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Zoids Assault Xbox 360 on Aug. 26

By Tom Magrino, GameSpotPosted May 13, 2008 4:32 pm PT

Atlus landing long-running mech-combat toy franchise on North American shores later this year.

Save for Operation Darkness and Spectral Force 3, Atlus hasn't made much use of the licensing agreement it signed with Microsoft in November. Instead, the publisher has announced a string of titles dealing in its signature genres of strategy, role-playing, fighting, or any combination thereof, for Nintendo's and Sony's platforms, including Baroque, Drone Tactics, Arcana Heart, and Izuna 2.

The beasts of war.

Today, however, the publisher announced it would be bringing at least one more title to the Xbox 360 before year's end: Zoids Assault. An offshoot of Tomy's popular Japanese figurine and anime franchise, Zoids Assault offers an interactive take on far-future, mechanized combat. In the game, two small nations--Maroll and Jamil--find themselves in the grip of a cold war threatening to turn hot in the aftermath of a larger global conflict.

The game offers both strategy and role-playing elements, and Atlus promises an extensive range of upgrade and customization options. Players will have access to a Zoid army of their very own, replete with biomechanical beasts of war, and must use advanced tactical thinking to outwit larger armies.

Zoids Assault is slated to deploy exclusively on the Xbox 360 on August 26. The game's official Web site has more information on the title.

62 Comments

  • danwarecritic

    Posted May 18, 2008 4:35 pm PT

    @rollcat1

    What's wrong with mech RPGs? Or RPGs in general? Square-enix did the Front Mission series for four installments and that's a good series! I've never played the full games but I've played a demo of Front Mission 4. And this is from Atlus so it's not gonna fail. How do I know? It's because I've played four of the GBA games they put out, a demo of Steambot Chronicles, and Arcana Heart, and all of them are fun. So don't go calling me a fanboy. I've been disappointed. With the cheesy Dragon Rage, and a couple mediocre demos. HAH!

  • beastmr2

    Posted May 15, 2008 12:05 pm PT

    meh........

  • rollcat1

    Posted May 15, 2008 9:18 am PT

    That thing would be impossable to park.

  • raze-boi

    Posted May 15, 2008 2:00 am PT

    This looks promising, it's published by Atlus!!

    PS: I got about 3-4 zoids robots when I was a little boy.

  • teenrobin

    Posted May 14, 2008 9:13 pm PT

    Zoids was a great anime, but to this point has only had several mediocre attempts at gaming. It doesn't look like it, but hopefully this will be the standout game the franchise is looking for. Due to the press surrounding the release..... well, enought said. All in all I love the Zoids franchise, thought it was one of the best and I do hope Atlus is considering bringing it to the PSP, It seems to suit mobile gaming more.

  • wproiet1

    Posted May 14, 2008 1:39 pm PT

    too bad the series ended in the US....

  • darkdragonmage9

    Posted May 14, 2008 1:37 pm PT

    to add to what Bionic92 said tails add balance animals balance with their tails Axeus is right it's not developed by atlus would be more proper to say it is being translated by atlus

  • sniperhare

    Posted May 14, 2008 1:34 pm PT

    The need to make a sequel of Chromehounds. That game was awesome until people started using cheap builds.

  • Axeus

    Posted May 14, 2008 1:33 pm PT

    @FFCloudking: Its not developed by Atlus.

  • ff7cloudking

    Posted May 14, 2008 1:28 pm PT

    nice, i cant wait to play this game, and good thing its be developed by atlus

  • cyclone0001

    Posted May 14, 2008 1:27 pm PT

    How about Mobile Ops: The One Year War.

  • Bionic92

    Posted May 14, 2008 12:59 pm PT

    Loved Zoids. Just hope they can make the game good. And to rollcat1, they have tails because they are supposed to resemble animals.

  • supersonicGO

    Posted May 14, 2008 12:40 pm PT

    Aw, I want this but I don't have a 360. I love Zoids!

  • Nineball2112

    Posted May 14, 2008 10:25 am PT

    I had these once! I got some Preparation H and it cleared right up...

    Oh!!! Zoids....

    Ummm... nevermind.

  • rollcat1

    Posted May 14, 2008 9:22 am PT

    A mech rpg game, I think im going to throw up. Give me Mech Assault! P.S. Why do they have tails?

  • BigDaveyDogz

    Posted May 14, 2008 8:19 am PT

    Give me a next gen Mech Assault!! I loved that game over Live when it was on the original Xbox

  • Yyin9564

    Posted May 14, 2008 8:06 am PT

    i had a zoids game on GC when i was 9... wasn't too bad... but i fear i've grown outta it since then...

  • bobo3682

    Posted May 14, 2008 7:30 am PT

    "i just wish Microsoft would bring back Mech Warrior."

    AMEN BROTHER!

  • otanikun

    Posted May 14, 2008 7:13 am PT

    Sorry, grew out of Zoids, just like Beyblade and Yu-gi-oh!

  • robotecha5

    Posted May 14, 2008 6:03 am PT

    ZOIDS!!! I used to love zoids, the game will probably be garbage though

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