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Why Robin Makes Batman Better As far as I am concerned, the original Vigilante 8 was the sweet spot for vehicular combat on the original PlayStation. Great tunes, excellent battles, and physics that made Twisted Metal look just plain silly. Now we’re less than a month away from the launch of Vigilante 8 Arcade, which has all of the above plus online multiplayer. It’s making me all tingly just thinking about it. As long as Isopod Labs stays true to the original formula they’re in for a win, and judging by this funky launch trailer their definitely driving in the right direction.
SQUEEEEeeeeeaaalll! KErrrrrr—UNCH! That is the sound of Vigilante 8 metaphorically skidding off the road from Isopod Labs to the Microsoft XBLA testing facility. It is now being towed back home by a metaphorical recovery vehicle.
Last month Isopod were all smiles when they sent their game off to XBLA, but sadly the game has run into some problems. Microsoft found a couple of bugs in one of it’s own code libraries and the game has had to be changed and then resubmitted for more tests.
As Isopod say on the game’s dev blog – “We certainly wish it was a quicker process, but this is how the cookie crumbles — not much else to do”.
In the meantime, they recommend you check out Castle Crashers – good advice in any event.
Dev Update #5 [V8Arcade.com]
It has been a long time coming, but Vigilante 8 Arcade is finally rumbling its way towards Xbox Live Arcade. After several months of developmental false starts, Isopod Labs have confirmed that they have sent what they hope is the final release version to Microsoft.
Microsoft’s XBLA testing crew will now pore over the release code to ensure it is fit to grace the virtual shelves — I like to imagine that this bit takes place in a proper mad science lab with a Van der Graaf generator and loads of curly glass tubes.
Last we heard, Vigilante 8 Arcade was going to feature gameplay from both the original Nineties classic and the sequel, Second Offence, with a Noughties graphical makeover and plenty of single and multi-player options.
V8 Arcade in final submission! [V8 Arcade via Xbox 360 Fanboy]
