Bomberman Live Hands-On Roundup

Filed in archive XBLA on June 19, 2007

While Hudson forgot to invite me to their big Bomberman Live party I'm not so bitter that I would take it out on the game. Which, by the way, sounds totally awesome:

IGN

You run around a map, dropping bombs, trying to avoid the explosions and frag other players. It's simple and fun, and the fun increases as does the number of friends playing on Live. No, it's not a Halo killer, but BL is a solid online action-puzzle type game..it's good go see that Hudson is returning Bomberman to its roots.

GameLife

Customization is the order of the day...You can also customize your Bomberman as he appears on screen with a variety of different heads, hairdos, and outfits. I made a princess smoking a cigar (a somewhat controversial decision, says Hudson, as that particular accessory earned them a "Tobacco Use" classification from the ESRB).

TeamXbox

And though it'll be a downloadable game, it won't be a half-baked version, offering all much fun and excitement as those that came before it...Design-wise, Bomberman Live doesn't waste the Xbox 360 hardware. While previous games were mostly in a 2-D (or pseudo 3-D from the three-quarters-overhead perspective), the XBLA interpretation features 3-D (though simple-looking) models that are nicely animation, and the playfields are also improved.

Release date and price are both still to be determined (but "ten bucks" and "before July" are both likely.)