The chaotic city builder arrives with first demo showcasing co-op gameplay alongside fan-favorite Spirit of the North sequel
Walnut Creek, Calif. (Oct. 11, 2024) – Maximum Entertainment today announced that a brand-new demo for open-world city builder Overthrown will be part of Steam Next Fest along with the highly-anticipated, emotional puzzle-platform adventure Spirit of the North 2.
A taste of what players will experience in Overthrown can be seen in today’s teaser trailer:
View the Spirit of the North 2 reveal trailer here:
In Overthrown, players can pick up and throw anything from houses (or even citizens) to massive trees to construct their land and rule their kingdom. Build and manage either alone or with friends in up to six-player co-op. The upcoming demo on Steam, beginning Monday, Oct. 14, will allow co-op play for the very first time. New structures such as the powder mill, ale house, blast furnace, and butchery will be present, as well as diverse player outfits and enemy types.
Harness the power of a magical crown to defend townsfolk from bandits and mutants. Build, gather resources, explore and farm to turn a fledgling state into a commanding, self-sustaining community. Grab your friends, don your crown and prepare to take your land from meager to mighty.
Spirit of the North 2, also making an appearance in Steam Next Fest, invites players to save the world’s lost guardians in a gorgeous world in which an extraordinary fox must make its way home. Solve challenging puzzles and develop new abilities to retrieve magical relics. Spirit of the North 2, sequel to critically acclaimed Spirit of the North, will come to PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. Wishlist Spirit of the North 2 on Steam today: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1778840/Spirit_of_the_North_2/.
Overthrown will launch this fall into Steam Early Access and Xbox Game Pass on console and PC and will later release into 1.0 across Xbox Series X|S, PC, and PlayStation 5. Wishlist Overthrown on Steam today: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1133500/Overthrown/.
About Maximum Entertainment
Maximum Entertainment is a global entertainment company dedicated to crafting indie to AA video game experiences through original content and licensed partnerships. A fully integrated group with a broad portfolio of content, the company emphasizes collaboration and inclusivity in its partnerships to produce the highest level of interactive entertainment. With more than 300 titles in its catalog, Maximum Entertainment has joined forces with talented creators and renowned franchises around the globe to deliver magic to the gamer in everyone. Maximum Entertainment employs experienced professionals across the entire value chain of video games including development, publishing, transmedia, sales, and operations.
About Brimstone Games
Brimstone is a fully remote, international indie team founded in Sweden and spread across more than ten different countries throughout Europe, Asia, and Australia. As a studio we focus on creating chaotic and innovative sandbox games.
About Infuse Studio
Video game development company founded in 2015, Infuse Studio self-published their first game with their own IP Spirit of the North in 2019. Shortly afterwards teaming up with Merge Games to help with the publishing side of Spirit of the North ports for PC, Switch and eventually XSX/S and PS5 while Infuse handled development and put out numerous updates to the game. Since then, Spirit of the North 2 has been quietly in development for about 3 years as the small team prototyped and started to build out their expansive new world.
Explore a 12k square kilometer world, take on a thrilling campaign, chase down bounties, enter races, and more!
Frankfurt/Hannover, Germany – October 9th, 2024 – In cooperation with boutique publisher Senatis, indie developer Reakktor Studios is proud to unveil their next game as the futuristic aerial combat sim G-Rebels. Take to the skies in a dystopian open world full of intrigue, free exploration, dangerous missions and breathtaking flight maneuvers when G-Rebels launches next year!
G-Rebels is an action-packed combat flight sim set in a dystopian world in the year 2684. Spanning a fully explorable open world of more than 12,000 square kilometers, G-Rebels‘ will take you across neon metropolises, remote outposts, advanced research facilities, industrial factories, and more. Follow the main story where you’re part of an elite force fighting organized crime, or take on side quests as a bounty hunter, racing pilot, bodyguard, mercenary, pirate, miner, or hunter for lost artifacts.
