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title: "Forced Live on Steam Early Access After Award Win"
date: 2013-08-29
category: Games
author: "Lucas Cartwright"
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description: "Indie co-op action game wins Intel Level Up Game Demo Contest 'Best Game with 3D Graphics' award, Exhibiting at PAX Prime COPENHAGEN, Denmark– Aug. 29, 2013 – BetaDwarf Entertainment, an independent…"
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# Forced Live on Steam Early Access After Award Win

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*Indie co-op action game wins Intel Level Up Game Demo Contest "Best Game with 3D Graphics" award, Exhibiting at PAX Prime*

**COPENHAGEN, Denmark– Aug. 29, 2013 – **BetaDwarf Entertainment, an independent game studio formed by students who first worked and lived together in a university classroom, today announced that its co-op action game *Forced* has won the Intel Level Up Game Demo Contest **“Best Game with 3D Graphics”** award, and is now available via Steam Early Access. To learn more about *Forced*, download the free demo, or purchase the game through Early Access for $11.99, please visit:  http://store.steampowered.com/app/249990/.

Players that purchase through Early Access will have the chance to share feedback directly with the BetaDwarf developers and help suggest new features and improvements to the award-winning game leading up to the official Steam launch on October 24, 2013.

*Forced *is also playable at PAX Prime* *starting tomorrow, August 30, 2013, in the **Indie Megabooth, Booth 875.** To schedule a press appointment to view the game and hear from the developers, please contact [betadwarf@triplepointpr.com](mailto:betadwarf@triplepointpr.com).

*Forced* features:

- 25 Arenas and 5 Bosses
- Four Unique Character Classes, with 16 unlockable abilities each
- Advanced tactical artificial intelligence - mobs work together against your group in combat, sacrificing one another as shields or buffing their monster allies on the fly to better fight your group
- The Spirit Mentor, an extra party member which players must control together to gain an upper hand over the enemy
- Mark Combat System. Apply marks to enemies with your basic attacks, to set them up for devastating special attacks from you or your allies.

For more information about *Forced *and BetaDwarf:

- Visit: [www.forcedthegame.com](http://www.forcedthegame.com)
- Like the game on Facebook: [www.facebook.com/forcedthegame](http://www.facebook.com/forcedthegame)
- Follow @BetaDwarf: [www.twitter.com/BetaDwarf](http://www.twitter.com/BetaDwarf)
- Watch on YouTube: [www.youtube.com/betadwarf](http://www.youtube.com/betadwarf)

  

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