the-asskickers posts

While other PC games try to push the envelope in terms or graphics or innovative gameplay, sometimes you just want to play a game that reminds you of the titles of your youth. That seems to be the goal of newly revealed France-based game developer AGO Games. The company announced its plans earlier this week to develop a downloadable title with the (pretty awesome) title The Asskickers. The game will use 2D graphics for its design which will be a throwback to the side-scrolling fighting-brawling arcade games of the 1980s.

Big Download got the exclusive first interview for the game as we ask AGO Games co-founder Stanislas Berton about the company's beginnings, the influences for The Asskickers and more.

Retro games are all the rage with the kids these days and today a new 2D sprite based game that recalls the classic 1990s arcade brawler titles was just announced by the new France-based developer AGO Games. The title? It's being called by the not-sutble-at-all name The AssKickers.

The game will feature pencil-drawn 2D characters and backgrounds for that retro feel. Look for three different playable characters, each with their own fighting styles, to combat enemies in seven levels. Also planned are survival and time attack modes and a two player co-op mode. There's no real gameplay screenshots yet but if this game is as good as the developers describe it we will be checking it out. The AssKickers is due out for both PC and Mac via download in 2011.