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[Trailer] Death is a Corporate Business in Upcoming Roguelike ‘Have a Nice Death’
A humourous roguelike where you play as the personification of Death in a corporate world? Publisher Perfect World Entertainment and developer Magic Design Studios are running with the idea in their upcoming title Have a Nice Death, which is currently in development for PC via Steam, with a March 2022 Early Access launch.
Premiering the trailer prior to The Game Awards 2021 last week, Have a Nice Death casts you as the Grim Reaper himself. Only this time, you’re a bit stressed out from work, mainly due to your employees at Death Inc., the Sorrows, having been going nuts with the reaping back on Earth, blatantly ignoring company protocol. As a result, you’ve got to restore balance and set your employees right.
You’ll trudge through the procedurally-generated departments of Death Inc. meeting your eclectic staff and handling out punishment. Along with your trusty scythe, you’ll have 30 weapons and spells to do some harvesting. And, seeing as Death can’t die, players can use what they’ve learned and earned to overcome the numerous minions and bosses in each department. A performance review at the end of your run will unlock new upgrades and items for you to use.
Be careful, however, as taking more power for yourself can have some unintended consequences from the Labour board, resulting in your employees gaining more power themselves.
Retroware surprised everyone last year with the announcement that they’re working on a throwback beat-’em-up based on the Toxic Crusaders cartoon. Grab your mop and get ready: the side-scrolling beat ’em up game is heading our way later this year.
Toxic Crusaders is now available to preorder on Steam, with the game set for Fall 2024 release. Exact date TBA.
Developer and publisher Retroware has teamed up with Troma Entertainment to bring the characters from the 1991 cartoon “Toxic Crusaders” back, for an all-new, all-action beat ’em up for one to four players.
In the game, “When the evil Dr. Killemoff attacks, only one team of hideously deformed creatures of superhuman size and strength stands between him and his plans for global pollution: the Toxic Crusaders, Earth’s last, greatest and ugliest hope for survival! Battle across seven disgusting levels rendered in vibrant pixel art as you defend Tromaville from hordes of Radiation Rangers, mutated thugs and zombie chickens. The odds might be stacked against you but with awesome powers, a winning personality, and up to four-players on your side, the Smogulan Empire’s days are numbered!
“Choose from seven playable characters, including Toxie, No-Zone, Junkyard, Major Disaster, and Headbanger – plus, for the first time, play as Toxie’s musically “gifted” girlfriend Yvonne, and the mother of all mothers, Mrs. Junko, Toxie’s mom!”
Considering this is set in Tromaville, it’s a safe bet that we’ll see more Troma characters beyond the Crusaders here. Toxic Crusaders will also feature fully voice-acted motion comic cutscenes, featuring voice acting by TeamFourStar, industry veterans, and of course, Troma actors.
Check out the gameplay demo below for a closer look at the Toxic Crusaders in action.
Toxic Crusaders is coming soon to Xbox Series X + S, Playstation 4 + 5, Steam, Nintendo Switch, and the Epic Games Store. But you can wishlist on Steam in the meantime.
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