Trine developers FrozenByte shadow-drop new game Boreal Blade onto the eShop

The developers of Trine, FrozenByte has just announced a brand new game – and it’s coming to Switch – today, It’s out now! It’ll also be released on the PC later.

Boreal Blade is a team-based melee fighting game, and with the demo available now as well you can check it out before you pony up for the cash.

The demo allows you to jump into any game with just the basic loadout.

Here’s what they say about the game;

They have a saying in Norvalg: Fight for a cause worth dying for.

A noble sentiment, but what happens when almost every cause is good enough to die for? Whenever a decision needs to be made – whether it is about heading to war or determining where the cheese should go in a sandwich – fierce Norvalgian warriors gather in their famous debating arenas, pray for strength from their gods and fight until the truth is uncovered. Are you ready to join the battle?

Boreal Blade is a team-based melee fighting game with a focus on player vs player combat and gameplay consisting of both reactive and proactive elements. The game features various weapon types and three distinctive fighting styles, allowing players to choose between two-handed weapons, a shield and a weapon combo, or long thrusting weapons like spears and pikes. Three armour classes with their strengths and weaknesses are also included to guarantee a varied, everchanging fighting experience.

Features

Reactionary and tactical gameplay

– Complete freedom of attack and block direction performed with simple controls, allowing players to concentrate on their battle tactics and series of manoeuvres and to control the flow of the battle.
– There are hundreds of ways to variate attacks and players have complete freedom to move the weapon and character around, encouraging them to experiment and find the fighting style that suits them best.

Four multiplayer game modes

– Players can charge into combat together with their clan mate warriors in Team Deathmatch and Boreal Battle modes where two teams go up against each other.
– Boreal Claim mode consists of two teams who take turns attacking or defending a banner against the other team.
In Deathmatch it is everyone for themselves – the first warrior to get 20 kills wins the match!

Four different fighting styles

– Hundreds of weapons, shields, pieces of armour and battle items for developing customized fighting styles and battle tactics.

Detailed character creation and game world

– Create your warrior and choose their equipment, accessories and weapons and customize their appearance with jewellery, facial hair and armour dyes.
– Explore the different fighting arenas across the Nordic mythology inspired, painting like Norvalg.