Next Up Hero [Steam, Official Site] is a new arcade action-adventure being developed by Digital Continue and it's being published by Aspyr Media.



Check out the trailer:



About the game

Quote Choose from nine heroes with an assortment of weapons and abilities to suit your playstyle, from swords and rocket launchers to laser turrets, bongo drums, and boomerangs. When you die, you’ll leave behind an Echo of your hero on the battlefield. The next in the line of heroes will be able to resurrect your Echo as an AI battle companion. Take turns continuing friends’ games, fighting and dying until you have an entire army of Echoes by your side, and enough strength to finally defeat those jerk monsters. Everyone dies. Heroes continue.



While the Steam store only lists Windows right now, the official email being sent out clearly states Linux support. It seems it will go into Early Access this year as they said sometime this "fall" and release in full "in early 2018".



Looks like Aspyr Media is really pushing up their publishing game, with less of their own ports being announced and more of a focus on helping other developers with publishing. Good to see another announced with Linux support for sure!