Deep Silver on the Sacred Citadel (XBLA, PSN)

Deep Silver We tell new details side-scroller Sacred Citadel in PS Blog. His release on PCIn PSN and XBLA scheduled for this year. Rupert Osher, one of the company, described what it wanted to achieve from Southend Interactive developers when creating games:

"We're big fans of the side-scrollers with fights. Over the last year there was quite a bit of high-quality games that does not go to any comparison with the "golden era" of such projects. Remember how you delayed games of the time, especially if you play them with your friends? C Sacred Citadel we would like to revive the emotions of the players. We would not only return to the ranks forgotten genre, but also set a new level of quality both for him and for the competitors.

After the start of development we thought about the best setting, and the answer was found quickly. Universe Sacred perfect for our purposes and Southlend Interactive became the first candidate to develop, because we already had the experience of working with them, and they love the game as much as we do.

As a result, we've got something extraordinary - you can visit different cities, to try out unusual force to experiment with combinations of weapons, and all this - in a simple, intuitivemechanics. You quickly learn the basic techniques and focuses on how to develop sobstennyh style battle. "

The project was implemented in an unusual visual style gipetrofirovannoy cruelty: in short, a perfect combination.You can control four unique characters, each of them will have their own combos, skills and equipment. In addition to the fights, players will be able to collect values ​​in the cities, to change weapons and the ability to pump heroes. Available both online and local co-operative.