MOBA for XBLA and PSN

Black Panel Podcast 46

In this episode: Diablo III, The Unfinished Swan, The Elder Scrolls Online, Company of Heroes 2, Black Ops II, MacGuffin’s Curse and much more!

Don’t be afraid of the dark

Kalypso Media unveils Dark, a stealth action game about vampires, greedy corporations and the colour green.

Interview: Frank Simon

Sony’s Senior Managing Producer talks Resistance: Burning Skies.

Fez Review

Polytron's debut overcomes Matt's longstanding ambivalence to 2D puzzle platformers.

Journey Review

Erin wants to know why it took so long for the Jawas to get their own game.

Path of Exile Preview

Stephen washes up on the shores of Wraeclast... and starts killing stuff.

Yakuza: Dead Souls Review

If there’s one thing Jamie can't stand, it’s being interrupted by zombies while he’s playing Boxcelios.

Mass Effect 3 Review

Zorine takes the Normandy for one last spin.

I Am Alive Review

Pete’s just happy to be alive.

Daily updates on video games and popular culture, along with Australia’s grooviest gaming podcast.

Posted by Erin Marcon On Wednesday 25 May 2011ADD COMMENTS

Listerine has nothing on this stuff.

Swords & Soldiers developer Ronimo Games has unveiled its latest project, a frantic online adversarial title known as Awesomenauts. Players will take control of one of several oddball combatants (deranged cowboy, monkey with jetpack, brain floating in tank, etc) and fight for supremacy across a variety of 2D environments.

While Awesomenauts appears at first glance to be a fairly typical action platformer, Ronimo is promoting it as a Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) title. The real time strategy subgenre, popularised by Warcraft III mod Defence of the Ancients (DoTA), generally involves a clash between two teams, with each player controlling a single character.

While the majority of games in the subgenre are presently found on PC, Awesomenauts will be coming to XBLA and PSN. Its playful 2D art style and side-on perspective should also prove a talking point in a genre dominated by top-down fantasy epics.

Publisher dtp entertainment, a company with a longstanding aversion to capital letters, is yet to announce a release date.

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