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Six Shots Of Pinball FX 2′s Next Table, Ms. ‘Splosion Man

3:30PM August 12, 2011 | Owen Good

Back in July, FX Pinball 2 creator Zen Studios revealed that Twisted Pixel’s Ms. ‘Splosion Man would supply the theme for the next table for the pinball simulator. Six fresh screens of that went out today. More »

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Ms ‘Splosion Man To Splode On Xbox Live Arcade In July

6:20AM June 24, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

Twisted Pixel’s sequel to 2009 explosive action-platformer ‘Splosion Man, the more feminine Ms ‘Splosion Man, comes to Xbox Live Arcade on July 13, boasting 50 all-new singleplayer levels, 50 multiplayer levels and a “2 Girls 1 Controller” mode.

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Ms Splosion Man Creator Dreams Of Miyamoto. Disturbing Dreams.

2:30AM March 9, 2011 | StephenTotilo

In Josh Bear’s happy dream, Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Donkey Kong and Super Mario, was sitting on a toilet. More »

Mobile

Capcom ‘Saddened’ By Plagiarism Allegations

11:20AM January 14, 2011 | Owen Good

Capcom has responded to allegations its mobile game, MaXplosion, is a naked ripoff of the downloadable hit ‘Splosion Man, developed after the original game’s creator approached Capcom’s console division about publishing it. Capcom says it is “saddened” by the situation. More »

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Did Capcom Totally Copy Someone Else’s Work?

11:30PM January 12, 2011 | Luke Plunkett

Capcom has a little game out on the App Store called MaXplosion, where you run around a science lab blowing yourself up. If you think that sounds familiar, well, that’s because it is. More »

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Chime Rings In Release, ‘Splosion Man Goes Cheap This Week

7:40AM February 2, 2010 | Michael McWhertor

This week’s Xbox Live Arcade release is Chime, the Zoë Mode developed musical puzzle game that may evoke thoughts of Lumines with its quad-building mechanic, quad-clearing timeline and choice soundtrack selections. More »

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Writer Identifies “The Pixar Of Video Games”

4:00AM January 16, 2010 | Stephen Totilo

It’s not Nintendo nor Insomniac. Reporter Jamin-Brophy Warren declares that The Maw and Splosion Man development studio Twisted Pixel has Pixar’s knack for creating memorable, unreal characters with which we can empathise. Argument here: The Pixar of Video Games [Slate]

In Real Life

DVR Alert: Spike Televises Top 2009 Indie Developers Tonight

12:00PM December 11, 2009 | Stephen Totilo

Spike TV’s second-annual special celebrating indie games airs on Spike tonight. Host Geoff Keighley shared a copy of the show early with Kotaku and it does indeed feature visits with the makers of Osmos, ‘Splosion Man, Trials HD and Flower. More »

Splosion Man Micro-Review: An Exploding Barrel Of Monkeys

10:00AM August 1, 2009 | Michael McWhertor

Xbox Live’s “Summer of Arcade” kicked off with some serious heat, courtesy of Twisted Pixel’s ‘Splosion Man, an original side-scrolling platformer that lets the player do one thing: explode. Or ‘splode, as they say. More »

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Buy The Summer Of Arcade, Get $10 Back

2:40AM July 30, 2009 | Mike Fahey

Microsoft wants to pay you $US10 for purchasing all five of the games showcased in this year’s Summer of Arcade promotion. More »