Mother Russia Bleeds
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| Developer(s) | Le Cartel |
| Publisher(s) | Devolver Digital |
| Director(s) | Alexandre Muttoni |
| Designer(s) | Frédéric Coispeau |
| Programmer(s) | Florian Reneau |
| Artist(s) | Alexandre Muttoni |
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| Composer(s) | Vincent Cassar |
| Engine | Unity |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 4 |
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| Genre(s) | Beat 'em up |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Mother Russia Bleeds (stylized as MOTHER RUSSIA BLEEDS) is an upcoming 2016 beat 'em up video game in development by France-based indie development studio Le Cartel and published by Devolver Digital.
Plot
Mother Russia Bleeds is set in an alternate, 1980s USSR, where a crew of four imprisoned street fighters was under the influence of the mafia's new drug, which is being drenched by the authorities itself. After they flew from prison, they started financing their subsistence with street fights.[1] This crew later decided to get behind the secrets of the mafia's drug and its influence on the authority, while still struggling with their addiction, giving them harsh hallucinations.[2]
Gameplay
Mother Russia Bleeds is a beat 'em up video game and is compared to Streets of Rage or Double Dragon.[3] The players are set to fight through side-scrolling, stage-by-stage levels, using guns, melee weapons or their bare fists to take out enemies. When killed, some enemies start convulsing. Players may fill their syringes with the drug from these enemies' corpses, which can then be injected to refill health or to go into berserk mode, which adds strength and speed to the player. The game can be played in single-player, local and online multiplayer co-op, in the classic arcade campaign, survival, and boss rush modes.[2]
Development
Mother Russia Bleeds was heavily inspired by Streets of Rage, Double Dragon and Renegade.[3] The game's development started in September 2013, after former Ubisoft game designer Frédéric Coispeau quit his job and met web designer Alexandre Muttoni, with whom he then formed Le Cartel on August 20, 2013.[4][3] Le Cartel soon started working on the story and some artworks for their game. In October 2013, the crew welcomed its new programmer, Florian Reneau, where the new composer, Vincent Cassar, followed shortly after.[4] After a few productive months, Le Cartel opened the Mother Russia Bleeds website, with that making the official announcement to their project, on March 1, 2014.[5] At the end of that same month, Le Cartel uploaded a pre-alpha gameplay teaser for Mother Russia Bleeds on March 30, 2014.[5] The level featured scenes from the level "Night Club", which was heavily inspired by Hotline Miami, which led to a huge spread of the teaser. A week after, Le Cartel announced that the games was going to release in Q1, 2015 for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux, and if it sells well also for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita, as well as Xbox 360 and Xbox One, set to run thtough a crowd funding campaign, which was later canceled.[6] On June 18, 2014, Le Cartel decided to the let the fans of their game's VK page deicde on the characters' names, which resulted in "Sergei", "Ivan", "Natasha" and "Boris".[7] The pre-alpha teaser of Mother Russia Bleeds was later acknowledged by Dennaton Games' Jonatan Söderström and Dennis Wedin, the creators of the Hotline Miami, which the level shown in the teaser was inspired by. Söderström and Wedin then recommended the game to Devolver Digital, resulting in a partnership between the two companies, just a few months after.[8] On Sony's E3 2015 press conference, Mother Russia Bleeds was officially announced under its new publisher, and was announced for the PlayStation 4.[9] The first trailer for the game followed shortly after the Sony press conference, which, besides PlayStation 4, also confirmed the game for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux.[10]
References
- ↑ IGN (2015-06-25). Mother Russia Bleeds Developer Commentary. IGN. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
- 1 2 Devolver Digital. "Mother Russia Bleeds - Fact Sheet.doc". Box. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
- 1 2 3 GameSpot (2015-06-19). Stage Demo: Mother Russia Bleeds - E3 2015. YouTube. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
- 1 2 Twitch.tv (2015-06-17). E3: Mother Russia Bleeds. Twitch.tv (Twitch Interactive). Retrieved 2015-08-15.
- 1 2 Farokhmanesh, Megan (2014-05-02). "Beat 'em up Mother Russia Bleeds coming to PC in 2015". Polygon. Vox Media. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
- ↑ Le Cartel (2014-05-07). "Mother Russia Bleeds: FAQ". Mother Russia Bleeds. Le Cartel Studio. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
- ↑ Coispeau, Frédéric (2014-06-18). "Вы нужны нам! Да, именно ты!". VK (in Russian). Mail.Ru Group. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
- ↑ Fillari, Alessandro (2015-06-19). "Mother Russia Bleeds is a brutal throwback to classic brawlers". Destructoid. ModernMethod. Retrieved 2015-08-15.
- ↑ Twitch.tv (2015-06-16). E3 2015 Sony Press Conference. Twitch.tv (Twitch Interactive). Retrieved 2015-08-15.
- ↑ Devolver Digital (2015-06-15). Mother Russia Bleeds - Gameplay Trailer. YouTube (Google). Retrieved 2015-08-15.