Play as a Dark Ranger, Chaos Mystic, or Divine Paladin and explore new Bladefall Valley and Guardian Fort servers

BRISBANE, Calif. – May 23, 2019 – NetEase Games (NASDAQ: NTES) today launched a new content update for Crusaders of Light, its free-to-play cross-platform MMORPG. Players may now choose to play as the new Dark Ranger, Chaos Mystic, or Divine Paladin classes and harness the power of the stars with the Favor of Torannis Artifact. Additionally, players can transfer their characters and explore two new European and North American servers: Bladefall Valley for UTC-5 and Guardian Fort for UCT+2.

Expansive games such as Crusaders of Light along with an 11-year partnership with Blizzard Entertainment has enabled NetEase to produce some of the leading mobile MMORPG platforms on the market. With PC-level graphics, seven distinctive classes, and over 300 hours of gameplay, Crusaders of Light is an immersive MMORPG in the palm of your hand. Fight alongside friends to protect the peace of Karnavale against looming threats in challenging dungeons and 40-person raids, or test your skills against opponents in various PvP game modes. Crusaders of Light is available on the App Store, Google Play, Facebook Gameroom, and Steam as a free download.

Check out the Dark Rangers, Chaos Mystics, and Divine Paladins today.

Features of the new classes and servers include:

• High Damage: Harness the power of the darkness with the Dark Ranger class, which features a strong damage per second (DPS) attack, or the Chaos Mystic class, which features a devastating area of effect (AOE) attack.
• Solid Defense: Support your team with the Divine Paladin class by healing or transferring buffs to others on the battlefield.
• Power of the Ancient Gods: Grasp the power of the stars by obtaining the Favor of Torannis Artifact to strengthen your power.
• Difficulty-Matching: Both Bladefall Valley and Guardian Fort do not have a level requirement, offering balanced and fair gameplay for new, mid, or lower-level players.

Download Crusaders of Light today from the App Store, Google Play, or Facebook Gameroom by visiting http://crusadersoflight.link/downloadnow, or from Steam at http://crusadersoflight.link/steam.

For more information about Crusaders of Light, visit its Facebook, YouTube, or Twitter pages.

About NetEase
NetEase Games is the online games division of NetEase, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTES), developing and operating some of China’smost popular PC-client and mobile games. As one of the world’s largest incubators of quality online game content, NetEase Games is dedicated to supporting the growth of innovative studios around the globe and growing an international presence along the way. To complement its self-developed games and world class R&D capabilities, NetEase Games also partners with other industry leaders including Blizzard Entertainment, Mojang AB (a Microsoft subsidiary) and other global game developers to operate some of the most popular international online games in China

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A Fisherman’s Tale Now Available: Step into a world

where physics are broken, and your every move is

replicated on an infinite recursion…

A Fisherman’s Tale Now Available: Step into a world

where physics are broken, and your every move is

replicated on an infinite recursion…

A Fisherman’s Tale Now Available: Step into a world

where physics are broken, and your every move is

replicated on an infinite recursion…

Mind-bending VR adventure game out now for PlayStation VR, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift & Windows Mixed Reality

Rotterdam (NL), January 22, 2019: In A Fisherman’s Tale, the mind-bending VR adventure game that launches onto PlayStation VR, HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality headsets today, you will work with infinite, ever smaller and bigger replications of yourself to find your way out of a world where physics are utterly broken.

Watch the live-action launch trailer: https://youtu.be/uj0cxBlKK8c

What does it mean to be trapped inside a replica in an elusive virtual world? A Fisherman’s Tale is a journey of both introspection and extrospection, asking players to both reach inside and outside of themselves for answers.

In A Fisherman’s Tale, players will:

• Break more than a couple laws of physics in mind-bending VR puzzles!
• Team up with yourself in revolutionary multi-dimensional single player co-op!
• Meet some of the quirkiest sidekicks to have ever set foot in a VR game
• Use your hands to pick up, throw, combine, and use all kinds of things in glorious fully immersive virtual reality!
• Toy around with your tiny little model lighthouse, inside a lighthouse, inside a… is that another lighthouse?
• Uncover the truth at the core of an unusually tall tale, exclusively in VR

A Fisherman’s Tale is now available at a SRP of $14.99/€14.99 for PlayStation VR, HTC VIVE, Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality.

For more information, visit http://afishermanstale-game.com, subscribe to the newsletter and follow Vertigo Games on Facebook and Twitter.

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Live-Action Launch Trailer: ESRB, PEGI

New Screenshots: https://we.tl/t-jXq2vch1X8

Press kit: https://we.tl/t-8dC1kzVDDD

About A Fisherman’s Tale

Bend and twist reality in A Fisherman’s Tale, the mind-bending VR puzzle adventure game in which being turned upside down and inside out is not merely a play on words.

Playing as Bob, a tiny fisherman puppet, you live alone in your tiny cabin, oblivious to the world outside. When your radio broadcasts a storm alert, you have to get to the top of the lighthouse and turn on the light! But as you try to leave your cabin with the help of some uncanny sidekicks, you realize what’s waiting outside is not at all what you expected… http://afishermanstale-game.com

About Innerspace

Innerspace is a cutting-edge VR creation studio, dedicated to leveraging the power of VR to build games and entertainment with a strong creative identity. We imagine gaming mechanics, worlds and stories for casual VR users to enjoy on all major devices, and craft experiences using our own development frameworks. http://innerspacevr.com

About ARTE

Created in 1992, ARTE is a public service European culture channel and digital network with a focus on creation and innovation. In the last decade, ARTE has co-produced a number of major interactive works, including the games Type:Rider, Bury me, my Love, Vandals and Homo Machina and VR-experiences like Notes on Blindness, Alteration and Battlescar.

About Vertigo Games

Founded in 2008, Vertigo Games is a game developer and publisher that since the start of the modern VR era has exclusively developed and launched full-feature games for VR. The company is best-known for the platinum selling VR FPS Arizona Sunshine and the award-winning VR strategy game Skyworld. Upcoming VR titles include the VR puzzle adventure A Fisherman’s Tale and the PS VR version of Skyworld. http://vertigo-games.com

Press contact

Vertigo Games

Kimara Rouwit

press@vertigo-games.com

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Watch A Fisherman’s Tale’s revolutionary multi-dimensional single player co-op play in action with a shiny new gameplay trailer!

ROTTERDAM, NL – November 28, 2018 – Vertigo Games, Innerspace and ARTE today announce A Fisherman’s Tale, the upside-down, inside-out VR puzzle adventure game is only a few weeks away from release, as it launches for PlayStation VR, HTC VIVE, Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality headsets in January 2019 at $14.99/€14.99.

