Alien Hominid was the first title from one of our favorite developers, Behemoth. Available on Xbox Live Arcade in stunning high definition, Alien Hominid HD is quite an experience. We'll give you the scoop on the old school co-op in our review!

Major Nelson is reporting that this week's XBox Live Deal of the Week is none other than Alien Hominid HD.  The game sports a two player co-op mode through the campaign both online and off.  There's also four player co-op mini-games available online and off.

Alien Hominid HD usually costs 800 MS Points ($10) but is on sale for 400 MS Points ($5).  This deal is valid for Gold Members only.

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August has been a month of casual or arcade games for me. I've either been busy or sick, so they fill a nice niche for me. So, the approach of Castle Crashers has me excited, and since it's still a week from release, I had to satisfy my arcade game craving. Thankfully, The Behemoth (the Castle Crashers dev team) already had it covered. After all, they have made another XBLA game, and it features co-op. The game I'm speaking about is Alien Hominid HD.

I played the Flash version of Alien Hominid a while back and found it to be a solid game. It had cool art, fun gameplay, and a generally funny vibe. Naturally the XBLA version of the game has all the greatness of its predecessor, along with many useful additions, like co-op and a bunch of cool minigames. The "HD" in the title of the game certainly means something, since the game is much more crisp and vibrant than the Flash version and the last gen version (which came out on Gamecube, PS2, and Xbox). But what's the co-op version like? Pretty much single player with another player thrown in. However, that's not a bad thing, not at all.

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