Severed!

This year saw the release of the first monster-catchingPokémontitle for phones (we’re not countingPokémon Shuffle, which is more monster-matchingthan monster-catching). What does it take to top one of the most popular franchises backed by millions of dollars? Whatever it is, Drinkbox Studios has it.

After the massively popular brawlerGuacamelee!, the studio went in a different direction with it’s action-puzzle dungeon crawlerSevered. And it paid off! It has that slashy gameplay that works so well on touch screens along with that sharp cartoon art and animation that works so well on eyeballs.

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Congratulations to Drinkbox Studios for makingSevered, Destructoid’s Best Mobile Game of 2016.

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