Townscaper coming to mobile, the debut of Kathy Rain: Director’s Cut, new Per Aspera and Star Renegades content, and more are on the way!
STOCKHOLM — Oct. 14, 2021 — We’re halfway through October, but Raw Fury has packed a ton into that time. From fresh updates to new releases, here’s a breakdown of all the fun you won’t want to miss coming up!
Townscaper is coming to mobile (iOS and Android) on October 20! Having released on PC, Mac, and Nintendo Switch back in August, this peaceful toy-like town builder has already seen over 600K units sold. The inclusion to mobile is especially exciting as Townscaper is the kind of game that is meant to be played on the go, taking inspiration from your surroundings.
On October 21, Per Aspera will get another free update. Dubbed the “Green Mars” DLC, this new content will focus on significant changes to gameplay, with the addition of vegetation and new animal life to the red planet. Along with a new lens view to help manage the precious resource of water, there will be 11 new biomes to master, and each will require specific conditions for flora and fauna to thrive. A full list of new features can be found on the Per AsperaSteam page.
Kathy Rain: Director’s Cut launches on October 26. The remastered version of the 2016 point-and-click detective mystery is almost here! Fans of the original Kathy Rain will find new places to explore, an extended storyline, over 700+ lines of new dialogue, updated performance, and more! The game is currently available to wishlist on Steam for PC, Mac, and Linux but will also be available on GOG.com, Android, and iOS at launch, with a Nintendo Switch version coming a few days later.
Find out what’s new in Kathy Rain: Director’s Cut:
Star Renegades to get Japanese localization, new updates, and new DLC. Very soon, fans of Star Renegades will be able to enjoy the game in Japanese on PC. This update will also include some additional fixes, as well as two new end-boss fights: the Dragoon and Guardian. On top of this, free new DLC is currently planned for November 24 and will let players bring the fight directly to the home of the Imperium. And along with this bonus ending, a new playable character will also be joining the fight!
Raw Fury announces first-look arrangement for film and television. Raw Fury and Hollywood-based production company dj2 Entertainment have announced a first-look arrangement that will give dj2 Entertainment first opportunity to adapt Raw Fury’s games for film and television.
Raw Fury’s diverse library of games, such as BAFTA nominee Call of the Sea, Apple TV Game of the Year Dandara, IndieCade nominee The Signifier, ‘Tribeca 2021 Game Award’ winner Norco and more will all fall under the Raw Fury X dj2 first look partnership.
Steam Halloween Sale! It’s that candy-filled time of year again, and Raw Fury is giving out sweet, sweet deals as treats! Steam deals to be specific. Most of the Raw Fury catalogue on Steam will be on sale at the end of October, so keep your eyes peeled!
The veteran video game developer and publisher’s acclaimed catalogue is on sale now on Steam, with special giveaways and more going on this month!
AUSTIN, Texas — Oct. 14, 2021 — Aspyr is excited to announce “Aspyr 25,” a celebration of the people, games, and fans behind the prolific video game developer and publisher’s 25th anniversary. All this weekend you can save big on select titles from Aspyr’s wide library with the Aspyr 25 Saleon Steam. You can also visit aspyr.com/25years through October to enter for a chance to win free games and other prizes from the studio and their partners.
“It’s staggering to consider all the passion, creativity, and talent that got us to this milestone. From all of our phenomenal teammates over the years to our fearless partners and outstanding community, we’re grateful to everyone who’s been a part of this journey so far,” said Aspyr co-founder Ted Staloch. “For 25 years, those enduring relationships have helped shape the foundation of Aspyr. It’s such an incredible privilege to be trusted with carrying forward some of the industry’s greatest games and franchises for new generations to fall in love with.”
Aspyr was founded in 1996 by Michael Rogers and Ted Staloch, specializing in adapting and modernizing great games for new platforms and audiences. The studio has steadily evolved and grown into a full-service developer and publisher with over 140 employees, launching more than 190 titles over 25 years. Aspyr’s projects have ranged in size and scope from mobile and indies to AAA, including acclaimed titles for global best-selling brands like Star Wars™, Call of Duty, Borderlands, Civilization, The Sims and much more.
As Aspyr turns its ambitions toward even greater challenges in the future, the company has several projects in development, including the recently announced Star Wars™: Knights of the Old Republic™ – Remake, a new remake of the original revered Star Wars role-playing game completely rebuilt from the ground up for a new generation to experience in collaboration with Lucasfilm Games and Sony Interactive Entertainment.
