The Die Gute Fabrik collective (which is German for “The Good Factory”) has announced that their manic multiplayer game, Sportsfriends, will be released for the PS3 and PS4 on May 6. The game, a retro-styled collection of four distinct games, is priced at $14.99 and if you purchase the PS3 version through the PlayStation Store, you’ll receive an additional PS4 download for free. Strangely, it doesn’t work the other way around).
Each game in the Sportsfriends collection focuses heavily on local multiplayer play in ways that you’ve never seen before:
- “BaraBariBall” is a Smash Bros./basketball hybrid where players attempt to keep a ball away from the other team, scoring points when the balls hits the ground on their side.
- “Super Pole Riders” is competitive pole-vaulting (and yes, you can make pole-vaulting competitive).
- “Hokra” is a two-on-two soccer-style game that places four goals on the field and gives extra points for how long you keep the ball in the net.
- Finally, “Johann Sebastian Joust” is a party game that encourages players “to jostle your opponents’ controllers while protecting your own.”
Sportsfriends is also in the works for PC platforms (Windows, Mac, Linux) and will be available to download through Steam soon.
