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Archive for September, 2021

Krakow, Poland —  September 22, 2021 — Publisher All in! Games is thrilled to announce Red Wings: American Aces, a spin-off of their previously developed in-house warplane arcade shooter, Red Wings: Aces of the Sky. Red Wings: American Aces is slated for release on PC and Nintendo Switch and will include online multiplayer modes for up to 10 players as well as local co-op, PvP, and solo modes.

Red Wings: American Aces puts you in the pilot’s seat of a nostalgic, action-packed arcade shooter illustrated in a vibrant comic-book style with a gaming mode for every occasion. Do you believe in the strength of the squadron? Choose a map and game mode and gather your pilots to play in a team of up to five players against other squads in online multiplayer. Prefer flying solo and plucking others out of the sky? Compete with up to nine other pilots and fly to the top of the scoreboard. Local co-op is available for smaller fighter groups of one or two pilots for a more ace-to-ace experience in various customizable game modes, including a campaign mode with 30 missions.

“We have high hopes for this title as there’s currently no other arcade aerial combat game on the market that offers both local and online PvP and co-op—it’s the perfect niche for Red Wings: American Aces to fill”, said Piotr Zygadlo, CEO of All in! Games. “This game is the second original title to come from All in! Games’ talented development team and it’s certainly not the last. We’re also working on developing another, bigger IP that we’ll be able to share more about in the coming months, so stay tuned.”

Key Features:

• Fly online – Test your skills against a max of 9 other players in Last Man Standing, Score Battle, or Time Battle modes or gather your squad of up to 5 pilots and battle other squads in Elimination, Time Team Battle, or Score Team Battle modes

• Fly locally – Play custom games in 3 different modes (Score Battle, Time Battle, and Hide n’ Seek (2 players only)) solo against AI or against another player

• Complete 30 missions in campaign mode – relive the aerial dogfights of WWI and encounter all manner of unexpected challenges (available in local co-op for 1-2 players)

• Upgrade your pilot progression skill tree – develop your pilot skills and rearrange points depending on the mission at hand

• Pilot 15 different warplanes, each with unique skins – stand out in the heat of battle with a plane your enemies won’t soon forget

• Rise to the challenge – be prepared for thunderstorms that blast skill cooldowns, sandstorms that reduce visibility, missions where you’ll only be able to take out enemies with barrel rolls, and more!

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TOKYO, JAPAN, September 20th, 2021 – Nothing is what it seems in SWERY’s new game, The Good Life, a debt-repayment RPG/life sim adventure set to launch on October 15th on Steam, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch. Everything – from its in-game social photo app “Flamingo” to the unconventional stories of Rainy Woods’ strange characters – lives and breathes SWERY’s unique and distinctive style.

The Good Life is a captivating adventure game in which you play as Naomi, a New York-based photographer who has just arrived in the small British town of Rainy Woods with a specific job at hand – to discover the truth behind this place known as the “happiest town in the world”. Race against the clock tracing multiple leads and solve mysteries as a human, a cat, or a dog! Getting to the bottom of this mystery will require you to cook, eat, sleep, shop, farm, and explore the town, taking on photography jobs and other more “unconventional” quests.

Uncover the truth about Rainy Woods – the small, boring town that Naomi refers to as “Hell on Earth”

• Explore the vast and sprawling town of Rainy Woods
• Take photos to repay your debt
• Unlock and try out new recipes
• Plant, grow and harvest your own crops
• Discover new clothing and other items
• Save up money and renovate your house and garden(!)
• Investigate a murder while riding a sheep(?!)

SWERY and Yukio Futatsugi are set to deliver a highly engaging, funny, and bizarre experience that will keep players hooked until the very end. The Good Life is releasing on Steam, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch on October 15th, 2021. Don’t forget to wishlist the game on your favorite store.

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LOVE COLORS is a paint by numbers pixel art game. It’s super relaxing and easy to start! Choose from a variety of themes and complexity and start to color!

