Crazily Innovative New Indie Adventure for Windows, Mac, and iOS Platforms

August 17th, 2021 – Spiderweb Software, Inc., makers of fine indie games for 27 years, announces a Kickstarter campaign for an all-new fantasy role-playing adventure. We want to make Queen’s Wish 2: The Tormentor, the second game in the Queen’s Wish trilogy, and we want our fans to be involved. 

In Queen’s Wish 2: The Tormentor, you are the youngest child of Queen Sharyn. You are powerful royalty of the Empire of Haven. Your mother the Queen has fallen ill, and your enemies smell your weakness.

In the violent wilds of the Rokaj, rebels have tried to kill you. A rebellion is raging, and your mother demands that you stop it. Now you are trapped in high mountains, surrounded by angry armies and factions shouting for your support. Doom creeps ever closer, and the demands of your family are constant. They say you must conquer the Rokaj.

Will you? Or will you set it free? It is up to you.

Escape into an enormous fantasy world, where retro 80’s-style gameplay mixes with innovative design and storytelling. Explore an enormous outdoors and many towns and dungeons. Fight complex, elaborate turn-based battles. Outwit rival factions with cunning, diplomacy, or (if you choose) violence. In a unique game system, gain power by building new forts and filling them with industry.

Spiderweb Software is a small mom and pop game company, and we are asking our fans to help our new world live up to its potential. Thus, our Kickstarter. You can back our game, take part in designing it, and, if you ever pirated our games, you can purchase personalized absolution.

Spiderweb Software, Inc., a tiny indie game company based in Seattle, WA founded in 1994, is fanatically dedicated to creating fun, exciting fantasy role-playing games for Windows, Macintosh, and iOS. Past titles include the award-winning Exile, Geneforge, Avernum, and Avadon series.

About Spiderweb Software
Spiderweb Software, Inc. is a tiny indie game company based in Seattle, WA. founded in 1994. We’re fanatically dedicated to creating fun, exciting fantasy role-playing games for Windows, Macintosh, and iOS. Past titles include the award-winning Exile, Geneforge, Avernum, Queen’s Wish, and Avadon series. Learn more at www.spiderwebsoftware.com.

Rainbow Six Siege welcomes Osa, a Croatian Operator, among many other updates

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — August 17, 2021 — Today, Ubisoft^® revealed Crystal Guard, the third season of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow SixSiege Year 6, and its new Operator, Osa, a military engineer coming from Croatia, in addition to light reworks of the maps Coastline, Bank and Clubhouse and many other updates.

In Crystal Guard, players will discover a brand-new attacker, Osa, equipped with Talon-8 Clear Shield: a transparent bulletproof shield that she can deploy on the ground, in door or window frames. She can navigate with the shield in her hands if needed, albeit with certain restrictions (weapon stored, no sprint, no prone). Osa is a medium speed, medium armour Operator, equipped with 556 Xl or PDW9 as primary weapon and the PMM as a secondary weapon.

In addition, the Bank, Coastline, and Clubhouse maps have been rebuilt from the ground up to enhance balancing, environmental destruction, sound propagation, and lighting. Crystal Guard introduces numerous balancing adjustments to these maps, including a 1F Reception bomb site replacing the 1F Service Entrance site on Coastline, new locations, and more entryways – for example, a new alleyway in Bank and a new path in Clubhouse. In terms of environmental destruction, the Bank and Coastline maps feature new destroyable walls: on Bank, the Railing on 2F Skyline and on Coastline, the exterior wall in 2F VIP lounge.

Additional updates coming with Crystal Guard include:

• Elite customisation: players are now able to equip any existing headgear with an Elite uniform if they own both and belong to the same Operator
• Operator balancing (Twitch, IQ, Fuze, Mute)
• Flash Detection System
• Gadget damage adjustments
• Armour rework
• RIM lighting that highlights opponents to avoid unfair camouflage scenarios

Finally, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege is welcoming its second Elite skin from Capcom^®’s survival horror franchise Resident Evil: Lion ‘Leon S. Kennedy’ Elite. This Elite skin will be available on August 18.

