PWND

***PWND*** is a free-to-play first person shooter game developed and published from Skydance Interactive, released on July 20, 2017 through Early Access and fully released on April 6, 2018. The game sets in a not-so-distant future where PWN-ing is key to success. It's also the only game from Skydance Interactive that's not a VR game like *Archangel* and *The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners*. In 2022, the game was shut down.

## Gameplay

Akin to *Fortnite*, *Team Fortress 2* and *Quake Champions*, 3 to 3 players get to fight in an FPS arena with heroes of their choosing. During the game, players must “pwn” others by performing a close-range victory dance on your downed opponent before they respawn, as part the game’s dynamic point-capture system to score points. When a player is killed, they are not completely dead. They can be revived by teammates, crawl to a health pack, or be Pwnd by the attacking team. Pwning involves standing over the player and activating the Pwn key. When a Pwn is activated, an animation plays of you dancing over the fallen foe and there's a countdown for the Pwn to complete which makes you a sitting duck to the rest of the enemy team. There are over 20 Single-player Challenge Mode levels to hone and tone your PWN skillz.

### Characters

There are over 5 heroes to select by:

* **Hank “The Humiliator” Harris**: An aggressive bruiser with a vicious frontal assault and an unparalleled rocket jumping technique.
* **Risa “The Pwnisher” Ito**: A fierce challenger equipped with a mech-suit engineered for speed and precision PWNing. She calls on an army of assistant PWN-bots – small robots programed to pwn the nearest downed enemy on her behalf.
* **Mack “The Law” Lawson**: A formidable former security guard and commando with his Regulator, a shoulder mounted rocket launcher that fires three round bursts. Mack is a walking fortress who fires a projectile that spawns a Lockdown Shield, blocking enemies and enemy fire.
* **Victor “SPLICE” Guerrero**: A high-mobility mutant whose preferred strategy is to slow opponents down with his Time Wave, a special weapon which creates a disruption in the space-time continuum, causing enemies to move in slow motion. Once enemies are rendered helpless, Splice finishes them off at close range with his Scattershot – a shotgun that fires multiple exploding goo pellets.
* **Vex**: A cyber ninja who relies on speed, melee attacks and a tenuous grasp on reality to take down her opponents. She’ll uses her a grapple hook before striking a deadly blow with her sword dubbed Cyber Saber.

## Development

On July 20, 2017, Skydance Interactive released a new original FPS game called PWND after Early Access 7 days ago. By April 2018, it became free to play til by 2022, the game is said to be shut down due to unknown reasons.

## Reception

The game received mostly positive reviews on the visuals and gameplay. A review from Opium Pulses gave it a 9 out of 10 for the visuals but lacks story.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "There's Actually a Game Called PWND Out Today on PC, and It's Sort of Like Quake".
2. ↑ "PWND and Archangel show Skydance is hitting the silly and serious in gaming debut" (12 June 2017).
3. ↑ "Blast Onto PCS Today in PWND, Skydance Interactive's First-Person Rocket Arena Shooter!".
4. ↑ "Pwnd is free to play and it's pretty good - We check it out" (April 9, 2018).
5. ↑ https://nerdreactor.com/2017/07/26/sdcc-2017-pwnd/
6. ↑ "PWND Review | Opium Pulses".

## External links

* http://www.pwnd.com/

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