Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia

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Artificial Studios' Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia is a quirky horror-shooter played from a top-down perspective. New screenshots have been released. In the game, a group of teenagers are battling supernatural nasties in a typical slice of small-town American suburbia brought to life via the use of physics middleware from Ageia. Single player is accompanied by co-op (for up to four) and deathmatch and CTF modes that support up to 16

SouthPeak Interactive has confirmed that its action title, Monster Madness, will be released in the UK for the Xbox 360 and Games for Windows in April 2007.

Reports suggest that Monster Madness: Battle for Suburbia will be released for Xbox 360 and PC on 3rd April, 2007. In America, anyway. Southpeak Interactive previously announced a February launch date when they signed as publisher for the game last summer. Monster Madness, developed by Artificial Entertainment, is a top-down shooter in which four teenagers battle against a monster invasion in a peaceful suburban town. Using a classic comic-book style and tongue-in-cheek approach, it bears more than a passing resemblance to LucasArts classic, Zombies At My Neighbours.

SouthPeak Interactive announced today that IGN.com is sponsoring an original character creation contest for Monster Madness: Battle For Suburbia. The grand prize winner may get the opportunity to have their creation included in the final version of the game with credit in the game's manual. Here is the press release with the announcement: CREATE YOUR OWN MONSTER FOR THE CHANCE TO GET IT INCORPORATED IN MONSTER MADNESS: BATTLE FOR SUBURBIA LAUNCHING ON XBOX 360 AND WINDOWS THIS SPRING Contestants Can Visit IGN.com Beginning November 13th Through December 1st to Submit Their Original Artistic Creation For Opportunity of a Lifetime Grapevine, Texas and Brisbane, Calif., November 13, 2006 ¿ SouthPeak Interactive, a leading independent videogame publisher, and IGN.com, a leading Internet media and services provider focused on the videogame and entertainment enthusiast markets, announced today that IGN.com is sponsoring an original character creation contest for Monster Madness: Battle For Suburbia. Beginning November 13th, contestants can submit their original design of a monster, complete with super powers and weapons, for the chance to be incorporated in the final version of the game for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows. Monster Madness: Battle For Suburbia is expected to be released in spring 2007.To enter, interested participants can visit IGN.com through December 1 and submit their monstrous creation, including a detailed written description. Submissions of the actual image of the monster character must be a JPEG, PDF, or GIF file. Winners will be selected by a panel including members from IGN.com, SouthPeak Interactive, Artificial Studios and Reverb Communications. Five contestants will be selected to win prizes supplied by IGN.com. The grand prize winner may have their winning monster character submission featured in the final version of Monster Madness: Battle fo...

SouthPeak Interactive has signed a deal to publish Artificial Studios' Monster Madness on PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 next February - with other titles to follow.

One of the more interesting games we got to try out at E3 was Monster Madness, a cartoony, four-player overhead horror shooter in the vein of musty classics like Smash TV and Zombies Ate My Neighbors. Refreshingly simple but incredibly slick-looking, it lets players team up or fight each other as a squad of misfit suburban teenagers who appear to be the only survivors when their neighborhood is overrun by monsters. Our trailer shows generous chunks of the game in action, including footage from