Atlus announces Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition for Xbox LIVE Arcade

[Inzaghi]

ATLUS ANNOUNCES ZENO CLASH: ULTIMATE EDITION FOR XBOX LIVE ARCADE FOR XBOX 360; ALL-NEW COOPERATIVE TOWER CHALLENGE MODE REVEALED
In your face.


IRVINE, CALIFORNIA – OCTOBER 1, 2009 -- Atlus U.S.A., Inc. today revealed that Zeno Clash™, the critically-acclaimed first-person melee action adventure game honored for its unique visual style (among five finalists for Independent Game Festival’s "Excellence in Visual Art" award), is headed to Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft in the vastly enhanced Zeno Clash™: Ultimate Edition. New modes—including all-new cooperative mode for the Tower Challenges—new features, and added content combine with a series of tweaks and improvements based on fan feedback to deliver the definitive version of the critically-acclaimed game.

"Upon its initial release for PC, Zeno Clash garnered endless praise for dauntlessly challenging genre conventions and for daring to offer a wildly unique visual style," stated Tim Pivnicny, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Atlus. "We are proud to work with ACE Team, the game’s developers, to take that distinct, high-quality gaming experience to the next level with the improved, enhanced, and expanded Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition for Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360."

Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition for Xbox LIVE Arcade for Xbox 360 is scheduled to release in March 2010.

Visit the official game website (www.zenoclash.com (http://www.zenoclash.com)) for more information regarding what’s new and improved in Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition. Stay tuned for future reveals leading up to the game’s release, including an as-of-yet-unannounced other new mode exclusive to the Ultimate Edition, new gameplay content, and much more!

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Zeno Clash: Ultimate Edition has not yet been rated by the ESRB.

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[VMan]

Ahh. I've heard of this. A friend of mind is one of the developers for Retro/Grade and I remember hearing about this game being impressive at IGF.

I haven't looked into this game that much but so far it does look like an interesting pickup.

[Karkarov]

This game actually looks sorta neat and has very good visuals for an indie title. The story and world background seems to be fairly fresh too, it sort of reminds me of older sci fi or fantasy pulp novels.

[sdragon21]

I have 3 words to describe this:
WOW.WOW.WOW.

Nice pick up, Atlus. This game just shot up to one of my most anticipated games of next year. Only questions is, how did u pull this one off??? I thought this was a PC only title.

[Enzeru]

Wow. WTH? Looks good for an indie game, I guess. Will I pick it up? Probably not.

[Crabman]

I have 3 words to describe this:
WOW.WOW.WOW.

Nice pick up, Atlus. This game just shot up to one of my most anticipated games of next year. Only questions is, how did u pull this one off??? I thought this was a PC only title.

They were looking at doing a XBLA/PSN release I think...I figured it would have been self published though.

Definitely looking forward to this!

[Irvine]

I feel so proud. I live in Irvine. (:

[Zachalmighty]

Not an RPG?

[AdrianMorales]

We get this instead of Person 3 Portable and/or SMT: Strange Journey… why? And how can you publish a game that can only be bought online? What is there to publish? And why are you showing screenshots from the PC version if this is for XBL? So many questions…

[kat_ears_kahrain]

Bleh, I was not impressed with the original release.

[Inzaghi]

We get this instead of Person 3 Portable and/or SMT: Strange Journey… why?

We don't do any games 'instead of' any other games. Each game is evaluated on its own merits and acquired individually, it's not an either/or choice.

And how can you publish a game that can only be bought online?

It happens pretty often. There are many publishers of Xbox LIVE Arcade games.

And why are you showing screenshots from the PC version if this is for XBL? So many questions…

Because while the XBLA version is coming along, it's not quite in a state where we're ready to take screenshots yet. Xbox screenshots will be shown in due time, never fear!

[SlaughterX]

Looks pretty cool, is there a demo for the PC version?

[Sanctine]

Looks pretty cool, is there a demo for the PC version?

There's one on Steam:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/22220/

[Delition]

I was kind of impressed by what I saw in the gameplay trailer I watched, but hopefully the additions to the game will improve my thoughts. I'm going to look into it more, and the multi-player aspect seems good, but I'm not sure how happy I'll be to pick this one up.

To those who played the PC game, how would you draw comparisons gameplay wise between this and Breakdown on the Xbox? Better? Worse?

EDIT: Fixed wording.

[Zephyr_Fate]

Its combat mechanics are better than Breakdown but still not that great in general, but it does succeed in being visceral (i.e., strong blows really mess with your vision, like they would in real life). The game world in Zeno Clash is without a doubt the most original one of this generation. It's worth playing because of that.

[DrJonAngus]

This game looks a bit too surreal for my tastes to be honest. I have yet to play it so I'm not saying it is bad, but I just don't see myself buying this.

[Archie55]

DARN YOU, ATLUS!!! Since i don't have downloadable sevices at my house, i told myself not to like this. Now, i've seen the teaser trailer... And now i'm mad!!! Please bring it to disc... Or some from of media i can get.

[Enzeru]

Wow. I saw the Corwids and general trailers today and my mind = BLOWN. March is going to be a CROWDED month.

[Kid Marin]

Gamasutra's Best Of 2009: Top 5 Developers

Developer Honorable Mentions

* Ace Team (Zeno Clash)
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/26242/Gamasutras_Best_Of_2009_Top_5_Developers.php

[Panzer.Panda]

I was watching some of the Zeno Clash video clips and I'm impressed. Is there any word on how big the download size will be?