Pixel color by number mechanics is easy! You don’t need to learn some advanced mechanics to have fun and put a smile on your face. That is a casual game for everyone. It can be played by adults and kids as well!

What’s more?

There are constantly new pixel arts here with impressive handcrafted collections and unique coloring methods.

Features:

• Over a hundred lovely pictures to color
• Find out your favorite themes: fruits, animals, people, cities and many more!
• Discover a great variety of pictures, choose yourself.
• Full of colorful pictures
• Stress-free pixel art

Love Colors – Happy Pixels

If you’re in the mood for Halloween or Xmas, enjoy sports, vehicles, gaming or like delicious food, this DLC is for you!

130+ new pictures to color on your own or with family and friends!

The DLC contains:

• 18 themes from the favorite times of the year – Halloween and Christmas.
• 13 pictures inspired by various sports.
• 32 different vehicles.
• 19 yummy cakes and other sweets.
• 11 pictures from the farm and around.
• 12 adorable insects.
• 31 gaming and emotes themes.

Love Colors – Pixel Adventure

Travel the whole world together with a brand new DLC!

120+ new pictures from places around the world are waiting for you!

What’s in the pack?

• 10 themes from the United States – color the national flag, a sheriff’s star, an eagle, a yummy burger, and others.
• 11 pictures from China – like a yin-yang, an oriental dragon known as Loong, a pagoda or a paper lantern.
• 10 objects from India – spicy foods, a lotus flower or a majestic naja naja.
• 12 Canadian themes – world’s most popular maple leaf, a friendly moose, a totem pole or hockey sticks. a diamond, zebra or a tribal mask among 8 pictures from Africa.
• 10 drawings from Brazil – eg. tropical birds, the view of Rio or palm trees.
• 8 sceneries from cities around the world – Sydney, London, Rome or Paris.
• 42 animals and flowers.
• 7 Masks – from Venice carnival to Mexican Catrin, the Day of the Dead.
• 4 more complex pictures for long relaxing sessions, or to compete with friends with the highest number of colored pixels!

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Stuttgart, September 14th, 2021: Microids and the distributor Strictly Limited Games are pleased to announce the upcoming release of an Ultra Collector’s Edition for Asterix & Obelix: Slap Them All! Filled with goodies and items inspired by the famous French comic book, this limited edition will be available later this year for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch, exclusively through Strictly Limited Games’ digital partner store.

The Ultra Collector’s Edition of Asterix & Obelix: Slap Them All! will be available for pre-order starting today, September 14th, 2021 through Strictly Limited Games’ digital partner store.

Be prepared to prove your bravery! Asterix and Obelix: Slap them All! is set in 50 B.C.E. Gaul, which is entirely occupied by the Romans. Only one small village of indomitable Gauls still holds out against the invaders. Play as Asterix and Obelix and set sail to the most iconic places in the comic book series while battling Roman legionaries, pirates, brigands and even the dreaded Normans.

Features:

• Face hordes of Romans in various environments inspired by existing Asterix & Obelix albums
• Team up with a friend in the local multiplayer mode
• Fight your enemies with powerful moves and unique combos
• Discover awesome mini-games

The Ultra Collector’s Edition of Asterix & Obelix: Slap Them All! will be available for €149.99 in very limited quantities.

• Ultra Collector’s Edition Box
• Game for Nintendo Switch or PS4
• Poster
• Aluminium Cover Set
• Asterix & Obelix Figurine
• Coin
• Postcard Set
• Coaster Set
• Sticker Set
• LED Hologram Lamp
• 4 Art Prints
• Certificate of Authenticity

Plus, the Ultra Collector’s Edition comes with three additional Asterix games: XXL Remastered, XXL2 Remastered, XXL3!

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Karlstad, Sweden – September 14th, 2021 – Clear River Games and developer Elden Pixels have partnered together to bring the acclaimed retro metroidvania platformers Alwa’s Awakening and Alwa’s Legacy to Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in the physical bundle Alwa’s Collection, that will be sold at retail later this year for $29.99 / €29.99 / £25.99. Alwa’s Collection standard edition for Nintendo Switch and PS4 will include three holographic stickers as bonus content.

