Anthropomorphic Adventure Button City Arrives on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PC, Mac Aug. 10

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – July 14, 2021 – Button City, an adorably colorful narrative-driven adventure about friendship and community from Subliminal Gaming, will bring the fight against evil corporations to PlayStation 5™, Xbox Series X|S™, Nintendo Switch™ and Steam on Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021 in partnership with WINGS Interactive. As revealed in the Wholesome Games showcase, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions are also in development.

Meet Fennel, a young fox and the newest kit in town. After arriving in the charming Button City with his mom, Fennel begins exploring his new home — especially the local arcade frequented by the town’s welcoming anthropomorphic youths. 

Help Fennel fall in with the Fluff Squad, a crew of arcade-loving kids, as they spend a memorable week competing against rival teams while also hatching schemes to save their beloved hangout from Peppermint Pepperbottom, a greedy fat cat who puts profits over people.

Embark on a narrative-driven experience following Fennel’s journey from shy fox to arcade whiz as the Fluff Squad work to keep the lights on in Button City’s only arcade. Compete in Gobabots, a 4v4 action game that rewards the top team with a spectacular prize. Enjoy your time in town playing arcade minigames including rhythm and racing titles. Solve puzzles for locals and forge long-lasting friendships, collecting cute new outfits along the way.

Button City features vibrant low-poly aesthetics, quirky characters, and a whimsical atmosphere to enjoy alongside puzzles and quests that speak to the timeless experiences of growing up and fighting for what’s important.

“In Button City, you might be trying to save the day, but the characters’ bonds are the real star of the show,” said Ryan Woodward, Lead Programmer, Subliminal Gaming. “We’re thrilled to welcome visitors to Button City and introduce them to its colorful inhabitants when Button City comes to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and Steam this August.”

Get Button City t-shirts, enamel pins, and stickers from The Yetee now. A track from the game is also featured on the Slice of Life: Songs from Wholesome Games album.

Subliminal Gaming counts among the first batch of titles selected for funding by WINGS Interactive, an investment fund focused on indie games from studios with women and marginalized genders as prominent members of development teams.

Button City will come to Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and Steam worldwide on Aug. 10 as well as PlayStation 5 everywhere except Japan, which will still receive the game in Q3 2021 on a date to be announced later. It supports the English, French, German, Spanish, and Japanese languages. For more information, please visit the Button City official website, follow @ButtonCity on Twitter, and search for #ButtonCity on social media.

About Subliminal Gaming

Subliminal Gaming is a dev studio based out of Albuquerque, New Mexico aiming to create visually appealing games with an iconic aesthetic. Through the power of “hope-punk” ideals, they hope players will make long-lasting connections with diverse kinds of people.

To learn more, visit the Subliminal Gaming official website and follow @SubliminalGame on Twitter.

About WINGS Interactive

WINGS, an investment fund focused on indie games by teams in which women and marginalized gender developers have key positions, makes investment decisions driven by a selection committee of outstanding women game developers seeking high potential games that will be successful on the market. To apply visit wingsfund.me, and explore the full roster of WINGS funded games at wingsfund.me/games. WINGS is also the presenter of Elevate, an annual 14-week global online incubator for indie game developers.

Dungeon Defenders: Awakened Fortifies Nintendo Switch Aug. 4 Alongside Major PC, Xbox Update

Massive Expansion Featuring New Characters, Story Content, and More

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – 15 July 2021 – Dungeon Defenders: Awakened, the epic return of Chromatic Games’ multimillion-selling co-op tower defense action RPG series, will make its Nintendo Switch debut on Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021. The highly anticipated free update “The Lycan’s Keep” (previously known as “Episode One”) will launch simultaneously on PC via Steam, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S; as well as releasing on or soon after the launch of Dungeon Defenders: Awakened on Nintendo Switch.

Progress through a multi-arc story campaign alone or with pals in online multiplayer. Place defensive blockades and offensive towers at the start of each map to halt waves of evil orcs, goblins, and dark elf armies that seek to destroy Eternia crystals. Leap into the action during the Combat Phase, where each character’s bespoke skills, abilities, and play style shines.

