Gunbrella, the 2D platform-shooter from developer Doinksoft and publisher Devolver Digital that very much lives up to its title, finally has a release date and will be unfurling onto Switch and PC with a dramatic on 13th September.
Doinksoft’s “gritty noir-punk action-adventure” follows the adventures of a gruff woodsman armed with the high-calibre brolly of the title as he embarks on a request for revenge. Soon, because this is very much one of games, players become embroiled in a conspiracy involving ghouls, gangsters, cops, cultists, and, of course, a corporation run amok.
In more practical terms, that manifests as a side-scrolling action-platformer in which players take on the might of their foes using a brolly that’s simultaneously a gun – enhanceable with munitions and upgrades fashioned from gathered scrap – plus a handy all-in-one shield.
There’s more to the Gunbrella than that, though; players can use it to glide, swing, dash, and dive they way through their investigation, navigating unusual locations and chatting to equally unusual characters along the way – with all their findings handily recorded in notebook should they need to retrace their steps and explore new leads.