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Blockships

BLOCKSHIPS The illegitimate offspring of Space Invaders and Tetris A game about building a bigger, better ship whilst blasting your buddies' to bits (and shouting about it). It is a local multiplayer…

2 September 2016

Blockships is an arcade developed by Dr Davient, released 2 September 2016 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Blockships is

Blockships is an arcade game developed by Dr Davient and released in 2016. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

BLOCKSHIPS The illegitimate offspring of Space Invaders and Tetris A game about building a bigger, better ship whilst blasting your buddies' to bits (and shouting about it). It is a local multiplayer party/arena game and challenges you to strike the right balance between speed, power, manoeuvrability, and of course fun :)
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Blockships launched on 2 September 2016, within three weeks of Persona 5, The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt - Complete Edition, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition.

Released around the same time: Persona 5, The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt - Complete Edition, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Complete Edition.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

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When did Blockships come out?
Blockships was released on 2 September 2016 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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