PARIS – Feb. 28, 2023 – SnowRunner, the blockbuster off-roading experience from Saber Interactive and Focus Entertainment, has just released Season 9: Renew & Rebuild. This new season opens the Year 3 Pass, which includes four seasons (today’s Season 9 and the next three to come) that all bring new maps, new trucks and a host of new cosmetics to the game. Season 9 introduces two new maps, two new vehicles, as well as all-new activities.

Season 9: Renew & Rebuild takes you to Ontario, Canada, a brand-new region in SnowRunner, where you need to help get the devastated region back on its feet following ravaging wildfires. Drive off the roads of Albany River and Burnt Forest, two new 4km² maps with early autumn moods and a melancholic feel for a soothing experience as you bring life back to a desolate landscape of burnt forest and buildings, flooded farmland, water towers and disaster relief tents.

To fulfill your mission, take the wheel of two new vehicles: the Derry Special 15C-177, a dedicated Heavy-class vehicle specialized in carrying water with serious torque and incredible durability, and the ZiKZ 566A, a versatile Off-Road-class truck compatible with a wide variety of addons.

Season 9 marks the beginning of SnowRunner’s Year 3 Pass. The pass also includes the upcoming seasons 10, 11 and the game’s third expansion with Season 12. The grand debut of new iconic brands like Kenworth and Mack will also delight their many fans in the SnowRunner community as the Year 3 Pass unfolds, in addition to numerous new add-ons and cosmetics. On top of it all, Year 3 Pass owners receive the exclusive Save the Day Vinyl Wrap Pack, bringing four exclusive skins for the Freightliner M916A1, Freightliner 114SD, International HX520 and Chevrolet Kodiak С70.

Finally, SnowRunner is proud to announce a new milestone: over 10 million players have sat behind the wheel! Such a landmark number is a testament to the dedication and passion of the game’s incredibly active community. From the teams at Saber Interactive and Focus Entertainment, we want to thank all the Runners 10 million times!

Season 9: Renew & Rebuild is available now on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC — and automatically granted to all owners of the Year 3 Pass. Save money on all the content released since launch and beyond with the 1-Year, 2-Year and 3-Year Anniversary Editions. For more information, check out the game’s page on the Focus Store.

Street Fighter fans rejoice! Officially licensed by CAPCOM and published by A PLUS JAPAN INC, ‘Street Fighter™: Duel’ is finally here, the game is now available on the App Store and Google Play, supporting five languages, English, French, Spanish, German, and Portuguese.

Here is what you need to know about this highly anticipated mobile game.

Iconic Characters and Scenes

The game will bring back the world-famous fighters and deliver an action-packed experience. Together with Chun-Li, Ryu, and Ken, challenge Suzaku Castle, punch your way into Shadaloo City, and search for the mysterious organization behind everything. Gather fighters and experience the nostalgic stories of Street Fighter!

Strategic gameplay, one-tap combos

In ‘Street Fighter™: Duel’, there are 6 factions of Wind, Thunder, Flame, Infernal, Master, and Legendary. To defeat different enemies, choose different combinations of factions. Adjust fighters and apply arrangement strategies, producing completely unique combo structures. When the ‘Super Combo Gauge’ is full, players can release the ultimate move and combo with one tap.

Here’s a sneak peek at the trailer released today. 

Unique collection and training system

The developers created an original character collection and development system, bringing a whole new RPG experience. Players may promote their fighters through ‘Training’ and ‘awaken’. Defeat time-limited bosses, challenge players from all over the world in ‘Arena’, and join the PVP ‘Final Showdown’, enjoy the hot-blooded tournament!

As of February 27th, global pre-registrations for ‘Street Fighter™: Duel‘ has reached 5 million.

Players who’ve participated in pre-registration can get limited Avatar Frame, Fighter Mystery Pack, Arcade Coins, and other massive rewards.