Playing with the incredible sense of scale unique to VR, Innerspace invented a unique VR gameplay mechanic based on the recursion principle. In a way, A Fisherman’s Tale is a co-op game – but instead of playing with others, you’re teaming up with multiple dimensions of yourself! With the ability to twist and bend your newfound, peculiar reality, you’ll be challenged with multi-dimensional puzzles on your journey to the core of an unusually tall tale.

Watch the gameplay trailer: https://youtu.be/R7NLeFU9hug

What does it mean to be trapped inside a replica in an elusive virtual world? A Fisherman’s Tale at its heart is a story about breaking away from illusions to find truth. And who knows, you may learn something about yourself along the way…

• Break more than a couple laws of physics in mind-bending VR puzzles!
• Team up with yourself in revolutionary multi-dimensional single player co-op!
• Meet some of the quirkiest sidekicks to have ever set foot in a VR game
• Use your hands to pick up, throw, combine, and use all kinds of things in glorious fully immersive virtual reality!
• Toy around with your tiny little model lighthouse, inside a lighthouse, inside a… is that another lighthouse?
• Uncover the truth at the core of an unusually tall tale, exclusively in VR

A Fisherman’s Tale will be available for PlayStation VR, HTC VIVE, Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality in January 2019.

For more information, wishlist the game on Steam, subscribe to the newsletter at http://afishermanstale-game.com and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

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Assets:

New Screenshots: https://we.tl/t-OcJjVEMR2P

Gameplay Trailer Download: https://we.tl/t-xGjeF5Kso6

Press Kit: http://afishermanstale-game.com/presskit

A Fisherman’s Tale in the press:

• “A Fisherman’s Tale Completely Blew My Mind” — UploadVR
• “A Charming & Intuitive VR Puzzle Adventure of Mind-Bending Proportions” — Road To VR
• “Enough Twist To Impress Even Lewis Carroll” — VRFocus

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About A Fisherman’s Tale

Bend and twist reality in A Fisherman’s Tale, the mind-bending VR puzzle adventure game in which being turned upside down and inside out is not merely a play on words.

Playing as Bob, a tiny fisherman puppet, you live alone in your tiny cabin, oblivious to the world outside. When your radio broadcasts a storm alert, you have to get to the top of the lighthouse and turn on the light! But as you try to leave your cabin with the help of some uncanny sidekicks, you realize what’s waiting outside is not at all what you expected… http://afishermanstale-game.com

About Innerspace

Innerspace is a cutting-edge VR creation studio, dedicated to leveraging the power of VR to build games and entertainment with a strong creative identity. We imagine gaming mechanics, worlds and stories for casual VR users to enjoy on all major devices, and craft experiences using our own development frameworks. http://innerspacevr.com

About ARTE

Created in 1992, ARTE is a public service European culture channel and digital network with a focus on creation and innovation. In the last decade, ARTE has co-produced a number of major interactive works, including the games Type:Rider, Bury me, my Love, Vandals and Homo Machina and VR-experiences like Notes on Blindness, Alteration, and Battlescar.

About Vertigo Games

Founded in 2008, Vertigo Games is a game developer and publisher that since the start of the modern VR era has exclusively developed and launched full-feature games for VR. The company is best-known for the platinum selling VR FPS Arizona Sunshine and the award-winning VR strategy game Skyworld. Upcoming VR titles include the VR puzzle adventure A Fisherman’s Tale and the PS VR version of Skyworld. http://vertigo-games.com

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Press Contact

Vertigo Games

press@vertigo-games.com

P.O. Box 21300

3001 AH Rotterdam

The Netherlands

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Together with the help of a new companion, MAGI, fight back against your captors to win your freedom and unearth the truth

SAN FRANCISCO — September 25, 2017 — OVERTURN, the first-person shooter (FPS) action-puzzle adventure game developed for virtual reality, launches October 17 on PC for Vive and Rift, via digital download on Steam and Oculus Store for $29.99. Developed by Studio HG and published by YJM Games, OVERTURN tells the tale of a daring escape of two subjects from a deadly laboratory that engaged in live genetic experimentation, resulting in frightening psychic power. OVERTURN’s adventure combines immersive puzzle elements with tight action gameplay across multiple hours of in-game levels as players unearth the true narrative behind their capture. With the help of a new companion and fellow lab experiment subject, MAGI, players stand a chance to escape – but can they trust her?

Watch the OVERTURN Cinematic Teaser trailer, available now on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHdFnNr-t-8&feature=youtu.be

Visit the OVERTURN Coming Soon page on Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/650070/OVERTURN/

While OVERTURN will release in-depth multiplayer functionality following the initial launch on October 17, the central story and core gameplay necessitates quick reactions to dodge incoming projectiles and mastery of your in-game arsenal. To destroy and surpass the onslaught of robotic enemies that players face, OVERTURN supplies players with beam rifles, energy swords, grenades, mechanical robots and even bare fists! Witness the destruction with the OVERTURN Gameplay trailer, available now on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-WkHDbPdRg&feature=youtu.be

To complete this arduous journey, players may need some help. MAGI, a fellow surviving lab experiment, still suffers the effects of the lab experiments she was subjected to, but stands to help you immensely with use of her psychic powers. With offensive powerups like Infinite Charge, Grenade, and Battle MAGI, and defensive abilities such as Time Slow, Shield, and HP, MAGI has the power to save your life, and end others – but can she control her newfound abilities?

OVERTURN includes features to support content creation, including built-in Twitch chat support as well as third-person camera systems that can be manipulated to provide an alternate perspective on the action.

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Assets can be downloaded from the press kit: https://app.box.com/s/eps6b3rm22jpr9rrjsdr0iftp1eh69y8

Follow OVERTURN:

• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/overturnvr
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/YJMGames
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOYRhFUUquiUFa7iIbgY3cg
• Website: http://www.overturnvr.com/

About YJM Games

Since 2011, YJM Games has been an active participant within the games industry. It is currently preparing a line-up of VR titles spanning the most popular content distribution platforms, with the goal of introducing consumers worldwide to new VR experiences. YJM Games is a member of VRFund (Venture Reality Fund) and is looking for VR studios for potential cooperation. To learn more, visit http://yjmgames.com.

About Studio HG

Studio HG is a game development studio that gained recognition following the launch of ‘Smashing the Battle’, which can be played on mobile, PC, and within Virtual Reality. After this initial success, Studio HG is developing ‘OVERTURN’ within the same in-game universe as ‘Smashing the Battle’, and plans to support the game post-launch.

