Orbital Bullet receives a launch date and details of its all-new “Upcycling” update
January 27, 2022
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Author: Assemble Entertainment
Wiesbaden, Germany - 27th January, 2022. Things are starting to heat up on the sphere! Accomplished indie publisher Assemble Entertainment and developer SmokeStab are fired up to reveal some major updates for their novel 360° shooter, Orbital Bullet. The first exciting piece of news is this - Orbital Bullet will exit its Early Access phase, debuting its full Steam launch on March 21st, 2022. Having been in Early Access for almost half a year, the action-packed neon-soaked roguelike has garnered an impressive “Very Positive” Steam rating, as well as several awards, including "Best Concept with Prototype'' at GermanDevDays 2019, as well as placing second in the category "Prototype Young Talent Award" at the German Video Game Awards.
That’s not all the news we have to share, though. In preparation for its launch, Smokestab has released a new content-packed update. Titled “Upcycling”, this DLC showcases Planet Scrapyard, a fresh n’ fun desert biome. But don’t be fooled, this expansion is anything but barren. Along with a new environment to traverse through, this latest content drop includes dazzling hand-painted pixel art cutscenes for each boss, additional skill tree branches, and a new Decorating System. Included in the update are three new electrophonic soundtracks from Niilo Takalainen, known for their work on award-winning dungeon crawler Noita.
Check out Orbital Bullet’s “Upcycling” DLC trailer here
Download some cool assets for the game here
Request your Orbital Bullet Early Access preview code here
Key Features of the Upcycling Update:
A Whole New World: Scrapyard, as its name suggests, is a desert biome filled with discarded cyborgs, robots, and you guessed it…scrap. Exploited by the Dread Corporation's greed, the planet is now a scorched wasteland where unbridled peril awaits.
New Enemies on the Horizon: Blast and burn your way through a barrage of new enemy encounters, including the Desert Crawler, the Dread Corp Flamethrower Unit, Spike Tires, and more
Setting the Stage: Five unique, hand-painted cutscenes have been added on the first kill of each boss, giving more story context
A Growing Skill Tree: Recent branches have sprouted, including Shop Rerolls, Extended Merchant Supply, and Lucky One
Learn more about the “Upcycling” update at the dev blog here.
Delivering fluid, fast-paced gameplay and procedurally generated enemies and levels, now more than ever is the perfect time to check out this critically acclaimed 360° experience. Bring out the big guns and show the Dread Corporation that you won’t just fall in line - you’ll go out guns blazing.
Sticking to the company’s philanthropic roots, Assemble is also offering a special ‘Save The World Edition’ on Steam for £18.99 / €22.99. The edition includes the hair-raising official soundtrack, with 10% of the revenue being donated to the non-profit organization Ocean Cleanup which develops advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic and waste.
Orbital Bullet is currently in Early Access, available on PC via Steam for £10.29 / €12.99. For more on the game, join the official Discord, follow the game on Instagram and Facebook, and of course, visit the website at https://www.orbitalbullet.com.
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For more information please contact:
Mark Allen - Mark Allen PR on behalf of Assemble Entertainment.
[email protected] +44 (0)7884 408976
About Assemble Entertainment
Founded in 2016 and based in Wiesbaden, Germany, Assemble Entertainment is an independent games developer best known for the survival city-builder Endzone - A World Apart, that challenges players to survive and thrive following an environmental apocalypse, and the modernized Leisure Suit Larry series, featuring two new entries in the iconic decades-spanning saga.
Despite the company's short history, Assemble Entertainment has won the German Developer Award twice — in 2020 and 2021— in the category "Best Publisher”. Assemble Entertainment organizes GermanDevDays, an annual conference held in Frankfurt, Germany since 2016 that attracts more than 1,100 attendees from across the German-speaking video game development industry. The event also includes the GermanDevDays Indie Award, where indie development teams across Germany can participate in varying categories to win a cash prize for their projects. The event is hosted by Stefan Marcinek, CEO and Founder of Assemble
Entertainment. More on www.germandevdays.com and www.assemble-entertainment.com.
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