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Steverulez · Dec 19, 2013

Originally announced earlier this year, Max: The Curse of the Brotherhood is the sequel to Press Play's 2010 title Max & the Magic Marker. This time, he’s on a trip to save his brother, who he accidentally banished to a fantastical world. It’s all very Labyrinth.

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$15/£12! First unity game on Xbox one though made by Danish developer Press Play, 360 version early next year I think. Trailers at the link.

Announcement trailer on Xbox wire

Oxm has a load of images

dancrane212 · Dec 19, 2013

Very interested in this game, it kinda reminds me of (a far less violent) Heart of Darkness.

SEGAvangelist · Dec 19, 2013

AWESOME! I thought this game wasn't coming til next year. Keep those games coming!

Fortinbras · Dec 19, 2013

That came out of nowhere. I'm really interested in this.

Bgamer90 · Dec 19, 2013

Team Vernia said:
AWESOME! I thought this game wasn't coming til next year. Keep those games coming!

Yeah, I thought it was a 2014 game too. Can't wait to play it.

Feindflug · Dec 19, 2013

And presumably the 360 version is finished and ready for launch for months...thanks a lot MS for holding back the game for us poor "Tier 4" countries 360 peasants.

jbug617 · Dec 19, 2013

I'll probably buy this. I wonder if there is a demo

Steverulez · Dec 19, 2013

Feindflug said:
And presumably the 360 version is finished and ready for launch for months...thanks a lot MS for holding back the game for us poor "Tier 4" countries 360 peasants.

I believe the 360 version was finished then they went back to add some of the content to it that they added to the Xbox one version

JaggedSac · Dec 19, 2013

Cool, might check this out. Hopefully the drawing mechanic works ok with the sticks.

NeoGash · Dec 19, 2013

Wow, it actually looks good, and I'm quite hard to be impressed. I loooooooved The Cave, and this is giving me a great vibe- possibly because it looks a lot like The Cave but with more platforming focus. Definitely keeping an eye out.

theytookourjobz · Dec 19, 2013

Getting a little Trine vibe from the trailer. Looks cool. Demo please!

iJudged · Dec 19, 2013

Looks cool. Will drawing be done with the Kinect?

Feindflug · Dec 19, 2013

Steverulez said:
I believe the 360 version was finished then they went back to add some of the content to it that they added to the Xbox one version

According to the latest article on the game from Eurogamer:

If Max: The Curse of Brotherhood passes Microsoft's internal quality tests, it should launch early 2014 on Xbox One - ahead of the Xbox 360 version, despite that version being finished earlier this year.

Already happened with Lococycle and somewhat with the xbone only now Crimson Dragon (IIRC the 360 version is finished as well) and it's what I assume will also happen with Halo Spartan Assault and Super TIME Force.

SEGAvangelist · Dec 19, 2013

Feindflug said:
According to the latest article on the game from Eurogamer:

Well, you probably won't be making Max any time soon for PlayStation 4.

"Probably not! Play what station?"

^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Fighting words! lol

Speedy Blue Dude · Dec 19, 2013

Will buy just to support them for being kind enough to prioritize Xbox One users. Had no I interest, but now I do.

Arcade Games coming in good, first Peggle 2, now Max and Halo? When is Halo out, by the way?

bryehn · Dec 19, 2013

Looks so much better than the mess that was Max & The Magic Marker

PG2G · Dec 19, 2013

Speedy Blue Dude said:
Will buy just to support them for being kind enough to prioritize Xbox One users. Had no I interest, but now I do.

Arcade Games coming in good, first Peggle 2, now Max and Halo? When is Halo out, by the way?

Think on Xmas day

silver5liter · Dec 19, 2013

Speedy Blue Dude said:
Will buy just to support them for being kind enough to prioritize Xbox One users. Had no I interest, but now I do.

Arcade Games coming in good, first Peggle 2, now Max and Halo? When is Halo out, by the way?

next tuesday

BananasWithGuns · Dec 19, 2013

Oddly enough I was just talking with my brother yesterday about this game coming out soon. Definitely wasn't expecting tomorrow though. Really ended up coming out of nowhere.

Will probably wait for reviews to see how long the game ends up being but as long as it has a lot of meat to it content wise then I'll probably drop the $15 for it.

mjc · Dec 19, 2013

Whoa that looks good, do you use the sticks for the marker?

dancrane212 · Dec 19, 2013

Feindflug said:
Eurogamer:

Still, when poor Max dies, you feel it. If a monster doesn't gobble him up a gaping chasm will, or a lava pit, or something else nasty. There's no blood or anything you'd consider to be gore, but we're on the bleeding edge of cartoon violence here, and I wince more than once during my quick test of a handful of stages.