Starting today through October 18, you can get deep discounts on select Aspyr games on Steam, including Sid Meier’sCivilization® VI, Planet Coaster, the award-winning co-op puzzle game Morkredd, and more. Check out https://store.steampowered.com/sale/aspyr25 for all the details.
Aspyr is also hosting a series of special giveaways on its website where fans can enter to win prizes like a NZXT Starter Pro Gaming PC, NZXT Capsule Microphone, and free copies of Aspyr games and DLC on Steam. Go to aspyr.com/25years now through October 30 to enter for your chance to win!
“We’re proud of our history, but even more excited to say we’re just getting started. We can’t wait to show fans everything we’ve been working on,” said Dan Prigg, VP of Production at Aspyr.
Aspyr is a leading video game publishing and development partner focused on maximizing the potential of games across all platforms and for all players. Today, the company supports a growing network of partners that includes many of the industry’s leading entertainment IP holders, publishers, developers, and technology providers. Aspyr was acquired by Embracer Group in 2021. The company is based in Austin, Texas. For more information, visit www.aspyr.com.
Dublin, 2021 – Detailed during the fourth Panel From Hell live show, Baldur’s Gate 3’s sixth and largest major patch — Forging the Arcane — introduces a new playable Sorcerer class, as well as a mysterious, explorable new region known as Grymforge. Grymforge continues the player’s journey past the previous point where Early Access ended, progressing the story a little further, with new enemies to take on, and new quests and characters to meet. Though Grymforge offers new challenges, it’s across the entire Early Access experience that Baldur’s Gate 3 receives gameplay, visual, and content updates.
Along with new content, this update comes with a huge graphical upgrade, lethal new weapon actions, and hours of fresh content to explore. Forging the Arcane is available to play immediately following the live show on Thursday, October 14th — so long as the office doesn’t flood (again).
New class: The Sorcerer Sorcerers are the latest playable class to join Baldur’s Gate 3, and these powerful magic-wielders are a force to be reckoned with. Harnessing powers from within, the Sorcerer class adds new spells to the game in addition to their signature ability, Metamagic.
Metamagic allows you to adapt your spells in the heat of combat. With it, you can increase a spell’s range, duration, or hit two enemies simultaneously, among other powerful variations on your spells — making you a powerful and unpredictable presence in battle. Metamagic can be used alongside other casters for devastating effects, and is great fun in online multiplayer co-op play!
Sorcerers feature two subclasses, each with their own strengths, abilities and visual design: Wild Magic and Draconic Bloodline.
Wild Magic: Wild Magic Sorcerers embrace chaos and chance, using their Tides of Chaos ability to manipulate the forces of fate. This ability allows them to gain advantage on attack rolls, ability checks, or saving throws, boosting their powers during combat. In turn, a Wild Magic Sorcerer can find themselves on the receiving end of a potential random effect. Examples include putting everyone around you on fire, gaining teleport as a bonus action or summoning a hostile mephit!
Draconic Bloodline: Draconic Bloodline Sorcerers possess magical abilities passed down through their dragon ancestry. Their faces etched with coloured scales, these Sorcerers wield powers that correspond to the dragon they descend from. A Draconic Bloodline Sorcerer whose blood has mingled with a Red Dragon will gain additional benefits for fire spells, while dragon ancestors of other colour-types can offer abilities relating to Acid, Lightning, Cold, and Poison. Additionally, this subclass receives an extra hit point with every level gained, making them powerful adversaries.
With a magic class comes new spells, including:
Horrific Visage: A new Tadpole Action that makes your enemy bleed and allows the Sorcerer to leech a Sorcery Point off of them.
Enlarge/Reduce: This new spell alters a character’s size, affecting their physical stats in the process.
Chromatic Orb: A powerful new single-target nuke that allows Sorcerers to hurl a sphere of energy at their foes.
Cloud of Daggers: This spell protects the caster, surrounding them in a cloud of flying daggers.
Crown of Madness: As the name suggests, this spell sends an enemy mad, and can cause them to attack their nearby allies.
Weapon Actions Forging the Arcane isn’t just for magic wielders — this update also improves upon melee and ranged combat. If you are proficient in a weapon, you can now gain up to three lethal signature moves. Smash an enemy’s chest and reduce their actions with the new Heartstopper move, target an enemy’s hands with a non-lethal Weakening Strike attack, or hit an enemy with all your might and daze them with a Concussive Smash.
These changes & additions to weapon actions are designed to give melee players more diversity and strategic agency, emulating the imagination of the tabletop game and bringing melee classes in line with how they’d dream up actions while playing D&D. For the full list of weapon actions, please refer to the patch notes.