Upgrade and customize your ship, an ultra-modern Skyblade, by equipping new engines, weapons, shields, AI-controlled drones, multi-warhead missiles or stealth devices. Create your own approach to combat, as you can fight other gliders the old-fashioned way or hack into the enemies’ control unit to hijack use of their Skyblades.
Utilizing the power of Unreal Engine 5, G-Rebels will feature changing weather conditions with volumetric clouds, dynamic sun and moon positions with realistic day-night cycles, real-time simulation of thousands of flying objects in the world, and complete world streaming – i.e. no loading screens!
“At Reakktor, we love open-world and space exploration games,” said Martin Schwiezer, Founder and Studio Lead at Reakktor Studios. “We are also big fans of the cyberpunk and anime genres, so it was natural for us to develop a sci-fi action flight sim. But we didn’t want to develop yet another space game. Despite the dystopian, futuristic setting we chose, the world of G-Rebels, with its dynamic weather and day-night cycles, offers so much beauty and breathtaking vistas that we really wanted to have Earth as the setting for our game. Flying your Skyblade through vibrant megacities or dynamic, volumetric clouds over the moonlit ocean is simply a fantastic experience. With today’s technology, these locations can be made so lifelike and immersive. G-Rebels is a highly ambitious project with a massive open-world to explore, loads of mission, combat variety and tons of ways to upgrade and customize your Skyblade. We believe fans of action-packed flight sims and open-world exploration will love what G-Rebels offers when it launches next year!”
Founded in 1991 as Century Interactive by Martin Schwiezer, Reakktor developed many single and multiplayer games like Subtrade, Bermuda Syndrome, Neocron, Black Prophecy, and Toxikk. Reakktor is one of the oldest and most experienced game developer brands in Germany. With MMOFPS game Neocron, they released the world’s first MMO game with a Cyberpunk setting.
About Senatis
Senatis GmbH is an independent boutique publisher based in Frankfurt, Germany, specialising in traditional PC and console games. With over 20 years of experience in the gaming industry, Senatis offers expert consulting services to individual development teams, providing valuable insights and guidance. In addition to its consultancy work, the company actively invests in and publishes selected game projects, demonstrating its commitment to fostering innovation and excellence within the gaming community.
11 October, 2024 – Mythwright today announced Touch Type Tale – Strategic Typing, developed by Pumpernickel Studio, will release on Steam for Windows PC on 4 November 2024 and is currently available to try for free as part of Steam Next Fest.
In Touch Type Tale, players are invited to join a brave new era of strategy — tactical typing. Players will use a satisfying mesh of typing and strategy mechanics across a range of surprising challenges, with storybook campaigning and online multiplayer.
Playing as a young boy called Paul, players will become the unlikely hero of Minsteria, whose vacant throne is vulnerable to the grasping hands of sly nobles and warmongering bandits. Players must type to construct armies, build villages and defeat miscreants across a sprawling tactical campaign dotted with big gameplay surprises that will challenge veteran strategists and newcomers alike.
Touch Type Tale – Strategic Typing will be available on Windows PC via Steam for $19.99 / 19.99€ / £15.99 with a 25% discount for the week of launch. For more information and to play the demo, visit the Touch Type Tale Steam page.
About Mythwright
Mythwright is an independent publisher founded by industry veterans. Established in 2024, Mythwright has already signed a range of exciting titles including Going Medieval, Bladesong, Innkeep, Deadstick – Bush Flight Simulator and Touch Type Tale – Strategic Typing.
About Pumpernickel Studio
Pumpernickel Studio is an independent game studio made up of a team of three passionate developers located in Münster, Germany. The focus of the studio lies on streamlined strategy games with innovative game mechanics. Touch Type Tale is Pumpernickel Studio’s debut project.
