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Boreal Blade

Boreal Blade is a team-based melee fighting game with a focus on player vs player combat, combining reactionary and tactical gameplay with extraordinary freedom to variate your attacks and develop your unique…

27 August 2019

Boreal Blade is a fighting developed by Frozenbyte, released 27 August 2019 on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Boreal Blade is

Boreal Blade is a fighting game developed by Frozenbyte and released in 2019. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

“May Cado grant me the endurance of a mighty Elk. May Gadin make me fierce as a Bear. And may Fiure keep me hidden from the harm, like a Crow soaring to the night sky.” Norvalgians are people dedicated to searching for the truth and serving their gods. Both of these ideals are combined in their oldest tradition: debating. Whenever a decision needs to be made – whether it is about heading to war or choosing where the cheese should go in a sandwich – fierce Norvalgian warriors gather in their famous debating arenas, pray for strength from their gods and fight. The gods guide Norvalgians by granting victory to the team that champions the cause of truth and justice. The most venerated and…
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How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Boreal Blade launched on 27 August 2019, within three weeks of Control, Borderlands 3, GreedFall and Gears 5. It arrived 2 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Control, Borderlands 3, GreedFall, Gears 5.

Official trailer

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When did Boreal Blade come out?
Boreal Blade was released on 27 August 2019 for Nintendo Switch and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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