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Monsters vs. Aliens

Monsters vs. Aliens is a 2009 video game based on the film with the same name. The game was released on March 24, 2009 on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, and Wii. The…

65 24 March 2009 ESRB E10+

Monsters vs. Aliens is an adventure developed by Beenox, released 24 March 2009 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Monsters vs. Aliens is

Monsters vs. Aliens is an adventure game developed by Beenox and released in 2009. It was published by Activision. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB E10+ age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Monsters vs. Aliens is a 2009 video game based on the film with the same name. The game was released on March 24, 2009 on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, and Wii. The game, developed by Beenox on all platforms except the Nintendo DS which was developed by Amaze Entertainment, allows users to play through scenes from the movie as Ginormica, B.O.B., and The Missing Link, and features drop-in/out co-op. A significant feature has Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Will Arnett, and Rainn Wilson reprising their roles from the movie, however Hugh Laurie & Kiefer Sutherland do not, they are replaced by James Horan & Fred Tatasciore respectively. This is the last…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Monsters vs. Aliens series

Monsters vs. Aliens is the first of 9 entries we hold in the Monsters vs. Aliens series. The next entry was Monsters vs. Aliens in 2009.

See all 9 Monsters vs. Aliens games in release order →

How it was received

Monsters vs. Aliens holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 24% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 2 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Monsters vs. Aliens launched on 24 March 2009, within three weeks of Resident Evil 5, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Empire: Total War and Guitar Hero: Metallica. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Resident Evil 5, Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars, Empire: Total War, Guitar Hero: Metallica.

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When did Monsters vs. Aliens come out?
Monsters vs. Aliens was released on 24 March 2009 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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