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Ninja! Ninja! Botzilla! And More in ‘Plain Sight’

I have to admit that Beatnik Games‘ upcoming Plain Sight interested me from the start — what’s not to love in a game about suicidal ninja robots?

Plain Sight’s point-banking mechanic also interested me. Players can save their accumulated points whenever they’d like (by committing robo-suicide), but the longer a player goes without saving their points, the higher bonuses they would receive… Of course, until you bank those points, there’s always the risk that another player’s suicide will take you down, and you’ll lose all those great bonuses.

Anyway, Plain Sight is due out later this month, and Beatnik Games is letting us in one some of the features their new game will have:

LONDON, ENGLAND – March 15, 2010 – Beatnik Games, an independent game development studio, are revealing more details on the myriad of game modes for its labor-of-love debut, Plain Sight, set to release via Steam and other digital download platforms on March 22nd for $9.99.

First up are ‘Deathmatch’ and ‘Team Deathmatch’ with up to 20 people, all vying for valuable energy. The more energy they accumulate, the bigger, better and more badass they become, but there’s a catch: they must blow themselves up to earn points, multiplying the score with each enemy you take out in the process. Risk and reward baby!

Next, the uniquely titled ‘Ninja! Ninja! Botzilla!’ has a team of tiny ninjas working together to bring the gargantuan Botzilla down to size. Easier said than done!

‘Lighten Up’ is a time-based turf war mode in which players must detonate on a glowing target area with as much energy as possible; the best detonation collects the points for that round.

Rounding things off there is the familiar favorite ‘Capture the Flag’, the usual rules still apply but with that self-destructive Plain Sight panache!

That should keep you all busy for awhile!

Key Features:
• 13 multiplayer maps
• Battle up to 20 players
• 5 self-destructive gameplay modes,
• ‘Deathmatch’, ‘Ninja! Ninja! Botzilla’, ‘Lighten Up’, ‘Team Deathmatch/Weakest Clink’ and ‘Capture The Flag’
• In-game power-ups
• 30 different robot upgrades to spend your experience points on
• Perfect your skills against AI ninja robots in the offline practice mode
• Dedicated server software included

Plain Sight will be out on March 22nd, and it will be available on Impulse, Steam, Gamer’s Gate and others.