The cosy community sim is set to welcome players to customise every aspect of their perfect virtual life.

Wednesday, 12^th May 2021 – Team17 and Wonderscope Games have today announced that cosy community sim Hokko Life will launch into Steam Early Access on 2^nd June, whisking players away to the laid-back town of Hokko. Hokko Life gives players the opportunity to design every aspect of their new life, personalising minute details of the town; everything from the wallpaper to the size and position of chair cushions can be altered to make their new home feel just right.

With Hokko Life’s editing system, players can tweak shapes, materials, and colours to customise everything from the clothing they wear to the furniture in the houses, all of which can be shared with friends. If players want to take a break from the workshop and really integrate themselves into the Hokko lifestyle, they can spend time building their collection of critters by fishing in the local ponds and rivers or hunting bugs around the easygoing town.

Hokko Life Key Features:

• Get Creative: The workshop awaits as players take control over every aspect of Hokko, with the 3D design tool, every aspect of a player’s creation can be tailored to perfection
• Dare to Design: No detail is too small, everything from the colour, fabric, and angle of the pillow on a chair can be edited
• Sharing is Caring: Players will be able to share their meticulously crafted designs with friends and other players around the world
• Back of the Net: A lazy afternoon in Hokko can be spent with a net or pole in hand, catching and collecting the critters crawling around town
• Meet the Neighbours: Hokko’s townsfolk offer a warm welcome, and with varying personalities, they all make for fantastic friends.

Players can Wishlist Hokko Life on Steam now. To keep up to date with all the information on Hokko Life please like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter and join us on Discord.

About Wonderscope Games
Wonderscope Games is based in Stockholm, Sweden and headed by British-Swedish developer, Robert Tatnell. The studio’s debut title, the community life simulator Hokko Life, is currently in development for PC. Visit www.wonderscope.games for more information.

About Team17 Group plc Founded in 1990, Team17 Group plc is a leading developer, video games label, and creative partner for developers around the world. Floated on AIM in 2018, Team17, with its extensive portfolio of over 100 titles, embodies the spirit of independent games. In addition to the award-winning Overcooked!, Yoku’s Island Express, and the iconic Worms, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2020, Team17 has helped bring critically acclaimed titles including Hell Let Loose, Moving Out, Golf With Your Friends, Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, Blasphemous, and The Escapists to gamers everywhere.

Crawl Out of the Junkyard Into a Stunning Futuristic World in Retro-Machina, Out Now for All Platforms (Switch/PS4/Xbox/PC)

Orbit Studio Invites You to Uncover the Mystery of the Missing Humans in a World Populated Solely by Robots

LONDON, UK (May 12, 2021) — Today Super.com and developer Orbit Studio are thrilled to announce their retro-futuristic action-puzzle adventure Retro Machina is now available for Windows PC via Steam, Xbox, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch! Recently awarded “Best Brazilian Game” at BIG Festival, Retro Machina places players into the metal boots of a lonely worker drone cast out from his society for his malfunctions as he seeks to uncover the mysteries behind the robotic world in which he lives. Set out on a charming adventure to explore the bizarre and desolate lands outside of the shining — but increasingly difficult to maintain — Endeavor City.

Inspired by the works of legendary science fiction authors like Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac “Three Laws of Robotics” Asimov, Retro Machina evokes feelings of nostalgia mixed with hope for the future in a charming, retro-futuristic aesthetic. For hundreds of years, the sprawling high-tech metropolis of Endeavor City has been dutifully maintained by a society of robots that follow a strict societal rule: no imperfections will be tolerated. One such worker drone begins to question the history of Endeavor, and upon being cast out, must explore mysterious, ruined lands beyond the glass dome that encompasses the city. Players will use their wits — and a few spare parts — to outsmart enemies, solve puzzles, and finally get the answers they seek. 

