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17 November, 2020: Fossil Games and Hound Picked games are pleased to announce the success of the Kickstarter for Sunshine Manor! The campaign achieved an incredible 134% of its funding goal, reaching a total of £26,842 thanks to the support of 627 backers. Backers will be receiving the game as part of the Premium Edition Games Nintendo Switch physical Sunshine Anthology edition, along with digital codes for the PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch versions of Sunshine Manor and its sequel, Camp Sunshine!

For a limited time, fans can pre-order the physical Nintendo Switch Sunshine Anthology, as well as the special Sunshine Edition and digital codes for PC, PlayStation and Xbox – alongside its exclusive goodies – and the funds collected will count towards unlocking the remaining Stretch Goals that were not achieved during the Kicktarter campaign – Stretch Goals that will add more features and additional content to the already feature-rich scarefest! These Stretch Goals include a chiptune remix for the Sunshine Manor soundtrack, a new costume and power for main protagonist Ada, an extra bonus mini-chapter and more!

“We really cannot express enough how grateful we are to everyone who jumped on the Sunshine Manor Kickstarter and pledged!. We’re excited to now move onto the next stage of development and can’t wait to share more information with everyone as we progress” said Paul Dolby, developer at Fossil Games. “During the campaign, we were inundated with requests for people wanting to support our game via PayPal, but had no Kickstarter account – and so, we’re really pleased to say that we’ve opened up a store for anyone who missed the opportunity to pledge, so they can pre-order our beautiful Nintendo Switch physical editions by Premium Edition Games”

About Sunshine Manor

Sunshine Manor is a horror adventure game that’s inspired by the famous horror movies of the 1980s. You play as Ada whose night of trick or treating turns into a night of terror when she becomes trapped inside the old Aitken Manor. Use Ada’s latent psychic powers to battle all kinds of fiendish demons, solve puzzles and maybe even defeat the omni-present Shadow Man….who is watching your every move!

Sunshine Manor Features:

• Discover and explore the ever-changing haunted Sunshine Manor.

• Transport yourself to the Demon Realm and banish hellish fiends!

• Beautiful hand-drawn 8-bit graphics.

• A deadly game of Cat & Mouse where the Demon can be anywhere.

• 80s Soundtrack written specially for this game.

• A fantastic story-driven narrative.

• Devious puzzles to tax your brain box.

• Lots of scares, spooky scenes and nods to iconic horror franchises.

• What happened in the old Aitken House that triggered the Camp Sunshine Massacre?

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Toronto, Canada, November 17th, 2020 – Canadian developers, Frolic Labs, have brought their zen side-scrolling goose adventure game, Dune Sea, to the Nintendo Switch. Already available on Steam, the Dune Sea debut on Switch includes the all-new “Neon Sea” levels.

In Dune Sea, guide a migrating bird separated from its flock by a catastrophic event. In order to survive, you’ll fly across strange beautiful landscapes in mysterious and foreign lands while collecting items and avoiding predators on your journey home. Meet other birds during your journey and lead your newfound flock to greener pastures.

Dune Sea Features:

• Soar through 15 individually handcrafted levels including the all-new “Neon Sea”
• Experience challenges during the story in Classic mode or take in easy in Zen mode
• Overcome puzzles to progress through blocked passages and continue your journey
• Fly alongside a gorgeous soundtrack, composed by Jake Butineau

Dune Sea is available in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, and Simplified Chinese, and can be purchased now on the Nintendo eShop and Steam for $9.99 USD.

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Liverpool, United Kingdom – November 17th, 2020 – Ripstone Games today announced that its acclaimed cue sports simulation Pure Pool is available now on the Nintendo Switch eShop. On Nintendo Switch Pure Pool offers up the definitive cue sports experience, rolling the base game and all snooker DLC into one cue-tastic package.

“Pure Pool is the real deal, with gorgeous 1080 graphics, time honoured gameplay and all the features you could ever want packed into a play anytime, anywhere experience on Nintendo Switch,” said Hollie Pattison of Ripstone Games. “The selection of online multiplayer modes make jumping online with your friends incredibly easy, whilst the split Joy Con controls cater for players wanting to hit the table with those closer to home. We’re hopeful that Pure Pool is going to connect a lot of players throughout the upcoming holiday period and we can’t wait for the Switch community to join us at the table.”

