BUDAPEST, Hungary – July 10, 2024 – Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!, the thrilling film-noir detective adventure in which you must uncover a world-scale conspiracy from developer The Wild Gentlemen and published by Joystick Ventures, will exhibit at BitSummit Drift 2024, taking place Friday, July 19 through Sunday, July 21 in Kyoto, Japan. Those unable to attend can play the demo on Steam starting Wednesday, July 17 on Steam for PC, with early preview opportunities available for media and content creators.

Weave a web of red string on the nearest conspiracy board with your own two claws. Follow Sonny and Marty, two of the toughest rooster detectives the Wilderness ever did see, as they attempt to crack a complex, world-changing conspiracy. Explore the city of Clawville and meet its denizens by discovering unknown paths, sidequests, and a whole culture of anthropomorphic rules, rituals, and routines.

Gather clues and talk to suspects to decipher the buzz on the street created by the Hive, a walled insectoid slum underlying the city. Take the first steps to unravel an absurd mystery in this playable demo for a limited time only.

BitSummit Drift attending media are invited to visit Booth A-03 to go hands-on with the game and interview Joystick Ventures Product Manager Andrea Alvarez. 

For those unable to attend BitSummit in Kyoto, early access to the demo and remote interview opportunities will be available ahead of the event. Contact [email protected] for further details. 

Chicken Police: Into the HIVE! opens the case with a playable demo on PC via Steam on Wednesday, July 17 to celebrate its presence at BitSummit Drift 2024 from Friday, July 19 to Sunday, July 21. For more information about Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!, check out The Wild Gentlemen’s official website, follow @TWGdevstudio and publisher @JoystickVenture on social media, and join the force on the official Discord server.

About The Wild Gentlemen

The Wild Gentlemen is the independent game studio behind award-winning buddy cop noir adventure Chicken Police, and is currently working on the sequel Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!.

About Joystick Ventures

Joystick Ventures is a California-based investing and publishing company whose main goal is to encourage indie developers to stay honest and promote experimentation to push the limits of game design across all genres, styles, and geographies. They are most known for their 2022 release, Lost in Play, which has sold more than 200,000 copies.

LOS ANGELES – JULY 10, 2024 – Netmarble, a leading developer and publisher of high-quality mobile games, has released a new update for Solo Leveling: ARISE, featuring a new hunter content update and more. Players can experience special events and earn valuable rewards as part of this update.

The newly added hunter, Yoo Soohyun, is a fire-type SSR mage who shoots magic and penetrates enemies’ solid defense. When Yoo Soohyun uses her ultimate skill ‘Zeroed-in Blast,’ she gathers magical energy within her firearms and releases it all at once. She can also fire a large-caliber bullet when using her ‘Trick Shot,’ while her ‘Kill Shot’ skill fires two consecutive shots followed by an additional powerful shot. 

This update introduces the Battlefield of Trials Challenge, where players can earn various rewards by clearing stages and completing missions. A brand-new Secret Library content is also available for players who have completed all stories in the Hunter Archive. Players can obtain Secret Library Progress Point by clearing the content, and have the opportunity to earn special rewards, including Hunter costumes.

Additionally, players can now equip Sung Jinwoo with the new weapon SSR Phoenix Soul. The Battlefield of Trials has expanded to Floor 50, and users can experience never-before-told stories of Yoo Soohyun and Baek Yoonho at the Hunter Archive. Other improvements include enhanced stats for Tier 3 and Tier 4 Gems, as well as the new Point System for the Battlefield of Chaos. 

A number of special events are now available through July 31, including: 

• Summer Event Prelude Check-In: Various rewards including Yoo Soohyun’s exclusive SSR weapon ‘Overdrive,’ Heroic Rune Chest and Heroic Blessing Stone Chest will be given to players who check-in the game during the event period. 
• Yoo Soohyun Release Celebration! Capsule Draw: Obtain SSR Overdrive, Rate Up Draw Tickets, [Event] Yoo Soohyun’s Weapon Design and more by using tickets earned by completing missions. 
• Yoo Soohyun Growth Tournament: Clear the special missions during the event period to earn points. Based on the points earned, players will have a chance to win various rewards including SSR Overdrive, Hunter Exclusive Weapon Design, Rare Run Chest and more. 

