Retrofit:Overload is now available for the Xbox 360! you can download it to your Xbox here

We have had some favourable reviews and comments from the gaming press, here are a few links to get you going.

Gamerbytes - “What if Namco’s Galaga Legions was actually more like Galaga? It would have probably turned out like this.”

Gamingtruth – “The great thing about Retrofit: Overload is that you can overload yourself or a friend with all the retroness this game has to offer.”

WastedSeconds – “It doesn’t try to reinvent the wheel, it just works and it works damn well.”

Xblaratings – “This mechanic is genius.”

Xboxhornet - “All your arcade favourites meshed into one!”

Gamasutra – “Xbox Live Indie Games – Ten Titles for 2010″

SFX-360 – “it’s Galaga on steroids!”

Gaygamer – “…the long lost arcade game that would have stolen all of your lunch money.”

Xnplay - “…it’s really, really good.”

XboxIndieGames – “Retrofit – Overload is a nigh-on perfect distillation of the fixed-screen vertical shmup”

The game is available on Xbox Live Indie Games and you can download the trial version directly to your Xbox from here free of charge. If you like it, the full version costs just 80 Microsoft Points! Enjoy

Updated Retrofit gameplay including ramped difficulty, new enemies, more mayhem and a few more explosions

retrofit:overload is coming soon to Xbox Live Indie games. (Well, soon-ish, when it’s ready etc.)

An arcade mash-up of some of our favourite old school cabinet games with some added funk
The concept is this: Take some heritage arcade action, mix up the bits that you like, ditch the bits don’t like, speed it up, add more weapons and shield deflectors. The goal was to draw from retro heritage but not copy it, to try to recapture the essence of what those games were all about and add some special sauce to get you in the zone.

Why? Because it’s full of win and you can zone out to it in a big way.

When? All going well, it should be out in April sometime on Xbox Live marketplace.

Video soon.

Catching up with the Xblig news and blogs, it seems the channel has grown a lot since we last hung out there, and one of it’s chief supporters, Xboxhornet and his crew, have put together a cool Facebook page covering news and reviews of all the puzzle games available on the channel.

Definitely worth a look if you want to keep abreast of current and upcoming puzzlers.

http://bit.ly/bcsozD

A twin stick action shooter set in full physics based 3D environments, Rola Trooper is our experiment with mixing arcade shmup action with semi realistic environments and a real physics system, let us know what you think!

No release date or pricing info as yet.

More info on the Rola Trooper main page here>

Rola Trooper is an arcade action shooter set in full physics based 3D environments, it’s our experiment with mixing arcade shmup action with semi realistic environments and a real physics system.

In order to introduce a lot of speed into the gameplay, we’ve come up with our new “Rola Tech” motion system, All the characters ride around on Rola ball feet providing super fluid character motion, so it plays like a fast 2D shooter, but with real physics, explosions, 3d environments and destructible scenery.

The Story

Rola Trooper has been betrayed, the 3 remaining members of his old fireteam are incarcerated at various locations around the Tyrant Prison Network and guess what?  It’s your job to locate and free them.

With a variety of weapons at your disposal, you must guide Rola through the Tyrant Network, dispatching hordes of robot enemies on your way. Rescue your buddies and stop the evil Tyrant from escaping the system.

The game is still in development so the posted screenshots are works in progress, we’ll keep you up to date with regular posts about how the project is going and post new screenies of the current state of development. Please follow along and let us know what you think. Got a suggestion? We’d love to hear from you!

head over there and read the review

Pegzo review at XnPlay

-W