Speaking with members of BumbleBear, Liquid Bit, and a few devoted players from New York City's Killer Queen arcade community, it's clear that everyone has high hopes for both games to thrive. Killer Queen Black, a four-versus-four game designed by BumbleBear and developed by Liquid Bit, is out on Nintendo Switch, Steam, and Discord as of October 11. Killer Queen's creators, BumbleBear Games of Brooklyn, NY, estimate that there will be over 200 cabinets scattered across public and private venues by the year's end.īut Killer Queen's being joined by a spin-off that may reach more players than the arcade game ever could. It's simple enough-each of the 10 stations only have a single joystick and a jump/fly button-to be a good time for newcomers at a barcade while having enough depth to encourage an almost absurdly dedicated fanbase that's been growing since 2013. An arena in Killer Queen Black | Liquid Bit and BumbleBear There are three ways to win a round in Killer Queen: military victories are achieved by killing the other team's Queen three times, economic victories come when a team's Workers manage to bring enough of the berries in the arena back to their team's hive, and snail victories are awarded when a team can manage to move a slow-moving snail at the screen's center to a goal on their side of the screen. Both teams consist of four Workers with infinite lives and a Queen, a deadly unit with a weapon and a dive attack. Killer Queen, for those who haven't stepped up to the blue-and-gold cabinets, is a five-versus-five 2D arcade platformer. I've seen the twinned five-player cabinets magnetize people's attention in arcades on both coasts, and I even wished I had played more during my own birthday at a brewery where I did not plan on crossing paths with any dedicated Killer Queen players. From my experience, it's the same no matter the setting. When you're in a room where other people are playing Killer Queen, there's a palpable sense that those folks are having the most fun.
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