Merge Games and Laser Dog announced their upcoming bloody roguelike game called DeathRun TV, which is a survival TV game show that displays a spectacle of blood-soaked action. The game was showcased with a gameplay trailer at the Future Games Show event.
DeathRun TV is a show where contestants risk everything to gather likes from audiences watching from all around the world, 23 hours a day. The entertainment, as they say, never ends.
Watch the announcement trailer of the game below:
The greatest game show on earth is here with breakneck speed, bullet-dodging action and lots of guns. Put it all on the line for the (rogue)likes. And remember, the run is all that matters.
The game takes place in a seriously disturbed future where the quest for the game and getting likes means everything. Contestants in DeathRun TV must battle their way through swarms of enemies dreamt up in a lab, all for the satisfaction of audiences that are glued to the show.
The main purpose of the contestants is to gain likes that are awarded for everything, from blowing up giant mutated creatures to choosing to save helpless humans attached to death contraptions. If you don’t feel like doing that, choose to hit the kill switch bringing all the creatures to a swift bloody end, while earning advanced weapons in the process.
DeathRun TV is hosted in the largest studio created just for the this bloody competition, where you and other contestants will be competing with each other, risking your lives, just to please the audience for some fame.
- CongratMutations! Getting those precious likes and leveling up your likability will be rewarded with an ever-changing roster or mutations to choose from including exploding bodies and big heads.
- Game Over! Try again! State of the art studio and proprietary technology will reanimate your body ensuring that you can try again and again, and again and again…Each run offers new challenges and new opportunities to gain fame
- In jeopardy? Phone a friend! Call in backup from up to three other friends for 1 to 4 player multiplayer for carnage your brain will barely comprehend.
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