Kalypso Digital Media and Candygun Games have announced Dollar Dash, a top-down downloadable multiplayer game slated for release later this year on Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network, and the PC. The game will have players taking control of four different thieves attempting to make a getaway with stolen cash.
More details can be found in the following press release:
Find it, Rob it, Keep it! Kalypso Media Digital Announces “Dollar Dash”
Leicester, UK, June 26, 2012 – Kalypso Media Digita Ltd. and Candygun Games invite you to grab your swag bag and head for the cash in Dollar Dash, the fast and frenetic top-down multiplayer versus game available later this year (2012) via download for Xbox LIVE® Arcade for the Xbox 360® videogame and entertainment system from Microsoft, PlayStation®Network and Windows PC.
Dollar Dash will have you shouting for joy and screaming in despair, as you make a dash with the cash. You must attack, defend or outrun your fellow thieves using unique comedic tactics and crazy weapons while making sure you deposit your hard-earned cash in the getaway vehicle before it disappears, hold onto the safe or simply blast your opponent on your way to victory.
Winner of Best Downloadable Game of E3 2012 by GamingExcellence (http://tiny.cc/ffa7fw), Dolla
r Dash offers you a huge amount of customization to stand out from the crowd. Personalize your character, upgrade your favorite weapon, earn perks and unlock new and exciting achievements. You can’t stand still for a second as the combat is crazy and money changes hands frequently. Choose your weapons carefully as you challenge your friends to become the best thief in town and laugh out loud as you smash them with a huge boulder or peck them with a Magpie, while protecting yourself with a jelly shield!Features of Dollar Dash
- Gather, dash and fight: Be the fastest, smartest and craziest multiplayer battle thief!
- Masses of Content: 30 maps, over 20 weapons and a number power-ups to discover
- Multiplayer: 4-player Drop-in & Jump-out multiplayer for instant online action
- Single-player: Defeat skilled AI opponents to prepare for Online PvP
- Three Intense game modes: Venture through different versus modes, from Dollar Dash where only the fastest win, to Hit’n’Run where the toughest will rule the field.
- Shop: Spend in-game cash on Weapon Upgrades, Character Customization, Perks and more!
- Unlockables: Collect Badges, unlock many crazy Achievements, and compete on global Leaderboards.
- Intuitive Controls: Quick to learn and simple to control, impossible to put down!
About The Kalypso Media Group
Founded in 2006 in Germany by industry veterans Simon Hellwig and Stefan Marcinek, Kalypso Media is a global, independent developer, marketer and publisher of interactive entertainment software with 120 employees world-wide.Along with Headquarters in Worms, Germany, the company has offices in the United Kingdom and the United States. Kalypso Media also enjoys very strong global digital distribution through its Kalypso Media Digital Ltd. Subsidiary, and owns three development studios – Realmforge Studios GmbH, Gaming Minds Studios GmbH and Noumena Studios GmbH – and works with multiple leading independent developers.
Kalypso Media‘s titles include the critically acclaimed Tropico 4, Sins of a Solar Empire, and Dungeons. Upcoming multi-platform titles include Port Royale 3, Omerta – City of Gangsters, DARK and The Dark Eye – Demonicon along with Legends of Pegasus for PC. Further information about Kalypso Media is available at http://www.kalypsomedia.com.
About CandyGun Games
Candygun Games is an independent developer of innovative downloadable games for consoles and PC. The company was founded by a core team of senior industry professionals in 2009 and has released its first game “Dead Block” for XBLA and PSN in 2011. More information about Candygun Games is available at www.candygungames.com.
