Pre-order Shoulders of Giants at present on the Xbox Retailer, obtainable January 26
After nearly three years of improvement, we’re overjoyed to announce that Shoulders of Giants is now obtainable for pre-order. The sport will likely be launched on January 26, 2023, on Xbox! Take a look at the most recent trailer above that includes a mixture of single-player and co-op mayhem.
One of many very first concepts we had after we began making Shoulders of Giants, was the silhouette of a smaller character using on the again of a a lot greater character. After which we thought, what when you may management each of those characters without delay? How would that work? Would that be enjoyable?
It took a whole lot of experimentation and prototyping to seek out the candy spot, and an expertise that felt recent but acquainted. We thought, what if we cut up up kinds of fight between these characters, one character does all of the melee, and is an enormous highly effective mech? And the opposite character perched atop its again a small, nimble, gun wielding frog?
As soon as we discovered this mixture, we knew we had discovered the core of the sport. The following query we requested ourselves was, what kind of world would these characters be in? What would their aim be within the sport?
We’ve got all the time been large followers of science fiction, and knew we wished a world the place there was a darkish drive these heroes needed to overcome, the basic theme of darkish versus gentle. However how may we really take this theme and create an interactive method for the participant to expertise it?
We imagined after an intense boss battle having your complete world remodel from barren and darkish, to vibrant, lush and vigorous in a cinematic method. We experimented with real-time methods the participant may do that, and located it to be enjoyable and thrilling and it turned a pillar of the gamers talents.
Talking of talents, the final core concept behind the sport was that we wished Shoulders of Giants to really feel like a colourful playground with an enormous arsenal of sci-fi devices and weapons for the participant to discover and tinker with.
Gamers encounter weapons and talents like a firework-shooting grenade launcher, a large stomping shoe, a surfable defend, and rather more. The core fight is all about experimenting with totally different mixtures of kit to seek out that incredible combo that retains issues feeling recent and thrilling.
Whereas fight is the primary gameplay pillar, we knew that we wished a narrative for the sport to happen in and for the characters and world to really feel grounded too. The forces of entropy have taken over the universe, it’s the gamers job to fight this darkish drive and to revive order and stability again to the universe.
As you beat extra ranges and save extra worlds from the forces of entropy, you’ll construct up your warmth meter, permitting you to entry more and more tough ranges. As you move sure warmth thresholds, you’ll unlock particular story boss encounters as you make your method to the ultimate boss.
Alongside the best way, you’ll purchase new weapons for each Froggie and the heroic Robotic of the Galaxy in addition to new items of armor, XP to spend in your talent tree, and dyes to additional customise the look of your characters.
Whilst you can customise your individual frog and robotic with dozens of cosmetics which can be unlockable in-game, the 4 above can solely be acquired as a bonus for pre-ordering the sport:
This pre-order bonus contains 4 shade units, so that you and as much as three co-op mates can save the universe in fashion proper from the beginning of the sport.
Even higher, the sport is 20% off throughout this pre-order interval. For extra info, take a look at the sport’s retailer web page and official web site, or be a part of our discord.
Shoulders of Giants
Transferring Items Interactive
$19.99
$15.99
Concurrently management a sword-wielding robotic and a gunslinging area frog in Shoulders of Giants, an explosively colourful sci-fi roguelike. Play alone, with a pal, or as a part of a four-person crew, slicing by waves of enemies on a quest to rescue the galaxy!
The forces of Entropy are spreading chaos by the celebs, corrupting residing planets and urging on the warmth demise of the universe. Led by the psychic Owl, one scrappy crew of area survivors are combating to revive the stability. A mysterious mech! A sharpshooting amphibian! Collectively they have to lower by waves of enemies and restore gentle and life to the galaxy!
Pre-order the sport for entry to limited-edition dye units with particular visible results. Dazzle your folks!
