Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved

Geometry Wars, originally created by Bizarre Creations as a minigame within Project Gotham Racing 2, has since been released for Microsoft Windows as Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved on the Steam content delivery network. The objective of Geometry Wars is to survive as long as possible and score as many points as possible by destroying an ever-increasing swarm of enemies. The game is set on a rectangular playfield and the player controls a claw-shaped "ship" that can move in any direction using the left thumbstick and fire in any direction independently using the right thumbstick. Players also have a limited number of bombs that can be detonated to destroy all enemies on the playfield. As the game progresses, players can earn extra lives and additional bombs at set score increments, and the primary weapon changes at regular intervals (every 10,000 points). Additionally, enemies spawn in progressively larger quantities and at greater frequency as the game progresses. If an enemy touches the player's ship, the ship explodes and a life is lost, along with any multiplier built up by the number of enemies killed in that life. The game ends when the player runs out of lives.