Watch the Retro Machina Story trailer below:

Key Features:

• Fight Your Own Battles…Or not: While you may not have the size or strength of a military robot, as a worker drone you have the ability to hack into the minds of your fellow robots and get them to do your dirty work 
• Use That STEM Degree: As a robot, it’s inevitable that systems will break down and repairs become necessary. Assemble a collection of spare parts and tools to fix yourself as well as upgrade your defensive and offensive capabilities 
• It’s Lloyd John Dunn’s World, You’re Just Living in It: A gorgeous and definitively retro-futuristic design permeates four beautiful biomes, ready to be explored. Each one filled with dangerous enemies, challenging bosses, and a bevy of clever puzzles and hidden secrets to discover 
• A Thrilling Mystery: Just who were the original inhabitants of Endeavor City, and what happened to them? Uncover the truth behind their disappearance and try to figure out a way to get them back — after all, who will fix the robots when everything breaks down?

Retro Machina is available now for Windows PC via Steam, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. 

About Super.com
We are Super.com, an international video game publisher and investment fund. We’re here to help developers create, publish, and sell their games. Our team consists of game developers, talented marketing specialists, and producers who have launched dozens of projects, as well as analysts, game testers, and experienced QA professionals. We’re all united by a desire to grow the industry and change it for the better.

About Orbit Studio
Orbit Studio is a game development studio based in São Paulo (Brazil). We are developing games since 2016 for PC, mobile, and consoles. Besides developers we are also players then we develop games that we would really like to play. Our main goal is to develop games that offer a unique player experience.

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Skybound Games to Publish Mighty Yell’s The Big Con, Coming This Summer to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One & PC

Hustle and grift to save the family business in this ‘90s cross-country crime adventure

LOS ANGELES — May 12, 2021 — Skybound Games today announced it will publish developer Mighty Yell’s teenage grifting adventure game The Big Con. A classic coming-of-age story steeped in the nostalgic humor and flair of the ‘90s, The Big Con will debut later this summer on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One, as well as for PC on Steam. Skybound and Mighty Yell debuted a new gameplay trailer today.

The Big Con stars Ali, a teenage con artist out to save her mom’s video store from unscrupulous loan sharks any way she can. In this open-ended adventure with punchy puzzles and dialogue, how players make that money is in their hands: pick pockets, pick locks, persuade marks, pilfer prizes, sneak around in disguises, and even profit off the latest plushie fad. From the visuals to the writing, The Big Con is a fun and hilarious trip back in time to an age that is farther away now than some of us would care to admit.

The Big Con Features:

• A comical narrative adventure game with open-ended situations, puzzles, and exploration.
• Live the grift! Pickpocket, sneak, wear disguises, and con anyone you can.
• Talk your way into deals and out of trouble.
• Meet a weird cast of ‘90s characters, then rip ‘em off, or help them (if you feel like it).
• Call home and argue with your mom.

Quote from Dave Proctor, Game Director of Mighty Yell: “Making The Big Con has been an absolute blast. It’s really been an incredible experience for our team that while trying to make our players laugh, we have made each other laugh just as much. I’m really excited for more people to get their hands on the game; to see this wild, rad trip into the 90’s we’ve created and hopefully have some fun (and maybe some feelings) along the way.”

Quote from Ian Howe, Co-CEO of Skybound Games: “The Mighty Yell team’s passion and excitement comes through in every aspect of The Big Con. The game is funny, entertaining and has made all of us at Skybound miss the ‘90s! We are elated to welcome The Big Con into the Skybound Games fold and can’t wait to introduce it to indie game and fellow ‘90s fans later this summer!”

The Big Con is available to wishlist on Steam now. The Big Con has been named an “Official Selection” for Tribeca Games as part of the Tribeca Film Festival, which will take place June 9 – 20^th.

About Skybound Games

Skybound Games is a division of Skybound Entertainment with the capabilities to produce, develop, and license video games. The team works closely with creators to expand their unique and exceptional IP to new platforms. The Skybound Games slate houses everything from indie projects to high-budget franchise titles, with recent games including Telltale’s The Walking Dead, Baldur’s Gate, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, and Before Your Eyes. The studio can be found on YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and at www.skybound.com. 

