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Monday Night Combat Review (RunDLC)

It’s the future. Normal sports became boring long ago, much like the Egyptian pyramids, which have also fallen out of fashion. Those ancient relics have since been dismantled and replaced with a huge floating combat arena, around which, fans scream and chant from the bleachers. Within this arena, two teams of six Pros fight to be the first to destroy the enemy’s Moneyball. In this endorsement-fuelled contest, you’re even encouraged to shoot the mascot. As the loud mouthed (and consistently funny) commentator explains, “Shoot him in his pants. He’s got candy”.



This is Monday Night Combat, the fourth and penultimate entry in Microsoft’s Summer of Arcade, and as you can probably guess, it doesn’t take itself too seriously. It’s a strategic, class-based tower defense (Team Fortress 2 lookalike) third-person shooter, based within a television game show with added bacon.



Matt Frost (RunDLC)