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NIS America is excited to announce that The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV is now available on Nintendo Switch™ in North America and Europe (April 16 for Oceania) and PC (Steam, Stadia, GOG.COM, Epic Games Store). The long-awaited finale to the epic engulfing a continent comes to a head in the final chapter of the Trails of Cold Steel saga!

About Trails of Cold Steel IV:

The Erebonian Empire is on the brink of all-out war! Taking place shortly after the ending of Trails of Cold Steel III, the heroes of Class VII find themselves against the full force of the Empire in an attempt to stop its path of total domination. Further, the hero of the Erebonian Civil War and Class VII’s instructor, Rean Schwarzer, has gone missing. Now, the students of Class VII, old and new, must unite with heroes from all over the continent to create the only chance the world has to be spared from total destruction.

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Manchester, UK – April 1, 2020 — Revealed back in June of 2020, the nostalgia hit strong as fans eagerly looked forward to the release of Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX. Merge Games, in conjunction with developer, Jankenteam are pleased to reveal Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX will be launching on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5,  Xbox One, Xbox Series S, and Nintendo Switch on June 24, 2021, with a retail price of £14.99/$19.99/€19.99. Returning over three decades since its initial release on the SEGA Master System in 1986, we’ve got an all-new look at Alex Kidd in the story trailer below.

Merge Games is also excited to reveal the Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX Signature Edition – available to pre-order right now – containing a plethora of unique collectibles for the hardcore fan in your life.

• Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX Collectors Box
• A physical copy of the game
• Certificate of Authenticity
• Art book
• CD soundtrack
• Keyring
• Jankenpon cards
• Enamel pins
• Medallion and bag

As well as including all of the original content and levels, Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX catapults Alex Kidd into a new generation with striking art, improved boss fight systems and different modes! Extra levels will also be included, expanding the lore of the original title to bring a fresh dimension to Alex Kidd in Miracle World.

From Retro Mode which brings back the nostalgia from the Master System classic, allowing players to switch back to a recreated version of the original graphical style, to the new Boss Rush Mode which provides non-stop Rock Paper Scissors action, the DX version of Alex Kidd in Miracle World will include a wealth of extra content to expand on the original Master System version.

Comprising of an array of other updates such as improvements to combat, movement mechanics and new menu systems, Alex Kidd in Miracle World DX adds a new level of fluidity to the original classic!

Can you return The Kingdom of Radaxian to its former glory and destroy the evil Janken the Great, who has turned every citizen of the kingdom to stone? Get ready to charge your Power Bracelet and save the kingdom on consoles and PC!

Key Features

• A Legend Reborn – Dive into a stunning recreation of Alex Kidd in Miracle World with striking new art and tighter, more fluid controls.
• New Modes – New modes such including ‘Classic Mode’ and ‘Boss Rush Mode’ will be available for players alongside the standard game.
• New Levels – Experience new levels which expand the lore of the original.
• Alternative Boss Fights – New and improved boss fight mechanics with more intuitive combat.
• Classic Mode – Experience the original game with boss fights, dialogue, levels and functions remain true to the original Master System version.
• New and remastered music – A wide array of reimagined music tracks as well as remastered tracks from the original classic game!

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Vienna/Austria, Offenburg/Germany, April 8, 2021: Legends say that the most brilliant inventions were created in garages. We call bull excrement on that! Real evil plans come together on the john! On June 29th, 2021 Destroy All Humans! will land on Nintendo Switch and anal probing is now handheld. Start the invasion on the go and collect DNA while flushing, the fate of mankind rests in your hands (literally)!

The Switch™ version comes with ALL available skins that were created for the game, including the Skin Pack DLC. The standard version will be available for an SRP of €39.99 | $39.99 | £34.99.

Our two special editions will be available for Nintendo Switch™ as well (EU and UK only):

The Crypto-137 Edition, featuring a Crypto-137 figurine, a Crypto backpack, keychain, six lithographs, an anti-stress toy, and all in-game Crypto skins, all contained within a premium box, has an SRP of €399.99 | $399.99 | £349.99.