A special Limited Edition with the deluxe versions of soundtracks on USB, a game scene diorama, art cards with early concept art sketches, and a keychain, delivered in a hard embossed collector’s box that will be sold exclusively through Limited Run Games for $69.99.

Additionally, Alwa’s Legacy will also be available as a standalone digital title on PS4, launching the same day as Alwa’s Collection. Find out why Nintendo Life called the Switch version “the special sort of game that only comes around once in a great while,” and awarded it a 9/10.

That’s not all! Alwa’s Awakening will also be premiering on the Nintendo Entertainment System! That’s right, Elden Pixels has partnered with Retro-Bit Publishing to make cartridge editions of the old school platformer for the hardware that inspired it in the first place. This will be an extremely limited and packed with exclusive content, so take notice, any retro game collectors!

Retro-Bit Publishing has always looked at ways to preserve a game’s history while supporting the developers. Thanks to feedback from the community, Retro-Bit Publishing created a simple and groundbreaking method to provide gamers a new option to own a game with their new Digical version of Alwa’s Awakening: The 8-Bit Edition. Digical combines aspects of both DIGItal and physiCAL releases for those interested in playing the digital copy of the game via ROM without all the bonus extras found in the physical releases, while still supporting the developers. The game ROM and exclusive digital content come packed in a Zoe themed USB® memory stick along with a display case that really stands out in any collection! Retro-Bit Publishing hopes that this concept can be embraced by the community so that more classics can be released in the future using this format.

Alwa’s Awakening is an 8-bit inspired contemporary take on the metroidvania genre. You play as Zoe, a heroine sent from another world to bring peace to the land of Alwa. Your journey will be fraught with peril, full of puzzles to solve, dungeons to explore, magical items to acquire and ancient secrets to discover. Alwa’s Awakening hearkens back to classic platformers with controls that are easy to learn, but difficult to master. Along this adventure, you will meet all manner of interesting characters, comb through dangerous dungeons, and uncover incredible secrets as you attempt to save the land from extinction.

Alwa’s Legacy is a standalone sequel that offers an expansion of its predecessor’s classic gameplay. Varnished with 16-bit inspired visuals, Alwa’s Legacy mixes classical pixel art aesthetics with new visual flourishes such as a realistic lighting system. It also adds some more modern game design principles, like a new character upgrade system that allows you to craft your individual playstyle, centered on offensive, defensive and explorative skill sets. Using magical upgrades, novel pathways can be found as you explore the nonlinear interconnected world by summoning blocks to climb on, bubbles to bounce off of, and lightning bolts to attack with.

“We were so happy with how the Alwa’s games were received, so we’re very excited about letting PlayStation players check out Alwa’s Legacy,” said Mikael Forslind, Game Designer for Elden Pixels. “We couldn’t be happier that Clear River Games and Retro-Bit are bringing our titles to physical collectors too, as we feel like that’s the most fitting home for the Alwa’s series.”

The Alwa’s Collection Limited Edition will be available exclusively through Limited Run Games, while Alwa’s Awakening: The 8-Bit Edition (NES and Digical) will be available at various e-commerce platforms throughout the NA and EU including Limited Run Games. These titles are a limited edition, available only during the pre-order window from 9/14 – 10/17.

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Who will stand by you in the face of madness? Meet your allies in MONARK, and be sure to keep them close as you traverse between the real world and the warped reaches of the Otherworld!

Coming early 2022 to PS4™, PS5™, Nintendo Switch™, and PC!

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SANTA ANA, California, September 9, 2021 — Nicalis, Inc. has set the official release date for Critadel, a new 2D action game from developer Pixelian Studio. The game will be released on Nintendo Switch, Steam and the Epic Games Store on October 13, 2021.

Critadel is a futuristic platformer/shooter/roguelike in which players run, jump and blast through the convoluted pathways and secret chambers of a giant mechanical tower. A 360° aiming cursor allows ranged attacks in any direction. Enemies include deadly bosses and minions of the “Order of Noah,” an evil faction that has seized control of the tower and seeks to recover ancient knowledge that can grant eternal life.

