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Stuttgart, November 30th, 2021 – ININ Games is proud to release Clockwork Aquario digitally for Nintendo Switch and PS4 in Europe today!

Record-breaking development time? After almost three decades, a lost gem from the arcade era, the last arcade game from legendary developers Westone, finally sees the light of day for the first time and is heading straight to modern home consoles. Traveling from the year 1992, Clockwork Aquario now finally arrives on the screen and got the whole team involved more than excited for this release.

To make this special release possible, ININ Games, Strictly Limited Games and former members of the original team from legendary developer studio Westone joined forces to do some serious video game archaeology by unearthing this video game treasure while preserving the original vision and roots of the game. So retro game fans can now look forward to an authentic arcade gameplay that features:

• Colorful pixel graphics
• Beautiful animations
• Dynamic movement
• Fun gameplay
• 3 unique characters to choose from (Huck Londo, Elle Moon & Gush)
• Single player and 2 player co-op
• A superior soundtrack by Shinichi Sakamoto
• Plus, an ingame gallery giving some visual insights in the game’s history

The digital version of Clockwork Aquario is now available in the Nintendo eShops and PlayStation Stores in Europe.

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Take the fight to the next level in award winning Real Boxing 2. Train hard, fight harder. Prove your worth in the career and multiplayer mode.

Discover a whole new world of combat sports games. As a newbie boxer, challenge experienced opponents and try to win and score a KO! Explore the world of boxing and make your way to the top. You can become the boxing champion, the best warrior of all time! So get ready to punch, and punch hard! Discover what you’re made of, and try to climb to the top.

Become the ultimate champion! Use jabs, hooks, uppercuts & combine them into devastating combos.

FEATURES:

CHOOSE YOUR STYLE OF BOXING

Before you KO your opponent, you need to improve your fighting skills! Adjust your boxer’s stats to match your playstyle and level up quickly to unlock new abilities that will help you in fights to come! Equip powerful boosts to make your dream come true. As in all fighting sports, it’s best to enter the punch-out and serve a smackdown with style, so gear up – equip one of tens of boots, trousers and gloves. Get ready – a KO is in the air!

PLAY MINI-GAMES

Train your fighter in exciting mini games that reflect real life boxers’ training and develop your character! You need to leave a lot of sweat in your training hall to be a champion. No one said it would be an easy challenge!

CREATE THE ULTIMATE BOXING FIGHTER

Real Boxing 2 allows you to customize your fighter! Choose your outfit, get a new tattoo and even change your haircut. Adjust all the aspects of the fighter’s body, from mass and muscle sculpture to nose shape.

BATTLE AGAINST UNIQUE BOSSES

Take on the unique type of challenging opponents! Clown?
Check. Santa? Yeah, he’s there.
Golem from the shard of a mountain?
You bet. Defeat them all and claim their epic gear!
So, do you like fighting games: boxing, wrestling, MMA?
Join the club, create your boxer, and start your boxing career – get into Real Boxing 2 – the ultimate experience among fighting games

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Stuttgart, November 24th, 2021 – ININ Games is excited to announce the release of the lost arcade game gem Clockwork Aquario from legendary developer studio Westone as digital version for Nintendo Switch and PS4 on November 30th, 2021 in Europe, followed by North America on December 14th, 2021!

After being lost for almost three decades, the colorful side-scrolling action game, and last, but never released arcade title of legendary developer studio Westone, will finally come to life! To set the mood, a brand new trailer shows you the amazing, colorful gameplay that awaits you!

Clockwork Aquario presents imaginatively created levels with beautiful, colourful, pixel graphics. Easy to pick up, the addictive side-scroller action and intuitive controls ensure you will instantly be immersed in the action as you face a host of baddies! Choose your favorite character and conquer various enemies and unique bosses with Huck Londo, Elle Moon, or the giant robot Gush – alone or together with your favorite Player 2 in co-op mode! Complemented by an amazing soundtrack by Westone legend Shinichi Sakamoto, Clockwork Aquario has been well worth the wait.

