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2010 · Indie · MOBA

Monday Night Combat

Xbox console exclusive

Monday Night Combat is a class-based, third-person shooter -- and the most popular lethal sport of the future! It blends intense combat, finishing moves, and game show-like challenges and rewards to produce an action experience unlike any other. Why fight for "honor" or "duty" when you can fight for the real American dream: cash, fame and endorsements?

Released: 11 August 2010
Platforms: Linux Windows Xbox 360
Genres: Indie MOBA Shooter Sports Strategy Tactical Third-person shooter
Developers: —
Publishers: Xbox Game Studios
Modes: Co-op Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Third person
Themes: Action Science fiction Comedy
Engine: Unreal Engine 3
Country: United States
Age ratings: CERO B ACB M PEGI 12 ESRB T
Languages: Chinese (Traditional), English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish (Spain)
Time to beat: 3.5hmain story16hcompletionist
Composers: Cris Velasco

About

Monday Night Combat is a third-person shooter video game developed by Uber Entertainment. It was released on August 11, 2010 on the Xbox 360 as part of Microsoft's 2010 Xbox Live Summer of Arcade and is distributed through Xbox Live Arcade. It was released for Microsoft Windows by Uber Entertainment on January 24, 2011.

Monday Night Combat is a class-based third-person shooter game in which two teams are pitted against each other in a fictional combat setting similar to that of a tower defense title. The competitors on each team are clones, and the goal is to destroy the other team's Moneyball, a stationary objective which houses the team's money, while protecting their own. It is presented to the player as the Monday Night Football sport of the future.

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Gameplay

Monday Night Combat is a shooter played from a third-person perspective. It combines a class-based character selection system with team-based objectives in the style of Defense of the Ancients. Its background is that of a futuristic replacement for Monday Night Football in which cloned soldiers battle against each other for money.

The game is played in one of two scenarios, each one a variant on the traditional action RTS setting with elements of tower defense mixed in. The first is Crossfire, in which teams of up to six compete online to destroy the other team's Moneyball, a stationary shielded object guarded by its respective team. The first team to destroy their opponent's Moneyball is declared the winner. The second gameplay scenario is known as Blitz.

Development

Monday Night Combat was announced for the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade on January 15, 2010. It was shown in April 2010 at PAX East in Boston, Massachusetts with a playable demo. It was also shown in June 2010 at the Electronic Entertainment Expo with another playable demo. The Xbox 360 version was released on August 11, 2010 via Xbox Live Arcade.

The possibility of the game coming to other platforms as hinted at during an interview with Executive Producer Chandana Ekanayake. The PC version of the game was announced December 14, 2010. Uber Entertainment conducted a public beta testing session which started December 16, 2010 for consumers who pre-ordered the game. It was officially released on January 24, 2011 via the digital distributor Steam and will contain the core game and the Spunky Cola Special content.

Reception

Monday Night Combat was well received by critics, averaging 79 out of 100 at Metacritic, a video game aggregate website. As of October 2010, Monday Night Combat has sold over 225,000 copies on Xbox Live Arcade. That number rose to over 293,000 at the close of 2010. As of year-end 2011 sales increased to over 307,000 units.

Most reviewers agreed that the game was well worth the price of 1200 Microsoft Points. GamePro called the game "equal parts wacky, polished, and just downright fun." Game Revolution agreed, calling Monday Night Combat "so much unadulterated fun." Official Xbox Magazine called it a "great third-person shooter with Monday-night-football flair."