Solo Leveling: ARISE is an action game adaptation of Solo Leveling, based on the hit Webtoon. Taking on the role of Jinwoo, players can experience his level-ups and progress through the beloved webtoon tale firsthand, taking on dynamic battles and creating their own combat styles, relying on various combinations of skills and weapons. Not only can players team up with hunters from the Webtoon, they can summon their own “Army of Shadows” just like Jinwoo did when he first uttered the famous line “Arise!” in the Webtoon.

Please visit the official website, X, Facebook, Instagram, Discord, official YouTube channel and Steam to stay up-to-date with the latest information about Solo Leveling: ARISE.

About Netmarble Corporation

Established in Korea in 2000, Netmarble Corporation is a leading developer and publisher of top-grossing mobile games worldwide. Through powerful franchises and collaborations with acclaimed IP holders, Netmarble strives to elevate the gaming experience and entertain audiences globally. As a parent company of Kabam and SpinX Games, and a major shareholder of Jam City and HYBE (formerly Big Hit Entertainment), Netmarble’s diverse portfolio includes Solo Leveling: ARISE, Seven Knights Idle Adventure, Tower of God: New World, Lineage 2: Revolution, MARVEL Future Fight, Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds and The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross. More information can be found at http://company.netmarble.com.

First players to swagger through FRENZIES’ arena doors in Closed Alpha, starting later this month 

Brighton, July 10, 2024 – Step into the neon-soaked arenas of FRENZIES, the stylishly slick multiplayer shooter daring players to embrace their worst selves and dominate the competition, coming to Meta Quest and PlayStation VR2.

Developed by Near Light: an nDreams Studio, FRENZIES fuses nDreams’ award-winning gunplay (Fracked and Synapse) with the mayhem of multiplayer, throwing players into a winner-takes-all showdown with a bravado-laden twist.

Each five-round match in FRENZIES is a chaotic lucky dip of iconic and unconventional, solo and team-based round types, from the tense Red Light, Green Light to the brilliantly absurd Glitter Pig. With such a variety of round types in the mix, the experience stays fresh and momentum can swing in an instant, giving every player the chance to strut their stuff. 

The arena doors will be thrown open for the first-time during FRENZIES’ Closed Alpha period, beginning later this month, where players will have the opportunity to help guide the game’s ongoing development. Players can head to discord.gg/frenziesVR to join the FRENZIES community and register their interest in joining these Closed Alpha sessions.

“The last thing you can accuse FRENZIES of is being boring,” said Paul Mottram, Head of Studio, Near Light. “Taking inspiration from classics like Quake and Unreal Tournament, we wanted to inject some unpredictable excitement back into the genre while retaining what makes VR shooters so special. We think FRENZIES nails that sweet spot.”

For more news and information on FRENZIES follow the game’s dedicated X channel and join the FRENZIES Discord.

About Near Light 

Based in the heart of sunny Brighton, Near Light is a playful VR and AR game development studio backed by serious gaming pedigree. It has been an nDreams studio since 2022.Near Light’s leadership draws on experience of partnerships with the likes of Sony, Disney, Activision, Microsoft and LEGO across a variety of gaming genres. With a legacy of championing new ways to play, including work on EyeToy Play, SingStar, Zumba Fitness and Guitar Hero, they remain passionate about doing things differently in the fast-moving worlds of VR and AR gaming.Founded in 2016, Near Light has been working in VR since day one. It is on a mission alongside nDreams to create audience-driven titles that leave a lasting legacy. 

About nDreams 

nDreams is the world’s biggest and most experienced VR game developer and publisher. Headquartered in Farnborough, UK, it is the studio behind groundbreaking titles including Synapse, Phantom: Covert Ops, Ghostbusters: Rise of the Ghost Lord, Far Cry: Dive Into Insanity, and Fracked. nDreams also boasts a dedicated and extremely experienced publishing team to partner with the industry’s brightest developers on projects ranging from the critically acclaimed Little Cities to PowerWash Simulator VR.  

