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Omega Strikers

Platform(s): Android, Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, iOS
Genre: Action/Adventure
Developer: Odyssey Interactive
Release Date: April 27, 2023

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'Omega Strikers' Will Receive No Further Content Updates, Development Team Moves to New Project

by Rainier on Nov. 6, 2023 @ 12:00 a.m. PST

Omega Strikers is a free-to-play 3v3 cross-play/cross-progression footbrawler.

Omega Strikers features full cross-play and cross-progression functionality between all platforms. Omega Strikers blends the best parts of modern competitive multiplayer games, weaving in goal-focused objectives, physical fun and knockouts, and character depth and mastery into thrillingly fast-paced matches.

Odyssey has implemented a variety of new layers of strategy and progression to Omega Strikers in the lead up to launch and will continue to expand the competitive experience through extensive post-launch live service programming.

Each matchup will now play out over three potential rounds and provide players with short breaks to upgrade abilities based on their individual performance in the previous round. Arenas are being overhauled to each feature unique layouts and environmental obstacles, including hazards and buffs, requiring their own strategies while being packed with immersive art and animations to set the tone. A variety of new gameplay features have also been added to augment progression including the Striker Affinity system as well as the tactical Core Flip skill, a special one-use-per-match ability that knocks away opponents and gives you a chance to strike first.

Players can also look forward to new Quick Chat functionality, an enhanced visual experience both in and out of matches, additional collectible cosmetics and much more at launch.

Omega Strikers is an expansive and ever-evolving competitive multiplayer experience that will continue to grow alongside the player community.

Odyssey Interactive announced that by the end of this year, the Odyssey team is pivoting to work on new games set in the Omega Strikers universe.

Despite our best efforts, we haven’t been able to grow Omega Strikers. Although the game has an incredible core community, most players generally stop playing after a few weeks of going hard on the game—and this has been true since our Open Beta over a year ago. We have big dreams for the future of the Omega Strikers universe, and to achieve our ambitions we believe we must focus our efforts on a new title set in the OS world that (we truly hope) you’ll love.

We intend to keep Omega Strikers up and running for the foreseeable future with server support, regular minor balance changes, and bugfixes for major issues. However, at the end of this year we will wind down new content updates for the game and shift our focus to the development of a new game set in the Omega Strikers IP. This means there will be no planned releases of new Strikers, map, modes, Striker Passes, or other major content for Omega Strikers after the end of 2023.

The store will remain active and you will continue being able to make Ody Point purchases to unlock items in Omega Strikers. To show our appreciation for you supporting Odyssey as we develop a new game in the Omega Strikers universe, any money spent on Omega Strikers will be granted back to you as premium currency which you’ll be able to use in our next game.

Key Features:

  • Choose Your Striker: Omega Strikers features a wild and ever-growing roster of diverse and vibrant characters known as Strikers. With 15 Strikers available at launch, each character is hand-crafted by Odyssey from the anime-inspired character art and animations to each of their individual abilities that provide players of all playstyles a multitude of options to take into the arena. 
  • Strategy Meets Chaos: Each match in Omega Strikers will play out over the course of three quick rounds. After each round, competitors will have a chance to reset their strategy and upgrade their abilities from a shared resource pool—pick order is determined by each players’ performance in the last round. Teams who work together, adjust to their opponent’s strategy, use their abilities and special Core Flips at the right time during the moment-to-moment chaos will rise as the victors. 
  • Evolved Arena: Every arena in Omega Strikers will not only have a different look and vibe, but will change up how the competition unfolds. Arenas are equipped with custom layouts - like back-to-back goals in the center of the arena - and unique environmental obstacles, including hazards and buffs, that will require teams to adapt their strategies to come out on top. Each arena also provides a lens into Omega Strikers’ overarching narrative providing new details on the Strikers, their worlds and backstories. 
  • A Signature Style - Influenced by Odyssey’s love of anime culture, fans worldwide have embraced Omega Strikers vibrant roster of Strikers. As players find the characters they like to compete with, they can unlock cosmetic items including skins, emotes, icons and more through the Striker Affinity system. The studio has doubled down on the style of the game by adding more emotes, animated reactions, evolved podium celebrations, an array of new skins, extra functionality to view Striker progression after matches and much more to bring the characters to life and further elevate the player experience. 
  • Competitive Spirit - With competition at the center of Omega Strikers, players will be able to queue solo or squad up with friends to compete against others in ranked, unranked, or custom game modes at launch. The launch will also introduce the Rotating Goal Mode (RGM), a new queue aimed at presenting all of the explosive, over the top gameplay of Omega Strikers, but in a much more approachable way to enjoy, learn and lean into the chaotic physics of Omega Strikers. RGM features larger arenas with goals placed at different locations within as the core zips around at lightning speed and other modifications heighten the explosiveness of the matches.
  • Built for Cross-Platform Competition - Omega Strikers features full cross-play and cross-progression support on Nintendo Switch, PC, mobile devices, Xbox consoles. No matter the platform a player is competing on, they can pick up where they left off, maintaining their progression, unlocked Strikers and cosmetics, and, most importantly, their spot on the leaderboard.

Omega Strikers is coming to Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and PC on April 27, 2023.


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