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Wreckateer

Featuring Avatar FameStar! Wreckateer uses the Kinect to put you in control of a massive castle-wrecking Ballista. With the help of Wreck and Tinker, use 6 magic projectiles to travel the land and destroy 60…

66 25 July 2012

Wreckateer is a puzzle developed by Iron Galaxy Studios, released 25 July 2012 on Xbox 360.

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What Wreckateer is

Wreckateer is a puzzle game developed by Iron Galaxy Studios and released in 2012. It was published by Microsoft. It is available on Xbox 360 only. It runs on Unreal Engine 3.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Featuring Avatar FameStar! Wreckateer uses the Kinect to put you in control of a massive castle-wrecking Ballista. With the help of Wreck and Tinker, use 6 magic projectiles to travel the land and destroy 60 castles.
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and historical.

How it was received

Wreckateer holds a critic score of 66 out of 100. That places it above 25% of the 2,791 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2012 averaged 70, so it scored 4 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Wreckateer launched on 25 July 2012, within three weeks of Sleeping Dogs, Spelunky, Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair and Darksiders II. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Sleeping Dogs, Spelunky, Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, Darksiders II.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

Wreckateer — frequently asked questions

When did Wreckateer come out?
Wreckateer was released on 25 July 2012 for Xbox 360.

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