Don’t miss the chance to play the demo of Neon Blood at the Steam Next Fest
Madrid, Spain – October 11, 2024. Meridiem is excited to announce that a brand new demo for Neon Blood will be available during the upcoming Steam Next Fest. Starting at 6pm BST / 7pm CEST / 1pm EST / 10am PST on 14th October, fans will be able to get hands-on with this thrilling neo-noir detective RPG / graphic novel ahead of its 26th November global release date. In addition to the new playable demo, gamers can watch a brand-new developer live stream with never-before-seen gameplay from the ChaoticBrain Studios development team.
Neon Blood is a neo-noir cyberpunk RPG / Graphic Adventure with a striking 2.5D aesthetic using PixelArt 2D sprites with 3D modelled environments. Prepare to embark on a thrilling adventure as you follow Axel McCoin, an idealistic detective from Blind City, as he becomes the symbol of a revolution poised to change the world. Explore McCoin’s dystopian world and face a variety of puzzles blended with classic turn-based combat and precise Quick Time Events.
Neon Blood is now available to pre-order in physical format on PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch, as well as digitally on all platforms. Neon Blood will be released on November 26th, 2024.
About Neon Blood
Year 2053, after the Third World War, humanity has been reduced to a single macropolis, Viridis, which is formed by two cities, the luxurious Bright City and the dystopian Blind City.
Axel McCoin, a detective from Blind City, will be motivated by his ideals to rebel against the injustices caused by the social separation between the two cities and the social inequalities that exist in society in general, becoming a symbol of a revolution.
In his adventure, Axel will meet powerful allies who will help him in his purpose as well as enemies who will stand in his way, such as Ruby Emerald who will do everything possible to make Axel’s plans fail.
Main features
A dystopian RPG: A deep story with a cyberpunk theme combined with a turn-based combat style inspired by retro RPG’s with a strong strategy factor.
Pixel art & 3D scenarios: Two different realities of the two cities with complete 2.5D aesthetic, merging cyberpunk and Sci-Fi.
Investigate Viridis: A big macropolis full of secrets to be solved with a complete dialogue-based detective system.
Make it glow! Immersive and dynamic night landscapes bathed in a lot of neon!
About Meridiem
We are Meridiem, a video game publisher and distributor in love with its culture, which we protect and pass on in order to preserve it. We do this by fostering talent through investment in independent projects with potential, bringing back classic titles, promising indies and AAA games while continuing to support the physical format.
About ChaoticBrain Studios
We are ChaoticBrain Studios, an indie videogame studio from Madrid that has just started this adventure, which is to develop our own videogame. We are a small studio formed by 2 people, that after finishing our studies, we had the brilliant idea (Spoiler, no) to develop a JRPG as our first videogame. And with this premise in mind, and thanks to our love for the Cyberpunk theme and great videogames like FFVII, Octopath traveler and Cyberpunk 2077, the idea of Neon Blood was born. And that’s how I met your mother… sorry, that’s how I met ChaoticBrain Studios.
Let the romance flow between your sink, phone, and… the Holidays themselves on Valentine’s Day
11 October 2024 – Today, Team17 Digital and Los Angeles-based developer Sassy Chap Games have announced their sandbox dating simulator, Date Everything! will launch on 14 February 2025 for PC, Nintendo Switch™, PlayStation®5 and Xbox Series X|S.
The new launch date was revealed in the State of Build announcement trailer, in which Lead Designer Ray Chase shares what the team’s been up to these past months, the game’s current state, never before revealed characters and some unexpected discoveries during development.
Date Everything! lets players explore a world where even the most ordinary objects hold romantic potential. Equipped with “Dateviator” glasses, players chat with everything from the laundry basket to the air itself, discovering unique personalities and outcomes.
Date Everything! features:
100 fully voiced datable characters for players to fall madly in love with… or not!
Branching dialogue that leads to multiple endings for each character.
Over 4 hours of music with each dateable character featuring their own theme.
