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Archive for September, 2019

Barcelona, Spain / Giebelstadt, Germany, September 24th 2019: Are you aware, that according to a recent study, published by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, about 27% – or in numbers: more than 28.000 – of animal species on our planet Earth are threatened with irreversible extinction? That’s thousands of species such as Rhinos, Lions, Tigers, Seals, and Bears, jeopardized by pollution, hunting and the ever increasing loss of their natural habitats.

Imagine now, mankind, in its neverending effort to ravage the planet, has brought even the beautiful and cunning foxes – one of the most adaptable creatures of the animal kingdom – close to extinction. It will be your mission to safely guide a fox mother, the last of her kind, and her three vulnerable cubs through the dystopian future of an exploited Earth, where there is barely enough room or food for them to survive. On her journey to find the last safe haven, the vixen has to be sly to avoid hunters, find and gather food for her family, and overcome all dangers that lie ahead.

While leading the skulk to safety, the pups will grow (level up), learn new helpful skills and get stronger. As your challenges increase, so will the stakes of your decisions of how to protect your younglings from looming perma-death. Can you give this Endling a last glimmer of hope?

“We are truly and deeply worried about climate change and natural disasters caused by humans. This game aims to help raise awareness about real environmental issues.”

Endling – Extinction is Forever is a sidescrolling 3D survival adventure developed by Spanish Herobeat Studios for PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch and scheduled to release in 2021. The game is powered by Unreal Engine 4.

About Endling – Extinction is Forever

Experience what life would be like in a world ravaged by mankind through the eyes of the last fox on Earth in this eco-conscious adventure. Discover the destructive force of the human race, as it corrupts, pollutes and exploits the most precious and valuable resources of the natural environments day by day. Explore Endling’s 3D side-scrolling world and use the cover of night to stealthily guide your litter towards a safer place.

Features

• Explore devastated environments based on real current issues.
• Hunt other animals to feed your cubs and avoid becoming the prey.
• Put your survival instinct to the test and get involved in emotionally taxing decisions.
• Bring your pups to the last safe haven where humans cannot harm them.
• Care for your cubs, feed them, and teach them new skills to make them less vulnerable.
• Survive!

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September 24th, Warsaw, Poland – QubicGames and Kyy Games proudly presents Rimelands: Hammer of Thor coming for Nintendo Switch. It’s a turn-based RPG set in a unique world where steampunks meets Norse mythology.

You’re playing as Rose Cristo – a young treasure hunter on a quest to unveil the mystery behind a new enemy that arrives up into your world. On your way, you uncover the truth about your heritage and stop the threat that could destroy the world.

As fantasy and technology coexist you can use spells, melee weapons like swords and also newer inventions such as pistols. There are three skills trees corresponding to these type of combat: barbarian, assassin and shaman.

The fighting system is based on the roll of the dice – each turn you and your enemy roll and power of attack depend on what you draw. Every dice got attack side, double attack, defend and an empty slot. It’s a simple mechanic but also deep with the addition of bonuses from equipment and skills.

Features:

• adventure in a fantasy world where magic exists next to technology powered by steam
• intriguing and unpredictable plot
• a turn-based fighting system with simple, but deep mechanics
• three skill trees: barbarian, assassin, and shaman
• a crafting system that lets you create powerful equipment

Rimelands: Hammer of Thor will be available October 4th on Nintendo Switch.

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We’re excited to announce that Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha will be released on January 21, 2020! Get ready to bring the excitement of the arcade home! To see the six titles of Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha in action, check out our new gameplay trailer.

Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha is available for preorder now on the NISA Online Store.

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Manchester, UK – Having built up an impressive amount of momentum so far this year with highlight reveals across the likes of Gamescom and PAX, Merge Games are delighted to announce that their whimsical top-down action adventure Sparklite will release via PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 on November 14th!

With a recent showing in Nintendo’s Indie World Showcase alongside unveilings across PAX events such as ID@Xbox, ‘The Mix Seattle’, ‘Kinda Funny’ Showcase, as well as the ‘Monsters of Indie’ Superstar Dev Panel, Sparklite continues to make an impact as one of 2019’s most interesting and exciting Indie games to watch out for. Fusing together an arsenal of gadgets, guns and gear, Sparklite will have you exploring a diverse, procedurally-generated world to take down the titans of the mining industry and harness the power of Sparklite!