Rainbow Six Siege will release a new Collector case in Spring 2021. Exclusive to the Ubisoft Store, this case includes exclusive goodies such as a replica of Sledge’s hammer, the Sparkle Tachanka chibi, and digital content for Rainbow Six Siege. More details can be found on store.ubi.com.

The Test Server for Crystal Guard will go live on August 18, with Osa coming on August 19. The Test Server is an alternative version of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege that allows players to test upcoming gameplay features that will make their way into the main game. Since this is a testing environment, a consistent gameplay experience is not guaranteed on the Test Server. Players are invited to submit the issues they encounter on the Test Server on the R6 Fix platform here.

Players can discover their in-game stats, track their progression, receive personalised recaps, and more here: https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/rainbow-six/siege/stats

For more information about Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege, please visit: https://rainbow6.ubisoft.com.

About Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege

Alongside a thriving professional esports scene and a community of over 70 million registered players, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege puts players in the middle of a fast-paced, ever-evolving multiplayer experience grounded in the selection of unique Operators. Using the right mix of tactics and destruction, Rainbow Six teams engage their enemies in sieges, where both sides have exclusive skills and gadgets at their disposal. Defenders prepare by transforming the environments around them into modern strongholds, while attackers use recon drones to gain intel for carefully planning their assault. With access to dozens of Operators inspired by real world counter-intelligence agents from around the globe, players can choose exactly how they want to approach each challenge they encounter. Through the constant addition of new Operators and maps that add to the depth of both strategy and combat, the unpredictability of each round of Rainbow Six Siege sets a new bar for intensity and competition in gaming.

About Ubisoft

Ubisoft is a leading creator, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and services, with a rich portfolio of world-renowned brands, including Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, For Honor, Just Dance, Watch Dogs, and Tom Clancy’s video game series including Ghost Recon®, Rainbow Six and The Division. The teams throughout Ubisoft’s worldwide network of studios and business offices are committed to delivering original and memorable gaming experiences across all popular platforms, including consoles, mobile phones, tablets and PCs. For the 2020-21 fiscal year, Ubisoft generated net bookings of €2,241 million. To learn more, please visit: http://www.ubisoftgroup.com.

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War Mongrels Fights For What’s Right October 19, 2021 on PC

Gliwice, Poland — Aug. 14, 2021 — War Mongrels, the grisly real-time tactics game set in World War II from publisher and developer Destructive Creations, brings the lesser-known hardships of history to PC via Steam and the Epic Game Store on Tuesday, October 19, 2021. The unveiling of the story continues with the latest trailer.

Experience the story of a squad of German, Polish, and Lithuanian freedom fighters warring in the name of their homelands, values—newly discovered for some—and above all else, humanity. Follow their defection from the Third Reich, sneaking through occupied cities, barracks, enemy lines, and body pits. Avoid detection and distract ex-comrades by making use of scarce commodities, playing music boxes, whistling, or throwing rocks to escape unnoticed.

Strategize the best course of action and order the fighters to proceed at the right moment, or queue up multiple commands before enacting them all at once in Planning Mode. Use the team’s varied skills and stick to the shadows for a chance to make it through missions unscathed. But prepare for the worst: war offers no guarantees. Engage in combat with twin-stick shooting mechanics as a last resort, letting bullets fly to escape sticky situations.

Explore another side of history with War Mongrels’ visceral and violent entry in the isometric strategy sub-genre. Outside of gameplay, visually striking animated cutscenes tie together each vignette inspired by true stories of WWII soldiers and shaped by a team of historians. Destructive Creations prioritizes honesty and accuracy above all else when depicting details from this era, touching on everything from notable events to battlefield terrain, uniforms, news articles, and more.

“World War II has been warped by a lot of other media, and that’s left historical blind spots, often intentionally,” said Marcin Stanek, Business Development Manager at Destructive Creations. “Stories outside of the American perspective rarely get enough visibility, and we aim to change that with an interactive and immersive experience.”

