Drill Man Rumble is a new hand-drawn 2D fighter featuring big drills and a multiplayer arena, when it launches in November 2023.
Evo brings plenty of action to our screens, and now the dust has settled on intense rivalries, we get to look forward to what’s coming next. During the regular fight fest, Neon Doctrine and Hunter Studio dropped a trailer that might have fans of Gurran Lagan sold already. Drill Man Rumble is a brand-new multiplayer brawler taking the 2D animated arenas of Smash likes and adding giant drills, because why not? Cast as a Drill Warrior and nominated by your tribe to take part in the Great Tournament, players must overcome all opponents to claim victory.
Playing as one of 11 intense drillers, players must hunt down and drive through their opponents in a range of arenas. Arena Mode for up to four players (online or offline) offers up the traditional competitive play. You can hunt down your fellow Drillers for sport (and riches) in the endless, eight-player Bounty Mode, or DIY (Drill It Yourself) in the single-player Drill Mountain story campaign.
Ridiculous skills such as Super Speed and Rebounding Mayhem continue the chaotic action, and competitors can even build their own hardcore platforming challenges with the game’s online map editor. This is certainly something of a change for publisher Neon Doctrine, who you might know from the likes of Yuppie Psycho, The Legend of Tianding, Lamentum, and the acclaimed SIMULACRA. The team behind it were pretty hyped after the announcement at Evo, and understandably so.
“Drill Man Rumble is one of Neon Doctrine’s most ambitious products to date, so we needed as much time in the toolshed to make a big splash with today’s reveal as possible,” said Neon Doctrine CEO Iain Garner. “We’re so thrilled to show it off to the world and can’t wait to see what sort of fun players get up to when it comes to PC and consoles later this year.”
If you’re not already sold on this concept, then head over to the Neon Doctrine website to find out more about each of the playable characters or head over to Steam to Wishlist the title now.
