NEW BEHIND THE SCENES TRAILER REVEALS HOW ONE OF THE GAME’S MOST FEARSOME ENEMIES WAS MADE INTO A REAL LIFE, 1O FOOT TALL, 1,900 POUND PLAYABLE JUNK ROBOT
It’s too late to run, it’s too late to hide, the alien invasion we’ve all been dreading has finally landed and it comes in the shape of a 10-foot-tall, 1,900-pound junk robot that can be found at a gaming convention near you. ‘The Screamer’ is one of the deadliest enemies in the upcoming motorbike combat racer ‘Steel Rats’ and this new trailer reveals how the ingenious ‘Ride Again’ workshop in Poland brought this metal monstrosity to life as a playable demo station and junk infused work of art.
Wreck and ride in Steel Rats an upcoming 2.5D action arcade title, that fuses motorbike combat with death-defying stunt racing gameplay. The heroic biker gang are tasked with stopping an invading horde of alien Junkbots and now one of the deadliest enemies from the game has been made into a towering robot in real life, that also happens to be the most immersive ways to play the actual game.
Built over 90 days from 500 pieces of steel, the giant structure houses 5 LCD monitors that can be used to play the actual game and has already been on display at ‘EGX Rezzed’ in London, ‘Pixel Heaven’ in Poland and will next be invading Gamescom this August in Cologne, Germany.
‘Steel Rats’ is coming to Playstation® 4, Xbox One and PC later this year and is already lighting up the 2018 awards scene with eight nominations and one win for ‘Best Gameplay’ at the Game Connection Awards, a nomination for ‘Best Indie Game’ at the Digital Dragons Indie Showcase and winner of ‘Best Gameplay’ at Pixel Heaven in Poland earlier this month.
