From the minds of Avenged Sevenfold comes Hail to the King: Deathbat [New Game]

The band Avenged Sevenfold might ring a bell to some. They are a rock/metal band out of Huntington Beach California. They have been around for well over a decade. I have been listening to them since about 2004 myself. You may have heard a few of their songs on rock stations or from video games like Rock Band. Moving beyond the music and the inclusion of their music in games, they have now moved on to their own mobile game. entitled Hail to the King: Deathbat.

The title was created with the band and has been overseeing the of the production of the game for the last two years. The lead singer, M. Shadows, made the announcement today.

“After watching all of the members of this band play mobile games on tour over the years we decided to create one of our own.  A game for our fans who love games as well.  We decided to create this adventure with a nod to our favorite games growing up.  No hand holding here, no fluff, just a hard, bad ass game that lets you discover the story of the Deathbat.  How many of you out there can beat this game?  Only time will tell.  We are excited to share this story with you now.”

Hail to the King: Deathbat is an overhead style action RPG dungeon style crawler game that gets its roots from the Legend of Zelda, Gauntlet Legends and Diablo. The game focuses its efforts on the origin of the Deathbat, which is the bands logo and mascot. You will need to put your skills to the test through the dark underworld. The games musical score includes a slew of Avenged Sevenfold tracks from past albums and is the center piece of the game’s story line. All the rest of the music was also scored by the band in the immortal traditions of 8-bit gaming such as Castlevania.

The game is being offered at a flat $4.99. You won’t find the typical in-app purchase system that we traditionally see with other dungeon style crawlers. They do offer up a little extra in-game content for you to purchase, you can buy the ability to play the game as any of the Avenged Sevenfold band members. That option is more so for the fans then your average gamer and a pretty cool in-app purchase really. Everything else, like weapons and magical abilities are all earned in-game.

Hail to the King: Deathbat boasts 10-12 hours of gameplay in your standard modes, switch over to “Nightmare Mode” for another 10-12 hours of gameplay. Avenged Sevenfold is not just a local U.S. band, they have toured the globe a number of times. The band was keen to make sure there new game was also localized in 8 languages.

Regardless if you are a A7X fan or not, Hail to the King: Deathbat looks like a killer game. I’ll leave you all with one of my favorite songs, which is in the game, and a link to pick up the title below.