Fully dedicated to VR games since 2013, no publisher has greater virtual reality experience and specialism. nDreams is now comprised of 250 people across four development teams, with two fully-remote studios – Elevation and Orbital – joining the original nDreams Studio and the Brighton-based Near Light to cover the whole spectrum of VR gaming.  

Multiple exciting, unannounced titles are in development, with more to be revealed soon. 

Munich, Germany / Vienna, Austria – July 10th, 2024: Today, THQ Nordic is thrilled to reveal new info on Titan Quest II combat style as well as the looting and character progression system. The game features locations with assigned levels, scaling enemy stats and item quality. Players will be rewarded with superior loot as they progress or increase difficulty levels.

Titan Quest II offers a rich variety of gameplay styles through its combination of weapons and armor, categorized into six broad types, and diverse masteries.

Also, we have heard the community’s requests for gameplay footage – your wait is almost over! Join us for the THQ Nordic Showcase on August 2nd to watch the premiere of the Titan Quest II gameplay trailer. Additionally, attendees of gamescom from August 21-25 will have the exclusive opportunity to experience Titan Quest II firsthand.

For further details on Titan Quest II, please refer to our latest update: https://thqn.net/3KqqyXQ

For a deep dive on various other topics check out the previous dev diaries:
•    Sparta: https://tinyurl.com/mvuza7y7
•    The Ichthians: https://tinyurl.com/49jcp68j
•    Music: https://t.co/ubWkEjBdIr
•    World Design: https://t.co/tkrKph57GA
•    Mythical Creatures: https://thqn.net/3JEDTeD
•    Mythological Level Design: https://thqn.net/3xPwvuI

The Titan Quest II Announcement trailer: 

Forged in the creative crucible of Grimlore Games in Germany, Titan Quest II is currently under development. This epic odyssey is destined for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S/X, eagerly anticipated to launch when the time comes.

The THQ Nordic Showcase 2024 will be airing on Friday, August 2, 2024, at 12:00 PM PDT / 3 PM EDT / 8 PM BST / 9 PM CEST / 10 PM MSK.

Wishlist Titan Quest II on Steam: https://thqn.net/tq2-steam
Learn more on the official website: https://titanquest2.thqnordic.com/
Follow Titan Quest II on X (formerly known as Twitter).com: https://twitter.com/TitanQuestGame
Follow Titan Quest II on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TitanQuestOfficial

About Titan Quest II

Return to the classic mythology-inspired setting of Titan Quest and go toe-to-toe with legendary monsters as you journey across a fantastical reimagining of ancient Greece. Nemesis, Goddess of Retribution, is out of control. She is corrupting the Threads of Fate and condemning all those who oppose her to eternal punishment – including you. Take up your weapon, fight alongside gods, and change fate itself in order to stop Nemesis, free those she’s punished, and weave your own epic tale.

From the creators of SpellForce 3 comes a handcrafted action RPG for a new generation of mythical heroes.