The Nintendo Switch edition of Pure Pool offers players an uncompromised experience, taking full advantage of the platform in every way possible. Pure Pool is a technical marvel, running at 1080p docked and 720p handheld with all of the game’s high end visual features, all at a solid 60 frames per second. Offering the full range of control options supported by the Nintendo Switch, Pure Pool’s myriad of play styles ensures that whatever the setup, players will be cue-ing up and potting balls in no time.

Featuring a single-player campaign, skill-based challenges, unlockable customisation options and multiple modes of pool and snooker including Killer and American 8 Ball, Pure Pool has players covered with more modes and options than you can shake a cue at. The Campaign Mode tracks progress from Amateur right through to Master difficulty, with players facing off against a series of opponents from pro players, to pool club sharks looking for an easy hustle. Players that make it to the top will either reign supreme or go down in a baize of glory!

Pure Pool also offers a huge range of additional modes, play styles and challenges. With exhilarating fast-paced modes such as Speed Pot, Checkpoint and Royal Rumble, alongside the skill based challenges of Snooker Colours, Perfect Potter and Breakpoint, Pure Pool offers something for everyone. With global online leaderboards thrown into the mix, the competition to pocket the top spot has never been fiercer.

Pure Pool on Switch features a host of local and online multiplayer modes, including Cross-Play support with Steam and the option to play online against stored DNA player profiles. Global leaderboards and rankings allow players to track their performance across the Pure Pool player base whilst challenging members of the global community in Free-play, Two-player, Leagues, 8-ball, 9-ball, Blackball, Killer and Accumulator modes. All snooker content from the original Pure Pool DLC is included too, complete with online and local support for anyone that prefers the stricter rules of the gentleman’s game.

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Los Angeles, November 24th, 2020 – Arcade Distillery is bringing Death Tales, a new action RPG as a follow-up to Plague Road and War Theatre. The new adventure will be available for purchase on the Nintendo e-shop starting December 3rd, 2020.

About Death Tales

Embark on an epic adventure, playing as a new reaper of death gone rogue! Protect your harbinger of doom with cool equipment and deadly spells. You can learn powerful attacks, perfect for shuffling your enemies off this mortal coil. Complete quests for a cast of quirky characters, who will force you to make difficult choices in this grim yet richly illustrated 2D world. Play alone or with a friend in local co-op and serve up a buffet of death upon your enemies together!

Game Features:

• Over 40 pieces of equipment for you to acquire to customize your Reaper and aid in battle!
• Find equipment in a variety of well-hidden chests, or use the souls you collect as currency to buy items from the local vendor, Fiona.
• Mix and match armor and harness the power of the unique skills such as fireballs, the ability to freeze enemies, angel wings allowing you to glide to safety, summon meteors from the sky, and even stampeding unicorns!
• Join forces with a friend locally. While in local co-op, Player 2 controls Spaura, the Reaper’s Soul Bearer. Online co-op will be coming after launch, players can play as their own customized Reaper.

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Poison Control will be coming to PlayStation 4  and Nintendo Switch on April 13, 2021 in North America, April 16 in Europe, and April 20 in Oceania! Learn more about the eclectic cast with the new Character Trailer. Purge poison and raise hell to purify souls of the fallen in order to return to the Mortal Realm in this turf war-style action shooter! Preorder links are available here.

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Paris, November 10th, 2020 – Does everyone think of you as a master chef? Then you should be up to the challenge of opening your own restaurant! Get your frying pans out of the cupboard and put on your finest apron! The game My Universe – Cooking Star Restaurant is available today on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC/Mac.

Here you are, about to open your recently revamped restaurant. As an ambitious and cooking-enthusiast chef, you will have to face many obstacles in the hope of becoming the “crème de la crème”!

Attract clients thanks to original and delicious recipes that will exceed their expectations. Select the right dishes and keep interacting with your customers to quickly progress and get an increasing amount of food lovers into your restaurant. In order achieve this ultimate goal, you will have to take on as many challenges as possible!

