Geometry Wars

Summary

Geometry Wars is a 2D arcade style shooter created by Bizarre Creations.

The goal in Geometry Wars is to survive as many enemies as you can while earning points along the way. The more enemies you kill without dying, the higher the score multiplier goes. If you ever find yourself surrounded you can use a bomb to wipe the screen of enemies.

Geometry Wars Games

The original Geometry Wars

Geometry Wars began as a small mini-game accessible in the garage of Project Gotham Racing 2 .The mini-game was such a big hit that Bizarre Creations decided to release a standalone updated version for Xbox Live Marketplace.

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved was released on Xbox Live Marketplace for 400 Microsoft points on November 22, 2005. It was also available in demo form in Project Gotham Racing 3 . It previously held the record for the most downloaded Xbox Live arcade game.

Geometry Wars: Galaxies

Geometry Wars: Galaxies was released in November 2007 for the Wii and DS. Galaxies featured the return of all the enemies from Retro Evolved plus some new ones and a new game mode called Galaxies. In Galaxies players are given ten galaxies each having a number of planets and each planet has different challenges. Galaxies also featured a few multiplayer modes including co-op and a versus mode where one player is a ship and the other controls the waves of enemies.

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2

Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2, Retro Evolved's much anticipated sequel, was released on Xbox Live Marketplace August 6th, 2008 for 800 Microsoft points. Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2 includes many of the new gameplay mechanics introduced in Geometry Wars: Galaxies such as the collecting of geoms to increase one's multiplier. The game has six challenge modes: Deadline, Evolved, King, Pacifism, Waves, and Sequence. The game also includes versus, coop, and team modes, all of which could be played by up to 4 people at once.