Check and Slash
Check and Slash combines the action and combat of a hack-and-slash game with the movement patterns of chess pieces. Find your way through a maze of boards, slash your enemies, dodge attacks, rescue black…
Check and Slash is an adventure developed by Gate of Madness, released 27 May 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.
What Check and Slash is
Check and Slash is an adventure game developed by Gate of Madness and released in 2024. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Check and Slash combines the action and combat of a hack-and-slash game with the movement patterns of chess pieces. Find your way through a maze of boards, slash your enemies, dodge attacks, rescue black pieces to receive upgrades, and fight against formidable opponents until you find the enemy king.
How it plays
Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Check and Slash launched on 27 May 2024, within three weeks of Hellblade II: Senua's Saga, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nine Sols and Animal Well. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Hellblade II: Senua's Saga, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nine Sols, Animal Well.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
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