HyperBrawl Tournament Takes Handball Off Its Hinges

In the spirit of its vague name, HyerBrawl Tournament for Apple Arcade combines PvP aspects of many games to produce a colorful variation of handball.

It has the stage of a soccer game (plus moving parts reminiscent of game shows like Knockout) with the action of a boxing match, and no rules except to score. Up to four players face off in various arenas and are given full license to knock out opponents for the ball. No referee, no fouls. Of course, characters are removed temporarily once their HP falls to zero, so be sure to pick your battles!

The game's eight Heroes can be outfitted with weapons and tools as well, making for some explosive plays. Abilities include things like a massive hammer, jetpack, magnetic hand, a whip that grabs other players, fireworks, and entire barrages of bombs. 

Hyperbrawl Tournament will become available to PC and console players sometime in 2020.

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With so much chaos and friendly fire, this has the makings of a great party game. Yet the HyperCurve homing mechanic and timing of weapons (which have very long cooldowns) means repeated victory will take some skill. It's accessible enough, but with a high difficulty ceiling, expert players may emerge to raise the bar even higher.

Experience the emotional roller coaster of end to end, goals galore, brawling and weapon fusion frenzy that will leave you on the edge of your seat.

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Developer Profile: Milky Tea Studios

Milky Tea is a UK based Game Developer and Publisher. Established in Liverpool in 2005, they started out as an animation studio that transitioned full-time into game development in 2015.

The studio has created digital content for some of the world’s biggest brands including NFL, Sony, Kraft, Bose and Toyota. The studio is renowned for its work in the UK on the Lloyds TSB Bank ‘for the journey’ advertising campaign between 2007 -2013.

In 2015-2016 the studio published “Coffin Dodgers” a dark comedic Kart Racing game on Steam, Xbox One and PlayStation 4. Over the years the studio has won, or been nominated for, nearly every major award in the industry, including prestigious awards from BAFTA, EMMY, Banff and TIGA. In 2017 the studio was shortlisted by Creative England as one of the top 50 best up and coming, innovative and disruptive, companies across film, games and digital tech.

In 2017, a leading integrated Internet services provider in China, Tencent, made an investment into the company. With this new partnership in place, Milky Tea plans to further expand the team in Liverpool and develop new game IPs across all platforms over the coming years.