A First Look at ‘Archeblade’ A New Style In Fighting Games
Archeblade is the debut title from new indie developer CodeBrush Games attempting to take the next step in the fighting games genre with this interesting re-imagining of the system moving over to a third person perspective in this free to play online title coming exclusively to the PC. It seems the market CodeBrush Games is aiming for is going to be players of classic fighting games such as Tekken and Street Fighter but will no doubt attract may gamers from the Action-RTS scene as well. CodeBrush Games founded by S.B Jin in 2008 is a South Korean based indie developer made up of 12 employees who have been developing Archeblade for almost four years with an estimated release date in March of 2013. Below is the Archeblade trailer showing some very interesting in game footage:
From the outset Archeblade will have 10 characters available, each of which will be able to perform combo skills in a similar way to that of conventional fighting games drawing on the use of nine keyboard and mouse buttons to fulfill these varied attacks. A major selling point in Archeblade is a focus on the characters strong personalities based on the novel also called Archeblade and as you would expect from a game which draws heavy influences from a novel the game will contain a strong story line engrossing the players and drawing them into the game’s world creating a very compelling gaming experience.
The battles are estimated to last only 10 – 20 minutes allowing for even the most busy and casual gamers to get in a good few games daily whilst still allowing them to have a great deal of fun with in the game, yet still allowing the more hardcore scene room to grow in a fast paced battle experience. The battlegrounds themselves will contain game modes including: Team Deathmatch, Capture the Pylon and Free for All making for a more diverse selection of battles similar to traditional FPS titles.
Archeblade looks a promising new concept in the fighting game genre drawing on new and different ideas and will be available via Steam in March of next year, there is however a closed beta running at the end of this month though the keys were snatch up in just two days of its announcement so anyone lucky enough to of received a key should enjoy looking at this new imaginative idea. For more future information on Archeblade be sure to check back to The Indie Game Magazine for news as it develops.