You will also need to pay attention to your own restaurant crew and the chefs you will encounter along the way. They will provide you with valuable advice to become a renowned chef and to improve your skills and restaurant.

As you become more and more famous, you’ll get to meet distinguished chefs from around the globe, embodying the top worldwide culinary styles. From Japan, France as well as Italy, the United States or even India, there are plenty of cuisines to choose from in order to give your menu an international dimension and seduce the sophisticated foodie!

Game features:

• A unique culinary adventure – Learn how to prepare more than 30 different dishes from around the world and get advice from great cooks!
• Numerous mini-games – Master different cooking skills through mini-games and do your best to satisfy all your customers.
• Unlock recipes – Unlock new recipes along the way and become a perfect chef, even the best in town!
• Take care of your customers – Welcome your clients, pay attention to their requests and well being to provide them with the best culinary experience possible. They will come back and spread positive word-of-mouth!

Cooking Star Restaurant joins My Baby, School Teacher and Fashion Boutique in the My Universe series. The My Universe series is designed specifically for kids excited to jump into their dreamed adult life. It is also part of the Microids Life label, dedicated in providing gaming experiences for the entire family and all profiles of players.

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SANTA ANA, California, November 9, 2020 — Nicalis, Inc. today announced that Monkey Barrels, an action packed twin-stick shooter from renowned developer Good-Feel, is getting a physical release for Nintendo Switch on December 11, 2020. Fans can preorder a copy starting today at store.nicalis.com.

Considering the developer’s distinguished pedigree—not to mention the high quality and fun factor of the game itself—the physical edition of Monkey Barrels will be a surprising discovery for players as well as a highly desirable prize for physical game collectors. The package includes a full-color instruction manual and a reversible cover insert with alternate artwork.

In Monkey Barrels, two brave simian heroes named Masaru and Hanako attempt to rescue their friend Kotetsu from the evil Dr. Crabbenwold and his army of weaponized household appliances. Players can equip up to four weapons simultaneously from an arsenal of unlockable guns, explosive devices, shields and more—98 in total. Boss battles, player-vs-player online action and a unique “3D pixel art” aesthetic are also among the game’s features.

The physical edition of Monkey Barrels for Nintendo Switch will be available on December 11, 2020 for $39.99 MSRP.

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TOKYO – Nov. 9, 2020 – Replica, the award-winning political Orwellian pixel adventure from developer SOMI and publisher PLAYISM, begins its investigation today with a surprise release on the Nintendo Switch, as revealed during Indie Live Expo II.

Replica brings the award-winning “Guilt” trilogy to the Nintendo Switch for the first time with a new interface for controllers and improved translations. The debut title in SOMI’s trilogy, Replica has seized more than 20 awards to date including the 2016 IndieCade Impact Award, an Honorable Mention for Excellence in Design at the 2017 Independent Games Festival, Grand Prix Winner at Taipei Game Show 2017, among many more.

Peer into strangers’ private lives via the cell phone of a suspected terrorist. A tightly and controlling Homeland Security of a dystopian government restrains the wielder of a mysterious cell phone to an unknown location. Under coercion by this totalitarian authority, snoop into this device to find and report evidence of its owner’s involvement in terrorist activities.

Uncover the hints contained on this cell phone, such as text messages, phone calls, and social media posts to figure out the owner’s true activities and unlock more than 10 different endings. Each choice impacts the fates of the original phone owner, everyone with whom they are involved, and even yourself.

“The insane experience of peeping into someone’s private life through a cell phone will likely hit a little harder and personally in the West right now,” said SOMI. “We are all aware of the concept of a dystopian future, but it is something we have never experienced. Find out how you would feel and act when put on the spot in Replica.”

Replica is now available on the Nintendo eShop for $4.99 with support for English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Spanish, Italian, French, German, Polish, Russian, Turkish and Brazilian Portuguese language text.