About Mighty Yell Studios

The Big Con is the debut game from Mighty Yell, a fully remote team of developers whose individual credits include Jazzpunk, Guacamelee! 2 and Runbow. Mighty Yell is a smart bunch of fun folks from across the Toronto game dev community who like to laugh and play together and support each other in creative endeavours. The studio’s name comes from a playlist of punk tunes they listen to, often on repeat. You can find Mighty Yell on Facebook, Twitter, Discord and you can wishlist The Big Con on Steam. 

Sydney, Australia, May 12^th, 2021 –  We are very passionate about our games. Each and every one. And we know, there are many gamers out there, who share our passion. And sometimes, this passion is not only about playing the game but also following the entire franchise. For the true fans, who want to have more of our games into their lives, THQ Nordic has partnered up with Snap Creative and Itemlab, to open up our very first merch store for all kinds of products. Destroy All Humans! Flip-Flops? Check. Darksiders Beer-Stein? Check. Kingdoms of Amalur Hoodie? Check.

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About Snap Creative

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About Itemlab

We here at Itemlab believe that the fan, the environment and the respective IP deserve a better product than the commonly available merchandise of today’s industry. With a lot of heart and mind we create well thought out items of quality, with love for our planet and offer an entertaining online shopping experience. Itemlab is taking licensed collectibles to the next level with a focus on quality, sustainability and real, personal customer service.

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About THQ Nordic

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Intrepid Traders Earn Double on all Sales

Plus Bonuses on Trade Route Free Roam Events, Clearing Out Gang Hideouts, and More

Enterprising capitalists can make a pretty penny this week moving goods along the well-worn trade-routes crisscrossing the five states. Stay local or move your payload across vast swathes of land, as all Trader Sell Missions are paying out 2X RDO$ through May 17th. In addition, completing any Trader Sale will also net you Offers for 40% off a Novice or Promising Trader Item and any Camp Dog.

Brave Traders who successfully protect a stockpile of goods from an incursion of armed train-robbers in the Trade Route Free Roam Event will receive double Character and Role XP for their efforts.

Double XP For Clearing Out Gang Hideouts

Speaking of bandits, brigands, and troublemakers: should you stumble upon a gathering of the lawless, clearing out Gang Hideouts across the five states will pay out double the usual XP.

Free Treasure Map with Purchase of Any Pamphlet

Looking for treasure in all the wrong places? Purchasing any Pamphlet this week will land you a free San Luis Shore Treasure Map that’s sure to guide you in the direction of a hidden hoard of valuables (received within 72 hours of login). To sweeten the deal, all Pamphlets unrelated to Roles are 30% off for the next seven days.

Discounts, Sales, and Offers

Beyond deals on Pamphlets, there are plenty of discounts on offer at traders and merchants across the map. For starters, players looking to get serious about starting a new venture can knock 5 Gold Bars off the cost of the Butcher’s Table. Beyond that, the complete list of sales is below:

• 40% off all Camp Themes
• 40% off all Tents
• 40% off the Hunting Wagon
• 40% off all Kladruber Horses
• 30% off the Deluxe Campfire
• 30% off all Trader Role Outfits

Prime Gaming Benefits

Red Dead Online players who connect their Rockstar Games Social Club account to Prime Gaming will receive Rewards for:

• A Free Bounty Hunter License
• A Free Trimmed Amethyst Bounty Wagon Livery

In addition, players who connect to Prime Gaming before June 7th will receive Offers for half off the Advanced Camera and select Outfits up to Rank 15, plus Rewards of 5 Blending Tonics and 5 Legendary Animal Pheromones.

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SYDNEY – 12 May 2021 – Base One, the space station simulator with hardcore survival and RPG mechanics from publisher Blowfish Studios and developer PixFroze, arrives today on PC and Mac. Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One versions are also in development and planned for release later this year.

