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title: "Coming to iOS: Renowned Anime, Comic, and Game Artists Bring Their Talents to CCG Alteil: Horizons"
date: 2013-09-26
category: Games
author: "Erin Fan"
source: https://pressreleases.triplepointpr.com/2013/09/26/coming-to-ios-renowned-anime-comic-and-game-artists-bring-their-talents-to-ccg-alteil-horizons/
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description: "Final Fantasy X artist Shunya Yamashita and others join all-star lineup for mobile and browser collectible card game BOSTON — Sept. 26, 2013 — Boston-based video game start-up, Apocoplay, today announced…"
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# Coming to iOS: Renowned Anime, Comic, and Game Artists Bring Their Talents to CCG Alteil: Horizons

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**Final Fantasy X artist Shunya Yamashita and others join all-star lineup for mobile and browser collectible card game**

**BOSTON — Sept. 26, 2013 —**** **Boston-based video game start-up,** **Apocoplay, today announced their project 10 years in the making, *Alteil: Horizons, *will make its way to the App Store. The development team, which includes collectible card game veterans and a writer from the *Yu-Gi-Oh!* Franchise, are joining forces with world-renowned artists who have worked on staples including *The Legend of Zelda*, *Pacific Rim,* and many more. *Alteil: Horizons *tasks players with employing deeper strategy with elements inspired by tactical RPGs, such as building formations on a battle grid and a Day and Night cycle that affects the abilities of certain cards in play.

Learn more about *Alteil: Horizons* and view exclusive art on Kickstarter: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/978065956/716079438?token=a74eccc2. Kickstarter backers can receive exclusive avatars and starter decks, beta invitations, alternate artwork, and even commissioned zombiefied art from the Zombie King, Arthur Suydam.

*Alteil: Horizons* includes 2,000 pieces of card art from Katsuya Terada of *The Legend of Zelda*, Shunya Yamshita of *Final Fantasy X*, Zach Weiner of popular webcomic [Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal](http://www.smbc-comic.com), and Tim Buckley of [Ctrl+Alt+Del](http://www.cad-comic.com) comic.

Tim’s speed drawing of *Alteil* character Efreet can be viewed here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wn3UWCRldpA

*As *a wholly owned sequel to Japan’s most popular online card game, *Alteil*, *Alteil: Horizons *employs turn-based RPG-style tactics and other features, which offer expanded strategic options and challenges. Special Soul Cards can be used to alter a game’s conditions to better fit a player’s personalized strategy, while the Day and Night cycle vastly changes the in-game tactics for cards such as vampires, werewolves, and undead. *Alteil: Horizons* will offer players stylish, imaginative visuals as they face off against other gamers or AI in a struggle to control, or save, the world of Lavato.

For more information on *Alteil: Horizons*, and updates as the Apocoplay team partners with more artists, keep a close watch on the game’s Kickstarter page: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/978065956/716079438?token=a74eccc2

 

**About Apocoplay**

Apocoplay is a Boston-based video gaming start-up that is marrying a true passion for board and card games with deep software engineering experience to create digital products in the rapidly expanding mobile and browser-based markets. The company, which owns and operates popular CCG *Alteil* in the United States, is currently using its proprietary platform to create *Alteil: Horizons*, a sequel that features advanced strategic elements and work from artists behind some of the world’s most popular anime franchises, comic books and webcomics.

[Official Website](http://www.apocoplay.com) | [Twitter](http://www.twitter.com/apocoplay) | [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/Apocoplay)

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**Media Contact******

Rahat Rashid

TriplePoint for Apocoplay****

[rrashid@triplepointpr.com](mailto:rrashid@triplepointpr.com)

212-730-9744****

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**Assets**

Download official art [here](http://www.triplepointpr.com/dl/Apocoplay/AlteilHorizons_conceptart.zip)

Download the [fact sheet](http://glossary.apocoplay.com/AlteilQuickSheet.pdf)