This is something that should be happening all the time. Cross platform play is almost as cool as the cloud city of Bespin, and it was probably almost as hard to create.
Aftercharge is set on the distant planet of Dusk 11, exploited by a greedy corporation for the energy at its core. Designed originally to avoid industrial espionage, the company's workonics worker robots are defecting due to the planet's now unstable energy, which has put the company's extractors (and all life on the planet) at risk. The Workonics set out to destroy the extractors and must face off against human Enforcers guards who are invulnerable to robot attacks. Luckily for them, the Workonics have invisibility on their side.
The story doesn't matter as much as what the game is trying to do, which is throw a fresh spin on team-based FPS. In Aftercharge, the play revolves around six glowing structures called extractors which are placed at the center of each match and serve as the objective for both teams, whether you're on the attacking Workonics side or the defending Enforcer guards. You'll choose from a total of eight unique characters, each with their own attacks, defensive abilities and weapons but after that, the objective of the game is simple, except for a few game-specific twists; one team is an invisible pack of stealth fighters, while the other team is invincible to a degree, reviving allies instantly with no limit and zero cool down on abilities.
"Having Aftercharge support cross-play with the three platforms at launch has always been super important for us, so we can't wait to see the three gaming worlds collide this summer," said Laurent Mercure, Communications Officer at Chainsawesome Games. "Aftercharge on the Switch not only makes the game playable on-the-go, but also opens the door to building a more unified gaming community without platform-based borders. And for those gamers who want to get an early look at the game, we'll be showcasing a playable PC build at PAX East 2018, as well as holding a special Alpha playtest in April. So, stay tuned for more details!"
Aftercharge will be available this summer on PC, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch.