11,000+ hand-drawn images.
1.5 million words and 70,000 voicelines.
A fully interactive 3d overworld that changes based on choices made in the playthrough.
Full voice acting with a huge cast of familiar voices, including Felicia Day (Supernatural, The Magicians), Laura Bailey (Critical Role, The Last of Us), Ben Starr (Final Fantasy XVI), and more!
Sassy Chap games was founded by three voice actors in 2018: Ray Chase, Robbie Daymond, and Max Mittelman. Their first game, Date Everything!, was conceived as a fun project that played to their strengths – voice acting, writing, and sound and music production. Over the next four years, they would slowly gather a team of miscreants to join their wacky band and put together a vertical slice that eventually caught the attention of legendary publisher Team17. Since late 2022, this part-time project morphed into full-time infatuation as the initial dream of creating a world with 100 dateable characters was realised. Now a company 50+ strong, Sassy Chap Games hopes that Date Everything! lives up to its lofty promise.
About Team17 Digital
Founded in 1990, Team17 Digital is a leading developer, video games label, and creative partner for developers around the world. Part of Team17 Group plc, which floated on AIM in 2018, Team17 Digital has an extensive portfolio of over 120 titles, and fully encapsulates the spirit of independent games. Winner of the ‘Publishing Star’ award at the 2023 Develop: Star Awards, Team17 Digital has assembled a portfolio of multi-award-winning and award-nominated in-house brands include Hell Let Loose, Golf With Your Friends, The Escapists, and the iconic Worms franchise, alongside its games label partner titles, including the award-winning games Blasphemous, Greak: Memories of Azur, DREDGE, and the Overcooked! franchise.
Bone-chilling Survival And Entrepreneurial Spirit: The Playable Demos For Permafrost And Industry Giant 4.0 Are Going To Set Steam Next Fest On Fire – Play the Demo now as an Early Bird!
Oberhaching, Germany, October 11th 2024 – Developers SpaceRocket Games, Don Vs Dodo and publisher Toplitz Productions are pleased to announce that the PC demos for Permafrost and Industry Giant 4.0 are now available to play for early bird access.
From Monday through October 21st both games will be taking part in Steam Next Fest. Players can brave the bone-chilling arctic-like temperatures in Permafrost, the exciting single player and co-op survival game set within a frozen open-world urban landscape. Alternatively, they can set about building a business empire and test their business acumen with the management/building sim Industry Giant 4.0.
In Permafrost, exploration, resourcefulness and crafting are the order of the day as players construct intricate shelters from scrap, cultivate crops to stave off hunger, and harness the power of technology to fend off threats both human and environmental. The sub-zero temperatures will have an effect on character capabilities as they fend for themselves in challenging and life affecting conditions. The Permafrost demo encourages players to craft, explore and survive either alone or with up to three other players.
For business sim fans and keen strategists publisher Toplitz Productions is giving PC gamers the ultimate appetizer of industrial strategy with the new playable demo for Industry Giant 4.0, managing different aspects of big business, manufacture and trade. The demo will also give players an insight into how they’ll need to manage transportation networks, plan production schedules and oversee financial management as well as stock processing and distribution. With enticing visuals and easily accessible gameplay mechanics, the demo delivers a crisp preview of the Early Access version of Industry Giant 4.0, released just a few days after Steam Next Fest concludes, on October 24th, 2024.
Industry Giant 4.0 continues the legacy of the business sim series by delivering an even more immersive and strategic experience, where players can build, manage, and grow industrial empires across evolving markets and technologies.
Head over to Steam to download and play the demos from today.
Survivalists can find more information on Permafrost on the games official Steam page here
Budding business moguls can find more information on Industry Giant 4.0 on the games official steam page here
About SpaceRocket Games
SpaceRocket games was founded in 2023. However, the seeds of what would become the flagship project, Permafrost, were sown a bit earlier. Initially, in December 2022, a dedicated trio began to mold the prototype in a somewhat informal setting. Fast forward to the present, and our team has expanded to 15 members. This diverse group consists of talented game designers, programmers, and graphic artists. Our ranks include both individuals just making their debut in the game development world and seasoned veterans who’ve contributed to numerous projects.
