NCSOFT's character-based battlefield brawler Battle Crush is coming to Switch on 27th June 27 in Early Access form with cross-play enabled with the Steam, Google Play, and Apple App Store versions.
This free-to-play "MOBA + Battle Royale + Brawl" hybrid supports up to 30 players across its various modes, with "unique action skills inspired by mythical legends."
We're also told that the game "is slated to unveil a new trailer at the highly anticipated annual gaming show, Summer Game Fest 2024," so we'll update this post with the new trailer once it's live. In the meantime, the one above is the recently posted Season 1 cinematic trailer. [Update: The trailer is now in, with the cinematic one at the bottom of the page.]
Here's some more info from the PR giving some context to the brawling and smiting and general carnage, plus some screens of the Switch version:
BATTLE CRUSH offers a thrilling action battle brawler where players fight to be the last one standing on ever-shrinking battlefields, filled with enemies. You will be able to pick a champion from various playable characters, known as Calixers, ranging from gods to mythological creatures and other urban legends to dominate the arena and overwhelm your enemies. Put your skill set to the test through different Calixers that offer unique play styles to choose from. Strike down your foes and be crowned victorious in the heat of an epic battle!
If you're interested, you can pre-register on the Google and Apple stores or via the official website to collect a rewards bundle for when the game launches. According to the PR, "Players who pre-register through the official website will also receive Freyja weapon skin as a bonus item."
It's difficult to say how NCSOFT will set this apart from the many and various free-to-play offerings on the eShop, but it's certainly a colourful offering and looks to have solid bones. We'll find out more at the end of June.
Like the look of this one enough to investigate exactly what a Freyja weapon skin looks like? Let us know in the usual place.
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I am getting tired of all the League Of Legends, Fortnite, Overwatch or Diablo clones we've seen lately. They are uninspiring and quite boring. We do need more unique games..
No thanks.
Free 2 Play games + MOBA + Micro transactions = Recipe of terrible games.
@sanderev
Sadly it's what prints money. Chasing trends is the current state of the industry. I wouldn't be surprised if this game shuts down within a year of its release like Omega Strikers did and I loved Omega Strikers.
So how many months are new IP free-to-plays lasting these days? 8? 12?
That was a well animated trailer… but next to nothing to do with actual gameplay probably.
Especially worrying when the screenshots are 3 pictures of menus and one underwhelming picture of actual gameplay…
@sanderev No worries! I have a very diverse and extensive list you can choose from:
Soulslike
Roguelite
Metroidvania
Animation looks really good and the art style is cute. Unfortunately, as long as it's laden with "f2p" "battlepass" and "microtransactions" I'm steering clear
I LOVE it when game trailers don't show any actual gameplay.
@WaffleRaptor01 Those were the previous year's boring games.
@InnerSound Indie games:
1. 2D platformer
2. farming sim
3. 2d platforming farming sim
4. Yes we can make a Diablo clone as well
5. We can even put 2D platforming and farming in our Diablo clone.
6. Has someone cloned Pokémon already? Yes, We did!
7. ...and we added farming.
hold on this screams paladins to me in the sense that its a ripoff of a super popular multiplayer game, but this cases' being LoL. I love these goofy ripoff games, theyre just so interesting and it helps that the asking price is nothing
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