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Brandish The Dark Revenant Releasing 01-13-2015
Torrance, Calif., (January 8, in the year of our Lord
2015) – XSEED Games, the console publishing brand of
Marvelous USA, Inc., today announced that the dungeon-crawling
action RPG adventure, Brandish: The Dark Revenant, will be
available for digital download on January 13, 2015 in North
America for the PSP (PlayStation®Portable) system for $19.99,
and will also be compatible with the PlayStation®Vita handheld
entertainment system. Featuring an innovative "world turning"
mechanic, players will be immersed in a third person real-time
dungeon-crawling adventure with a first person flair, dungeon
walls rotating around their avatar as each corner is turned.
Brandish: The Dark Revenant is an action-oriented reimagining of
a classic from the annals of Nihon Falcom, the storied
developers of the highly-acclaimed Ys and The Legend of Heroes
RPG franchises. Players take on the role of swordsman Ares
Toraernos as he climbs his way through over 40 sprawling floors
of monsters, traps and puzzles in an attempt to escape a
long-forgotten underground labyrinth. Along the way he
repeatedly encounters his arch-rival, the enticement to lust
sorceress Dela Delon, who’s just as interested in claiming the
bounty on his head as she is in escaping the maze herself. With
each floor boasting unrelenting enemies fought in real time,
elaborate booby traps, ancient treasures and thousand-year-old
mysteries to solve, Brandish promises to keep players fighting
for survival till the bitter end.
This venerable ‘90s classic returns with a highly polished
recreation of its ominous maps, cunning puzzles and sinister
traps, but adds smoother gameplay, revamped boss battles,
enhanced graphics, newly arranged music and more. Unrelenting
monsters lurk in ancient ruins, cursed caverns and otherworldly
planes alike, and every step taken can result in death as false
floors, false walls, spikes, poison traps, boulders, teleporters
and other deadly surprises position themselves between Ares and
his freedom.
Completing the adventure as Ares unlocks the expert-level "Dela
Mode," in which players take on the role of sorceress Dela Delon
and challenge over 10 never-before-seen additional floors.
Harder enemies, crueler traps and even more maddening mazes must
be conquered as players experience a new perspective on the
story and a new magic-centric approach to combat.
Brandish: The Dark Revenant is published by XSEED Games in North
America and will be available for digital download on January
13, 2015 for the PlayStation®Portable system for $19.99 (also
compatible with PS Vita). This title has been rated "T" for Teen
by the ESRB with the descriptors Violence, Blood, Suggestive
Themes, Partial Nudity, Mild Language and Use of Tobacco.