About Don VS Dodo
Munich-based Don VS Dodo is a small studio with a core focus on developing video games. For their games, the most important ingredient is their passion and teamwork. Together with elegant game design and on time and in budget delivery they know that only a polished game is a good game. By prioritizing quality over quantity, they have helped deliver great projects. Focusing on multiplayer and co-op games Don VS Dodo strives to bring together friends and family to play together. Be it as couch co-op or through online play, Don and Dodo want players to enjoy their games together.
About Toplitz Productions
The German-Austrian publisher, whose name originates from the mysterious Toplitz Lake in the heart of Austria, develops and publishes games with “heart & soul” for all platforms. The company consists of a healthy mix of experienced industry veterans and young talents, all of whom are passionate gamers. They enjoy working with creative developers on many exciting titles, such as those from the “Dynasty” and “Giant” series.
AN ALL-STAR LINEUP AND ROGUE-LITE GAMEPLAY HEADLINE NEW ACTION RACING GAME
Experience a unique hybrid gameplay experience of action-packed racing and exciting robot combat, featuring solo play or 2-player local Arcade Mode
Discover 11 different playable TRANSFORMERS bots available with individual skills, including Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Megatron, Elita-1 and Soundwave
Collect 70 different Prime Relics across the racetracks to level up speed, damage and handling
Play solo in Galactic Trials or challenge a friend in Arcade Mode with up to 2-player local multiplayer
Lookout for Easter Eggs inspired by the entire 40-year history of the TRANSFORMERS franchise
London, UK – October 11th, 2024 – Today, Outright Games, the leading publisher of family-friendly interactive entertainment, in partnership with Hasbro, a leading toy and game company, officially launched TRANSFORMERS: GALACTIC TRIALS. Developed by 3DClouds, fans can play as the AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS in this unique racing action game with rogue-lite elements, as the hybrid gameplay transforms from traditional arcade racing to action-packed robot combat. TRANSFORMERS: GALACTIC TRIALS is out now on PlayStation 4®, PlayStation 5®, Nintendo Switch™, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.
In this unique racing adventure, the AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS are on a mission to recover the stolen Prime Relics that grant great power to those who possess them. With five playable AUTOBOTS; Optimus Prime, Bumblebee, Elita-1, Wheeljack and Arcee, five playable DECEPTICONS; Megatron, Shockwave, Flamewar, Soundwave and Nightbird, as well as the ultimate antagonist, Nemesis Prime. Each character is infused with their own personality, bespoke voiceover lines and unlockable skins for customisation, as well as two unique skills each, such as Wheeljack’s Wrecking Bomb, Soundwave’s Sonic Sphere and Nemesis Prime’s Axe of Extinction. With eight unique weapons available to every character, players can expect a varied gameplay experience with every race.
As racers beat both sprint racetracks and circuit races in the Galactic Trials, they can unlock 70 individual relics that will increase stats for speed, damage and handling, with the more powerful Artefacts of the Prime granting stronger power-ups. The game features four difficulty modes, from Rookie to Prime, with stronger Relic rewards available on higher difficulty settings. Play solo to complete individual side objectives in each race and unlock skills, characters and tracks in the Galactic Trials, or shift gears into Arcade Mode and race against a friend in up to 2-player local multiplayer. Longtime TRANSFORMERS fans can also look out for Easter Eggs, including voiceover lines inspired by iconic dialogue and character skins based on a variety of media across the franchise’s 40 year history.
