Developer Gemeli Games has confirmed that the 1.0 release for Skygard Arena is today, with a 35% discount for the first two weeks it’s available.
The turn-based tactics game has been in early access for ten months, and that discount offers 9.61 Euros off during the first week. The team says it’s been polishing the game along with feedback from the community, and that this new release version includes “the new Champion Seraphine, a new Arena for multiplayer mode, Steam achievements and more.”.
Steam achievements are also added with this 1.0 update, along with a new opening cinematic. Check out the launch trailer:
“We are super excited to officially launch Skygard Arena with the release of the 1.0 version! Developing such a game, with a full single-player campaign and an innovative PvP mode, has required years of hard work and iteration, so we are very proud of the 1.0 version of the game. We want to thank each player who tried Skygard Arena during Early Access and provided feedback: it has been instrumental in improving the game. We are looking forward to welcoming players to the world of Skygard and meeting them in the Arena!” – Alexandre Colin (Co-Founder and CEO at Gemelli Games).
The team describes the game as follows:
In Skygard Arena, players build their dream team by picking 3 Champions and personalizing their spells to fit their strategy. They lead their squad to victory in turn-based skirmishes where movement and positioning play a key role, as Champions have to capture objectives in the Arena and collect orbs to execute spectacular ultimate attacks.
Here’s the key features, too:
- Full single-player campaign with 13 handcrafted missions and 26 secondary quests. With large-scale battles, skirmishes to capture objectives, infiltration missions, base-defense challenges and boss fights, you will be challenged as you progress through the story.
- Multiplayer Arena mode with 1v1 PvP matches lasting 20 minutes on average. Play Ranked mode to climb the global leaderboard or enjoy Casual matches with friends.
- A roster of 10 unique Champions, each coming with 2 different Personas (a specific gameplay style with its own set of spells and its own skin).
- 80 Spells, split between primary actions, secondary actions and ultimate actions.
- 80 Relics that grant game-changing passive effects and reinforce synergies between Champions.
- Over 500,000 different team compositions.
- A modular AI inspired by chess engines like Stockfish. When playing Arena matches against the AI, players can choose between 4 difficulty levels. These difficulty levels do not change the number of enemies nor their stats: similar to chess engines, they only change the quality of the moves played by the AI! Prepare to face mind-blowing combos.
Epic 90-minute soundtrack composed by Raphael Joffres (Audio Lead on Clair Obscur: Expedition 33).
Skygard Arena is out now for PC.