Capsized (video game)

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Capsized
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Developer(s) Alientrap
Publisher(s) Alientrap
indiePub (iOS)
Namco Bandai Games (X360)
Programmer(s) Lee Vermeulen
Artist(s) Jesse McGibney
Composer(s) Solar Fields
Platform(s) Windows, iOS, Linux, OS X, Xbox 360
ReleaseWindows
April 29, 2011
iOS
February 13, 2013
Xbox Live Arcade
July 5, 2013
Linux
October 23, 2013
OS X
April 21, 2015
Genre(s) Platform, run and gun [1]
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Capsized is a science fiction-themed platform game with run and gun mechanics. It was developed by Alientrap. Capsized was released for Microsoft Windows on April 29, 2011 on Steam. The iOS version, called Capsized+, was available February 13, 2013, and published by IndiePub. The soundtrack is provided by Solar Fields; the ambient electronic music is from his 2009 album Movements. [2] The game was also released for Xbox Live Arcade on July 5, 2013, and was supposed to be released at a later time for the PlayStation 3's PlayStation Network, [3] but somehow got canceled.

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Reception

The PC version and Capsized+ received "favorable" reviews, while the Xbox 360 version received above-average reviews, according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. [4] [5] [6] Official Xbox Magazine gave the Xbox 360 a mixed review while it was still in development a year-and-a-half before its release date. [15]

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