Hi everyone, we are very proud to announce the forthcoming arrival of Alien Breed on PlayStation Mobile! Back on your screens to celebrate its 21st anniversary, it will be available to download on 14th November for just £3.19/€3.99.
For the uninitiated, Alien Breed is the classic sci-fi, top-down shooter developed by Team17. Originally launched in 1991, it’s now been remade for PS Mobile, which can only mean one thing… it’s time to turn down the lights, turn up the sounds and encounter Alien Breed again!
This release offers the opportunity for both old and new fans to experience the original survival-horror game. Featuring a choice of either old-school Amiga graphics or new enhanced visuals, Alien Breed retains the challenging gameplay of the original while offering players additional assistance in the form of an in-game store for extra ammo, keys and weapons.
Alien Breed features:
- Classic Mode – Play using the original graphics, music and controls
- Enhanced Mode – Featuring enhanced graphics, audio and controls
- 8 new levels – entirely new levels that intersect with the original Alien Breed story
- 6 original Alien Breed levels
- 12 Alien Breed Special Edition levels
We hope you enjoy the game – please feel free to ask any questions below!















38 CommentsAdd Yours
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Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 3:09 pm by Ariakan
No ad-hoc multiplayer ?
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Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 3:15 pm by Rochala
Too bad there is no PS mobile at Greece, I’ll jsut ahve to wait for it
But I have to ask, istherre a change to see at Vita the PS3 versions ?
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Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 3:17 pm by F3l1xbxb
this blog sucks… no freedom of expression what so ever here…. we can´t talk about the truth that we get moderated… clap clap sony clap clap
Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 3:22 pm by Fred Dutton
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Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 3:18 pm by Carnivius_Prime
Argh. Been wanting you to bring back Amiga Alien Breed for ages but as a PSP Mini I can play on my PSP and PS3. I don’t have PS Mobile compatible stuff.
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Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 3:18 pm by Ravenblade86
Since we say the little glimpse of this in the PlayStatiom Mobile sizzle reel from Gamescom, this has been the PSM game I’ve been looking forward to the most! Lots of great memories of playing Alien Breed on the Amiga when I was growing up
Having pulled up the Amiga again last year, I can actually say that the original graphics and gameplay hold up very well, not the new enhanced graphics do look very nice!
Going by the Team 17 twitter, I believe the PSM version has four exclusive levels as well?
I can think of a whole heap of old Amiga games that I would love to see get re-released like this. Would be great to see some off the old Bitmap Brothers or Psygnosis games get released like this.
Will we maybe see a few more Team 17 Amiga titles getting this treatment? Maybe the likes of Project-X?
Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 5:29 pm by Bethany Aston
Hi Ravenblade86 – good to hear you’re looking forward to the release!
Yes, there’s 8 new levels in total, four of which are exclusive for you guys. We hope you’ll enjoy it
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Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 3:19 pm by XisTG
I would really like to spend my gaming budget on these kind of titles, but alas the PSMobile is confined to less than half of Europe.
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Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 3:22 pm by Carnivius_Prime
BispooPortable if you’re gonna be a sarcastic idiot at least get it right. Alien Breed was a 16 bit game. And a classic.
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Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 3:24 pm by WilliamBirkin
This is the speciel edition version or just the normal?
While your at it throw in Tower Assault and Projext X speciel edition.
Maybe SuperFrog soon ?
Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 5:33 pm by Bethany Aston
Hi WilliamBirkin, the game consists of 6 levels from the original Alien Breed game, 12 levels from Alien Breed Special Edition and 8 new levels (4 of which are exclusive to the PlayStation Mobile version)
You can also play either:
* Classic Mode – Play using the original graphics, music and controls
* Enhanced Mode – Featuring enhanced graphics, audio and controls
Hope this answers your question!
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Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 3:30 pm by BispooPortable
Nice News sony, Any ETA to the release of CFW on our vitas? it feels bad to be stuck with drm in year 2012, thanks, hope it doesnt take too long now.
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Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 3:31 pm by Shifty_Geezer
Didn’t like the remakes on PSN. Would happily get this if PSM was compatible with PS3 (hint hint, Sony).
