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The city of New Baltia awaits your arrival in Glitchpunk, a cyberpunk-themed game that may remind players a lot of Grand Theft Auto 2. Glitchpunk was revealed today to be coming to Steam Early Access on August 11, 2021 and the city of New Baltia will be the first playable city available in the game. This Early Access will apparently offer about eight hours of play at launch.
Another area, Outpost Texas, will arrive about a month after the initial Early Access release. Outpost Texas will be included as part of the game's first major update. This update will supposedly add another 6-8 hours of gameplay. Two more cities, Neo Tokyo and Moscow, will be added later in the Early Access release.
Glitchpunk is a top-down action game. You will shoot, fight, drive, steal, and stealth your way "through a neon-soaked world full of gangs and cults, forging cooperations along the way." This devs say that this game will tell a story of "transhumanism, xenophobia, and religion." You will be able to influence the world around you as well as forging alliances.
In Glitchpunk you play as a glitching android going against your own programming and challenging the tyrannical governments and megacorps of the dystopian near-future. Forge your own path in several cities full of drug-crazed gangs, aggressive police, and irresponsible drivers that make each mission and playthrough unpredictable. Steal cars and lead your enemies on a merry chase, fight them with a variety of melee and long-range weapons, and upgrade your own body with technology that enables you to manipulate your surroundings or improve your capabilities.
Key features:
Key features:
- Brutal top-down action with a massive arsenal of weapons to choose from
- Hacking system allowing players to control the minds of pedestrians and affect various devices
- Many different ways of locomotion, including trains, tanks, motorbikes, buses, trucks, and obviously tons of cars
- Frantic police chases and up to 10 escalations of mayhem-inducing wanted levels
- 12 gangs with their own stories, quests, and culture
- Four different cities, from the desert remains of the USA to cyberpunk Soviet Russia in a post-nuclear winter (New Baltia at Early Access launch, Outpost Texas 3 to 4 weeks post-launch, and two more to come!)
- Mature story with several endings
- Rare art style mix of 2D sprites in a 3D environment
- In-game radio with music by artists from all over the world, together with news stations and absurd commercials
