Chess Ultra
Introducing Chess Ultra; the most breathtaking chess game ever made. Experience stunning 4K visuals, seamless online multiplayer, Grandmaster approved AI and full VR compatibility.
Chess Ultra is a card & board game developed by Ripstone, released 20 June 2017 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR and Xbox One.
What Chess Ultra is
Chess Ultra is a card & board game game developed by Ripstone and released in 2017. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation VR, Xbox One, Oculus Rift, PC (Microsoft Windows) and SteamVR. It runs on Unreal Engine 4.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Chess Ultra is a chess video game developed and published by Ripstone for the PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One in June 2017. A Switch port was released a few months later. It is the second chess game by Ripstone after Pure Chess (2012). Chess Ultra is the first in-house developed game by Ripstone.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and kids. It supports multiplayer for up to 2 players online. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player. There are 38 achievements to unlock.
How it was received
Chess Ultra holds a critic score of 83 out of 100. That places it above 79% of the 303 rated card & board game games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2017 averaged 71, so it scored 12 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2.0 GHz Dual Core, 4 GB RAM and NVIDIA Geforce GTS 450 or AMD Radeon HD 6750. At 4GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 12GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Chess Ultra launched on 20 June 2017, within three weeks of Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Diablo III: Eternal Collection, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy and Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Diablo III: Eternal Collection, Crash Bandicoot N. Sane Trilogy, Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Chess Ultra yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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