If you’ve read the Rocketmen: Axis of Evil introduction from producer Robert Hamiter, or have seen some of the coverage its received on various gaming sites and blogs, you already know some of the cool things about the game. If you visited our booth at Comic-Con in July, you may have even had a chance to try out an early version of the game. If you want to know more, or haven’t heard about it at all but want to see why it’s going to be one of the coolest downloadable shooters when it comes out, then keep reading.

Note that all screenshots are work-in-progress.

First things first. Rocketmen is a simple two-stick shooter, multiplayer co-op with up to 4 players locally or online. There’s a ton of character customization and upgrading and leveling up. It’s based on a WizKids card-based game property, and should be out later this year for both Xbox LIVE Arcade and PlayStation Network.

Character customization is something that we’re starting to see more and more in games, but this new standard hasn’t really made its way to download-only titles. But I think Rocketmen is really leading the way in this regard, adding a lot more variety and value to the download model. You select your character’s name gender, race (Rebel, Venus, Mars), class (Warrior, Engineer, Outcast), hair color, skin color, and your clothing’s secondary color. And that’s just for starters.

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