New location to explore: Grymforge Baldur’s Gate 3 has grown in size with the addition of a new region: Grymforge. Grymforge is an ancient Sharran fortress accessible through the Underdark, where rivers of lava and fire illuminate its darkened halls and chambers. Featuring new questlines, cinematics, complex combat encounters, and characters who we can’t wait for fans to discover , Grymforge promises hours of new content for you to explore and uncover.
Grymforge. A name all but forgotten, but for those taught to fear it. This ancient fortress lurks where the shadows of the Underdark grow bleakest, and where the rivers of magma run hottest. The past and present collide within these sinister corridors, exposing old secrets to new masters, and making harsh demands on all who dare journey there.
Gather your party and cross the Ebonlake to Grymforge. Face new challengers and new choices, each more intriguing than the last. But come prepared: in halls and chambers dark as these, you can’t trust just anyone.
You’ve reached the crossroads, adventurer. Which path will you take?
Huge Graphical Upgrade Baldur’s Gate 3 has received a graphical overhaul taking its visuals to the next level. In this update we have made substantial improvements to Faerun’s visual depth, implementing directional and volumetric lighting, applying fresh colour grading throughout, introducing new particle effect techniques, as well as real-time clouds, atmospheric scattering, volumetric fog, and other visual upgrades that make the game look better than ever before.
For a little look at how this affects the look and feel of the game, check out the new trailer focusing on Grymforge as well as the new class, the Sorcerer, below:
With patch notes nearing 11 pages in length, the updates and improvements we’ve highlighted here only scratch the surface of what is available in Patch 6. From new orchestral music to Turkish language accessibility, we haven’t even mentioned the equippable combat-salami.
There are a great many visual & cinematic tweaks and changes addressed in the patch notes, but one other highlight includes cosmetic damage & dirt, based on a character’s HP. This ranges from sweat, dirt, bruises and blood, depending on how much you’re failing at being a hero.
If you missed it, be sure to watch the Panel From Hell 4 VOD for all the latest news on Forging the Arcane, and check out the community update that goes into greater detail about all its updates and improvements.
About Larian Studios Larian Studios is an independent RPG developer founded in 1996 in Ghent, Belgium. Over 300 people work between the seven worldwide studios in Ghent, St Petersburg, Quebec, Dublin, Guildford, Malaysia and Barcelona. Larian is best known for the Divinity universe, which they introduced to the world with Divine Divinity in 2002. In 2014, Larian launched Divinity: Original Sin, a classic CRPG that won over 150 awards and nominations. The company released its critically acclaimed sequel Divinity: Original Sin 2 on September 14, 2017, followed by the Definitive Edition in August 2018 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One to a 93 Metacritic rating. The Nintendo Switch version released in September 2019 featuring cross save progression between Nintendo Switch and Steam. Divinity:Original Sin 2 won a Bafta for Best Multiplayer Game. In October 2020, Larian Studios released the Early Access version of Baldur’s Gate 3.
The House Flipper – Luxury DLC was supposed to have only minor content, but the developers went overboard, and now it’s the biggest House Flipper DLC to date. It includes a ton of new mechanics, hundreds of items, and over ten new houses to flip! Oh boy, now that’s a treat! Not to mention it’s available NOW!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 14th, Cracow, Poland.
The past couple of weeks have been intense for all the house flippers out there – Frozen District’s spoilers and teasers flooded everyone’s social media channels. The Luxury DLC, which has just been released, brings to the game quite a few new mechanics, so if you have an extra $14.99 to spend, you can see for yourself what they’ve prepared for us!
No more small houses with dozens of little rooms – size is what really matters! Glass roofs, plate-glass windows, and a ceiling far above your head – this is how royalty lives! Take run-down tenement houses and old industrial buildings – factories, large commercial buildings, and warehouses – and turn them into luxury apartments. With the Luxury DLC, we are putting dozens of new furniture types into your hands: classic contemporary, antique, and modern. The multitude of color varieties and modular sets will allow you to modify any room to fit your vision of the perfect home. Utilizing classic furniture doesn’t mean giving up comfort! With smart devices, you can control your entire home! Change the colors of the lights, open and close the doors, all without getting up from the couch.
Features:
– 12 brand-new orders; – Hundreds of unique items in many variants and luxurious styles; – Brand-new mechanics: want to renovate antiques and add indoor swimming pools? Sure! – New narrators with a variety of personality traits; – City apartments, yachts, lofts, and other types of houses to flip.
