{"id":4642,"date":"2014-01-01T23:12:40","date_gmt":"2014-01-02T04:12:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/?p=4642"},"modified":"2014-01-01T23:12:40","modified_gmt":"2014-01-02T04:12:40","slug":"square-developing-follow-up-to-guardian-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/2014\/01\/square-developing-follow-up-to-guardian-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"Square Developing Follow-up to Guardian Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4643\" title=\"deadmans_cross\" src=\"http:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/deadmans_cross.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/deadmans_cross.png 642w, https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/deadmans_cross-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/www.darkainarts.com\/gamers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/deadmans_cross-128x72.png 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><br \/>\nSquare Enix announced a follow-up to their previous card battle RPG <em>Guardian Cross<\/em> in a new zombie card battle RPG for mobile devices: <em>Deadman\u2019s Cross<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Following on from last year\u2019s release of <em>Guardian Cross<\/em>, this new game is set in a world infested with Deadmen, a race of zombies that have devastated the world. Similar to the methods in the previous title, players use your rifle to hunt zombies within the time allotted. Acquire the cards of any zombies you defeat and use them to build your own deck.<\/p>\n<p>There are over 300 monster cards to find, and the strongest players can face-off against each other in an online coliseum. In <em>Guardian Cross<\/em>, players hunted around to collect in a top down view. This new game will slightly alter that mechanic in that the hunter\u2019s vision will changee from top down view to a 3D view. 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