War Mongrels will be available on PC via Steam and the Epic Game Store on October 19, 2021, for $44.99/€37.99, with next-gen and current-gen console ports to follow. Pre-orders are now available via the Epic Game Store, with a 20% discount. War Mongrels supports English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Polish, Russian, Turkish, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese (Traditional and Simplified) language subtitles at launch with full English voiceover. 

For more information, please visit the official War Mongrels website and follow Destructive Creations on Twitter and Facebook.

About Destructive Creations

Destructive Creations is an experienced development and publishing team of highly skilled game industry veterans. Since the team’s first release in 2015, the common creative work has led to smooth workflow, team stability, and increased efficiency. Destructive Creations’ main goal has always been to deliver original, uncompromising games, and its projects prove that it can handle unusual solutions perfectly, both in Development and Publishing. The team’s motto is “we know what developers need in a publisher, as we are developers ourselves, and we supply just that.”

For more information on Destructive Creations, please visit the official company website.

1C Entertainment Reveals Forgive Me Father, Lovecraft’s Untold Stories 2, and HYPERVIOLENT Partnership at Realms Deep 2021

Forgive Me Father and Lovecraft’s Untold Stories 2 Launch into Early Access in October

CZECH REPUBLIC, PRAGUE – 14 August 2021 – Moments ago at Realms Deep 2021, publisher 1C Entertainment revealed Forgive Me Father and Lovecraft’s Untold Stories 2 both coming to Steam Early Access via PC on October 28, 2021, alongside a publishing partnership with Terminist Arcade to release HYPERVIOLENT on Steam for PC in Q1 2022.

Forgive Me Father, Byte Barrel’s dark retro horror FPS inspired by Lovecraft’s novels, launches into Steam Early Access on October 28. Play as a priest or a journalist and face demons inside and out in a shooter inspired by classics from the ‘90s. Eradicate eldritch hordes and attempt to stay sane in a hand-drawn world where every second looks ripped out of a comic book.

Continuing this Lovecraftian double feature, Lovecraft’s Untold Stories 2, the sequel to Blini Games’ macabre action-RPG with roguelike elements, also fights against cosmic horrors October 2021. Choose from six playable characters (with three available in Steam Early Access) and play either solo or in co-op with up to three friends. Scrape together creative new weapons and armor, perfect a loadout, and boost character stats across dozens of tense stages in hopes of surviving a Lovecraftian nightmare.

Closing out this trio of world premieres, 1C Entertainment will publish and support the development of HYPERVIOLENT, Terminist Arcade’s brutal fast-paced retro FPS paying homage to sprite-based shooters from the ‘90s. Unravel the secret behind a mysterious contagion using a thrilling fusion of RPG and FPS mechanics, from upgrading weapons to investigating data logs. Obliterate up to 30 friends in deathmatch, team deathmatch, survival, or play the campaign in four-player co-op when HYPERVIOLENT launches on Steam in Q1 2022.

Forgive Me Father and Lovecraft’s Untold Stories 2 launch on Steam Early Access for PC on Thursday, October 28, 2021. HYPERVIOLENT launches on Steam for PC Q1 2022.

For more info, explore the official Steam pages for Forgive Me Father, Lovecraft’s Untold Stories 2, and HYPERVIOLENT, and visit the official website for 1C Entertainment.

About 1C Entertainment

1C Entertainment is an international group with offices located in Warsaw, Gdansk, Prague, Budapest and Moscow and operating in the segments of game production, distribution and services for video game developers. The company releases video games for all platforms through its global network of partners digitally and in retail. 1C Entertainment has successfully launched over 100 game titles including critically acclaimed series – IL-2 Sturmovik, King’s Bounty, Men of War, and Space Rangers. Recent releases include such games as Ancestors Legacy and Deep Sky Derelicts.

For more information about 1C Entertainment and their games, please visit the official 1C Entertainment website.