Experience the acclaimed Dungeon Defenders franchise for the first time on a Nintendo console with the arrival of Dungeon Defenders: Awakened. Choose from one of five heroes — seven with the launch of The Lycan’s Keep, including newcomers The Rogue and The Warden — and take down enemies in breathtaking fantasy environments across seven different game modes.

New obstacles and new allies await in The Lycan’s Keep, as The Rogue and The Warden join the battle-tested lineup of heroes you already know and love. Master swift strikes as The Rogue, an elite elven warrior and franchise newcomer capable of leaping from the shadows unnoticed, planting devices on enemies, and using his inner darkness to unleash massive amounts of damage. 

Decimate your foes with the wrath of The Warden, the newest incarnation of Dungeon Defenders II’s beloved Dryad. This stalwart guardian of nature prefers to use laser-focused flowers but isn’t afraid to lob exploding mushrooms or call upon a pack of wisps to assist her in battle.

The Lycan’s Keep also brings an extensive rework to the item system, greatly improving the strength and accessibility of gear. This overhaul is coupled with an inventory system revamp that emphasizes improved navigation and menu readability. Experiment with all-new thematic weapon sets, countless pieces of new gear and accessories, including equippable Wings, and deck out heroes with cute pets hidden in each map to create heroes with personality and utility across each game mode.

Dive into post-story content with The Lycan’s Keep. This adds four maps, both reimagined previous Dungeon Defenders titles and new, culminating in an epic showdown against the titular Lycan King. In addition to new maps and characters, The Lycan’s Keep update introduces new challenges for even the toughest defenders. The new Tests Mode brings character-specific trials in the form of one-on-one encounters with bosses without the assistance of hero towers. Enemies can now teleport through Portals on Rifted Maps to make a beeline for a hero’s Crystal Core. Meanwhile, Survival maps receive a special bonus wave with powerful rewards for those who can complete them.

“Since launching Dungeon Defenders: Awakened in 2020, we’ve been hard at work bringing the game to new platforms and developing post-launch content for our loyal defenders to enjoy,” said Alec Saare, Creative Director, Chromatic Games. “With the release of Dungeon Defenders: Awakened on Nintendo Switch alongside The Lycan’s Keep update for PC and Xbox this August, there’s never been a better time to heed the call of adventure and fight across Etheria!”

Dungeon Defenders: Awakened will be available on Nintendo Switch Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, for $29.99. The Nintendo Switch version will launch with The Lycan’s Keep update or soon after its initial launch. The Lycan’s Keep update will also release for PC, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S for free to all base game owners. A PlayStation 4 version is also planned for later this year with PlayStation 5 support.

For more information about Dungeon Defenders: Awakened, please visit the official website, follow the development team on Twitter and Facebook, and join the Discord community.

About Chromatic Games

Chromatic Games is a new independent game studio based in Gainesville, Florida, comprised of key original Dungeon Defenders developers, industry veterans, and fresh talent. Dedicated to forging player-first experiences in a fun, supportive environment, the team aims to revisit its roots with a rejuvenated mindset, building this beloved franchise up to reach new heights.

To learn more about Chromatic Games, please visit the studio’s website.

Speak Softly and Carry a Big Scythe – Way of the Reaver is Now Available for Warlocks in the latest Blade & Soul: Endless Night Update

ALISO VIEJO, Calif. – July 14, 2021 – Blade & Soul is giving its Warlock player class a new way to slay in the latest update with the Way of the Reaver specialization. Specialists at doing damage and buffing parties, Warlocks have been a cornerstone of Blade & Soul since they first arrived, but the new spec. literally transforms them into a specter of death. But such unholy power comes at a sacrifice – practitioners of the Way of the Reaver will no longer be able to summon their Thrall, trading it for the ability to enter Reaver Stance and cast damaging skills like Felling Strike and Scythe Rush, while buffing the party at the same time with Warding Strike and Soul Gate. Reap souls and unleash hell! Full details of the new specialization and other updates are available in the patch notes.

