Acclaim's original 3D platformer is coming to the Xbox, GameCube, and PlayStation 2. Check out our updated impressions of the Xbox version of the game.

It may seem like platform games have been all the rage with developers recently, and based upon the number of games in the genre that have been announced in the past few weeks, most people would be inclined to agree. It's true that if you're trying to create for your company an indelible image that everyone will remember, developing a platformer featuring a memorable mascot is probably the best way to go about it. Acclaim has decided to do just that and try something new at the same time with Vexx, a free-roaming 3D platformer for the Xbox, GameCube, and PlayStation 2.

Vexx is a dark and edgy character who looks like a mutated human of some sort with a large, clawlike apparatus attached to each arm. As the game begins, Vexx's grandfather is killed right in front of his eyes by an evil being called Dark Yabu. Believing he's the last of his kind and looking for revenge, Vexx sets out to track down Dark Yabu and deliver his own brand of justice. Along his journey, Vexx finds that he's not really the last of his race as he adventures across surrealistic lands filled with danger. Acclaim stated that the game draws its aesthetics from comic strips like Calvin and Hobbes, so