A.R.E.S: Extinction Agenda

Retro side-scroller available on Steam.

News by GamesIndustry International Contributor

Published on Jan. 20, 2011

A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda is the first chapter of a full-featured episodic action-packed side-scroller.

A.R.E.S.: Extinction Agenda, the first prize winner of the latest XNA Dream Build Play Contest, is available now on Steam with two new armor skins; Carbon Stealth Suit and Indigo Pulse Suit as exclusive Steam content.

A.R.E.S. is an action-packed side-scrolling game that gives you a distinct retro feel that you cannot find in today's AAA blockbusters. Retro feel, but nevertheless it has beautiful 3D visuals.

In the traditions of retro classics, you play as Ares, an advanced combat robot sent on a mission to rescue taskforce members who were trapped while conducting an investigation to find out the extent of damage sustained by the space station.

Annihilate countless robots, recycle their parts to make incredible items and take on gigantic bosses in this 3D environment side-scroller.

You can win a free copy of the game if you make an interesting posting to their facebook wall at http://www.facebook.com/x10interactive.

Five interesting posts will win a steam code to get the game. The competition ends on January 26th 2011.

A.R.E.S. is also available on Gamersgate, Direct2Drive, Desura and directly from their website at http://ares.x10studio.com/.

Features:

- Play through various locations in the A.R.E.S. universe. Each a beautiful, unique, 3D environment with challenging obstacles.

- You are the ultimate weapon with the ultimate sidekick. Collect the secret items and get power ups to become a perfect weapon.

- Come face to face with colossal opponents, learn their patterns to defeat them in battle.

- Destroy enemies, collect their parts, and then recycle them to make incredible items. Including health packs, ammo, and weapon upgrades.

About Extend Interactive:

Also known as Extend Studio (x10), Extend Interactive is an independent development house based in Thailand. Extend Interactive views games as an interactive art form.

A closely-knit team of designers, programmers, artists, and business individuals, Extend Interactive strives to create high quality, fun to play titles.

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Game page at Steam:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/92300/

Website:

http://ares.x10studio.com/

Demo:

http://ares.x10studio.com/download

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Minimum System Specifications:

Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Athlon x2 Processor

DirectX 9.0c

RAM: Windows XP 1GB, Windows Vista/7 2GB