Samurai Punk’s Nicholas McDonnell has confirmed — via the PlayStation Blog — that their game Screencheat is coming to PlayStation 4.

The quirky shooter provides gamers with a trip down memory lane by offering a split-screen multiplayer experience. We all remember these games growing up and, whether you like to admit it or not, we would all take a peek at someone else’s screen from time to time. Luckily, Screencheat encourages this type of behavior.

In Screencheat, everyone is invisible, so you will have to look at your opponent’s screens in order to work out where they are. The 10 different maps — each encouraging a different playstyle — have color-coded areas to assist you in ascertaining everyone’s location.

There are also nine game modes in Screencheat, ranging from a traditional deathmatch to a mode where you only get one shot and can’t shoot again until everyone has fired their weapon.

Finally, it was confirmed that Screencheat will feature up to eight players, and support both local and online play. In online mode, all players’ screens will appear at the same time, just as if you were playing locally.

While the PS Blog entry didn’t give a PS4 release date, the Xbox One announcement on Xbox Wire indicated that we can expect to see Screencheat “later this year.”

My Opinion:

Ever since it was first released for PC, I was really intrigued by the concept of Screencheat. To hear that it is now coming to PS4 and Xbox One is music to my console-playing ears. Split-screen shooters were a huge part of my gaming childhood, and I can’t wait to play Screencheat later this year.

Matt Southwell is an Associate Writer for MONG. In addition to video games, he loves Hockey, Soccer and Pizza. Follow him on Twitter, IGN and Facebook.