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Icarus-X

Icarus-X is a Full 3D Vertical Shooter, featuring fast paced action, epic boss battles, challenging achievements, downloadable replays and the mandatory online leaderboards! Icarus-X is now Universal and…

16 April 2010

Icarus-X is an arcade developed by The Quadsphere, released 16 April 2010 on Android and iOS.

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What Icarus-X is

Icarus-X is an arcade game developed by The Quadsphere and released in 2010. It is available on Android and iOS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Icarus-X is a Full 3D Vertical Shooter, featuring fast paced action, epic boss battles, challenging achievements, downloadable replays and the mandatory online leaderboards! Icarus-X is now Universal and supports Retina Display, Game Center and the new iPhone 5.Icarus-X features downloadable replays, so that you can enjoy watching the best players in the world turn the game inside out and pull out gigantic high scores!There is also a Slow-Motion Pratice mode to learn the more difficult patterns at your own pace.
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Icarus-X launched on 16 April 2010, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction and Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter.

Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction, Serious Sam HD: The Second Encounter.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Icarus-X come out?
Icarus-X was released on 16 April 2010 for Android and iOS.

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