{"id":6859,"date":"2025-02-25T00:04:28","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T00:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/despelote-soccer-game-kicks-off-may-1\/"},"modified":"2025-02-25T00:04:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T00:04:28","slug":"despelote-soccer-game-kicks-off-may-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/despelote-soccer-game-kicks-off-may-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Despelote soccer game kicks off May 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><em>Despelote<\/em> is set to arrive on Switch, PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox Series X\/S, and PC on May 1. This highly stylized soccer game offers a unique perspective on life in Quito, Ecuador in 2001, developed by local creators Juli\u00e1n Cordero and Sebasti\u00e1n Valbuena, and <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/panics-first-games-showcase-highlights-five-deliciously-weird-titles-173045645.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:published by Panic;cpos:1;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">published by Panic<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Players take on the role of 8-year-old Juli\u00e1n, spending time kicking the ball, meeting new people, and exploring life during Ecuador&#8217;s economic recovery on the cusp of the unifying 2002 World Cup. The in-game city is composed of actual photographs of Quito&#8217;s locations, overlaid with a high-contrast grit effect, while the people and soccer ball are depicted as stark line drawings. The audio, recorded on location, adds to the immersive experience, resulting in a game that resembles a soothing memory.<\/p>\n<p><em>Despelote<\/em> was first announced in 2023 and initially <a data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/panic-and-sony-drop-trailer-for-unique-soccer-game-with-a-narrative-twist-164017770.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:due to land in 2024;cpos:2;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">slated for release in 2024<\/a>, but now has a confirmed launch date of May 1. The game has already garnered several accolades, including four nominations at the 2025 Independent Games Festival. For those interested, a <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2367820\/despelote\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:demo on Steam;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">demo is available on Steam<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/slice-of-life-soccer-game-despelote-kicks-off-on-may-1-234256915.html?src=rss\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despelote is set to arrive on Switch, PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox Series X\/S, and PC on May 1. This highly stylized soccer game offers a unique perspective on life in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6860,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[2169,90,651,63,2170,214,215,953,807,298],"class_list":["post-6859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-epic-games-store","tag-gaming","tag-indie","tag-news","tag-panic","tag-ps4","tag-ps5","tag-steam","tag-switch","tag-xbox"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/e86860d0-f307-11ef-8afa-b2b2309976e1.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6859\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}