Aeon Must Die! to be released later this year

Focus Home Interactive have announced that their latest game for the Nintendo Switch, Aeon Must Die! (a sci-fi brawler with an anime-inspired art style developed by Limestone Games) will be released later this year in Europe and North America.

Here’s a trailer:

And here’s some details and the list of key features, along with some screenshots:

Get ready for an existential sci-fi massacre with a unique anime-inspired art style and a massive story of betrayal, love, and revenge across a broken universe. A unique beat’em-up packed with brutal, over-the-top action in an art style like you’ve never seen. Experience a spectacular beat ‘em-up introducing breakneck risk-reward gameplay, innovative AI and tactical fighting, all packaged in an incredible art style. 

Aeon, the dreaded Emperor of the unstoppable Void Armada, has been betrayed and left for dead by his generals. Weakened and without a body to exact his revenge, he manages to merge with you to survive and bring forth his wrath.

Choose who you kill or spare and change the fate of the galaxy. Travel across the futuristic city of Pantheon to destroy or subdue those who betrayed him, while fighting for your free will and the control of your body. Will you succumb to Aeon’s will and unleash his awesome power, losing yourself in the process? Or will you choose the hard way and remain free, at the cost of your free will and strength?

• Spectacular beat’em-up packed with brutal, over-the-top action
• Stunning art and mind-blowing OST
• Stylish, accessible combat featuring proper fighting game mechanics
• Choose who you kill or spare and change the fate of the galaxy

Aeon Must Die! (Switch) does not have a release date yet, but is slated for 2021 release in Europe and North America.

Source: Focus Home Interactive PR / Focus Home Interactive (Steam)