Loot Rascals Gets Release Window
Loot Rascals, a roguelike strategy experience with collectible card game elements and a retro sci-fi aesthetic, launches on PlayStation 4 and PC, has gotten a release window, with the developers saying that the game will be released in Q1 2017. Developed by Hollow Ponds, a veteran team comprised of many of the same individuals who worked on Hohokum and an Adventure Time animator, Loot Rascals will be available to demo in the PlayStation booth at E3. The objective of Loot Rascals is to escape from a distant hostile planet, but eccentric aliens, robots and monsters stand in the way. A.I. controlled holograms of other players may also attack, depending upon in-game decisions. Loot Rascals has permadeath – when a player dies they lose all equipment, represented by cards. However, when an enemy kills a player, the fiend loots a single card. When another player defeats that same enemy, they win the card, and are given the altruistic option to return it to its former owner or keep the card for