The pinnacle of fighting games continues its journey on mobile! Download ‘Street Fighter™: Duel’ now, to join the fight alongside millions of players and start your journey to the top!

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ABOUT CAPCOM

Capcom is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment for game consoles, PCs, handheld and wireless devices. Founded in 1983, the company has created hundreds of games, including groundbreaking franchises Resident Evil™, Monster Hunter™, Street Fighter™, Mega Man™, Devil May Cry™ and Ace Attorney™. Capcom maintains operations in the U.S., U.K., Germany, France, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Tokyo, with corporate headquarters located in Osaka, Japan. More information about Capcom and its products can be found at www.capcom.com or news.capcomusa.com

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VR version built from the Ground-Up for PSVR2, Meta Quest 2 and PC VR and will release following the launch of the flatscreen version on April 20th for PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4/5, Xbox Series X/S

Watford, UK – 28th February, 2023: Publisher Wired Productions and crafters of artisanal entertainment, Rogue Sun, can today confirm that the narrative puzzle adventure, Tin Hearts, will be coming to PSVR2, Meta Quest 2 and PC VR this Summer following its release on PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 & 5, and the Xbox family of consoles on April 20th, 2023.

Designed from the ground up for VR platforms as well as PC and consoles, players can fully immerse themselves in the beautiful world of Tin Hearts. Control, touch and feel the game’s mechanics, or physically move throughout the environments of the alternate-timeline Victorian universe full of nostalgic warmth and charm.

To see the game in action, check out the narrative trailer here:

Brought to life by members of the exceptionally talented Lionhead Studios team, responsible for the critically acclaimed Fable series, Tin Hearts in VR creates a truly unique player experience. Interact with the endearing toys and contraptions created by Albert J. Butterworth with real-time feedback, while manipulating time itself to help the mischievous tin soldiers complete their journey to safety. 

“Tin Hearts takes players on a magical journey, guiding tin soldiers through a trail of puzzles as you peel off the layers of its thought provoking story. With the leap to VR players will be able to literally put themselves inside the experience,” said Kostas Zarifis, Managing Director at Rogue Sun. “We are proud to confirm that Tin Hearts will be coming to PSVR2, Meta Quest 2 and PC VR offering a uniquely immersive perspective on this charming Victorian world.” 

Tin Hearts will be released on PC (Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG, Utomik), Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 & 5, and the Xbox family of consoles on April 20th, 2023, with the release date for PCVR, Meta Quest 2 and PSVR2 slated for Summer 2023.

For more information visit https://wiredproductions.com/games/tin-hearts/

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About Wired Productions

Wired Productions is an independent video games publisher based in Watford, UK. Wired has produced and published award-winning titles across all major platforms and its games are curated to deliver on its mantra: ‘Driven by Passion.’ Bringing games to market in both physical and digital media, recent notable launches include Arcade Paradise, Martha Is Dead, The Falconeer, Deliver Us The Moon. Upcoming titles include Tin Hearts, Tiny Troopers: Global Ops, The Last Worker, Gori: Cuddly Carnage, Hotel Architect and Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles.

Join the Wired community via @wiredp on socials 

About Rogue Sun 

Rogue Sun was formed in May 2016 soon after the closure of historic UK based Lionhead Studios. The founding team all worked on multiple Fable games together, and formed the studio out of a shared passion to create innovative, thoughtful and memorable gameplay experiences. Games with interesting mechanics, meaningful stories, beautiful aesthetics and multi-layered characters. END

The largest open-world rally racing game adds new vehicles and challenges from the hit off-road simulation franchise

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Feb. 28, 2023 – Two amazing Saber Interactive games are coming together for one high-octane off-roading experience. Dakar Desert Rally, the biggest open-world racing game based on the largest rally race on the planet, is introducing a new fleet of vehicles and challenges inspired by the blockbuster off-road game, SnowRunner. The “SnowRunner Trucks” DLC is free to download today on all platforms for owners of the Dakar Desert Rally Season Pass. It is also available to purchase standalone for $9.99.

