Developer No Pest Productions has announced the release date of its upcoming action game Hammer of Virtue. Hammer of Virtue is slated for release on PC via Steam on August 7, 2023, and will allow you to topple buildings and smash robotic dinosaurs. A PS5 version of Hammer of Virtue is also in development however it will arrive at a later date and details for it will be shared later. To celebrate the announcement, the developer has also released a launch trailer for the game which we have linked below for you:
In Hammer of Virtue, you will defend humanity from an onslaught of cybernetically enhanced animals by stepping into a protective suit of armor and wielding a powerful hammer. Using your tools, you will lay waste in engaging melee combat with timed directional blocks, strikes, and parries to send the enemies flying across stages and into destructible environments. To create even more mayhem, you can topple buildings, bowl robotic raptors into each other, and turn trees into makeshift cannonballs. The whole level is your playground, and you can use everything that you see around you to destroy your enemies.
The game will feature over 20 stages where you will fight in abandoned neighborhoods, construction sites, and much more. In these stages, you will juggle incoming attacks from sword-wielding monkeys, deliver crushing uppercuts to send foes sky-high, and avoid fearsome armored bears before launching deadly counterattacks. You can also improvise with different physics objects like steel beams, barrels, and billboards to gain the upper hand and cut through incoming enemies. You do not have to do all of this alone too because Hammer of Virtue supports local co-op as well.
There are 10 unique split-screen couch co-op maps where you can invite a friend or family member over and take down the enemies together. This mode also has friendly fire so both of you will need to watch where you are aiming before you attack.
You can also use your friends as weapons by launching them into enemies with a well-timed strike. However, if friendly co-op is not up your alley, you can turn them into an enemy by switching the game modes to split-screen deathmatches where you will control your very own army and will try to defeat the other player and their army.
Jens Kolhammar, programmer, and owner of No Pest Productions comments:
Working on Hammer of Virtue as a solo developer has been an absolute blast. Creating a fully destructible sandbox primed for unpredictable physics interactions and challenging combat encounters means I’m always seeing something new, and I can’t wait for players to experience it themselves on August 7!
Hammer of Virtue is launching on August 7, 2023, exclusively on PC via Steam. If you are interested in playing it, you can head over to the official Steam page and add the game to your wishlist. For the PS5 version, details will be shared at a later stage.
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