Check out the Blade & Soul: Endless Night Update livestrean video HERE.

Warlocks will find the Way of the Reaver an excellent specialization to deal continuous damage and provide powerful party buffs. The Martial Tome Talents allow players to further customize their specialization by choosing skills that allow for more mobility or crowd control. Mastering combos to keep up Reaver Stance – the ability to transform into a reaper of souls – will be the cornerstone of this new specialization. Some skills deplete the amount of time left in the transformation, while other skills add to it. In other words: Reap more souls to reap more damage. 

Blade & Soul: Endless Night is now available to players in North America and Europe for free. To find out more about the Way of the Reaver and additional changes, please visit: bladeandsoul.com

Infection Free Zone will allow you to choose any real city in the world with its exact topography, buildings, and their arrangements, and become a leader of a group of apocalypse survivors. You’ll need to set up your base, and then try rebuilding and readapting the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Get ready because when dusk comes, the infected will do everything in their power to turn you into one of them. Infection Free Zone will debut on PC in 2022 but to ease the wait you can in the meantime enjoy the Last Duty DLC that has just been released for 112 Operator and serves as the Infection Free Zone plot introduction.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – July 14th, Warsaw, Poland.

In Infection Free Zone the whole world as we know it today, mapped city by city and building by the building is your playground. You’ll be able to use the OpenStreetMap’s real-world data to choose any city which you’ll adapt according to your survival needs, building shelters, powerplants, entanglements, or even farms. Anything that will allow you to last as long as possible while fighting the infected at night and protecting your base from the living during the day.

Add Infection Free Zone to your Steam Wishlist (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1465460/Infection_Free_Zone/) to increase your chances of survival and download 112 Operator Last Duty DLC (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1570180/112_Operator__The_Last_Duty/), as a warm up to what’s ahead of you.

ABOUT INFECTION FREE ZONE

“The Mad Virus” came out of nowhere and spread throughout the world with the speed of jet planes. Most people were lucky as it caused their hearts to stop, and just like that, they were gone and didn’t have to worry about what the world would turn into after all hell broke loose. Others were less fortunate, going completely mad once infected and becoming incredibly aggressive toward just about everything. As a result, it didn’t take long for entire societies to collapse, followed by evacuated cities and deficiencies in essential resources like electricity, water, and food. Yet, the truly doomed are neither the dead nor infected, but the ones who survived. The ones like you, forced to live on and try to rebuild whatever is left of the civilization we once knew.

Infection Free Zone is a base-building, city rebuilder strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world of the future. Become one of the apocalypse survivors. Take the lead of a group of those still alive and mentally healthy from your city and try to establish a new “Infection Free Zone” that will allow you to make it through the night. Scavenge for resources, fight the infected, and defend your base from other survivors’ attacks. Consider anything and everything that might increase your chances of living and rebuilding the world as you knew it.

INFECTION FREE ZONE – MAIN FEATURES

• Rebuild any REAL CITY in the world. Use OpenStreetMap’s real-world data and choose any city in the world in which to play. Set up shelters and production facilities. Adapt existing buildings to new needs. Build farms and powerplants, and don’t forget to establish defenses with walls, gates, and towers.
• Scavenge for resources. Make good use of your knowledge of the city and find the best place to defend your base. Remember where the grocery stores and pharmacies were. Figure out where to find weapons. Keep in mind that old, devastated buildings might be filled with resources but also the infected lurking in the dark. So, if you decide to explore the ruins, you’d better go well-prepared.
• Fight the infected. Prepare for large hordes of enemies attacking your base every night. Fight them off with every tool available – melee and ranged weapons, vehicles, walls, and even light sources. Choose to research a vaccine or cure that will stop the virus from spreading and ensure your ultimate victory, or simply enjoy rebuilding entire cities.
• Protect your base from the living. Remember that your Zone is not the only one that exists out there. And, while some other groups of people who survived may be friendly, willing to help, and trade with you, others may turn out to be as hostile as the infected.