Get behind the wheel of five of SnowRunner’s most massively mighty trucks, capable of taking on any challenge: the TUZ 16, TUZ 108, TUZ 420, ZiKZ 605R, and YAR 87. Overcome extreme open-world environments in either Free Roam mode or Rally Raid competition. Put your skills to the test against the elements with nine new stages and two new events exclusive to the “SnowRunner Trucks” DLC.

Today also marks the release of Patch 1.7 for Dakar Desert Rally, rolling out a number of general game fixes, improvements, and simulation tools like the new steering wheel wizard. You can find the complete list of patch notes here.

Dakar Desert Rally authentically captures the intense scale and thrill of one of the world’s most challenging off-road events across over 20,000 square kilometers of diverse terrain with dynamic weather. Choose from some of the sport’s most renowned racing teams, or create your own and build up your garage with a long line of cars, bikes, trucks, quads and SSVs from the world’s top manufacturers. Forge your path to victory across a variety of game modes, including an arcade-style Sport mode for quick pick-up-and-play action, Professional and Simulation modes for a true rally experience, and online multiplayer for up to four players for the ultimate competitive challenge.

Dakar Desert Rally is available on PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation®4, Xbox One and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store. For more information, check out DakarTheGame.com, and #DaretoDrive by following the game on Twitter, Instagram, Discord and Facebook.

About Saber Interactive

An Embracer Group company headquartered in the U.S., Saber Interactive is a worldwide publisher and developer consisting of over 20 studios in the Americas and Europe. Creating games for all major platforms based on original and licensed IPs, Saber’s titles include Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, World War Z, SnowRunner and Evil Dead: The Game. Founded in 2001, Saber is known for two decades of development partnerships with AAA publishers, producing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt for Nintendo Switch, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Crysis Remastered, and many others.

Solve new puzzles brick-by-brick to help the Easter Bunny save Easter

Gothenburg, Sweden – February 28th, 2023: Crack open those chocolate eggs as brick-building adventure LEGO® Bricktales announces an egg-sta special free Easter update. Featuring lovingly crafted LEGO brick dioramas built entirely with authentic LEGO elements and a creative brick-by-brick building mechanic, LEGO Bricktales is perfectly crafted to delight generations of LEGO fans across the globe.

The LEGO® Bricktales free Easter update introduces an egg-cellent new story set in a small Easter world. This world becomes accessible if the player has cleared the first world (Jungle). On completion, an entrance will appear in the park leading you to the new diorama where you’ll meet the friendly Easter bunny who has a problem with making eggs for this year’s Easter celebration. Disgruntled chickens and snow damage keep them from reaching their goals, so you will need to use your quick thinking and puzzle-solving abilities to help them save Easter.

New features in this Easter update include: 

• A beautifully crafted Easter diorama
• A storyline where you have to help the Easter bunny save Easter
• 5 new construction puzzles. Four with a specific challenges and one being an open area where you can build more freely
• 1 collection quest – Easter eggs will be hidden in the other existing worlds that you can find and use to purchase items
• 3 new wardrobe items (purchasable with eggs players have found in the world)
• 1 new music track
• A new menu entry to notify you of ongoing updates

LEGO Bricktales sees you journeying across 5 beautiful LEGO brick-themed biomes, taking you to the green foliage of the deepest jungles, the scorching sand of sun-drenched deserts, the hustle and bustle of a city corner, the epic sight of a towering medieval castle and the paradise of tropical Caribbean islands. An intuitive new brick-by-brick building mechanic will help you solve the many fun puzzles you encounter on this adventure and bring your creative solutions to life.

“We’re positively hopping to announce the new  LEGO Bricktales Easter Update coming to Xbox, PlayStation, Switch and PC,” said Dieter Schoeller, VP of Production. “We can’t wait to see what creative builds our players will come up with and I know I’ll be checking out social media to see what our players have been putting together using the game’s brick-by-brick building mechanic!”