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Manchester, UK – Nov. 6, 2020 — Publisher Merge Games, alongside indie developer Still Running, unveil that their highly-anticipated brutal isometric action-RPG Morbid: The Seven Acolytes will arrive to PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch on Dec. 3rd, 2020. Fans of Merge Games’ Signature Editions can also score a physical copy on Dec. 4th via the Signature Edition Store. Morbid is the most gruesome take yet on the isometric soulslike genre, and has gained an increased level of momentum as one of 2020’s indie titles to watch out for. Blending epic, brutal boss encounters, RPG mechanics, deep immersive lore, and a diverse world to explore, Morbid: The Seven Acolytes is sure to challenge all comers!

Morbid will have players testing their mettle with a wealth of bloodthirsty encounters and rich, absorbing lore. Challenging foes, mini-bosses, and memorable large-scale boss fights with fully orchestrated music are some of the ferocious encounters the player will experience throughout the world of Morbid.

In order to succeed across the hostile world of Mornia, players will have to master the wealth of combat and customization options available to discover as they progress through the game. Players will be challenged to improve their character and gear through quests, perks, runes, looting and upgrades, so they can defeat the Seven Acolytes and free the kingdom!

Morbid: The Seven Acolytes will also be receiving its very own Signature Edition, releasing on Dec. 4th, which will include:

• Region free copy of Morbid: The Seven Acolytes.
• Two limited edition enamel pins featuring Blessings runes as found in the game.
• Collector’s art card featuring the developer’s signatures and concept art of Lorn, one of the deadly seven acolytes.
• Original Soundtrack CD.
• Packaged in a sturdy “Sierra” box with outer sleeve featuring alternative colour artwork

Morbid: The Seven Acolytes Features Overview:

• Experience epic, brutal boss encounters and explore a diverse array of environments
• Perk levelling system with multiple ways to build your character
• Deep, immersive lore with NPC’s to meet throughout the world
• Over 25 Unique Melee Weapons, such as Swords, Axes, Maces, Spears, Two-Handers, as well several guns ranging from Pistols, Shotguns and Rifles
• Epic fully orchestrated soundtrack comprised 18 tracks
• Health, Stamina and Sanity management is important as you traverse the world

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KENSINGTON, MD — Nov. 5, 2020 — Evolution Board Game, the strategy game of adaptation from North Star Digital Studios with more than 3 million players worldwide across physical and digital editions, will rule the wilds of Nintendo Switch on Dec. 10, 2020. Pre-orders start today at 9:00 a.m. PT.

Pre-order before launch and receive the new Evolutionary Arms Race Promo Pack add-on containing five brand new trait cards for free. Show deadly stripes with the new Nintendo Switch exclusive tiger skin in local and cross-platform matchups.

Evolution, 2019’s Digital Board Game of the Year, has been rebuilt from the ground up with lightning quick Joy-Con support, making it the perfect platform for online play*, pass and play, and board gaming on the go. Its robust features include everything players of digital board games could ask for:

• Master a single player campaign with 21 levels and distinct A.I. opponents
• Chat or start real time and asynchronous games from your friends list
• Find new opponents with skill-based online matchmaking
• Climb the online multiplayer rankings and single player progression ladder
• Keep cards close to the chest with pass and play optimized for Nintendo Switch
• Test yourself against weekly challenges
• Discover gorgeous hand-drawn species hidden throughout the game

Start from humble beginnings with an intuitive learn-while-playing tutorial and select traits to develop species to survive the harsh realities of the natural world. Are they at risk of being eaten by predators? Protect them with horns or a hard shell. Having trouble finding enough food in the watering hole? A long neck brings previously inaccessible food within reach.

Tinker with the nigh-infinite amount of genetic combinations while enjoying new artwork, animations, and a campaign mode complete with deadly bosses. Ascend the leaderboards and become the best digital board game biologist in the world, earning new avatars and other rewards. Cross-play with PC, Mac, iOS, and Android means there’s a whole world to play against.

Evolution Board Game arrives on Nintendo Switch on Dec. 10, 2020 everywhere except Japan, Korea, and Hong Kong. It is priced at $19.99, with pre-orders open today for Nintendo Switch and the full game available now on Steam, iOS, and Android.

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