Infection Free Zone is being developed by Jutsu Games and will be published by Games Operators on PC in 2022.

Gamers can learn a bit of the game’s backstory and how it all started by downloading the 112 OperatorLast Duty DLC that serves as the Infection Free Zone plot introduction.

Follow Infection Free Zone on Steam and the publisher on Facebook and Twitter for more information.

About Jutsu Games

Jutsu is a Chinese word for technique, method, spell, skill, or trick. As result, the main focus of the team is to create innovative gameplay experiences. Jutsu Games is best known for their hit games 112 Operator, 911 Operator, and Rustler. http://jutsugames.com/

About Games Operators

Games Operators is a publishing company that invests in, releases, and promotes video games. The company helps develop innovative and unique video games like 911 Operator, Radio Commander, 112 Operator, BE-A Walker, and Transport INC. by getting involved in projects at various levels of progress – from the conceptual phase to nearly-finished products. http://www.gameops.pl/

Tampere, Finland June 14th, 2021: Today indie developer Random Potion is pleased to announce the start of a crowdfunding campaign for their next title, Ignis Universia: Awakening of the Erudite Empress!

Check out the DEMO HERE

Random Potion are seeking a modest goal of £40,000 at Kickstarter, and have released a demo of the game for would-be backers to sample before pledging! The game features a distinct storyline and features unique qualities that’s sure to please RPG and visual novel lovers alike!

“I’m excited to continue the story and have the ability to flesh out the characters from the original game. The battle system also gets an overhaul and a lot of added depth, something I’ve already done with previous games like Rimelands and Trulon, both of which received a lot of praise for their combat mechanics.” Arto Koistinen, Lead Designer.

“Funding the game via Kickstarter gives us a direct line to the players and complete creative freedom, which is useful when dealing with a game as quirky as Ignis Universia. Transparency and communication are important to us and we’ll be in contact with the backers throughout the project.” 

Players will explore, talk to NPCs and solve tricky puzzles – each of the Chosen Sisters possess unique powers that players will utilize, as they progress through the game and its unique and quirky storyline.

Features:

• Straightforward but tactical 100% turn-based battle system
• Lovable, 4th wall breaking cast of characters
• Story that parodies and references the genre, other fiction and music but also has a serious side
• Cute summonable creatures

Ignis Universia: Awakening of the Erudite Empress is a fun and quirky love letter to classic JRPG and Visual Novels. Players take control of the Chosen Sisters and attempt to save the world from a cataclysmic catastrophe at the hands of Wizardess Galgatax and her army of undead unicorns! In this top-down 3D adventure, players explore the world of Ignis Universia, battle enemies, engage in a tongue-in-cheek storyline, and even summon a Cerberus Corgi and other cute summons to aid in battle!

About Random Potion
Random Potion is an indie studio that hails from Tampere, Finland and was founded in 2017. The team specialize in games that feature strong narratives and charming visuals. Having released “The Dark Eye – Book of Heroes”, they are set to release their next commercial title, Ignis Universia on PC and Nintendo Switch.

The company currently employs five developers who have over 25 years of combined game industry experience, complete with several game releases such as Rimelands – Hammer of Thor, Trulon – The Shadow Engine, Trouserheart, Knights of Pen & Paper 2, Urban Empire, Rescue Everyday Heroes 2, and 2013.

Battle Your Friends in the Ultimate Nickelodeon Platform Fighting Video Game — Announcing Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl

Power-packed with your favorite Nickelodeon ALL-STAR characters and multiplayer action, coming this fall to all major gaming consoles

MINNEAPOLIS — July 14, 2021 — Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, a new platform fighting game featuring fan-favorite Nickelodeon characters, has been announced for PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation®4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. Battle online and via local multiplayer for up to four players this fall!

