I didn’t have the slightest idea what Rocket Riot was prior to this afternoon. I imagine many of you are in the same boat, and probably haven’t even heard the name before. For starters, it’s an Xbox LIVE Arcade title similar to what Worms would be like if it was real-time, and if jetpacks and rockets were the only mode of transportation and weapon type, respectfully.
You all owe it to yourselves to try out the demo, because the game oozes style, hilariously cool music, and gameplay which you need to experience rather than hear about. Rocket Riot centers around everyone getting their legs stolen and ultimately screwing jetpacks onto their asses for crying out loud. All of this for $10? Sold!
Besides playing it for this week’s Friday Night Fights, we’ll be doing stuff like Call of Duty 4, Burnout Paradise, Red Faction, and much more. Peek after the break for the full line-up.
Quick guide to Friday Night Fights for fresh meat: Each week, a bunch of Destructoid readers and usually an editor or two get together to play some videogames online.
The planning for FNF takes place in the forums, where Dtoiders volunteer to host by dropping their information (gamertag, time, game, etc.) in the forum post corresponding to the system they’re interested in playing on.
Then, every Friday, reminder posts for those who don’t pay attention to the forums (the scallywags) go up in the community blogs section. And for those who are too lazy to read the blogs, they have got my weekly recap posts which bring all of the FNF-related details into one unified place.
From there, all you need to do is shoot a quick message over to one of the hosts listed below asking for an invite, or simply force your way into the room. Whatever works!
- Tonight’s Hosts (more info from blehman):
- POWER GLOVE – P0WER GL0VE (Rocket Riot @ 8:00 EDT [note: those are “zeros” in his name])
- Zombutler – Zombutler (Call of Duty 4 @ 9:00 EDT)
- Grim – warchiefgrim (Red Faction: Guerrilla @ 10:00 EDT)
- 007 – salman707 (Halo 3 @ 11:00 EDT)
- Mxyzptlk – MrMxyzptlk123 (Ghostbusters @ 12:00 EDT)
- de BLOO – BLOORATARD (Sreet Fighter IV @ 12:00 EDT)
Beyond FNF:- Saturday Night Arcade Games
- Tonight’s Hosts (more info from Shipero):
- JackOfNoTrades – JackOfNoTrades85 (Red Faction: Guerrilla @ 8:00 EDT)
- IronPikeman – IronPikeman (Burnout Paradise @ 8:00 EDT, Killzone 2 warm-up @ 9:00 EDT)
- Killzone 2 clan battle @ 11:00 EDT — password: TOID
- y0j1mb0 – k0wb0y-b33b0p (Street Fighter IV @ 9:00 EDT, SOCOM: Confrontation @ 12:00 EDT)
Beyond FNF:
- Destructoid’s Killzone 2 clan
- Tonight’s Games:
- (Most likely) Team Fortress 2, Left 4 Dead, and other assorted games. Check the Steam group for more details!
- Beyond FNF:
- Destructoid’s Steam group
- Destructoid’s Demigod group
