Push Me Pull You

Push Me Pull You
Developer(s) House House
Platform(s) PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux
Release date(s)

PlayStation 4

  • WW: May 3, 2016

Windows, OSX, Linux

  • WW: July 12, 2016

Push Me Pull You is a 2016 video game by House House. It is planned for release on PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux platforms.

Gameplay

Videos of gameplay

In a game of Push Me Pull You, two teams of sausage-like bodies with heads at both ends face off in a circle for territorial control of a ball.[1] The game has two- and four-player modes.[2] There is a hidden option to swap the human heads for those of dogs.[3]

Development

Push Me Pull You was developed by four friends from Melbourne as the indie developer House House. They have said that the game is about friendship and wrestling.[4] The game was named for the two-headed llama pushmi-pullyu from Doctor Dolittle,[5] and was originally planned for release in 2014.[6] It was exhibited at Game Developers Conference 2014 and the 2015 PlayStation Experience.[7] The game was announced for the PlayStation 4 in November 2015.[8] Push Me Pull You is expected for release for PlayStation 4 on May 3, 2016, and for Microsoft Windows, OS X, and Linux later in the year.[1]

Reception

Sam Kachkovech (Ars Technica) said that the game was the best among its contemporary wave of "couch sports" games (non-combat multiplayer with elements similar to old sports video games). He added that the game's aesthetic was reminiscent of Adult Swim.[9] Jamin Warren (Kill Screen) wrote that the game's core gameplay has a "Koonsian quality of both innocent and grotesque".[4] Alice O'Connor (Rock, Paper, Shotgun) called the game "David Cronenberg's Wrestleball".[10] Andrew Tarantola (Engadget) compared Push Me Pull You to a combination of Greco-Roman wrestling, capture the flag, Human Centipede, and soccer.[11] Megan Farokhmanesh and Allegra Frank (Polygon) praised the game as "one of the most fast-paced, unique, and entertaining additions" entries in the local multiplayer genre.[12]

References

Media related to Push Me Pull You at Wikimedia Commons

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