About Byte Barrel

Byte Barrel is a studio based in the picturesque city of Gdańsk, Poland whose goal is to create interesting, unique, and ambitious independent computer games. It was founded in 2017 and currently, our team consists of 12 people. We are distinguished by great passion and enthusiasm for what we do.

About Blini Games

LLC Blini Games is an indie multiplatform Russian developer, formed in 2013 by a hardcore group of experts of the gaming business. They all come from different spheres of the gaming market: Publishing & Distribution, Marketing, Production, Art & Design, and, of course, Development.

About Terminist Arcade

Terminist Arcade is an independent game studio made up of talented creators from across the globe. We are storytellers, artists, worldbuilders, people dedicated to creating profound gaming experiences. We make games, and we like to think we’re pretty good at what we do.

Old-School FPS Dread Templar Blows Up Early Access Today Ahead of Fall 2022 Launch

PRAGUE, Czech Republic — August 14, 2021 — Dread Templar, a fast-paced, retro first-person shooter from the deepest circles of hell published by 1C Entertainment and developed by T19 Games, enters Early Access today on PC via Steam, GOG, and other digital platforms, as announced at Realms Deep 2021. Demon slayers can conjure a 10% launch discount for an entire week.

Seek revenge as a Dread Templar, a fearsome fighter battling hellspawn in search of revenge. Wield an arsenal of demon-slaying tools like mobility-boosting ninja gear, souped-up firearms, and infernal weapons capable of cutting through legions of bloodthirsty fiends.

Scour the underworld’s deepest and darkest corners to uncover secrets, from hidden weapons to game-changing upgrades. Customize the Dread Templar’s loadout and abilities to increase the likelihood of survival. Slice through demons with a flurry of katana strikes or switch to a shotgun for powerful blasts to send undead creatures back to the afterlife.

Dive into an action-packed experience that implements the best of both ‘90s and modern shooters. Dread Templar’s retro-inspired pixel art and lightning-fast gameplay blend beautifully with glorious headshots, dashing, bullet time, fiendish puzzles, upgradeable skills, and unlockable Dread Powers to create one hell of a trip through the underworld.

The Early Access version of Dread Templar includes the game’s first two chapters, with 10 demon-infested levels, over 70 upgradable skills, more than 10 weapons, and over 15 enemy types to test the Templar’s tools of the trade on.

Dread Templar Early Access is now available on PC via Steam, GOG, and other digital stores for $14.99 USD / €14.99 EUR with a 10% launch discount during the first week. The game’s 1.0 release is planned to exit hell in Q3 2022.

For more information, visit the official 1C Entertainment website, like its Facebook page and @1C_Company on Twitter.

About 1C Entertainment

1C Entertainment is an international group with offices located in Warsaw, Gdansk, Prague, Budapest and Moscow and operating in the segments of game production, distribution and services for video game developers. The company releases video games for all platforms through its global network of partners digitally and in retail.

1C Entertainment has successfully launched over 100 game titles including critically acclaimed series – IL-2 Sturmovik, King’s Bounty, Men of War and Space Rangers. Recent releases include such games as Ancestors Legacy, Fell Seal: Arbiter’s Mark, Ion Fury and Deep Sky Derelicts. For more information about 1C Entertainment and their games, please visit the official 1C Entertainment website.

About T19 Games

T19 Games is an independent boutique game development studio. We focus on retro games with a contemporary twist, specializing in first-person shooter games. Dread Templar is our first release. We are passionate and devoted to developing great games for retro games fans.

The Final Day: Realms Deep Finishes Show with Reveals, Interviews, More

AALBORG, Denmark — August 16, 2021 — Realms Deep, 3D Realms’s shooter-focused digital event, came to a close yesterday with more special guests and updates from show partners. 

Today marks the end of the 3D Realms’ deluge of announcements, including the reveal of Jasozz Games’ CULTIC and new updates on upcoming titles Core Decay, Ion Fury: Aftershock, and GRAVEN. Go hands-on with CULTIC’s first map today for free. Creep through a mysterious Antarctic research facility in Core Decay’s first demo coming later this year. Aftershock launches Q1 2022, and to ease the wait, a 2.0 update for Ion Fury revamps controller support, offers improved features for mappers, adds a new inventory system, and more.

