Brawlout Steps into the Ring on PS4 in August

Plus a new guest character announced

by Stephen Tailby Fri 20th Jul 2018

It feels like Brawlout has been heading to PS4 for an insanely long time. The party fighting game, which quite clearly follows the template laid down by Super Smash Bros., finally has a release date, and you'll be scrapping with your mates from 21st August 2018.

The game includes a couple of guest characters from other indie titles, such as the Drifter from Hyper Light Drifter, and Juan from Guacamelee. The above trailer also confirms that Yooka and Laylee from, er, Yooka-Laylee will be joining the fray.

Are you looking forward to Brawlout on PS4? Try not to fall off the stage in the comments below.

[source youtube.com]

Stephen has been part of the Push Square team for over six years, bringing boundless enthusiasm and a deep knowledge of video games to his role as Assistant Editor. Having grown up playing every PlayStation console to date, he's developed an eclectic taste, with particular passion for indie games, arcade racers, and puzzlers. He's also our go-to guy for Sonic-related matters, much to his delight/chagrin.

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ShogunRok
Fri 20th Jul 2018

This game looks pretty promising, but Yooka and Laylee are bottom-tier guest characters.

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stinkyx
Fri 20th Jul 2018

I'm definitely open to a SSB knock-off on the PS4, but the roster just isn't doing it for me. Anthropomorphic animals are fine, but it seems like it's just a bunch of same-y walruses, monkeys, and birds (not exactly the animals I would've chosen for a brawler).

At least the guest characters add some needed variety. If anything, this makes me wanna finally pick-up Hyper Light Drifter!

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Deadlyblack
Fri 20th Jul 2018

As a big Smash fan, this game looks fun.

At least it has the usual "build up percent and hit your opponents off the stage" like Smash and not the whole "build meter and use a special attack to defeat your enemies" like PlayStation All-Stars.

That was my least favorite part of All-Stars.

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koaeinferno
Fri 20th Jul 2018

@ShogunRok I thought Yooka Layle was great especially after the update.

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Quintumply
Fri 20th Jul 2018

@smelly_jr You should definitely play Hyper Light Drifter, it's a fantastic game!

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drd7of14
Fri 20th Jul 2018

It's on sale for Switch as of today at $11.99.

I'll probably double dip for this if it holds up. Since PSABR will likely never get another try, this looks like a decent Indie Smash-Style party fighting game.