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Blue Estate

Platform(s): PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Genre: Action
Publisher: Focus Entertainment
Developer: HESAW
Release Date: Feb. 18, 2015

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'Blue Estate' (ALL) Gets Arcade Mode On Xbox One

by Rainier on Feb. 17, 2015 @ 8:56 a.m. PST

Blue Estate is a darkly funny rail shooter based on the Eisner Award-nominated Blue Estate comic books from Viktor Kalvachev.

Designed from the ground up to exploit the unprecedented accuracy and precision of  Kinect for Xbox One and the gyroscopic features of the PS4 controller, Blue Estate offers slick wit and punishing violence through a genuinely fun and intuitive control system, all set in an eye-popping technicolor mob world.

In Blue Estate, the players will play as Tony Luciano, the homicidal maniac son of LA's crime boss Don Luciano, and Clarence, a broke ex-navy seal who has been hired to clean up Tony's mess. While Tony wages war with the Sik gang in an attempt to get back his kidnapped "Helen of Troy", Clarence has to try to end that war against increasing odds. 

The arcade mode is playable as an alternative to the classic story mode. This mode can be unlocked by playing the story mode, and can be accessed from the main menu.

These additional gameplay sequences take places in 7 exclusive levels, where the player has to overcome new sets of challenges with new gameplay rules. The arcade mode is playable in single player only, in 3 difficulty levels.

While experiencing smooth motion control in a rail shooter, using Kinect for Xbox One or Xbox One wireless controller, the player will enter a fight for his life against the most absurd and dangerous enemies, such as scar covered champions that fight-to-the-death, Tony's own hair and Chihuahuas that are too happy to see you. Players are given a series of primary and secondary weapons to help make their way through the hilariously perilous missions which will come in handy defeating the bosses who'll try to end your game and your life. But sometimes firepower isn't enough, so think before shooting and use cover to prepare your strategy, reload often, and try not to get turned into grated cheese. 

A killing spree is always better when shared, and that's why Blue Estate offers the opportunity for a second player to join the fun, through a cooperative mode where every headshot counts to show who's the best trigger in da house!

Blue Estate will be available on Xbox One via the ID@Xbox self-publishing program for $12.99.


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