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Cannon Brawl out on Steam in June

Alexander Sliwinski — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 21:00:00 EST

Cannon Brawl, from indie Turtle Sandbox Games, is expected to launch this June on Steam, according to studio founder Peter Angstadt. An Xbox version is still planned, but there's been no announcement of a release window. Angstadt tells us he would also love to get on the increasingly indie-friendly Sony platforms.

Angstadt and artist Theresa Duringer founded Turtle Sandbox after winning the Activision Independent Games Competition with Dstroyd, which has since evolved into Cannon Brawl.

We had the opportunity to try the game at an indie showcase last night and it's a great co-op experience of Worms meets Rampart. Try it out for yourself by downloading the alpha, but it may be best to just wait for the full game now. Did we mention it was fun? It really was.

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Cannon Brawl devs release alpha build for free

Mike Schramm — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 04:00:00 EST

Cannon Brawl is dropping off an alpha version, available to download and play for free on PC. The game is a 2D mix of multiplayer action and real-time strategy, in which you control a little zeppelin that can build structures and fire cannons.

Unfortunately, this is an early version of the game, so it likely has plenty of bugs, performance issues, and other compatibility problems. But the devs want to get the game in your hands, so if you're in the forgiving mood you can download it starting now.

Cannon Brawl has also appeared on Steam Greenlight, and is aiming for the Xbox sometime in the future.

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Cannon Brawl brings 2D RTS to the PAX 10

Mike Schramm — Thu, 06 Sep 2012 23:59:00 EST

The PAX 10 picked some excellent titles to show off right outside of PAX's Indie Megabooth in Seattle last weekend. Of the indie games on display, a 2D real-time strategy game called Cannon Brawl was my favorite. Cannon Brawl (formerly called Dstroyd) is the product of four developers calling themselves Turtle Sandbox Games, and was a winner of the Activision Independent Games Competition last year, picking up $175,000 and a chance to be published with Activision.

The game looks very different from the last time we saw it - the graphics are much cleaner, the interface is simple and well-designed, and while the gameplay is fast and complicated Cannon Brawl does a great job of mixing quick moves with solid and interesting strategical choices. The game's not done yet, but it's coming together very well. Odds are that we'll be seeing this game a lot more in the future.

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