It seems like Skulls of the Shogun, a slick 2D strategy game by Haunted Temple studios, has been a faint-but-intriguing blip on our radar for ages now. But according to producer Jake Kazdal, the game is nearing the final stretch, with a target release date shortly after the holiday season.
Skulls was looking better than ever in its PAX Prime 2011 showing. It’s packed with bold, colorful art that really matches the game’s unconventional mechanics. Despite generally resembling a strategy title like Shining Force, Skulls has a highly simplified interface and a resource-gathering-free design that Kazdal describes as having been inspired by ’90s-era Capcom brawlers. It’s an unexpected matchup, but it definitely works.
