GMU Blastmaster Battle

GMU Blastmaster Battle

Studio 410 · October 31, 2024 · Action, Arcade, Sports, Puzzle Platformer, 2.5D

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7 user reviews86% · 7
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GMU Blastmaster Battle price

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About GMU Blastmaster Battle

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GMU Blastmaster Battle is a colorful Bomberman-style battle game where up to four players compete locally or online, blasting through arenas with power-ups and special bomb types across three themed stages. It stands out with customizable game modes that twist the classic formula, overhauled tutorials with instructional videos, and win tracking to crown your group's reigning champion.

GMU Blastmaster Battle by Studio 410 is a colorful reimagining of the classic Bomberman formula with a healthy dose of GMU spirit. Play as one of four GMU-themed characters and blast your way to victory using a multitude of powerups over three beautiful stages!

Here are some features to expect from Blastmaster Battle:

- Fight Your Friends: Up to four players can play via keyboard or controller in local PvP or virtually through a third party such as Parsec. Only XBOX or similar controllers are supported; button 1 is A, button 2 is B. Back is the Start button.

- Gamemodes: The major gameplay change that's being implemented in v1.1 is the addition of optional gamemodes. They can do many things, from changing small stuff like what drops when to big things like starting a match with no blocks or even changing bomb types every couple seconds! They can be disabled in settings for the classic Blastmaster experience.

- Tutorials: We've completely overhauled the tutorial screen, adding looping instructional videos introducing the bomb types, powerups, and general ways to play.

- Win Tracking: For everyone doing those sick all-night Blastmaster LAN parties, the game tracks who has won the most games with a nifty little crown floating above their character. Now you'll know exactly who to gang up on in the next match!

And more!

GMU Blastmaster Battle — game info

Platforms
Windows
Player modes
Online PvP, Split screen
Controller
Full controller support
PC Game Pass
Not included

What Steam players say

Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.

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GMU Blastmaster Battle is a Bomberman-inspired game that receives mixed feedback primarily centered on its dead player population and limited appeal. Players praise the character design, animations, and gamepad support, but criticize the lack of meaningful single-player content and absence of an active community that makes the multiplayer-focused experience unplayable as intended. The game appears to be designed as an in-joke for George Mason University students, leaving it of questionable value for the general gaming audience.

Recommended Jul 10, 2025
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Not recommended Dec 31, 2025
[quote][b]Note: Dead PvP game[/b] This game contains no meaningful single player content. There's no viably populated servers/active player population. This game cannot be played as intended.[/quote] This is an unabashed, and probably copyright infringing ripoff of Bomberman (copyright Konami, 1983). As previous lawsuits such as The Tetris Company LLC vs Xio Interactive show, it's copyright infringement when someone steals someone else's entire game, which is what happened here. This is basically an in-joke from George Mason University, designed solely for people at that university, and thus has zero value for anyone else in the entire world. I guess the first and last thing they teach the kids at GMU is "you are the main character so don't worry about polluting the world with garbage about you that nobody else cares about". So, "GMU Blastmaster Battle" is a dead PvP game. Why did it fail? It's video game autopsy time! [i]Almost every PvP exclusive game on Steam fails.[/i] Only a tiny proportion of them "go viral". This game failed for many of the same reasons those others fail. The chief of which is the developer thinking that their game will "go viral" without actu…
2 found this helpful
Recommended May 16, 2025
Very nice game, defo try out the 153 mode
1 found this helpful
Recommended Dec 31, 2024
Very nice drawing, and very nice animation. I really liked how the characters were drawn. That is, yes, and I really praise the game for the design itself, no matter what happens in it. I also liked that there is full support for gamepads.
1 found this helpful

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