• A World of Myth and Monsters
  Set out on an adventure worthy of myth that takes you from picturesque beaches, to serene Greek temples, to places where no mortal has ever ventured, including the mysterious realm of the Moirai themselves. Battle classic creatures from Greek myth and the original Titan Quest, including Ichthians, Centaurs, Satyrs, Harpies, Sirens, Gryphons, and many, many more. 
• Exploration-Focused Campaign
  The world is full of mysteries and secrets to discover. Legendary monsters lurk in hidden groves, and you never know when you will end up face-to-face with a god. Visit memorable towns full of life and intrigue. The conversations you engage in and the items you find along your journey can lead to surprising discoveries, or they might just hold the key to stopping Nemesis. This is your adventure. 
• A Challenge Fit for a Hero
  Heroic deeds require heroic effort. The enemies you face are far from defenseless – dodge and counter their attacks, then overwhelm them with a well-timed flurry of blows. Powerful rituals allow you to freely control the game’s difficulty, while deep character customization systems ensure that there’s always a good reason to replay. 
• Flexible Character System
  Customize your hero, then form your own class by combining two masteries. Build your character around the strengths and weakness of both masteries, exploring different combinations of skill modifiers, attributes, and items to create your own hybrid class and find your favorite playstyle. 
• Meaningful Loot
  Every item serves a function, and every character class has many options when it comes to finding the perfect equipment. Even the most common spear can be upgraded via affix crafting, and with the right ingredients, you may even forge it into a unique item spoken of only in legend. 
• Challenging Action RPG Combat
  Enemies form factions and work together, combining their unique skills and abilities to keep you on your toes. Use the deep character build system and access every skill at your disposal to vanquish them in this unique action RPG experience. 
• A Beautiful, Handcrafted World Rooted in Greek Myth
  Encounter stunning vistas and deep caverns, and traverse the world with your divine mount, Areion. Use the powers of the gods to uncover secret locations and explore lovingly designed levels full of verticality. 
• Online Multiplayer
  Join up with friends to take on the Goddess of Retribution. Like Jason and the Argonauts, sometimes you need a group of heroes for your journey. 
• Rich and Immersive Sound
  An atmospheric soundtrack blends traditional Greek music with modern orchestral elements to create epic, memorable themes, drawing you into Titan Quest II’s unique world.

Learn more on the Titan Quest II’s official website: https://titanquest2.thqnordic.com/

About THQ Nordic
Our official boilerplate can be found on our website: THQ Nordic Website

More than the sound of silence…

São Paulo, Brazil – 10th July, 2024 – Independent developer QUByte Interactive has today released a new Dev Diary offering further insight into the audio behind their upcoming futuristic action adventure MARS 2120 ahead of its 1.0 launch onto PC (Steam and Epic Store), Switch, PlayStation and Xbox Series consoles on August 1st!

This third in a series of Dev Diaries looks at the sound behind its Martian setting. Inspired by composers like Greek electronic musician Vangelis (Blade Runner) and Michael Nyman (Gattaca), the team at QUByte partnered with various composers to create a soundscape that matched each environment and scene the dev team was creating. Utilizing a range of electronic and orchestral sounds, the team created tracks that cover a wide range of emotions ranging from anxiety, to danger, to wonder, to suspense, to adrenaline. The team was committed to not taking the easy route of simply choosing common sci-fi sounds, but rather aimed to understand what role music plays on the player’s emotions, and what sounds would suit an epic adventure on Mars. In MARS 2120 the music and sound effects were made to be seen, in a kind of kinesthesia.

About MARS 2120

In MARS 2120, humanity has successfully colonised various planets in our solar system, allowing people to escape an increasingly grim situation on Earth. After the UN receives a worrying distress call from Mars, it’s up to Sergeant Anna “Thirteen” Charlotte and an elite team of space marines to answer the call and rescue the first colony. To get to them, you’ll have to traverse a harsh landscape. fighting formidable and mysterious foes using a mix of ranged and melee attacks alongside useful elemental skills. How you dispatch your enemies is up to you, with the game offering players a non-linear approach to combat as well as exploration. Inspired by pioneers of the genre such as Super Metroid and Castlevania: Symphony of the Night,MARS 2120 is an 8 hour, action packed metroidvania that offers a satisfying combat experience alongside cinematic flair. Will you survive?

MARS 2120 will launch on August 1st for PC (Steam and Epic Store), Xbox One, XBox Series X/S, Playstation 4, Playstation 5 and Nintendo Switch.

About QUByte Interactive

QUByte is Latin America’s largest publisher of independent games for modern consoles. It is also an experienced and consolidated development studio of authorial titles, specialized and recognized for its focus on retro games and its work porting classics from the past to modern consoles through its own QUByte Emulation Engine. The company’s main goal is to develop and expand the local games industry through development, porting and publishing partnerships.

Use your ethereal abilities from the afterlife to lead your loved ones through an emotional journey

LOS ANGELES – July 10, 2024 –Skybound Games, a division of Skybound Entertainment, the creator-led, multi-platform entertainment company behind mega-franchises The Walking Dead, Invincible, Impact Winter, and more, and award-winning indie studio Osmotic Games, are excited to announce that Closer the Distance, the story-driven slice-of-life simulator, will launch for PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S on Aug. 2, 2024.