LEGO Bricktales website: bricktal.es

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About Thunderful
Thunderful Group is a group of companies that develops, publishes and invests in games as well as distributes Nintendo products, games, game accessories and toys. Founded in 2017 Thunderful Games is one of the two business segments in Thunderful Group, the other being Thunderful Distribution. Over the last few years Thunderful Games has, organically and via acquisitions, grown into a global organisation with eleven development studios and over 400 employees. Besides the award-winning internal development pipeline, Thunderful Games also publishes a large number of third-party titles and invests in external game projects.

About the LEGO Group
The LEGO Group’s mission is to inspire and develop the builders of tomorrow through the power of play. The LEGO System in Play, with its foundation in LEGO® bricks, allows children and fans to build and rebuild anything they can imagine. The LEGO Group was founded in Billund, Denmark in 1932 by Ole Kirk Kristiansen, its name derived from the two Danish words LEg GOdt, which mean “Play Well”. Today, the LEGO Group remains a family-owned company headquartered in Billund. However, its products are now sold in more than 140 countries worldwide. For more information: www.LEGO.com.

Welcome to the future! Today, Obsidian Entertainment, Private Division, and Virtuos announced that The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition will be available next week on March 7, 2023 for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5, and PC.

The official trailer for The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition can be found below.

The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition is the ultimate way for new and returning fans alike to experience the beloved RPG. Higher resolution graphics, a dynamic weather system, overhauled lighting and environments, improved performance and load times, enhanced details on characters, an increased level cap, and much more await spacers who bravely and boldly carve their path through the conspiratorial Halcyon colony. 

The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition includes The Outer Worlds base game and both DLCs, Murder on Eridanos and Peril on Gorgon for AU$89.95. Players who already own The Outer Worlds and its associated DLCs for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, or PC (Steam, GOG, Epic Games Store, or Windows Store) can upgrade to The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition for the latest generation of console or, if applicable, from that same PC store at a reduced price of AU$12.

There’s never been a better chance to experience 2019’s celebrated, award-winning sci-fi RPG, whether players are taking another trip around the galaxy or adventuring for the first time. Assets for The Outer Worlds: Spacer’s Choice Edition can be found here, and more information can be found on the official site here.

Defy the Gods on an Epic Adventure Capturing the Look and Feel of ‘90s Action RPGs

U.K., London — 27 February 2023 — Marvelous Europe today announced developer FuRyu’s co-op action-RPG, Trinity Trigger, will be released across Europe and Australia on 16th May 2023, for the Nintendo Switch™ system, PlayStation®4, and PlayStation®5

Trinity Trigger features a star-studded group of RPG developers including worldbuilding artist Yuki Nobuteru (Trials of Mana), character designer Raita Kazama (Xenoblade), scenario writer Yura Kubota (OCTOPATH TRAVELER), and composer Hiroki Kikuta (Secret of Mana, Trials of Mana).

Trinity Trigger is now available for physical pre-purchase for consoles at participating retailers for a RRP of €49.99/£44.99. Details on digital availability will be shared at a later date.

Trinity Trigger is an all-new action role-playing game combining the look and feel of iconic RPGs of the ‘90s with an emphasis on fast-paced, customizable combat. Players take control of three young heroes as they attempt to defy fate and save the continent of Trinitia. Accompanying them are the Triggers, strange creatures with the unique ability to transform into eight types of weapons that players must master if they hope to be successful on their quest. Whether playing alone or with up to two friends via local co-op, explore diverse biomes and dungeons, strategize to exploit enemy weaknesses, and change your destiny!

KEY FEATURES

Master the Weapons of the Gods— Solve puzzles and defeat enemies alone or with friends in local co-op as players traverse the dungeons of each Arma, towers made from the fallen weapons of the gods.