Settle in among the stars and build new colonies by constructing modular space stations and managing power consumption, oxygen, and heat to keep crew members alive and well as they explore the final frontier. Scour star systems for valuable resources, forgotten satellites, and life signs to unlock new technologies and upgrades to keep the vessels in good working order.

Advance through a story-driven campaign that analyzes the impact of interstellar colonization in a reality where corporate interests guide the hand of scientific advancement. Navigate through challenging scenarios that test a crews’ survival skills by completing objectives and modifying stations to establish a human presence in otherwise uncharted regions of space.

Base One’s modular building system features a wide array of helpful technology and resources, allowing for on-the-fly station upgrades with an intuitive interface. Attach solar panels to a station’s exterior, construct a docking bay, furnish the astronauts’ living quarters, and assemble a launching system to deploy probes into the void in search of valuable information.

Keep the station running smoothly by ensuring that each module is powered and life support systems are online. Run power lines from a ship’s solar panels to a nearby battery to begin the flow of power and link it to different rooms and devices to keep the station’s interior hospitable and keep the crew alive through the campaign. Or design stations without ultimate freedom in custom game modes, where the only restraint on colonies is the builder’s imagination.

“Base One combines simulation, city-building, and light roleplaying systems to create an immersive and engaging experience about surviving in uncharted regions of space,” said Ben Lee, CEO, Blowfish Studios. “We are excited to welcome intrepid explorers and hearty astronauts to Base One with its PC and Mac launch today!” 

Base One is now available on Steam for Windows PC and Mac, GOG.com, and the Mac App Store for $24.99 USD / €19.99 / £15.99 / $29.95 AUD with English voiceover alongside French, German, Spanish, Russian and Simplified Chinese text language options (with Traditional Chinese and Japanese coming soon). The PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 versions are available to wishlist today and will be available later in 2021 alongside the Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One versions.

For more information about Base One, please visit the official website and join the Blowfish Studios community on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

About Blowfish Studios

Blowfish Studios is an award-winning independent game developer and publisher based in Sydney, Australia. We strive to release original multi-platform games while also collaborating with developers from around the world. As developers first, we bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to any partnership. Our team provides development services to get the game release ready, porting to all major platforms, platform approval, marketing, and promotion to the world.

To learn more about Blowfish Studios, please visit the team’s website.

About PixFroze

PixFroze is an independent video game studio based in Russia. Comprised of three developers, PixFroze seeks to push the boundaries of the simulation genre. Base One is their first title.

To learn more about PixFroze, please visit the official Base One website.

ENTER A NEW WORLD OF FANTASY AND MAGIC IN A COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS: GRAND CROSS AND POPULAR ISEKAI ANIME RE:ZERO -STARTING LIFE IN ANOTHER WORLD

Fight alongside beloved Re:ZERO heroes, collect collaboration characters! Chance to get SSR

SSR character Ram for free!

LOS ANGELES – MAY 11, 2021 – Today’s update for Netmarble’s cinematic adventure role-playing game (RPG) The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross opens up a new world for players, joining Meliodas and the rest of The Seven Deadly Sins to enter the Dragon Kingdom of Lugunica and assist key heroes from the popular Isekai anime Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another 「World-」. All players who log into the game from May 11 through May 25 will be eligible to receive up to 10 tickets for free that can be exchanged for a chance to receive the limited-time Re:ZERO collaboration heroes.

Starting today, players will have the opportunity to recruit four fan-favorite heroes from the Re:ZERO anime series, such as Emilia, Ram, Rem, and Beatrice. All four characters are available to be collected via the limited-time pickup draw, where a player can choose one of the collaboration heroes for free if they receive 600 mileages.

Knights will learn more about the world of Re:ZERO in a special World Quest and team up with the heroes of Re:ZERO to take on Petelgeuse in a limited-time Death Match – all for high-value rewards that can be redeemed via The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross’s Exchange Shop. Other in-game events open to players include a Special Mission Event where players can collect Ram by completing various missions, and a Bingo Event where players can collect costumes for the limited-time Re:ZERO heroes by completing the event board.

