It’s been a long ride, but the royal chariot is finally ready to roll. Since we first unveiled it at this year’s E3, hundreds of players have had the opportunity to take it out for a spin and give us some feedback.
One question kept coming back: “When is it gonna come out on PS4?”
Well, today we’re happy to announce that PS4 owners will be able to experience Chariot’s unique co-op platforming and spelunking goodness next Tuesday, September 30th.
You’ve never heard of Chariot, you say? That’s alright! We’ll sum it up for you:
Chariot is a co-op platformer game where two players have to work together using physics-based mechanics, like pushing and pulling, to bring His Majesty’s royal coffin to his final resting place. Since the king’s ghost is picky (to say the least) regarding where and how he expects to be buried, this won’t be an easy task. Along the way, the Princess and her Fiancé will have to gather gold and precious gems to decorate the sepulcher.
We love that local multiplayer games are making a comeback, but we wanted to stray from the competitive game model and make one that focused on cooperation. That being said, the game can be enjoyed and finished by playing solo, but steel yourself, because some of the challenges will require an enormous amount of creativity on your part if you decide to go it alone.
We can’t wait for you guys to try Chariot! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to share them with us in the comments. We’re really eager to chat with you guys!
This wasn’t mentioned in the post, but it sounds like this is a local multiplayer only game, correct? This is a deal breaker for me. These indie games really need to step it up to the 21st century. It’s a shame that I can’t play wonderful games like Spelunky and Towerfall with friends online. I hope I’m wrong and this one supports online multiplayer. Please let us know, as this looks like a cool game!
Oh awesome, I’ll definitely be picking this up. Been looking forward to it for a while – plus I always love having more co-op games for when friends visit!
Whoa. I knew that I was looking forward to this game… but from the way that I just clapped my hands in glee when I read the headline for this post (at work no less!), apparently this will be a Day One purchase for me. :-)
Looking forward to playing it!
(Any chance you’ll also be bringing it to the Vita? Pretty please???)
Thanks, xari.
@JamesBlonde777 Hey James. Thanks for the comment. While I understand your interest for online multiplayer I must confirm that Chariot is local multiplayer only. The game relies on physics a lot and online latency would most probably create frustrating situations for players trying to work together over the network. But, most of all, the reason its local only is that a big part of the multiplayer fun in Chariot is the magic that happens between two people sitting next to each other trying to overcome the many challenges of Chariot. You just can’t Hi-Five over the network :-). I hope you still give it a go. I promise you won’t regret it.
What a pleasant surprise! I wasn’t expecting this game until later this year. Really looking forward to adding it to my library.
this is great, i had my eyes on this since the announce earlier this year. its really good to see that not everyone is dragging their legs getting things done. (im looking at you 505 games and spelunky, sorry for the lapse in knowledge lol) ports and re-releases are taking longer than actually making games nowadays. its crazy! lol but thanks so much for getting this awesomeness out to us guys, keep up the great work
@alphagoku1 Thanks a lot for the good words. We are so excited to get the game out! We’re glad we didn’t have to make you guys wait too much : )