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Last year it was announced that PixelPickle Games had received Screen Australia Games Production funding for their tower-defence game Burden. The developer alongside Australian indie games label Surprise Attack Games have not only unveiled the debut trailer for the game, but also confirmed that gamers will be able to check it out for themselves within the next two months via Steam Early Access.
Burden is a game of tactical tower defense on multiple simultaneous battlefronts. The player must place shields and artillery towers on the exterior of their colossus whilst also juggling defences on multiple nodes – critical locations on the beast which enemies will attempt to board and penetrate. The game is broken into chapters, each of which is an epic journey on a different colossus. Within each chapter the player will face major foes blocking their progress across the land and many waves of enemies boarding the beast. Success depends on smart strategy and quick management of the battle as it unfolds on multiple fronts.
Chris “Susan” Wright | Managing Director of Surprise Attack Games
Tower defense with a twist is enough of a cliche that someone somewhere is probably planning a game jam about it as we speak. But if its a cliche to want to play a tower defense game set on a 200ft tall mechanical beast then colour me cliched and call me Susan.
Rob Dowling | Director at PixelPickle Games
Everyone talks about standing on the shoulders of giants, but they never consider those shoulders have towers that can kill you.
Currently Burden is being developed only for the PC at this time with Mac and Linux editions planned for release in the near future. Purchase through Steam Early Access and other comparable platforms will cost $15, while the full launch later in 2014 will set you back $20.
Surprise Attack and PixelPickle Games have intentions to deliver open, community driven development through to the final release. More on this can be found via Burden’s official website.
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Mhoroa, a civilisation built on the exploitation of an ancient resource, finds itself facing extinction as the land tears itself apart . A handful engineers follow a message in their dreams and discover the Colossi – giant beast-like machines built by their ancestors and thought to be a myth. Taking these beasts to annointed locations will save the land, but their fellow countrymen react in fear and take up arms to kill the colossi. Now they must fight through their own people in order to save them.
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