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28 April 2008
Sumo version 1.0 is now available for both Windows and Xbox 360.

A frantic multiplayer shooter / brawler you can play with your friends or AI Bots.

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22 January 2008
Doppelganger version 1.3 is now available for Windows and Xbox 360.

Not much has changed really - converted to XNA 2.0 and compression on the audio reducing in vastly smaller download sizes.

23 November 2007
Doppelganger version 1.1 is now available for Windows and Xbox 360.

What's new?
  • Klaxon warning and 'gong' sound effects for when spikey red hunters and hunters warp in.
  • Added a shockwave effect.
  • Added a second landscape layer for a nice paralax effect.
  • Reconfigurable keys.
  • Homing Missile for multiplayer games.
  • Simultaneous 2 player action.
  • Online profiles and leaderboards.
  • Achievements added.
  • Added marker arrows to alert the player to the direction of abduction.
  • Added scanner / radar.
  • 2 game modes available; Points Battle and Time Attack.
  • 3 difficulty levels now available; Easy, Medium, Hard.
  • Stopped music when game is paused or loses focus.
  • Added a Bloom shader to produce a glow effect.

14 July 2007
Doppelganger is now available for the Xbox 360.

01 July 2007
Released Doppelganger, our entry in Microsoft's Dream Build Play XNA competition. The game was designed and coded in about 10 weeks which is a minor miracle for us. The intention is to convert the game to the Xbox 360 and then add some more features. Here's a few teaser screenshots.

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As a result of all this, Paladin has been put on the back burner for a little while.

08 February 2007
Alien Abduction is now totally free for both Windows and Mac. This begins a new philosophy for us as we will now be releasing all our games as Freeware.

We are also looking to bring the Mission Pak Editor to Mac via the Mono project.

And finally, news of a new game. Paladin will hopefully be released in the summer for Windows, Mac and Linux. You can read about the game's progress over at the YakYak forums here.

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02 January 2006 - posted by Paul
Alien Abduction Mission Pak Editor back on-line.

01 January 2006 - posted by Paul
Alien Abduction voted Best Homage in the Game Tunnel 2005 awards.

26 December 2005 - posted by Paul
Alien Abduction now available for the Mac.

01 September 2005 - posted by Paul

Where's the community site gone?

Well, some joker thought it would be fun to hack the site and set up a bulk mailer. I've had to disable the PostNuke CMS for a while at the request of my hosting company. I'm unsure whether to reinstall it as I really don't have the time to sort out crap like this.

For now this will be how I tell my adoring fans any interesting snippets of news.

Alien Abduction high-score competion results

Here is a list of the lucky winners:

  1. AID - 32850
  2. TETRA - 27200
  3. GHOSTED - 22300
  4. LWHITTING - 21900
  5. JUSTIN - 18600

Send me an email along with the IP Address used to post the score and a copy of the game will be yours.

05 April 2005
We are proud to announce the release of our first game Alien Abduction for the Windows platform.

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