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Press Contact

TriplePoint for YJM Games
+1 (415) 955-8500
jrende@triplepointpr.com

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Bounce challenges you to solve complex physics-based puzzles to help your robot companion D1G-B bounce his way to his final destination

OAKLAND, CA — November 30, 2016 — Steel Wool Studios — an independent VR development studio formed by creative veterans of Pixar Animation Studios, Lucasfilm, and Telltale Games — today announced that Bounce, their VR physics-based puzzle adventure, is now available for HTC Vive on Steam. Under the supervision of H8-Bit and 2Bit, two robots tasked with overseeing security of the intergalactic spaceship, players must help D1G-B, their spherical robot companion, traverse 50 in-game levels using an array of gadgets at their disposal to exit each level’s portal. To celebrate the launch of Bounce, players can pick up the game on Steam at a sale price of $19.99 for a limited time.

For a glimpse into the physics contraption gameplay players can expect, check out the Bounce launch trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAxoAZEHzQM&feature=youtu.be

“What I love about Bounce is that there is not one fixed way to solve any level, and you’re really tasked with using your own personal creative ability to use the tools at your disposal to help transport D1G-B to her destination. For every player, it means near-endless variation for solving each puzzle level”, says Jason Topolski, co-founder at Steel Wool Studios. “Everyone looks at problems differently, and it’s the same for player-solutions to Bounce. We’re excited to see how players solve the puzzles we’ve prepared for them, and look forward to seeing some new faces on the in-game leaderboards!”

With moving obstacles, laser gates, gravity wells, and multi-floor levels obstructing the path of D1G-B, players will have to use their creativity to construct solutions. In order to help D1G-B through each level of the spaceship, players have an assortment of tools at their disposal:

Boards, Half-pipes and Pipes: Use this conventional hardware to easily guide D1G-B through each level. This is the easy stuff.

Treadmills: Do you like the sense of speed? That’s the idea here – when D1G-B touches down on the belt, he will shoot off in the direction of your choosing!

Accelerometers: Were the Speed-belts not enough? Step into the danger zone with a tool that uses an advanced gravity well to create instant acceleration for any object that enters. Beware!

To coincide with the launch of Bounce, Steel Wool Studios has also released the acclaimed in-game soundtrack, available now on Steam as a standalone purchase or bundled with the full game.

Assets can be downloaded in the press kit: https://app.box.com/s/5fff2ud4bh77w9vj3pv3hre2s5ue32l7

Follow Steel Wool Studios:

• Website: https://www.steelwoolstudios.com
• LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/steel-wool-games
• Facebook: www.facebook.com/SteelWoolStudios
• Twitter: www.twitter.com/steelwoolstudio
• YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpOXWy4Erc4UNoxI9xW-CXw

About Steel Wool Studios
Steel Wool Studios, previously Steel Wool Games, is an Oakland, CA-based independent studio that develops virtual reality games, interactive educational experiences, and narrative projects. Fortified by Pixar, Lucasfilm, Intel, and TellTale Games veterans who bring six decades of creative production experience and passion for great storytelling to the table, the studio aims to advance the state of VR with deft precision of skill or by sheer will, if necessary. Known for its grimsical launch title and turn-based strategy game Quar: Battle for Gate 18 as well as Mars Odyssey, a compact educational VR experience set on the red planet, Steel Wool Studios is creating games and imaginative experiences that will transport you into immersive stories in the realest fake environments you’ve ever set your eyes on.

Press Contact
TriplePoint for Steel Wool Studios
+1 (415) 955-8500
steelwool@triplepointpr.com

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Makers of DragonVale offer endless adventure and stunning 3D animation in new RPG, available exclusively on iOS

BOULDER, CO – September 25, 2014 – Excellent adventure, sweet loot, and epic heroes await iOS players as Backflip Studios launches Epic Island for free on the iTunes App Store today. In Epic Island, you’ll enlist and upgrade a group of hella cool heroes on a quest to defeat the evil Cedric Sparklehands and his army of baddies. Epic Island is free to play with in-app purchases.

Download Epic Island today: https://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/epic-island/id761219885?mt=8

Dive into the fray in the epic trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAOHWHWjRKs

In Epic Island, players venture through a diverse, richly-animated island complete with a full spectrum of brightly colored monsters. Each of your five heroes – the Dashing Male, Daring Huntress, Wise Man, Nimble Elf, and Stout Dwarf – and their unique skillsets give players the chance to create and strategically nurture a truly epic crew. Players send their heroes on timed quests to slay enemies to earn fame, experience points, and gold that can be used to improve existing weapons and armor or forge new ones. Epic Island also features the Battle Arena, an online component where players can test their team’s mettle against other players from around the world.

Epic Island is available exclusively from the iTunes App Store as a free download. Click here for the Epic Island press kit.

About Backflip Studios
Backflip Studios develops and publishes absurdly fun mobile games for iOS and Android devices. The company’s portfolio of top ranked games, which include hit franchises such as DragonVale, Paper Toss, NinJump, Spellfall, PlunderNauts and Army of Darkness Defense, have been downloaded over 300 million times and are played by more than 30 million active users per month. DragonVale was the #1 Top Grossing iPad app and the #4 Top Grossing iPhone app of 2012. The company is based in Boulder, Colorado. Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAS) has a majority ownership stake in Backflip Studios.

Media Contact
Lucas Cartwright, TriplePoint for Backflip Studios
lcartwright@triplepointpr.com
(212) 730-9744

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Loot-gathering adventuring game features upgradeable heroes and limitless fun for iOS

BOULDER, CO – September 4, 2014 – Backflip Studios today announced its newest game, Epic Island, will launch next Thursday, September 25 on iOS. Epic Island is an action-packed adventure game where players assemble and upgrade a team of five heroes tasked with reclaiming an island overrun with the minions of the evil sorcerer Cedric Sparklehands. Epic Island will be free to play with optional in-app purchases.

Check out all the epic action in the brand new trailer.

In Epic Island, players gradually build a team of heroes with unique combat and magical skillsets to go on quests to defeat scary monsters and enormous titans. Completing missions and slaying baddies will earn your heroes fame, experience points, and gold, which you can spend on forging mighty weapons and armor. The game’s story explores a lush, colorful, 3D island with diverse terrain, ranging from simple, seaside villages to ominous volcanoes and harsh tundras. Players will also be able to test their heroes’ collective strength against friends and other players from around the world in the Battle Arena. There are even adorable, yet powerful, pets to adopt as companions for the quests. Epic Island is epic.

Download the Epic Island press kit here.

