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Ironcast Porting to Xbone and PS4
January 21st, in the year of our Lord 2016:
Developer Dreadbit and Indie Games Label finalist Ripstone
Publishing announced today that their steampunk mech combat
game; Ironcast will be launching on PlayStation®4 & Xbox One
during the first week of March. The game will hit digital
shelves on 1st & 2nd March for PlayStation®4, dependent on
region, and worldwide for Xbox One players on 4th March.
Ironcast is set in an alternative Victorian history; where
refined men and women commanded gigantic mechanised war
machines, laying waste to enemies of the British Empire. As
Commanders of the Consortium of Merit, players take control of
their own 7 metre tall walking Ironcast. Gamers must face off
against an invading force of enemy Ironcast in order to defend
1880's Victorian England.
Battles are fought by generating resource nodes which in turn
drive the Ironcast's various weapons and systems. Players must
choose how to spend these nodes wisely, either offensively in
order to cripple and destroy their opponents, or defensively, if
they suspect a barrage of incoming weapon fire is due.
After the successful launch of Ironcast on PC, Mac and Linux in
March 2015, the teams received overwhelmingly positive feedback
and are excited to bring the game to PS4 & Xbox One, given both
Dreadbit’s & Ripstone’s console backgrounds.
Although Ironcast is Dreadbit’s debut title, the dev team are no
strangers to AAA game development. The team’s Lead Designer and
founder; Daniel Leaver was a Senior Designer on Media Molecule’s
Tearaway and LittleBIGPlanet series before forming Dreadbit.