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Based on Ken Follett’s world-bestseller, ‘The Pillars of the Earth’ retells the story of the village of Kingsbridge in a whole new interactive way. Play as Jack, Aliena and Philip and change the events of the book through exploration, decision-making and dialogues.

12th century, England: In a time of great poverty and war, a small town begins the construction of a cathedral to claim wealth and security for its people. In their struggle to survive, lives and destinies intertwine. Philip the monk becomes prior of the small abbey of Kingsbridge. At the same time, a boy called Jack is raised in the woods by his outlawed mother. His apprenticeship as a stonemason paves his way to become a gifted master builder. Together with the disgraced noblewoman Aliena, Jack and Philip begin the construction of one of the greatest cathedrals England will ever see.

• One of the most successful novels of all time, now adapted as a three-part videogame series
• Change events from the novel and influence the fates of its characters
• Follow an epic of war, conspiracies and romance spanning over 30 years
• Three different playable characters: Jack the outsider, Aliena the noblewoman and Philip the monk
• Brings the 12th century to life with over 200 handpainted backgrounds
• Fully animated in a unique 2D style
• Optimized for use with controller and mouse
• Orchestral Soundtrack by the FILMharmonic Orchestra, Prague
• Full voice over in English and German, featuring Glen McCready as Philip, Naomi Sheldon as Aliena and Cody Molko and Alex Jordan as the young and adult Jack
• With a special appearance by Ken Follett as the voice of the Cantor

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Hamburg, Germany, January 11th, 2023 – Children of Silentown lets you uncover the unsettling secrets surrounding the hushed village – starting today. Publisher Daedalic Entertainment, along with developers Elf Games and Luna2 Studio are delighted to announce that their dark, beautifully hand-drawn, point-and-click adventure is now available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and PC.

The story follows Lucy, a girl growing up in a village deep in a forest inhabited by monsters, as she slowly begins unraveling the mysteries that surround her. During the day, Lucy spends her time with her friends or helping her mother. But at night she is haunted by terrible nightmares, listening to the horrible growling coming from beyond the town limits. One thing is clear to her: the dark brings terrible danger and she must never set foot in the forest. But when tragedy strikes, she has no choice but to delve into the forbidden woods and face her fears.

Children of Silentown is a dark point-and-click adventure with a unique hand-drawn and eerie art style, combined with atmospheric music to create a hauntingly beautiful world. Players have to find notes, collect items and combine them to solve puzzles and play minigames to discover the secrets of Silentown and the forest. Additionally, learning songs is paramount to communicating with others and progressing in the game. This tool even allows players to shape Lucy’s story and experience multiple endings.

Children of Silentown is now available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC.

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Hamburg, Germany, November 30, 2022 – The dark point-and-click-adventure Children of Silentown will release on January 11th, 2023. Developers Elf Games and Luna2 Studio have teamed up with publisher Daedalic Entertainment to deliver this haunting story about fear and separation to players on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch.

The story follows Lucy, a girl growing up in a village deep in a forest inhabited by monsters, as she slowly begins unraveling the mysteries that surround her. During the day, Lucy spends her time with her friends or helping her mother. But at night she is haunted by terrible nightmares, listening to the horrible growling coming from beyond the town limits. One thing is clear to her: the dark brings terrible danger and she must never step foot in the forest. But when tragedy strikes, she has no choice but to delve into the forest and face her fears.

Children of Silentown is a dark point-and-click adventure with a unique hand-drawn and eerie art style, combined with atmospheric music to create a hauntingly beautiful world. Players have to find notes, collect items and combine them to solve puzzles and play minigames to discover the secrets of Silentown and the forest. Additionally, learning songs is paramount to communicating with others and progressing in the game. This tool even allows players to shape Lucy’s story and experience multiple endings.

Interested players can already try out the prologue for free on Steam. The full game will be released on January 11th, 2023 on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch.

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Hamburg, Germany, 25. October 2022 – After a successful stint on PC, the murderous cooking sim Godlike Burger is headed towards the next stop on its journey to find the most delicious alien burgers. On November 2nd, players can become a space-traveling chef and manage their intergalactic diner on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox in this dark and humorous management game.

In Godlike Burger players attempt to create the best burger in the galaxy using only the most delicious ingredients available – their own customers! Players have to lure customers into traps and then turn them into delicious patties, manage their restaurant – and avoid getting caught. By catering to their customers’ preferences for different kinds of alien meat, upgrading the kitchen and their repertoire, they improve their restaurant’s reputation and can afford to travel to new planets. But they should never stay in one place too long because the space police are always on the lookout for the crazy culinarian with a bloody cleaver.

