Above: Metalface in action

At MineCon 2011, the first convention held in honor of Minecraft, Mojang gave a demo of their upcoming game with the controversial title, Scrolls. Not The Elder Scrolls, just Scrolls. It’s a turn-based strategy game, akin to card games like Magic: The Gathering, where players have a deck to draw from and they use their arsenal of scrolls to summon units to fight. The battlefield is like a chessboard, except with hexagons and the first person to take out three of the five idols of their opponent wins.

Mojang also talked about Colbalt, their first third-party published game by Oxeye. Colbalt is a wacky action platformer starring a robot with a human brain called Metalface. According to the developer, Cobalt is inspired by games like Fallout and movies such as Blade Runner, with a mix of some MacGyver and Night Rider.

In a short demo, the developer showed off the fast-moving Metalface as it mercilessly gunned down some birds and drop kicked grenades like hacky sacks in slow-mo. The demo never moved beyond the beginning of the level, but from that quick, explosive-fueled excerpt, it’s a game to keep an eye on for sure.

Scrolls will be available for pre-order with alpha access for Colbalt by the end of the year.

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