Hellfront: Honeymoon is out now and an odd name for a strategy shooter

HELLFRONT: HONEYMOON

HELLFRONT is an intense multiplayer top-down shooter with a tactical twist. Conquer ground, build a base, produce fighters and give them your orders. Play PVP or beat the campaign co-op or solo.

Hellfront: Honeymoon isn’t exactly what I was expecting from The Journey Down developers SkyGoblin, but looks like a fun bit of arcade twin-stick shootery for up to four (local) players. Launched today, it’s a single-screen party shooter/strategy hybrid where players are simultaneously trying to bump off each other while placing turrets and automated troop factories to harass their neighbours. There’s a single player/co-op campaign as well with leaderboards for each level, and I’ve seen some fun speedruns being shared on the Twittosphere. The launch trailer is below.

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