Key Features

• Kill your customers with a range of hidden traps or the good old meat cleaver! Their delicious meat is your special ingredient after all.
• Cook the best burgers and turn your pitiful burger joint into the universe’s most famous restaurant.
• Improve your kitchen and find out what each alien race likes – uncover the secret of the perfect burger.
• Explore the galaxy and its worlds. There are different alien species and their individual strengths and weaknesses to discover.
• Don’t get caught! Leave no witnesses and keep the police’s suspicion low by playing and planning smartly.

Godlike Burger will release on Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on November 2nd.

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Hamburg, Germany, October 12th, 2022 – Publisher Daedalic Entertainment and developer Skirmish Mode Games mobilize the troops to bring Warpips to consoles today. The fast-paced strategy game already successfully launched on PC and is now also available for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch.

Warpips is an easy-to-learn RTS game where you deploy various combat units against your AI-controlled opponents. The aim: destroy their base before they get to yours! Manage your resources and use your infantry, ground, and aerial units to claim victory in this pixelated tug-of-war mayhem.

Warpips is set apart by its approachability, as it is easy to pick up and understand, yet the intricacies of its systems will give players more than enough to spend hours finding optimal plans of engagement and become master strategists. Unlock branching skill trees and find the perfect synergy between units in a series of ever-changing battles in beautifully rendered 2.5D environments.

Key Features:

• Fast streamlined combat. Focus on the big picture; no complex micromanaging. Each round lasts between 10-20 minutes. Easy to learn, hard to master.
• Randomized battles. Randomly generated battles. Different each time you play. Lots of replayability.
• Deep strategy. Choose complementary unit synergies. Infinite strategic combinations. Fully unlockable upgrade tree.
• Tight combat. Spawn infantry, vehicles, airplanes, and helicopters. Call down airstrikes, missile attacks, and artillery. Units take cover and respond intelligently to their situation. Everything explodes!

Warpips is now available for Windows PC  PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch.

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Hamburg, Germany, September 20th, 2022 – Publisher Daedalic Entertainment and developer Skirmish Mode Games are happy to announce that following the positive reception of the 1.0 release on PC, their strategy-focused war game, Warpips, is ready to hit the front-lines on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch starting October 12th. Get ready to manage resources, deploy units and take control of the battlefield, all from the comfort of your couch!

For those who skipped basic training, Warpips is a streamlined strategy war game that will have you deploying battle units in real-time against AI-controlled opponents. Each level follows a tug-of-war structure where the objective is to reach and destroy the enemy’s base. As long as you have the resources to send them to the battlefield, you can deploy units from a diverse roster which includes different types of infantry, ground and aerial vehicles, and different types of tactical gear.

Warpips is set apart by its approachability, as it is easy to pick up and understand, yet the intricacies of its systems will give players more than enough to spend hours finding optimal plans of engagement and become master strategists. Unlock branching skill trees and find the perfect synergy between units in a series of ever-changing battles in beautifully rendered 2.5D environments.

Key Features:

• Fast streamlined combat. Focus on the big picture; no complex micromanaging. Each round lasts between 10-20 minutes. Easy to learn, hard to master.
• Randomized battles. Randomly generated battles. Different each time you play. Lots of replayability.
• Deep strategy. Choose complementary unit synergies. Infinite strategic combinations. Fully unlockable upgrade tree.

Tight combat. Spawn infantry, vehicles, airplanes and helicopters. Call down airstrikes, missile attacks and artillery. Units take cover and respond intelligently to their situation. Everything explodes!

Warpips is already available on Windows PC and will launch on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch on October 12th, 2022.

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Hamburg, Germany, June 15th, 2022 – Daedalic Entertainment is happy to announce that Blackguards 2 is releasing on Nintendo Switch today at 8 AM PT. The turn-based strategy-RPG originally launched on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, when it was praised for a superb job building over its 2014 predecessor. Filling the gap for dark and mature epic fantasy RPGs on Nintendo Switch, Blackguards 2 features a gritty storyline, alongside deep lore and strategy mechanics while pitting players against challenging enemies.

Deep in the dungeons of Aventuria, Cassia waits for her chance to break out and claim what is rightfully hers: the Shark Throne. To achieve her goal and overthrow the man that took everything from her, the young noble will have to recruit the Vanquishers of the Nine Hordes and other mercenaries. Every choice matters in this dark tale and Cassia needs all her wits about her to control the army of criminals – and lead her squad to victory or to certain death.