Finally for 3D Realms, GRAVEN’s first major content update launches later this year, introducing four-player online co-op and a new library level. Scour the world for heretics as a team of four banished souls. Solve environmental puzzles and purge evil as a team or explore new content as a solo player.

Show partners Slipgate Ironworks, Devolver Digital, 1C Entertainment, Running with Scissors, New Blood Interactive, HYPERSTRANGE, and many more shared updates to more than 100 titles at the show. Among those announcements, 1C Entertainment launched fast old-school FPS Dread Templar into early access and Destructive Creations announced a release date for War Mongrels.

Miss out on any of the reveals? Check out 3D Realms’ YouTube page to catch up, then go to the Realms Deep Vault available on the show’s official website for bonus content. A special Realms Deep Steam Sale offering discounts on games seen throughout the show ends Monday, August 16, 10AM PDT. Purchase exclusive Realms Deep merchandise while it lasts. All profits from merchandise sales go directly to charity.

“And that’s a wrap on our second Realms Deep!” said Frederik Schreiber, CEO of 3D Realms. “We’re definitely going to keep doing this, so we hope to see you next year when we can spotlight even more kickass shooters.”

Realms Deep 2021 ends today with content drops on the Realms Deep website. For more information, visit the official Realms Deep website, follow 3D Realms on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, join the team’s Discord and check out the official 3D Realms website.

About 3D Realms

Founded 30 years ago, 3D Realms was the publisher, developer and creator of many legendary gaming franchises, most still going strong: Wolfenstein 3D, Duke Nukem, Shadow Warrior, Max Payne and Prey.

To learn more about 3D Realms please visit the studio’s official website.

Boss Rushes, Challenge Mode, and More Await in Land’s End

TOKYO – 17 Aug 2021 – ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights, the dark fantasy metroidvania fairy tale from publisher Binary Haze Interactive, conjures a free content update for Windows PC via Steam. New modes, an equippable item, and a movie player await our heroine as the critically acclaimed debut from developer Live Wire gets its first major content update since its release. The update will arrive on Nintendo Switch™, PlayStation 5 via backward compatibility, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S™, and Xbox One™ at a later date.

Return to Land’s End as fallen friends turn into foes once more in the all-new Maligned Memories Mode. Face off against the most difficult battles in rapid succession of boss battles, putting the priestess’ skills to the ultimate test in the highly requested gauntlet. Experience the most memorable and moving moments of Lily’s journey with Blighted Memories, an in-game movie player. Soak up the details of every cinematic to relive the story.

Guide Priestess Lily as she brings peace to her cursed kingdom, exorcising the evil spirits from her former allies as they unknowingly wreak havoc on their homeland. Equip a mysterious new end-game item that rewards adventurers returning to Land’s End. Or begin Lily’s journey once more in New Game + mode, allowing players to carry over abilities, relics, and more while facing off against enemies with increased damage and remixed patterns.

With the new Blightborn Modes, players can customize their experience, altering in-game parameters to modify ENDER LILIES and create unique challenge runs that test the skills of metroidvania fans. Search for the source of the evil that has taken residence in Land’s End. Bosses turn into friendly spirits who help her along the way, each lending their unique strengths to Lily’s journey to purify the kingdom. 

“Our Steam community has been eager for more ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights content,” said Hiroyuki Kobayashi, CEO, Binary Haze Interactive. “We are happy to give players a new reason to jump back into Land’s End and continue Lily’s journey with fresh challenges and surprises.”

ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights is now available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5 via backwards compatibility, PlayStation 4, Steam, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One in English, Japanese, French, German, Spanish (Spain), Korean, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), and Russian-language support.

For more information, please visit the ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights website, follow @EnderLilies on Facebook, @EnderLiliesGame on Instagram, or @EnderLiliesGame on Twitter, and search for #EnderLilies on social media.

