{"id":75,"date":"2009-01-30T16:44:20","date_gmt":"2009-01-30T21:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vertigogaming.net\/blog\/?p=75"},"modified":"2009-01-30T16:46:28","modified_gmt":"2009-01-30T21:46:28","slug":"shellblasthd-coming-to-a-xbox360-near-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vertigogaming.net\/blog\/?p=75","title":{"rendered":"ShellBlastHD: Coming to a Xbox360 near you!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m proud to announce the development of ShellBlastHD, a re-visualized game made for the Xbox Live Community Games portal.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nBack last year Ben Morris of Optum asked about doing a port of the game to the 360 console. While I&#8217;ve given some input here and there, this is 100% the work of Optum&#8217;s great programming skills. And I&#8217;m incredibly impressed with what I&#8217;ve seen so far.<br \/>\n<!--break--><br \/>\n<center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vertigogaming.net\/images\/optum.png\" \/><\/center><br \/>\n<!--break--><br \/>\nWhile there&#8217;s still a ways to go, the base of the game seems to be done and work is continuing on fleshing out the levels and display. Ben will make a few posts on the game in the coming months to talk more about the game and it&#8217;s development.<br \/>\n<!--break--><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vertigogaming.net\/images\/shellHD1.png\" rel=\"lightbox[ONR2]\" title=\"Work in Progress- Shot 1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vertigogaming.net\/images\/shellHD1.png\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"15\" width=\"412\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--break--><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vertigogaming.net\/images\/shellHD2.png\" rel=\"lightbox[ONR2]\" title=\"Work in Progress- Shot 2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vertigogaming.net\/images\/shellHD2.png\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"15\" width=\"412\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--break--><br \/>\nWe&#8217;ll announce release dates and pricing later on, so for now let&#8217;s check out the official text release:<br \/>\n<!--break--><em><br \/>\nThe commercial sequel to Acidbomb (voted 1up.com&#8217;s Best 101 Free Games and Gamespy&#8217;s &#8220;Download This&#8221; pick of December) and Acidbomb 2: Rearmed delivers a unique mind-bending action puzzle experience. Described as a cross between Minesweeper and Picross, ShellBlast is a game that offers something most puzzle games out there lack: a unique experience.<br \/>\n<!--break--><br \/>\nThe objective of ShellBlast is simple: using a series of tools, defuse the bomb before it blows up. Of course, the further you progress, the more advanced the bombs get&#8230;<br \/>\n<!--break--><br \/>\nPlay the fifty level campaign mode as you tour the world defusing increasingly difficult bombs, from pranks to nuclear superweapons! Try the incredibly fun Shell-Drop, which is almost a game to itself, or tackle some of the other modes such as Simulation Chamber, Endurance and Puzzled. All modes conform to Shellblast&#8217;s unique gameplay, including randomised bomb solutions that ensure unlimited replay value.<br \/>\n<!--break--><br \/>\nAs well as taking what was great about the original, Shellblast HD expands the experience by adding &#8216;High Definition&#8217; graphics, visual effects, multiple tilesets and a medal system similar to Xbox Achievements and Playstation Trophies. <\/em><br \/>\n<!--break--><br \/>\nYou can visit Optum&#8217;s official site at <a href=\"http:\/\/optum.co.uk\">optum.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m proud to announce the development of ShellBlastHD, a re-visualized game made for the Xbox Live Community Games portal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[14,1,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-game-announcements","category-game-maker","category-shellblast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vertigogaming.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vertigogaming.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vertigogaming.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vertigogaming.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vertigogaming.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vertigogaming.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vertigogaming.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vertigogaming.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vertigogaming.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}