“Clockwork Aquario is a great piece of 2D art, into which the pixel artists put their hearts and souls. I would like to express my heartfelt respect and gratitude to those who have worked so hard to restore it.” – Ryuichi Nishizawa (chief publisher, and co-founder of Westone)

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22.11.2021: Today, Indie publisher Ratalaika Games, together with BUG-Studio the developer, is pleased to announce the digital release date for 6Souls, an exciting saga coming on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Microsoft Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch set for 3rd December 2021.

Retro fans can delight and be immersed in this creative and retro styled puzzle jaunt to fight monsters, defeat bosses, untangle a web of very tricky confrontations and brain teasing events that unfold in what is a long, charming and eventful journey.

A bridge too far?

Jack and his faithful dog Butch are big adventure lovers and one day come across a map in which they find details of an abandoned castle of the Clifford family, so they eagerly make their way in search of possible treasure.

It soon becomes apparent that actually getting into the castle may not be that straightforward. As they make their way to the castle’s bridge, it collapses and they have to get out of the abyss through the castle’s basement, in which they find the first soul (the soul of the palace), who asks for help…………..

The story in 6Souls is presented in an interesting and inventive way with its tangle of events that unwind the further you proceed. 6Souls presents 10 main chapters, with more than 80 levels in the normal game mode, and more than 120 levels in the difficult mode, complete with bosses, this delightful presentation offers many hidden surprises that draw you deeper into the story.

Clever!

The interaction between Jack and his dog adapts throughout the story. There are parts of the levels where Jack cannot squeeze through, since the passages are very narrow, but Butch can do it. Jack carries his dog Butch in a backpack. Butch gets out of the backpack and crawls into the slot on the level, after which the player gets control for Butch. Butch is faster, more agile and also has a double jump. Butch will bring Jack the keys to complete the level. There will also be a part of the game in which the player will ONLY need to play AS BUTCH, and this will have “Stealth” mechanics. SPOILER: According to the plot, Jack is captured and Butch goes in search of Jack to save him. The player will need to hide behind the boxes from the orcs so as not to get caught by them.

Plenty to see

• 8 different locations with their own unique features and challenges
• Each location has its own characteristics
• Forest, Castle Dungeon, Castle, library, laboratory and more!

Plenty to Do – Amazing Surprises

6Souls offers more than meets the eye with situations that unfold and challenge in a number of ways – Poisonous gas pipes in the laboratory, gusts of wind in the balconies – which will either help the player or prevent the player from completing the levels by fighting bosses galore. There are even spiders that hang on a web from the ceiling, as well as magical bookshelves that move by themselves.

Something new and interesting.

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Stuttgart, Germany – November 19th, 2021 – Strictly Limited Games, together with Reset Games, are excited to give Super Life of Pixel a physical release, exclusively at the Strictly Limited Games Shop. Super Life of Pixel is a 2D puzzle-platformer that lets you enter a living, playable museum of video game history. A museum that spans across three decades and 19 historically inspired consoles, giving you a historic tour that is sure to put a smile on your face.

In the words of Strictly Limited’s Co-founder, Dennis Mendel – 

“As avid supporters of video game preservation ourselves, Super Life of Pixel is a perfect fit for our catalogue. Not only because of the game’s fantastic insights into gaming history, but also because it, like many other digital-only games, faces extinction in the long run. I bought its predecessor Life of Pixel on the PlayStation Mobile Store many years ago. Unfortunately, the store got shut down and after my PlayStation Vita memory card died, I realised there was no way to re-download the game again. It was simply lost. All the more reason for us to ensure that Super Life of Pixel will receive an immortal, physical legacy, like every other Strictly Limited release in our catalogue.”

Super Life of Pixel will be available for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4, as a Limited Edition and Special Limited Edition, with pre-orders kicking off on Sunday, 21st of November at 12 AM CET (midnight), only at Strictly Limited Games.

