• Offline play enabled
  • 1 - 2 players
  • PS4 Version
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Blood and Gore, Fantasy Violence
  • Offline play enabled
  • 1 - 2 players
  • PS4 Version
    DUALSHOCK 4 vibration

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Battle Axe is an arcade top-down hack & slash featuring high-quality visuals created by veteran pixel artist Henk Nieborg, true to form game mechanics, and music from the legendary VGM composer Manami Matsumae – retro gamers rejoice!

For as long as you and your people can remember, your homeland of Mercia has been held in the tyrannical grip of “Etheldred”; a despotic sorceress in the distant icy wastelands to the north.

Every seven years she sends her armies south to handpick inhabitants from each township who will be subjected to a life of slavery, and they are never heard from again. A call is sent out to champions across the land pleading with them to put an end to her rule.

An elf, a wizard and a marauder answer the call. Join this band of heroes on their quest the vanquish evil from the land once and for all!

• Pixel art fun – an adventure for pixel art enthusiasts, with gorgeously designed characters and environments to enjoy with every frame

• Hack n’ slash adventure – familiar yet revitalised, thanks to new gameplay elements, improved controls and pixel perfect animations

• Enjoy a timeless melody – a superb soundtrack by legendary composer Manami Matsumae

• Solo or co-op – choose from three highly-detailed heroes to embark with on your quest, playing alone or with a friend in local co-op

Platform:
PS4
Release:
4/29/2021
Publisher:
NUMSKULL GAMES LTD
Genres:
Arcade
Screen Languages:
English, French (France), Spanish
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