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Crab Champions is an upcoming multiplayer video game developed by Irish DJ and indie video game developer Noisestorm. The video game is a development of Noisestorm’s viral song Crab Rave and is scheduled for a 2020 release.

History

On April 1st, 2019, Irish DJ Noisestorm announcedCrab Champions, a multiplayer shooter game inspired by Noisestorm’s viral song Crab Rave, posting a trailer for the game to YouTube (shown below). On April 2nd, Noisestorm confirmed that the project was not an April Fools joke.

On April 1st and 2nd, Noisestorm created social media pages for the game, posting updates about the development. On April 1st, 2020, Noisestorm released a gameplay trailer for the game, announcing the early access release on Steam for August 20th, 2020.

On August 12th, 2020, Noisestorm announced that the early access release was postponed, writing that he needed more time to finish the game to a high standard.

Gameplay

Crab Champions is a third-person shooter with both singleplayer and multiplayer modes. The player controls a crab that is able to shoot a variety of available weapons and wield a protective shield. The game heavily focuses on the smooth rapid movement of the playable crabs.

The game will have three main modes: Survival (1-4 players PvE), Racing (1-4 players) and a Duel mode with 1v1, 2v2 and 3v3 options.

While Noisestorm composed a new EDM soundtrack for the game, “Crab Rave” will not appear in it to avoid copyright claims from the label when the footage of the game is uploaded.

Fandom

As of August 28th, 2020, Crab Champion social media pages on Twitter, Facebook and TikTok had over 44,600, 15,300 and 14,100 followers, respectively. A dedicated subreddit for the game had over 3,200 subscribers.

Crab Rave

“Crab Rave” is a house song composed by Irish electronic music producer Noisestorm and released by Monstercat in 2018. Since its initial release, the song and its video have seen use in mashups, video edits and remixes, along with adding unfitting captions to the tone of the video.

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