If you'd asked me a week ago, I probably would have denied the likelihood of finding an innovative fighting game in today's casual market. Even sensations like Nekki's Shadow Fight present clever spins on old ideas, and the challenges thus seem to lie in translating the successes of other platforms onto mobile devices or Facebook. So imagine my surprise when I started playing Dueling Blades and found an hour zipping by before my realizing it (after I ran into the inevitable energy wall). It's fun. It's challenging. And it's what the casual fighting genre has needed for a while.
The upcoming action game Dueling Blades boasts a number of features that aren't exactly common to social games. It has high-quality 3D visuals, a robust multiplayer combat system, and eventually will support cross-platform play across Facebook, Android, and iOS. The game isn't expected to launch until March, but Gamezebo caught up with developer Hourblast Games' Joseph Cooper to learn a little more about what players can expect.