Watch the Closer the Distance Story Trailer:

Wishlist on Steam, PlayStation & Xbox now!

From the team behind the critically acclaimed game Orwell, Closer the Distance follows the tragic journey of Yesterby, a small, cozy village coping with the sudden passing of one of its townspeople. Explore themes of loss, grief, and healing as you play as Angela, a young girl watching over her loved ones after a tragic accident by using her ethereal abilities to help the community navigate the grieving process. Use your supernatural powers to learn the stories of this small town, discover long-kept secrets, and help the living embrace the power of carrying on through an emotionally complex tale of love, grief, and hope.

Key citizens of Yesterby are fully simulated with their own emotions, wishes, memories, and complex relationships that develop over time, with or without influence from Angela. Embark on a remarkable journey in which you hold the key to helping your community discover that loss can be the catalyst of transformational growth toward a hopeful future.

Closer the Distance launches August 2 on Steam, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S and is available to wishlist now. A free demo for the game is also available on Steam. For more information, visit www.ClosertheDistance.com.

About Osmotic Studios

Osmotic Studios is an award-winning independent game development company based in Hamburg, Germany.  Always striving to test out new ways to convey a convincing narrative, the company focuses on story-centric games with socially relevant and meaningful topics at their hearts. Best-known is Osmotic Studios’ debut game Orwell, released in 2016, putting players in the shoes of a government agent in the eponymous surveillance program, tasked with spying on suspect persons by going through their online documents and files and listening in on their chats and phone calls. Orwell received widespread critical acclaim and recognition from The Game Awards, the Independent Games Festival, and SXSW Gaming.

About Skybound Games

Skybound Entertainment is a creator-first company focused on bringing amazing comics, TV series, audio series, film, and video games to dedicated fans. Skybound Games publishes, produces, and distributes video games across every genre, including the blockbuster The Walking Dead video game series and 2024 Tribeca Games award-winning Goodnight Universe. In November 2023, we launched our first original game in the Invincible universe, Invincible Presents: Atom Eve, to critical acclaim. In 2024, Skybound will build a cutting-edge in-house gaming production studio, further enhancing our capacity to shape the future of gaming entertainment.

Leader of the Unified Trios World Champion “Switchblade” Jay White Enters the Fight Forever Ring

July 10, 2024 – Vienna, Austria, Jacksonville, FL and Tokyo, Japan – THQ Nordic, All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and YUKE’S Co., Ltd. today welcomed “Switchblade” Jay White into the AEW: Fight Forever ring. The third installment in Season 4, Switchblade Tournament Pack ($6.99) features Unified Trios World Champion “Switchblade” Jay White, five new music tracks and a new, local tournament mode.

The companies also announced that starting tomorrow AEW: Fight Forever players can take advantage of an All Seasons Pass Bundle that includes all DLCs from all four Seasons at a special price of $39.99.

The Switchblade Tournament Pack can be downloaded across PS4™, PS5™, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo® Switch, and PC as a stand-alone DLC, as part of AEW: Fight Forever Season Pass 4 ($19.99), as part of the new Season Pass Bundle, or as part of AEW: Fight Forever – Ultimate Edition.

AEW: Fight Forever is available as part of Xbox Free Play Days from July 11-14! 

The complete AEW: Fight Forever Season Pass 4 pass includes:
•    3 new wrestlers
•    Two new arenas including the Japanese Shrine
•    New Tournament Mode
•    30 new move-sets 
•    52 new skin and attire options
•    5 new music tracks

AEW: Fight Forever is available for PS4™, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC and Nintendo® Switch, now at an SRP of € 39.99 / $ 39.99 (previously 59.99)!

For more info visit: https://aew.thqnordic.com/
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Experience the Grandmaster Quest in a brand-new light as While Guthix Sleeps arrives in Old School RuneScape today

Wednesday, 10 July 2024, Cambridge, UK. Jagex is thrilled to announce the return of a classic RuneScape quest, ‘While Guthix Sleeps’, rebuilt and reimagined for Old School RuneScape, and available in-game today.