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Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 3:38 pm by almighty-slayer
PSM probably won’t ever be compatible with PS3. There’s no way to replicate touch input.
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Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 3:41 pm by PSN-OmniusALX
Excellent Stuff!!!
As an original Amiga gamer from almost day 1 ( Flights of Fantasy pack with F-29 Retaliator!) I’ve been looking forward to this coming for PSM!
Even better to read we not only get the original levels, but the SE one’s too!!! Not to mention bonus new unseen levels! AND! with an option to play with original Amiga GFX and sound!!!
You’re spoiling us old timers T17
I only hope the in game shop for ammo and coins isn’t some form of IAP :-\
So, ATR & Body Blows next?
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Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 4:00 pm by smallgaffer
Looking forward to playing this whenever PlayStation Mobile hits Ireland
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Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 4:08 pm by mrpizza123
Us dosent evan have playstation mobile
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Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 4:13 pm by monoliet
nice game in de old days
not intrested in fone games vita 3.99€ = why not = tip
Also agreed no playstation mobile + no renting moevis in Belgium
so no tanks .
i hope the game respects the release date not like past updates on the new store .
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Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 4:17 pm by Scourgewood
This news totally caught me off guard. Considering I’ve played the original game on Amiga so many times when it originally came out, having the chance to play it on a handheld is mindblowing!
*whispers: Does this mean we might get more Amiga greats on PSMobile? XD
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Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 4:20 pm by Scourgewood
#12: Holycrap! That’s exactly the package I got when I got mine! I remember wandering around my local town with £400 in my pocket, waiting for the shop to open where I was going to buy it from. I still have her up in the attic, although the box no longer remains.
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Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 4:27 pm by Shin-Ra
I’ve previously complained about the price difference compared to iOS (£3.19 vs £1.99 and less on special offer) and would have again if somebody hadn’t mentioned 4 extra levels for the PSM version. I checked Team 17′s twitter and that does appear to be the case. Why isn’t it mentioned in this blog post?
I’m not sure 4 levels added to the existing 26 justifies a 60% price increase but at least it’s something.
Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 5:30 pm by Bethany Aston
Hi Shin-Ra, there’s 8 new levels in total which is mentioned above. 4 of which are new and exclusive to you guys. Hope this clears things up and thanks for your post.
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Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 4:33 pm by MordecaiHunter
monoliet you’re posts are a joy to try and read them
£3.19 for PSM game is greedy ‘imo’
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Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 4:53 pm by Nazar_Ops
I would buy this, if only PSmobile was available over here.. But nope, apparently Sony dosent care about the others except UK and US.
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Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 5:51 pm by vonhammer
Is there no way these can be ported over to the PS3.I understand it’s PS Mobile,but I’d of thought Sony would of made it possible to include home console support with it.
I understand why touch heavy games couldn’t be done on a PS3,but this seems perfect for a controller.
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Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 6:16 pm by FBZ1501
Massive Amiga fan and Alien Breed is one of my all time faves. So I will be getting this for my Vita on day one!
Would love the other AN games like Tower Assault to make it over to, plus many over Amiga classics!
Any chance of this getting a trophy patch when they are released to PSM games??
Either way I can’t wait to play this again, the extra new levels are a bonus. Wonder how the new graphics will compare to the originals?
I loved the look of Tower Asault with its AGA A1200 graphics but I’m sure the original AB will look cool still.
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Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 6:54 pm by SirTodge
This looks like it could be my first PSM purchase. Good job!
Have you any plans for other Team17 classics or was this just a one off?
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Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 7:00 pm by ZACHSP8
when trophies are given to psm game, are you going to patch it for trophies?
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Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 7:15 pm by kivi95
Please bring a Worms game to PSVITA!!!
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Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 8:13 pm by Topov81
Gutted, no Playstation mobile for me.
I was hoping this would be a PSN/mini release. Like many others I’d love to see a retro Team 17 compilation, featuring the likes of Superfrog, Tower Assault, Project X, Quak, F17 Challenge, ATR, Overdrive etc.
