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July 5, 2018 — Hello there, Heroes and Merchants! We here at 11 bit studios and Digital Sun believe that a good adventure always requires a little bit of old-fashioned planning and — obviously — ​ a map!​ A carefully plotted path that will ultimately lead you to your goal. Is there a treasure waiting at the end of the road? Perhaps a princess or a prince? Shining, golden horse armor? You do you, we won’t judge. To aid you in your travels to the dungeons outside of Rynoka, we have prepared something very special for all of our fans, the​ Moonlighter Development Roadmap for 2018!

Since Moonlighter’s release, the feedback that we have received from fans has been equal parts overwhelming and also amazing! Our fans and community have some crazy good ideas and guess what — we have some as well! And you know what always works best? Cooperation! We’ve collected your feedback and ​we have incorporated as much of it as possible into our development plan​. After many internal discussions, hours of research, and the consumption of non-alcoholic beverages (swear!) — we proudly present to you Moonlighter Development Roadmap 2018​!

Excited? So are we! Let’s give you a little bit more information about each milestone from the roadmap (not everything, though – we like to keep some secrets) and this should go without saying, but all the updates you see here are going to be totally free!

ROADMAP DETAILS

• More Stock Update — Our first update will ​ add more than 50 new rooms​ ​distributed all over the four dungeons​ making a total of ​ almost 600 room patterns available​! It’s also going to improve the look of armors and enchanted items, plus we plan to add some additional help/tutorials to explain different shop upgrades better.
• Adventure Update — New Game+​ lets players start the whole game again with increased difficulty level. This update will also bring brand new​ Dimensional Weapons and Amulets​, powerful equipment based on an unknown and mysterious technology.
• Companion Update — Feeling lonely in the Dungeons? Worry no more! ​Choose a companion and bring it with you on the adventure​ ! ​Each companion will be a little bit different, offering various skill sets and looks. On top of that we’re going to introduce​ the ​ Custom Game​ — a set of options that will allow you to to modify certain game parameters to create diverse experiences.
• Trouble Update — Put your skills to the test by battling some brand new mini bosses! We’re not going to tell you anything more about them — because we want those enemies to surprise (and brutally defeat… muah ha ha ha) you during your adventures. Yup, we’re sadistic like that sometimes. We’re also going to add new​ Item Effects, boosting the game’s variety. This update should arrive sometime around Halloween — so we’re hoping to bring you some spoOOoky stuff, too!

That’s the basics, and as we said before, we don’t want to spoil everything so we can keep you on the edge of your seats while you wait for upcoming content! And yes – ​ we have even MORE updates planned for 2019​!

OFFICIAL SOUNDTRACK

We absolutely love what David Fenn did with Moonlighter’s Official Soundtrack. The feeling of nostalgia, lust for adventure and unending thirst for gold – everything is there! But the best things in the world are those which we can share with others. That’s why, from now on, you can listen to ​ Moonlighter’s OST on Spotify​! If you prefer other platforms, it’s also​ available on Bandcamp​, where you can also buy it to support David and his awesome creativity!

MEET DIGITAL SUN GAMES

Breaking news; games are not creating themselves! At least not yet. There are always people behind your favorite titles and even though we’re a bunch of super secret ninjas working from València (focused on delivering a quality game to your hands), we would like to show you our faces from time to time. Along with the folks from 11 bit studios, we’ve created a short dev diary that can give you a sneak peek on how we work. Our studios are connected like a large family and we invite you to become part of this family as well!

SWITCH VERSION

Last but not least, YES the​ Switch version of Moonlighter is still coming this year​! Nothing has changed here. If there is anything new to announce — we are going to announce it ASAP on our channels (see the list above? Now might be a good time to give us a like/follow) — so stay tuned!

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Hi-ya! Wah! A-cha! The fiery Dragon Gal Mui Mui joins SNK HEROINES ~Tag Team Frenzy~!

Who’s Mui Mui?
A master of kung-fu and a successor of the Dragon Clan, Mui Mui possesses superhuman strength thanks to her affinity with dragons. She can break boulders and smash through walls with her bare hands! Get on her bad side and you’ll get a taste of her punches!