Revisit RuneScape’s very first Grandmaster Quest and discover an epic, high-stakes narrative on your adventure to stop the schemes of a deadly Mahjarrat. Unearth an ancient Guthixian Temple, venturing within to unlock rewards and take on the hordes of Tormented Demons inside. 

Watch the While Guthix Sleeps Cinematic Trailer below:

Originally launched in 2008, While Guthix Sleeps set a new standard in RuneScape for its difficulty, complexity, and storytelling. Designed for veteran players, the quest’s return for Old School RuneScape brings with it the same attention to detail as its original RuneScape release, but with new rewards and improvements for a modern audience.

Players who complete While Guthix Sleeps can earn substantial in-game rewards and the opportunity to face repeatable combat encounters, challenging their skills and perfecting their strategies against iconic enemies in a setting steeped in lore and RuneScape history. 

Old School RuneScape is available now on PC, Steam, iOS, and Android, complete with cross-platform progression and play on PC and mobile.   

About Old School RuneScape

Old School RuneScape is the industry-defining collaboration between the community and developers. Embracing its nostalgic heritage, hundreds of thousands of active players control the direction of the game with an in-game polling system. Featuring adventures for solo play through to 100-player strong raids, Old School RuneScape caters for every brave adventurer. Old School RuneScape continues to innovate, introducing its first ever new skill in 2023 to commemorate its 10th anniversary, arriving later this year. Play now at http://oldschool.runescape.com

About Jagex

A leader in creating deep and engaging forever games that empower our communities across PC, mobile and consoles. Jagex’s flagship MMORPG, RuneScape, has welcomed over 300 million player accounts to its world and is a $1billion + lifetime revenue franchise. Today the RuneScape franchise exists beyond live operations; our titles are forever games that connect and inspire millions of players, with content and experiences both inside and outside of inexhaustible game worlds. Both RuneScape and Old School RuneScape, on PC and mobile, offer ever-evolving, highly active worlds and our community-focussed development ethos empowers players to have a real say in how each game is shaped.

In 2022, Jagex expanded with the acquisitions of PipeWorks and Gamepires, bringing its expertise in building forever games to SCUM, a multi-million selling open-world survival title in Steam Early Access & other unannounced titles. Jagex employs more than 600 people globally, and is headquartered in Cambridge, United Kingdom.
 
More information can be found at www.jagex.com

The introduction to the world of Kriegsfront Tactics will be available for free on July 17

VANCOUVER, Canada — July 10 2024 — Ready to roll out? Toge Productions and Chorus Worldwide wants YOU to join the fight in Kriegsfront Tactics – Prologue, which will be available for FREE on PC via Steam on July 17, 2024.

Created by the developers behind Coffee Talk and A Space For The Unbound, Kriegsfront Tactics is a turn-based mecha tactics RPG that transports players to an alternative 1970s Southeast Asia, where the battlefield is littered with an army of fearsome mechs. You’ll play as a commander of a mecha squad sent behind enemy lines. Manage your squad, resources, and mechs. Complete missions, and survive the front another day, while facing hard decisions that will test your morality.

Kriegsfront Tactics – Prologue is the proof of concept for Kriegsfront Tactics, offering players roughly the first hour of gameplay, introducing players to the events that trigger the conflict in the full game. This free Prologue features updated combat mechanics than those seen in the previously released demo, alongside exploration, mech customisation and a first-look at the game’s characters and storyline.

This mecha tactics title is a love letter to the military sim genre, combining elements from classic tactical strategy games, and lowpoly retro-style visuals. Customise your mechs, build up your squad and execute tactical mecha operations – whatever it takes to survive in the jungles of Southeast Asia during an era of conflict in this alternate view of history.

About Kriegsfront Tactics

Kriegsfront Tactics is a love letter to the military sim genre, combining elements from classic tactical strategy games, and lowpoly retro-style visuals. Customise your mechs, build up your squad and execute tactical mecha operations – whatever it takes to survive in the jungles of Southeast Asia during an era of conflict in this alternate view of history.