The DNA Collector’s Edition, featuring a Crypto’N’Cow figurine, keychain, six lithographs, anti-stress toy, and all in-game Crypto skins, all contained within a premium box, has an SRP of €149.99 | $149.99 | £139.99.

About Destroy All Humans!

The cult-classic returns and invades everything but your privacy on July 28 2020! Terrorize the people of 1950s Earth in the role of the evil alien Crypto-137. Harvest DNA and bring down the US government in the remake of the legendary alien invasion action adventure. Annihilate puny humans using an assortment of alien weaponry and psychic abilities. Reduce their cities to rubble with your flying Saucer!

One giant step on mankind!

Destroy All Humans! is a cult classic and one of the few games that will have you laughing out loud. Many games have taken inspiration from its mix of humoristic story-telling and easily accessible open world shooter action, as well as its wide range of over-the-top weaponry. But there can only be one Cryptosporidium: the human-hating alien with the voice of an angry Jack Nicholson and a shorter fuse than a xenomorph on steroids.

Step right up and enjoy the show!

Only Destroy All Humans! allows you to explore idyllic US cities of the 1950s, read the thoughts of their citizens to uncover their secret desires… and then burn the very same cities to the ground with the mighty Death Ray of your flying saucer!

Features

• Use your Abducto Beam to throw tanks around!
• Use your psychokinesis powers to crush a farmer under his own cow!
• Discover which seemingly prude ’50s housewife secretly has the hots for her hairdresser!
• Slowly batter a human to death with his own hat!
• Light up the night by zapping your enemies with teslatastic electricity!
• Take. One. Giant. Step. On. Mankind!

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Espoo, Finland – April 7th, 2021 – Improx Games are proud to announce that their brain-teasing puzzle adventure game The Last Cube is coming to PC, Switch, Xbox, and PlayStation platforms later this year. Set in a series of surreal otherworldly landscapes, it’s up to you to discover the history of this mysterious alien civilization.

The Last Cube is a richly atmospheric puzzle game about guiding a cube through a plethora of moody, monolithic chambers as you uncover the story behind this peculiar world. Explore a wide array of brutalist architecture ranging from foggy nightmarish abysses, to oppressive lava lit factories, to uplifting natural landscapes full of golden rays of sunshine glistening against mountains. Coupled with an epic soundtrack that thoroughly enriches the atmosphere, and an abstract story of a dying world on the cusp of ruin, The Last Cube is a moody, mysterious puzzler that fully immerses you in its derelict world.

Each of The Last Cube’s stages introduces a new type of sticker you can latch onto a side of your cube, introducing an entirely new mechanic. Some will allow you to dash through barriers, others will create makeshift stairs, and some grant the ability to teleport over bottomless gaps or conjure temporary, but useful cube friends. Positioning your cube to acquire the desired stickers on the correct surface can range from pleasingly simplistic, to masochistic head scratchers as you scramble through The Last Cube’s 100+ puzzles. New mechanics are introduced at a breezy clip, rapidly expanding one’s perception of what your cube is capable of.

Clamouring through each chamber offers a sturdy challenge, though only the most dedicated players will uncover all of The Last Cube’s bevy of collectibles and bonus stages littered throughout the adventure. Do you have what it takes to solve the puzzle tracks left by your ancestors and save this peculiar world from collapsing?

“We’ve identified the audience who loves atmospheric puzzle games with lightweight narrative – we ourselves love these games. The Last Cube is an experience that delivers exactly that, while the unique mechanics also bring a whole novel aspect to it”, said Max Samarin, creative director at Improx Games. “You might have played certain cube games as a kid, but not executed like this. And it’s not just about the puzzles – it’s also a cosmic adventure through a varied, alien world full of mystery and wonder that draws players from outside the puzzle genre as well.”