Developed in conjunction with Ludosity and Fair Play Labs, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is the ultimate Nickelodeon fighting game fans have been waiting for! Choose from an array of the most iconic characters from Nickelodeon’s huge roster of beloved franchises, including SpongeBob SquarePants, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Hey Arnold!, Invader Zim, Danny Phantom, The Loud House, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Rugrats, and more.

KEY FEATURES:

• All-Star Cast: Fan-favorite characters from the Nickelodeon cartoon universe are here! Each fighter delivers a unique move-set and playstyle to master as you try to send your foes flying off the level to win.
• 20 Nickelodeon-Themed Levels: Battle across a variety of stages inspired by iconic Nickelodeon universes, including Jellyfish Fields from SpongeBob SquarePants, TMNT’s Technodrome, and more!
• Single-player & Multiplayer Game Modes: Challenge your skills against the AI, or face off in competitive online and local multiplayer for up to four players.
• Discover Bonus Content: Unlock advanced moves unique to each character’s personality and more in the in-game Gallery!

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is published by GameMill Entertainment. For more information, visit www.NickelodeonAllStarBrawl.com.

About GameMill Entertainment

GameMill Entertainment, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a third-party publisher of console and mobile games for passionate fans around the world. Development platforms include PC, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft consoles including the Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One, Sony consoles including the PlayStation®5 and PlayStation®4, and mobile devices. With development across the globe, GameMill is a source of entertaining and fun games for all ages. For more information, visit https://gamemill.com, as well as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram.

About Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon, now in its 42^nd year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The brand includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, digital, location-based experiences, publishing and feature films.

About Ludosity

Ludosity is a creative studio from scenic West Gothia, Sweden. Our team of 13 have been putting out highly acclaimed games on PC and consoles since 2008, such as the Ittle Dew series and Slap City. Our games combine humor with solid mechanics and great character design. For more information, visit www.ludosity.com, or follow us on Twitter.

About Fair Play Labs

Fair Play Labs is a seasoned game development studio founded in 2006, located in Costa Rica. With a creative and skilled team, our focus is creating fun and exciting games that amuse console and PC gamers of all ages. For more information, visit www.fairplaylabs.com

Space Punks, the new free-to-play sci-fi looter-shooter developed by Flying Wild Hog and published by Jagex Partners, is now in Early Access on PC exclusively on Epic Games Store

Cambridge, UK – Wednesday, July 14th 2021, 4pm BST – Space Punks, the bombastic, over-the-top action role-playing game developed by Flying Wild Hog’s Cracow Studio and published by Jagex Partners, has blasted its way into Early Access exclusively on Epic Games Store.

Players can now get into the game, and help co-create the destiny of Space Punks thanks to their ongoing Early Access feedback, by purchasing a Founders Pack at the Epic Games Store here: www.epicgames.com/store/p/space-punks. A Founders Pack guarantees a place in Early Access, and they come in two varieties:

• Swag Pack: The basic pack for any budding misfit provides guaranteed Early Access and unlocks all four main characters. It also features a Season 1 Battle Pass for Open Beta and exclusive backgrounds, four emotes, the Epic Cape and Epic Dash effect. Price: $29.99 / €23.99 / £21.99
• Splendor Pack: The ultimate starter kit for only the hardcore scoundrel features everything in the Swag Pack as well as other additional benefits – four Epic Character Skins, Epic Player Entrance and more. Price: $49.99 / €39.99 / £34.99

Key features of Space Punks:

• Endless Arsenal: Guns, grenades, gadgets and gizmos. Whatever weapon you’re looking for, this galaxy’s got it, and they’re all designed for one thing: instant gratification
• Limitless Power If there’s one thing you want in this universe, it’s MORE. It’s all about the space Benjamins. Get stuff. Get famous. And get more powerful with every run
• Not Heroes: Misfits. Pirates. Scoundrels. Just don’t call them heroes. They might have hearts of gold but they’d happily pawn them for gun money
• Share the Glory: Sure, you’ll need to split your plunder, but nothing beats the shared satisfaction of a successful run with your closest friends in the galaxy
• Brilliant Galaxy: It’s a weird and wonderful universe full of weird and not-so-wonderful things… all ready and waiting to kill you. Better kill them first

Get into the Space Punks Early Access at Epic Games Store here: www.epicgames.com/store/p/space-punks
Sign up to hear more about Space Punks at www.playspacepunks.com     
For more information about Flying Wild Hog go to www.flyingwildhog.com  
For more information about Jagex Partners go to www.jagex.com/partners

Space Punks will be released in Open Beta this winter, with a console release in 2022.

