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For Immediate Release on 16
th Oct.
AirBuccaneers is a multiplayer airship pirate game with
shamanistic Buccaneers and infamous Vikings fighting over
domination of the North. This cooperative 1st person game requires
seamless teamwork and strategic battle skills. AirBuccaneers is a
PC game powered by Unity 4.
--AirBuccaneers has a heavy emphasis on teamwork where speed and
battle are the focus but tactics are the key to success. Game
consists of intense air battles where airship armadas fight against
each other in berserk frenzy. We will open the mythical story of
the game during beta phase. In brief the Vikings blame the
Buccaneers who, according to old sagas, once let the magic escape
from their hands. The hatred just keeps adding up, leading the two
rival tribes to even fiercer and epic battles, says Tony Manninen,
CEO of game studio LudoCraft Ltd.
The game has just been greenlit on the second set to Steam, a
hugely popular digital distribution platform for PC players. Steam
Greenlight was launched in August 2012 by Valve. Its main purpose
is to find new games by letting the Steam community vote for their
favourites, and AirBuccaneers was selected to be among the first 31
published games.
New features in Beta:
- Redefined gameplay mechanics
- AI enemies (Octopuses flying airships!)
- New gameplay mode: Attack & Defend
- Character development with role-based class system and
Perk/Flaw system
- Character customization with armour
- Expanded storyline and world history
- Completely new HUD and menu
The version 1.0 of the game will be released by the end of
2012.
Additional information:
www.airbuccaneers.com
Beta trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB7yjvlFBVY
What is LudoCraft
LudoCraft is a game studio located in Oulu, Finland. LudoCraft
has received awards from several game development competitions,
including the Make Something Unreal competition and the Independent
Game Festival. The studio has over 10 years of experience in
designing original and unique games. The LudoCraft team is not
afraid to experiment and use their ability to see and do things
differently from the mainstream.
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