Ex-Torchlight Devs Announce Space Swashbuckler Rebel Galaxy

Double Damage Games, a new studio started the co-founders of Torchlight developer Runic Games, has announced a new space combat game named Rebel Galaxy.

Rebel Galaxy bills itself as an "an action-packed, swashbuckling space opera", and seems to favor the rogue-ish, lightly comedic tone of the cult classic TV show Firefly. While the game has you having interactive conversations with a variety of sketchy interstellar characters, the emphasis -- at least based on this trailer -- seems to be on explosive space combat with large-scale, customizable ships.

For a small studio (Double Damage's own press release calls itself a "micro-studio"), this is a pretty ambitious project. Rebel Galaxy is bound for Steam and PlayStation 4, and there is not tentative release date at this time.

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