Celebrating The Launch, Chip ’n Clawz vs. The Brainioids is 10% off until September 2
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – August 26, 2025 – Today, Arc Games and Snapshot Games are excited to announce Chip ‘n Clawz vs. The Brainioids, a chaos-filled action-strategy game from the creator of X-COM Julian Gollop. The title is available now on PC (Steam and Epic Games Store), PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S for £24.99. In celebration of the launch, from today until September 2, Chip ‘n Clawz is 10% off across all platforms.
Combining real-time strategy with action-packed combat, Chip ‘n Clawz invites players to outthink and outfight an invasion of silly brain-in-jar enemies across a vibrant world inspired by Saturday-morning cartoons and old-school comic books.
Chip ‘n Clawz vs. the Brainioids can be played solo or with a friend—online, in split-screen couch co-op, or PvP. Players collect precious Brainium crystals, build bases, and lead armies into battle. The third-person action puts the heroes right in the center of battle, allowing the players to show off their combat skills and upgrade their arsenals, while issuing their armies commands. The game’s blend of action and strategy ensures an equal playing field for both tactical masterminds and newcomers alike.
This multiplayer-friendly adventure also has a Friend's Pass available now on PC, PlayStation 5, and Series X|S, that allow players to enjoy online co-op and PvP multiplayer for free with a friend who owns the game. More details on Friend’s Pass can be found here.
Watch the Chip ‘n Clawz vs. The Brainioids Launch Trailer here: https://youtu.be/hhBUfs5n1eo
Press assets for Chip ‘n Clawz vs. The Brainioids are available here: https://arc-games.box.com/v/ChipnClawz-Launch
"With Chip ’n Clawz vs. the Brainoids, we created a game that feels just as rewarding for a veteran of real-time strategy games as it does for someone completely new to the genre," said Julian Gollop, CEO of Snapshot Games. "Whether someone wants to charge straight into a fight or plot from afar, we built an experience where everyone and anyone can jump in, find their style, and have fun."
ABOUT CHIP ‘N CLAWZ VS. THE BRAINIOIDS
From X-COM creator Julian Gollop and the Snapshot Games team, the developers behind Phoenix Point and Chaos Reborn, comes Chip ‘n Clawz vs. The Brainioids, an action-strategy game that combines the enthralling gameplay of a real-time strategy (RTS) game with a third-person action adventure. In Chip ‘n Clawz vs. The Brainioids, players will work together to put a stop to the Brainioid invasion. In this colorful comic book-inspired journey, players can take on the roles of heroes Chip, Clawz, or both characters in cooperative gameplay to gather resources and collectibles, build bases, strengthen hero abilities, command minions and fight alongside them in battle. Complete a series of story campaigns with a variety of challenges and formidable bosses in exhilarating battles, or play team-based multiplayer matches to defeat the Brainioids and save the world!
GAME FEATURES
- FUSION OF ACTION AND STRATEGY
- Play as the heroic duo, Chip and Clawz, in single-player or co-op, to put a stop to the Brainioid invasion in an exciting and humorous story campaign with normal and hard difficulty modes.
- Jump right into the action in fast-paced, pick-up-and-play missions with easy to learn yet satisfying to master game mechanics that bring a modern take to classic strategy games.
- Lead the charge against the Brainioids as you build your arsenal of bases, weapons, and hero abilities. Assemble and command an army of minions and fight beside them in large-scale battles.
- Exhilarating boss battles against the mightiest of Brainioids will put your base and minion management skills to the ultimate test.
- MULTIPLE MULTIPLAYER MODES
- Experience multiplayer mayhem in epic army battles with or against your friends!
- 2-player couch co-op to double your fun – coordinate your tactics with a friend to defeat the Brainioid forces.
- Dive into the PvP mayhem – classic online 1v1, 2v2, buddy up with a friend, or clash in split-screen 1v1 to see who's the best of the best.
- Jump into PvP matches or invite anyone to join your adventure campaign on any platform thanks to cross-platform play support across PC and consoles.
- LIVELY COMIC BOOK-STYLE VISUALS AND STORYTELLING
- Traverse through a vibrant and fun world with a comic book-like style and flair.
- Meet a colorful and funny cast of characters, each with their own unique stories to tell across your adventures.
- Explore every nook and cranny of each level to collect rare collectible items and secrets, like comic books that unveil the mysteries of the Brainioid invasion, and find blueprints to build new weapons, minion upgrades and hero abilities.
- MORE WAYS TO PLAY TOGETHER WITH FRIEND’S PASS
- Friend’s Pass will be available to download for free on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S and supports crossplay.
- Players who own Chip ‘n Clawz vs.The Brainioids will have the opportunity to play the game with a buddy for free with the title’s new Friend’s Pass – as long as one player owns the full game, both players can play the full campaign via online co-op and play all the PvP maps available at launch.
- With Friend’s Pass, it will let players join forces to save the world in online co-op... or go head-to-head to see who’s the best of the best in PvP multiplayer for free across any platform thanks to cross play support.
ABOUT SNAPSHOT GAMES
Snapshot Games is a video game development studio in Sofia, Bulgaria, founded in 2013 by Julian Gollop, award-winning designer of the original X-COM games, and David Kaye, serial entrepreneur in the games industry. Their two released titles, Phoenix Point (2019) and Chaos Reborn (2015), have both been critically praised and very popular in the strategy genre. In 2020, Snapshot joined the Embracer Group, one of the world’s largest games and entertainment companies, as a division of Saber Interactive.
ABOUT ARC GAMES
Arc Games is a leading publisher of premium and live service games in North America, Europe and Asia. The company is known for creating and publishing titles based on well-known global entertainment franchises, such as Star Trek and Dungeons & Dragons. Its product portfolio also includes beloved gaming titles: the Remnant series, Hyper Light Breaker, Have a Nice Death, Gigantic: Rampage Edition and the Torchlight series. Originally founded in 2008 as Perfect World Entertainment, the publisher was acquired by Embracer in February 2022 and was later rebranded as Arc Games. The company is headquartered in Redwood City, California, with global offices in Amsterdam and Shanghai. Arc Games is part of the Embracer Group AB, based in Karlstad, Sweden. For more information about Arc Games, please visit: www.arcgames.com.
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