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Pulling No Punches

Pulling No Punches is a satirical game in the 2D beat'em up style with classic arcade influences and modern visuals. Survive a fictional pandemic in a city filled with madness and denial.

10 August 2022

Pulling No Punches is an adventure developed by BrainDead Broccoli, released 10 August 2022 on Nintendo Switch, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Pulling No Punches is

Pulling No Punches is an adventure game developed by BrainDead Broccoli and released in 2022. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unity.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Pulling No Punches is a satirical game in the 2D beat'em up style with classic arcade influences and modern visuals. Survive a fictional pandemic in a city filled with madness and denial.
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Pulling No Punches launched on 10 August 2022, within three weeks of Cult of the Lamb, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Immortality and Tinykin. It arrived 5 years into the Nintendo Switch's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Cult of the Lamb, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Immortality, Tinykin.

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When did Pulling No Punches come out?
Pulling No Punches was released on 10 August 2022 for Nintendo Switch, Linux and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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