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It is the third title from The Behemoth following Alien Hominid and Castle Crashers. The game was released on Xbox Live Arcade on April 3, 2013, [2] and later temporarily made free via Games with Gold on July 16, 2014. On July 26, 2024, a quality-of-life update and future console releases were announced for the game.
The new game was designed to continue its predecessor's story, and both prominently feature a "space bear". [3] Its original arena-centered concept was titled "Pit People". [4] Behemoth set out to make a team-based game, and developed its strategy gameplay elements over time—the grid-based combat was raised several months into development. [3]
The remastered version features higher quality textures, uncapped frame-rate, multiplayer performance improvements, and an additional mini-game. [3] [4] The Behemoth later stated that a PlayStation 4 release was not in their plans due to the small team and limited resources. [20]
The Behemoth development studio is located in San Diego, California. The company is known for producing simple games with Paladin's signature 2D style. Its games are also known for their heavy arcade inspirations, especially among their early games, emulating genres common on the Neo Geo in particular (which Tom Fulp is a noted fan of).
The Steam version of the game contains Gordon Freeman's suit, turrets from Portal and some items from Team Fortress 2: Shovel Knight: Kratos and the Battletoads appear as console-exclusive boss fights for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One respectively Skate 3: Isaac Clarke from Dead Space appears as a playable character Skylanders: SuperChargers
A gameplay screenshot of the HD version demonstrating the second boss fight of Urban level showing Alien Hominid fight Cyclops. Alien Hominid is a side-scrolling Run and Gun Shooter in a similar vein to games such as Metal Slug, [2] where one hit instantly kills [3] and has a two-player simultaneous play. [4]
Fulp co-created the Flash game Alien Hominid, which he later developed for consoles under The Behemoth, and the console game Castle Crashers. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] Fulp received the Pioneer award at the 2021 Game Developers Choice Awards for the creation of Newgrounds and for being a trailblazer of the Macromedia Flash games that helped define a ...
The game launched on November 1, 2023, for PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series consoles. [11] Invasion launched alongside Alien Hominid HD. The Behemoth offered a bundle of both games at launch. [12] NintendoLife awarded the game a 7/10, criticizing the mission structure and randomness of objectives. [13]