About the Game:

Join Pixel as he quests through gaming history, teleporting across the most iconic video game systems of generations past. Jump, dodge and play smart to survive all the traps, puzzles and enemies waiting at every turn and to unlock the next console on this historic gaming journey. Super Life of Pixel is like a museum on gaming history, but one full of sharp things, bad guys and free falls – in which you will die. A lot. Exploring gaming history has never been this fun!

Whether you’re nostalgic for these classic consoles or it’s your first time experiencing them, now it’s your turn to make gaming history!

• Featuring 19 historically inspired consoles from the 8 & 16-bit eras and over 110 levels to conquer with dozens of secrets and puzzles
• Unlock various power ups, vehicles and equipment for a varied and challenging experience
• Get console history lessons and listen to the awesome original chip-tune soundtrack
• Classic gaming references & easter eggs await around every corner, can you spot them all?

Strictly Limited Games pre-order:

The Limited Edition will be limited to 2,000 copies for Nintendo Switch and 1,000 for PlayStation 4, at a price of 29.99€, including a colourful game manual.

The Special Limited Edition with lots of additional physical collectibles will be limited to 800 copies for Nintendo Switch and 400 for PlayStation 4, for 49.99€.

The Special Limited Edition will include the following items:

• Game for Nintendo Switch or PlayStation 4
• Special Limited Edition box
• Colourful game manual
• Papercraft Pixel (10cm x 10cm)
• Original soundtrack on CD
• Large, 2-sided poster (DIN A3)
• Notepad (DIN A6)
• Post card (DIN A6)
• Pixel sticker (8cm x 8cm)

*Shipping of these unique editions with limited supply is expected for March 2022.

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Liverpool, United Kingdom – November 18th, 2021 – Ripstone Games today announced that its acclaimed card game collection Poker Club is coming to Nintendo Switch this November 25th for £19.99 / €21.99 / $21.99, with a 10% discount on pre-order. This Switch edition of Poker Club that offers the unique option of taking the game on the go, will feature all the content and updates already released for other versions and will support crossplay.

Poker Club will launch on Switch with the tournaments mode. These monthly competitions allow players to face off against each other online, going through a qualifying round and final, each offering the chance to win unique prizes and get your name in lights as the best of the best. A new theme is rolled out each month, including exclusive limited time accessories for competitors and awesome prizes for the winner.

Poker Club is designed to be the ultimate community-focused poker experience and the best place to play poker on PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Switch platforms. Every month players can expect fresh content, new tournaments, new features and quality of life changes to keep Poker Club evolving with its community.

“We’ve been dedicated to making Poker Club the definitive online poker experience for PC and consoles,” said Phil Gaskell of Ripstone Games. “Coupled with the Switch’s handheld functionality and cross-platform play with PC and Xbox, there’s never been a more convenient way to set up a remote game night with your friends! And with a steady stream of incoming content and updates, we aim to keep Poker Club feeling as fresh, exciting and personable as the real thing.”

About Poker Club

Poker Club is the most social and deeply immersive poker experience available on consoles and PC. In line with the increasing online community-led nature of the gaming landscape; Poker Club connects players with friends and poker fans around the world. Featuring more modes of Texas Hold’em than any other game, including epic multi-table tournaments for over 200 players. Players can create or join a club complete with leaderboards, bespoke tournaments and daily chip bonuses, whilst working towards shared goals that unlock exclusive rewards. Some customisable gear and events are club-specific, meaning the best way to play is as part of a collective with others from around the world. PlayStation users experience cross-generation play between PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 platforms.

Poker Club offers players more ways to play than ever before with a full house of Texas Hold’em online tournament modes and cash-games. Players are invited to take on the challenge of the PCC Poker Tour, an immersive online career mode that takes players on a journey from back-room games to big-money main events. From Single-Table and Multi-Table tournaments, to Freezeouts, Shootouts, Turbos, Super Turbos, Bounties and more, Poker Club  has a variety of online multiplayer modes featuring customisable private games, open tables and full-scale tournaments. With an advanced Poker 101 tutorial system featuring advice for beginners and advanced players alike, Poker Club offers a jackpot of poker fun for all.

