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Arctic Stud Poker Run

Platform(s): PC
Genre: Action
Publisher: Got Game
Developer: Game Refuge

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'Arctic Stud Poker Run' Announced - Screens & Demo Available NOW

by Rainier on Jan. 10, 2008 @ 10:05 a.m. PST

Arctic Stud Poker Run is a decidedly irreverent, over-the-top reinvention of real-life cross-country "poker runs" in which players race from place to place picking up playing cards in an effort to assemble a winning hand. The action-packed “full contact poker” game includes everything from heat-seeking missiles and dynamite-filled snowmen to spell-casting goblins and bullet-proof long-johns.

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Developed by Game Refuge, known for Rampage World Tour and General Chaos, Arctic Stud Poker Run is a decidedly irreverent, over-the-top reinvention of real-life cross-country "poker runs" in which players race from place to place picking up playing cards in an effort to assemble a winning hand. The action-packed “full contact poker” game includes everything from heat-seeking missiles and dynamite-filled snowmen to spell-casting goblins and bullet-proof long-johns.

“Some have described ‘Arctic Stud Poker Run’ as ‘Twisted Metal’-meets-Texas Hold ‘Em, while others find it a thinking-man's free-for-all with gambling principals to add strategy, depth, and nuance to an otherwise mindless genre,” said Game Refuge CEO Brian Colin. “We just call it flat-out fun.”

Arctic Stud Poker Run allows players to employ trickery, intimidation, bravado, deceit, speed, stealth, and brute force to bankrupt their opponents and win. In this “friendly” game of cards, players can use high-powered vehicles to rush out and grab any card they see, engage machine guns, dynamite, and heat-seeking-missiles to steal opponent's cards, and put a "bounty" on the head of troublesome adversaries.

Features :

  • Single player, multiplayer, and tournament elimination modes
  • 37 unique, playable characters
  • 126 levels spanning 81 square miles in 9 environments
  • Players with varying skill sets compete effectively
  • Cash-based tournament scoring
  • Player-to-player bounty system allows alliance formation
  • “Big Hand Possible” feature advises the best available hands before the round begins
  • “Auto Card Swap” feature alleviates the need for advance poker knowledge

“No gentle taps on green felt and quiet tinkling of cocktail glasses in this poker game,” said Got Game Entertainment President Howard Horowitz. “’Arctic Stud Poker Run’ doesn’t just up the game ante, it chases it down and explodes it.”

Arctic Stud Poker Run, not yet rated, is scheduled for release March 2008 and will retail for $19.99 (USD).

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