Superheroes and villains clash in this upcoming dark & gritty turn-based strategical challenge
HAMBURG, Germany, February 06, 2023 – Developer Spitfire Interactive and Publisher Daedalic Entertainment are proud to announce they are teaming up to launch the superhero epic, Capes. The title’s development will continue to be helmed by the Australian studio. However, Capes will now be featured as a part of Daedalic’s publishing line-up and will see the light of day later this year on multiple platforms!
Capes was already in development from Spitfire Interactive for PC games. Still, with Daedalic Entertainment now publishing the game, the team is thrilled to be able to bring their tactical, turn-based game of superheroes battling to reclaim their city from the forces of evil to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox X/S as well. A brand-new demo will be available during Steam Next Fest starting today and until February 13th.
Watch the new Capes Trailer here
Press material can be downloaded here
Capes is a turn-based superhero strategy game where players assemble a team of unique heroes while fighting to take back their city, now controlled by evil despots. Twenty years ago, the supervillains won. Since then, they’ve created a dystopian city where developing superpowers is a crime and no one has dared oppose them. Until now!
Play across a series of dark and gritty campaigns and patrol assignments, push the story forward, or take time to explore with side missions that unlock more heroes. Complete challenges to earn skill points to increase your hero’s powers and abilities while you learn more about the hero’s lives and backstories.
FEATURES:
- Be Mighty: Play as heroic protectors of the innocent, each with unique skills and powers. Master your hero and unleash devastating ultimate abilities!
- Assemble Your Team: Select the right team for the right mission. Combat isn’t based on random numbers, so choose wisely to win the day!
- Level Up: Complete challenging missions and side-quests to improve your heroes with new abilities and powerful upgrades!
- Defeat Evil: Face down vile villains and criminal corporate henchmen. Do you have what it takes to free your city from the clutches of villainy?
Remain vigilant and check out more details on Daedalic’s Twitter and Discord.
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For further information for UK, Italy and Australia, please contact:
Mark Allen – Renaissance PR
Mark@renaissancepr.biz +44 (0) 7884 408 973
Stefano Petrullo – Renaissance PR
stefano@renaissancepr.biz +44 (0) 7828 692 315
About Daedalic Entertainment
Daedalic Entertainment publishes and develops high-quality games for all platforms. The company has a diverse line-up of high-quality titles, including classic adventures, RPGs, and strategy and multiplayer games. With an international team of around 90 employees, Daedalic is developing a new line-up of innovative games across consoles, PCs, and mobile platforms.
Based in Hamburg, Germany, Daedalic is one of Europe’s most acclaimed publishers and developers. With a total of 32 awards in the German Developers Award (including multiple accolades for ‘Studio of the Year’) and 12 German Computer Game Awards for genre-defining games such as Deponia, Edna & Harvey, Silence, Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth, The Long Journey Home, and State of Mind, Daedalic is a record holder for the two most prestigious game awards in Germany. Recent publishing hits include Barotrauma, Unrailed!, Iratus: Lord of the Dead, Partisans 1941, and more.
Daedalic is currently developing The Lord of the Rings – Gollum. The story-driven adventure tells the story of Gollum from a perspective never witnessed before in any storytelling media, all the while staying faithful to the legendary books of J.R.R. Tolkien.
About Spitfire Interactive (Developer of Capes)
Australian developer Spitfire Interactive are former team members from Defiant Development, who made Hand of Fate, an action role-playing video game based on a deck-building system that has very positive ratings on Steam from 2015. With the team is writer Morgan Jaffit who has a great reputation in the genre thanks to his involvement in the genre classic Freedom Force (2009) and who was also a writer on Hand of Fate (2015).
