Bang-On Balls: Chronicles Releases March 5 for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 04 March 2024 / 1,122 Views
Publisher Untold Tales and developer Exit Plan announced Bang-On Balls: Chronicles will launch for the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on March 5.
The game will be available as a free upgrade for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One owners. It will support 4K resolution and 60 frames per second.
Here are the improvements to the game for the current-generation consoles:
| List of Technical Changes / Upgrades | ||
|---|---|---|
| PlayStation 5 | Xbox Series X | Xbox Series S |
| 4K resolution 60 frames per second |
4K (thanks to AMD FSR UE4 with dynamic resolution) 60 frames per second (Dynamic Resolution 70 to 100) |
Full HD resolution 60 frames per second (Dynamic Resolution 70 to 100 (67 to 80 during co-op)) |
Read details on the game below:
Glorious bouncy 3D platforming and combat inspired by some of the best in the genre from Italian plumbers, blue hedgehogs, or wild bandicoots! Become BOB, a reckless bouncy hero embarking on a quest of epic adventures and chaos.
Open World Exploration and Destruction
Roll into jam packed open worlds that let you explore and utterly smash them to pieces in the process! Conquer adversaries and boss fights, tackle thrilling challenges, and unearth multiple hidden secrets. Realms bursting with activities to do at your own pace while you break almost everything along the way.
Bounce Around History
Bounce between multiple (slightly inaccurate) historically themed open worlds each with their own unique mechanics, items, and enemies. From the Vikings through to the Age of Pirates. From Feudal Japan over into The Space Race. Each world lets you hop in and out whenever and carry over progress.
Single Player, Online Cooperative Play, and Split-Screen
Go solo or grab friends. Supports single player, two-player split-screen, and online cooperative play for up to four players! Jump in and out sessions and keep any items and weapons collected.
Extensive Character Customization
Collect an arsenal of weapons, shields, and themed items to customize your character! No cosmetic paid downloadable content—unleash your creative powers to customize your character with items collected from playing.
Features:
- Glorious bouncy 3D platforming and combat in a series of (slightly inaccurate) historical worlds.
- Full of content. Fight foes, rescue allies, take on multiple objectives, uncover secret and collect bundles of themed items and weapons.
- Smash, dash, and steamroll highly destructible environments.
- Customize your character with a massive amount of flags, items, weapons and themed decorations, all collected from playing.
- Up to four-player online cooperative play and two-player split-screen. Seamlessly jump in and out of sessions with friends and keep everything you’ve collected.
- It teaches history. Well kinda.
Bang-On Balls: Chronicles is currently available for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox one, and PC via Steam.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
