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Archive for March, 2023

Do you have what it takes to be a competent detective?

Put your skills and your wit to the test by playing the Process of Elimination Demo which is available now for  Nintendo Switch and PS4!

See exactly what goes into solving a murder investigation by watching the Demo Trailer, then gear up for your investigation adventures by preordering the Limited Edition from the NISA Online Store today!

Process of Elimination is coming to Nintendo Switch and PS4 on April 11, 2023!

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10th of March 2023 – Detective Doe steps into action to unravel the mysteries of Mato Anomalies as the visual novel with JRPG influences is out now on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, X Box Series X | S, Nintendo Switch, both physical and digital, and PC (digitally only on Steam).

To celebrate the launch of Mato Anomalies, Arrowiz and Prime Matter prepared a captivating launch trailer and for detectives that love the tune of the city, the official music video might be the right thing.

Throughout the game’s anime-inspired visual novel storyline the player, together with his/her companions, will discover many secrets while working to unravel the mysteries that the neo-noir city of Mato has to offer. Detective Doe must find a way to stop the dark forces that are plotting behind the scenes of this neon-filled backdrop.

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Indie publisher Ratalaika Games, together with talented developer Rasul Mono, is delighted to announce The Guise, a stylish and dark Metroidvania fairytale about a boy trapped in the body of a monster! Coming on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Microsoft Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch it is due to hit digital stores with a release date of 17th March.

Setting the Scene

The Guise is a distinguished looking game in which ‘evil’ has apparently already won the day. In the world, where the player is taken, there is almost no light and no hope for anything good. Dying settlements, dark forests, winding dungeons, and deadly valleys full of demons are abundant.

The action begins in a children’s home, perhaps the only bright and warm place in the game. It is there in the room of the owner of the orphanage that a boy named Ogden finds a strange mask that turns him into a monster. The game is based on Ogden’s new appearance, his new abilities, and his relationships with the unfriendly world that surrounds him. The goal of the frightened and bewildered Ogden, who has become a monster, is to regain his human form. The player’s goal is to get the most out of the monster’s appearance.

An ancient conspiracy of local gods prevents Ogden from turning back into a human, and almost everything alive and inanimate is against him staying in the monster’s skin. The player must get used to his new body, master new abilities, and try not to lose the remnants of his humanity.

Winning Takes All

You, the player, assume the role of Ogden, our hero, who has animal agility, monstrous strength, and abilities that are not available to ordinary people. You will have to learn various skills, such as running on the ceiling, finishing moves, acid spitting, bomb belching and a lot more As in any ‘metroidvania’, to obtain a new ability, the player will have to defeat a certain boss. For example, after Priscilla, the rat queen, dies, we will be able to climb walls and run on the ceiling, which will open up access to new locations.

Venture Forth

There are a number of exciting and challenging side quests, some of which are related to the life of the orphanage (although Ogden has become a monster, the children in the orphanage still see him as a friend). For example, one quest is to help a mad cultist who wants to destroy the remaining angels in the world.

The world of The Guise consists of seven large regions, each with 10-20 interconnected locations. Some locations have multiple paths thanks to forks, multiple entrances, and exits. All closed exits can be unlocked by obtaining a certain ability (for example, after getting the “Spider Legs” ability, the player can overcome a water-filled gap by simply running along the ceiling above the gap). Secrets, hidden passages, and secret rooms containing various treasures are scattered throughout the world.

Features/Elements:

• Beastly Abilities
• Cool Battles
• Great Challenges
• Monsters!
• Appealing Graphics
• Atmospheric Music

Finders Keepers

Exploring the game world, the player will gain access to resources that strengthen the protagonist. Thus, in hidden chests or as a reward for side quests, the player will find amulets that complement his combat abilities (for example, he can stink up the area, causing damage to those around him). And the reward for defeating enemies will be their eyeballs – the local currency – which can be spent on improving the abilities obtained from the Eye Collector.

In this hostile world, almost everything is out to get you!

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The Legend of Nayuta: Boundless Trails is coming to Nintendo Switch, PS4, and PC in fall 2023!

Discovery awaits beyond the horizon!

Nayuta has always dreamed of exploring beyond the horizon of his island home. After a fateful encounter with a fairy-like creature by the name of Noi, he and his friend Cygna find themselves whisked away on an adventure through multiple worlds in order to stop an evil plot that has been set in motion.

Enter the fray with real-time action gameplay and environment-based puzzles that are affected by the current season. Utilize season-based magic and powerful weapon skills to take down your foes, and unlock new techniques based on your performance.

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Embark on legendary adventures in Trails into Reverie and follow the stories of Lloyd Bannings, Rean Schwarzer, and the enigmatic “C”! This climactic chapter of the Trails series boasts one of the biggest character rosters yet, so be sure to check out some of the new and familiar faces in the Character Trailer!