Players interested in trying the game out can head to The Last Cube’s Steam page and download the demo, which demonstrates the variety in the puzzles and mechanics that will be further expanded in the full game.

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Warsaw, Poland – April 7th, 2021 — Children of Morta’s biggest update yet is now live on PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Family Trials is a combat-focused game mode and all users can now hop into the fast-paced action for free. Children of Morta is an action-RPG hack-n-slash produced by Dead Mage and published by 11 bit studios.

Zyklus, a unique and abnormal dungeon located somewhere in the world of Rea, is a central part of the Family Trials mode. Zyklus is affected by world-consuming Corruption. Its rapidly changing rules and environments mean that upon entering the dungeon you may never be fully prepared for the mortal dangers that lay ahead.

Family Trials is separated from the story-focused main game mode. It offers new systems, items, character build possibilities, and more – all set in a series of completely randomized dungeons. It also brings a new challenge to the game – most of your progress is lost when you die – so you better learn from your mistakes!

Family Trials Mode:

• Objectives – Complete main objectives and optional side-objectives to advance to the next floor.  Objectives vary from protecting the Rea Laborers from waves of enemies to fighting in the arena to surviving the flood of corrupted adversaries, and more!
• Additional difficulty levels – Unlock two additional difficulty levels: Hard and Insane. The higher difficulty, the more levels you have to beat!
• Character builds – Experiment with your character builds and learn from your mistakes to best your consecutive dungeon runs.
• Each level is a new adventure – Levels are completely randomized each time you enter the dungeons.
• It’s the whole family – All Bergson family members and their active abilities are available from the very beginning.

New systems, items and features:

• The Skill Tree is replaced with a new Talent System – Each time a character levels up, they get to choose a new Talent.
• Runes no longer drop in the dungeons – They become a part of the Talent System instead.
• Divine Relics and Divine Graces have two additional power tiers – You can upgrade them in the special shop or find them in dungeons.
• Item upgrades vary from simple stat boosts to additional special traits unlocked for each item.
• 40 talents per character – Stack upgrades and modifications for your skills and passives to dominate your enemies.
• In-game deeds with special rewards to help you survive Family Trials. Complete them to start your run with bonus HP, instant level up, extra gemstones, or even free items.
• Gem shards work as the main currency in Family Trials mode – Use them in the new shop to gamble for rewards, upgrade your equipment, and buy new shinies.

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Manchester, UK – Apr 6th, 2021 — Think you know city-management games? Think again! Merge Games, alongside indie developer Blackstaff Games, are proud to announce Buildings Have Feelings Too! will finally arrive on April 22, 2021. Originally announced in 2018, the Blackstaff team took the time to build the game right  — from the foundation to the rooftop — and they’re excited to finally bring the quirky city-management / puzzle game to eager players everywhere. Buildings Have Feelings Too! will be available on PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One priced $19.99 / €19.99 / £14.99.

Selected as one of Microsoft’s highlighted indie titles back at GDC 2019, Buildings Have Feelings Too! brings the city to life and turns its inhabitants into currency. Grow your city to a bustling metropolitan centre with an array of shops, offices, entertainment and amenities, but take care to keep your city thriving or risk losing your buildings being demolished forever. How will you react to the tides of change when your buildings have feelings too?

Imagine a city where buildings can walk and talk to one other. Each one has its own aspirations, hope and fears. Most of the time they’re just trying to get along with each other and make it through the day. Buildings Have Feelings Too! is a city management game with character. Players must grow their city while making sure the individual buildings thrive, or risk them being demolished forever.

As time progresses, new industries can be researched and new architectural marvels built. In turn, world events might cause buildings to fail and businesses to go bankrupt! Players must discover new ways to attend to their city’s needs. This could involve refurbishing a building or simply grabbing it by the hand and moving it to a nicer part of the neighbourhood.

