Pre-order Shoulders of Giants right this moment on the Xbox Retailer, accessible January 26
After nearly three years of improvement, we’re overjoyed to announce that Shoulders of Giants is now accessible for pre-order. The sport shall be launched on January 26, 2023, on Xbox! Take a look at the latest trailer above that includes a mixture of single-player and co-op mayhem.
One of many very first concepts we had once we began making Shoulders of Giants, was the silhouette of a smaller character driving on the again of a a lot greater character. After which we thought, what for those who might management each of those characters directly? 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 break up up kinds of fight between these characters, one character does all of the melee, and is a giant highly effective mech? And the opposite character perched atop its again a small, nimble, gun wielding frog?
As soon as we discovered this mix, 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 enormous followers of science fiction, and knew we needed a world the place there was a darkish power these heroes needed to overcome, the basic theme of darkish versus mild. However how might we really take this theme and create an interactive approach for the participant to expertise it?
We imagined after an intense boss battle having your entire world remodel from barren and darkish, to vibrant, lush and energetic in a cinematic approach. We experimented with real-time methods the participant might do that, and located it to be enjoyable and thrilling and it turned a pillar of the gamers skills.
Talking of skills, the final core thought behind the sport was that we needed 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, an enormous stomping shoe, a surfable defend, and far more. The core fight is all about experimenting with totally different combos of apparatus to seek out that incredible combo that retains issues feeling recent and thrilling.
Whereas fight is the primary gameplay pillar, we knew that we needed 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 power 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 option 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.
When you can customise your individual frog and robotic with dozens of cosmetics which are unlockable in-game, the 4 above can solely be acquired as a bonus for pre-ordering the sport:
This pre-order bonus consists of 4 coloration units, so that you and as much as three co-op associates can save the universe in model proper from the beginning of the sport.
Even higher, the sport is 20% off throughout this pre-order interval. For extra data, take a look at the sport’s retailer web page and official web site, or be a part of our discord.
Shoulders of Giants
Shifting 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 good friend, or as a part of a four-person workforce, slicing by way of waves of enemies on a quest to rescue the galaxy!
The forces of Entropy are spreading chaos by way of the celebrities, corrupting dwelling planets and urging on the warmth demise of the universe. Led by the psychic Owl, one scrappy workforce of area survivors are combating to revive the stability. A mysterious mech! A sharpshooting amphibian! Collectively they have to minimize by way of waves of enemies and restore mild and life to the galaxy!
Pre-order the sport for entry to limited-edition dye units with particular visible results. Dazzle your pals!