Please note this is the NTSC version of the game which is compatible with PAL systems Any future DLC may require a US PSN accountInspired by the classic adventure games of the 80s &38; 90s Battle Axe is an arcade top-down hack &38; slash created by veteran pixel artist Henk Nieborg Battle Axe features high quality visuals true to form game mechanics and music from the legendary VGM composer Manami Matsumae &8211; retro gamers rejoice! For as long as you and your people can remember your homeland of Mercia has been held in the tyrannical grip of &8220;Etheldred&8221;; a despotic sorceress who resides in a seemingly impenetrable tower in the distant icy wastelands to the north Every seven years she sends her armies south to handpick inhabitants from each township who will be subjected to a life of slavery and they are never heard from again A call is sent out to champions across the land pleading with them to put an end to her rule An elf a wizard and a marauder answer the call Join this band of heroes on their quest the vanquish evil from the land and defeat Etheldred once and for all!