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| Developer(s) | Coreplay |
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| Publisher(s) | Black Inc. BitComposer Games (PC) |
| Platform(s) | Xbox 360 (XBLA), Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Network |
| Release | September 23, 2009 |
| Genre(s) | Multidirectional shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Ion Assault is a multidirectional shooter video game developed by Coreplay and published by Black Inc. for the Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and Microsoft Windows. It was released in North America and Europe on September 23, 2009. Its gameplay is similar to that of the classic arcade shooter Asteroids.[1] Ion Assault was the first Xbox Live Arcade game to be developed in Germany.[2][3][4][5]
Ion Assault was released for Windows on the Steam platform on November 17, 2010.[6] It was delisted in 2015, but got relisted in 2018 for Xbox 360 and in 2019 for Steam.[7]
- ^ Husemann, Charles (9 September 2009). "Ion Assault Interview". Gaming Nexus. p. 1. Retrieved 16 October 2009.
Our main reference for Ion Assault was the original "Asteroids" which was more about taking control of your ship rather than about shooting and destroying tons of objects.
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- ^ Purchese, Robert (2009-07-06). "XBLA blaster Ion Assault unveiled". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
- ^ Berardini, César (2009-07-06). "Black Inc. Announces Ion Assault for Xbox Live Arcade". TeamXbox. Archived from the original on 2009-07-07. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
- ^ "Ion Assault on Steam". Steam. Archived from the original on September 15, 2012. Retrieved 2011-01-16.
- ^ "Ion Assault". 17 December 2017.