MicroBot
MicroBot is a twin-stick shooter video game developed by Naked Sky Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts. It was released on the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade on December 29, 2010 and on PlayStation 3…
MicroBot is a shooter developed by Naked Sky Entertainment, released 4 January 2011 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
What MicroBot is
MicroBot is a shooter game developed by Naked Sky Entertainment and released in 2011. It was published by Electronic Arts, Inc.. It is available on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.
The premise, in the publisher's words
MicroBot is a twin-stick shooter video game developed by Naked Sky Entertainment and published by Electronic Arts. It was released on the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live Arcade on December 29, 2010 and on PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Network on January 4, 2011. In the game the player controls a MicroBot; a microscopic robot designed to combat infections in the human body. The robot is tasked with destroying previous generation MicroBots which have become corrupted while fighting disease in the body. Critics were divided on their opinions of the game, but overall review scores were moderate. Aggregate scores averaged in the 60% range for both platforms at websites GameRankings and Metacritic…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
MicroBot holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 19% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2011 averaged 68, so it scored 8 points below the year average.
What it launched against
MicroBot launched on 4 January 2011, within three weeks of Dead Space 2, LittleBigPlanet 2, Magicka and Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Dead Space 2, LittleBigPlanet 2, Magicka, Super Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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