Hong Kong - 1 September. Death or Glory, the game that blends fighting game mechanics with deckbuilding to offer the ultimate card dueling experience, is available to play now and this weekend with its first open beta. Watch the announcement trailer below here.
The open beta is live now and runs until Monday, 4th September. Players can progress enough to earn three of the game classes, adventure through the roguelike mode, and enter the competitive PvP arena mode. Players participating in the open beta will be rewarded with an exclusive Redeye skin (below).
Death or Glory works on a very unique turn system, where almost every attack can be reacted to, whether dodged or blocked. Each card uses a speed system, much like the frames of a fighting game, so a heavy attack will still hit over a small block. Managing your resources, including stamina, champion power, and cards in hand, is vital to surviving the arena.
Choose a fighter, venture through the fantasy realms, and build the perfect champions deck in the roguelike adventure mode, which plays like a traditional roguelike deck builder (Slay the Spire, Wildfrost). With multiple maps on offer, all of which evolve and change as you challenge your way through the fantasy realms.
You can also face off against other champions and climb the ranks of glory in tense dueling battles. These arena battles sit closer to an original CCG style (Hearthstone, Legends of Runetera). Regardless of what mode players choose to champion, experience will always be earned and unlock content for both PvE and PvP.
Becoming a champion in a world where magic and bullets collide is no easy feat. Gods can use their might to fight mechs. Werewolves can build rage to tear apart warriors and other foes. Every card is an action; every action can have a reaction.
The champions of Death or Glory make up five different classes, all with a unique play style and resource system. Piloting a mech requires managing the system's temperature to play devastating combos. Fighting as a feral werewolf means harnessing rage to slash away at your opponent's health.
Each champion and class holds its own secrets to dueling success. Learn to master the classes in the Arena, where you face off in increasingly difficult towers, unlocking new cards and the secrets to their success. Once you’ve mastered your champion, then show your glory to the world in competitive PvP duels.
- Five Classes with Five Unique Resource Systems - No two classes play alike. Spellslingers will accumulate Mana, whilst Monsters will Unleash power.
- Character Decks - Every character has unique mechanics and befitting cards that can only be played by them. A Ninja will have nimble and fast cards whilst a lumbering Giant has powerful and heavy attacks.
- Dynamic Turn Control - Both players share a turn. As soon as you counter your opponent's card, you seize the initiative and gain control of the battle.
- Embark on an Adventure - The roguelike single-player mode will make players choose between multiple paths to take on a journey. Different choices will result in different rewards, and the playstyle of every champion will constantly adapt with every card rewarded.
- Competitive Duels - Duel your friends in a death match to see who is the greater champion. Climb the ladder for Seasonal rewards and the taste of glory against your rivals.
- Progress like a Champion - Fight with different champions to level them up and unlock new cards, skins, and powerful PvE abilities.
Death or Glory will be released as a free-to-play game with cosmetic micro-transactions towards the end of September via Steam Early Access. The open is live now and runs through until Monday, 4th September.
Please note, progress earned in the open beta weekend will not carry over to the Early Access release of Death or Glory.
Preview keys
If you would like to preview Death or Glory ahead of its open beta weekend, then please request a key below or email lewis@neonbedlam.com
About Distilled Gaming Company
Our world moves at an ever faster pace these days. There is not enough time to study, to work, to eat, to sleep or even to play. Distilled Gaming wants to focus on where the fun is. Anything that is not fun, we discard. Anything that is, we double it, triple it and then let a player experience it in the shortest amount of time. We hope to put a smile on every face.
Everyone in Distilled Gaming are passionate gamers. We know very well what is enjoyable and what frustrates us. Death or Glory is our first game and we are perfecting it through endless iterations. We believe in our concept and hope to support this game in the years to come.
Useful links
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1612570/Death_or_Glory/
Trailer: https://youtu.be/XB8kJX6U2Hw
Website: https://www.deathorglory-game.com/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-Dq7GMES7VxwZRlFUohr8g
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DeathorGlory_