Mercenary Kings

March 25, 2014 Tribute Games Tribute Games
Shooter Platform Role-playing (RPG) Strategy Adventure Indie
PS4 PC Mac Vita XONE
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In this frantic 2D action game, you are part of the Mercenary Kings, the most skilled team of warriors-for-hire on Earth, but when your comrades have fallen and the fearsome forces of CLAW have seized an island-wide top secret Laboratory Base, you must do what it takes to stop them.

But you're not going in unprepared! Your back-up is made of a crew of rogue geniuses and experts of their field! Able to craft & customize guns'n'blades or upgrading body armor, you've never been this ready to join the fight.

Whether its solo or with friends, move out, cut down CLAW and save the world!
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Release Date March 25, 2014
Developer Tribute Games
Publisher Tribute Games
Game Modes Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Perspective Side view
Themes Action, Fantasy, Historical
Mercenary Kings

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