House Flipper is designed for players who look for relief and relaxation in their gaming experience. Taking on renovation jobs, arranging, and decorating a house doesn’t require a lot of time. This way, the player can experience the feeling of accomplishment after only a few hours of gameplay. However, who would want to stop playing that quickly with all the content that comes with this DLC?
Frozen District plans to keep its players updated about the DLC and will share exciting updates.
If you’re interested, your best bet is to add the Luxury DLC to your Steam Wishlist and follow House Flipper on Facebook and Twitter.
About Frozen District
Frozen District is an independent game development studio filled with gaming enthusiasts who are led by the need to create gaming titles with passion and respect for gamers. Thanks to the company’s unique atmosphere and non-conventional workflow, they are able to maintain a fresh look at the gaming industry and use this gathered experience in their projects.
BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. today announced that the new Awakened Update for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 launches today for Bless Unleashed. With this latest update, players can dive deeper into the updated Blessing and Skills system that allows for greater customization by unlocking the mixing and matching of different abilities and the addition of new Blessings. Additionally, a new fusion system for weapon and costume enhancement is being added as well as more difficult versions of existing bosses such as the Semi-Elite Bosses and all-new Twisted Bosses, that have a time limit to defeat and randomly spawn with different patterns and skills. Additional improvements include matchmaking – queuing for multiple dungeons at the same time along with core NPCs that supplements specific sections of the game and will ‘grow’ in strength alongside the player. For more information about Bless Unleashed and the Awakened Update please visit: https://blessunleashed.com/news/awakened-content-update-releasing-october-14-2021
Bless Unleashed takes place in the untamed world of Lumios and presents a rich backstory created with hardcore MMO players in mind. The game features deep combo-driven mechanics, player customization, and cooperative (PvE) and competitive (PvP) multiplayer. Currently, the land of Lumios features 14 zones for players to explore and battle against countless foes within. There are nine powerful Field Bosses scattered across the wilds and more than 40 Elite Bosses who drop amazing rewards for heroes who can defeat them. Additionally, there are nine unique Dungeons to explore, enabling players to truly feel the dangers of Lumios. Players may also engage in battle across 10 Arena Challenges and 11 Lairs belonging to powerful foes who eagerly wait to dispatch unprepared adventurers. Developed using Unreal® Engine 4, Bless Unleashed brings unparalleled visuals to a fully realized fantasy world, offering one of the most stunning MMORPGs developed specifically for console players. Players adventure across an open persistent world where mythical beasts roam the land and player vs. player battles can take place at any time.
A co-op tower defense mixed with crafting, resource gathering, and RTS elements, slightly inspired by Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, all packaged in cartoon graphic design – that’s Lesson Learned, coming to PC in 2022 and consoles after the initial Steam launch.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 14th, Warsaw, Poland.
Your parents told you to always pay attention in school. But all parents say stuff like that, and it doesn’t necessarily mean you should listen to them, right? Wrong. Frank, here, is a fine example of that. His school day is ruined by an unfortunate and quite unexplainable event. Help Frank travel through history in this unique approach to the tower defense genre. Traveling through history in co-op or solo mode, you’ll get to fight hordes of funky animals, gather resources, build towers, and manage your minions. Napoleon as a frog, or Caesar as a bull? Why not? You’ll learn your lesson not to fall asleep in class – the hard way.
Lesson Learned is a co-op game offering a unique approach to the tower defense genre mixed with crafting, resource gathering, and RTS elements. In the game, you’ll gather resources, build defenses, and try to survive waves of historically inaccurate enemies, from cavemen through Roman legionaries, medieval knights, the French Imperial Army, and Nazi soldiers. Free your classmates to expand your crew of minions and, with their help, try to get yourselves out of this predicament. Hopefully.
LESSON LEARNED – MAIN FEATURES
Co-op and single-player game modes. Embark on this amazing adventure in this crazy world either solo or with a bunch of your best friends.
Huge waves of swarming enemies. Where there are towers, there must be enemy waves. That’s the law! And they’ll be attacking in six historically inaccurate periods. The world of Lesson Learned is full of demonic creatures that echo great historic warriors and leaders. Your job is to fight your way through human history.
An arsenal of towers with their own upgrade trees. Towers can be upgraded with a specific function in mind. Need fast shooting and a slowing effect? Build a tower and upgrade it with speed and cold damage in mind. The crafting system in Lesson Learned is based on the resources gathered. Every level has different resources available. The balance between gathering, building towers, and fighting is the key to survival.
Movie inspiration. Mix a bit of excellence from Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure with some teenage imagination, and the result might be as surprising as farm animals being both cool and mad at the same time.