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Posted on 9 November, 2012 at 10:29 pm by monoliet
MordecaiHunter =3.99 € not £
jes i now i talk very smooth french engels vlaams
tekst = not mi ting , very sory
3.99€ to old game ore minis like flower ore burn the rope = i buy
new games like ac =59.99€ ore le edition +- 69.99 €
far cry 3 = insane edition 79.95
hitman = 49.90 €
so i not tink i am greedy , some games are worth 3-5 €
others 59€ other more
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Posted on 10 November, 2012 at 3:09 am by lagunareturns
Yes talk about the extra levels and not about the reason for price increase… Great job guys (note I am being sarcastic)
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Posted on 10 November, 2012 at 7:29 am by infernalmonkey1
Can’t wait to see how much this PSM game breaks the exchange rate when it comes to the Australian price. It must be pretty bad if the publisher isn’t listing it anywhere.
I’m betting about $12 AUD.
Still, game looks really good. I loved the original.
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Posted on 10 November, 2012 at 9:47 am by Lejenko
oh i remember this all though’s years ago, for a moment i thought it was a game i remember called Die Alien Slime on the good old amstrad, man that game was hard lol
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Posted on 10 November, 2012 at 10:01 pm by niwrA
Great to see this game again, look forward to playing this (whenever PSM makes it to the Netherlands) and hopefully many others like it on the Vita, as since it has buttons and sticks and the screen is fast enough to match good old CRT, it’s kind of perfect for reliving these classics.
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Posted on 10 November, 2012 at 11:48 pm by mJ_mSv
Still waiting for a superfrog combeback for the playstation, either a Vita or a ps3 version or both would had been awesome!
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Posted on 11 November, 2012 at 3:24 pm by Jemile
Is the new control scheme dual sticks?
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Posted on 11 November, 2012 at 8:12 pm by Noisepurge
would love to get this too but Finland is banned from buying PSM games!
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Posted on 12 November, 2012 at 12:24 am by SellKidz4Chips
~ Copy & Paste If You Agree ~
As a sign of my frustration with the store and blog staff, And anger at the way we are treated and scammed I will be boycotting the store and convincing others to do the same until you show us the respect we deserve as your paying customers.
Examples being,
– Blog staff ignoring important or useful questions.
– Replying to the same questions, sometimes on the same page.
– Inability to provide us with information (TWD, CS:GO)
– Promoting content, then on release saying its delayed.
– Promoting deals that don’t work and don’t fix (Dead Island).
– Releasing Content, then announce a discount a week later (WWE13).
– 95% of the PS2 games are garbage, release good games.
– Charging ridiculous amounts for digital games.
– Charging more than the US Store, Content should be equally priced.
– Forced to have a Singstar icon on the XMB.
– Feel free to add more
- SINGSTAR
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- AND AGAIN SINGSTAR!!!!
In the words of the late Owen Hart
“Enough is enough and its time for a change”
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Try it, you might like it!!
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Posted on 12 November, 2012 at 7:45 pm by emanuevil81
Yes! I’ll buy it at d1.
Now remake superfrog and assassin too please! Or at least alien breed tower assault that i was never able to finish.
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Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 9:44 pm by PSN-OmniusALX
I hope people realise that you don’t need a Vita or a Sony Tablet to enjoy PSM.
I’ve been enjoying a few games on PSM using my Xperia S phone! It’s brilliant to have this feature to compliment the few ‘Android’ games worthy to keep on my phone with these ‘top drawer’ PSM games!
I’m even enjoying my disc versions of the Spyro series that I OWN – I still have the original games from the PS1 days! But to have them running on my phone for a quick blast now and then is amazing!
Can’t think why Sony dropped the PS1 games from Playstation Pocket to PSM???? Granted some were showing their age, but other should have been kept and there was some that should have been released!!!
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Posted on 13 November, 2012 at 9:49 pm by PSN-OmniusALX
I’d just like to point out I don’t condone piracy in and shape or form! Any PS1 games I’m running on my phone are from the discs I OWN and have collected since the PS1 days that I didn’t trade in or get rid of due to their collectors status!!!
The PS1 had some cracking games back in the day, and I couldn’t part with them – still my PS2 slim and PS3 slim do still play them, just like my Xperia S
Back to Alien Breed – Can’t wait for tomorrow! Day 1 purchase and the good thing about PSM, it’s updated before I wake up for work at 6am!!! (it has anyway since it launched!) so no waiting like the PS3 store until late afternoon!
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