Two new Alien Hominid games are coming out next month
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Alien Hominiddeveloper The Behemoth hasconfirmedthat its two upcoming titles,Alien Hominid HDandAlien Hominid Invasion, are both going to be released right at the start of next month, on November 1.
For those unfamiliar,Alien Hominid HDis, as the name would suggest, a remaster of the originalAlien Hominid,AdobeFlash run-and-gun game which was first released on the Newgrounds website back in 2002. Meanwhile,Alien Hominid Invasionis a re-imagining of the classic game with modern features. Inour interview at WASD x IGN, producer Ian Moreno previously told TRG thatInvasionanswers the question, “What would a modern version ofAlien Hominidbe?”
While both games can be played solo,Invasionwill boast four-player local and online co-op, and a non-linear level experience that allows players to choose a path to follow while they blast through randomly-assembled Earth neighborhoods with powerful weapons. Meanwhile,HDwill include two-player local co-op, as well as all the mini games found in the original title.
In our aforementioned interview, Moreno told us that game preservation was a “big aspect” of the decision to develop a remaster ofAlien Hominid. For now, the only way to play the game on modern consoles is via Xbox 360 backwards compatibility on Xbox Series X|S, but The Behemoth wanted to make sure that it remained accessible, and “bring it to younger generations”.
“With older consoles, they always eventually sunset,” Moreno said. “In short, this is part of our way of preserving and contributing to preserving games in general.”
For veteranAlien Hominidfans, Moreno teased thatInvasionpromises some insight into what happened at the end of the first game. He said: “We’re also excited because there’s a ton of lore that we’re about to unleash on people, and I don’t know if they’re ready for it.”
Alien Hominid HDandInvasionare coming toSteam,Xbox Series X|S,Xbox One, andNintendo Switch. A discounted bundle of the two games will be released at the same time.
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