A hardcore action game with GBA-inspired graphics and a pulse-pounding techno soundtrack, Critadel has been in development for five years under the working title of Babel. With three upgradeable characters, hundreds of branching paths and over 100,000 possible weapon and item configurations, it offers a unique experience each time it’s played.

Critadel will be available digitally on Nintendo Switch, Steam and the Epic Games Store on October 13, 2021 for $19.99.

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Momolu and Friends is an amazing game for pre-schoolers, where familiar characters show your child how to learn the alphabet, colors and numbers through a dozen playful minigames.

The story follows Momolu, a gentle, unassuming panda who has a knack of stumbling into situations requiring his help. Momolu’s friends experience their own set of everyday problems which are solved through creative thinking and collaboration:

Bani the rabbit helps redecorate the harbour with her sketchbook,
Huhu the owl wants to build a slide that everyone can enjoy
Hiko the badger gets to the bottom of a water mystery!

Momolu helps the other animals find solutions to their challenges by encouraging them to use their own skills and strengths. By working together the animals discover, learn, make mistakes, have tons of fun, and always learn something about design along the way.

Momolu and Friends is a great game for your Kids! Hours of fun and educational activities and videos!

Features:

• Learn the alphabet, numbers and colors inside minigames and then test your knowledge in a single combination game including them all.
• Tease your brain with the classic memory game and with jigsaw puzzles.
• Find hidden objects from familiar Momolu locations.
• Run your smoothie bar and surprise your friends with great tasting smoothies.

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Prinny Presents NIS Classics Volume 2 is coming to Nintendo Switch™ in Spring of 2022!

This two-in-one package featuring Makai Kingdom: Reclaimed and Rebound and ZHP: Unlosing Ranger vs. Dearkdeath Evilman is complete with unique gameplay mechanics, memorable characters, and up-scaled artwork!

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Paris – September 2^nd, 2021 – Studio Revolution Software, creators of the popular Broken Sword series, and publisher Microids, are delighted to announce that Beyond a Steel Sky will launch November 30 on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One consoles and Nintendo Switch.

From Charles Cecil, creator of the Broken Sword series, with art direction by Dave Gibbons, legendary comic book artist behind Watchmen, Beyond A Steel Sky is the spiritual successor to the classic Beneath a Steel Sky, launched more than two decades ago.

Beyond a Steel Sky stands as a thrilling story of loyalty and redemption set in an eerie and terrifying world of AI-driven social controls. Set a decade after the events of the first game, Beyond a Steel Sky immerses players once again in the captivating Union City – a dystopian cyberpunk city full of mysterious, sinister secrets.

With Dave Gibbons’s breathtaking comicbook art style, the game is a hugely ambitious adventure which redefines the genre by allowing the player to subvert the world, populated by AI-driven characters, with interesting solutions to puzzles emerging from their actions.

Key features:

• A fascinating sci-fi world – An adventure set within a dynamic world, populated by willful characters driven by motivations that the player can subvert. In combination with a unique hacking tool, multiple solutions to puzzles emerge from player choices.

• A thrilling story full of humor – Unravel dark conspiracies, defeat a terrifying antagonist in this dramatic, humorous, cyberpunk thriller, which explores contemporary themes: social control, AI, and total surveillance.

• A unique 3D comic book art style – A beautifully detailed, comic-book styled world, from the mind of legendary comic artist Dave Gibbons.

• Ingenious puzzles – Intelligent puzzles are interwoven with an intriguing dramatic narrative to deliver a compelling gameplay experience.

“I am thrilled to be able to open the gates to Union City once more, and welcome console players to Beyond a Steel Sky which launches this winter.” says Charles Cecil, Founder and CEO of Revolution Software. “It has been a pleasure and privilege to have had the opportunity to collaborate with Dave Gibbons again in bringing Robert Foster back after an absence of two decades – and what an extraordinary change there has been!”

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