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Paris, November 16th, 2021 – Today is a big day for our heroes! The publisher Microids, IMPS and OSome Studio are proud to announce the new video game The Smurfs – Mission Vileaf is now available in North America on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One consoles and PC. The game is also compatible PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S and will be available later this year on these platforms!

An intuitive and accessible adventure, The Smurfs – Mission Vileaf will delight all gamers, young and experienced, Smurfs and 3D platformers fans. It will also be possible to play through all 5 worlds, both in solo and in two player cooperation modes.

In a dusty grimoire hidden deep in his laboratory, the wizard Gargamel discovered the formula to create an evil plant: the Vileaf.

This plant produces seeds which can attract and imprison Smurfs… but this plant is also a great danger for the forest, as it is very toxic!

Papa Smurf decides to take charge of the situation and ask to his fellow Smurfs to help him find the ingredients for a super powerful antidote for all the plants sick from the Vileaf. Thanks to the Smurfizer, a revolutionary invention from Handy Smurf, go on an adventure to find the ingredients and free your fellow Smurfs… and save the whole forest!

Game Features:

• An intuitive and accessible adventure for all ages – The Smurfs – Mission Vileaf will delight all profiles, young and old, Smurfs fans and 3D platformers acidionados, as well as occasional and more experienced players.

• An exceptional cast – Embody 4 iconic Smurfs: The Smurfette, Hefty Smurf, Brainy Smurf and Chef Smurf

• The Smurfizer, a very useful smurfing equipment! Designed by Handy Smurf, this tool will not only allow you to heal the contaminated plants, but it will also facilitate your exploration, empowering you with higher jumps, gliding and diving capacity, and a revolutionary vacuuming function to help you tackle all the obstacles you will come across.

• A platform and exploration game – Scour the nooks and crannies of 5 varied and colorful worlds, find your way through vertical levels to collect the ingredients that will allow you to concoct the antidote to save the forest!

• Save the forest together! – A second player will be able to join the adventure by playing a small robot named S.A.M. (Smurftronic Aerial Machine)! Invented by Handyman Smurf, this little ally can attach or detach itself from Vaporischtroumpf at any time and has some very useful smurfing abilities. Thus, S.A.M. can heal the surrounding plants, fly, and even throw explosive seeds on the enemies!

• Bring the Smurf’s village back to life ! As players progress through the adventure, they will be able to upgrade the Smurfizer by collecting items among the levels and restore the Smurfs village to its former glory.

The Smurfs – Mission Vileaf is available from October 26 on PC (Steam & GOG) and is now available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One consoles. The game is compatible on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S versions will be available on December 2nd.

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Paris – November 16th 2021 – Microids is delighted to announce the release of the cute and colourful platformer Marsupilami: Hoobadventure on PC and consoles!

The three Marsupilamis Punch, Twister and Hope are coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. Get ready to travel through various environments and jump all over the place to save the animals from a terrible curse.

About Marsupilami: Hoobadventure

Punch, Twister and Hope are three Marsupilamis living a peaceful life in Palombia. Their lives are about to take a drastic turn when they accidentally open a sarcophagus whilst playing with debris on a beach, releasing a mysterious ghost cursing all the animals! Thankfully, our three Marsupilamis are immune to the curse and decide to set out on an adventure, find the ghost and reverse the curse.

Inspired by the comic book Marsupilami from Franquin, this 2.5D platformer takes you on a colorful journey through the Palombian jungle, a coastal city and even an abandoned temple. Jump, punch, dash and swing with your tail like only Marsupilamis do!

While mainly targeting a younger audience, the most dedicated gamers will be delighted to learn that a Time Attack mode will challenge them to finish each level as fast as they can. And for the completionists, a beautiful artwork gallery will be unlocked after collecting hidden feathers and visiting secret dojos.

The Marsupilami is a fictional animal created by André Franquin appearing for the first time in the “Spirou & Fantasio” comic book series. The Marsupilami was so popular it earned its own dedicated hard cover series published by Dupuis.

