Pixelated Arena Shooter Anarkade Cooks Up Carnage on Consoles and PC Today

Gather friends and rivals alike in this chaotic 2D arena shooter

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA –  September 23, 2024 – Anarkade, the bomb-tastic multiplayer arena shooter from developer Pixelatom and publisher Blowfish Studios, blasts its way onto Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4|5 with backwards compatibility, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, as well as PC and Mac via Steam and Epic Games Store today at 4:00 p.m. PT/9:00 a.m. AEST.

Unleash a storm of bloody carnage in fast-paced arena-style matchups, utilizing the environment to dive, jump, and out-maneuver opponents. Battle it out across six spontaneously selected stages, each with its own distinct hazards, physics, and other perilous pitfalls. Skirmish in slippery ice-encrusted arenas, scorching deserts, or even outer space.

Unload digital mayhem with a random selection of screen-shaking weapons. With Python revolver in hand, ask if those punks are feelin’ lucky, or shower the field with a hailstorm of lead from the rapid-firing Gatling gun. 

For those who believe guns are for show and knives for pros, bladed options await skilled combatants eager to get up close and personal. Or, toss the knives and ballistics aside and just blow everything to hell with the room-clearing bazooka and bowling ball bombs for the most boom for the proverbial buck.

Thanks to full crossplay support, hop online and compete in a worldwide combat fest with both quickplay and custom rooms. Revive the glory days of multiplayer couch matches in single or tournament-style local player modes. Equip a silly selection of hats and other fashionable accessories to perfect that killer look while fragging fools with a collection of gas masks, Viking apparel, and much more. 

“We designed Anarkade with the irresistible essence of late-night couch chaos and bloody arena-based combat,” said Javier Arias, Founder and Lead Developer, Pixelatom. “We hope the fast-paced shootouts, humorous death animations, and unpredictable matchups will have players shouting ‘just one more game’ for years to come. ”

Anarkade launches today on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4|5 with backwards compatibility, Xbox Series X|S,  Xbox One, as well as PC and Mac via Steam and Epic Games Store featuring language support for English, Spanish (Latin America), Spanish (Spain), Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (Portugal), French, German, and Russian.

To learn more, visit Anarkade’s official website, join the community on Discord and Twitter/X, and search #Anarkade on social media.

About Pixelatom

Pixelatom is a two man indie development team based in Cordoba, Argentina. Founders Javier Arias and Lucas Zallio strive to create fun and competitive games with a strong focus on positive user experience. 

For more information about Pixelatom, visit the official website or follow the team on Twitter/X.

About Blowfish Studios

Blowfish Studios is an award-winning game developer and publisher based in Sydney, Australia. The studio strives to release original multi-platform games, while also collaborating with developers from around the world. As developers first, they bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to any partnership. The studio provides development services to get the game release ready, porting to all major platforms, platform approval, marketing, and promotion to the world. Blowfish Studios is a part of Animoca Brands’ gaming-focused endeavors.

For more information about Blowfish Studios, please visit the team’s website and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

About Animoca Brands

Animoca Brands, a Deloitte Tech Fast winner, a Fortune Crypto 40 company, and one of the Financial Times’ High Growth Companies Asia-Pacific 2023, is a Web3 leader that leverages blockchain to deliver digital property rights to consumers around the world to help to establish the open metaverse. The company develops and publishes a broad portfolio of products including original games such as The Sandbox, PHANTOM GALAXIES™, Life Beyond, and Crazy Defense Heroes, and products utilizing popular intellectual properties from the worlds of sports and entertainment, such as The Walking Dead, Power Rangers, MotoGP™, and Formula E. It has multiple subsidiaries, including The Sandbox, Blowfish Studios, Quidd, GAMEE, nWay, Pixowl, Forj, Lympo, Animoca Brands Japan, Grease Monkey Games, Eden Games, Darewise Entertainment, Notre Game, TinyTap, Be., PIXELYNX, WePlay Media, and Gryfyn. Animoca Brands is one of the most active investors in Web3, with a  portfolio of over 400 Web3 investments, both directly and through Animoca Ventures, including Yuga Labs, Axie Infinity, Polygon, Consensys, Fireblocks, OpenSea, Dapper Labs, Yield Guild Games, Alien Worlds, and many more.