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We are excited to announce that we are partnering with Gemdrops and BROCCOLI to publish the upcoming musical action adventure game Etrange Overlord, coming to Nintendo Switch, PC (Steam), PlayStation 5, and PlayStation 4.

About Etrange Overlord

Falsely accused of assassinating the king, Étrange von Rosenburg is swiftly executed—only to find herself in hell! What’s a sweets-loving daughter of the duke to do? Why, take the place over, of course! Experience a tale of humor and heart in this frenetic action RPG from Sohei Niikawa, creator of Disgaea and Rhapsody: A Musical Adventure!

Take advantage of the unique revolving lane mechanic that sends items, buffs, and even characters circling around the map. As you progress through the story, you’ll be able to challenge action-packed stages with your friends in the separate, 2-4 player multiplayer mode! Indulge Étrange in her insatiable need for sweets in order to reap rewards of temporary buffs and bonuses. The gorgeous character designs brought to life by legendary illustrator Shinichiro Otsuka are sure to delight as Étrange and her many, many allies ride, fight, and even sing their way across hell. This is one musical odyssey you won’t want to miss!

Features:

• An Army of Subordinates: As Étrange von Rosenburg, gather a colorful cast of characters from all corners of hell and put them to work as your subordinates! Each lovable character was designed by legendary illustrator Shinichiro Otsuka.
• Chase the Revolving Lane: Shoot, dodge, and slash your way across the battlefield in fast-paced action RPG gameplay, featuring a unique lane mechanic that sends items, power ups, and even your characters revolving around the stage! Then enjoy the frenetic gameplay with up to four friends in the multiplayer mode!
• Living Your Best Afterlife: Just because you’re in hell doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy yourself! Follow Étrange as she tries to live her best life no matter the circumstances in a far-reaching story with plenty of laughs, heart, and musical numbers!

A Limited Edition will be available for purchase. More details to come on Thursday, November 13.

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November 6, 2025 – Independently developed by Sky9 Games and published by IndieArk, the exhilarating arena shooter Strike Force Heroes is launching today on Xbox Series, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5, with a price tag of $24.99 USD / €24.99 EUR. Fully optimized hardware, this edition promises a fluid and immersive online competitive experience that keeps players engaged from start to finish. (*): The PS5 price will be a higher than the stated in this release.

Strike Force Heroes is a timeless 2D arena shooter that captures the essence of classic action. Players select from diverse character classes and align with AlphaSquad to confront foes across more than a dozen vibrant maps—fromdense jungles, speeding trains and even plummeting aircraft. Arm yourself with an arsenal of weapons, collect valuable loot, and master skills to upgrade and personalize your hero, culminating in epic showdowns against formidable bosses. Every mode supports both PvP and co-op, enabling seamless teamwork with friends or fierce rivalries in adrenaline-fueled battles.

Key Features

• Customize Your Hero: Level up four classes with hundreds of weapons, outfits, and abilities, each with its own completely unique strengths, weaknesses, and playstyle.

• Choose Your Loadout: With hundreds of weapons, abilities, and equipment to choose from, there’s something for every play style. Go with a safe loadout, or create a clever setup that synergizes perfectly with all your equipment for risky yet deadly results.

• Epic Storyline: Experience an engaging storyline through fully animated cutscenes with wisecracking characters, explosive action sequences, and challenging boss fights.

• Endless Replayability: Beating the campaign unlocks harder difficulties to earn better rewards, further build out your heroes, and challenge even the most seasoned of players.

• Online Co-op and PvP: For the first time ever, invite your friends to join you throughout the entire campaign, or blast them away in fully customizable PvP custom matches, with no max player limits!

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November 5th, 2025 – Brain Seal Entertainment invites to you back to the table as Dark Quest 4 launches today on PC and consoles!

Steel yourself to once again brave the perils of countless dungeons, as you take on endless hordes in card-based tactical combat. You need not go alone though as now you can bring fellow adventurers along into the fray, either online or though local co-op. And should you grow weary of the journey, Dark Quest 4 finally allows you to step behind the DM screen and craft devious dungeons of your own to share with the community.

Dark Quest 4 is available now for $19.99 on Steam, PlayStation 4|5, Xbox One|X|S, and Nintendo Switch, so set off to your storefront of choice and pick it up today!

