Rivals of Aether (2017) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Rivals of Aether

Rivals of Aether is an indie fighting game set in a world where warring civilizations summon the power of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth. Play with up to four players locally or up to two players online.

28 March 2017

What Rivals of Aether is

Rivals of Aether is a fighting game developed by Aether Studios and released in 2017. It is available on Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on GameMaker Studio 2.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Rivals of Aether is an indie fighting game set in a world where warring civilizations summon the power of Fire, Water, Air, and Earth. Play with up to four players locally or up to two players online.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It supports multiplayer for up to 4 players online, and includes co-op. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Rivals of Aether launched on 28 March 2017, within three weeks of Mass Effect: Andromeda, Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition, Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition and Zero Escape: The Nonary Games. It arrived 4 years into the Xbox One's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Mass Effect: Andromeda, Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition, Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition, Zero Escape: The Nonary Games.

Official trailer