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July 2, Moscow. Snowbird Game Studios announced
today the new naval action-RPG called
Caribbean! The game is set in XVII century’s
Caribbean region, whose unspeakable riches drew many European
powers and pirates into the great fight. The game lets player
decide their own role and goals and to create their own pirate
adventure. Filled with spectacular and brutal sea battles, boarding
fights, duels, political intrigues and, of course, piracy,
Caribbean! contains everything you ever wanted to
have in a videogame about the Golden Era of Piracy.
The game is developed by
Snowbird Game Studios (creators of
Mount & Blade: With Fire & Sword title) in
close cooperation with the developers of the original Mount &
Blade game –
TaleWorlds Entertainment. Using the improved Mount
& Blade: With Fire and Sword game engine,
Caribbean! offers one of the most engaging melee
battles system and advanced horse-riding mechanics, including some
exciting new features:
- Sea battles with intuitive and easy control system;
- The real-time boarding fights that throw player in the centre
of the action;
- Detailed management and customization of both the fleet and the
crew;
- Complex siege system allowing the players to storm forts,
harbors or entire cities;
- Different kinds of artillery: shipboard cannons, mortars and
howitzers;
- Random events system that keeps players question their
decisions during their voyage;
- True ‘Carribean’ atmosphere of the vast and
dangerous world;
- Unique NPCs whose design based on the real historical
figures;
- Various multiplayer modes featuring the sea and land battles,
boarding and sieges.
The PC release of the game is scheduled for the Autumn of
2012.
About Snowbird Game Studios
Snowbird Game Studios (aka Snowbird Games) is a small game
development studio with offices in Moscow and Kiev. The studio
employees were previously responsible for developing and launching
such products as
Combat Mission: Afghanistan and
Mount & Blade™: With Fire & Sword. Right now
the company has 2 games in production: an action-RPG
Caribbean! and a fantasy turn-based strategy
Eador. Masters of the Broken World.
For more information about the game please contact
Vladimir.Tortsov@SnowbirdGames.com
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