Sky Noon

Platform(s): PC
Genre: Online Multiplayer
Publisher: Reverb Triple XP
Developer: Lunar Rooster
Release Date: Dec. 18, 2018

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'Sky Noon' Shows Off Air Powered Arsenal, Accepting Beta Sign-ups - Trailer

by Rainier on March 15, 2018 @ 11:19 a.m. PDT

Sky Noon is a first-person multiplayer brawler set in a Wild West setting, high in the sky.

Sky Noon takes place in a reinvented Wild West universe where the frontier floats among the clouds. Powerful cartels crave to control the most precious resource in the West: water.

Players take the role of hired gunslingers that battle opposing fighters across floating islands in the sky. There are no health meters in Sky Noon; instead, to eliminate enemies, players use various super-power compressed air weapons to send them flying out of their boot spurs! Grappling hooks and lassos must constantly be used to prevent players from falling off into the great blue sky. Combined with other items like steam-powered jetpacks, jump pads, and teleporters, cowboys need to be quick on the draw and light on their boots in the fast-paced, aerial mayhem of Sky Noon.

There's a new sheriff in town!

The new trailer showcases all of the various weapons and tools that are at player’s disposal.

From the huge AOE blast of the “Jail Breaker” Hand Cannon, to the automatic fire of the “Road Runner” Machine Pistol, there’s a weapon for every player’s style in Sky Noon. But remember pardner - in this first person action brawler, these guns aren’t equipped with bullets! They all hold powerful rounds of compressed air bursts perfectly suitable for blasting opponents off the floating islands!

Some of the rip-roaring weapons and tools featured in Sky Noon:

  • Machine Pistol aka Road Runner: Target other players with endless bursts of air as the Machine Pistol is fully equipped to handle a large quantity of air rounds.  
  • Shotgun aka Typhoon: The range of the Shotgun may be short, but with a wide spread shooting capacity, players will be able to efficiently take down their opponents.
  • Revolver aka Ol’ Faithful: For the player who has dreamed of being a western sharp shooter ala John Wayne, the Revolver is the perfect weapon to pick off your enemies with precision.
  • Hand Cannon aka Jail Breaker: The Hand Cannon is the gun for players who want to send their opponents blasting off into the clouds with a powerful BOOM!
  • Grappling Hook aka…The Lifeline: Players can use the grappling hook to latch onto buildings, crates, or the floating islands themselves to save themselves from being eliminated!

Gamers ready to cowboy up into Sky Noon are in luck! Reverb Triple XP will be taking sign-ups to a special Closed Beta that will take place this April.

Sky Noon is the two year long adventure started by lead designer Craig Taylor who, along with the other “core four” of Lunar Rooster, began creation of the game while studying game development at Auckland’s Media Design School in New Zealand. The dev team sought to design a multiplayer action game that captured the feeling of brawler games like Smash Brothers and Brawlhalla with the fast precision of first person shooters. The first Sky Noon prototype was demonstrated at SXSW Gaming 2017 to a great reception, and was a finalist for the Gamer’s Voice Multiplayer award.

Key Features:

  • Grappling Hooks
  • Unique Push/Pull Combat Style
  • 2-8 Player Online Multiplayer
  • Unique Floating Maps
  • Large Arsenal of Abilities and Weapons
  • Multiple Game Modes
  • Singleplayer Time Trial Mode
  • Character Customization
  • Character Progression
  • Online Stat Tracking
  • Original Soundtrack

Sky Noon will be launching on Steam Early Access in Q2 2018.


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