Critically-acclaimed indie sequel Sanctum 2 now available on Xbox Live Arcade and Windows PC

Skövde, Sweden – May 15, 2013 – Renown indie development team Coffee Stain Studios announced today that Sanctum 2, the first-ever true hybrid of tower-defense and first-person shooter genres, is now available worldwide on Xbox LIVE^® for the Xbox 360^® video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Windows^® PC.

“We built Sanctum 2 from the ground up to create stunning visuals while keeping everything that players loved from the original,” said Anton Westberg, CEO of Coffee Stain Studios.
“We then added more characters, more enemies, more bosses, more levels, more weapons and more towers to make Sanctum 2 bigger, better and badder than we ever imagined.”

The Sanctum 2 launch trailer and additional assets can be downloaded HERE and view the trailer HERE.

SANCTUM 2 KEY FEATURES:
·  Tower-Defense – Players can create custom mazes and utilize new towers to prevent the waves of attacking enemies from destroying the oxygen-producing Cores
·  First-Person Shooter – Don't just let the towers do everything, jump into the fray, either alone or as part of a squad in four-player co-op multiplayer
·  Seamless integration of drop-in and drop-out four-player cooperative multiplayer
·  The original Sanctum defender Skye returns along with three brand new playable characters, Haigen, Sweet, and SiMo– each with their own distinct abilities and enhanced weapons
·  16 Maps dispersed over four diverse worlds
·  Vast Customization & Progression Systems – Players can choose perks such as Adrenaline Rush or up the ante by adding ‘Feats of Strength’ such as Titan Slayer where enemies grow more durable and player’s strength increases XP gain by 20%.
·  Newly implemented enemy agro system that makes for challenging and intense encounters

In Sanctum 2 players take on the role of an elite soldier whose mission is to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence. Utilizing key elements of both tower-defense and first-person shooter genres, players set up defensive towers to take out the waves of attacking enemies and then jump head-on into the fray, either alone or as part of a squad in four-player co-op multiplayer.

Sanctum 2 is now available for $14.99 on PC and the suggested price point of 1200 Microsoft Points on Xbox Live. The PlayStation^®Network version will launch in the coming weeks.  For the latest news and updates on Sanctum 2, please visit www.coffeestainstudios.com, ‘Like’ the game on Facebook and follow the development team @Coffee_Stain.

About Coffee Stain Studios

Coffee Stain Studios is a game development studio based in Skövde, Sweden. The company was founded in 2010 and focuses on quality game productions for multiple platforms. Their first game Sanctum was part of the “Make Something Unreal” competition and helped them sign a five year licensing agreement with Epic Games. Sanctum ended up selling over 600,000 copies on Steam, which helped Coffee Stain Studios self-finance the development of Sanctum 2.

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