BRISBANE/HAMBURG, (27.09.2023) – Developer Spitfire Interactive and Publisher Daedalic Entertainment invite all wannabe heroes to leap into action and start the fight for liberation in a new demo for Capes that is available now! Capes will launch in early 2024 and will be available on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch.
Download the demo here!
To give this announcement extra WHAM! and POW! and to get players in the mood while they download the new demo, Daedalic Entertainment and Spitfire Interactive have also released the first episode of the new “Meet the Heroes” video series. Each episode showcases a new hero and their unique abilities. The first episode revolves around Facet who can grow razor-sharp crystal shards to protect himself and others from enemy attacks.
Watch the first episode of Meet the Heroes here!
DEMO FEATURES:
Improving on the old demo from early 2023, the new enhanced demo offers 4 missions to explore and adds a ton of new features and improvements:
- Fast Forward – speed up gameplay during enemy turns
- Quick Save – manually save during combat and reload during play
- Difficulty – Choice of three difficulty settings
- Improved cinematics including full English VO!
- Improved UI
- Improved ultimate attacks
- Improved gamepad support
- Numerous stability improvements, performance, and bugs fixed
- Additional languages: Spanish, Latin American, German, French, Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Russian and Japanese
Capes is a highly anticipated turn-based superhero strategy game where XCOM fans will feel right at home. The gameplay is embedded in a cinematic story: 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! Assemble a diverse team of heroes while fighting to take back their city, now controlled by evil despots! Play across the dark and gritty campaign and patrol assignments, push the story forward and reveal the truth behind the horrific Enhancement program of The Company that is pulling the strings behind the scenes.
Beyond the campaign, players can take time to explore side missions to unlock more heroes and complete challenges which allows them to increase their heroes’ powers and learn more about their deep backstories.
GAME 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!?
About Daedalic Entertainment
Daedalic Entertainment is a renowned publisher supporting indie developers for over 17 years, bringing their titles to every major gaming platform. The line-up of games is comprised of a diverse variety of unique titles, focusing on 4 distinct areas: story-telling, strategy, co-op-games, and wholesome games. With an international team of around 45 employees, Daedalic is currently working with various development studios to create a new line-up of innovative games across consoles and PCs to market. Recent hits include Barotrauma, Unrailed!, Potion Tycoon, Deponia, Shadow Tactics, Inkulinati, Hidden Deep, Fling to the Finish! and more.
In regards to future titles please look out for upcoming games like New Cycle, Reveil, Capes, Magin: The Rat Project Stories, Edge of Sanity, Wild Woods, and many more. Since April 2022 Daedalic Entertainment has been a subsidiary of French publishing house Nacon. For further reference please visit: https://www.daedalic.com/press.
About Spitfire Interactive
Spitfire Interactive is an Australian development studio founded by former team members of Defiant Development, who made the critically acclaimed Hand of Fate (2015), an action role-playing video game based on a deck-building system. The team includes writer Morgan Jaffit, who helped break the original superhero curse working on Freedom Force (2009) and helped to direct the cult hit Hand of Fate (2015).
