Mercenary Kings (0)

Mercenary Kings
First release date
2014-02-25
Platform
Mac PC Android PlayStation Network (Vita) PlayStation 4 Amazon Fire TV
Developer
Tribute Games
Publisher
Tribute Games OUYA Publishing Limited Run Games

Overview

2D side-scrolling shooters of yore are a major source of inspiration.

Mercenary Kings is a shooter by . It was announced as a project with a goal of $75k and was successfully funded with $116k raised. It did not reach any of its stretch goals. An unfinished version of the game with 60 missions was released via on July 22nd, 2013.

A version of the game was announced during Sony's Press Conference. It was released on April 1st, 2014 as the PS4 game for April's Instant Game Collection.

An version was announced and continuously confirmed for eventual release; it did not release by the time the OUYA storefront stopped accepting new games, and instead, released on the OUYA's successor, 's Forge TV, published by , as well as and Android TV on September 8, 2016.

Gameplay

Mercenary Kings features both local and online co-op.

Combat in Mercenary Kings is inspired by old-school 2D side-scrolling shooters like and . The game also takes inspiration from the series, in particular the idea of tracking that move around the map as the player engages them.

Mercenary Kings features a area where players can pick up missions (each of which must be completed in a certain time limit), talk to , change their appearance and weapons. Missions can be tackled , either online or locally.

System Requirements

PC System Requirements
OS: Windows Vista or later
Processor: Intel Core Duo or faster
Video Card: OpenGL 3.0 compliant video card
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Hard Drive: 300 MB HD space
Mac System Requirements
OS: Mac OS X 10.7 or later
Processor: Intel Core Duo or faster
Video Card: Open GL 3.0 compliant video card
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Hard Drive: 300 MB HD space