Archive for July, 2023

Friday 7th July, 2023 – Today sees the release of Garlic, an precision-platformer, published by Ratalaika Games and from France indie developer Sylph!

The premise is simple!

Garlic presents itself as a simple and unpretentious game with endless challenges. However, our onion headed hero faces many arduous foes and dangers, whilst platforming his way to the top of the Sacred Tower to meet with the Cyber Goddess!

Complemented with a compendium of mini-games, 12 zones, each containing nine levels, plus one special boss, marks this as one feast of action. Garlic coins, tons of enemies with some neat variations of environments for each zone keeps interest high, reactions sharp and skills to the max.

About Garlic

As a precision platformer game, this game features an eight direction dash, but also a super dash you can perform by slamming floors, walls, and even ceilings !! Allow you to do some crazy moves but it’s pretty dangerous. Use it wisely!

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Denver, USA – July 6th, 2023 – Independent game studio Hilltop Studios, in collaboration with Versus Evil, have revealed more info about its upcoming narrative-driven deduction adventure game Lil’ Guardsman ahead of its launch later this year on PC, Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox Series consoles!

Lil’ Guardsman puts players in the role of a young girl who finds herself covering for her dad, the head castle guardsman. As she interrogates an array of fun and weird characters trying to gain entry to their city walls, you must discover each visitor’s true intentions through cunning dialogue and a clever use of her toolbox of investigative items.

This new blog post provides an overview of the factions you’ll meet whilst falling victim to the Sprawl’s lax child labor laws. The current ruler, Princess Desdemona, is nearly of age, and suitors from two neighboring nations are vying to woo her. On one hand, there’s the ruler of the ancient warrior women led Marvagh Empire, which was founded on the guiding principle of “If your husband is hungry, he should make his own goddamn dinner.” They tend to solve their property, succession, and legal disputes through trial by combat. On the other hand, there’s the mining Kingdom of Petrard’s Prince Finius, a wayward playboy who just wants to have a rollicking good time, but his parents insist he marry to guarantee their royal line.

These aren’t the only factions you’ll encounter, as there’s also the Goblin Liberation Army (GLA), full of righteous fury that their people built The Sprawl while humans revel in the fruits of their labor. Word has it that the royal wedding will be the current regime’s undoing. There’s also the Mages Guild, a secretive and mysterious sort. Typically, mages are solitary practitioners, but sometimes they must gather together when greater amounts of raw power is required for their spells and experiments. Whatever could they be planning?

More about Lil’ Guardman

Lil’ Guardsman is a narrative deduction game, inspired by the classic point-and-click genre and the mechanics of Papers, Please. Set in a high-fantasy world with the comedic sensibility of Monkey Island and other 90s Lucasarts adventure classics, Lil must make tough decisions as she decides who to allow into her castle home. Consequences can be severe, so you’ll have to make clever use of your abilities to uncover mass conspiracies and protect your castle and family from devious interlopers.

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Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless is filled to the brim with new content including Item Reincarnation! Take your seat, and ready your notes for Disgaea Academy’s Second Period to learn how you can customize your items to fit the ever-changing flow of battle!

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Stuttgart, Germany – July 3rd, 2023 – ININ and TAITO have again come together to provide retro gamers and arcade fans with the ultimate gaming experience.

As previously announced, the TAITO Milestones Collection will receive its deserved sequel, with the two partners bringing ten more beloved classics from TAITO’s vault to modern consoles. But for everyone who has already got to experience the first TAITO Milestones, ININ prepared a few options that will allow you to expand your personal arcade collection, as often before, available for pre-order NOW through their partner store Strictly Limited Games. All editions will be released on September 29th!

Apart from the Retail and Digital Edition of TAITO Milestones 2, with the retail edition already available for pre-order, TAITO Milestones 2 will be available worldwide as a Limited Edition, for 39.99 €.

As a tribute to our collectors, ININ prepared some bundle options for you to have all 20 arcade classics in one single collection.

TAITO Milestones 1&2 Bundle offers all 20 gems in one Limited Edition Collection, featuring an additional Arcade booklet in an attractive cardboard slipcase, limited to 400 copies worldwide, for 69.99€.

TAITO Milestones 1&2 Bundle Upgrade is designed for those who have already purchased the first Milestones collection, featuring the Limited Edition of TAITO Milestones 2 and an exciting Arcade booklet in a colorful cardboard slipcase which will let you also store the edition you already own! This bundle will be available for 39.99€, and to thank you for your continued support, by purchasing this option, you will also receive a discount on shipping cost.

TAITO Milestones 1&2 Collector’s Bundle is the ultimate TAITO’s vault Collector’s Edition, featuring the Collector’s Edition of the first TAITO Milestones collection, the Limited Edition of the second TAITO Milestones collection and of course the educative Arcade booklet, all in a colorful cardboard slipcase. Limited to 400 copies worldwide, it will be available for 109.99€.