Seek Out Trinitia’s Mysteries— Reveal hidden passages by exploring every last bit of Trinitia’s diverse biomes and chat with townsfolk for clues to uncover the heavily guarded secrets held in these forests, deserts, snowfields, and more.

Change the Tide of Battle— Make expert use of the Weapon Wheel in battle to change between eight weapon types on the fly – every enemy has a weakness and finding and exploiting it is the key to victory.

A Generational Role-Playing Epic— Trinity Trigger was inspired by the iconic RPGs of yesteryear, but its accessible and rewarding gameplay incorporates modern flourishes to make it an exciting new adventure.

Developed by FuRyu and published in Europe and Australia by Marvelous Europe, Trinity Trigger will launch on the Nintendo Switch™, PS4™, PS5™ on 16th May 2023. This title has been rated PEGI 12.

About Marvelous Europe
Marvelous Europe is the publisher behind Mandragora, Nova Antarctica and Ninja or Die, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Marvelous Inc., developer of beloved Story of Seasons (known as Harvest Moon prior to 2013) and Rune Factory series.

Established in 2012, Marvelous Europe is passionate about helping games to reach a global audience while nurturing emerging developers and studios. With decades of experience and strong ties to the worldwide indie game dev community, the highly skilled European team is committed to supporting studios worldwide find success, while continuing to publish and distribute select Marvelous Inc. content.

After almost four years in years in Early Access, the suboceanic survival sim emerges with tons of shiny new features and a fantastic community

Hamburg, Germany, February 27th, 2023 – After an Early Access journey filled to the brim with updates, the sci-fi u-boat sim Barotrauma is finally going to emerge into version 1.0 on Steam on March 13th, with lots of new features and a wonderful community on board. The game is on track to entice even more brave submariners to dive into Europa’s depths with its huge variety of u-boats and missions, disgusting enemies, varied biomes and hilarious ragdoll physics. As Barotrauma is approaching its 1.0 release, the game is nearing another major milestone: More than 2.5 million players already call this superb submarine spectacle their own. 

Check out the new Barotrauma trailer here

Barotrauma is a sci-fi submarine sim with both a single-player mode as well as co-op with up to 16 players who navigate the depths of Jupiter’s frozen moon Europa and fulfil various missions. Together with their active and passionate community, developers FakeFish and Undertow Games have greatly expanded and improved the game since its Early Access launch in summer 2019: They overhauled the campaign and tutorials, added new monsters, missions and outposts, improved graphics and environments, implemented a scripted event system and much much more. All of this was made possible with the feedback and support of more than 30,000 Discord members as well as 60,000 player-made entries on the Steam Workshop. To show their deep devotion to their players and their fanbase, the devs even added a player-made submarine to the base game as part of a community competition.

Full list of updates since EA launch:

• New graphics and environments
• Campaign overhaul
• Explorable outposts
• Wrecked submarines, abandoned outposts and improved alien ruins
• Submarine upgrading and switching
• More and new monsters and missions
• New scripted event system
• Talent system for character progression
• Reworked tutorials

The community is especially looking forward to the introduction of rival factions with version 1.0 and the new ending of the campaign. Joonas Rikkonen, Barotrauma’s lead developer, on the Barotrauma community states: “Barotrauma has been a great community-assisted effort for almost a decade now, and we’re thrilled to be reaching 1.0 after all these years. We can’t wait to hear what our players think about the faction overhaul and the real ending of the campaign, and look forward to making more updates even after this release.”

About Barotrauma:

Navigate a chilling ocean filled with strange creatures, explore alien ruins, and cooperate with your crewmates to complete missions on your voyage. Choose from several classes and work together managing complex systems, including the nuclear reactor, guns, engines and sonar. Fend off hostile monsters, seal deadly radioactive leaks, and survive crewmates infected with extra-terrestrial viruses.

