Hump Day Music: Awesomenauts Theme Song

Never has there been a theme song so, dare I say, awesome, pun fully intended, than the theme song for Awesomenauts.  The whole reason I first became interested in Awesomenauts when it was showed off way back at E3 2011 was because of this epic theme song.  I would watch Awesomenauts' first trailer over and over again only to listen to the less than one minute snippet of this incredibly infectious song.  For the longest of times, all gamers heard of the Awesomenauts theme song was the snippets that played during every trailer for the game.  With the release of the full game for XBLA, PSN and PC, Ronimo Games has released the full theme song for download on the Awesomenauts web site.  The song is free to download only after promoting the game through Facebook or Twitter, an incredibly inexpensive way of getting a song and giving Ronimo Games some publicity.

The first time I listened to the Awesomenauts theme song, I loved it.  It is an incredibly infectious song that is very reminiscent of an old 80s cartoon theme song.  It is so simply and repetitive that it gets ingrained in your head.  Before you know it, you are humming the song wherever you go and singing along whenever you hear the song playing.  Personally I can listen to this song for hours on end and never grow tired of it.  The Awesomenauts theme song is that damn good.  So please take the time to listen to this gem of a song and if you like it download the song from the Awesomenauts web site.

On the Download: April 29-May 5

Another week, another round-up of downloadable games here in On the Download.  While there are a couple games I want to highlight this week.  I want to mention that there are a lot of great sales going on Steam this week.  While the sale on Bastion and Dust Force ended earlier in the day, there are sales on Batman: Arkham City, Sanctum, Elder Scrolls III and IV, Transformers: War for Cybertron and a whole bunch of indie games published by EA.  If you use Steam for downloading PC games, take a look at these amazing deals.  If you do not have Steam, maybe you should think about downloading Valve's incredible PC client.  Without further delay, let us jump into the biggest downloadable games of the week.

Lionhead Studios takes the Fable in an unnecessary direction yet again.  In order to hype up the Fable franchises' first romp on the Kinect in Fable: The Journey, Lionhead Studios has created Fable Heroes for download on XBLA.  Fable Heroes is a action-packed beat-em up set in the Fable universe.  To seperate Fable Heroes from the more mature core Fable games, Lionhead went with an incredibly cute art style.  Up to four players can work together to complete levels and defeat enemies while competing for gold, experience and unlockable items both online and offline.  Also in a way to tie Fable Heroes into Fable: The Journey, you can save the gold you earn in Fable Heroes for use in Fable: The Journey.  While I have never been high on the Fable series, Fable Heroes looks to be a 800 Microsoft Points worth spending only for hardcore Fable fans out there.

"Awesome!  Awesome!  Awesomenauts!  Awesome!  Awesome!  Awesomenauts!"  Once I first heard the amazing 80s cartoon inspired theme, Awesomenauts was one downloadable game I knew I needed to keep an eye on.  While the game is multi-player only, it still looks like one amazing concept that should definitely be checked out by all gamers.  In the long distant future, conflict has engulfed the stars as robot armies are locked in a stalemate.  A powerful group of mercenaries known as the Awesomenauts are called upon to bring an end to the stalemate.  Awesomenauts is a multi-player online arena (MOBA for short) game with elements of 2D platform games.  You can play 3-on-3 matches online.  If you do not mind sharing a screen, you can team up with two friends locally to play other teams online.  At launch, you can play as the six unique members of the Awesomenauts with more characters scheduled to be added to roster in later updates.  At 800 Microsoft Points on XBLA or 10 dollars on PSN, Awesomenauts is a great download for anybody really into multi-player games like Team Fortress 2 or DOTA.  Need more incentive to buy this game, just listen to its theme music.