Customizable minions equipped with special abilities. Your classmates are scattered throughout the underworld. Your job is to find and rescue them. If you take care of them, they will become great assets in your journey back home.
Hilarious, unique, hand-drawn enemies. Fight cows, frogs, wolves, pigs, and more. Remember, they are as humorous as they are dangerous.
A story told with animation. If you’re not a fan of reading walls of text in games, you’ve come to the right place. Playing through the campaign will unravel graphically through the mystery of the ancient tome – a mysterious artifact responsible for Frank’s not-exactly-planned vacation to the underworld.
Lesson Learned is being developed by MadGamesmith and will be published in 2022, first on PC and later on consoles by Gaming Factory.
More information about the game can be found on Steam and the publisher’s website.
About MadGamesmith
MadGamesmith is a solo indie developer from Poland that has made the games Gallic Wars: Battle Simulator and Bouncy Bob 2, available on PC and Nintendo Switch, and Redneck Skeet Shooting. The studio has expanded to three passionate developers to create a unique tower defense game. https://madgamesmith.com/
About Gaming Factory
Gaming Factory is a producer and publisher of PC and console games. Among the company’s main objectives are producing and publishing its own titles for consoles and PC and supporting independent development teams. https://gamingfactory.pl
Developers Vile Monarch are back with a brand new game that fans of Chinese Parents will enjoy. Growing Up mixes mechanics from RPG, RTS, and visual novel games and is now available on Steam.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 14th, Warsaw, Poland.
Pick your gender and your parents’ appearance and characteristics, or let fate decide for you. Start slow – learn how to crawl and talk, then eventually become a scientist, game developer, or even the president. And in between? Enjoy life in its entirety. All the ups, downs, highlights, and challenges it has to offer. Learn different skills, meet new friends, fulfill your parents’ expectations (or follow your own path), pass or fail exams, get involved in romantic relationships, or don’t. Everything and anything is possible in Growing Up – it brilliantly mirrors all the joys and hardships that come with life.
Get the game on Steam (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1191120/Growing_Up/) for $14.99 with a weeklong 10% launch discount. And if you own either Weedcraft Inc or Chinese Parents, you’ll soon be able to enjoy the 20% Royal Discount while purchasing Growing Up. Keep an eye on the game’s Steam page, not to miss it!
ABOUT GROWING UP
Growing Up is a lighthearted and nostalgic story-driven journey through the joys and hardships of life, cleverly incorporating RPG, strategy, and visual novel mechanics to deliver a one-of-a-kind gameplay experience.
Rather than following a protagonist’s typical story, here you’ll be shaping it with the choices you make, skills you master, knowledge you gain, jobs you take, leisure activities you choose, friendships you cultivate, and relationships you build.
Balancing doing well in school, meeting your parents’ expectations, working, volunteering, and simply having fun as a kid will be the key to success. Working too hard will put your mental health at risk, while ignoring your responsibilities will make you perform badly on your exams and heavily impact your future.
With a branching narrative, character customization, entertaining minigames, complex skill trees, character development, and a whole set of colorful NPCs, Growing Up will allow you to see the beauty of life in all its complexity.
GROWING UP – MAIN FEATURES
A branching narrative. Shape your future with every decision you make, which will echo throughout your entire journey. What to learn, whom to hang out with, how to react in a challenging situation, where to work, what sort of charity to get involved with, etc. The choices you make will not only result in wildly different outcomes – no two playthroughs will be the same – but they will also unlock new locations, characters, and specific features for future offspring.
Socially important topics. School bullying, kids with disabilities, the LGBTQ+ community, going through your parents’ divorce, poverty, being rejected, and many more experiences common in our lives are mirrored in the game.
An in-depth skill system. With more than 200 skills to acquire and master, you will have the ultimate freedom to shape your character’s future and end up with one of 42 unique careers.
A dynamic gameplay experience. Build your mind and aptitude through entertaining minigames. Master the art of scheduling your daily activities. Ace your way into the best school via challenging exams and build your character by participating in a plethora of extracurricular activities.
Character customization. Use a wide range of items, including clothing and hairstyles, to give your character a personalized look. The skills you learn will also impact the appearance of your character’s room.
A colorful cast of 19 independent characters. The stories of the friends you meet during your journey will unfold alongside yours. Forge relationships with them in any way your heart desires and observe the outcomes.
90s nostalgia. Lose yourself in lavishly handcrafted scenery straight from the 90s and discover all the Easter eggs and pop culture references hidden in more than 30 locations ready to explore.
