Pure Pool

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Pure Pool
Pure Pool Cover Art.jpg
Developer(s) VooFoo Studios
Publisher(s) Ripstone
Play It
Engine Proprietary
Platform(s) PlayStation 4
Microsoft Windows
Xbox One
Nintendo Switch
ReleasePlayStation 4
  • NA: 29 July 2014
  • EU: 30 July 2014
Windows
  • WW: 30 July 2014
Xbox One
14 November 2014
Nintendo Switch
17 November 2020
Genre(s) Sports simulation (cue sports)
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Pure Pool is a pool video game by British developer VooFoo Studios in association with Ripstone Games for the PlayStation 4 and PC platforms. It was released on the PlayStation Store in North America on 29 July 2014 [1] and Europe on 30 July 2014, with a physical edition of the PS4 version also being published by System 3 under their Play It label. The Microsoft Windows version was released worldwide via Steam on 30 July 2014. [2] An Xbox One version was later released via the ID@Xbox self-publishing initiative on 14 November 2014. [3] The game was released for the Nintendo Switch on November 17, 2020. [4]

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Description

The game features standard cue sports game types in addition to a game-specific mode called Accumulator. In career mode the game offers 40 hours of gameplay. [1] The Official Sound Track (OST) of the game was composed by Etch Music, produced, recorded and mixed by Trevor Gibson at Circle (Recording) Studios in England, mastered by Zac at Zikis Mastering, was released by Supersaurus Records [5] and is published by Integrity Publishing. [6]

Development

Pure Pool was developed by VooFoo Studios in association with Ripstone Games. [7] The teams collaborated on Pure Chess. The game builds on the team's previous title Hustle Kings, most noteworthy being the ball physics and the graphics. [1]

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References

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