SNK HEROINES ~Tag Team Frenzy~ launches worldwide on September 7, and one more heroine is yet to join the roster! Who will it be? The answer might not be who you expect. We’ll have more announcements soon, so stay tuned!

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The brilliant anthology of SNK classics in SNK 40th ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION arrives on Nintendo Switch November 13! Enjoy the greatest arcade hits before the NeoGeo such as Guerrilla War, Ikari Warriors, and Alpha Mission, as well as cult classics like Crystalis and Psycho Soldier!

Featuring the convenient “Rewind and save” feature plus 1080p resolution for all titles, and a Museum Mode that showcases SNK’s history from the very beginning, this is is the collection that will smash the competition!

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PQube (London, UK) July 5th 2018 – PQube and developers AGATE are pleased to announce that VALTHIRIAN ARC: HERO SCHOOL STORY will be coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PC/Steam later in 2018.

Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story casts you as the Principal of a small academy in the troubled world of Valthiria. As the newly recruited Principal, it’s up to you to start work on building an academy worthy of training the world’s heroes – students in the art of combat and magic.

Trained students of your Academy can then set forth into the world, picking up quests and setting of for adventure. Successful students will grow in ability, bringing back the spoils and loot from complete missions, loot which can be used to enhance your growing school.

Improved buildings and facilities will, in turn, attract better students, bringing more power, fame and fortune to your Valthirian Academy – but beware, as your school grows in popularity, so to can it be a pawn in the political struggles of Valthiria.

With five Queendoms fighting for the right to inherit the land, and a mysterious evil lurking on the horizon – it will be up to you to decide your allegiances and the role your school will play in the story of Valthiria.

VALTHIRIAN ARC HERO SCHOOL STORY WILL FEATURE:

• Take control of a school for heroes and manage the facility to train the finest students.

• Build up your school from small faculty to prestigious and influential academy.

• Construct, then improve numerous buildings from classrooms and cafeterias, to training grounds and dormitories.

• Over 20 different buildings and facilities to research and develop your teams.

• Starting as apprentices, students can train in 9 different specialist classes.

• Send out students to complete quests and control them directly in the field.

• Real time battles – switch between character classes to better outsmart the enemy.

• Loot and materials form mission can be used to improve your academy and create, forge and craft all new weapons and armour.

Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story sees a blend of genres coming together like never before – real-time, tactical RPG adventures and a deep facility-building simulation meet satisfying combat and loot mechanics.

 

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Causal Bit Games are pleased to reveal their latest teaser trailer for their forthcoming action adventure, Battle Princess Madelyn and introduce a familiar face!

In this teaser some updated stages are revealed, collecting weaponry and armor shards from the cursed chests.

Battle Princess Madelyn fans are encouraged to join the Causal Bit Games team on Discord.

Battle Princess Madelyn will be available for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Wii U and PC.

About Causal Bit Games
Causal Bit Games is an independent developer based in Canada. Owner and Creative Director, Christopher Obritsch is a young, retired professional graphic designer and creative director and long-time hobbyist-turned-indie game dev. His partner in crime, Daven Bigelow, is the coding brains of the operation and works on hitch hiking robots in his spare time! Last but not least, we have the keeper of the cheese, Angelina Obritsch who is in charge of the finances, as well as hiring.

About Hound Picked Games
Brought to you by the award winning team at PR Hound – Hound Picked Games is launching soon, specializing in, teaming up with, and co-publishing the quintessential indie game releases.

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FRANKFURT — July 3, 2018 — In the most unfortunate of circumstances, publisher Deck13 and developer Parallel Circles have had to delay the release of their upcoming PC and Nintendo Switch game, Flat Heroes. Now slated for an as-yet-unknown release just a little bit later this summer, you can rest assured that the slight delay will bring some extra polish and even more refined gameplay. Featuring high speed action with precision controls, you’ll need a steady hand to survive everything Flat Heroes will throw at you. It may look simple on the surface but don’t let that fool you!

