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Madballs: Babo Invasion is a fast-paced multiplayer game where armed ball-like “Babos” navigate maze-like worlds in a free-for-all firefight or team-based combat. The game offers an arcade-style single-player mode and the optional depth of multiplayer team and class-based gameplay. It also features top-down and chase cam views, new weapons, and lush 3-D environments. Multi-player Competitive Mapping, a first-of-its-kind game feature, supports the Invasion game mode, adding a major strategic and competitive element to gameplay.

Genre: Shooter

Publisher: HeadGames

Developer: Play Brains

Online Play: 16 Versus

Local Play: 4 Co-op

July 13, 2009 –
First things first: this is not a Madballs game. It’s really an expansion of an online arena shooter called BaboViolent 2 that happened to put players in control of balls with guns. Some marketing type likely was uncomfortable with this little-known brand and decided to slap the Madballs license on there in the hopes of making it more noticeable to consumers. Consider the evidence: of the dozens of Madballs characters, only two are in the game; the game never refers to them as Madballs beyond the title screen; the run-and-gun gameplay has nothing to do with the “gross out” appeal of the toys.

With that said, Madballs in Babo: Invasion is a fun little game. It has extensive single- and multiplayer modes, the controls feel great, and it has a sense of humor.

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There is some sort of story here but it’s hard to follow and superfluous, anyway. All you need to know is you’ll be controlling a cast of balls, rolling around alien environments, and shooting the crap out of everything. In each level you work your way through a series of checkpoints en route to a boss fight, keeping an eye out for secret passages along the way. When you begin you’ll have just two characters and two weapons to choose from, but you’ll unlock new goodies every few minutes. You can track your progress on each unlockable item from the game’s menu. These unlocks can be used in the many multiplayer games, so you’ll probably want to play the campaign first. The story can be played through either alone or with friends via four-player online co-op, and it’s fairly lengthy.

You’re not the only one with balls