About Dark Quest 4

Dark Quest returns with its fourth installment – a turn-based strategy adventure inspired by the legendary HeroQuest board game. Enter a realm of perilous dungeons, cunning traps, and powerful magic as you lead your party of heroes against the forces of the Dark Sorcerer.

The evil Gulak, the sorcerer’s puppet, commands monstrous legions that stalk the night. Villagers vanish without a trace – stolen in silence, never to be seen again. Only your band of champions can stand against this tide of darkness and end Gulak’s reign of terror.

Features:

• Strategic Dungeon Adventures: Embark on 30 handcrafted quests filled with tactical, turn-based combat and deadly surprises. Outsmart over 40 unique monsters, evade lethal traps, and wield both magic and steel to survive sprawling, multi-floored dungeons that test your wit and courage.
• Build Your Party of Heroes: Command up to 10 unique heroes, each with distinctive stats and powers. Train them in the Hero Camp, unlock new cards and abilities, and forge your perfect dungeon-delving team.
• Online Multiplayer: Team up with friends online or locally in couch co-op, combining your heroes’ strengths to overcome Gulak’s legions. Explore together and find treasures to fill your purses!
• Creator Mode:  Step into the role of the Creator – design your own quests, build intricate dungeons, and shape adventures for others to explore. Play, share, and discover community-made quests from players around the world, or craft your own original challenges to test the bravest heroes.

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TORUŃ, POLAND, October 30, 2025 — Dark Point Games is thrilled to announce that Achilles: Survivor, where brave Achilles and an expansive cast of heroes battle through legendary bullet-heaven battles in Ancient Greece, is now available on Nintendo Switch. Having previously launched on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox earlier this year, Dark Point Games finally presents their mythologically-fueled action roguelite to Switch players around the world.

Achilles: Survivor places players in the sandals of the eponymous hero or in those of one of several other survivors as they battle Hades and his armies of the underworld. Erect powerful structures to turn the tide of battle in your favor and aid you in attacking foes as you defend against swarms of Hades’ undead forces.

Achilles and his unlikely allies must rise to defeat mighty Hades and his legions as they wage war across Troy and other battlefields to avoid damnation. Using a variety of weapons, abilities, spells, and offensive and defensive structures, these heroes must grow their power as they face the battle between life and death lest they be cast into Tartarus for an eternity of suffering.

GAME FEATURES

• Fast-paced bullet heaven in a world of Greek myths. Survive endless waves of enemies in this top-down action roguelite.
• Return to mythic Greece. Explore four handcrafted realms inspired by Achilles: Legends Untold – from the walls of Troy to windswept Greek coastlines.
• Build to survive, not just shoot. Drop traps, healing shrines, and summon allies with a unique structure-building system that turns the tide when things get desperate.
• Unlock over 15 legendary survivors. Play as Achilles or one of a growing cast of mythical heroes, each with unique power and playstyle.
• Progression that respects your time. Complete challenges, earn Favors, and unlock permanent upgrades – get stronger with every attempt, even in defeat. You can pick different difficulties and game modes (normal, short, and endless) in every run.

Achilles: Survivor is available now on Nintendo Switch, Steam, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S.

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30 October 2025 – Masala Games and Rainy Frog are pleased to announce that Detective Dotson lands on Nintendo Switch today! Players can step into the (gum)shoes of India’s least likely detective as he scours the streets of his vibrant neighborhood, hunting down the truth behind his father’s murder. You’re Professor Leyton with a splash of Bollywood flair, and you’re hitting the streets to solve a mystery with the help of a colorful supporting cast.

Mystery, moustaches and masala – a feast for adventure fans!

• Step into the shoes of Detective Dotson: Bollywood dreamer turned super sleuth, chasing mysteries through the vibrant streets of modern India.
• Crack four eccentric cases, each one leading you closer to the truth behind your father’s murder, while gradually unlocking new corners of the city.
• Piece together the puzzle on a drag-and-drop evidence board, linking clues and prompts to uncover the truth (and use a hint if you get stuck).
• Charm, barter, and banter with colorful locals. Everyone’s got a story, and maybe even a clue or two to trade.
• Delight in a distinctive art style, blending pixelated characters with layered 3D backdrops bursting with colour and warmth.
• Cozy, breezy, and compact – a mysterious adventure unfolds.

Detective Dotson is a feel-good detective game filled with heart, colour, and unapologetic melodrama. The developers have crafted a love letter to their home country, one that will inspire and enthrall gamers worldwide.