From solving puzzles to defeating a range of different bosses and enemies, Sparklite combines elements of classic adventure titles such as The Legend of Zelda alongside a unique blend of approachable roguelike elements. Get ready to immerse yourself in an ever changing world as you take Ada on a journey across an assortment of different biomes and save Geodia!

Key Features

• Stunning visuals – Intricate pixel art aesthetic inspired by retro classics
• Original soundtrack – GameCube inspired soundtrack by composer Dale North (Wizard of Legend)
• Explore the world of Sparklite – Five beautiful, procedurally generated biomes
• Invent your arsenal – Invent gadgets to solve puzzles and defeat enemies
• Battle bosses – Take on the Baron Mining Corp and its formidable gremlin Titans
• Meet the locals – Befriend the people of Geodia and help build The Refuge

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TOKYO, JAPAN – Sept. 19, 2019 – Pixel Game Maker MV, the intuitive yet fully-featured 2D game engine from Playism and Kadokawa Corporation, leaves Steam Early Access on Windows and launches into 1.0 today, alongside the debut of a free trial demo.

Debuting with the 1.0 release are two new sample games including archaeological metroidvania La-Mulana 2 remade in Pixel Game Maker MV, bringing the total number of sample games to 20.

This sister software to RPG Maker, which sold more than 2,000,000 copies worldwide, simplifies 2D game development so first-time developers can craft the game of their dreams with no programming knowledge, while maintaining the power, depth and flexibility required by veterans.

Create a variety of 2D games including side-scrolling beat ‘em ups, pixelated metroidvanias, top-down survival horror adventures, puzzle platformers and much more. With Pixel Game Maker MV, imagination is the only limit.

Bring side-scrolling or top-down dreams to life with a built-in physics engine, local multiplayer support for up to four players and support for extending the engine with add-ons built in JavaScript, among other features. The 20 example games come with premade sci-fi and fantasy assets developers can use to jump right into prototyping or in their own commercial releases.

The free trial demo will allow transfer of work-in-progress projects to the full version. Version 1.0 has Steam Workshop support as well as other improvements requested by the Early Access community and will continue to receive patches and new features as time goes on.

An update in 2020 will add Nintendo Switch porting functionality, allowing Pixel Game Maker MV creations to be sold on the Nintendo eShop, published by Kadokawa Corporation. In celebration, Kadokawa Corporation is holding a Pixel Game Maker MV Game Development Challenge from Oct. 3, 2019 – March 31, 2020 to find fantastic works from the platform’s most talented creators for publishing on Nintendo Switch.

“This launch is not the end of development on the Pixel Game Maker MV engine,” said Noboru Mogami, producer, Kadokawa Corporation. “Although Pixel Game Maker MV asks for a one-time payment instead of a subscription, we’re committed to supporting our developer community with continuous updates so they can tell their stories with any game mechanics they can dream up.”

Pixel Game Maker MV is available now on Steam in Japanese, English and Simplified Chinese for the regular price of $84.99 USD/€71.99, with a 30% launch discount for a limited time.

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MONTRÉAL, QUÉBEC – Sep. 19, 2019 – Infini, the psychedelic puzzle adventure from developer Barnaque and publisher Nakana.io, will launch on Nintendo Switch, PC, and Mac in Q1 2020.

Integrating an outlandish narrative with rigorous mind-bending puzzles, Infini walks a fine line of meditative and chaotic. Standout visuals and concepts are used to create an imaginative and surrealist world where concepts like Poetry, War, Time, and Hope are personified. After being catapulted into Infinity by War, Hope must find his way back to the real world before it begins to suffer from his absence.

Hope must avoid obstacles to reach the next level as he falls endlessly through an eccentric alternate realm. Each world harbors new abilities, themes, and opportunities to explore the multiverse and its bizarre personalities. Meet helpful allies and deceitful foes as Hope learns who to trust while lost in Infinity.

