Galacticon
Galacticon is a video game with the look and feel of arcade cabinet games from the early 80's in the style of Williams classics: "Defender" or "Joust", with the gameplay of legendary "Jetpac", and with touches…
Galacticon is an arcade developed by Radin Games, released 20 May 2022 on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Galacticon is
Galacticon is an arcade game developed by Radin Games and released in 2022. It was published by Dolores Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
Humans are tiny creatures of an outer belt planet that thanks to their biomechanical monstrosities have invaded, exploited ans enslaved most species in the galaxy. The interestellar council has met for the first time in eons ans has determined that there is only one option left to exterminate this plague... an option that has always been feared beacuse it could be as powerful as dangerous: Invoke the Galacticon, a deadly legendary creature -half God, half machine- and pray everything goes well...
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Galacticon launched on 20 May 2022, within three weeks of The Quarry, Citizen Sleeper, Sniper Elite 5 and Hardspace: Shipbreaker. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: The Quarry, Citizen Sleeper, Sniper Elite 5, Hardspace: Shipbreaker.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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