Splosion Man

Splosion Man was supposed to be the first game to support Avatar Rewards, free items for your avatar that you unlock in-game. Instead they ended up being second, but that’s not due from lack of effort from Twisted Pixel Games.

Twisted Pixel Games are very supportive of their fans and really wanted to create and make available Avatar Rewards for Splosion Man and future games. In a quote from Mike Wilford from Twisted Pixel Games, he explained that the delay was not entirely something they controlled.

“The avatar awards have not been released yet, and unfortunately I can not tell you when that will be because I have not received a release date from Microsoft as of yet. However, they have said that it will be soon. There weren’t any difficulties to speak of, really… we made up some avatar clothing, used the API calls that Microsoft provided, and it just worked. I think we’ll definitely support avatar awards in the future. We try to pack each of our games with as much free content as possible, like gamerpics, premium themes, avatar awards, and whatever else we can get away with.”

Hopefully the delay will not discourage Twisted Pixel Games or other companies from using Avatar Awards in the future. For the record, Microsoft’s Lips Number One Hits is the first title to have in-game Avatar Awards.

Splosion Man ran into a few bumps with getting their avatar rewards up & running properly, but as of now there is a title update in place. New Splosion Man gear for your avatar is available. If you’ve already reached an achievement that was tied in with an item, it will become available after you download the update. There are also some minor issues fixed in the update.

There are two new tops: a hoodie and sundress for the ladies, and two tshirts for the men.

Twisted Pixel has also teamed up with Omaha Steaks to give away some free meat. Simply download the special Splosion Man gamerpic and play in online game sessions before Nov 22nd to be entered (up to 5 entries per person).