Arcade top-down hack & slash video game Battle Axe is now available for digital pre-order and pre-download on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S.

Battle Axe is an arcade top-down hack & slash featuring high-quality visuals created by veteran pixel artist Henk Nieborg, true to form game mechanics, and music from the legendary VGM composer Manami Matsumae – retro gamers rejoice!

For as long as you and your people can remember, your homeland of Mercia has been held in the tyrannical grip of “Etheldred”; a despotic sorceress in the distant icy wastelands to the north. Every seven years she sends her armies south to handpick inhabitants from each township who will be subjected to a life of slavery, and they are never heard from again. A call is sent out to champions across the land pleading with them to put an end to her rule. An elf, a wizard and a marauder answer the call. Join this band of heroes on their quest the vanquish evil from the land once and for all!

Developed by Bitmap Bureau and published by Numskull Games, Battle Axe is available for digital pre-order and pre-download from the Microsoft Store for Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S for US$/€29.99.

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