Destroy All Humans: An Alien Development

It was announced today that the Destroy All Humans franchise is making a comeback in the form of a remake; developed by Black Forest Games and published by THQNordic. This came to a surprise for some – but not for others, as the news was leaked a week before the announcement stating THQNordic would announce some new games on the run-up to E3, Destroy All Humans (DAH) being one of them.

The game is a remake of the original from 2005, originally developed by the now-defunct Pandemic Studios, who also went on to develop the sequel. The franchise had a rough development after Pandemic’s closure in 2009, with DAH getting 2 sequels that were developed by other studios. Destroy All Humans: Big Willy Unleashed (2008) was planned to be released for the PSP, and the Nintendo Wii, however ultimately only the Wii version was released to below-average reviews. Another sequel was released in 2009 titled Destroy All Humans: Path of the Furon for the PS3 and Xbox 360, developed by Sandblast Games. The developers were closed down midway through the development, and as a result, the final game was released in an unfinished state – The generally unfavourable reviews reflect this, many of them highlighting the bugs and glitches they experienced during their playthrough.

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The newly announced remake is slated for release in 2020, being developed by the previously mentioned Black Forest Games – Who do not appear to have a good track record; developing the infamous “Bubsy: The Woolies Strike Back”. While I am cautiously optimistic for the title, I hope that the Germany-based developer can prove their talent through the reimagining of the original DAH, making Bubsy a simple misstep in their development history.