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Rooks Keep

Descend into a brutal tournament where factions of sinister knights and grotesque beasts battle for domination in bloody arena matches and furious melee brawls. Crush opponents with hammers and shields, rend…

18 June 2013

Rooks Keep is an indie developed by RuneStorm, released 18 June 2013 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Rooks Keep is

Rooks Keep is an indie game developed by RuneStorm and released in 2013. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on Unreal Engine 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Descend into a brutal tournament where factions of sinister knights and grotesque beasts battle for domination in bloody arena matches and furious melee brawls. Crush opponents with hammers and shields, rend flesh with razor sharp claws and slice off heads with swords and axes. In Rooks Keep, players will maim their competitors in both a selection of deathmatch-arena game-modes such as 'Deathmatch', 'Team-Deathmatch', 'Conversion', 'Chess', 'Last-Man-Standing' and 'Combat Chess'. Play solo, jump into multiplayer matches, or add AI opponents to squash under-foot in both single and multiplayer. We even support 3rd party Chess engines. The game is set in a uniquely styled fantasy world, where…
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Rooks Keep launched on 18 June 2013, within three weeks of The Last of Us, Dota 2, Trine 2: Complete Story and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy.

Released around the same time: The Last of Us, Dota 2, Trine 2: Complete Story, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy.

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When did Rooks Keep come out?
Rooks Keep was released on 18 June 2013 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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