Nitros Oxide is back and ready to battle Crash and Coco in the fourth seasonal update to the hit mobile game, Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! 

This season is not only fast, but fur-ious! King, a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, today announced that Season 4: Survival of the Fastest for Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! will be launching on July 15 at 4am PDT. In the fourth season Nitros Oxide is back, and this time he’s bringing all the Nitros Oxides from throughout the multiverse to challenge Crash and Coco. Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! puts the pedal to the metal with a bunch of new content in its latest season that features updated lands to explore, new minions to defeat, exclusive rewards and themed Sports Day skins to earn, and new bosses to vanquish.

Nitros Oxide, who has been a fan favorite character in the Crash Bandicoot franchise since his first appearance in Crash Team Racing (1999), has taken over three worlds and turned them into his home planet – Gasmoxia. Players will have to leave it all on the track in order to defeat the various multiverse Nitros Oxides and their gangs of henchmen in Season 4: Survival of the Fastest. Players can also complete new weekly missions to earn trophies, compete on the new seasonal leaderboard and complete the Bandicoot Pass to earn exclusive skins and rewards. 

In Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! players run, spin, swipe and smash their way through mysterious lands, defeating the henchmen of Dr. Neo Cortex who has dispatched iconic villains across the multiverse. With the help of his sister Coco, Crash must bash Cortex’s minions back to their own dimensions! The game offers an un-fur-gettable gameplay experience, with a variety of running challenges and exciting features that add depth and progression to the game including time trials, collection runs, base building and crafting. The game will also be updated regularly with new cosmetic items, classic and creative new skins, and much more during regular seasonal updates.

The Wumpa Archipelago is vast and fans of the Crash Bandicootfranchise will immediately recognize memorable regions from previous Crash Bandicoot games, such as Temple Ruins, Turtle Woods, The Lost City, The Lab and more. Classic enemies and bosses, including Scorporilla, Nitrus Brio and Fake Crash will try to thwart Crash’s progress in a brand-new adventure that gamers can play on the go.

Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! is now available to download and play for free on iOS and Android. For more information visit www.CrashOnTheRun.com.

© 2021 King.com Ltd. KING, the King crown logo are trademarks of King.com Ltd and/or related entities.  CRASH BANDICOOT: ON THE RUN!, CRASH BANDICOOT and CRASH are trademarks of Activision Publishing, Inc.

Evolution: Climate Heats Up Nintendo Switch, Steam Today with Definitive Release of Digital Board Game

Fully Cross Platform, Available in twelve languages

KENSINGTON, MD — July 14, 2021 — Evolution: Climate, the strategy game bundle offering game-changing weather events and mighty temperature shifts, releases today on Nintendo Switch™ and Steam for PC and Mac. The bundle contains the original strategy game of adaptation, Evolution Board Game, and its new Climate expansion. Owners of Evolution Board Game can upgrade to this ultimate edition by purchasing the Climate expansion separately.

Based on the award-winning board game praised by players and tabletop critics alike, Climate ushers in a new era of strategy by introducing harsh weather conditions, Events, and the Climate Track to Evolution, impacting creatures in numerous ways. With temperature variations ranging from Scorching Hot to Ice Ages, influence the Climate Track to benefit your species and catch opponents unprepared.

New Traits tailored around survival in extreme heat and frigid temperatures give species a chance to thrive in Climate’s newly demanding weather conditions. Boost food availability, grant defensive bonuses against fearsome predators, and more, all while weathering dramatic—and potentially catastrophic—weather events like Meteorites, Wildfires, and more.