Then, take a deeper dive into the characters of Trails into Reverie by exploring our most recent website update featuring bios from this incredible roster!

The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie is coming to PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4, and now PS5 on July 7, 2023!

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Vila-real, Spain – March 8, 2023 – Independent publisher BlitWorks Games is proud to announce that Pirates Outlaws is launching on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on the 29 of March. Developed by Fabled Studio, Pirates Outlaws is a roguelike card battler acclaimed by critics and players in which you navigate dangerous seas in order to defeat every outlaw and their masters in tense combats. The game offers plenty of content and unlockables, diverse game modes and a beautiful papercraft artstyle. Your expedition will be full of ambushes and challenges, so get ready, build your card deck and plan deadly combos to become the most reputed pirate!

Pirates Outlaws offers 3 game modes and 16 heroes with unique abilities and pre-made decks. There are more than 500 cards and 160 relics to collect! Play your cards and manage your ammo to deliver the best combo. Defeat 150 outlaws and more than 50 unique bosses in a turn-based combat system.

MAIN FEATURES

• 3 Game Modes with unique rules – Start a roguelike expedition in NAVIGATE, face the most powerful foes in the ARENA or test your strength and knowledge over a drink in the TAVERN BRAWL.
• 16 Heroes – Each Pirate has unique abilities and mechanics! Read the future with the Fortune Teller, command a beast with the Bear Tamer or go full berserker with the Chicken.
• More than 700 Cards and 200 Relics – Level up your game with new cards that you will unlock as you progress through the different maps.
• 150+ Outlaws and 60+ unique bosses – Build better decks with deadly combos and prepare yourself to face the toughest challenges.
• Tons of unlockables – Start your next run as a steampunk legend or find the spookiest look with unlockable skins!
• All updates included – Maelstrom, Lost in Jungle, Great Bazaar, Lost Islands, Northern Lands, Eastern Seas, Port Elysia, and more!

3 GAME MODES

• In Navigate mode you manage your expedition across varied horizons to discover and battle pirates and outlaws that stand on your path. You can unlock up to seven maps and chapters with their own difficulty and secrets. Once your repute reaches 9999, a Hard Mode will auto-unlock where you’ll find harsher environments and stronger enemies. Each chapter also has a unique challenge in Hard Mode.

• In the dust of the Arena, you will face a powerful Champion every ten battles. To reach the top, you must choose among the cards and relics from all seven chapters. A place for all pirates in need of a challenge.

• Test your strength and knowledge over a drink at the Tavern Brawl. Choose pre-made packages before each battle and defeat waves of outlaws. After two battles, you’ll have to defeat the imposing Tavern Keeper.

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08 MARCH, 2023 – If you have a slightly warped sense of humour and are partial to some puzzle-platforming fun that isn’t too demanding, then you’ll be delighted to hear Overloop is making its way to consoles later this month.

The clone-based puzzle-platformer will launch 24th March on Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S priced $14.99. It’ll be available with a 20% launch discount for a limited time.

Created by Charge Games – a development duo of George Kobyakov (programmer, game design, artist) and Charles Bardin (narrative design, sound design), Overloop made its debut on PC last year. It currently has a ‘Very Positive’ rating on Steam, with 92% positive user reviews.

Overloop is a light-hearted adventure set in a dark-hearted future where scientists create a cloning gun – the Quantum Matter Replication Device – and their profit-hungry paymasters sell it to the masses, with disastrous consequences. It’s up to you – the handsomely mustachoied protagonist – to navigate a crumbling dystopia and attempt to save humanity by bravely sacrificing clones of yourself in all manner of icky ways.

The Overloop soundtrack, composed by Charles Bardin (A Musical Story), is available here: https://charlesbardin.bandcamp.com/album/overloop-soundtrack

About the game

Overloop is a puzzle-platformer set in a dystopian world. Step into an ethically compromised future where cloning technology has wreaked havoc on humanity – and it’s sort of all YOUR fault! As an employee of nefarious megacorp, Infinity Inc., and the inventor of its Quantic Matter Replication Device (aka the QMRD, aka the cause of the world going to hell in a handbasket), it’s up to you to sort out the mess you helped create.

Grab your cloning gun and hot-foot it through a world descending into clone-induced chaos. Create clones of yourself and use them to solve puzzles and save humanity. Get to it genius!