The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross translates the storytelling and adventures of [The Seven Deadly Sins] into a highly engaging and entertaining mobile gaming experience, featuring stunning, high-resolution 3D graphics, with more than 150 characters, 200 costumes, and 200 dramatic cutscenes. The game is brought to life with the cast of the original Japanese voice actors reprising their characters. Since its launch in March 2020, the game surpassed 30 million cumulative downloads in a year across the world.

The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross is now available for download on the App Store and Google Play. For more information, please visit the game’s official website and Facebook.

Based on the manga “Nanatsu no Taizai” by Nakaba Suzuki originally serialized in the weekly SHONEN MAGAZINE published by Kodansha Ltd.

©Nakaba Suzuki, KODANSHA/The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of the Commandments Project,MBS. All Rights Reserved. ©Nakaba Suzuki, KODANSHA/The Seven Deadly Sins: Imperial Wrath of the Gods Production Committee,TX

©Tappei Nagatsuki,KADOKAWA/Re:ZERO2 PARTNERS

© Netmarble Corp. & Netmarble F&C Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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About Netmarble Corporation

Established in Korea in 2000, Netmarble Corporation is a top developer and publisher pushing the boundaries of the mobile gaming experience with highly innovative games including Lineage 2: Revolution, The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross, Blade & Soul Revolution and MARVEL Future Fight. As a parent company of Kabam, and a major shareholder of Jam City and HYBE (formerly Big Hit Entertainment), Netmarble strives to entertain audiences around the world with a variety of mobile games based on its powerful franchises and collaborations with IP holders worldwide. More information can be found at http://company.netmarble.com

Motorpass Includes Free Unique Vehicle Designed by Andrey Tkachenko

SAN FRANCISCO – May 11, 2021 – Today, Ubisoft announced that The Crew 2 Season Two Episode Two: The Game, the latest update brought to Ubisoft’s open world motorsports game, will be available tomorrow on Xbox One, Xbox Series X | S, PlayStation^®4, PlayStation^®5, Epic Games Store and Ubisoft Store on Windows PC, Stadia and Ubisoft’s subscription service, Ubisoft+*.

After joining a team of secret agents with The Agency, players will have the opportunity to participate in the craziest competition ever produced by Motorflix. Episode 2: The Game will push players to experiment with a new version of the gravity-defying Stunt game mode.

Episode Two: The Game will see the latest “Creators” vehicle. These vehicles are created by freelance 3D artists and designers and will be available to play each season. This season introduces Ice Hunter from creator, Andrey Tkachenko, a Russian concept artist who re-imagined an ice cream truck for the Rallycross discipline using Tkachenko’s signature retro-futurism style.

A new Motorpass will accompany Episode 2: The Game, offering both Free and Premium Rewards, including exclusive vehicles such as the Chevrolet Grand Sport Armored Edition (Street Race) and the Shelby GT500 Americar Edition (Rallycross), vanity items, outfits and currency packs (Crew Credits and Bucks). 

Separate from the Motorpass, Episode 2: The Game will continue with its free monthly vehicle drops letting players enjoy and pilot new vehicles including the Koenigsegg Gemera (Hypercar) on May 19 or the Yamaha YZR-M1 (Moto GP) on June 2.  Players can expect more vehicle additions over the course of the Episode alongside new vanity items, including new rooftops and tyres, as well as avatar outfits, smokes, tires, underglows and window tints.

For the latest news on The Crew^® and all of Ubisoft’s games, please visit news.ubisoft.com.

For more information about The Crew^® 2, please visit thecrewgame.com and please follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/thecrewgame.usa and on Twitter at twitter.com/TheCrewGame or #TheCrew2.