Stephanie Malham, Managing Director of Outright Games said: “We have had the pleasure of collaborating with our friends at Hasbro on the TRANSFORMERS IP many times over the years, but it is a real honour to be entrusted with an important, legacy brand like this, in the year of its 40th anniversary. For this important milestone, we worked to create a unique hybrid gameplay experience with TRANSFORMERS: GALACTIC TRIALS, that perfectly aligns with the more than meets the eye duality of these iconic characters.”
Eugene Evans, SVP Digital Strategy and Licensing at Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro said: “We are delighted to continue the celebrations of the TRANSFORMERS 40th anniversary alongside our long-time partner Outright Games. It is wonderful to see the continued passion for this brand, spanning generations. We believe fans will enjoy the unique and dynamic racing gameplay and fun nods to the franchise that can be found in TRANSFORMERS: GALACTIC TRIALS. This continues our digital strategy of both licensing and internal development.”
TRANSFORMERS started life as a toy-line in 1984 and has gone on to depict the epic battle between the AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS across movies, TV shows, comic books, innovative toys, and digital media. With 2024 marking the brand’s 40th anniversary, the TRANSFORMERS franchise is a global powerhouse spanning generations that has produced over 11 feature films, including the recently released TRANSFORMERS: ONE and countless video games, making it a household name around the world.
TRANSFORMERS: GALACTIC TRIALS is available now on PlayStation 4®, PlayStation 5®, Nintendo Switch™, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam. Physical retail editions are also available for console versions – please check local stockists for more information.
About Outright Games:
Outright Games is a global video games publisher with a focus on bringing quality family entertainment to a worldwide audience. Founded in 2016, Outright Games has established its place in the market delivering engaging interactive games of beloved entertainment licences globally. Outright Games brings stories and characters to life with titles including favourites such as Peppa Pig: World Adventures with Hasbro, DC’s Justice League: Cosmic Chaos with Warner, Star Trek Prodigy: Supernova and Paw Patrol: Grand Prix with Nickelodeon, and DreamWorks Dragons: Legends of The Nine Realms with NBC Universal. With an Outright Games title there will be fun for all the family to enjoy.
About TRANSFORMERS:
The TRANSFORMERS brand is a global powerhouse franchise with millions of fans around the world. Since 1984, the battle between the AUTOBOTS and DECEPTICONS has come to life in movies, TV shows, comic books, innovative toys, and digital media, bringing incredible “MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE” experiences to fans of all ages. The brand’s enduring connection is made possible by its rich storytelling and characters: the heroic AUTOBOTS who seek to protect all life, and the evil DECEPTICONS who seek to conquer the universe.
About Hasbro:
Hasbro is a leading toy and game company whose mission is to entertain and connect generations of fans through the wonder of storytelling and exhilaration of play. Hasbro delivers engaging brand experiences for global audiences through toys, consumer products, gaming and entertainment, with a portfolio of iconic brands including MAGIC: THE GATHERING, DUNGEONS & DRAGONS, Hasbro Gaming, NERF, TRANSFORMERS, PLAY-DOH and PEPPA PIG, as well as premier partner brands.
Hasbro is guided by our Purpose to create joy and community for all people around the world, one game, one toy, one story at a time. For more than a decade, Hasbro has been consistently recognized for its corporate citizenship, including being named one of the 100 Best Corporate Citizens by 3BL Media, one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Institute and one of the 50 Most Community-Minded Companies in the U.S. by the Civic 50.
About 3D Clouds Srt
For some years 3DClouds has specialized in creating video games thanks to a team of veterans from the industry, with experience in Microsoft, Milestone and Ubisoft, and a team of young and enthusiastic talents. 3DClouds debut videogame All-Star Fruit Racing released in 2018 was a kart racer available on PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Switch. The following year 2019 turned out to be a very big year for 3DClouds with three separate titles released. Xenon Racer, our second game was released in the spring showcasing another example of design innovation within the racing video games genre. In November “Race With Ryan” a second kart racing game was released which we developed for the most famous youtuber channel in the world, Ryan’s Toy Reviews. Closing out on a busy 2019 we also released CARRUMBLE, a completely new take on the brawler genre. 2021 will mark the release of the highly anticipated pirate game King of Seas, an action role playing game set in a procedural pirate world.
