Bathoryn must battle his way through a doomed land packed with gruesome pixel art foes before ascending (or sometimes descending) each tower, defeating puzzles, traps and monsters alike. At the heart of each keep, he must confront a mighty overlord. Defeat it and Bathoryn’s quest continues. Fail, and you’ll die gruesomely - mauled by werewolves, disintegrated by floating monstrosities, squashed by great weights or torn apart by hidden blades.

And you will fail...

A brooding heavy metal soundtrack from former Celtic Frost member Curt Victor Bryant adds to the ferocity and gothic aura of the game, serving to heighten the intensity throughout the myriad battles.

“We are really excited to have Slain hit Xbox One during this Halloween month!” said Nick Alfieri, Director at Digerati. “Our community has often drawn comparisons to Castlevania and we’re hoping Slain, with its gory combat and dark metal soundtrack,can be a classic Halloween hit as well.”

After initially releasing on PC earlier this year, Slain underwent a complete overhaul that has been widely praised by critics and gamers alike. Since being revamped, Slain’s Metacritic score has increased 35 points to 75% and the community has lauded Digerati, Andrew Gilmour & 22nd Century Toys for their commitment to Slain’s post-launch update efforts.

The game is split up into seven areas, each of which has two distinct and very different sections. The first (horizontal) section is your progression towards the tower and has larger focus on your combat skills, with many interesting and satisfying ways to die... If you complete this part and defeat that section's mini-boss, then you can begin to ascend the Tower. These Towers have a larger emphasis on platforming and timing with puzzles and a whole range of wonderfully creative (and deadly) traps. If you reach the the top of tower, your reward is to meet the area's overlord....

Reminiscent of classics like Altered Beast, Shadow of The Beast, and Ghosts 'n Goblins, the difficulty of the combat and platforming can best be described as... brutal. Save points help but they're rare. So it's down to you and your ability with a sword.

There are 5 different attacks available, all with varying degrees of power and each with its own specific use. 

Slain! will also feature a mana system adding a light strategic element to this hack and slash fest! Mana is charged by successfully decapitating foes (as mentioned) or collecting vials. The blocking feature will also play an important role in your decisions of how to approach certain combat situations. 

Key Features:

• Challenging ‘elemental’- based melee and magical combat.
• 6 hours of bone-crushing, metal-fuelled mayhem & gore.
• Choose from 3 unique weapons in your fight against the demon hordes.
• Full soundtrack recorded by Curt Victor Bryant formerly of Celtic Frost. \m/
• Cunningly concealed secrets (shhh).
• Boss fights, mini-boss fights, sub-mini- boss fights &; macro-sub- mini-boss fights.
• No laborious leveling, no tedious grinding, no wimpy crafting!