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October, 29, 2025 – Independently developed by Sky9 Games and published by IndieArk, the exhilarating arena shooter Strike Force Heroes is set to make its official debut on Xbox, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 on November 6, 2025, with a price tag of $24.99 USD / €24.99 EUR. Fully optimized hardware, this edition promises a fluid and immersive online competitive experience that keeps players engaged from start to finish.

Strike Force Heroes is a timeless 2D arena shooter that captures the essence of classic action. Players select from diverse character classes and align with AlphaSquad to confront foes across more than a dozen vibrant maps—fromdense jungles, speeding trains and even plummeting aircraft. Arm yourself with an arsenal of weapons, collect valuable loot, and master skills to upgrade and personalize your hero, culminating in epic showdowns against formidable bosses. Every mode supports both PvP and co-op, enabling seamless teamwork with friends or fierce rivalries in adrenaline-fueled battles.

Key Features

• Customize Your Hero: Level up four classes with hundreds of weapons, outfits, and abilities, each with its own completely unique strengths, weaknesses, and playstyle.

• Choose Your Loadout: With hundreds of weapons, abilities, and equipment to choose from, there’s something for every play style. Go with a safe loadout, or create a clever setup that synergizes perfectly with all your equipment for risky yet deadly results.

• Epic Storyline: Experience an engaging storyline through fully animated cutscenes with wisecracking characters, explosive action sequences, and challenging boss fights.

• Endless Replayability: Beating the campaign unlocks harder difficulties to earn better rewards, further build out your heroes, and challenge even the most seasoned of players.

• Online Co-op and PvP: For the first time ever, invite your friends to join you throughout the entire campaign, or blast them away in fully customizable PvP custom matches, with no max player limits!

Source: PR Email

October 28, 2025 – Stuttgart, Germany – Publisher ININ Games and developer Smallthing Studios proudly announce that the highly anticipated prequel title Simon the Sorcerer Origins is now available worldwide on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, Mac and Linux.

A Magical Return with a Fresh Beginning

With over three decades having passed since the original Simon the Sorcerer charmed adventure-game fans back in 1993, Simon the Sorcerer Origins invites players to step back into the enchanting world of magic, sarcasm and mystery—this time to discover how it all began.In this new narrative, Simon finds himself drawn into a wizarding world stirred by an ancient prophecy, embarking on a coming-of-age adventure packed with wit, charm and a healthy dose of self-aware humour.

Honouring a Legacy, Embracing a New Era

“Our team is absolutely thrilled to welcome Simon the Sorcerer Origins to the ININ family,” said Ronald Kaulbach, Head of ININ Games. “The Simon the Sorcerer series holds a special place in the history of adventure games and has been instrumental in shaping the genre. It’s a true honour to work alongside Smallthing Studios on a title that not only pays tribute to the legacy of the original games but also invites a whole new generation of players into this magical world.”

Massy Calamai, Game Director & Founder of Smallthing Studios, added: “We are thrilled and moved to officially announce the collaboration between Smallthing Studios and ININ Games for Simon the Sorcerer Origins, in all formats, over thirty years (1993) after its first appearance on Amiga and PC! A heartfelt thanks to all those who have and are working behind the scenes and all those who have waited in the stands. The curtain is opening.” 

What’s New & What Fans Will Recognise

• Original Voice Talent: Long-time fans will be delighted to know that Chris Barrie (English) and Erik Borner (German) return to voice Simon, adding authenticity and nostalgia to the story.

• Hand-Drawn Visual Style: The game brings the charming style of the ’90s into the modern era with lovingly crafted, hand-drawn graphics, cinematic sequences, and a vibrant, cartoon-inspired aesthetic.

• Soundtrack by Mason Fischer: An original musical score that captures the whimsical and emotional tone of Simon’s magical world.

• Special Appearance: Music-icon Rick Astley makes a surprise appearance in a special role — bringing a touch of ’80s soul to the fantasy adventure.

• Prequel Story: Set just weeks before the events of the original game, Simon the Sorcerer Origins reveals his early journey, full of discovery, danger and comic mischief.

Editions & Availability

• Standard editions for PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch are now available for retail and digital releases on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox, and PC as well

• A Limited Special Edition is available for Switch, PC and PS5—offering extra goodies for players seeking the collector experience

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October 24th, 2025 – Return to the table and draw a fresh hand as Brain Seal Entertainment is proudly bringing the latest installment of its much-loved Dark Quest series to PC & consoles next month.

