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HUMAN
EARTH – Feb. 17, 2021 –30XX, the new Megaroguelike action platformer from Batterystaple Games, dashes onto Steam Early Access today for Windows PC.
Batterystaple returns to Steam Early Access following the success of
20XX, which sold more than 200,000 copies and was named one of Valve’s Top Early Access Graduates of 2017. Bolstered by that experience,
30XX debuts with a growing stockpile of content for the community to jump into and help shape as the game advances toward its 1.0 release.
Kowloon Nights backs indies with funding deals for 23 titles
Game investment fund Kowloon Nights has agreed to finance 23 titles from a range of indie studios.
The spate of funding deals has seen Kowloon back projects from notable studios including Oxenfree developer Night School Studios, Spiritfarer creator Thunder Lotus,
OlliOlli developer Roll7.
Kowloon said it wants to help creators chart their own destiny, and as such has taken a developer-first approach to funding by letting its partners retain ownership of their IP and sequel rights, implement a flexible payment schedule, maintain full creative control over their projects, and earn revenue from day one.
, and
Oxenfree developers, were announced on Thursday. Kowloon Nights announced its investment fund in 2018 with a slate of games with budgets ranging from $500,000 to $5 million, including one from
The Last Guardian creator Fumito Ueda. In its second year, Kowloon Nights added 10 more projects, a few of which were released last year. (Beloved Thunder Lotus Games management simulator
Spiritfarer and Timberline Studio’s
Twenty-three more games will be funded this time around, including projects from past Kowloon Nights partners, like Thunder Lotus.
“We are incredibly proud to work with such talented studios and developers whose innovative work previously has brought to the community games ranging from
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HUMAN
EARTH – January 13, 2021 – 30XX, the new Megaroguelike action platformer from Batterystaple Games, follows in the footsteps of its acclaimed predecessor enjoyed by more than 200,000 players on Feb. 17, 2021, by springing into Steam Early Access.
Alongside the classic roguelike Arcade Mode and permadeath-free Mega Mode campaign,
30XX empowers fans to design the levels of their dreams with Maker Mode. Modeled after the tools used to develop the game, this level editor allows the community to craft custom stages and share them with the world.