Beloved sandbox adventure makes its debut on Nintendo Switch, PS4 & Xbox One next week
LONDON, UK – October 11, 2024 – Fireshine Games and Pugstorm are delighted to announce that the critically-acclaimed mining sandbox adventure Core Keeper will release on the Nintendo Switch™ system, the PlayStation®4 system and Xbox One consoles on October 17th.
With over 3 million players having already dug into the game across PC, Xbox Series X|S and the PlayStation®5 (PS5) system, Core Keeper is an award-winning underground adventure set in an ancient cavern of creatures, treasures, and trinkets. Set out as a single-player explorer or venture online with friends, harvesting relics and resources to build your base, craft advanced tools, and discover a vast subterranean world.
Explore diverse biomes, level up your skills and defeat legendary Titans on a quest to unveil the power of the Core. Grow your garden, fish in mysterious waters, master recipes, hatch pets, drive vehicles, fight rivals in online PvP, and explore the world at your own pace as you carve out your unique adventure.
Core Keeper is available now on Xbox Series X|S, PS5 and PC, and with Xbox Game Pass for console, PC, and cloud. For the latest info & updates, follow @CoreKeeperGame on X and join the community on Discord.
About Pugstorm
Pugstorm is an award-winning development studio specialising in juicy pixel art games that will make your inner dog bark with joy.
About Fireshine Games
Fireshine Games is a global publisher of digital and physical video games based in London, England, with a focus on finding fun and bringing innovative indie gems to players around the world. Originally established in 2014, Fireshine Games has built a portfolio of digital titles and indie sensations, including award-winning titles Core Keeper and Shadows of Doubt, while partnering with studio giants to bring digital hits to physical release, including Lies of P from Neowiz, Balatro from Playstack, and Planet Zoo: Console Edition from Frontier Developments. Fireshine Games is part of the EG7 group of companies.
Leamington Spa, UK – 11th October, 2024: Leading UK games publisher Kwalee and Polish independent developer Hyperstrange are pleased to announce a new demo for the upcoming 3D action, survivors-like hack-and-slash game Hordes of Hunger. The demo will be available for players on Steam from 5pm BST/12pm EST on Friday, October 11th. The demo also serves as a playtest, allowing players to submit their feedback through a questionnaire.
Hordes of Hunger has also released a new gameplay trailer, showcasing the game’s new ability trees and animations, biomes, and advancements. The trailer also features the crafting, cooking and permanent upgrade systems.
The game is developed by Polish developer, Hyperstrange and brings third-person, 3D hack’n slash gameplay, high production values, and an evolving narrative to the wildly popular Survivorslike genre.
Hordes of Hunger is coming to PC via Steam in 2024.
About Hordes of Hunger:
The Beast and its ravenous hordes emerged from the sea and stripped the land bare. Only Mirah stands in their way.
Hordes of Hunger is a roguelite arena-slasher where you’ll fight for survival against ever-intensifying waves of monsters. Create your loadout from a range of weapons and special attacks, then gain new abilities in each run to fine-tune your build. Complete quests and rescue others from the onslaught to gain resources and uncover the mysterious origins of the evil you face.
Take up Arms
Craft your own unique build with a range of weapons and special attacks, from a nimble swordfighter to a heavy hammer-wielder. From the castle keep to the desolate remains of your village, fight smart and use the environment to your advantage with choke points, high ground, and breakable structures.
Overcome the Horde
The monsters are unrelenting, but so are you. Gain destructive and defensive abilities with each level-up to become a finely tuned force to be reckoned with. Strike down swarms with sword aflame, call down lightning as you land, and defy death with divine contracts.
