GamesRadar - Deadly Creatures

THQ Says Deadly Creatures commercial failure will not be in vain (News)

Jul 1, 2009

G4TV:

"We don't have a good post-mortem on [Deadly Creatures]," he said, "but one of the key things that we can build on there is we have great -- that was [developed by] one our internal studios, Rainbow Studios -- and we have great Wii technology there now and so we're developing other games -- stay tuned for the announcements -- but we intend to leverage that great technology on the Wii in the future."

Deadly Creatures - Lizard (Video)

Mar 13, 2009

Deadly Creatures is a thrilling mix of brutal creature-crushing action and suspenseful exploration of vast 360 degree desert and man-made environments. Tarantulas, Gila monsters and scorpions... oh my!

Deadly Creatures - Story trailer (Video)

Mar 3, 2009

IncGamers: Deadly Creatures Review (News)

Feb 24, 2009

IncGamers' Chris Schilling looks at the world of spiders and scorpions.

"A tarantula and a scorpion take turns scuttling through the game's environments, though the game's Deadly Creaturesstory isn't really about them – it's the tale of two treasure hunters (voiced unenthusiastically by Dennis Hopper and Billy Bob Thornton) attempting to dig up some loot in the desert."

THQ Brings Deadly Creatures to the Wii (News)

Feb 9, 2009

Digital Trends reports: "Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 gamers are always going on about how the Nintendo WIi doesn't offer high-quality third party games-particularly action and combat titles. Game publisher THQ is looking to change that with Deadly Creatures, a new immersive third-person combat game in which player control either a scorpion or tarantula as they fight for survival amongst gila monsters, lizards, snakes, black widows, and even humans in an immersive desert and man-made environment. And, Deadly Creatures is exclusive to the Nintendo Wii."

Deadly Creatures (Review)

Feb 9, 2009

Wii owners: your system has not yet devolved into a platform only for the casual, the family-friendly, and the undiscerning eye. Deadly Creatures proves that Wii-exclusive titles can still be brutal, imaginative, and way more than mindless waggle. We have crawled amongst the exoskeletal warzones underneath human feet, and it was good. ...

The Good, the Bad, and the Shipping February 8 - 15 (News)

Feb 8, 2009

It looks like a scary week in gaming; perfect for valentine's day!

Cool concept art vs. crushing reality (Feature)

Feb 5, 2009

Artistic ambition lost in polygon translation. ...

Deadly Creatures - Finishing moves (Video)

Feb 5, 2009

Deadly Creatures – hands-on (Preview)

Jan 23, 2009

When you think of scorpions and tarantulas battling it out God of War style, do you think Coen Brothers? If you say yes, you must be popping the Crazy Pills. That, or you’re one of the developers for Deadly Creatures. Yet it’s this off-kilter thinking that lends the Wii-exclusive arthropod adventure a unique flavor. ...

Deadly Creatures (Screenshots)

Jan 20, 2009

GamesRadar's predictions for gaming in 2009 (Feature)

Jan 8, 2009

Guaranteed 100% accurate unless wrong. ...

Deadly Creatures (Preview)

Jan 6, 2009

The idea behind this is certainly interesting. It’s an adventure starring a spider and a scorpion with a human story overheard in snippets of dialogue as the creepy-crawly heroes cross the paths of a pair of human treasure-hunters in the desert. In one level you’ll play the spider, pursuing its scorpion rival through the undergrowth. ...

Wii Developers Ate Bugs, Were Stung By Them While Making Latest Game (News)

Dec 13, 2008

Though the idea for "Deadly Creatures" was inspired by a dream that lead designer Jordan Itkowitz once had, the actual character design came from real-life influences in the deserts of Phoenix, Arizona.

Developed by Phoenix-based, THQ-owned developer Rainbow Studios, the T-rated Wii game features a tarantula and a scorpion as its protagonists as well as a plethora of other insects local to the area.

Actor says Wii Game Like a Movie (News)

Dec 9, 2008

Spong writes: "Famous Hollywood actors are cool and hip - even old ones. Whether they are wise and trustworthy as game reviewers is a different proposition though. This is why we're a little dubious about the words put into former Mr Angelina Jolie beau, Billy Bob Thornton, regarding Nintendo's Deadly Creatures."

Deadly Creatures officially delayed (News)

Dec 2, 2008

Retailers such as Best Buy and Amazon began to modify the release date of Deadly Creatures a couple of days ago, which hinted that the game would be delayed. Deadly Creatures was scheduled to ship in December this year, but this is officially no longer the case...

Deadly Creatures – hands-on (Preview)

Jul 8, 2008

You can’t get further away from the Nintendo aesthetic than a scorpion pumping its toxic payload into the guts of a stunned wolf spider. When Miyamoto looked into his garden he envisioned Pikmin; when the chaps at Rainbow eyed their Arizona backyard they envisioned a gritty crime thriller played from the perspective of nature’s creepiest crawlies. ...

THQ confirms fiscal 2009 video game line-up (News)

Apr 3, 2008

THQ has today unveiled the key titles that will form the publisher's fiscal 2009 video game line-up. Scheduled for release in the 12-month period ending March 31, 2009 are a range of new editions to existing franchises, new original games and social and party titles.

Gamers can look forward to new editions of multi-million unit franchises, including Saints Row 2, Red Faction: Geurrilla and WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2009. All new video game titles on the way include Darksiders: Wrath of War, Deadly Creatures and de Blob. Additionally THQ plans to release new social and party games for the Wii, including Battle of the Bands and Big Beach Sports.

Deadly Creatures - first look (Preview)

Apr 2, 2008

How’s this for an opener? A gas station manager, incensed by seeing his beloved business go up in flames, pins the crime on a scorpion and a tarantula. Rewind time 24 hours to follow said beasties as we work toward, and discover the reasons behind, this unlikely conclusion.

It’s a time-hopping structure cribbed from Tarantino in a world nabbed from David Attenborough - an odd pairing. It’s also quite ...

THQ Announces Deadly Creatures Exclusively for Wii (News)

Feb 15, 2008

How do a Desert Tarantula and a Giant Desert Scorpion blow up a gas station? In this action-thriller, you play as these two predators, and enemies and natural hazards await everywhere. Attacking with the Wiimote against lizards, wasps and the likes, your survival depends on overcoming the most dangerous creature of all: man.

Combining the ferocious, fascinating behaviors of real-world creatures with the epic landscapes and cinematic excitement of fantasy/action movies, this is a game experience unlike anything you have ever encountered.

Welcome to the captivating world of Deadly CreaturesÂ¿where nothing is safe.

Deadly Creatures heading to Wii for THQ (News)

Feb 14, 2008

A new Rainbow Studios project's just been announced, namely Deadly Creatures for Wii. To be published by THQ in 2008, the game i s all about surviving in a "venomous world of desert terror", apparently.

"Players will follow the entwined adventures of an armored scorpion and a stealthy tarantula as they struggle against a variety of creatures including vicious Gila monsters, tarantula wasps, black widows, and the most dangerous predator of all Â¿ Man."

That's Man with a capital "M". Rainbow Studios has previously worked on some very big stuff, including Cars, so this is likely to be a big deal for THQ.