• Metal Crunching Cinematic Combat: Watch the mayhem and destruction unfold, metal against metal.
• Customize Your Mech: Customize your mech’s livery, salvage or swap parts, and equip weapons.
• Recruit Pilots and Build Your Squad: Meet interesting characters and recruit them to join your cause. Each character with their own skills, traits, and stories.
• Survive 1970s Southeast Asian Jungle: Explore the jungles of Southeast Asia during an era of conflict, encounter events, and uncover secrets in this alternate 1970s world.
• Execute Tactical Mecha Operations: Plan ahead, strategize, and use your tactical prowess to outsmart your enemies.

Kriegsfront Tactics – Prologue will be available for free on July 17, and Kriegsfront Tactics is available to wishlist on Steam today.

About Chorus Worldwide

Chorus Worldwide is a global publisher composed of gaming veterans with experience at world-renowned companies including Microsoft, Supermassive Games, and Electronic Arts. Originally created to guide indie developers into the rapidly growing Asian markets, Chorus now works with talented developers across the world, including Argentina, Indonesia, and Malaysia, finding huge success in titles like the acclaimed Coffee Talk, and the Asian releases of The Room and The Room Two.

About Toge Productions

Developers of critically acclaimed Coffee Talk, Toge Productions is an Indonesian-based indie game development and publishing studio that helped to foster the success of projects like Mojiken’s A Space For The Unbound. Toge supports a Toge Game Fund Initiative (TGFI), a mentoring and funding program that provides up to $10,000 (USD) to help developers and studios in Southeast Asia make their games a reality.

Solo dev announces new platforms in response to fan requests for retro arcade rally racer set in…parking garages?!

Los Angeles, CA – July 10th 2024 – Solo-dev Walaber, otherwise known as Tim, is pleased to announce that in response to fan requests, Parking Garage Rally Circuit will be coming to additional platforms…well, on the condition that the game sells enough copies, that is. While the game has already been announced for PC and Linux (yes, that means Steam Deck too!), Tim has committed to bringing the game to Nintendo Switch if the game sells 50,000 copies and, if the game sells 100,000 copies, he will also make a SEGA Saturn version in tribute to the console that inspired the game.

“Whenever I post about the game on social media, I get a lot of feedback from people that they’d like a Switch version and they’d like me to fully lean into the SEGA Saturn inspirations and release a Saturn version,” said Tim. “Bringing Parking Garage Rally Circuit to Switch would be amazing and I’d love nothing more than to create a SEGA Saturn version – it’s a console that I dearly love! I’m a solo dev, however, so making these kinds of commitments aren’t easy for me, but I’ve decided to announce that if you buy it, I’m going to do it! If the game sells 50,000 copies, I’ll make a Switch version and if the game hits 100,000 copies sold, I’ll make that Saturn version too!”

Parking Garage Rally Circuit is an arcade racer where you drift around parking garages using tight controls and chainable Mario Kart-style boosts. The “Parking Garage Rally Circuit” tour takes you across parking garages all over the US, transformed into race courses (and occasionally beset by the odd falling rock or lighting strike, but don’t worry about that). Designed to look, feel and sound like a lost Sega Saturn game that could have been released in 1998, Parking Garage Rally Circuit delivers delightfully fun time trial racing that’s easy to pick up and play but requires skill to master as you unlock new car classes and compete to top the leaderboards.     

Parking Garage Rally Circuit is developed by Tim “Walaber” FitzRandolph, who you can follow developing the game on his live development streams on Twitch. Tim is a solo-dev who designed the acclaimed hit Where’s My Water? and more recently the Jelly Car series.

About Walaber
A lifelong and constant creator, Tim found his calling in game development.  Tim got his start in the games industry at Disney, creating the company’s biggest early App Store successes “JellyCar” and “Where’s My Water?”. Tim is now a full-time independent creator, releasing solo games under the name “Walaber” (Pro Gymnast Simulator, JellyCar), and is also half of the two-person game company “Toyful Games” (Very Very Valet).