Every card in Climate is hand-painted in North Star Digital’s gorgeous watercolor style, offering a visually striking, strategically rich expansion for making creatures of near-limitless variety to the base Evolution experience.

“Climate is all about adapting to change in a difficult world,” said Scott Rencher, co-founder of North Star Digital Studios. “With the introduction of weather-based effects into the base Evolution experience, the possibilities for memorable, narrative driven stories of survival have never been greater.”

Key new features for Climate include:

• Adapt species for sweltering heat and blistering cold with 6 new survival Traits
• Influence the Climate Track to swing from Scorching Hot to Ice Ages, creating favorable conditions for your own species and killing off opponents’
• Prepare for randomized events that activate at certain points on the Climate Track, upending gameplay and demanding new strategies

Face off locally or online* against friends and foes with skill-based matchmaking or private games. Cross-play between the Nintendo Switch and Steam versions of Evolution: Climate alongside real-time, asynchronous, and pass-and-play modes offer a wealth of options for playing together.

The Evolution: Climate bundle is now available on Nintendo Switch and Steam for PC and Mac. Purchase it for $24.99 on Nintendo Switch and $19.99 on Steam, or get the Climate expansion standalone for $9.99 on each platform. Owners of Climate or Evolution on Steam or Switch will also receive the respective game free on mobile devices when those versions launch in the future.

Play Climate, and now Evolution, in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, Thai, Swedish, Danish, Chinese (Simplified), Portuguese or Dutch.

For more news about Evolution: Climate,and other projects from North Star Digital Studios, follow the team on Twitter and Facebook or visit the official website.

* Nintendo Online subscription required for all online features on Nintendo Switch.

About North Star Digital Studios

North Star Digital Studios is a digital board game development house based in Kensington, MD. Founded in 2014 by passionate digital board gamers Scott Rencher and Dominic Crapuchettes, the company is devoted to making digital board games at the level of best-in-class video games.   

Independent developers Once A Bird are excited to share that their narrative adventure game, Outsider: After Life is available now on PC via Steam.

Outsider: After Life PC release trailer:

Outsider: After Life is a thought-provoking adventure game that puts you in the (robotic) shoes of HUD-ini, a unique android who may be humanity’s last hope of survival. Journey with HUD-ini through an emotional story full of awe and wonder, shot in one continuous camera.

This galactic and cosmic adventure is fuelled by mystery, logically-challenging puzzles, beautiful set pieces, and a captivating soundtrack. 

Game features

Story-Focused Puzzles – Every puzzle is embedded into the captivating sci-fi narrative of Outsider: After Life. From restoring HUD-ini to exploring a now barren Earth, solving each puzzle will progress the story.

The End of Humanity Never Looked so Good – From the adorable HUD-ini to the sweeping vistas of an alien planet, Outsider: After Life visuals pop with striking colors and beautiful hand-animated set-pieces.

It Just Makes Sense – Gone are the days of using a rubber chicken as a zip-line. Every puzzle you’ll come across on your galactic journey can be solved with some mind-bending but fair logic.

Interstellar Adventures Need a Soundtrack – A sci-fi adventure needs a ‘stellar’ soundtrack, and Outsider: After Life is no different. The dark and atmospheric tones sweep in to really drive home some key story beats.

Outsider: After Life is available now on PC via Steam, priced at $9.99/8.19€/£7.19 with a 10% launch week price reduction. Accompanying the game release is the stand-alone release of the Outsider: After Life soundtrack.

About Once a Bird
Once a Bird is the studio behind games like Bennu, Attack of the 50ft Verbose Dinosaur, Fold, and Outsider: After Life. The team consists of Ricardo Moura, a programmer, Tiago Lourenço, an illustrator, and Jo Pereira, a musician. Once a Bird strives to create original experiences that evoke emotions not usually explored in video games, such as longing and nostalgia.