Today, June 21th, marks the 20th Anniversary of "DESTROY ALL HUMANS!" and our favorite evil alien Crypto!
This outer space adventure, which started in 2005 by the talented team at Pandemic Studios, continues to live nowdays thanks to the great people of Black Forest Games and @thqnordic.com 👽🎂🛸

Pose studies and lightning tests on the in-game 3D model of Cryptosporidium 137 for Pandemic's 2005 game "Destroy All Humans!". Definitely a great way to see how photogenic Crypto can be! 👽

It seems to have fallen into the pit of lost memories, but there was also an action-adventure mobile game "Destroy All Humans!" from THQ Wireless and Big Blue Bubble. Also released in 2005, this little game came out a month before the PS2 and Xbox versions 👽

During the early stages of "Destroy All Humans!" development, Mat Brady designed a lot of concept art and storyboards.
Here's an animatic that shows some gameplay ideas on foot, in the flying saucer and also others like the real alien mode or creatures reproducing with the DNA of abducted humans!

Featured in many concept arts, early builds, posters and even visible on the back of the Destroy All Humans! box art, the Hypno Beam was capable of hypnotizing crowds of humans making them acting like hordes of zombies fowling Crypto. Sadly, it didn't make it into the final game 👽

Pictures from a "Destroy All Humans" early build of Capitol City back in 2004. This small map, which was not intended to be in the final game, was created exclusively for the E3 presentation. Some 3D models are radically different from the final game version, some were kept, others were scrapped 👽

The distinctive white building resembles a flying saucer that has landed on its four legs (just as Crypto's UFO in "Destroy All Humans!"). Constructed near the beginning of the Space Age, the building is an example of how aeronautics, pop culture, design and architecture came together in Los Angeles

When Space Exploration Inspires Humans to Build Outer Space-Themed Buildings~ The general design and architecture of the two "futuristic" looking towers surrounding the Majestic Base main building are direct references to the Los Angeles International Airport's Theme Building

The Cassidy's Restaurant of Santa Modesta. Here's a good example how things evolved in Destroy All Humans! From the concept arts, an early 3D model and the final version (which is visible temporary in the game before being destructed permanently) 👽

Interesting screenshot of a Destroy All Humans! early build back 2004. Here's some flying saucer gameplay above a very different version of Capitol City. The map, some 3D models and destruction effects looks different from the final version of the game 🛸

DESTROY ALL HUMANS! Happy Holidays card back from December 2005. It's still up to date! With the two @thqnordic.bsky.social and Black Forest Games remakes, don't forget to give the gift of MASSIVE DESTRUCTION this holiday season! 👽🔥🛸 Happy Holidays everyone!

Interesting screenshots of a Destroy All Humans! early build back 2004. Here's some "on foot" and flying saucer gameplay above a very different version of Santa Modesta. The city was far more urbanized than the final game and some 3D models are completely different too. 👽

Another screenshots comparison between the original Destroy All Humans! (2005) by Pandemic Studios and its remake released in 2020 showing the impressive re-work of Black Forest Games on Unreal Engine 4. Santa Modesta beach looks definitely less empty and far more heavenly! 👽

Comparison screenshots between the original Destroy All Humans! (2005) by Pandemic Studios and the Black Forest Games remake released in 2020 showing pretty amazing and clever improvements / changes in Santa Modesta 👽

19 years ago, back at E3-2004, Destroy All Humans was making his public first step on mankind! 👽🛸

Three interesting screenshots of a Destroy All Humans! early build back in 2004. Here's some saucer gameplay above an early version of "Santa Modesta" which was named "Bay City" during the development of the game. Also, numerous buildings which are not in the final game can also be spotted 👽

Comparison screenshots between the original Destroy All Humans! (2005) by Pandemic Studios and the Black Forest Games remake released in 2020 showing pretty amazing and clever improvements / changes on Turnipseed Farm and Rockwell invasion sites 👽

Lot of ideas were totally scrapped in the final release of Destroy All Humans! (2005). Here's an example with this concept art for a welcoming billboard in Bay City, later renamed Santa Modesta, was never used in the game.
The "Bay City" name was later reused for the sequel 👽

For the Destroy All Humans! remake (2020) Black Forest Games did an impressive work to bring back the atmosphere of the 2005 original game. Here's an example with the "Blue Moon Drive-In" and "Bran Biscuits" billboards.