{"id":14658,"date":"2011-08-08T19:45:50","date_gmt":"2011-08-08T09:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=14658"},"modified":"2011-08-08T19:45:50","modified_gmt":"2011-08-08T09:45:50","slug":"bastion-coming-to-pc-in-australia-on-august-17th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=14658","title":{"rendered":"Bastion Coming to PC in Australia on August 17th!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/news\/bast.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Supergiant Games are pleased to announce that <strong><em>Bastion<\/em><\/strong>, the award-winning\u00a0indie action RPG recently released on Xbox\u00a0LIVE\u00a0Arcade,\u00a0is coming to\u00a0PC in Australia on\u00a0August 17. Offering high-resolution graphics and\u00a0an all-new\u00a0PC\u00a0control scheme,\u00a0the game\u00a0will be available for USD$14.99 and will debut on Steam (currently available for pre-order) before becoming available on other popular PC portals later this month.<\/p>\n<p>Bastion\u00a0has\u00a0earned\u00a0numerous accolades\u00a0for its unique atmosphere and narrative style, deep yet accessible combat, and distinctive presentation. The game received ten\u00a0E3 awards\u00a0this year\u00a0including the Game Critics Award for Best Downloadable Game, Game Informer\u00a0Magazine\u2019s award for Best Downloadable Game, and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">G4<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/tv.com\/\">tv.com<\/a>\u2019s award for Most Original Game.<\/p>\n<p>The PC version of\u00a0Bastion\u00a0will be available DRM-free and include\u00a0Steamworks\u00a0support for Cloud saves, achievements, and\u00a0leader boards\u00a0(Steam version only). Featuring lush and imaginative artwork in full 1080p resolution as well as an innovative reactive narration system that responds to players&#8217; actions in real time,\u00a0the game\u00a0challenges players to build a new world after\u00a0a cataclysmic event\u00a0shatters\u00a0the land to pieces. \u00a0As players journey into the wild unknown, they will confront savage\u00a0beasts, forge an array of customizable weapons, and gain new powers from specially-brewed spirits as they become immersed in the\u00a0game&#8217;s rich atmosphere.\u00a0Gameplay\u00a0is designed to reward player skill, offering\u00a0great customization including the\u00a0new\u00a0re-mappable\u00a0PC control scheme. Bastion for PC will also support game pad controllers.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the game, please visit\u00a0the developer&#8217;s official site at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.supergiantgames.com\/\">www.supergiantgames.com<\/a>\u00a0or follow\u00a0@SupergiantGames\u00a0on Twitter. To pre-order Bastion on Steam, visit its product page: <a href=\"http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/107100\">http:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/107100<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Supergiant Games are pleased to announce that Bastion, the award-winning\u00a0indie action RPG recently released on Xbox\u00a0LIVE\u00a0Arcade,\u00a0is coming to\u00a0PC in Australia on\u00a0August 17. Offering high-resolution graphics and\u00a0an all-new\u00a0PC\u00a0control scheme,\u00a0the game\u00a0will be available for USD$14.99 and will debut on Steam (currently available for pre-order) before becoming available on other popular PC portals<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=14658\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14658"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14665,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14658\/revisions\/14665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}