Californian studio Cfinger Games, which is developing the nostalgic helicopter shooter Cleared Hot in the spirit of the classic Desert Strike, has enlisted the help of a time-tested publisher.
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Thanks to the publisher’s help, Cleared Hot will receive additional support throughout development, at release and beyond: “Overall, the game will be better and you can have more confidence in it.”
In turn, developers will be able to focus on the game itself: MicroProse will provide assistance with financing, marketing, press coverage, localization, as well as some “moral support.”
Timed to coincide with the publisher’s announcement, a new Cleared Hot trailer reveals that players will take on the role of a helicopter pilot returning to business after a 30-year hiatus (EA’s Strike series has not seen a release for 27 years – approx.).
Cleared Hot is positioned as a nostalgic game with pleasant physics and light tactical elements: “Shoot, dodge, move your squad around the battlefield and collect almost everything using a winch and magnet.”
Cleared Hot is expected to release “relatively soon” on Steam. They promise unpredictable gameplay, a campaign with day and night missions, action areas in the desert, jungle and Arctic, as well as a quadcopter as an alternative to a helicopter.