About Backflip Studios
Backflip Studios develops and publishes absurdly fun mobile games for iOS and Android devices. The company’s portfolio of top ranked games, which include hit franchises such as DragonVale, Paper Toss, NinJump, Spellfall, PlunderNauts and Army of Darkness Defense, have been downloaded over 300 million times and are played by more than 30 million active users per month. DragonVale was the #1 Top Grossing iPad app and the #4 Top Grossing iPhone app of 2012. The company is based in Boulder, Colorado. Hasbro, Inc. (NASDAQ:HAS) has a majority ownership stake in Backflip Studios.

Media Contact
Lucas Cartwright, TriplePoint for Backflip Studios
lcartwright@triplepointpr.com
(212) 730-9744

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Act One of Double Fine’s Epic Adventure is an OUYA Console Exclusive

SAN FRANCISCO and SANTA MONICA, Calif. – May 30, 2014 – OUYA and Double Fine Productions, Inc. today announced that the first act of critically acclaimed adventure game Broken Age is now available on OUYA. Launched earlier this year on PC, Mac, and Linux, the console version of the game will be an exclusive on OUYA and, for the first time, be available for purchase as two separate parts. You can see Broken Age’s trailer here: http://vimeo.com/95777431

From Tim Schafer, the creative mind behind Psychonauts and Day of the Tentacle, Broken Age revitalizes the classic adventure game genre with a powerful narrative and storybook aesthetic. One of the most successful Kickstarter campaigns in the history of the platform, Broken Age’s story of traditions – and those who are brave enough to break them – has been critically lauded as a fantastic narrative-driven adventure on PC and Mac.

Broken Age on OUYA will also mark the first time that players can purchase the first act as a stand-alone game. Players can purchase act one for $15 dollars and pre-purchase act two if they choose to continue their adventure.

A press kit with images, logo, and more can be downloaded here:https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9138686/BrokenAgePressPack.zip

To learn more about Broken Age on OUYA, contact TriplePoint PR at ouya@triplepointpr.com or (415) 955-8500.

About OUYA 
OUYA is a new kind of game platform that enables any creator to publish a game for the TV. Launched with the OUYA game console in 2013, OUYA has hundreds of games from established AAA developers to emerging game artists. The OUYA also has plenty of entertainment content in 1080p HD quality. OUYA, built on an accessible and open platform, was envisioned by founder and CEO Julie Uhrman. The OUYA console was beautifully designed by award-winning designer Yves Behar.
Website | Facebook | @playOUYA

About Double Fine Productions
Double Fine Productions is a San Francisco-based game developer that makes games with a focus on creativity, characters, and fun. Since its founding in 2000, it has produced the award-winning titles Psychonauts, Brütal Legend, Costume Quest,Stacking, Iron Brigade, Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster, Kinect Party, Middle Manager of Justice, Dropchord, and The Cave. Learn more about Double Fine atwww.doublefine.com and on Twitter @DoubleFine

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Tristan Kruth, TriplePoint
tkruth@triplepointpr.com
(415) 955-8500

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Minority’s Award-winning Adventure Game Featuring a Boy and his Monster now Available for $14.99 on Digital Download Platforms

MONTREAL – Apr. 18, 2013 – Minority Media, an independent game development studio, today announced that its acclaimed adventure game Papo & Yo is now available for PC through Steam, Amazon and other direct download platforms. Originally released in 2012 for PlayStation®Network, the game, which was inspired by creator Vander Caballero’s childhood, features a boy, Quico, journeying through a magical world to save his best friend Monster from a terrible danger: himself. Monster is addicted to poisonous frogs, and eating one causes him to fly into a fiery rage from which no one is safe. As Quico, players will confront their conflicting emotions about Monster’s problem in a deeply touching, emotional video game experience.

Starting today through April 28, Papo & Yo can be downloaded for PC for $13.50, a ten percent discount off of the game’s official price of $14.99. To purchase the new PC version from one of Minority’s publishing partners, please visit: http://www.weareminority.com/blog/save-10-percent-at-these-stores/. The new and enhanced PC version features improvements to the game’s graphics, controls, cinematics, and character animation, and adds Steam Big Picture Mode and multi-monitor support.

To view the cinematic Papo & Yo trailer, visit http://youtu.be/mk3D1voP_iY.

“Papo & Yo is my personal, emotional story told through a video game,” said Vander Caballero, Minority Creative Director. “For so many years I wanted to make a game about my father, who was an alcoholic, but wasn’t sure if the industry was ready for something like this. When I eventually left EA, the help of the Canadian Media Fund, the Sony Pub Fund and the great team at Minority let me use my experience to start creating a magical world that would allow us to reach players emotionally, while they were exploring and solving puzzles. When Papo finally came out, the feedback we got made it clear that gamers want new types of experiences that go beyond killing the next enemy. Now we want to continue to bring fun games that evoke emotional experiences to as many people possible, starting today by sharing Papo with PC gamers!”

For more information about Papo & Yo and Minority, visit www.weareminority.com/ or connect with Minority on Twitter: @we_are_minority.

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About Papo & Yo
Papo & Yo tells the story of a young boy named Quico and his brutish, mostly-friendly pal named Monster, whose most threatening feature is not his set of razor-sharp teeth, but his addiction to poisonous frogs. After devouring one, Monster catapults into a violent rampage from which no one, not even Quico, is safe. As Quico, players must navigate a magical, imagination-fueled world to save their beastly companion from the biggest danger of all: himself. Papo & Yo was released on PlayStation®Network (PSN) in August 2012, with releases on additional platforms planned for later dates.

About Minority
Minority is an independent game development studio based in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 2010 by Vander Caballero, former Design Director at EA Montreal, through a partnership with Rezolution Pictures, an award-winning film and television production company, Minority is the home for passionate and experienced creators who could not stand to develop yet another shooter game. To learn more about the team, visit the official website at: www.weareminority.com.

Official Website |  Facebook |  @We_Are_Minority

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MMO crafting adventure game expands its cross platform functionality to a new set of mobile gamers

CHICAGO – March 7, 2013 – Bytebin, an independent MMO game studio, has announced the launch of Deepworld on iPhone and iPod Touch today. Originally released for Mac OSX and iPad, Deepworld has now expanded to all iOS platforms. The iPhone version connects mobile players to a shared online universe already bustling with iPad and Mac users, bringing the same great MMO experience to a new level of portability and accessibility. Deepworld is available for free on the iTunes App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/deepworld/id574013495?mt=8

Deepworld is a massively multiplayer 2D crafting game set in a post-apocalyptic steampunk wasteland. Players can venture through mountains and ruined cities, delve into mazelike caves and underground bunkers, and scour for resources while fending off harrowing creatures of the deep. With a robust crafting and inventory system, Deepworld allows players to create hundreds of tools, building materials, decorations, and mechanical contraptions. Players can collaborate and trade with each other in thriving user-created cities and settlements—or they can settle in their own private worlds, available as in-app purchases. Deepworld’s persistent online universe allows players to jump into the game at any time, from any compatible device with an Internet connection, and continue playing from where they left off.