Barotrauma’s thrilling and often hilarious chaos is both fun to play and watch thanks to procedurally generated levels, ridiculous ragdoll physics and full mod support. But beware: some threats are closer than you think. Multiplayer’s traitor mode option may randomly assign players as secret conspirators, complete with their own individual missions like assassination and sabotage.

All information about Barotrauma can be found on Steam.

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About FakeFish and Undertow Games (Developer)

Barotrauma began as an open-development project by Undertow Games, the developer of the free open-source horror game SCP – Containment Breach. In early 2018, the award-winning fellow indie studio FakeFish Ltd. joined the project with their team of industry veterans and fresh talents to launch Barotrauma on Steam. Now the joint studio, based in Turku, Finland, develops survival horror PC titles supporting extensive user-generated content and packed with built-in editors.

About Daedalic Entertainment (Publisher)

Daedalic Entertainment publishes and develops high-quality games for all platforms. The company has a diverse line-up of high-quality titles, including classic adventures, RPGs, and strategy and multiplayer games. With an international team of around 90 employees, Daedalic is currently developing a new line-up of innovative games across consoles, PC, and mobile platforms.

Based in Hamburg, Germany, Daedalic is one of Europe’s most acclaimed publishers and developers. With a total of 32 awards in the German Developers Award (including multiple accolades for ‘Studio of the Year’) and 12 German Computer Game Awards for genre-defining games such as Deponia, Edna & Harvey, Silence, Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth, The Long Journey Home, and State of Mind, Daedalic is a record holder for the two most prestigious game awards in Germany. Recent publishing hits include Barotrauma, Unrailed!, Iratus: Lord of the Dead, Partisans 1941, and more. Daedalic is currently developing The Lord of the Rings – Gollum. The story-driven adventure tells the story of Gollum from a perspective never witnessed before in any storytelling media, all the while staying faithful to the legendary books of J.R.R. Tolkien.

2023’s highly-anticipated action souls-like will be coming to PlayStation and Xbox

LONDON, UK – February 27, 2023 – Fireshine Games is thrilled to announce that it has partnered with NEOWIZ to release a physical edition of the highly-anticipated action souls-like game Lies of P.

Launching simultaneously with the digital release this August, the physical version of Lies of P will be available on the PlayStation®5 (PS5) system, the PlayStation®4 system, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One consoles.

Inspired by the familiar story of Pinocchio, Lies of P is an action souls-like set in a dark Belle Époque world. As the puppet P, players must wind their way through the streets of the ruined city of Krat, crafting weapons from the materials found in the world and interacting with the remaining few who manage to survive in this hellscape. The more lies told, the more human players become, with all the advantages and disadvantages it entails. Experience profound narrative choices and deeply customizable character progression as you guide P on his unrelenting journey to become human.

Highly-anticipated by players, Lies of P was selected as the ‘Most Wanted Sony PlayStation Game’ at gamescom Opening Night Live 2022, and awarded as the ‘Best Action Adventure Game’ and ‘Best Role Playing Game’ at the 2022 gamescom awards.

“We are delighted to have partnered with NEOWIZ to release the physical version of Lies of P in western markets later this year,” said Sarah Hoeksma, Marketing Director at Fireshine Games. “As one of the most anticipated games of 2023, we can’t wait for players to step into this deeply dark take on a classic tale and experience the adventure awaiting them.”

Lies of P will be available on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC in August 2023. For the latest information, follow @LiesofP on Twitter and visit liesofp.com.

About NEOWIZ
Established in 1997, NEOWIZ, Inc (KOSDAQ:095660) is a pioneer in social platforms and online games. As one of the leading game companies in Korea, the company has successfully published various PC and mobile games through game portal Pmang since 2003. In 2006, the company co-developed and launched the wildly successful FIFA online, NBA Street, and Battlefield Online with EA. NEOWIZ is currently focused on creating and servicing online games for the global audience with high-quality titles such as Brave Nine, Lies of P, and DJMAX RESPECT.

