The Maw Hits Xbox Live Arcade Next Week

January 13, 2009 8:00 AM

While this week's Xbox Live Arcade release is still a mystery, developer Twisted Pixel has announced that its downloadable effort The Maw will hit Xbox 360 next week.

Slated to arrive on Wednesday, January 21 at 800 Microsoft Points ($10), The Maw is an action-adventure game in which players run, jump, and feed their blob of a companion. Much like some other pink blob, The Maw can "absorb the traits of anything he eats."

Weighing in at a mere 150MB, the game utilizes 85:1 compression technology. Without that, the developer told Xbox 360 Fanboy, the download would be around 2GB.

Chris Faylor

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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January 13, 2009 8:02 AM

Apparently 85:1 compression isn't very accurately named.
- killerbeej
  
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  January 13, 2009 8:18 AM
  
  Well the assets that are compressed probably don't make up the full amount of the game. If you figure 2,000MB minus 150MB you get 1850MB difference. Divide by 84 (1 unit is already in the 150MB) to get 22.02MB. That's the part of the 150MB that is compressed. The other 127.98 isn't.
  
  127.98 + (85*22.02) = 1,999.68MB (rounding did occur)