London, United Kingdom – Former Sony Computer Entertainment London and Criterion employees, Richard Bunn and David Green, today announced a Kickstarter campaign to bring their new military action title KILLSTORM to PC/Mac and mobile gaming devices. The video game sees players take the seat of a lethally-armed, highly agile attack helicopter to strike against enemies in a reimagining of a 16-bit classic. Since launching the game has received favorable press including articles on video game industry sites like gameinformer and Eurogamer.
An updated title for a new era of gaming, KILLSTORM features retro gameplay, camera angle and action but with modern controls and visuals. Using simple actions players will fly a gunship around a battlefield and out-maneuver enemies. Missions will be many and varied with time of day changes and multiple environments allowing for desert, forest and ocean strike targets.
KILLSTORM is being developed by British developers Nice Touch Games. The company was started in 2011 by veteran AAA developers, Richard Bunn and David Green, who have worked on titles like Black, Burnout and 8 Days at some of the biggest companies in the industry including EA, Criterion and Sony Computer Entertainment. As a team they have developed several indie games, been awarded prestigious accolades and interviewed for magazines such as DEVELOP.
The team chose Kickstarter because they want to build and engage a community of fans that will help shape KILLSTORM. Knowing how passionate many gamers are about retro titles, opening up the development process is an important factor in creating a high-caliber video game that people want to play.
The Kickstarter campaign begins today and will run for thirty days. Reward tiers include a download of the game, early Beta access and exclusive Kickstarter backer-only content. To watch the campaign video, play the demo and pledge support, visit the Kickstarter page here.
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About Nice Touch Games
Started in 2011 by ex-Sony and Electronic Arts developers Richard Bunn and David Green to create fun games with that “nice touch” players love. Previous titles include the 3D puzzle game Robo & Bobo for iOS, Android, and WP8, and the original, critically acclaimed Crazy Horses titles for WP and iOS.
