{"id":1234641,"date":"2025-02-24T18:42:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T23:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1234641"},"modified":"2025-02-24T18:42:57","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T23:42:57","slug":"slice-of-life-soccer-game-despelote-kicks-off-on-may-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1234641","title":{"rendered":"Slice-of-life soccer game Despelote kicks off on May 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"3e4ef841038e49f393eaa5f06437076b\">\n<div style=\"left:0;width:100%;height:0;position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vevpN9A6Z8o?rel=0\" style=\"top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;position:absolute;border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" scrolling=\"no\" data-embed-domain=\"www.youtube.com\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>Despelote <\/em>is heading to Switch, PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox Series X\/S and PC on May 1. <em>Despelote <\/em>is a super stylish soccer game that&#8217;s secretly about life in the Ecuadorian city of Quito in 2001, and it comes from local developers 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\">published by Panic<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>You play as 8-year-old Juli\u00e1n, and spend your time kicking the ball, meeting people and exploring life during Ecuador&#8217;s economic recovery just ahead of the unifying 2002 World Cup. The in-game city comprises actual photographs of places around Quito, but the backgrounds are covered in a layer of high-contrast grit, while people and the soccer ball stand out as stark line drawings. The audio was recorded on location, too, and the result is a game that looks and sounds like a soothing memory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"end-legacy-contents\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Despelote <\/em>was announced in 2023 and originally <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\">due to land in 2024<\/a>, but it now has a firm date of May 1. It&#8217;s already picked up a handful of accolades, including four nominations at the 2025 Independent Games Festival. There&#8217;s a <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2367820\/despelote\/\">demo on Steam<\/a>, if you&#8217;re intrigued.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/gaming\/slice-of-life-soccer-game-despelote-kicks-off-on-may-1-234256915.html?src=rss<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despelote is heading to Switch, PlayStation 4, PS5, Xbox Series X\/S and PC on May 1. Despelote is a super stylish soccer game that&#8217;s secretly about life in the Ecuadorian city of Quito in 2001, and it comes from local &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1234641\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99,44,110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1234641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engadget","category-technology","category-unfiltered-rss"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1234641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1234641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1234641\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1234641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1234641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1234641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}