In Blackguards 2, the player chooses the playstyle. Front line combatants, ranged fighters or dangerous mages – up to 20 characters can join the party and head into battle. Every challenging hexfield battle needs a new strategy and the wrong spell might result in death. When every action during battle has consequences, each move has to be carefully considered. Not only do the player’s choices matter on the battlefield, but throughout the entire game. Cassia’s story is not set in stone and fateful decisions can influence the ending of the game and the fate of the squad.

Main features:

• Recruit mercenaries, find upgrades and build an indomitable army
• Find the Vanquishers of the Nine Hordes and see what has become of Takate, Naurim and Zurbaran
• ​​​​A story with many twists and turns, fateful decisions and more than 20 challenging hours of playtime awaits you
• Command up to 20 characters in your party and lead them to death or glory
• Master and finish the game on many different non-linear paths
• Make decisions influencing your squad and the ending of the game
• Choose your spells, talents and skills wisely, since they dictate your strategy on the battlefield. Give priority to offensive or tactic in challenging battles
• Interact with your environment and let walls collapse or even discover new routes on your journey through Aventuria
• Lay waste to your enemies with powerful spells and abilities. But be on your guard: your foes may wield them as well

Blackguards 2 launches today on Nintendo Switch. More information is available on the Nintendo eShop.

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Hamburg, Germany, May 4th, 2022 — Daedalic Entertainment and Chunkybox Games are delighted to let all hell loose as Wildcat Gun Machine is now available on PC (Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store), PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch. Create mayhem in this bullet hell dungeon crawler and take on disgusting flesh abominations with an arsenal of mighty guns and extra cat-power.

In Wildcat Gun Machine, players get thrown into maze-like dungeons filled to the brim with truly disgusting and furocious enemies in order to liberate giant mech robots from demonic elder gods in a story H.P. Lovecraft himself would be proud of! In order to achieve this goal, players can choose from 40 different gun types – all perfect for riddling the spawns of hell with bullets – as well as super abilities born from character upgrades to match. Wildcat Gun Machine presents itself as a classical bullet hell boss battle experience with a twist: instead of randomizing enemy encounters, they are specifically designed to provide difficult combat puzzles.

Key Features

• Bullet Hell shooter
• Over 40 gun types
• Epic set-piece boss battles
• Skill upgrades to suit your playstyle
• Unique 2D art style

Wildcat Gun Machine is now available on PC and consoles!

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Hamburg, Germany, March 17th, 2022 — Daedalic Entertainment and Chunkybox Games are hyped to announce the release date for a master class in cartoon violence – Wildcat Gun Machine drops on PC (Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store), PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch on May 4th, 2022. In this bullet hell dungeon crawler, our trigger-happy protagonist is not kittin` around – players face hordes of very non-cute flesh amalgamations with a whole arsenal of glorious gun-goodness.

In Wildcat Gun Machine, players get thrown into maze-like dungeons filled to the brim with truly disgusting and furocious enemies in order to liberate giant mech robots from demonic elder gods. H.P. Lovecraft would be proud. In order to achieve this goal, players can choose from 40 different gun types – all perfect for riddling the spawns of hell with bullets – as well as super abilities born from character upgrades to match. Wildcat Gun Machine presents itself as a classical bullet hell boss battle experience with a twist: instead of randomizing enemy encounters, they are specifically designed to provide difficult combat puzzles.

Remember, the only thing cats like more than chasing a laser dot is putting it between the eyes of their enemies.

Key Features

• Bullet Hell shooter
• Over 40 gun types
• Epic set-piece boss battles
• Skill upgrades to suit your playstyle
• Unique 2D art style

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Hamburg, Germany, February 15th, 2021 – Publisher Daedalic Entertainment and developer Zing Games are happy to announce that Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes will be bringing its fast-paced and chaotic action to PC and Switch on March 2nd, 2022. The crazy pinball title incorporates tower defense and rogue-like elements, creating an exciting mashup in which no two playthroughs are ever the same.

About Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes

In Zombie Rollerz: Pinball Heroes, players have to shoot, slam and smash their way through hordes of adorable, goofy zombies in this ingenious fusion of pinball and point defense. With 10 different heroes on their side, each with their own unique way of dealing with the oncoming zombie horde, players need to face eleven epic bosses. In order to take those down, skill is the only thing they can count on: pinball precision and careful ability management are a must!

There are hundreds of helpful powers and items that can be discovered and unlocked. In order to find them, players must set out across four worlds waiting to be explored via the overworld map. Random generation ensures that no playthrough is the same, while improvisation and adaptation are the names of the game if the worlds are to be freed of rampaging zombies – pinball style!

Preorders for the Switch versions start on February 16th, 7 PM CET.

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