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Platform 360, PS3 Publisher Activision Developer Heavy Iron Studios Release Date 11/20/2012

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Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse review: lowest common denominator

By Dave Tach on Jan 02, 2013 01.02.13

Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse takes its cue from a 2009 episode of the TV show called "Road to the Multiverse," in which Stewie, the series' diabolical toddler, and Brian, the Griffin family's talking dog, travel to parallel universes. Each multiverse contains an alternate version of reality. In one universe where Christianity never existed, the Dark Ages never happened — zing! The enemies may be idiotic, but at least you have a variety of tools to take them down Players switch between control of Stewie and Brian at will, running around colorful levels and shooting hordes of enemies. The two protagonists control identically, but their weapon loadouts offer different advantages. Aside from a few bland puzzles and fetch quests, Back to the Multiverse focuses...

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Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse DLC adds new challenge, costumes, characters for $5

By Samit Sarkar on Jan 08, 2013 01.08.13

Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse received its first package of downloadable content today, Peter Griffin's Man Boob Mega Sweat Pack, which brings extra characters and costumes, along with a new scenario, into the third-person shooter. The bundle, which was released in Europe and the U.K. Dec. 20, includes four pieces of content. The Space Station Challenge pits Stewie and Chris against alien chickens and is playable solo or cooperatively. The Evil Pack provides players with the Evil Stewie costume and his machete for all game modes, as well as Evil Mayor West and his petrified cat for multiplayer and challenge modes. Stewie and Brian costumes usable in all game modes come in the Humiliation Pack. And the Opening Number Pack offers the Griffin family in their showtune-singing golden...

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Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse dev: 'If it didn't feel like 'Family Guy,' we would hate it'

By Samit Sarkar on Oct 26, 2012 10.26.12

Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse's developers at Heavy Iron Studios and Activision have gone to great lengths to make the upcoming game faithful to the long-running TV series, according to Andy Owen, lead producer on the title at Activision. "If it wasn't funny, or if Stewie shouted 'Blast!' and it was clear we'd just hired some actor to do a mediocre Stewie impression," said Owen on the PlayStation Blog, "fans would hate it. We would hate it." The game is based on "Road to the Multiverse," the eighth-season premiere episode in which bosom buddies Brian and Stewie Griffin visit various parallel universes. After seeing the episode, said Owen, the developers' "imaginations just started running wild." They were able to get Family Guy writers Mike Desilets and Anthony Blasucci to pen...

Family Guy: Back to the Multiverse Releases
North America
  • Xbox 360
    • Released 11/20/2012
    • Publisher Activision
    • Developer Heavy Iron Studios
    • Score 3.0
  • PlayStation 3
    • Released 11/20/2012
    • Publisher Activision
    • Developer Heavy Iron Studios
    • Score 3.0
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