An Epic Journey Set within the Pixelated 80s
Seize your bike, get your folks and beat again the Greed within the subsequent installment of the award-winning Kingdom Collection, Kingdom Eighties, the place the long-lasting gameplay components has been reinvented as a single-player journey with rad 80s aesthetics.
Kingdom Eighties is an ode to these summer season nights whenever you stayed up late enjoying board video games. A love letter to Saturday mornings in entrance of the TV with sugary cereals. And a throwback to when cell telephones weighed a ton and had extra buttons than one.
Kingdom Eighties will present one thing new for each seasoned Kingdom gamers and people new to the sequence. Very similar to a best-of album, the sport accommodates all the nice tracks that make up the Kingdom sequence—it’s a side-scrolling, story-driven, tower-defense recreation the place you need to handle assets and your staff, construct defenses and actually make your noggin work, attempting to determine which technique to make use of.
Along with your folks (who all have particular abilities, extra on that under) you want to recruit new companions and kit them up so that you’re able to fight evil…and run a lemonade stand.
One thing Lurks within the Neon Night time
All you wished to do was to veg out, eat an excessive amount of sweet, and watch horror films till daybreak. However as a substitute, the swarm of Greed invaded your camp, and now you need to battle it!
You play as The Chief, a younger teenager destined to save lots of your hometown, Monarch, together with your three new pals; The Wiz, The Tinkerer, and The Champ. Every has their very own particular abilities (reminiscent of repairing towers, kicking butt, and assembling a siege robotic) which are wanted to create a profitable protection technique. Collectively, you need to beat again the Greed—a dormant pressure that in some way awoke, useless set on wreaking havoc. As you delve deeper into the thriller, you’ll uncover the place everybody’s gone, the place the Greed got here from, and what they need. As you swoosh by Major Avenue in your bike, you’ll discover lots to uncover on this world packed to the brim with lore.
Retro Vibes and Lulling Synth Waves
Expertise a Kingdom recreation such as you’ve by no means seen it earlier than, in all its classic glory, because the Kingdom sequence’ traditional, iconic, handcrafted 2D artwork fashion has been amped up by neon and retro vibes.
Journey again to the pixelated 80s when headbands, tracksuits, hoodies, and sneakers dominated, and the colour beige was a no-go. Additionally, you had been nothing and not using a cool bike.
This was additionally the period of the synth, when music may make robots breakdance, and the longer term might be heard in each tune. The Kingdom Eighties OST consists by famend composer Andreas Hald and can make you are feeling such as you’re again at summer season camp when every little thing was potential, and all you wanted was your finest buddies…and maybe a soda.
Press Play and Hope to Survive
Arcades rule! That’s only a truth, and Kingdom Eighties comes with a model new recreation mode: Survival Mixtapes! This can be a traditional arcade survival recreation, with the one distinction that you simply don’t should feed the machine quarters. In 5 completely different episodes—reminiscent of “Again to the Suburbs” and “Greed, First Goo”—you need to survive progressively more durable waves of Greed monsters. Every episode comes with random mounts and sure buildings’ particular talents disabled, making every playthrough distinctive.
Your abilities will really be examined, so you need to be nifty, swift, and adaptive if you wish to survive!
Seize Your Controller!
Followers of the Kingdom sequence, tower-defense players, and people who ache to enter a time machine and head for the 80s with all its splendor and adventures are certain to like Kingdom Eighties!
Kingdom Eighties is offered now on Xbox!
Kingdom Eighties
Uncooked Fury
$11.99
Kingdom Eighties is a brand new and standalone title within the award-winning micro-strategy sequence, Kingdom. A love letter to the nostalgic days of motorcycle driving, summer season camps, and sitting round in your pajamas on a Saturday morning in entrance of the TV. You play as The Chief, a younger camp counselor who’ll have to guard their household and all the city from the relentless assault of the mysterious Greed. The younger neighbourhood children shall be at your aspect, and also you’ll additionally discover some new pals alongside the best way: The Champ, the Tinkerer, and the Wiz will lend you their abilities and assist in battle.
What’s the secret of the Crown of the Creation, and why are the Greed attempting to steal it?
New and returning Monarchs: Seize your bikes and prepare for a Summer time of Greed!
A KINGDOM GAME FOR VETERANS AND NEWCOMERS
Constructing upon the well-known mechanics within the Kingdom sequence, Kingdom Eighties provides a brand new storytelling method. Recruit the neighbourhood children and assign them roles as builders or troopers, and increase your territory whereas uncovering the secrets and techniques of your loved ones lineage, the Greed, and the Crown of Creation.
STRONGER TOGETHER
Kingdom Eighties is the story of 4 unlikely heroes and their friendship. You might be The Chief, and the destiny of the city rests in your shoulders, however you do not have to bike alone: The Champ, The Tinkerer and The Wiz will be a part of your band and enable you to within the battle with their distinctive talents.
HIT THE STREETS IN STYLE
The summer season camp is only the start! You’ll journey via completely different places by no means seen earlier than within the Kingdom sequence. Discover some contemporary wheels on the skateboard park, go to the retailers on Major Avenue, and free the New Lands Mall from the Greed; all crafted with Kingdom’s distinctive, mesmerizing pixel-art.