SteamWorld: Dig – ‘A fistful of dirt’, is now available for download on the Nintendo 3DS eShop.  The game is has gameplay similar to a platformer but also has many elements that make it very unique.  The game requires players to mine through various underground levels and get upgrades and treasure along the way.  I would liken it more towards 2D Metroid games than 2D Mario games.  The game is already getting some high praise and we’ll have our own review of the game shortly.

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You know the drill by now: 
The remaining scraps are huddling in caves beneath the surface, and steam-powered robots have taken over the Wild West. A horror scenario? No, rather the setting for SteamWorld Dig, the new 3DS eShop game from Swedish developer Image & Form. Don’t worry: the robots are the good guys. And you’re one of them.

You play the protagonist, Rusty – a lone-wolf, steam-powered cowbot who has come to an old mining town in great need. While digging your way through the old earth for riches and helping the townfolks get back on their feet, you unwittingly wake an ancient evil that lurks below…

SteamWorld Dig is a hardcore platform mining adventure that will be released on the Nintendo 3DS eShop™ in Europe and Australia on August 7, 2013 and America on August 8 (Japan will have to wait a couple of months). You dig tunnels, collect rare minerals, sell them for better equipment and take on the terrors of the underground – while Rusty undergoes the strangest of transformations.

For more, visit the SteamWorld Dig website:
http://www.steamworldgames.com/dig

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