Industry veterans who worked on games such as Quake IV, Homeworld or Anarchy Online have created a studio called Frozen Codebase that is currently
working on developing a sweet little title for the Xbox Arcade - Elements of Destruction. Based on the concept that anything can be destroyed by the forces of nature, the game plans to bring a true destructible environment and seems in need of an engine good enough to make it happen.
Elements of Destruction represents one of the genre-crossing titles that have been created using the Vicious Engine. The game allows players to create lightning, tornadoes, earthquakes, plus many other forces of nature, blow buildings apart and generally create mayhem in towns, cities and the countryside. Head to head destruction modes are available, where you are able to test your skills against an opponent and try to find out who can cause the most damage, or you could go a bit more personal in the Double Cross mode and try to be the last man standing.
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Level select
You will have to hold B + L + Select during the first intermission sequence to unlock all levels.
Unlimited energy
You will have to pause game play, then hold Y + L + Right + Select to get unlimited energy. Please note that enabling this code will not allow awards to be unlocked. Also, this code is only active for the current level.
Unlimited time
You will have to pause game play, then hold X + R + Down + Select in order to have unlimited time. Please note that enabling this code will not allow awards to be unlocked. Also, this code is only active for the current level.
Here is a bit of crazy strategy and tornado wreckage from the DS handheld version of Elements of Destruction, the game which is also available for Xbox 360 consoles: