CRANES ARE FLYING: FIRST DIRECT FOOTAGE OF FLASHBANG’S COMPETITIVE CONSTRUCTION GAME

What you might not have expected from all the early footage of Flashbang’s next web-playable Blurst game, Crane Wars (and I certainly didn’t until this latest look): it’s much more a game of con-struction, with de-struction simply the goal of its newly shown-off titular competitive aspect.

And, for a game about, you know, just cranes and buildings, it’s shaping up to be as charming and light-hearted as we’ve all come to expect from the ‘bangs by now. The sudden appearance of a dumptruck tumbling through the air — thrown, it turns out, by the AI opponent to stymie your progress — is your first taste of that, which carries through right to the union/scab banter at the end, all underscored by the cheerful score by Infinite Ammo’s Alec Holowka.

All in all, it’s looking quite fun, and is expected to hit the service on July 1st.