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Death Squared - Nintendo Switch Impressions

Jason Love

Not much has been changed within the workings of the game itself between the console/PC versions released earlier this year and the new Switch version; much of what Locke had to say in his Co-Op Review still applies. As a puzzle game, the emphasis on co-op is apparent from the start as you and your buddy (or buddies) must communicate and work together to move your cubes onto their respective switches. Sometimes that cooperation entails synchronizing your movements to prevent spikes, lasers, or some other hazards from killing each other, and sometimes it’s standing on your buddy’s “head” in order to get to a platform otherwise out of reach. It’s engaging, it’s chaotic, and if you ignore the ever-increasing kill counter in the upper right counter, it’s a fun-time to be had by all.

Death Squared Co-Op Review

Locke Vincent

Death Squared is a charming puzzle game for one to four players. The game is developed by SMG Studio, based out of Sydney, Australia who have a pedigree focused on tight indie experiences. Their games are charming and colorful, and Death Squared fits right in with their style. The goal of the game is simple: navigate a robot cube through a te...

Death Squared Gets Release Date

Jason Love

The puzzle platformer that will "test relationships," SMG Studios' Death Squared, now has an official release date. The title will arrive on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on March 14. While the title only supports couch co-op natively, if you pick up the game for the PlayStation 4, you'll be able to play with friends...

Cooperative Puzzler Death Squared Coming to PS4

Jason Love

The puzzle aspects of the game are rather interesting, as our own Tally Callahan discovered when she got hands-on with it last spring during PAX East. Players each control their own cube and have to navigate their way around a platform while syncing their progress with their co-op partners'. A misstep or if the timing gets off, then you or your partner may be on the unfortunate end of some spikes or a laser beam.

PAX East 2016: Death Squared Hands-On Co-Op Impressions

Tally Callahan

It was a somewhat lean year for co-op at PAX East 2016, but SMG Studio combated that trend with their upcoming game, Death Squared. SMG reached out to us and let us know they’d be thrilled if I could stop by and have a look at their indie puzzle game playable with up to 4-player co-op. I was more than happy to oblige. I swung by SMG St...