Aeon Drive is an upcoming action-platformer from developer 2Awesome Studio and writer Critical Reflex.

A retro-style cyberpunk-themed side-scrolling platformer with a speedrunning twist, Aeon Drive has gamers management Jackelyne, an area ranger who, armed with a teleportation dagger and energy sword, is determined to get residence.

A direct sequel to the 2017 shoot-’em-up Dimension Drive, Aeon Drive begins proper the place the earlier recreation left off. Set in Neo-Barcelona, Jackelyne should discover all of the Drive Cores to repair her ship, whereas additionally saving town from impending doom.

Traversal is predicated on sprinting and dashing by way of every stage, whereas additionally utilizing time and space-bending talents, similar to utilizing the teleportation dagger to squeeze by way of slender gaps.

Whereas the sport options loads of harmful traps in its 100 ranges, together with lasers, spikes, and saws, the problem may be adjusted by gathering and strategically putting time-warping units to save lots of gamers the frustration of repetition.

The sport has additionally been designed for a number of methods to clear a stage, so speedrunners can attempt to search for optimum paths to get as quick a time as potential.

Along with its story mode, which may be performed solo or with as much as 4 gamers in native or on-line co-op, there can even be a aggressive PvP mode that additionally helps as much as 4 gamers native and on-line.

Aeon Drive launches on September 30 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch.

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