About Binary Haze Interactive

Binary Haze Interactive, founded in 2020 by Hiroyuki Kobayashi, is a production and publishing company located in Tokyo, Japan, and a sister company of Adglobe, a Japanese information technology, video game, and 3D production house with global reach and an office in Montreal. Starting with ENDER LILIES: Quietus of the Knights, Binary Haze will publish games from its sister companies with a focus on atmospheric settings for major consoles and PC.

Chasing Static, the retro psychological horror game from the twisted minds of developer Headware Games and publisher Ratalaika Games S.L., brings a haunting presence to Realms Deep 2021 with the premiere of a new trailer ahead of the Q3 2021 release of the game for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

• Explore the dark woods, decrepit ruins, and sinister government research facilities tucked away in the forests of rural North Wales.
• Experience the high-fidelity audio quality and voice-acting of a modern horror title, but in a graphical style that harkens back to the days of old school PlayStation 1 and 2 horror classics.
• Wield a strange, static-laden device capable of picking up the conversations of lost souls to solve brain-teasing puzzles.
• Piece together a generation-spanning conspiracy intertwining family, spectral terror, and secrets the government never wanted to escape.

About Headware Games

Founded by solo developer Nathan Hamley of Bristol, England, Headware Games creates adventure games with a focus on accessibility and to experiment with interactive narrative. Chasing Static is the studio’s second title, after previously releasing Guard Duty, an innovative point-and-click adventure game played over two distinct eras of history.

For more information, please visit the Headware Games website and follow Headware Games on Facebook and Twitter.

About Ratalaika Games

Based out of Spain, Ratalaika Games is an indie developer and publisher of games for consoles and PC. Focused on helping other indie creators, the company offers console porting, localization and promotion services to spread the word about smaller studios to gamers all over the world. To learn more, visit the Ratalaika Games’ official website, like the Ratalaika Facebook page and follow @RatalaikaGames on Twitter.

After much anticipation from players across the globe, Kabam is thrilled to announce the first Qualifier Round of Summoner Showdown is now live in the hit mobile game, MARVEL Contest of Champions! For those who remember Summoner Showdown in 2019 and 2020, The Battlerealm is back in search of the strongest and most skilled Summoner the world has to offer! 

Starting today, players will have fifteen days to compete in three Qualifier Rounds, fighting arduous bosses, and climbing to the top of their regional leaderboard. The nine best Summoners will make it to the Semi-Finals and Finals, pushing the limits of their skills and knowledge and compete to become the Ultimate Champion.

• Gold / Silver / Bronze Difficulty
  • The Gold difficulty is meant for the toughest Summoners, meaning they must be Level 60 and Thronebreaker in-game (i.e. completed Act 6 Chapter 4 “Succession”, and Ranked Up 1x 6-Star Champion to Rank 3). To give our Summoners as much equal opportunity as possible, they can only use 5-Star Champions available on their roster to fight the Bosses. Upon the completion of each Qualifier, potential winners will be contacted to move on to the Semi-Finals. One Summoner from each region (Americas, Europe & Russia, Asia & Oceania) will be selected for the Semi-Finals each Qualifier Week.
  • If you’re not ready to compete for Gold, feel free to try the Silver and Bronze Difficulties, which are open to all Summoners, no matter their progression or level! These difficulties will be toned down challenges against the same fearsome Bosses. They’ll be able to use a team of five Champions with the ability to use boosts and consumables in order to defeat their opponent!
• Qualifier Dates

• Qualifier 1: Monday August 16 @10AM PT – Saturday August 21 @10AM PT – Nameless King Groot
• Qualifier 2: Saturday August 21 @10AM PT – Thursday August 26 @10AM PT – Nameless Scarlet Witch (Classic)
• Qualifier 3: Thursday August 26 @10AM PT – Tuesday August 31 @10AM PT – Nameless Hyperion

Details on the Summoner Showdown can be found at the following blog post here. We’d love it if you can cover the news of the qualifiers to your readers. If you need anything else for coverage consideration, that would be great.

