Battle Chess is an upcoming video game in development by Subdued Software for publisher Interplay Entertainment

Interplay Entertainment

Interplay Entertainment Corporation is an American video game developer and publisher, founded in 1983 as Interplay Productions by Brian Fargo. The company had been a quality developer until they started publishing their own games in 1988, like Neuromancer and Battle Chess. The company was renamed...

 for the PC

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, iPhone

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, the iPad

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 and for other unnannounced consoles. It is a remake of a video game called Battle Chess

Battle Chess

Battle Chess is a computer game version of chess in which the chess pieces come to life and battle one another when capturing. It was released for the Commodore Amiga and subsequently on the 3DO, MS-DOS, Apple IIGS, Apple IIe, Commodore 64, Amiga CDTV, CD32, Atari ST, Apple Macintosh, Acorn...

, which was co-developed by Interplay and Blizzard Entertainment

Blizzard Entertainment

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. Interplay announced the game after winning a lawsuit against Topware Interactive

TopWare Interactive

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 who had created a game called Battle vs. Chess. The game is graphically updated from the original Battle Chess and features many new styles of gameplay.

Gameplay

The game features turn-based multiplayer, in which the player can compete against the computer at a scalable difficulty, or against live opponents via the internet. Players can test their chess skills by completing gameplay scenarios by using only a certain number of moves. In a mode called Battleground Training, players place pieces strategically on the chess board to test strategy. Players watch their army execute vivid capture moves as they take an opposing piece. Players can unlock character battles and view them with different camera angles in the Combat Vault. There are three unique Battlegrounds featured. Players can win different achievements based on the platform that they are playing on.