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Shoulders Of Giants

Platform(s): PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X
Genre: Action/Adventure
Developer: Moving Pieces Interactive
Release Date: Jan. 26, 2023

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'Shoulders Of Giants' Release Date Set For Later This Month, Available for Pre-Order - Trailer

by Rainier on Jan. 12, 2023 @ 6:14 p.m. PST

Shoulders Of Giants is a sci-fi roguelike that features a sword-wielding robot and a gunslinging space frog working together to defeat a great evil.

Shoulders Of Giants is an explosively colorful sci-fi roguelike designed to put your teamwork to the test.

Simultaneously control a sword-wielding robot and a gunslinging space frog in Shoulders of Giants, an explosively colorful sci-fi roguelike. Play alone, with a friend, or as part of a four-person team, cutting through waves of enemies on a quest to rescue the galaxy!

The forces of Entropy are spreading chaos through the stars, corrupting living planets and urging on the heat death of the universe. Led by the psychic Owl, one scrappy team of space survivors are fighting to restore the balance. A mysterious mech! A sharpshooting amphibian! Together they must mow down waves of enemies and restore light and life to the galaxy!


Indie developer Moving Pieces Interactive has just released a new trailer, announcing that their piggybackin’ sci-fi roguelike Shoulders of Giants will launch on  January 26, 2023.

Preorders (PC, Xbox) for the game begin today!

Early adopters will bag a 20% discount on the launch price and four exclusive color sets, so you and up to three co-op friends can save the universe in style right from the start of the game!

The soundtrack to the game was created by Tomas Dvorak aka Floex (Samorost, Machinarium), and will be available soon here.

Key Features

  • Army of Four: Battle the forces of entropy in four-player online co-op. Is your teamwork strong enough to survive?
  • Grow as you go: Experience quick bursts of roguelike joy, as you explore, grow, and become gloriously overpowered on a never ending ride of randomized levels. 
  • A Galaxy Far Away: Shoot ‘n’ slash your way through explosively colourful planets, restoring life and light to the shattered worlds as you fight.
  • Loot that Matters: From grappling hooks to glowing grenades, each new pickup can radically alter your power and playstyle. Mix and match abilities to create a moveset that’s all your own!
  • Best friend mode: Up for a truly chaotic co-op challenge? A unique co-op mode where you team up with a friend, each taking control of either the frog or the robot and effectively controlling one player character together 

Shoulders Of Giants is coming to Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC (Epic Games Store) on January 26, 2023.


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