As players progress they are able to grow their city, allowing for multiple neighbourhoods. Specialist areas, such as busy finance hubs or bustling theatre districts, become available. Additional layered attributes such as electricity supply, noise pollution and transport add more complexity and challenges for players.

Key Features

• Discover and equip a wide range of businesses from the Victorian era right through to the modern day.
• Befriend a range of Buildings, each with their own aspirations, hopes and fears, as they come to grips with the changing world around them.
• Customise and rearrange your city’s layout by moving buildings and find the perfect combination for your city to grow.
• Expand across multiple neighbourhoods of your city, discovering new landmark characters and districts.

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The R-Type Final 2 demo and digital preorder are now available on select platforms! Test your piloting prowess and get a taste of the high-octane action that awaits you.

R-Type Final 2 Decal Design Contest

Submit a custom decal design for a chance to have it included in the full game and receive a signed poster from the developers!  One grand prize winner will also receive an R-Type Final 2 Inaugural Flight Edition. Contest starts April 1 and ends April 30 at 11:59PM PDT. The three steps for decal submission are:

1. Design and name your decal.
2. Describe your decal (optional).
3. Upload your decal to Twitter with your region and the hashtag #aRTypeFinal2.

For more information on contest rules, visit: nisamerica.com/contests.

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Stuttgart, April 1st, 2021: ININ Games is excited to present a really beautiful and enchanting adventure, which RPG fans can enjoy. WitchSpring3 Re:Fine – The Story of Eirudy – developed by Kiwiwalks and Ikina Games – will be published physically and digitally in North America and Europe for Nintendo Switch.

ININ Games will also create exclusive Limited and Collector’s Editions, which will be available for pre-order from April 1st, 2021 6pm (CEST) only at the Strictly Limited Games Partner Store. The retail pre-orders will be expected to launch in the next few weeks.

Unique, varied battles and a fascinating adventure
The enchanting adventure of Eirudy offers an exciting and captivating storyline, which players won’t want to put down. The turn-based battle system and the individual characters that develop over time make the game a really beautiful adventure.

With Japanese voice actors, and text fully localized into English, the game is a stand-alone title in the Witch Spring Universe. It comes with new visuals and sound, very cute art style and loveable characters – which make it a must have for JRPG fans! And thanks to individual storyline choices, resulting in different endings and varied battle tactics, the game is worth playing through multiple times.

• Intriguing storytelling
• Loveable, colorful characters
• Tactical turn based battles
• Evolving battle menu
• Unique “summon dolls” system
• Different story branches
• Post-game content

About the WitchSpring3 Re:Fine – The Story of Eirud
WitchSpring3 Re:Fine – The Story of Eirudy takes you deep into the Misty Forest, where the Marionette Witch Eirudy lives secluded from the rest of the world, only accompanied by her enchanted puppets.

Whilst hiding in her house in the forest, from the warriors who are out to hunt her, she continues her efforts to escape her loneliness by trying to make her puppets talk.

When one day she meets an adventurous young man named Adrian in the forest, Eirudy’s life changes as she is thrown into the tide that determines the fate of deities and humans. The adventure begins…

Special Editions in the Strictly Limited Games Partner Store

The Limited Edition Features:

• Game for Nintendo Switch
• Manual
• Individually Numbered

The Limited Edition is available for €39.99 and limited to 2.200 copies worldwide.

The Collectors Edition Features:

• Game for Nintendo Switch
• Collector’s Edition Box
• Manual
• Artbook
• Soundtrack
• Large Poster
• Standee
• Pin
• Sticker Sheet
• 10 character cards
• Individually numbered

The Collector’s Edition is available for €59.99 and limited to 1.300 copies worldwide.

Both, the Limited Edition and the Collector’s Edition will also be available as an awesome bundle including an adorable Failur plush.

The Limited Edition Bundle will be limited to 300 copies and can be purchased for €64.99. The Collector’s Edition Bundle will be available for €84.99 and limited to 200 copies.

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