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Whacking Hell!

The gates of hell have opened: whack all the monsters before they whack you! Collect their souls, ramp up your weapons and your spells, and become a slaughtering machine in this frantic roguelite top-down 2D…

12 June 2024

Whacking Hell! is an arcade developed by Sanuk Games, released 12 June 2024 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

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What Whacking Hell! is

Whacking Hell! is an arcade game developed by Sanuk Games and released in 2024. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

The gates of hell have opened: whack all the monsters before they whack you! Collect their souls, ramp up your weapons and your spells, and become a slaughtering machine in this frantic roguelite top-down 2D shooter!
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Whacking Hell! launched on 12 June 2024, within three weeks of Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nine Sols and Still Wakes the Deep. 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: Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree, Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door, Nine Sols, Still Wakes the Deep.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Whacking Hell! come out?
Whacking Hell! was released on 12 June 2024 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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