{"id":65379,"date":"2018-11-27T23:30:29","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T23:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/?p=106258"},"modified":"2018-11-27T23:30:29","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T23:30:29","slug":"lovecraftian-horror-awaits-in-achtung-cthulhu-tactics-available-now-on-xbox-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2018\/11\/27\/lovecraftian-horror-awaits-in-achtung-cthulhu-tactics-available-now-on-xbox-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Lovecraftian Horror Awaits in Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics, Available Now on Xbox One"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/XBOXONE_Titled_Hero_Art_1920x1080-hero.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/div>\n<p>I\u2019m here today to share an insight into our turn-based tactical strategy game <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/p\/achtung-cthulhu-tactics\/btprw6r6xmpr?activetab=pivot:overviewtab\"><strong><em>Achthung! Cthulhu Tactics<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, which launches today on Xbox One. Check out the launch trailer above for a closer look at the Lovecraftian horrors that await like tentacles, automatic weapons, creeping insanity, and the Third Reich into a journey into the unknown.<\/p>\n<p>There are two common interests shared by everyone here at Auroch Digital: a love of strategy games and a deep admiration for the mythos of the American author H. P. Lovecraft. So when the opportunity to work with publisher Ripstone and the creators of the original Achtung! Cthulhu board game Modiphius came along, we couldn\u2019t wait to get started. A year or so later and here we are at the end of the project, the whole studio poised to unleash our game to Xbox players across the world.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-106266\" src=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/ACT_Screenshot_1.jpg\" alt=\"Acthung! Cthulhu Tactics\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-106266\" src=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/ACT_Screenshot_1.jpg\" alt=\"Acthung! Cthulhu Tactics\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Acthung! Cthulhu Tactics<\/em><\/strong> tells the story of a rough and ready team of commandos and mercenaries. They are investigating reports that the Nazis are raising an occult army of unimaginable horror, bringing evil forces from indescribable non-euclidean dimensions to help them win World War II.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a turn-based experience through forests, factories and underground installations where you\u2019ll be battling both the Nazi forces but also Cthulhu\u2019s own putrid and be-tentacled denizens. It\u2019s quite the trip.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-106268\" src=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/ACT_Screenshot_3.jpg\" alt=\"Acthung! Cthulhu Tactics\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-106268\" src=\"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/ACT_Screenshot_3.jpg\" alt=\"Acthung! Cthulhu Tactics\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" \/><\/p>\n<p>On Xbox One, <strong><em>Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics<\/em><\/strong> really comes into its own. The sensation of filling your living room with eldritch abominations while you strategize your attacks from the comfort of your own sofa is really the best way to play the game. As an awesome addition for Xbox One X owners, you\u2019ll be able to play the game in magnificent enhanced resolution modes as an Xbox One X Enhanced title. And fear not Xbox One owners; on standard units, we\u2019re still giving you crystal sharp 1080p mythos fuelled terror.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s not common for developers to offer a serving suggestion for their game, but if I may: light some candles, draw the curtains, and enjoy supernatural tactics action while these winter nights draw in. Soak up that atmosphere and feel the terror spreading across the globe as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/p\/achtung-cthulhu-tactics\/btprw6r6xmpr?activetab=pivot:overviewtab\"><strong><em>Achtung! Cthulhu Tactics<\/em><\/strong><\/a> launches on Xbox One today.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m here today to share an insight into our turn-based tactical strategy game Achthung! Cthulhu Tactics, which launches today on Xbox One. Check out the launch trailer above for a closer look at the Lovecraftian horrors that await like tentacles, automatic weapons, creeping insanity, and the Third Reich into a journey into the unknown. 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