Barnaque is creating the ominous soundtrack themselves, with more than 20 original songs bringing life to the metaphorical world of Infinity. Their psychedelic imagery and hand-drawn cinematics paint the landscape for the unsettling fate that threatens Hope. Prepare to drift straight into the madness they’ve created and escape Infinity early next year.

Infini Key Features:

• Rigorous puzzles that introduce new abilities in each world
• Distinct worlds layered with allegory, symbolism, and complex characters
• More than 100 levels through 10 diverse worlds
• Standout visuals and a grandiose soundtrack with more than 20 original songs
• Mind-bending gameplay that sways between meditative and chaotic

“We are always striving to push limits and break boundaries with our narratives and gameplay,” says David Martin, Co-founder of Barnaque. “Our goal with Infini is to destabilize players by throwing them into an unknown world of surprise.”

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Tokyo, Japan – Sept. 19, 2019 – Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) publishing label UNTIES and developer 3rd Eye Project will bring 3rd Eye, the visually-striking and horrific point-and-click adventure set in the Touhou Project universe, to Steam on Sept. 30. Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 will be tormented in Q4 2019.

Koishi Komeiji is a quirky child with no friends but an incredible gift. As her 3rd eye awakens, she can see lingering traces of the past and glimpse inside people’s hearts, all brought to life as surreal, hand-drawn visual manifestations.

Explore the mysterious world and souls of those around Komeiji using the 3rd eye to discover items and clues. See the motivations of those she encounters along her journey painted in dreamlike strokes, but use these powers sparingly as overuse of the 3rd eye will cause it to become bloodshot, restarting the level. Only special drops will prevent red eye.

A hauntingly beautiful art style sets the tone of this gripping narrative exploring universal themes of loneliness and isolation across six chapters, with more than 10 characters (including special appearances of popular Touhou Project originals), a 20,000-word script and three possible endings. Help Koishi learn to understand the feelings of others and build friendships to ease her solitude.

“3rd Eye takes a visual approach to the loneliness we all feel at some point in our lives and the ways we learn to connect with others,” said Akinari Itoh, G&R Representative, UNTIES. “The talented development team at 3rd Eye Project have given life to these common struggles through compelling illustrations, revealed through gameplay and depicting the woes we all face.”

3rd Eye will be available on Steam for $14.99 USD/Euro and will support English and Japanese.

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Melbourne, Australia – Sept. 19, 2019 —  Is your rideshare driver more than just a star rating? Have you ever stopped to consider how their day is going? Fellow Traveller and Chance Agency are excited to announce their emotional survival game of rideshare driving in an AI-driven world, Neo Cab, will be arriving on October 3rd. It will be coming to both PC (Windows, Mac) at $14.99 USD and Nintendo Switch at $19.99 USD. Pre-orders are live on the Nintendo eShop right now, and players are also invited to try Neo Cab in a new demo on Steam or Nintendo Switch! How will you manage your emotions under pressure?

Neo Cab, an emotional survival game with a strong narrative focus, challenges you to stay human in a world overcome by automation. Play as Lina, one of the last human rideshare drivers in a near-future, AI-driven world. Your friend and only lifeline has gone missing; with no money and nowhere to stay, the only thing you can do is keep driving. Use the Neo Cab app to navigate the city, choose your passengers, and engage with them to learn their stories — and uncover the truth about your own.

Inspired by the rise of our app-driven daily lives, Neo Cab Creative Lead Patrick Ewing is eager to confront the possible perils of our automated future saying, “What are the merits of personal, human service and why are sterile, automated interactions often presented as a core part of utopia? In Neo Cab, Lina is one of the last human drivers, and so those who get into her cab are in need of the human touch! Some of her passengers will enjoy having a conversation while they get from Point A to Point B. Others might prefer that automated utopia, and see Lina as just another node in the service mesh of automated capitalism.”

Neo Cab will release on Oct. 3, 2019, for Windows, Mac, and Nintendo Switch.

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MELBOURNE — September 18, 2019 — Spin Rhythm XD, the action-packed intergalactic rhythm game with the juiciest beats in the universe from Super Spin Digital, drops a new hit onto Steam Early Access October 22, with a Nintendo Switch version keeping the party going in 2020.

