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Beasts can even seize  prestigious titles  as “King of the Forest” that will prove helpful given the tale of an ancient legend which states: “...only a true king can reassemble the Arcane Rainbow Crystal”.       Image: Preview of world map in Hybrid Beasts  Features       Local (couch)  multiplayer for 2-6 players  (4 controllers at the same time)    A unique 'endless battle' multiplayer mode  have fun battling your friends  for a very long time    Many  original and rarely seen weapons  such as: huge lasers, sticky mines, weaponized animals like flying fishes or armored armadillos, glue cannons, ice spells, shields, voodoo dolls, scuba gear, time travel, pet cemetery, Pandora's box, invisibility potion and many more    More common weaponry include shotguns, rockets, grenades, rope and jetpack     Power-Ups  like Double Damage or Super Jump impact gameplay     Random events  such as asteroid impacts, earthquakes, blizzards or even alien invasions make battles more exciting    Choose from many different and devastating  endgame modes : for example Genesis flood and Volcanic eruption     World regions  drastically  impact gameplay . For example, in a forest, you can dive into the clear water; whereas, in colder regions, the water is frozen to a solid block of ice that can be walked on. Near the volcano, on the other hand, the water has been vaporized by molten lava that immediately kills any beast that touches it    All of the more than 60 landscapes and battlefields are  handcrafted  and designed with strategies and deceitful ambushes in mind. The possibility to randomly generate battlefields is coming soon.    Hybrid Beasts has been developed to allow for  extensions of all major game elements . Expect new battlefields, random events, power-ups, endgame modes, quests and weapons to be added regularly.       Image: Current collection of weapons and items (more coming soon)  Technical       Platforms:  Windows ,  Linux ,  macOS  (later also Last- and Current-Gen consoles)    Expected release date:  2020 (Early access)     Available at:  Humble ,  Steam ,  GOG  and more to come.     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