tips, the one thing I want covered more is of Fable 2, Force Unleashed Multiplayer info, and Fallout 3. But there really isn't much out there that we haven't already seen, want some juicy in game footage for Fallout 3.

RockerAnimeFreak @ Jul 9th 2008 11:20PM

ZOMG! Spore! KAWAII!

Anticrawl @ Jul 9th 2008 11:25PM

To get on topic here, wow this game actually looks interesting. I was put off by the title, but it's an impressive looking arcade game and will probably end up buying this now.

zorniki @ Jul 10th 2008 2:29AM

The creatures remind me of some Rare designs featured in Kameo. Not a bad thing at all. The 360 is in desperate need of new ideas and game mechanics.

AnthonyGalindoX @ Jul 10th 2008 2:58AM

I'm surprised at how much I liked this video. The 360 has needed a good platformer for a while no and this seems to fit the bill. My only concern is that I don't care for the way the environments look. They just don't seem detailed enough. The characters and effects on the other hand look great.

Bennyishere @ Jul 10th 2008 3:46AM

It ate Earth. EARTH.

Josh @ Jul 10th 2008 6:34AM

Am I the only one who read the title and thought that Bungie was releasing more stuff to go along with their classic Halo campaign level?

Intangible 360 @ Jul 10th 2008 7:50AM

Boff @ Jul 10th 2008 7:03AM

This looks like a good fun game! Just from that video, I want it now.

Humour looks to be playing a big part in it too, which is never a bad thing when done right!

And I didn't think it was possible to make a one-eyed purple monster with big teeth (The Maw?) so adorable, but someone obviously did!