Spin, tap, scratch and flow through heavy-hitting songs as they twist and turn through a hyper-vibrant galaxy. Wield a digital turntable to match rapid-fire colors and beats while grooving with the music. As difficulty ramps up, more actions like sustaining notes, free-spinning, and smashing chunky bass hits with the offhand come into play. Keep the party going with mouse and keyboard controls or crank the action up to 11: Spin Rhythm XD is compatible with most existing MIDI DJ controllers.

Steam Early Access opens up with 15 tasty tracks from DJs around the world for players to master and rack up high scores. Featuring 12+ original tunes and other incredible bangers from artists like Nitro Fun, Hyper Potions, Tokyo Machine, Tristam, Pegboard Nerds, Panda Eyes and many more, fans of rhythm games and music alike will find something scratch-worthy. Super Spin Digital is partnering with forward-thinking record label Monstercat (who has contributed to Beat Saber and Rocket League) so anyone can find something up their alley thanks to an eclectic selection of artists.

Each jam is matched to its own themed 100% hand-designed level matching the feel of the song. Multiple difficulty settings make Spin Rhythm XD perfect for both quick sessions or high score chasing. Control the music as it flows through the cosmos, but perform well or the song will crash and burn, ending the track and spoiling highly-anticipated drops.

Coming to Switch in 2020, Spin Rhythm XD utilizes the Switch’s touchscreen, motion controls, and Joy-Cons to control the flow of music. The Switch version will launch with double the number of songs available during Steam Early Access launch, coinciding with the 1.0 release on PC.

“One of the reasons we wanted to create Spin Rhythm XD was to replicate the soaring highs of performing and creating music without feeling the pressure of being on stage,” said Dave Curro, co-founder of Super Spin Digital. “Players of any experience level can grab the controls and start spinning with ease for the experience, or push themselves to get perfect scores.”

Spin Rhythm XD comes to Steam Early Access October 22 in English, Portuguese, and Spanish. A Nintendo Switch version will be available in 2020.

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SEATTLE, WA – September 18, 2019 – Nimble, the newly formed pacific northwest game developer today announced Earthfall: Alien Horde, a revitalization of the hit FPS Earthfall — previously released on Xbox One, PS4, and Steam — is coming to Nintendo Switch on October 11, 2019. Featuring the entirety of Earthfall, plus all its many updates, Earthfall: Alien Horde brings online and all-new local wireless 4-player co-op exclusively to the Nintendo Switch. Featuring tons of content for players to enjoy, Earthfall: Alien Horde will be available for $19.99 on the Nintendo eShop.

“Bringing Earthfall: Alien Horde to the Nintendo Switch made perfect sense to us,” said Russell Williams of Nimble. “The ability to play with your friends anywhere — online or with local wireless play — is really going to be a fun and unique feature that works extremely well with our 4-player co-operative FPS. Switch is a great console and Earthfall: Alien Horde is great on Switch. We hope everyone has fun taking on the apocalyptic horde of aliens and their overlords.”

Earthfall: Alien Horde for Nintendo Switch features include:

A Horde of Content — 15 unique locations, including 11 campaign chapters, 5 invasion maps, and tons of unlockable items!

Hardcore Co-op — Drop in, drop out and engage in classic four-player co-operative gunplay inspired by the greatest co-op shooters of our time. Now with local wireless co-op, in addition to online play.

Death from Above — Fight the horde, a procedurally generated alien menace that makes every gameplay session tense, exciting, fresh, and utterly lethal.

Well-armed Allies — Become one of four story-driven characters and battle through an alien-infested plot while utilizing advanced weaponry and printable guns.

Constructible Defenses – Strategically place barricades that electrify or set the alien scourge afire. Deploy automatic sentries to create the perfect alien killing zones or set up mounted turrets to achieve firepower superiority.

ABOUT EARTHFALL: ALIEN HORDE

Earthfall: Alien Horde is a four-player cooperative first-person shooter that challenges players to survive hordes of ruthless alien drones and their inscrutable masters. Experience a battle-tested, upgraded first-person shooter that includes all previous content updates from the original Earthfall at an amazing value. Now featuring a Nintendo Switch exclusive: 4-player local wireless co-op wireless play!

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