TAITO Milestones 1&2 Collector’s Bundle Upgrade is designed for our biggest supporters, who have already put their hands on a TAITO Milestones Collector’s Edition and only wish to complete their collection. Featuring the Limited Edition of TAITO Milestones 2 and the exciting Arcade booklet, this bundle comes in a colorful cardboard slipcase which will let you also store the edition you already own! for 39.99€. Once again, to thank you for your continued support, by purchasing this option you will also receive a discount on shipping costs.

Twenty games, each representing a specific breakthrough in the development and gaming history and spanning a variety of genres. Platform, sports, shooting, puzzle and more. All will be available to you on Nintendo Switch!

To find out more about the titles included in each collection,  you can check out TAITO Milestones official gamepages:

• TAITO Milestones
• TAITO Milestones 2

Supported Languages: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Japanese. Take a deep dive into the golden age of gaming with TAITO Milestones 2 (and 1)! Don’t miss out on the chance to own 20 iconic arcade classics that have shaped the gaming industry, and never ceased to entertain generations of gamers.

Pre-order now and expand your collection with our exclusive bundle options in limited quantities worldwide. Step into the arcade time machine and relive the magic today!

All editions will be released on September 29, 2023.

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Saint-Ouen, France, Milan, Italy, June 22nd 2023 – Just For Games and Bad Seed are over the moon for the launch of Crime O’Clock today on Nintendo Switch! Revealed during the last Nintendo Indie World, Crime O’Clock will launch June 30th 2023 on Nintendo Switch. The PC release date for Crime O’Clock is now set for July 21st.

Crime O’Clock unveiled last week a new game mode “Fulcrum Stories”.

In this captivating mode, players will get up close and personal with the intimate lives of many characters across the game’s five maps. Follow the inhabitants over 10 time ticks and discover their very own stories. With over 30 lighthearted tales, the mode “Fulcrum Stories” offers a unique experience, far from the criminal investigations at the core of Crime O’Clock.

Who knows what you will discover! Maybe some familiar faces..

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June 30th 2023 – QubicGames will offer a promotion for their titles in both markets, discounts starts at July 1st, 2023. This includes their newly released game, Everdream Valley from Untold Tales, which will be available at a 40% discount for selected QubicGames titles owners.

Official Announcement:

We’re thrilled to let you know about our Summer Sale! It’s the perfect opportunity to score incredible discounts of up to 96% on our games. For our US-based Coloring Book owners, we have exclusive deals on AMAZE (-87%), Dig Deep (-90%), Real Boxing (-96%), and more.

Meanwhile, our European players can enjoy discounts of up to 93% on nearly 40 titles, including our latest releases.

We also have exciting surprises for you, so don’t miss out! If you want to learn more about what’s happening this summer with QubicGames, head over to https://qubicgames.com/summer. We’ve got all the details you need!

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Thursday 29th June, 2023: Today indie publisher Ratalaika Games and France indie developer Sylph today announce the forthcoming release of Garlic, a hot and tasty retro inspired platformer. Launching on  PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Microsoft Xbox One,  Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch on July 7th 2023. The star and central character is aptly named Garlic, but better known to his friends as ‘Onion Boy Head’ –  a brave and fearless veggie, and just a smidge nasty, who wants to climb the sacred tower to meet the Cyber Goddess!

Garlic presents endless challenges with platforming, evasive action, jumping, and confrontations are the order of the day, as you would expect. Complemented with a compendium of mini-games, 12 zones,containing nine levels, plus one special boss, marks this as one feast of action. Garlic coins, tons of enemies with some neat variations of environments for each zone keeps interest high.

About Garlic

As a precision platformer game, this game features an eight direction dash, but also a super dash you can perform by slamming floors, walls, and even ceilings !! Allow you to do some crazy moves but it’s pretty dangerous… use it wisely!

There’s also a selection of minigames to enjoy and a timerush mode to replay levels to test your skills as a speedrunner!

Finally, a way to enjoy Garlic without the bad breath!

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Paris, June 29, 2023 – Attention to all aspiring adventurers! Publisher Microids and Olydri Games are pleased to announce that the RPG Noob: The Factionless is now available digitally on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PC! The game physical edition will launch August 29th 2023.

About Noob – The Factionless:

Noob – The Factionless follows the adventures of four players from the Rush guild: Baster the Neogician, Drek the Berserker, May the Cartomancer, and Logs the Elementalist. Their quest is to reach the supreme level and become the elite of the Horizon MMORPG – the Legendary Class. Together, they will have to face hundreds of monsters and wander around fantastic worlds to give their guild the place it deserves in the world of Horizon, among the mythic Noob, Justice, Roxxor and Pro Game Master guilds. But the challenge they will face will not be limited to Horizon: their avatars will accomplish «real» quests in real life. History can be made both into the game and IRL!

