Plunder Panic

Platform(s): Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
Genre: Online Multiplayer
Developer: Will Winn Games
Release Date: Q1 2022

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'Plunder Panic' Gets Early Access Update, Comes to Playstation, Nintendo Switch and Xbox Consoles This Spring

by Rainier on Feb. 14, 2022 @ 11:35 a.m. PST

Plunder Panic is a swashbuckling, up to 12-player action-arcade game where two rival crews battle for supremacy on the high seas!

Get ready to flip those eye-patches and head into battle with up to 12 players (locally or online) in this retro-styled arcade beat-em-up that pits pixelated pirates vs. pirates in quick, round-based matches. With enough weapons, items, modes, and “modify-arrs” to fill the biggest deep-sea treasure chest, Plunder Panic is the perfect game to cement friendships and foster rivalries!

Featuring both local and online play, work with your crew to plunder booty, defeat the enemy captain, or scuttle their ship. The first team to capture an objective wins, so be on the lookout for other sneaky pirates!

Raise the Jolly Roger and dive into this blend of classic and modern games, where retro graphics and simple controls meet fast-paced, frantic arcade action. With multiple play modes, unique power-ups and game changing modify-arrs, there are hundreds of gameplay combinations guaranteed to shiver ye timbers! Plunder Panic features flexible team configurations, including local, online, and AI-controlled players. Time to assemble your crew, get all hands on deck and send your scurvy competition to Davey Jones’ Locker!

Currently available through Steam Early Access ($9.99), Plunder Panic is headed to PlayStation 4/5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch this spring! 

For those already playing Plunder Panic on Steam Early Access, the latest game update adds a frigid new map with exciting secrets to discover as well as a shareable player stats system!

The new portrait system features a bountiful booty of pirate stats that change based on your personal plundering career, taking the form of a stylized ‘Wanted’ poster. Pirates all across the world will shiver when they take a gander at your notorious mug.

The addition of this highly shareable poster also comes with a new pirate ledger, which contains advanced stats across various plundering categories, including Career, Captain, Crew, Items, Awards, and more! These added stats are a great way to share your well-deserved pirate cred with your friends and strangers on the internet. 

But that’s not all! The frost wizards at Will Winn Games have braved the frightfully frigid waters to deliver an exciting new battlefield. Their latest map, “The Lost Glacier”, is a bone chilling, yet bountiful level that features unique sea life, dangerously icy platforms, tons of booty to plunder and…a snowball-throwing Yeti? The pirate's life is certainly never dull!

Key Features:

  • Pirate Brawlin’ — Fast-paced action-arcade gameplay with elements of platforming, combat, and strategic play
  • Play With Friends and Foes — Supporting local and online play with up to 12-players (including AI). Players can invite friends to their couch or connect online through private lobbies. Online matchmaking with friends and foes will be added in a post-launch update.
  • Become the Pirate King — Multiple win conditions offer pirate crews different gameplay strategies. Teams can coordinate to either collect enough gold, sink an enemy ship with cannons or a rowboat of TNT, or defeat the enemy captain.
  • Modify-arrs — Matches can be customized with up to six modifiers at once which change up the game rules dramatically. Randomized Captains per round? No captains at all? What about all pirates having a pair of never-ending Seagull Wings? Anything and everything can happen!
  • Swords, Explosives, and… Squids? — Chaotic items that can be wielded by players can drop into a match at any time. From weapons such as the Blunderbuss, molotov cocktails, and dynamite to stat-boosting rum barrels and enchanted idols; even squid can be used as weapons (the Kraken doesn’t take kindly to this, though).
  • Multiplayer Mode MadnessPlunder Panic will feature several exciting game modes coming in a post-launch update, including Free Play, Tournament, Conquest, Ranked and Unranked, and Captain vs. Captain 1v1
  • A Visual Treasure — A charming retro pixel-art aesthetic with adorable lil’ pirates and beautiful themed arenas

Plunder Panic is coming to Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Steam) in Spring 2022.


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