“Deepworld is an adventure, but it’s also a growing community of friends, teammates and rivals,” said Bytebin developer Quinn Stephens. “Now that players can connect on virtually any iOS device or Mac desktop, it makes the game more accessible for veterans and newcomers alike. We’re excited to welcome a new and wider audience into the game, and to continue to introduce fresh content to the fans who’ve already found a home here.”

In Deepworld, players can:

• Explore: Delve into the depths of a constantly changing and expanding world and dig for precious resources, using touch controls specially refined for the iPhone.
• Create: Return the world to its former glory using hundreds of items and materials, all via a simple one-touch crafting system.
• Fight: Use crafted weapons to fend off mutant creatures, or construct defenses to protect valuable creations. Battle other players for supremacy in deadly PvP arenas.
• Collaborate: Meet and join fellow adventurers while exploring the wasteland. Form guilds, trade resources and rare items, and band together to take down the most dangerous foes.
• Customize: Alter in-game appearance at will. Gather clothing, hats, masks, and other special customizations from the environment. Earn skill points through achievements, and use them to level up abilities—including mining, crafting, agility, and more.

Download Deepworld for free on the iPhone today at: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/deepworld/id574013495?mt=8

Download the Press Kit: http://www.triplepointpr.com/dl/Bytebin/Deepworld_PressKit.rar

About Bytebin
Bytebin is an independent game studio out of Chicago, specializing in building massively multiplayer games, envisioning wild server architectures, and making (and drinking) craft cocktails. The team consists of developers Mike Laurence, Jason Pearl, and artist Quinn Stephens.

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MMO Crafting Adventure Launches on iPad, iPad Mini for Free

CHICAGO – Dec. 13, 2012 –Bytebin Studio, an independent MMO game developer, has today announced the launch of Deepworld for iPad and iPad mini.  The crafting adventure game makes a seamless transition from Mac OSX, allowing players to log into their Deepworld account from either desktop or mobile devices.  The iPad release provides the same complete MMO gameplay and functionality, with controls re-tooled to optimize the iPad’s multi-touch capabilities.  The game is available to download for free on the App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/deepworld/id574013495?mt=8

Deepworld is a 2D massively multiplayer crafting and building experience.  The hand-drawn steampunk universe is always online so that players can join friends from their iPad or Mac computer without having to run a server—it’s all built into the game.  There is a vast world to roam and mine for materials and items.  Once players collect enough resources they can use the simple one-tap crafting system to create new items including construction materials, utilities, decorations, tools, and even weapons and machines to help on the journey. It’s easy to connect with friends to build anything imaginable in Deepworld.

In Deepworld players can:

• Explore: Delve into the depths of a hand-drawn world and dig for precious materials with multi-touch controls developed specifically for the iPad.  Walk, jump, and fly with ease using the virtual d-pad.
• Create: Rebuild the world in any way imaginable with a simple one-touch crafting system to make hundreds of different items to improve the desolate steampunk land.
• Fight: Use their own weapons to fend off creatures or build defenses to protect their creations.
• Collaborate: Meet and join new friends on an online universe wherever and whenever they are to build a brand new world together.
• Customize: Design their character’s appearance and complete achievements to earn skill points to boost dexterity, mining ability, and more.

Download Deepworld today on the iPad at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/deepworld/id574013495?mt=8

Download the press kit here: http://www.triplepointpr.com/dl/Bytebin/Deepworld_PressKit.rar

About Bytebin
Bytebin is an independent game studio out of Chicago, specializing in building massively multiplayer games, envisioning wild server architectures, and making (and drinking) craft cocktails. The team consists of developers Mike Laurence, Jason Pearl, and artist Quinn Stephens.

Media Contact
Rahat Rashid, TriplePoint for Bytebin
rrashid@triplepointpr.com
(212) 730-9744

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Cross platform MMO experience also available in iPad beta

CHICAGO – Oct. 18, 2012 – Bytebin today announced the launch of Deepworld, a massively-multiplayer online crafting adventure game, for Mac. The game can be downloaded at deepworldgame.com for $5.00. Deepworld will also be arriving on the App Store on November 15, 2012 for a complete cross-platform MMO experience.  Sign up for iPad beta access here.
Deepworld possesses treasures and lost technology hidden in the depths of a dilapidated, steampunk universe.  Players find their way through hand-drawn mountains, caves, and ruins, or venture into cities built by friends.  The raw environment is rich with resources and materials to be mined and then turned into hundreds of different items using the game’s easy-to-use crafting system. Players can customize their worlds by placing items anywhere, and can recover lost pieces of technology to build machines and restore the land.Throughout their journey, players may also encounter monsters of the deep and can create weapons to annihilate them.

A persistent online universe, Deepworld is always available for players to jump on and off with friends whenever, and with the iPad beta, wherever they are.

“Deepworld isn’t merely a sandbox for mining and crafting,” said Bytebin developers Mike Laurence and Jason Pearl.  “It’s a full MMO where you can build your world with friends and meet new ones.  The seamless cross-platform access through the cloud means that you can play at home on your Mac and anywhere on the iPad, entering right back into the same place in the game.”

In Deepworld players can:

• Explore and scavenge in a ruined, steampunk world, digging for precious materials and items, and restore the decayed land by assembling purification and composting machines.
• Meet new friends in an online universe across any platform
• Easily craft hundreds of items used to build whatever structure imaginable and remake the world
• Face monsters and dangers of the deep and fight them off with different weapons and protective devices
• Customize your character’s appearance and complete achievements to earn skill points to boost dexterity, mining ability, and more

Deepworld is available now for Mac at www.deepworld.com for $5.00.

Signup for the iPad beta at http://bit.ly/deepworldpad

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About Bytebin
Bytebin is an independent game studio out of Chicago, specializing in building massively multiplayer games, envisioning wild server architectures, and making (and drinking) craft cocktails. The team consists of developers Mike Laurence, Jason Pearl, and artist Quinn Stephens.

Media Contact
Rahat Rashid, TriplePoint for Bytebin
rrashid@triplepointpr.com
(212) 730-9744

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PARIS – July 20, 2012 – Evidence is lying all around the crime scenes, and new trails open up to Sherlock today! Four new screenshots have been released for The Testament of Sherlock Holmes, showing the famed detective and Doctor Watson in the middle of their latest investigation. Which trails should they follow? The decision will be in your hands , because you will be Sherlock Holmes, and this will be your investigation in September 2012!

