Knockout City was today announced by
Mario Kart Live Home Circuit’s Velan Studios, a multiplayer dodgeball title that will be published by EA as part of its EA Originals label.
Velan co-founder Karthik Bala told Stevivor that the dodgeball game or, rather “dodgebrawl” according to the developer started off as a prototype around four years ago, built around a “deceptively simple mechanic that showed the promise of depth, skill [and is] something we’ve never tired of playing.”
Play is based around the principles of dodgeball throwing and catching the ball and is further videogameified with power-ups, hang gliders and special balls that change the state of play. Rather than playing in a gynmasium of the like,
Feature by Ed Thorn Senior Staff Writer Published 18 Feb, 2021
Recently I got some hands on time with Knockout City, a newly announced EA title developed by Velan Studios. It s a cartoony yet competitive dodgeball multiplayer game - sort of like if Fortnite s Tilted Towers was expanded into a bustling metropolis, and its legions of teenage flossers took to the streets to be a bit naughty before dinner time.
It s pretty easy to understand, because it s a big game of souped up dodgeball - but with some twists. And as much as I enjoyed flinging and catching balls, there was one aspect of Knockout City I was drawn to more than any other:
Knockout City Turns Dodgeball Into a Stylish High-Stakes Brawler comicbook.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from comicbook.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.