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Alien Hominid Wins IGN Biggest Surprise of 2004 Award
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O~3 Entertainment and indie developer The Behemoth announced that one of the most interesting 'underdog' stories of the gaming industry, the much lauded Alien Hominid, has been honored as the "Biggest Surprise of 2004" by IGN in the Best of 2004 Awards for the Game Cube.
In their November 9th review IGN commented, "[Alien Hominid has] exquisite style, brilliant art, lots of action, slick animations, interesting boss fights, and innovative gameplay mechanics....With Alien Hominid everything you need as a shooting fan is right here on the table. It looks good, it's cute and funny, its bosses are interesting, the control is tight, and the game is seriously intense....The truth is out there. Believe in the supernatural and buy Alien Hominid."
Developed by The Behemoth, Alien Hominid is available now at all major retailers for the Nintendo GameCube and the PlayStation 2. The game was also recently named a finalist in CMP's Independent Games Festival (IGF). Selected out of 78 entries from 11 countries, Alien Hominid is one of ten finalists in the "open" category, and the only console game to make the finals. Alien Hominid is also a Finalist in Gamespot's Best and Worst of 2004 Awards in the Funniest Games category.
Alien Hominid is the debut console title from O~3 Entertainment and developer The Behemoth, and one of the first examples of top-notch independent development on the major gaming consoles. It is an evolution of classic 2D side-scrolling platform shooters, blending old school play mechanics with stunning hand drawn graphics. Born on the internet in 2002, a prototype version of Alien Hominid has become one of the most downloaded games of all time, with over seven and a half million downloads from the entertainment portal, the first of hundreds of websites now mirroring the prototype.
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