An all-star team. Growing Up is a game with rich storytelling and a unique art style from an all-star team of creators, including Creative Director Daniel Sadowski (director and lead writer on the Gardens Inc. and Dr. Cares series), Art Director Gracjana Zielińska (lead artist on Cinders and Solstice), Kacper Kwiatkowski (designer and writer on This War of Mine), Christian Divine (Life is Strange and Captain Spirit), Matthew Ritter (writer on Tales from the Borderlands and Twin Mirror), Emma Vieceli (comic book writer for Doctor Who and Back to the Future), and Composer Jim Guthrie (Planet Coaster and Reigns: Her Majesty).
Growing Up was developed by Vile Monarch and is now available on Steam. The console and mobile launch date will be announced in the near future.
More information about the game can be found on Steam.
About Vile Monarch
The Monarch was born in May 2015 and instantly decided to take over the world with the tool he thought most fitting for the task – video games. These included games such as Oh…Sir!! The Insult Simulator, Weedcraft Inc, and Crush Your Enemies. All a little bit crazy, but with a LOT of personality. Vile Monarch’s games have been released on nearly every modern platform, receiving praise both from players and reviewers. Vile’s minions include ruffians partially responsible for such hits as TheWitcher 3, Hard West, and Beat Cop. To make a long story short – Vile Monarch are just a bunch of hardcore game dev experts who know how to rock. https://vilemonarch.com/
The long-awaited base-building survival game with action RPG elements, The Riftbreaker™, can finally be played by gamers around the globe on their favorite platform. Turn on your PC, Xbox, and PlayStation, or get the game straight from Game Pass, and report for duty.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 14th, Szczecin, Poland.
“Captain Nowak, the mission you’ve been training for is about to start. Your Mecha-Suit awaits, the trajectory of your space travel to Galatea 37 has been set. The only question is, are you ready to accept the challenge, explore the unknown planet, build our base there, and face hordes of alien, hostile creatures swarming the planet? Remember, once you accept the mission, there’s no going back.”
Start your mission by getting The Riftbreaker™ for $29.99, 29.99 EUR, or 24.99 GBP from Steam, GOG, the Epic Games Store, the PlayStation Store, the Microsoft Store, or as a part of Xbox Game Pass. The physical edition is also available for both consoles.
ABOUT THE RIFTBREAKER™
As Captain Ashley S. Nowak, “the Riftbreaker,” you enter a one-way portal to Galatea 37, a distant planet at the far reaches of the Milky Way. Your purpose is to build and develop a base that will allow travel to and from Earth for further colonization. Ashley’s Mecha-Suit, which she calls “Mr. Riggs,” can withstand the harshest environmental conditions and has a full range of equipment for base construction, resource extraction, specimen gathering, and of course – combat. It is also capable of traveling through rifts that connect space across vast distances.
THE RIFTBREAKER™ – MAIN FEATURES
CAMPAIGN – Take on an epic journey across all the different biomes of Galatea 37. You will establish multiple persistent bases across the globe that will fuel your economy. Research alien substances and lifeforms and fight hordes of alien creatures who clearly aren’t happy with your interference with the planet’s natural order. The campaign spans multiple hours and offers a remarkable degree of freedom in a super detailed, procedurally generated world. You can decide what to prioritize and what technologies you want to use. You’re the only human there, after all.
SURVIVAL – Your mission is to survive a set amount of time fighting off increasingly difficult waves of enemy creatures. Each mission in the game is randomized, offering nearly endless replayability.
SANDBOX – If the intense fight for survival isn’t your thing, try out Sandbox mode, where we give you control over the entire game – including resources, enemy spawns, and weather conditions.
BASE BUILDING – Your task is to construct a two-way rift connected to Earth. This will be a very complex undertaking requiring enormous amounts of energy. Simple solar collectors and a few tons of steel will not be enough. You’ll need to build up an intricate chain of mines, refineries, power plants, and research facilities to complete this mission.
EXPLORATION – Galatea 37 is an unfamiliar planet in the Sycorax belt of the Milky Way galaxy. Remote surveys have detected that it is inhabitable and perfect for colonization. The planet is full of rare minerals and substances that can be found scattered across the globe. Various biomes will surprise you with unknown flora and fauna as well as harsh weather conditions. Construct local outposts in resource-rich locations to transport the required resources using rift technology.
DEFENSE – Your presence on this planet will not go unnoticed! As you build up your industry and disrupt the natural order, the planet will start to see you as a threat. Build your defenses. Construct walls, barriers, and defense towers as the attacks get stronger with every passing day. You’ll face thousands of hostile creatures attempting to eliminate your presence.
