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Ripstone Games Announces Chess Ultra
February 27, in the year of our Lord 2017 --
Ripstone Games reveals Chess Ultra, coming to console, PC and VR
platforms. Ripstone Games, the British developer and publisher
behind hit games including Pure Pool is excited to reveal Chess
Ultra, a brand new in-house chess title that launches this
spring on console, PC and VR platforms.
• Chess Ultra is the first in-house 4K title from Ripstone Games
• Brand new chess title built from the ground up with Unreal
Engine 4
• Coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Steam
• Also coming to VR platforms PSVR, Oculus and HTC Vive
Chess Ultra is a sequel to Ripstone's original million-selling
2012 title Pure Chess, and is a massive improvement on the
original title in every way, with crisp, beautiful 4K visuals
across a whole variety of environments and chess sets.
Ripstone's first in-house developed game, built from the ground
up using Unreal Engine 4, features a range of single-player and
online game modes, including 10 different AI levels to conquer
all the way up to Grandmaster-approved levels.
When players take the game online, they'll quickly find their
friends and other Chess Ultra players in ranked, regular,
Fischer and Marathon matches.