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Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond

Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond is designed as a 2D side scroller in order to give it a retro feel. You once again take on the role of Matt Hazard, parodying gaming clichés. In order to stop the evil…

64 7 January 2010

Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond is a platform developed by Vicious Cycle Software, released 7 January 2010 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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What Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond is

Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond is a platform game developed by Vicious Cycle Software and released in 2010. It was published by D3 Publisher. It is available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond is designed as a 2D side scroller in order to give it a retro feel. You once again take on the role of Matt Hazard, parodying gaming clichés. In order to stop the evil Marathon MegaCorp from consigning Matt to certain death, he must travel back in time to stop them. In order to deal with the minions of Marathon, Matt will have an arsenal of standard weapons at his disposal that includes shotguns, plasma rifles, flamethrowers and grenades, which can be upgraded as the game progresses, you will also be able to find various power ups that will aid Matt's quest. The shoulder buttons also allow you to enter the precision aim mode, which allows you to conserve…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond holds a critic score of 64 out of 100. That places it above 23% of the 2,373 rated platform games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2010 averaged 70, so it scored 6 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond launched on 7 January 2010, within three weeks of Mass Effect 2, Gothic II: Gold Edition, Darksiders and Final Fantasy XIII. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Mass Effect 2, Gothic II: Gold Edition, Darksiders, Final Fantasy XIII.

Official trailer

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When did Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond come out?
Matt Hazard: Blood Bath and Beyond was released on 7 January 2010 for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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