HACK, SLASH, SHOOT – Mr. Riggs can be equipped with powerful weapons and abilities that will allow you to take on the largest of beasts. You’ll need to be ready to face hordes of hostile alien creatures as you explore the planet.
GATHER SAMPLES AND STRANGE ARTIFACTS – Felled beasts will drop valuable research specimens as well as rare resources. Use everything you can gather to research and craft new technologies, buildings, weapons, and equipment. You can also scout the terrain using your sensors and dig for treasure buried underground.
RESEARCH – Use your gathered samples to research new technologies that will help you build up your base, improve your defenses, develop new blueprints for your Mecha-Suit, or improve existing technologies.
CRAFT – Mr. Riggs is fully customizable and upgradeable. Use the blueprints that you’ve researched to craft new parts and weapons. Utilizing better materials in the crafting process will result in gear with improved properties. Each crafted item has unique properties.
CUSTOMIZE YOUR GAMEPLAY – The Riftbreaker™’s gameplay can be customized to fit your playstyle. You can change the frequency of enemy attacks and their strength and numbers, as well as resource abundance, weather events, enemy damage, and tons of other settings. There are also multiple difficulty presets to suit the needs of both hardcore strategy players and those who want a laid-back base-building experience.
INTERACTIVE STREAMING – The Riftbreaker™ has built-in integration with all the most popular streaming services. The stream’s audience can actively participate in the game through multiple options, e.g., by voting to send waves of new enemies, donating resources, or spawning environmental disasters like a tornado.
THE SCHMETTERLING ENGINE – This game is built using the latest iteration of EXOR Studios’ in-house developed Schmetterling 2.0 engine, which was previously used to create X-Morph: Defense™ and Zombie Driver™. We pride ourselves in delivering fluid gameplay and utilizing all your hardware’s capabilities – uncapped frame rate, support for widescreen monitors, customizable controls, and more.
COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT – If you’ve already read everything up to this point, then you might be interested in helping us shape the game. Please get in touch with us via our official Discord server or any other of our social media channels. We’ll be sharing inside info about the progress of the game’s development, and we’d love to hear your feedback. Please come and help us make TheRiftbreaker™ the game YOU want to play!
EXOR Studios is an independent game studio located in Szczecin, Poland. A team of passionate veterans, EXOR Studios focuses on delivering high-quality titles for core gaming platforms – PC and consoles. EXOR Studios was officially founded in 2007. However, the company’s roots as a modding group can be traced back to as early as 2003. The studio’s first major project was D.I.P.R.I.P., a total conversion mod for Valve Software’s Source Engine. The experience and know-how gained from this project have allowed the team to produce the games they love and want to make. The first standalone game from EXOR was Zombie Driver, which has sold over 800,000 copies across multiple gaming platforms. The studio’s latest game, X-Morph: Defense, was released on PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch to the acclaim of game critics and players alike. https://www.exorstudios.com
Five new party-perfect games headline the latest Jackbox collection!
CHICAGO — Oct. 14, 2021 — Jackbox Games has launched The Jackbox Party Pack 8. This newest fun-filled pack in the hit irreverent party game series is available today on PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation®4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC/Mac/Linux via Steam and the Epic Games Store for $29.99, but Steam users can grab the title at launch for 10% off for a limited time!
The Jackbox Party Pack 8 features five incredible new party games:
Job Job: A twisted interview game where you use other players’ answers to score the job. Who knew getting a job could be fun AND chaotic? (3-10 players)
The Poll Mine: Jackbox’s very first head-to-head team game! Trapped in a magical mine with no way out, try to correctly rank your group’s poll opinions and escape. (2-10 players)
Drawful: Animate: This exciting new spin on the classic Drawful introduces animated gifs that you can create. Watch out for those tricky decoys! (3-10 players)
The Wheel of Enormous Proportions: The ultimate game of trivia and chance. Doesn’t everyone love a game with a giant, shiny, spinning wheel? (2-8 players)
Weapons Drawn: The game where trust is nonexistent. Can you hide your murders while solving others? Get ready to point those fingers because everyone but you did it! (4-8 players)
Games in The Jackbox Party Pack series support phones, tablets, and computers as controllers. Just go to Jackbox.tv on your device and enter the room code to play. Up to 10,000 additional audience members can join specific games to affect their final outcome.
The Jackbox Party Pack 8 will launch on Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV and iPad, and Android TV later this fall. For more information, visit www.jackboxgames.com, and follow along on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok.
