Merge Games & TinyBuild Games announced a new Sci-Fi RPG called Hellpoint which is inspired by Dark Souls and other action RPGs. Hellpoint is coming to the Nintendo Switch and the PlayStation 4 sometime in November 2020. Hellpoint takes place on a giant space station orbiting a large black hole. Hellpoint will feature co-op via local split-screen and online modes. A variety of screenshots and trailers we’re released alongside the game’s press release (see below).
Hellpoint, the Souls-like sci-fi RPG,is coming to retail on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. Wednesday 26th August 2020, Manchester, UK–Merge Games is thrilled to announce it has teamed up with US-based publisher, TinyBuild Games.Set for a November 2020 release,together they will bring the intense action RPG, Hellpoint to retail on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4. Hellpoint is an intense, dark sci-fi RPG set on a derelict space station orbiting an ominous super massive black hole. Taking inspiration from games like Dark Souls and Dead Space and movies like Event Horizon and Hellraiser, Hellpoint is doubling down on co-op multiplayer (with both split-screen and online support) while immersing players in a twisted narrative involving Cosmic Gods, quantum physics, and extinct space civilizations.The game is set in the aftermath of a massive quantum cataclysm called the Merge. You wake-up on board the Irid Novo space station, a beacon of galactic cooperation and scientific exploration gone horribly wrong. What happens next will be solely determined by your choices.Key Features:Souls-like gameplay in a unique setting: Explore the derelict space station of Irid Novoand face bizarre enemies with a tight and unforgiving combat system.Occult space story: Blending science and fantasy, the intensely atmospheric dark sci-fi setting will keep you searching for answers.Dynamic World: The Quantic System acts as a dungeon master, slightly transforming the game world every time you die and triggering events as the station revolves around the black hole.Jump-in co-op and PvP multiplayer: Ask a friend to press Start to join a couch co-op session or call for assistance online. Hellpoint offers a full, uninterrupted co-op story with shared loot drops.
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