Take your chosen heroes into vast complex dungeons and pit your party against dozens of unique monsters. Share the burden of taking on Gulak’s legions with friends, as you rally together in co-op, online or on the couch. And when you’re ready go beyond the deck you can jump into Creator Mode, and craft dungeons, quests, and adventures to challenge your skills and to share online with other willing adventurers.

Dark Quest 4 arrives on November 5th for $19.99 and will be available on Steam, PlayStation 4|5, Xbox One|X|S, and Nintendo Switch.

About Dark Quest 4

Dark Quest returns with its fourth installment – a turn-based strategy adventure inspired by the legendary HeroQuest board game. Enter a realm of perilous dungeons, cunning traps, and powerful magic as you lead your party of heroes against the forces of the Dark Sorcerer.

The evil Gulak, the sorcerer’s puppet, commands monstrous legions that stalk the night. Villagers vanish without a trace – stolen in silence, never to be seen again. Only your band of champions can stand against this tide of darkness and end Gulak’s reign of terror.

Features:

• Strategic Dungeon Adventures: Embark on 30 handcrafted quests filled with tactical, turn-based combat and deadly surprises. Outsmart over 40 unique monsters, evade lethal traps, and wield both magic and steel to survive sprawling, multi-floored dungeons that test your wit and courage.
• Build Your Party of Heroes: Command up to 10 unique heroes, each with distinctive stats and powers. Train them in the Hero Camp, unlock new cards and abilities, and forge your perfect dungeon-delving team.
• Online Multiplayer: Team up with friends online or locally in couch co-op, combining your heroes’ strengths to overcome Gulak’s legions. Explore together and find treasures to fill your purses!
• Creator Mode:  Step into the role of the Creator – design your own quests, build intricate dungeons, and shape adventures for others to explore. Play, share, and discover community-made quests from players around the world, or craft your own original challenges to test the bravest heroes.

Source: PR Email

TORUŃ, POLAND, October 21, 2025 — Achilles: Survivor, the legendary bullet-heaven battle for Greece is coming to Nintendo Switch on October 30th. Originally launching the game earlier this year on PC, PlayStation, and Xbox, Polish developer and publisher Dark Point Games has been dedicated to bringing their myth-fueled Survivor-like to Nintendo to make sure anyone can join the fray, regardless of platform. This action roguelite adds an extra layer to the genre with a unique building mechanic, allowing survivors to erect powerful structures to turn the tide of battle in their favour. Build a variety of constructions to attack foes, provide healing, or summon allies to fight at your side as you defend against swarms of Hades’ undead forces. Utilizing Steam Early Access allowed the Dark Point Games team to incorporate feedback directly from the players and, over the course of the journey, added new survivors, enemies, bosses, powers, realms, structures, game modes, and more, and all these will be available for Nintendo Switch players to dive into.

Achilles: Survivor will place players in the shoes of the eponymous hero or one of several other survivors as they battle Hades and his army of the underworld. Following his demise at the end of the Trojan War, Hades resurrected Achilles to serve his nefarious plans against the other gods; however, once Achilles had served his purpose, Hades cast him back into Tartarus, damning him to an eternity of torment. Refusing to accept this fate, Achilles broke free, saving the souls of many others during his escape, including several who had died by his hand. Enraged by this subversion, Hades has sworn vengeance against the hero, vowing to return him and the other survivors to the depths of the underworld.

Now, Achilles and his unlikely allies must rise up to defeat Hades and his legion as they wage war across Troy, Tartarus, and other battlefields to avoid the threatening damnation. Using a variety of weapons, abilities, spells, and offensive and defensive structures, these heroes must grow their power as they face the battle between life and death.

GAME FEATURES

• Fast-paced bullet heaven in a world of Greek myths. Survive endless waves of enemies in this top-down action roguelite.
• Build to survive, not just shoot. Drop traps, healing shrines, and summon allies with a unique structure-building system that turns the tide when things get desperate.
• Unlock over 15 legendary survivors. Play as Achilles or one of a growing cast of mythical heroes, each with unique power and playstyle.
• Progression that respects your time. Complete challenges, earn Favors, and unlock permanent upgrades – get stronger with every attempt, even in defeat. You can pick different difficulties and game modes (normal, short and endless) in every run.
• Return to mythic Greece. Explore 4 handcrafted realms inspired by Achilles: Legends Untold – from the walls of Troy to windswept Greek coastlines.

Source: PR Email