When was the last time you felt like a hero? Flat Heroes rewards you with that good old feeling of surviving impossible levels alongside a smooth modern design with a minimalist style. With a simple set of movements — Run. Jump. Dash. Attack. — and delightful controls, Flat Heroes encourages you to stylishly navigate and survive over 300 handcrafted levels, destroy the most epic bosses around and truly be the two-dimensional hero (or heroes!) you’ve always dreamed you could be.

After two years of Early Access, Flat Heroes is nearly ready to launch! Featuring over 300 levels, lots and lots of game modes, drop in & drop out multiplayer and perfected controls Flat Heroes will bring hours of gameplay and challenges to PC and Nintendo Switch.

Key Features

• Play alone or share the experience with up to 4 friends on all modes
• Drop in & Drop Out Co-Op
• More than 300 Levels
• Face 10 unique final Bosses
• Unlimited survival Levels, with daily challenges and Leaderboards
• Versus Modes offer you and your friends an option to compete against each other

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Help us create new fighters for #OneStrike (we work on an update with @dmbarbosa1!!)

✍Share a comment about these awesome traditional weapons from Japan & China. What would be more fun to blow fatal strikes? What kind of warriors would handle them?#NintendoSwitch #gamedev pic.twitter.com/MkZujUzVa4

— QubicGames (@QubicGames) July 3, 2018

The Thunderful Group, which encompasses development studios Image & Form and Zoink Games as well as Thunderful Publishing, is pleased to announce that it has acquired publisher Rising Star Games with offices in the UK and US. The new managing director for Rising Star Games will be Ed Valiente, who is also the managing director of Thunderful Publishing.

Sweden-based Thunderful was established in December 2017 by Bergsala Holding (50%), Image & Form CEO Brjann Sigurgeirsson (25%) and Zoink Games CEO Klaus Lyngeled (25%).

There are two main strategies behind Thunderful: one is to achieve close and effective collaboration between Image & Form and Zoink Games on PR, marketing and publishing of internal titles. The second is to set up a publishing powerhouse – Thunderful Publishing – where the proven self-publishing capabilities of the studios are reinforced through recruitment and acquisition to be able to also take on external titles that can match those of Image & Form and Zoink in quality.

Well, Thunderful is starting to deliver on its strategies. This spring, Thunderful appointed Ed Valiente as the managing director of Thunderful Publishing. Ed Valiente is a gaming industry fixture with stints at Sony, Square, Microsoft, Bandai Namco and most recently eight years at Nintendo of Europe. A dream signing.

“Once he knew what we were planning, getting Ed hooked on the idea was easy,” says Thunderful CEO Brjann Sigurgeirsson. “It’s the first time we recruit from outside Sweden, so it’s been a good exercise in dealing with Swedish red tape, housing and what have you. Having him on board is absolutely delightful.”

Interest from developers in teaming up with Thunderful Publishing has been… substantial, to say the least. Therefore, Thunderful has acquired 100% of the shares in Rising Star Games from Bergsala Holding to cope with the new workload, and to benefit from many years of expertise. Ed Valiente will be the new managing director at Rising Star Games, in addition to being the managing director of Thunderful Publishing.

“The team at RSG is very competent,” says Ed Valiente. “We look forward to bringing in quality titles for us all to work with.”

Rising Star Games have offices in the UK and the US, and have titles in the works that will be released under the current label. RSG’s tagline is “the home of Japanese games”, and Thunderful Publishing will use the Rising Star Games brand when bringing strong titles from Japan to the west. Future western titles will be published by Thunderful Publishing.

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Just in time for the end of school and to kick-off the summer travel season, Nintendo of Canada Limited announced today that the Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) for the Nintendo Switch™ system in Canada will now be $379.99, a reduction from the previous MSRP of $399.99.

This pricing change takes effect immediately at most Canadian retailers, including Walmart, Best Buy, EB Games, London Drugs, Toys R Us, Shoppers Drug Mart, The Source and Amazon.ca.

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