Thank you!

Shadie

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ABOUT MARVEL CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS

Marvel Contest of Champions is a mobile arcade-style fighting game that goes beyond the films and dives deep into the Marvel Universe. Super Heroes and Super Villains from Marvel’s Avengers, The Defenders, X-Men, Inhumans, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Fantastic Four, and more battle it out in iconic Marvel locations in an epic storyline that stays true to classic Marvel storytelling. Since its December 2014 launch, Marvel Contest of Champions has secured multiple accolades, including the App Store’s Editors’ Choice and the Google Play Editor’s Choice in 2014, 2018’s Google Android Excellence awards, while engaging hundreds of millions of players around the world.

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Tropico 6, Port Royale 4 and more discounted at the Kalypso Store

Seattle, Wash. – August 16, 2021 – Publisher Kalypso Media turns 15 today! The celebrations began earlier in the year with the 20th anniversary of Tropico and will continue today until August 25 with up to 80% off an array of games at the Kalypso Store. Discounted titles include nostalgic classics such as M.U.D. TV, Imperium Romanum and Patrician IV as well as Kalypso’s latest releases Spacebase Startopia, Port Royale 4 and Tropico 6.

With steady growth since its inception in 2006, Kalypso Media has gone from strength to strength – even after a bank employee, when asked for a start-up loan, stated, “There’s no economic future in computer games.” This has long been a source of many smiles and in the last 15 years, clearly disproven.

With more than 150 employees at 10 locations throughout 5 countries (Germany, UK, USA, Japan and France), a healthy turnover and a bevy of successful series such as Tropico, Dungeons, Railway Empire and Patrician, Kalypso Media has made a name for itself as a strategy and simulation specialist in the international games industry.

Dr. Anika Thun, International Marketing Director, explains, “It’s not just the numbers and growth that make for success. At Kalypso, colleagues of different genders, orientations and ethnicities work together in the spirit of trust. Female empowerment and inclusion, with women and team members from different backgrounds in senior positions, have been a staple at Kalypso for 15 years and we continue to live and implement these tenets.”

“I am incredibly proud of what we have achieved alongside our employees. Despite many obstacles and setbacks, we have all worked together with enthusiasm and a willingness to build a very healthy company that has developed massively in terms of revenue, employee growth and company value, especially over the last 5 years,” adds founder and CEO Simon Hellwig.

Those interested in learning more about the company’s founding history can check out the 15 years of Kalypso category on the blog, as well as the Kalypso social media channels in the coming days.

About the Kalypso Media Group

Kalypso Media Group GmbH is a fully independent publisher, developer and marketer of interactive entertainment software with 150 employees in 10 locations throughout Germany, England, France, Japan, and the United States, including Kasedo Games, Kalypso Media’s digital-first label, and three development studios – Realmforge Studios (Dungeons series), Gaming Minds Studios (Railway Empire, Port Royale) and Claymore Game Studios (upcoming Commandos game). Kasedo Games also now holds a majority stake in France-based developer Bulwark Studios, increasing the Kalypso Media Group’s total development studios to 4.

Specializing in developing strategy games for a global audience on all modern platforms, Kalypso Media’s IP portfolio includes the full rights to the Tropico series, Commandos, Port Royale, Dungeons, Sudden Strike, Railway Empire, and others. Kalypso Media’s recent releases are Commandos 2 – HD Remaster and Praetorians – HD Remaster, Railway Empire – Nintendo Switch™ Edition, Dungeons 3 – Complete Collection, Railway Empire – Complete Collection, Port Royale 4, Tropico 6 – Nintendo Switch™ Edition, Commandos 2 – HD Remaster for Nintendo Switch™ and Spacebase Startopia. Upcoming releases include Disciples: Liberation (10/21/21). Kasedo Games’ recent releases include Filament, console and tablet versions of Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus, Distant Kingdoms (available in Steam Early Access) as well as City of Gangsters.