These 4 new screenshots are a beautiful way to give you a larger preview of the investigation in this incredible game. With its dark ambiance and its strong story centered around a controversial hero with obscure motives, The Testament of Sherlock Holmes will make you lead a thrilling investigation through the eyes of Sherlock and Watson. The famous detective will live a life of hell in what is, without a doubt, the darkest case of his career. Examine crime scenes, find the clues, follow the trails, interrogate suspects, and solve an incredible case full of twists!

You are Sherlock Holmes, and this is your investigation. Unfold an incredible conspiracy on Xbox 360®, PS3 and PC in September 2012!

Assets

– Download the images (6.55MB)

– Download the presskit (93.2.MB)

– Watch the video

– Visit the official website

About The Testament of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes causes a stir! For over ten years, millions of players have donned the hat and magnifying glass of the world’s greatest detective, in a dozen games for PC and handheld systems. This year, Sherlock Holmes makes a triumphant return in his very first adventure specially designed for the PlayStation® 3 and Xbox 360® game consoles! All the mystery and intrigue will also be available on PC.

1898, London. All the evidence of police investigation points at Sherlock Holmes as the main suspect in a case involving theft, fraud and double-crossings. Unable to prove his own innocence, Holmes is rapidly losing London’s trust as doubt spreads through the city like wildfire. Even Doctor Watson’s faith in his friend begins to waver, as the famous detective flees Scotland Yard and raises further suspicion; prowling around at night, destruction of evidence… would Holmes go so far as to commit murder?

A mainstay genre of console games, The Testament of Sherlock Holmes is playable with a gamepad in a third person view, with controls thought and specially developed with consoles in mind. The new game engine was also specially built to display complex scenes and high-resolution textures. The game features lush, captivating environments and truly raises the bar for console adventure games.

The complex and decidedly-mature storyline surrounds a particularly tricky investigation, in which each and every puzzle will challenge both insight and wits! As Sherlock Holmes, you will use the detective’s full repertoire: handle and inspect clues, reenact crimes and use the game’s new deduction system to draw your own conclusions. Choose your questioning approach to catch characters off guard and gather valuable information. Players are facing an open investigation, and must decide which leads to follow and which to ignore.

You are Sherlock Holmes, and this is your investigation. Unfold an incredible conspiracy on PS3, Xbox 360® and PC in September 2012!

About Focus Home Interactive
Founded in 1996, Focus Home Interactive is an independent French publisher based near Paris, France. Known for the quality, diversity and originality of its catalogue, Focus has published and distributed original titles that have become benchmark titles worldwide – such as Blood Bowl, Sherlock Holmes, TrackMania, Runaway and also Cities XL and Cycling Manager.

In 2012, Focus will publish ambitious games such as Wargame: European Escalation, the new real time strategy game from the creators of « R.U.S.E. »; Game Of Thrones, the role-playing game adapted from the bestseller saga written by George R.R. Martin; The Testament of Sherlock Holmes on PC and for the first time ever on consoles; Of Orcs and Men, a great roleplaying game featuring Orcs and Goblins; Confrontation®, the video game adaptation of the famous board game universe by Rackham and also the official video game of Le Tour de France.
Official website

About Frogwares
Created in 2000, Frogwares is an independent development studio specialized in adventure video games and located in Ukraine. Thanks to a talented team of 45 artists and programmers, Frogwares realizes quality games to please adventure fans and has alternated the production of games based upon inquiry and discovery, with high licenses such as the award-winning Sherlock Holmes, Jules Verne and now Dracula. The graphic quality, the technical innovation and the incredible ability to create environments and atmospheres are the spearheads their titles.
Official website

Media Contact
Erin Fan, TriplePoint for Focus Home Interactive
efan@triplepointpr.com
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BURBANK, Calif. – June 4, 2012 –Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Cyanide today announced a distribution agreement for the fall 2012 release Of Orcs and Men for Xbox 360, PlayStation® 3 and Windows PC in North America.

Of Orcs and Men is a role-playing game set in a medieval fantasy world where gamers step into the unique perspectives of an orc and a goblin, battling their human persecutors and fighting for the freedom of their races.  The appointed veteran orc soldier, Arkail, joins together with the stealthy goblin, Styx, to complete the ultimate mission to end the war: kill the Emperor who is leading the humans’ quest to extinguish both races.  Single players can switch back and forth, playing both races at different times, allowing players to utilize the fighting styles and strengths of both the orc and the goblin.  Of Orcs and Men was jointly developed by Cyanide and Spiders Games.

“We are very pleased to partner with Cyanide to distribute Of Orcs and Men,” said Kevin Kebodeaux, Senior Vice President, Sales, Americas, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. “The distribution of this strong fantasy title will make a great addition to our fall line-up of games.”

“Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is definitely one of the best partners in the industry,” said Patrick Pligersdorffer, President, Cyanide. “We are very excited to collaborate with them, as we work together to make Of Orcs and Men a success in North America.”

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment will distribute Of Orcs and Men, lending sales and marketing resources throughout North America. More information about the project can be found at www.oforcsandmen.com.

About Cyanide
Cyanide is an independent and privately held video game studio. Based in Paris, it was created in 2000 and has risen to become one of the most productive game development studios in France. The studio is best-known for its “Pro Cycling Manager” series of games. However, it has more than one string to its bow, as games such as “Loki”, “Blood Bowl” and “Dungeon Party” have proved. These titles offer a rich pool of characters drawn from a wide variety of game universes. Cyanide also secured the video game adaptation rights to George R. R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” series. As a result, a tactical, strategy game was released for the PC in the 3rd quarter of 2011 and an RPG will be released on PC and next-gen consoles in the first half of 2012.

About Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, a division of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, is a premier worldwide publisher, developer, licensor and distributor of entertainment content for the interactive space across all current and future platforms, including console, handheld and PC-based gaming for both internal and third party game titles.

OF ORCS AND MEN © 2012 Cyanide SA. © 2012 Spiders. Published and distributed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, a division of Warner Bros Home Entertainment Inc.  All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners. All rights reserved.

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Windows, Xbox, Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE are either trademarks or registered trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies.

