Get your dose of Shaolin style beat 'em up action in the upcoming 9 Monkeys Of Shaolin

Russia based Sobaka Studio have come up with a new nostalgia inducing beat 'em up title called '9 Monkeys Of Shaolin'. The game will be making its way to a wide variety of platforms including PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch in fall 2018.

The game is set in medieval China where a fisherman, Wei Cheng, goes up against a band of raiders who have destroyed his village and slaughtered his loved ones. Your primary weapon in this adventure would be your trusty staff and you will be performing cool martial arts moves on your foes in an environment laced with destructible objects. While this all very exciting to us, the fact that the game also supports co-op gameplay is just like icing on the cake. Two players can share the screen by either being present on the same system or via online co-op.

The art style is somewhat minimalistic and the game looks pretty great as of now. On the gameplay front, you will have the ability to choose between 3 types of combat - land, air & magic. The game will also offer players a sense of progression both in terms of story as well as gameplay. You follow Cheng as he evolves from a simple fisherman to a Shaolin master. As you progress in the game, new abilities, items and perks will be unlocked. There will be 25 levels that range from pirate ships to Chinese villages to Japanese mansions and more.

The game will be published by Buka Entertainment and will be available in English and Russian although the developers do hope to add more languages.

2D side scrolling beat 'em up game, Way Of The Passive Fist to release on March 6, 2018

'Way Of The Passive Fist', a throwback 90s styled side scrolling beat 'em up game is set to launch on March 6, 2018 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles and on will launch on Steam for PC just a day after. Developed and published by Household Games Inc., the game puts you in the shoes of a mysterious Wanderer roaming the planet Zircon V.

As the name suggests, the protagonist uses defensive abilities like parrying, dodging and deflecting in order to tire the opponents and then strike. You build up combos as you parry attacks and then unleash fatal counterattacks at the right moment. The game offers you the ability to set the difficulty level but not in the conventional preset sense. Instead you can customize your difficulty by messing with a few sliders that increase or decrease things like the enemy strength, number of encounters, resourcefulness and more.

The Wanderer gets a mech arm that absorbs then energy from incoming attacks and allows you to unleash cool looking offensive abilities and even grab and throw opponents. This arm can also be used to interact with the objects in the surroundings that can reveal secrests and even tactical advantage.

The art style, 2D graphics and soundtrack all attribute to the nostalgic feeling that you will get just by looking at the trailer that has been masterfully synced to fight sounds.

Soul switching, dungeon crawling, beat 'em up game, Soul Grabber launched on Steam

Indie game developer, Masthead Studios is launching their beat’em up dungeon adventure game 'Soul Grabber' on PC today. The game is available on the Steam and while it has been priced $1.99 (Rs 85), you can get it for just Rs 75 if you buy it before February 5. The game is currently still under development and is available under the Early Access program.

The looks of the game are sure to bring some nostalgia to the player, mixing 3D elements with a 2D canvas. While the setting is grim, the scenery is odly colourful (and we liked that!). Soul Grabber mixes the quintessential button hitter formula with randomized dungeon crawling and exploration. Play the role of an archeologist who is trapped in a devastated universe and possess the body of your skillful enemies – deadly beasts, fearsome demons and many other gruesome creatures– to find the way to break the spell.

“With Soul Grabber we are twisting the classic beat’em genre by featuring the body-swap skill which will give you the power to fight as if you were one of the bad guys” says Orlin Dutskinov, Creative Producer at Masthead Studios. “The current game is a neat game, but it will evolve into a longer and deeper adventure as the project gets closer to it’s full release”.

Soul Grabber contains dozens of distinct enemies whose bodies can be possessed by your character. Explore 3 demonized areas and conquer the netherworld by defeating terrifying bosses in your attempt to escape from destiny. You also create your own story and experience as you progress through the game due to its randomly generated dungeons.