"We wanted to create a game where you really felt the hero was in danger. In Max and the Magic Marker he got erased every time he died, so it wasn't really a death. This time Max gets crunched and squashed and burned and everything you can think of."

I take back what I said about this looking like a less violent Heart of Darkness.

Colonel Mustard · Dec 19, 2013

Is this by the same people that did Max and the Magic Marker?

SEGAvangelist · Dec 19, 2013

Colonel Mustard said:
Is this by the same people that did Max and the Magic Marker?

Yes.

MCD · Dec 19, 2013

Team Vernia said:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Fighting words! lol

Do they have a Windows Phone department?

SEGAvangelist · Dec 19, 2013

MCD said:
Do they have a Windows Phone department?

Was just commenting on the "play what station?" jab. Pretty funny.

Colonel Mustard · Dec 19, 2013

Team Vernia said:
Yes.

Good good. I enjoyed that.

oVerde · Dec 19, 2013

Smartglass CoOp?

MCD · Dec 19, 2013

Team Vernia said:
Was just commenting on the "play what station?" jab. Pretty funny.

It's more funny that they abandoned WP right after MS bought them.

Chitown B · Dec 19, 2013

saw this at the X1 Tour. Looks very nice

SEGAvangelist · Dec 19, 2013

MCD said:
It's more funny that they abandoned WP right after MS bought them.

I think they have 3 projects right now, so maybe one of them is WP.

Steverulez · Dec 19, 2013

Oxm just put up a preview

Jezehbell · Dec 19, 2013

Awesome, can't wait to play it.

Giggzy · Dec 19, 2013

Wow wasn't expecting this so soon. My library is already filling up faster than I can complete games. Doesn't help that I can't put Forza down.

derFeef · Dec 19, 2013

Played that at the Area One event in October. Looked nice but was a bit laggy to control. The marker mechanic felt okay but there was not much complicated things to do in that demo. I honestly got a bit frustrated as I always missed a jump over and over again and I felt like the timing was really weird and laggy. Hope there is a demo

StudioTan · Dec 19, 2013

Wow, that came out of nowhere didn't it? Definitely picking this up, it looks like a lot of fun.

v0mitg0d · Dec 19, 2013

I got a chance to see this little guy behind closed doors at E3 and found it very clever and enchanting. The demo only lasted about 15-20 mins so it's difficult to tell if the draw mechanic will get older after some time, but my impression was it looked like fun.

Hammer24 · Dec 19, 2013

Looks interesting, but I´m going to need a demo before I pull the trigger.

nssdigitalchumps · Dec 19, 2013

Don't own an XB1, but the game looks fun.

Kajiba · Dec 19, 2013

I'm very interested in this game. Looks so fun.

Banjo-Kazooie · Dec 19, 2013

Well this was certainly unexpected...I'm in!

airborn · Dec 19, 2013

Steverulez said:
$15/£12! First unity game on Xbox one though made by Norwegian developer Press Play, 360 version early next year I think. Trailers at the link.

Danish.

Steverulez · Dec 19, 2013

airborn said:
Danish.

You're right, my bad, changing it now.

FaintColt388301 · Dec 19, 2013

Never heard of this before. It actually looks pretty cool. Too bad it's only on xbone though

DC R1D3R · Dec 19, 2013

Looks kinda dope so.....I'm wid it!

sangreal · Dec 19, 2013

ButtSmasher said:
Never heard of this before. It actually looks pretty cool. Too bad it's only on xbone though

360 coming soon. and probably some mobile platforms if that interview is any indication

Timu · Dec 19, 2013

What the, didn't expect this to come so early, if it's good I'll buy it.=O

EBE · Dec 19, 2013

Oh snap Tomorrow? Was expecting early 2014. This is great! Will pick up. This and Halo Spartan Assault are a nice holiday treat for us early adopters.

sangreal · Dec 19, 2013

big question is, will it have a demo? MS killed the XBLA demo requirement, but they should still lead by example with demos of their download-only titles

Doffen · Dec 19, 2013

MCD said:
It's more funny that they abandoned WP right after MS bought them.

Microsoft bought the only dev who ever made an exclusive WP game and forced them to release it on iOS.

Spades · Dec 19, 2013

Well this was a nice surprise!

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