About Jackbox Games
Jackbox Games is a developer and publisher of party games on major gaming platforms and home entertainment devices. The studio is best known for comedic party games like YOU DON’T KNOW JACK, Fibbage, Quiplash, Drawful and Trivia Murder Party. Jackbox Games “makes the world’s best party games,” according to Business Insider. YOU DON’T KNOW JACK has been called “the greatest quiz-show game ever made” by The Onion’s A.V. Club. All current-generation Jackbox Games titles feature the innovative use of mobile devices as controllers, allowing anyone with an internet-connected phone, tablet or laptop to join a game without the need for extra game controllers. Players connect to games on their devices by visiting Jackbox.tv and entering the custom game code displayed via the system hosting the game. This unique concept also allows for games that involve secret player input. Jackbox Party Packs have been called “the definitive party game of a generation” by GQ Magazine. The company is located in Chicago, Illinois.
New developer diary reveals the importance of player choice, PlayStation preorders start this week ahead of full game launch on Oct. 21
Seattle, Wash. – (October 14, 2021) – – As Disciples: Liberation’s dragons, companions and beasts eagerly await the game’s October 21 launch, publisher Kalypso Media and developer Frima Studio have shared a revealing new developer video, delving into details around the importance of player choice. Kalypso Media and Frima have also announced that the 80-hour dark fantasy strategy RPG is now available for pre-order on the PlayStation store as well as on PC and Xbox, making pre-orders available on all playable platforms. Additionally, Kalypso is extending access to the 8-hour pre-launch demo created for Steam Next Fest for players to experience a portion of the upcoming game.
In a new Developer Diary, watch Louis Lamarche, Frima Studio Creative Director, share new insights about the game. Get a glimpse at the Queen’s Nest, which is both the capital of the undead where the council of six rule and one of the many dark regions where you can make friends or foes.
Also learn a bit more about Bagthal, who was captured by the demons and is serving as a slave and a gladiator. Bagthal is dedicated to ending slavery in Nevendaar and kill his captors. Bagthal’s fire nova deals primal damage to units around him with the added chance to confuse them.
Finally, get a peek at Katarina, the leader of the Veil and an antagonist. Her goal is to summon the High Father by speaking his true name so he can get rid of the impurities in all of Nevendaar. To do so she needs mana, the Dagger of Uru and the blood of a Nephilim.
Features
80+ hour single-player campaign: experience a dark fantasy epic over three acts, with more than 270 quests and objectives, and 5 unique endings
Explore a war-torn overworld: journey through 4 diverse environments – from luscious woodlands to fiery volcanic plains and icy tundra – and unearth the secrets hidden within the land
Journey together: join forces with 4 in-game factions – from proud elven clans to remorseless undead hordes, each with their own motivations and gameplay incentives
Write your own story: pick from 4 uniquely skilled classes and define your place in the world, recruiting others to take up arms for your cause
Build a base: take on quests for precious resources and use political savvy to build a place of planning and sanctuary
Fight for your life: recruit 50+ units and build an army best suited to your play style whilst honing both steel and spell in intricate-turned based combat
Challenge deadly bosses: pit your party against horrific monsters and beasts, each requiring a unique strategy
Choice is everything: let your decisions guide your fate and directly influence what sort of leader you become
Fight your friends: put forth the ultimate challenge and battle for supremacy in 2-player online skirmishes
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About the Kalypso Media Group
Kalypso Media Group GmbH is an independent publisher, developer and marketer of interactive entertainment software with 150 employees at 10 locations in Germany, England, France, Japan and the USA. Kalypso Media Group includes Kasedo Games, the digital label of Kalypso Media Group, as well as five development studios: Realmforge Studios (Dungeons series), Gaming Minds Studios (Railway Empire, Port Royale), Claymore Game Studios (upcoming Commandos game) since March 2020 and Nine Worlds Studios (Tropico 7) in Munich since 2021. With the acquisition of a majority stake in the French Bulwark Studios by Kasedo Games and the new foundation of Nine Worlds Studios in 2021, Kalypso Media now unites a total of 5 development studios in the group of companies.
Specialising in the development of strategy games for a global audience on all modern platforms, Kalypso Media Group’s IP portfolio includes full rights to the Tropico series, Commandos, Port Royale, Dungeons, Sudden Strike and Railway Empire, among others. Kalypso Media’s most recent releases are Port Royale 4, Tropico 6 – Nintendo Switch™ Edition, Commandos 2 – HD Remaster for Nintendo Switch™ and Spacebase Startopia. Upcoming releases include Disciples: Liberation (October 21, 2021). Recent releases from Kasedo Games include City of Gangsters, Filament and the console and tablet versions of Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus.
