Reporting on the games made in Canada and the creators behind them
Super Animal Royale, the free-to-play 64-player 2D battle royale is currently lighting it up on Steam right now, and the developer Pixile Studios has announced it is is coming to last and current-gen consoles soon, as well as Xbox Game Preview on June 1.
Read MoreSuper Animal Royale will be hitting Early Access on Steam December 12th. Before that though, British Columbia developer Pixile will be having a few stress tests:
Sat Dec 1st: North America server 12 noon — 9:30pm PST! Click here to see the time in your location.
Sun Dec 2nd: Asia server 2pm — 7pm Singapore time! Click here to see the time in your location.
The final beta test weekend will take place the weekend before launch: December 8th and 9th.
If you’re interested in a Beta Key for Super Animal Royale, Pixile is inviting people to their Discord channel to request one (and make sure to join the CanadianGameDevs Discord channel for unrelated-fun reasons!)
Play the Beta at https://AnimalRoyale.com/ Coming soon to Steam Early Access: https://store.steampowered.com/app/843380/Super_Animal_Royale/ Fight for furvival to be the last of 64 animals standing in this top down battle royale shooter from Pixile!
If you’re unfamiliar with Super Animal Royale, it’s a top-down multiplayer survival shooter for sixtyfour players.
“Engineered to charm and trained to kill, Super Animals are cute enough to make you go “Aww” and deadly enough to make you go “Ahhhh!” Select your favorite from a menu of foxes, pandas, kitty cats, and other bloodthirsty beasts. Parachute into the ruins of an ill-fated safari park and fight off a lethal barrage of bullets, explosives, and silly dancing. Enjoy carefully balanced run and gun gameplay combined with an intuitive fog of war system that restricts a player’s view to line of sight, allowing for sneaky, strategic play. Explore a beautiful 2D world, inspired by classic top-down adventure games. Cut tall grass and loot abandoned structures in search of the guns, explosives and health juice you’ll need to reach the top of the food chain.”
You can add the game to your wishlist on Steam right here.
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Windsor based Chute Apps will have their bullet-hell/tower defense game Rogue Star Rescue leave Steam Early Access on February 4th - with a Nintendo Switch, PS4, and Xbox One version coming later this year.
Vancouver-based independent game studios Redstone Interactive (@redstoneio) and Offworld Industries (@OffworldInd) have announced their upcoming large-scale multiplayer first-person shooter Beyond The Wire (@play_BTW) launches in Early Access on Steam next week.
Toronto-based game studio Cellar Door Games (@CellarDoorGames) have launched the sequel to 2013’s indie darling Rogue Legacy into Steam Early Access.
Music-maker, bullet hell Beat Blast from Toronto-based two-person team Woolly Walrus (@WoollyWalrusInc) is launching on Steam Early Access soon with music from Toronto musician Harrison (@prodbyharrison).
British Columbia-based two-man indie studio MinMaxGames has released their golf course building sim-strategy game GolfTopia on Steam Early Access.
Nova Scotia-based indie game studio Cosmocat Games (@cosmocatgames) has announced their rogue-lite survival horror game TOXICANT will be launching in Steam Early Access later this month.
Edmonton-based indie studio Only By Midnight (@OnlyByMidnight) is hosting an open beta for their third-person arcadey twin-stick shooter Curved Space which can you get access to through the studio’s official Discord.
A major update titled Minerals and Craftmanship has released for Early Access grid-less, sprawling medieval city building sim Foundation (@foundationgame) which is being developed Québec-based Polymorph Games (@polymorph_games).
Groover Gunner, the rhythm VR game from BitCutter Studios will be leaving Steam Early Access on February 10th, there have been various updates since the game was first released in 2020. You can check out the full details below, and luckily the game is currently 25% off.