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Blast Off

Blast Off is an interstellar arcade game featuring gravity fields, lost astronauts and bizarre planetary systems. Use your rocket ship to rescue astronauts and carry them through the warpgate to safety. But be…

8 April 2009

Blast Off is an arcade developed by Halfbrick Studios, released 8 April 2009 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and Xbox 360.

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What Blast Off is

Blast Off is an arcade game developed by Halfbrick Studios and released in 2009. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and Xbox 360.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Blast Off is an interstellar arcade game featuring gravity fields, lost astronauts and bizarre planetary systems. Use your rocket ship to rescue astronauts and carry them through the warpgate to safety. But be careful! The ever-present force of gravity can help you on your journey, but can also bring you crashing down.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Blast Off launched on 8 April 2009, within three weeks of Guitar Hero: Metallica, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona and Muramasa: The Demon Blade.

Released around the same time: Guitar Hero: Metallica, The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena, Shin Megami Tensei: Persona, Muramasa: The Demon Blade.

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When did Blast Off come out?
Blast Off was released on 8 April 2009 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable and Xbox 360.

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