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ABOUT THE CREW® 2

Developed by Ubisoft Ivory Tower, a studio based in Lyon, France, The Crew® 2 lets players experience the thrill of the American motorsports spirit inside a fully redesigned USA. The game’s playground pushes physical boundaries to let driving and open world fans test their skills in nonstop competition and exploration. From coast to coast, drivers can explore America and compete to become the greatest motorsports champion by collecting a wide variety of exotic cars, bikes, boats and planes, and dominating the motorsports scene on land, on water and in the air. They can find challenges and inspiration among four different motorsports families: street racing, off-road, pro-racing and freestyle, and will be given a broad set of options among a wide selection of vehicle types.

Now in its third year of live support, The Crew 2 introduced a new seasonal system, centered around a fictional new company, Motorflix, a television production company known for creating the very best motor-fueled action flicks. Players will be recruited to play the starring role in different TV series with themed episodes per Season. Every Season lasts four months and is comprised of two successive Episodes running for two months.

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, 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 2019-20 fiscal year, Ubisoft generated net bookings of €1,534 million. To learn more, please visit: www.ubisoftgroup.com.

© 2021 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. The Crew logo, Ubisoft, and the Ubisoft logo are registered or unregistered trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the US and/or other countries.

Gravitational wins yet more awards, as the game is announced for both digital and physical form, from July 13th

London, UK, May 11^th 2021 – Studica Solution, Electric Monkeys and Perp Games are thrilled to announce that Gravitational is coming to PlayStation VR from July 13^th 2021.  Gravitational will release digitally on July 13^th and follow up with a physical release a few days later, on July 16^th.

The release date announcement is hot on the heels of the news that Gravitational has won more awards to go with ‘The Itamaraty Social Impact Games Award’ won last year.  Last week at the Big Festival 2021, Gravitational took home the ‘People’s Choice Award’ as well as receiving an honorable mention for the ‘Big Impact and Diversity’ category.

Hugo Campos, Co-Founder of Electric Monkeys Game Studio said, “We are absolutely thrilled with the award.  Creating a game like Gravitational has been a great experience, it opened our eyes to social issues we didn’t even know and showed us a new way of thinking.”

Gravitational takes place in a utopic future, where large corporations are in a race with each other to develop ‘gravitational travel & control’ systems.  Systems which will revolutionize the World.  Playing as Sebastian, a scientist at GraviCorp, you are at the heart of a huge incident resulting in the main core collapse.    It is down to Sebastian to bring the accident under control and avoid a major catastrophe.

Facing challenges in inaccessible places and understanding the conflicts and traumas that Sebastian experiences, you navigate the world using both Sebastian’s wheelchair and also experience and master movement in ‘Zero Gravity’.

Rob Edwards, Managing Director of Perp Games, says “Gravitational has made a huge impact since its announcement and we are incredibly proud to be working with such a talented team as Electric Monkeys.   Gravitational is an incredibly fun game, that makes you think about the world around you.”

Hugo Campos, Co-Founder of Electric Monkeys Game Studio added, “We are very glad to work with Perp, who believe in Gravitational and work alongside our team to help create the best experience for the game.”

Gravitational is more than a game, participating in the ‘Unesco Games for Change Mission’ and winner of ‘The Itamaraty Social Impact Games Award’.

Gravitational VR will release digitally on PlayStation VR on July 13^th, and physically from July 16^th.

Links

Website – Studica – Solution (studicasolution.com.br)
Perp Games Website – www.perpgames.com
Perp Games Twitter – www.twitter.com/perpgames

About Electric Monkeys

Electric Monkeys is a new indie game studio located in São Paulo, Brazil. The studio started in 2016 as Studica Solution but changed its name to focus solely on game development. Today the company is composed of 18 people that work in games targeting multiple platforms such as PC, consoles, and also mobile platforms. Besides Gravitational, the company has released Gravity Heroes a 2D game that also involves gravity mechanics and futuristic themes.

