News > Blast Works Shooting Up the Wii This Fall
June 28, 2007
Majesco Entertainment has announced a new "sticky" shoot-em-up coming to the Wii this fall. Blast Works: Build Fuse & Destroy aims to put a very innovative spin on the genre, allowing players to customize levels and ships - even enemy ships. What's more is that as players gun down foes, they are able to catch the debris, adding new parts and functionality to their own craft.
Featuring a graphical style that is a cross between Geometry Wars and children's blocks, the game is essentially a port of existing indie game Tumiki Fighter, and will include over 15 missions, a ship editor, a level editor, and a two-player cooperative mode.
Read on for the full release:
Majesco Entertainment Announces 'Blast Works' for the Wii Console
"Sticky" Shooter With Retro Styling Features Multiple Editors For Maximum Creativity
EDISON, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A frenetic geometric battle is heading to the Wii(TM) home video game system as Majesco Entertainment Company (NASDAQ: COOL - News), an innovative provider of video games and digital entertainment products for the mass market, today announced Blast Works: Build, Fuse & Destroy. Developed by Budcat Creations and scheduled for a fall release, Blast Works is a side-scrolling shooter that lets players craft the game to their liking by building their own levels, ships and enemy ships. In addition, players can "absorb" the pieces and weapons of destroyed enemy ships to bolster their own defenses during battle.
"Gamers can literally build their own shooter experience via Blast Works' easy-to-use, multiple in-game editors," said Ken Gold, vice president of Marketing, Majesco. "This exceptional customization combined with the unique "stickiness" of enemy debris and bright geometric graphics delivers a standout game that never plays the same way twice."
Across more than 15 different land, air and sea missions, the goal of Blast Works is to destroy enemy ships while continually growing your own into a massive craft by absorbing their fragments. The larger a "fused ship" is, the easier it is to protect from the growing onslaught of enemy firepower. Players can also upgrade their ship in the Hangar by customizing weapons, propulsion systems and armor. Creative types will further enjoy building a ship from scratch with the Ship Editor and then testing it out in combat on a custom level they've built with the Level Editor. To defend the Hangar, players must use the Wii Remote(TM) like an anti-aircraft turret to shoot down enemies attacking from all angles. Finally, the game's 2-player cooperative mode lets players work together to blast enemies, fuse debris to grow their ships and finish the mission as a team.
Blast Works: Build, Fuse & Destroy will be available this fall. For additional information on the game, please visit www.majescoentertainment.com.
*Eddie R Inzauto - Senior Editor, GameWad.com
