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Jump Stars Announced for Christmas
Thursday, September 22nd, in the year of our Lord 2016: Put
away Monopoly, hide Charades – this Christmas, families all
around the world will be settling down to a game of Hunger
Pains, Stomp and TNT Tag thanks to Jamit Games’ frantic new
party game Jump Stars.
Coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC this December, Jump
Stars shakes up the party game genre with a twist so clever it’s
a crime no-one has thought of it before.
A multiplayer game through and through, Jump Stars introduces
simultaneous competitive and cooperative objectives, tasking
players with meeting certain goals for the good of the party –
whilst ensuring that their individual achievements will see them
emerge on top.
The game comes complete with a selection of unique mini games,
each of which wraps a simple premise around a devious twist to
create levels which’ll have players howling with delight.
For example: In Cool Aid, competitors must stand on snow spots
to keep their cool in a stage that’s set ablaze – it turns out
that if your character starts to look like a s’more that’s
fallen into the fire, you’re in trouble! Tailspin sees teammates
jumping over a giant rotating arm in near perfect unison, but
falling out of this rhythmic jumping harmony can prove hazardous
to a player’s health – some would say fatal. Hunger Pains plays
out like a platforming pie eating contest, as contestants dash
across the level consuming pies to stop themselves from
shrinking into nothingness. And that’s not to mention The
Gauntlet – a sprawling level filled with opportunity to win big…
or lose bigger.
Proceedings are overseen by the fiendishly ominous Host, who
ensures viewers are kept up to date with proceedings – and
depending on his rather “split” mood, he may reward your
successes with praise, or throw a wildcard into the mix to boost
his ratings!
“We’re huge fans of the party game genre, and we wanted to
create something with a twist to the party platformer
experience,” says Jordan Morris, creative director, Jamit Games.
“For us, the dynamism of co-operative and competitive play is
what makes Jump Stars stand out from the crowd. That constant
uncertainty of when your teammates might turn against you, and
when should you turn against your teammates. That’s what we
love, and that’s what still makes us laugh in the studio when we
play it, and we hope it’s that uncertainty that families will
love about it this Christmas.”
Jump Stars features:-
· 2 to 4 single-screen multiplayer gameplay
· 10 unique mini games to master
· Over 20 characters to choose from
· Co-operate with strangers to become friends
· Compete with friends and become strangers
· Unreal Engine 4-powered visuals
Jump Stars will be published by Curve Digital this December for
PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. No word on a physical copy of
this game at this time. Families are required to pay for
Internet usage fees to download this game. For more information
click
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