Attack of the Killer Rabbids From Outer Space

Attack of the Killer Rabbids From Outer Space
Published by	Ubisoft
Developed by	Ubisoft Montpellier
Directed by	Florent Sacré
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Art by	Florent Sacré, Guillaume Arvieu
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Release date	2011 (cancelled)
Genre	First-person shooter, survival horror
Gameplay mode	Single player (possibly multiplayer)
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Platforms	Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
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Attack of the Killer Rabbids From Outer Space is the name of a cancelled Rabbids game.

Development

The development of the game started in 2010. Ubisoft Montpellier, who also worked on several Rayman and Rabbids games, was in charge of the project. It was meant to be a first-person shooter and survival horror game, and the release was planned for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.

Although the game was cancelled, a substantial amount of concept art was created. It depicts a post-apocalyptic Earth under attack by extra-terrestrial monsters related to the Rabbids, although they did not originate from the Glade of Dreams. Their appearance is also significantly more gruesome, with yellow eyes (or no eyes at all), sharp teeth, clawed fingers and a tail like that of a rat.

Killer Rabbids mastered an advanced technology, including rayguns, flying saucers and war machines. Unlike their regular counterparts, their violence was not mitigated by the cartoonish tone of the game and they would not hesitate to savagely kill humans.

In addition to the common alien Rabbids, the game featured other types of enemies, such as a larger Rabbid equipped with a whip, or gigantic Rabbids.

The player would control a human fighting killer Rabbids with various weapons, whether realistic (revolver, shotgun) or fantasist (electric gun, freeze gun). The presence of several humans in the concept art, from two to four, suggests that the game may have featured a multiplayer mode.

However, the developers eventually rejected the idea of monstrous Rabbids, fearing it would harm their public image, and replaced them with different aliens, renaming the game Attack of the Killer Freaks From Outer Space. The new enemies, called Freaks, were smaller than alien Rabbids, with a reptilian—and less cartoony—appearance. The game would take place in a devastated London, with a confirmed multiplayer mode, a "run and gun" gameplay and a scoring system. The release was planned for the Wii U, as a launch title.

The developers however still weren't satisfied, as the Freaks' small size forced the player to constantly watch the ground. Moreover, the game made little use of the Wii U's GamePad. Eventually, the alien attack was replaced with a zombie outbreak, and the game became ZombiU, released in November 2012. It is also a first-person shooter and survival horror game, takes place in a post-apocalyptic London, but the final gameplay makes ample use of the Wii U's GamePad.

Gallery

Concept art

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  Concept art of a giant alien rabbid and alien rabbids in flying saucers.
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  Concept art of a giant alien rabbid.
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  Concept art of the humans the player would control.
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  Concept art of two soldiers fighting alien rabbids.
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  Concept art of a soldier fighting a tripod destroying a city.
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  Concept art of a basic alien rabbid.
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  Concept art of a shielded alien rabbid.
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  Early box art for Attack of the Killer Freaks From Outer Space.
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  Concept art of a Freak.
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  Concept art of various Freaks.
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  Concept art of big Tyrannosaurus-like Freak.
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  Concept art of a Freak's flesh and insides.
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  Concept art of a Freak.

Artworks

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  3D model for alien rabbids.
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  3D model for alien rabbids.
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  3D model for alien rabbid.
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  3D model for alien rabbid.
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  Two alien rabbids.
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  Two alien rabbids.
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  Artwork of a revolver, one of the game's weapons.
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  Humoristic artwork of Homer Simpson facing alien rabbids. He is holding the revolver pictured on the left.
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  An alien rabbid shot by a firearm.
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  An alien rabbid electrocuted by one of the game's weapons.
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  An alien rabbid liquefied by one of the game's weapons.
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  An alien rabbid burned by one of the game's weapons.
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  An alien rabbid frozen by one of the game's weapons.
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  The dismembered corpse of an alien rabbid.
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  Artwork of a Freak.

External links

• E3 2011 trailer for Attack of the Killer Freaks From Outer Space
• CGI trailer for Attack of the Killer Freaks From Outer Space
• Article about Attack of the Killer Rabbids From Outer Space on Unseen64