Marsupilami: Hoobadventure is now available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One consoles and PC. The game is compatible with PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

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Paris, November 11th 2021 – Amateur handyman at the ready! The game My Universe – Interior Designer, developed by Magic Pockets (My Universe – School Teacher), is coming out today on Nintendo Switch, and digitally on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC/Mac in North America.

With My Universe – Interior Designer, create and manage your very own interior designer agency! Greet your clients and discuss with them to find out more about their taste and expectations. Once the plan established, it’s going to be up to you to deliver the house of their dream. Complete your objectives and raise your agency notoriety level to unlock new items, new styles and become the city’s best interior designer! Do not hesitate to work on your own projects, would it be an apartment, a condo, a duplex or even a house, and let your creativity run wild!

In construction mode, modify the house structure by demolishing walls, removing the hard wood floor, wallpaper or tiles, painting, fixing the electrical installation or adding a water inlet. In decoration mode, pick up and place the furniture, plants, carpets, wallpapers and even the curtains to impress your clients! Will you be able to give your projects a real & unique personality?

• Game Features:
  Write your very own story: customize and name your character, create your agency and be prepared to live your interior designer dreamed life!
• Renovate, transform and decorate your client’s house according to their personality and taste to create the home of their dreams! Complete your objectives to increase your level and unlock new items.
• Play diverse mini-games and fun micro-actions during your missions: wall painting, tile breaking, carpet setting… Renovating work will soon have no secrets for you!
• Unlock new items and decorative options as your career progresses and your own house projects take shape.
• Let your creativity run wild: discover a vast variety of styles, materials, textures and furniture… sky’s the limit!

Interior Designer joins the already released and worldwide successful Pet Clinic – Cats & Dogs, Puppies and Kittens, Cooking Star Restaurant, My Baby, Fashion Boutique and School Teacher. The titles from the My Universe series offer kids all around the world the chance to step into the shoes of their dreamed adult life. The My Universe series belongs to the Microids Life label, providing gaming experiences enjoyable by the whole family and all types of gamers.

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IRVINE, Calif. – November 12, 2021 – Neither human or demon, the newly-forged Nahobino and his friends must decide what is worth saving…and prepare to sacrifice everything in its name. Shin Megami Tensei V is available now exclusively for Nintendo Switch.

When a grisly murder scene in modern-day Tokyo blocks our protagonist’s walk home, an unplanned detour leaves him buried and unconscious.

He awakens in a new Tokyo, a wasteland ravaged by apocalypse now called Da’at…but before bloodthirsty demons can claim his life, a savior emerges, and they unite to become a mighty being neither human nor demon: a Nahobino.

With newfound power, the protagonist ventures through Da’at, an enigmatic realm filled with mythical deities and demonic tyrants in constant conflict for survival. Searching for answers, the protagonist must forge his own path in a battle between light and dark to dictate the fate of the world.

Key features include:

• Unfold an allusive story filled with tragic choices, make sacrifices to uphold your ideals as you pursue light or covet darkness to discover your role in the new world
• Fight through a demon-infested wasteland with the Press Turn Battle System, pinpoint enemy weaknesses so you can perform consecutive actions but make one mistake and it may be your last
• Turn formidable foes into worthy allies by recruiting them via negotiations, then fuse them to create demons customized to fit your playstyle
• Explore the expansive world of post-apocalyptic Tokyo, fully rendered in stunning 3D utilizing Unreal Engine 4, a first for the mainline Shin Megami Tensei series

Digital Deluxe Edition – $84.99

Order the Digital Deluxe Edition from the Nintendo eShop! The Digital Deluxe Edition contains additional digital content including character boosts (currency, experience and rare items), three demon subquests (Artemis, Cleopatra and Mephisto), and the “Return of the True Demon” subquest, in which players will be able to take on the legendary nine Fiends. Once defeating the fiends, the challenge continues onto the strongest opponent of them all: the Demi-fiend from Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne.

Standard Edition – $59.99

Purchase Shin Megami Tensei V from the Nintendo eShop or our retail partners now!

DLC Bundle – $26.99

Already own the game? Purchase the DLC Bundle from the Nintendo eShop today to unlock additional digital content.

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