Press release:
“Hellmut: The Badass from Hell”, the craziest roguelike ever comes to PS4 last 6th of June 2019 (via the PSN store) – crazier, with insane pixel gore, fresh new couch coop mode, Tournament party mode and mini-game Invaders from Hell on the top!
Playstation 4 Digital Release for NA zone is also planned.
Magdeburg, Germany – Publisher 2Tainment and Grindstone/Volcani.cc announce the digital release of their long awaited title “Hellmut:The Badass From Hell” last 6th of June 2019 on Sony Playstation 4.
Hellmut is a pixel art Roguelike praised by gamers, since its first release on PC in 2018, Nintendo Switch and Xbox Releases last May 2019, for its wacky spirit and fast-paced gameplay in which you play various improbable creatures and slaughter furious demonic hordes!
New features include insane pixel gore level, couch coop Gauntlet mode for two players, Tournament survival mode for your parties and minigame Invaders from Hell. I
n addition to a large arsenal of weapon to collect, you amass souls, gold and unlock diverse ludicrous characters to incarnate. Embody monstrous entity such as the Rat King, Ghost Walker, Demonspawn, Orc Fairy, Slimeball…or any other characters born in the strange minds of developers.
Storm the dungeons and achieve a demonicide using powerful weapons and surreal special abilities. Experiment the massacre of fiends in absurd and funny ways: Cast bizarre orc spells, lead an army of rats or dip your enemies in some kind of questionable goo…
“I’m sick of this schizophrenic guy blowing up everything around even if I have to confess that I love his style!” – Lord of Hell
Explore randomly generated levels set in diverse environments and exterminate repugnant epic bosses. During your mass destruction process, you may open the dark portal leading you to challenge king Ka-ra and face some hell of a confrontation!
Unique features:
Roguelike – Fight, Die, Retry. Collected monsters delay your death.
Transformation – Body swap between collected monsters
Transformation Wheel – Dynamic in-game body change
Randomly generated levels and bosses – Never play the same game
Boss fights – Obtain special rewards and add new Transformations to your collection!
Loot, Buy and Equip– Amass Soul stones, coin, items, weapons and buy new equipment
Multiple environments –Sewers, Caves, Castles and even Hell itself!
Challenges – Hidden challenges lead you to greater powers.
Local Coop Gauntlet mode for two players – play with your friend and challenge the incoming hordes
Play the Tournament Party mode – who can survive longer on the party?
Invaders from Hell minigame – play ancient coin-op arcade machine in the shop and defeat remorseless Invaders from Hell
Pixel Gore – watch an insane level of gore
“Controlling a swath of monsters, machines, demons, and other oddities to dive headfirst into a frantic fight and deftly swapping bodies to overcome the challenge is a very solid and fun core mechanic.” – Wes Maulby (Cubed3)
About 2TAINMENT GmbH
2tainment GmbH is a globally active publishing company in the PC and video games industry headquartered in Magdeburg, Saxony-Anhalt. The company focuses on the international development, financing, and marketing of entertainment products in the hardware and software sectors.
With its sales network, 2tainment reaches more than 80 countries — over 90% of the global digital and retail market. In addition to its marketing expertise, 2tainment also provides selected developers with attractive financing options for realizing their project where necessary.
About GRINDSTONE
Grindstone is a Kosice production and publishing company, in Slovakia. Founded in 2015 by games industry veteran Peter Nagy, Grindstone is dedicated to helping small independent teams make successful niche titles in the increasingly competitive market for digital games.
The focus of Grindstone is on premium games for PC and consoles, courting players who are not satisfied with the increasingly similar releases of the big publishers.
Grindstone’s first release, Hellmut: The Badass from Hell, was published in Q1 2018 on PC and coming to consoles in Q2 2019 with more titles already in development. For more information, visit www.grindstone.sk or contact them at [email protected]
About VOLCANI.CC
Volcani.cc is a small game development studio from Slovakia. The Team is cooperating with many artists and game developers from across the world. Video games are their passion.
The team likes to play them and they love to create them. The studio was established with the idea that the team will create games with great gaming experience and listen to the players and their opinions. Volcani.cc believes that their players would enjoy the products and have fun together.
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Jonas “O.J” Ek
The Gaming Ground
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