Press release:
Pittsburgh, USA –August 15th, 2018– Mega Cat Studios is releasing their vintage action co-op beat’em’up Coffee Crisis on Xbox One today (via the Microsoft store). The game is already available on Sega Genesis (cartridge only), PC, Mac and Linux.
Coffee Crisis is a local-cooperative pixel-art action brawler set in the city of Pittsburgh. Take on the role of baristas Nick and Ashley and hit the streets to kick the ass of alien invaders. Don’t let them take our most precious resources: coffee, heavy metal, and Wi-Fi!
“Is there somebody on Earth who wouldn’t love to smash a greedy alien face while listening to heavy metal?”, asks Zack Manko, Lead Cat at Mega Cat Studios. “Bringing Coffee Crisis to Xbox One is a goal we are very proud of achieving”.
Coffee Crisis features hand drawn sprites, destructible environmental items, and a rogue-inspired Death Metal mode with over 50 modifiers. Take advantage of the custom Twitch & Mixer integrations that allow viewers to help the streamer, hurt the streamer, or just make each stream more Metal.
Key facts and features:
– Ten Levels of Smurglian Smashing Goodness
– Gorgeous hand-drawn sprites and environments
– Local co-op to fight aliens with friends
– Twitch & Mixer Integration
– Available on Sega Genesis (cartridge only), PC, Mac and Linux
– Coming soon to Nintendo Switch
About Mega Cat Studios
Mega Cat Studios is an independent video game development studio seeking to create meaningful experiences through their games and services. They create exclusive artisan collectibles that complement the effort that goes into indie and homebrew development. They publish retro cartridges for classic consoles such as NES, SNES and Genesis, and their digital versions on Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Steam.
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Jonas “O.J” Ek
The Gaming Ground
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Tags: Beat-em-up, Coffee Crisis, Indie games, Mega Cat Studios, Retro games, Streets of Rage, Xbox One