About Perp Games

Perp Games is a global videogames publisher, with a proud track record of publishing award-winning titles, exciting indie games and some of the world’s most recognized franchises, from the most talented studios. Perp Games is an established and recognised global force in entertainment, bringing extraordinary and exciting games to market, across multiple formats and media.

Arthurian Legend Merges With Sci Fi Horror to Stand Against the Horror From Beyond

Baltimore, MD – May 11th, 2021 – Independent developer Room C Games in co-production with Croteam and in partnership with indie publisher Versus Evil are excited to announce that their rogue-lite RPG game The Hand of Merlin will be available today on early access for PC via Steam, Epic Game Store and GOG. 

The Hand of Merlin is a turn-based rogue-lite RPG in which Arthurian legend clashes with sci-fi horror. Players recruit three mortal heroes on a desperate journey from Albion to Jerusalem to explore richly-imagined medieval lands on the brink of apocalypse – assaulted by an otherworldly evil. Written by Jonas Kyratzes (The Talos Principle, Serious Sam 4) and Verena Kyratzes (The Lands of Dream, Serious Sam 4). The Hand of Merlin is a story inspired by Arthurian legend but with an unusual twist that introduces a wholly unique sci fi element to its storytelling. “We wanted to create a player focused, rogue-lite RPG that merged two complete contrasting genres but in a uniquely rewarding way. This forged a whole new universe for players to explore and craft their destinies. Creatively it gave us the scope to bring something really exciting and fresh to the turn-based and squad based RPG genre“ said Robert Sajko, Creative Director at Room C Games.

Utilizing squad-based and turn-based combat, players can employ tactical cunning to use cover, set up ambushes and coordinate attacks with ranged,melee and spellcasting combat to conquer both human and demonic foes looking to do them harm. Additionally, players can utilise relics they purchase or are rewarded with, some of which are imbued with magical power. These abilities will be important as players weigh the risk and reward for the paths they choose.

In The Hand of Merlin choices are permanent depending on the decisions players make as they carve a path across the lands of Albion, Marca Hispanica and Al-Andalus. Combat is inevitable and mastering the tactics of squad-based and turn-based combat is essential to survive in a world where evil never rests. Players can seek out towns to improve their arms and armor, or trade with hermit artisans in the wild. Renown is the backbone of progression and can be used to level up party Heroes, and players can choose between a randomized set of new skills or improved attributes to balance out the combat prowess of their party to improve their chances.

With a large focus on exploration and encounter, mortality is the consequence of existence in human form, but even in defeat, players retain collected arcane knowledge as they jump from one parallel dimension to the next. No two worlds are ever quite the same, and each journey will be unique. Defeat is not the end in this realm, only a new beginning.

There are as many worlds as there are stars in the sky. In each stands Camelot; in each there is a Grail. But there is only one Merlin, and his eternal burden is to stand against the horror from beyond. Each world that is saved is saved forever; each world that is lost is lost for good.

The Hand of Merlin will be available today on PC via Steam early access priced $24.99 / £18.99 / €22.49 for the Standard Edition with a Deluxe Edition priced at $29.99 / £22.49/ €26.99, A soundtrack of the game is also available for $7.99/ £5.99 / €6.99.

Versus Evil has a 20% launch discount in place for its first week on sale during early access and Room C Games aims to add more guardians, heroes and encounters for the games full launch later this year.

About Versus Evil

Founded in 2013, Versus Evil, LLC is the US based video game publisher behind critically acclaimed video games Fist Class Trouble, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire and The Banner Saga trilogy. Publishing games on all major mobile, PC and console platforms, Versus Evil works with independent development studios from around the world. The corporate philosophy is to champion for the independent game developer.

About Room C Games 

Room-C Games is a spin-off studio started by some of Croteam’s most talented game engineers and core team members (The Talos Principle, Serious Sam). They are a small 9-person dev-team based in Zagreb, Croatia, composed of an (almost) equal number of industry veterans and passionate young blood with a simple, but challenging mission – to enrich players’ lives with memorable gaming experiences.