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Epic of Kings is a super shiny Unreal powered action game that's heading to iOS and Android next year

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Epic of Kings is a super shiny Unreal powered action game that's heading to iOS and Android next year
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Normally when a big shiny Unreal powered game plops into our inbox here at Pocket Gamer we raise a collective eyebrow, say "that looks nice", and then write a news story about how the proof of the App Store pudding is always in the playing.

But Epic of Kings is from Dead Mage. And Dead Mage made the really bloody good gory action platformer Shadow Blade. So we're going to do pretty much the same, but with the proviso that this one has some pedigree.

We don't have much info about the game, but from the trailer above it looks like a mix of Infinity Blade-style scraps and dodging QTEs. All presented in super-duper slick Unreal Engine pretties.

There looks to be a bibbly storyline, lots of dragons, and plenty of hacking and slashing. There'll probably be brutish grunting as well. There's always brutish grunting.

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As you might expect you'll be able to pick up new items to make your beardy man tougher and less susceptible to tragic dragon death.

It all looks like stuff we've seen before. Pixel-destroying graphics, muscular arms, and glowing rocks. The gameplay probably fits into that bracket as well. Slash, tap, swipe, dodge.

But, and this is a pretty big but, Dead Mage did something different with Shadow Blade. It's a clever game that makes use of the touchscreen in ways that just work. So we're going to put Epic of Kings in the category marked 'there's hope for this one Jim'.

The game is set to hit iOS and Android next year. Although it might just hit the Nvidia Shield part of Android. We'll let you know as and when we hear more.

In the meantime, check out the trailer, and the screenshots in the gallery at the top of the page.

Harry Slater
Harry Slater
Harry used to be really good at Snake on the Nokia 5110. Apparently though, digital snake wrangling isn't a proper job, so now he writes words about games instead.