Crossfire Brings New Twist To Retro Shooter Formula

by Jeff Mattas, Jul 09, 2010 3:20pm PDT

Related Topics – CrossFire, xbox 360, Trailer

A very cool retro-ish shooter called Crossfire hit the Xbox Live Indie Games channel a couple of days ago, fusing classic Space Invaders-style alien blasting with a fun-looking teleportation gameplay mechanic.

As you can tell from the official launch trailer, Crossfire's fast-paced, reflex-based gameplay is bolstered by bright neon graphics and a liberal use of particle effects, making it feel like a visual sibling of the smash-hit Geometry Wars series (Xbox Live Arcade).

Developed by radiangames, Crossfire is currently available on XBLIG for 240 Microsoft Points ($3).

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I respect indie developers and all, and i like the visual style of this game, but overall i found it to be kinda boring.. the gameplay is just about the same as space invaders and i played that when i was 10

Jul 10, 2010 2:57pm PDT

I respect indie developers and all, and i like the visual style of this game, but overall i found it to b... : techx4

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Glad to see you guys are covering XBLIG games, I would love to see more XBLIG coverage.

Jul 10, 2010 3:54am PDT

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and i was thinking this was something to do with ATi *facepalm*

Jul 09, 2010 11:32pm PDT

and i was thinking this was something to do with ATi *facepalm* : Unkei

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I bought this the other day and also own Luke's previous game for XBL, JoyJoy. I think it is awesome that you guys are giving a little indie dev a front page post and I hope he gets some purchases due to it.

P.S. The game is very good. Buy it people.

Jul 09, 2010 6:15pm PDT

I bought this the other day and also own Luke's previous game for XBL, JoyJoy. I think it is awesome that... : snot3353

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i lik \e it!

Jul 09, 2010 5:51pm PDT

i lik \e it! : packav

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CROSSFIRE! You'll get caught up in the... CROSSFIRE! CROSSFIRE! CROSSFIIIIIIREEEEEE!

Jul 09, 2010 4:14pm PDT

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CROSSFIRE! You'll get caught up in the... CROSSFIRE! CROSSFIRE! CROSSFIIIIIIREEEEEE! : KingJamesR
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Is this made by the same guys that did Geometry wars? It would be cool see a new style of graphics for this type of game.

Jul 09, 2010 3:53pm PDT

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- It's made by Radiangames in Illinois, who are fairly new. Started by a guy that used to work on Descent a... : Dave-A

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It's odd that I typically hate retro games, but there's something about the Geometry Wars series and Space Invaders Extreme that really does it for me. I couldn't quite figure out what was going on with that trailer - apart from the terrible music - but I'm going to go download the trial.

Loved the use of "visual sibling" :)

Jul 09, 2010 3:48pm PDT

It's odd that I typically hate retro games, but there's something about the Geometry Wars series and Spac... : Dave-A

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