“PlayStation” is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

Media Contact
Megan Korns Russell
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
megan.korns@warnerbros.com
(818) 977-0526

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SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON – May 24, 2012 – SEGA^® of America, Inc. and SEGA^®Europe Ltd., in a partnership with award-winning developer Double Fine Productions, today unveiled the latest adventure from the mind of Ron Gilbert: The Cave. An adventure game so odd and compelling that it can only be described as odd and compelling, The Cave will be coming to consoles and PCs for digital download worldwide in early 2013. For a first look at this puzzling adventure game, watch the teaser trailer online here: thecavegame.com

If you enjoy rappelling, spelunking and dark rocky caverns then be prepared to be disappointed! And then intrigued. And then AMAZED. And then disappointed again, but only for a minute. Then relieved, amused, bewildered, excited and satisfied. In that order. Your first clue that The Cave is a place like no other will come just after you assemble your team of three unlikely adventurers—each with their own unique personalities and skills—and stumble across a subterranean amusement park and a medieval castle, not to mention a fully armed and ready-to-launch nuclear-tipped ICBM.

“As SEGA continues to expand our digital gaming catalog, we’ve put a lot of effort into finding truly original experiences we can help bring to life. Both Ron and the team at Double Fine are experienced and deeply creative, and we value the chance to work with them on The Cave,” said Haruki Satomi, Senior Vice President of Digital Business at SEGA.

“The concept of The Cave has been bouncing around in my head for many, many years, and then the little voices that tell me to do things said it was time to make the game,” added Ron Gilbert. “I’m thrilled to be working with amazingly talented folks at Double Fine and ecstatic that the team at SEGA believes in adventure games and quirky ideas.”

Asked for a quote, The Cave said, “There are those who say I’m not rooting for everyone who ventures down here but that’s not true. Not true at all.” He then followed up with “But I’m also not above a good chuckle when someone falls in lava.” The Cave then began to chuckle.

Press assets may be downloaded here: www.triplepointpr.com/dl/sega/DFTC_EPK.zip.

For more news follow SEGA on Twitter or “like us on Facebook.

About Double Fine Productions
Double Fine Productions is a San Francisco-based game developer that makes games with a focus on creativity, characters, and fun. Since its founding in 2000, it has produced the award-winning titles Psychonauts, Brütal Legend, Costume Quest, Stacking, Iron Brigade, and Sesame Street: Once Upon a Monster. Learn more about Double Fine at www.doublefine.com.

About SEGA^® of America, Inc.
SEGA^® of America, Inc. is the American arm of Tokyo, Japan-based SEGA^® Corporation, a worldwide leader in interactive entertainment both inside and outside the home. The company develops, publishes and distributes interactive entertainment software products for a variety of hardware platforms including PC, wireless devices, and those manufactured by Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment. SEGA^®’s global website is located at www.sega.com.

About SEGA^® Europe Ltd.
SEGA^® Europe Ltd. is the European Distribution arm of Tokyo, Japan-based SEGA^® Corporation, and a worldwide leader in interactive entertainment both inside and outside the home. The company develops and distributes interactive entertainment software products for a variety of hardware platforms including PC, wireless devices, and those manufactured by Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. SEGA^®’s global website is located at www.sega.com.

Official Website |  Facebook |  @SEGA

Media Contact
Ryan Morgan, TriplePoint for SEGA of America, Inc.
sega@triplepointpr.com
(415) 955-8500

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Hothead Games and Amanita Design Bring the Award-Winning game to Google Play and Barnes & Noble’s NOOK® Platforms

VANCOUVER, Canada & BRNO, Czech Republic – May 15, 2012 – Hothead Games have partnered with Amanita Design to announce the launch of Machinarium for Android, including Google Play, Amazon’s Kindle Fire and the NOOK App store.

Android tablet users can now discover the award-winning, steam punk world of Machinarium, navigating a clever little robot called Josef from the scrapheap into the city to save his robot girlfriend.

Players must use logic to solve puzzles, quests, brain-teasers, and mini-games to rid the city of the wicked Black Cap Brotherhood robots. Gorgeous hand-drawn graphics and animations bring the robot’s story to life, using unique comic bubbles and symbols to convey the plot.

Machinarium is available now on Google Play, and will be released this week on Barnes & Noble’s critically acclaimed NOOK Tablet and NOOK Color, both versions priced $3.99. The game will also be available through the Amazon Appstore for Android later this month.

The game is compatible with Android tablet devices, and a selection of large-screen Android phones. Please check Google Play Store for details.

About Hothead Games
Hothead Games, headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, is an emotionally secure independent developer and publisher of groundbreaking downloadable titles. Maybe we don’t have a “make your own ice-cream sandwich bar” like some other game companies, but Hothead has brought to life original games such as the scientist-approved DeathSpank and the award-winning Sea Stars. Hothead is also partnering with cool indie studios to bring games like Braid to new platforms and new audiences. Check us out at www.hotheadgames.com
Official Website |  Facebook | @HotheadGames

About Amanita Design
Amanita Design is a small studio based in Czech Republic focused on making indie games and art of all kinds.
Official Website

Media Contacts
Ellen Manuszak, TriplePoint for Hothead Games
ellen@triplepointpr.com
646.462.3166

Oliver Birch, Director of Marketing
media@hotheadgames.com
Assets

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NEW YORK — April 26, 2012 —Herotainment swings onto iOS devices with its first mobile game, Tango Chase. Tango, the wildly popular orangutan sidekick from the superhero online world of Herotopia, headlines this action arcade title.  Players will tilt, swipe and swing through snake-ridden jungles, cursed ancient ruins, fiery factories and more on Tango’s quest to save his sweetheart from an evil super villain.  Tango Chase is fun for all ages with over 70 levels of addictive arcade adventures, available now, free, for iOS devices.

Tango Chase features:

• Multi-directional tilt controls
• New iPad Retina Graphics
• Over 70 levels of adventurous gameplay to challenge your skills and quick reflexes
• Dash, dodge, and bounce to evade dangerous obstacles and creatures
• Collect coins and rare gems to unlock super power-ups and upgrades from the shop
• Global Leaderboards and Achievements to earn
• Share with friends on Facebook and Twitter for in-game bonuses

Download Tango Chase today free for iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad on iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tango-chase/id516310703?ls=1&mt=8.

Watch Tango swing into action in the official trailer: http://youtu.be/isIVwCy_Wy0.

To learn more about the world of Tango Chase, visit http://tangochasegame.com/.

Assets

Watch the all-new launch trailer now or download it here (52 MB).

Assets are available for download in the press kit.

About Herotainment, LLC

Herotainment, LLC is a New York based children’s media and entertainment company that develops interactive content for kids that is fun, educational and rewarding. The company’s flagship property is Herotopia.com, a dynamic multi-player online game with engaging characters and story that will be the basis for books, mobile apps, an animated television show, licensed products and more.