Key Features

• Create clones! Make endless copies of yourself with the cloning gun and use your perfectly formed doppelgangers – up to four at once – to overcome obstacles and solve puzzles
• Sacrifice clones! Dystopias are very dangerous places, and many clones will suffer hilariously gruesome deaths along the way. Fried! Crushed! Mangled! Minced! RIP clones 🙁
• Explore a world of weirdness! From suspiciously friendly AI and cultish crackpots, to modified corn and cloned panda bears. This freaky future has (almost) everything!
• Think about ethics! Is it better that a clone should die, rather than the real you? Consider the morality of human cloning as you condemn countless versions of yourself to death
• Have a mustache! Play as a hero with sweet facial hair. Purely cosmetic. Totally badass

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Experience the magic of the Silver Star Tower by playing the GrimGrimoire OnceMore Demo! Available now on Nintendo Switch, PS4 and PS5!

Experience the week (and part of the second) of life as an academy student, and try your hand at real-time-strategy during your magic lessons.
Be sure to save your progress, as save data from the demo will carry over to the main game!

GrimGrimoire OnceMore is coming to Nintendo Switch, PS4 and PS5 on April 4, 2023.

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Gothenburg, Sweden – March 7th, 2023 – Developer GameAtomic and publisher Elden Pixels are excited to announce that the ghoul-filled retro action platformer Kraino Origins will be coming to the Nintendo Switch eShop on March 28th for $11.99 / €11.99 / £10.79. Kraino Origins will test players with its fast-paced melee combat, magic abilities, and hidden power-ups!

This eerie adventure takes place in a world inhabited by ghouls, ghosts, skeletons, and all manner of monsters. Kraino was created to aid the forces of evil, but all the dark magic and malice used to create him could not change who Kraino was – a force of good. Now it’s up to Kraino to use all the powers of evil to fight fire with fire. He will journey across the land to destroy the nefarious lords, uncover hidden weapons, and get his revenge on his maker, Dr. Batcula.

Slash your way through swarms of enemies to overcome eight dark and dangerous levels, filled to the brim with well-kept secrets. Unlock a host of powerful weapons and upgrades to wreak havoc on your foes, but beware of hazards and treacherous traps along the way in order to make it to the epic final battle.

“We are super excited to bring our much loved retro action platformer, Kraino Origins, to Nintendo Switch,” said Mikael, CEO & Creative Director of publisher Elden Pixels. “Fans of our existing games (Alwa’s Awakening, Alwa’s Legacy and Cathedral) will definitely like this challenging retro title, jam-packed with creepy crawlies, monsters and ghouls.”

Kraino Origins is available to purchase now on Steam.

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Stuttgart, Germany – 2 March 2023 – Strictly Limited Games, in partnership with MY.GAMES are delighted to announce the pre-order start for exclusive and highly limited boxed editions of Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread. This exciting release of the upcoming retro indie platformer is scheduled to launch in autumn 2023 and eager collectors can already pre-order their exclusive Limited Edition, starting on Sunday the 5th of March!

These editions will only be available at Strictly Limited Games and will be the only physical version of the game.

About Blast Brigade vs. the Evil Legion of Dr. Cread:

Blast Brigade is a unique blend of Metroidvania and twin-stick run and gun, with a shot of Megaman elements, featuring 4 playable characters with unique abilities and personalities, between which the player can swap at any time. This being a Metroidvania, these abilities are naturally necessary to progress through the interconnected world, as well as discover secrets and materials to upgrade your workshop. And you really want to, because this game won’t be a walk in the park. Even normal enemies can kill you if you are not careful, and for the bosses, pattern memorization is key. Don’t say we didn’t warn you.

Speaking about the world, Blast Brigade manages to stand out here as well, leaning heavily into 80s spy movie tropes with its archetypal characters and the classic setting of a tropical island housing the super villain’s base. Combined with its bright Saturday morning cartoon style graphics and fourth-wall breaking humor, Blast Brigade really manages to stand out in the sea of samey action-platformers.

Features:

• ASSEMBLE THE TEAM! Switch between four playable heroes with unique abilities and weapons!
• AMAZING ABILITIES! Use a grenade launcher, grappling hook, and сhakram-teleporter to beat foes and challenges!
• CRUSH BOSSES! Take down hybrid monstrosities, giant robots, ninjas, and other evil minions!
• METROIDVANIA WORLD! Explore, backtrack, and trailblaze non-linear routes through gorgeous, interconnected biomes!

Limited Editions:

Blast Brigade gets physical, powered by Strictly Limited Games. The Limited Editions for Nintendo Switch™, PlayStation® 4 (PS4) and PlayStation® 5 (PS5) can only be found there.

The Limited Edition is limited to 3,000 individually numbered copies for Nintendo Switch, 1,000 for PS4 and 1,000 for PS5 at a price of 29.99€ / $29.99.

The Special Limited Edition is limited to 1,500 individually numbered copies for Nintendo Switch, 500 for PS4 and 500 for PS5 at a price of 49.99€ / $49.99

Both editions will be available for pre-order on Sunday the 26th of February, at 8 AM PST / 11 AM EST / 5 PM CET and shipping is expected for autumn 2023.

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