Uncover the Truth
A father racked with guilt. A prisoner who shuns freedom. A mother covered in blood. Mirah may be the only one who can save her home, but she’s not alone. Complete missions in each run to save others from the invasion and discover the true nature of the curse that plagues Mirah’s homeland.
About Kwalee
Kwalee is a multi-award-winning games publisher and developer based in Leamington Spa, UK, and has published a growing catalogue of PC and console titles including Wildmender and ROBOBEAT along with upcoming titles The Precinct, The Spirit of the Samurai, Voidwrought, Hordes of Hunger, In Sink and GladiEATERS.
Founded by games industry icon and Codemasters co-founder David Darling CBE, who is joined by a team of global games experts with studios in the UK, India, Portugal and China, Kwalee is on the lookout for high-quality games to publish on all platforms and encourages developers to get in touch.
Officially recognised as ‘Best Publisher’ (TIGA 2022), Kwalee is also highly active in the industry, as an ambassador of not-for-profit organisation Women in Games and a regular supporter of charities like Safe In Our World, GamesAid and SpecialEffect.
About Hyperstrange
Hyperstrange is a studio based in Warsaw, Poland. Founded on the day of the 2015 solar eclipse, Hyperstrange have developed a number of critically-acclaimed titles, including Postal: Brain Damaged, Elderborn, and Blood West. Hordes of Hunger is their latest game, and marks their first collaboration with Kwalee.
Featuring an expansive roster of 181 playable characters, witness the return of the BUDOKAI TENKAICHI series
Sydney, Australia – Oct.11, 2024 – Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe today announced the release of Dragon Ball: Sparking! ZERO. After a 15-year wait, the long-awaited sequel to the legendary DRAGON BALL Z: BUDOKAI TENKAICHI series, has finally arrived. Developed by Spike Chunsoft, this action-packed game is available now on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC via Steam, featuring a massive roster of 181 playable characters.
DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZEROcontinues the legacy of DRAGON BALL Z: BUDOKAI TENKAICHI, harnessing the power of Unreal Engine 5 and pushing the envelope for gameplay and features in an arena brawler. DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO offers new genre-defining features including lightning-paced combat, large destructible environments, and stunning visuals powered by new-gen platforms. Players can engage in action-packed gameplay featuring nostalgic single-player episode battles, expansive customisation, and thrilling online multiplayer modes.
Watch the action-packed launch trailer for DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO
The game modes include Episode Battle, where players will be able to re-live iconic battles from the globally beloved DRAGON BALL anime series with story-driven single-player game play featuring eight major characters: Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Piccolo, Jiren, Future Trunks, Goku Black and Frieza. Each character’s campaign will vary in length and include branching “What If” paths, where players can use skill and choices to unlock and experience new unique narratives.
DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZEROalso includes the anticipated Custom Battle mode. Custom Battle allows players to create, play, and share their own battles using a robust selection of available roster characters, stages, and unique items. Players can try their hands at a match imagined by the developers or create their own scenarios.
Players can explore a variety of online-only and multiplayer modes, including online and split-screen versus battles. The game also features World Tournament mode where players can challenge each other in various scenarios based on sagas and unique remixed tournaments.
Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe S.A.S. is a leading global publisher and developer of entertainment content for platforms including, but not limited to, all major video game consoles and PC.
Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe is producing intellectual property for a global audience, and is building its reputation with franchises such as LITTLE NIGHTMARES™, PARK BEYOND™, and the upcoming UNKNOWN 9™ Awakening – developed by the recently acquired Reflector Entertainment based in Montreal, QC.
Bandai Namco Entertainment Europe serves as the Headquarters of Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. for mainland Europe, which is known for creating and publishing many of the Toy & Entertainment industry’s top franchises, including PAC-MAN™, TAMAGOTCHI™, GUNDAM™, TEKKEN™, DARK SOULS™ and the recently released ELDEN RING™.