Media Contact

Sam Dalsimer, TriplePoint for Herotainment
sam@triplepointpr.com
(212) 730-9744

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Yesterday will make you travel around the world as John Yesterday, one of the three playable characters of the game, who is sent by billionaire Henry White to investigate a strange, frightening and murderous cult. This investigation will lead him to explore many places around the globe, as he helps White dismantle the dangerous cult… and, maybe, finally discover who he truly is.

Today, we invite you to discover four never-before-seen screenshots of the game, on which you will be able to see John Yesterday, but also Henry White and Cooper, the two other playable characters. These images are a testimony to Pendulo’s extraordinary artistic touch, infusing Yesterday with a remarkable identity. The strong story of the game, its deep, intricate scenario and its numerous turning points are certain to surprise players when the game releases in March 2012!

If you wish to write a preview of Yesterday, please contact efan@triplepointpr.com to receive your access to the preview version of the game.

– Download the new images (3,09MB)

– Download the press kit (11.6MB)

– Visit the official website

About Yesterday
After having left its mark in adventure gaming with its million-selling trilogy Runaway and more recently with The Next BIG Thing, Pendulo Studios will deliver early 2012 its newest adventure: Yesterday. Though the unique graphic style, trademark of the Spanish developer, has not been left behind, Pendulo has now given up comedy for once and is offering an original and dark thriller.

In New York City, beggars are disappearing one after another, only to be found burnt alive. Meanwhile, a Y-shaped scar forms in the palm of the hands of seemingly unrelated people. With the police and the media giving little attention to these events, Henry White, a young and rich heir dedicated to a charitable organization, and his friend Cooper, are the first to investigate these disappearances. They are two of the three playable characters in Yesterday, the third being none other than the enigmatic John Yesterday, who is dragged into this incredible story after his memory is completely wiped.

This is the starting point of the brand new adventure from Pendulo Studios. More will be unveiled in the coming months, without spoiling the deep scenario and its numerous turning points which are sure to surprise many players when the game releases in March 2012!

About Focus Home Interactive
Founded in 1996, Focus Home Interactive is an independent French publisher based near Paris, France. Known for the quality, diversity and originality of its catalog, Focus has published and distributed original titles that have become benchmark titles worldwide — such as Blood Bowl, Sherlock Holmes, TrackMania, Runaway and also Cities XL and Cycling Manager.

In 2011, Focus will publish important games such as A Game Of Thrones – Genesis, a strategy game adapted from the bestseller novels “Game Of Thrones” by George R.R. Martin, The Next BIG Thing, a great adventure game by the creators of Runaway, The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Confrontation and also the official video game of Le Tour de France.

http://www.focus-home.com

About Pendulo Studios
Pendulo Studios is an 18-year-old developer based in Madrid, Spain. Specialized in narrative games, it’s better known for the million-selling Runaway saga and the cult game The Next Big Thing. They keep on saying that they “make the kind of games that we‘d love to play”, whatever that may mean. To find more about their love for details, their gorgeous artworks and their rich scenarios, visit http://www.pendulostudios.com

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Erin Fan, TriplePoint for Focus Home Interactive
415-955-8500
efan@triplepointpr.com

Categories: adventure games, animation, Apple, GameWire, Mac, PC, PC gaming

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Sherlock Holmes finds himself yet again in an unpleasant situation, as his investigation leads him to cross paths with disreputable individuals. Even though a clear light has not been cast on his questionable actions, the famous detective is determined to lead the case to the end, while he is still actively sought by British police.

You are Sherlock Holmes, and this is your investigation. Unfold an incredible conspiracy on PS3, Xbox 360® and PC early 2012!

– Download the screenshots (8.26MB)

– Download the presskit (54.4.MB)

– Watch the video

– Visit the official website of Sherlock Holmes

About the Testament of Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes causes a stir! For over ten years, millions of players have donned the hat and magnifying glass of the world’s greatest detective, in a dozen games for PC and handheld systems. This year, Sherlock Holmes makes a triumphant return in his very first adventure specially designed for the PlayStation® 3 and Xbox 360® game consoles! All the mystery and intrigue will also be available on PC.

1898, London. All the evidence of police investigation points at Sherlock Holmes as the main suspect in a case involving theft, fraud and double-crossings. Unable to prove his own innocence, Holmes is rapidly losing London’s trust as doubt spreads through the city like wildfire. Even Doctor Watson’s faith in his friend begins to waver, as the famous detective flees Scotland Yard and raises further suspicion; prowling around at night, destruction of evidence… would Holmes go so far as to commit murder?

A mainstay genre of console games, The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is playable with a gamepad in a third person view, with controls thought and specially developed with consoles in mind. The new game engine was also specially built to display complex scenes and high-resolution textures. The game features lush, captivating environments and truly raises the bar for console adventure games.

The complex and decidedly-mature storyline surrounds a particularly tricky investigation, in which each and every puzzle will challenge both insight and wits! As Sherlock Holmes, you will use the detective’s full repertoire: handle and inspect clues, reenact crimes and use the game’s new deduction system to draw your own conclusions. Choose your questioning approach to catch characters off guard and gather valuable information. Players are facing an open investigation, and must decide which leads to follow and which to ignore.

You are Sherlock Holmes, and this is your investigation. Live a thrilling adventure and foil an incredible conspiracy on Xbox 360, PS3 and PC early 2012.

About Focus Home Interactive
Founded in 1996, Focus Home Interactive is an independent French publisher based near Paris, France. Known for the quality, diversity and originality of its catalog, Focus has published and distributed original titles that have become benchmark titles worldwide — such as Blood Bowl, Sherlock Holmes, TrackMania, Runaway and also Cities XL and Cycling Manager.

In 2011, Focus will publish important games such as A Game Of Thrones – Genesis, a strategy game adapted from the bestseller novels “Game Of Thrones” by George R.R. Martin, The Next BIG Thing, a great adventure game by the creators of Runaway, The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Confrontation and also the official video game of Le Tour de France. www.focus-home.com>

About Frogwares
Created in 2000, Frogwares is an independent development studio specialized in adventure video games and located in Ukraine. Thanks to a talented team of 45 artists and programmers, Frogwares realizes quality games to please adventure fans and has alternated the production of games based upon inquiry and discovery, with high licenses such as the award-winning Sherlock Holmes, Jules Verne and now Dracula. The graphic quality, the technical innovation and the incredible ability to create environments and atmospheres are the spearheads their titles. www.frogwares.com

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Erin Fan, TriplePoint for Focus Home Interactive
415-955-8500
efan@triplepointpr.com

Categories: adventure games, GameWire, PC, PC gaming, PlayStation 3, PS3, puzzle, puzzle gaming, Xbox, Xbox 360

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