Main Features

• A true RPG experience with 50+ hours of gameplay, 750+ avatars to interact with and 300+ maps to wander in.
• Embody a team of 4 hardcore gamers and their video game avatars in a challenging and colorful RPG in a homage to the greatest J-RPGs!
• Explore a huge world, fight intense battles, and complete quests to level up your team.
• Customize your avatars with the best equipment you will loot in dungeons, grottos, chests, and city shops!
• Strengthen your team and upgrade your abilities by farming experience through the fights: adapt your skills to your fighting style or to the foes you encounter.
• Explore the world of Olydri and make your mark among the most powerful factions of the “Horizon” MMORPG, where the greatest players meet and fight!
• Play the “real” players in the “real world” and find out who is behind your friends’ avatars… or your enemies’!

Noob: The Factionless is now available digitally on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox one, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch and PC. The physical edition will launch August 29th, 2023. The game is fully subtitled in English, French, Italian, German and Spanish.

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Paris – June 27, 2023 – Microids is thrilled to announce the game Front Mission 1St Remake Limited Edition is now available on Nintendo Switch with a unique retail version. Watch the launch trailer now! Conceived by Microids, this Limited Edition contains exclusive physical content made by the artists behind the creation of the game.

The Limited Edition includes:

• The game Front Mission 1St Remake on Nintendo Switch
• An exclusive lenticular
• A printed game manual
• 2 lithographs

About Front Mission 1St Remake:

Play as a member of the O.C.U. or U.C.S., customize your Wanzer, strategize and use your firepower as well as the terrain to gain an advantage over your opponent.

In the year 2090, the world’s conflicts are fought using giant war machines called Wanzers. Huffman Island, the only place where the Oceania Cooperative Union (O.C.U.) and the Unified Continental States (U.C.S.) share a land border, is a hotbed of conflict.

An O.C.U. reconnaissance platoon led by Captain Royd Clive is assigned to investigate a U.C.S. munitions plant. They are ambushed by U.C.S. Wanzers, triggering a series of events that plunges the whole island into war.

Key features:

• Experience an adventure in a complex Geo-political universe and choose your side through two different campaigns.
• Customize every part of your Wanzer, improve its firepower, defense, speed and gain combat efficiency.
• Take into account your environment and develop the best possible strategy to quickly gain the upper hand over your opponent.
• Enjoy the remake in full 3D with enhanced graphics and effects. Play in modern mode with new features or experience the original gameplay.

Front Mission 1St Remake Limited edition is now available on Nintendo Switch.

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Stuttgart, Germany – June 27, 2023 – ININ and YSNET are thrilled to announce the anticipated release of Air Twister, the exhilarating 3D shooting adventure game crafted by the legendary Yu Suzuki, on modern consoles!

Renowned for iconic titles such as Space Harrier, After Burner, Out Run and the Shenmue series, the Japanese game designer returns with an exciting new experience. Pre-orders begin on July 18th, so mark your calendar for the release on November 10, 2023!

Air Twister will be available in both physical and digital formats for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 & 5 and only digitally for Xbox and PC. Secure your copy in advance and get ready for a captivating journey through Yu Suzuki’s imaginative realms!

In Air Twister, embark on an epic quest with Princess Arch as she fights to save her planet from imminent destruction. Armed with arrows that trace graceful arcs of light, she confronts bizarre invaders in her path. With more than 20 unique enemies to conquer and beautifully designed stages to explore, Air Twister promises an unforgettable gaming experience.

To evoke a sense of nostalgia for traditional arcade games, Yu Suzuki designed Air Twister with varying levels of difficulty, providing an authentic old-school arcade feel.

The game’s challenging gameplay is amplified by an epic musical score by Valensia that will take you on a nostalgic and thrilling journey. It is a one-of-a-kind gaming adventure that no player will soon forget!

Game Features:

• 12 artfully crafted stages with unique and new experiences each time you play. Embark on a fantastic journey, resembling that of Alice down the rabbit hole.
• Over 20 Vanguard creatures and 10 unique bosses to challenge your skills and simple controls for a fun and easy play experience.
• An epic soundtrack by Valensia, a Dutch music composer, known for over three decades of keeping the musical rock and opera heritage of Queen’s greatest hits alive.8
• High replayability by unlocking Challenge Games in the Adventure Map with different modes like Arcade, Turbo, Boss Rush and more!
• Many fantastic Minigames with surprising elements.

Air Twister will be shown at Gamescom 2023!

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