E3 2007: Hands-on with Hail to the Chimp

Today I got to join the cocky Haley and Hamsa at the Hotel California for a few rounds of Hail to the Chimp multiplayer on the Xbox 360. If you haven’t heard about this political petting zoo party game yet, the premise is simple: the lion is no longer the king of the animal world, leaving all the other species fighting for his throne. Wideload Games narrowed down the list of contenders to just ten fighters, although they said a sequel is possible if it gains enough popularity. It’s currently scheduled for a 360 and PS3 release in March, and with cel-shaded graphics and simple controls, it didn’t look far from finished already.
With ten characters to choose from and ten levels to play on, we played through a three round match that gave us a taste of a few different battle modes. The goal of the game is to gather […]

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