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''Severed'' is an
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developed and published by DrinkBox Studios for the
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,
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,
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,
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and
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. It was released on April 26, 2016, in North America and Europe for the
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and it was released on
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and
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on September 22, 2016. It was released on
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in Europe on September 22, 2016, North America on October 13, 2016. It was released in Japan on December 28, 2016.


Development

On April 14, 2014, DrinkBox Studios announced ''Severed'' in association with video game blog
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. Because of its heavy focus on touchscreen controls, ''Severed'' was anticipated as a game for mobile devices, though DrinkBox Studios was considering versions for other devices like the
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, the
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and the
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, too. Motion-sensing technologies like
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and
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were considered. However, the developers did not confirm the game for any of these platforms at that time. DrinkBox Studios was aiming for a release of ''Severed'' in 2015. At the PlayStation Experience 2014 in December, DrinkBox Studios announced that ''Severed'' would be released on
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, continuing the trend of DrinkBox' previous games of releasing on PlayStation platforms first. After being delayed, DrinkBox Studios announced on April 11, 2016, that ''Severed'' would be released for
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on April 26. On June 13, 2016, during the
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, ''Severed'' was announced for both the
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and
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. The game supports cross-buy, so if a user buys it on the
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, they also get the game free on the 3DS. The
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version released on August 8, 2017.


Music

The soundtrack for Severed was created as a collaboration between the Juno and Polaris-nominated band Yamantaka // Sonic Titan and
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, and was created with the support of
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and the Canadian Government. Severed's soundtrack took home an award for Best Musical Score from the Canadian Videogame Awards


Reception

The game received "generally favorable" reviews, according to video game
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. It was named Apple's 2016 iPad Game of the Year. During the
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, the
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nominated ''Severed'' for " Handheld Game of the Year".


References


External links

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