About Fireshine Games 
Fireshine Games is a global publisher of digital and physical videogames based in London, England. Originally established in 2014 under the name Sold Out, Fireshine Games works with studio giants such as Team 17, Rebellion and Frontier Developments as well as introducing new indie dev studios to the world like Pugstorm, Stonewheat & Sons, Spiral Circus, ColePowered Games and many more – publishing for physical and digital distribution. Fireshine is also part of the EG7 group of companies.

Discover & take care of pets in huge new update later this spring

LONDON, UK – February 27, 2023 – Pugstorm is delighted to reveal a new roadmap of content for the hit mining sandbox adventure game Core Keeper, revealing a host of future updates and features coming to the game throughout 2023. 

Starting next Wednesday, March 8, Core Keeper will celebrate its first year in Early Access with the launch of the free Anniversary Update, featuring new seasonal items such as birthday hats and a birthday cake that permanently increases the player’s health, plus a permanent new music sheet for indie favourite Terraria. By finding and equipping the music sheet, explorers can play a track from this fan-favourite game using fully-playable musical instruments.

Then, later in March, players will be able to download the free Cherry Blossom Festival Update, featuring new cherry trees and flowers to decorate your underground world, followed by an Easter Event in April introducing new seasonal outfits, decorative items and environmental effects.

Scheduled for release this spring, Core Keeper’s next major content update – the Animal Update (Final Name TBC) – will introduce pets for the very first time, allowing players to discover, adopt and take care of a variety of animals. Find the perfect pet and take them with you on your underground adventure. More details on the Animal Update will be revealed soon.

Later in the year, a further major content update – the Crystal Update (Final Name TBC) – will introduce a brand-new crystal-based biome for players to explore, featuring new locations, enemies, characters and a huge new boss, plus new materials, crafting options, equipment and more.

Pugstorm & Fireshine Games also confirmed plans of a future price increase for the game, scheduled for later this spring. For more details, visit Steam.

“We’re delighted to reveal our upcoming roadmap of content and announce the first details on our exciting Animal Update that we think players will love,” said Fredrik Präntare, Chief Executive Officer & Creative Director at Pugstorm. “We’ve been looking to introduce pets as a fun and meaningful mechanic to Core Keeper for a long time, and we’re excited to show them in action soon.

“As we approach one year in Early Access, we’d like to say an extra special thank you to all of our players for the incredible support they’ve shown us and the positive feedback the game has received,” Präntare continued. “Thanks to their support, we’ve been able to grow Core Keeper in ways we’d never thought possible. But this isn’t everything we have in store for the game, and we’re looking forward to revealing even more as we edge closer to a 1.0 release.”

Winner of ‘Best Social Game 2022’ at the TIGA Games Industry Awards, nominated for ‘Best Early Access Launch’ at the Golden Joystick Awards 2022, and with over 1 million units already sold, Core Keeper is a 1-8 player mining sandbox adventure set in an ancient cavern of creatures, treasures and trinkets. Mine relics and resources to build your base, craft new equipment and survive. Defeat giant monsters, discover hidden secrets, farm crops, go fishing, cook new recipes and explore a procedurally generated underground world to unravel the mystery of the ancient core.

Core Keeper is available now on PC via Steam Early Access. For more information, follow @CoreKeeperGame on Twitter and join the discussion on Discord.

About Pugstorm 
Pugstorm is an award-winning development studio specialising in juicy pixel art games that will make your inner dog bark with joy. For more information, please visit pugstorm.eu.

About Fireshine Games 
Fireshine Games is a global publisher of digital and physical videogames based in London, England. Originally established in 2014 under the name Sold Out, Fireshine Games works with studio giants such as Team 17, Rebellion and Frontier Developments as well as introducing new indie dev studios to the world like Pugstorm, Stonewheat & Sons, Spiral Circus, ColePowered Games and many more – publishing for physical and digital distribution. Fireshine is also part of the EG7 group of companies.