Frenetic Firefighting Multiplayer, Embr, Hits Early Access for Steam and Stadia

Put out fires and save lives…or have a laugh trying

LONDON, May 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Curve Digital and Muse Games are excited to announce that frantic, frenetic, firefighting multiplayer Embr launches on Early Access for Steam and Google Stadia May 21st.

Frenetic Firefighting Multiplayer, Embr, Hits Early Access for Steam and Stadia
Frenetic Firefighting Multiplayer, Embr, Hits Early Access for Steam and Stadia

Check out the latest Embr trailer here: https://youtu.be/2BjiEmVejdk

Developed by Muse Games – the studio behind the award-winning Guns of Icarus OnlineEmbr is a fantastically fictional look at a world where the gig economy rules the roost and the general public now stand ready, phones in hand, to respond to firefighting emergencies.

Players will either play solo or work together in online teams tackling blaze after blaze to earn tips from clients, picking up the ever-so-crucial 5-star rating in order to earn cash, upgrade tools, and hopefully becoming the ultimate ‘have-a-go hero’ firefighter.

This is no like-for-like simulator, however. Embr is an intentionally satirical, tongue-in-cheek look at the rise of venture capitalism, with its license for allowing players to solve problems creatively resulting in toss-the-resident-out-of-the-window-onto-a-trampoline style solutions that just wouldn’t fly with a real fire fighting force.

"With Embr, we set out to shine a satirical light on the gig-economy – not in terms of the people making those deliveries and driving those taxis, but rather the companies at the top powering this particular brand of venture capitalism and deregulation," says Howard Tsao, Team Lead at Muse Games. "On a gameplay basis, we also wanted to see just what mayhem would occur if the untrained masses headed out with a hose and tried to put out fires in the same way people deliver take-out or drive people around in makeshift taxis. The end result is just as fun and frenetic as we thought it would be. It just makes you appreciate what a difficult and almost impossible job real-life firefighters do."

Embr offers players a variety of missions to earn money and upgrade their firefighting tools and lease better vehicles and fire trucks, all while dealing with competition from the Canadian firefighting startup Hosr. Staying competitive, however, relies on players working together, planning firefighting and rescuing in dense environments with complex systems interactions; water, fire, gas, electricity, and structure integrity all have a role to play.

Embr also offers cross-platform multiplayer, with Steam players able to play with their Stadia counterparts and vice-versa.

Curve Digital is also proud to announce that Embr will be brought to life by CORSAIR iCUE software on PC. The room will be lit up as players fight fires, scale buildings, and rescue people from danger. When certain events are triggered in-game, the dynamic RGB lighting on CORSAIR iCUE-compatible components and peripherals will change to compliment the action in play.

Embr launches on Steam Early Access on May 21st for $19.99/€19.99/£17.99 with a 20% discount in launch week. Players can expect multiple free major content drops in the months after launch significantly expanding the game. Muse Games will also continue to diligently work with the community to further shape the Embr experience based on feedback and suggestions.

For media enquiries in Europe:

Keith Andrew – Renaissance PR
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Aaron Seaman – Renaissance PR
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For media enquiries in North America:

Vincent Gallopain – Renaissance PR
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About Muse Games

We’re Muse Games, an independent game development studio in NYC. We focus on boundary-pushing co-op gameplay and AI, with the aim of bringing people closer together through games. We are the team behind the award-winning and best-selling Guns of Icarus series on Steam and PS4 that features team-based multiplayer airship combat set in a post-apocalyptic, steam/dieselpunk-inspired world. Other projects include the award-winning and App Store top-selling Hamsterdam and CreaVures. Our upcoming project is the irreverent, frantic, co-op, firefighting (un)simulator Embr, where you get to save lives and get paid in a hyper-capitalist alt-present, where firefighting funding has run dry, and venture capitalism and e-hailing rule the roost.

About Curve Digital

Curve Digital is a leading publisher of video games on both PC and consoles. Since 2013, Curve Digital has been working with the world’s best game developers to help bring their games to broad global audiences; from renowned indie hits like Autonauts to the likes of the multi-million-selling Human: Fall Flat. In recent years Curve Digital has become industry recognised, winning ‘Indie Games Publisher of the Year’ at both MCV Awards 2018 and 2019, as well as ‘Publishing Star’ at the Develop: Star Awards 2019 and ‘Best Publisher Award’ at the TIGA Awards 2019.

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Casual mobile sandbox game “SUPERTANK BLITZ” now available for global pre-registration
  • Global pre-registration for Smilegate’s newest casual sandbox game "SUPERTANK BLITZ" begins May 21 (Thursday)
  • Sequel to "Super Tank Rumble" with over 20 million downloads worldwide… Challenging the global market with next-level gaming quality

SEONGNAM, South Korea, May 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Smilegate Megaport (CEO Ina Jang) announced that global pre-registration for "SUPERTANK BLITZ," a new, casual mobile sandbox game serviced by Smilegate Megaport and developed by Lumidia Games (CEO Jangho Lee), will begin on the 21st (Thursday).

Casual mobile sandbox game “SUPERTANK BLITZ” now available for global pre-registration
Casual mobile sandbox game “SUPERTANK BLITZ” now available for global pre-registration

Pre-registration will be offered worldwide, simultaneously, through the SUPERTANK BLITZ pre-registration website (https://supertankblitz.smilegatemegaport.com/evt/202005_preregist?lang=en) and Google Play. Users who participate in pre-registration will receive a variety of in-game goods such as Gems, Super Boxes, and special issue Medals.

SUPERTANK BLITZ is the sequel to mobile sandbox game "Super Tank Rumble," which was released by Smilegate in 2017 and recorded over 20 million downloads worldwide. Chosen by Google as the most innovative game of 2017, "Super Tank Rumble" has been recognized for its original game quality.

The larger framework of the series where various parts are combined to build your very own tank and compete with other players has been maintained, while new elements have been added to character collection and emphasis has been placed on battle content for more casual enjoyment. Furthermore, the entire UI (user interface) of the Tank Assembly page has been dramatically improved, and parts organization has been simplified to enjoy more intuitive tank assembly.

The addition of character elements is the most notable change to the sequel. Users can collect and build a variety of characters through real-time battles. As the character grows, more parts are made available to create an original, powerful tank. Each character has its own distinctive tank, and the tank is provided when a new character is collected, providing a foundation for easy assembly of tanks of a wide variety.

Meanwhile, user response has been positive to the soft launch initiated ahead of global pre-registration by Smilegate on the 19th in six countries, Canada, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Sweden, and The Netherlands.

Smilegate Megaport CEO Ina Jang said, "Smilegate will continue to break new ground and develop the unconventional genre of ‘casual sandbox’ through SUPERTANK BLITZ," and that "we ask for your support as Smilegate aims for gamers all over the world who love games to be exposed to more diverse genres of games in order to further develop the game ecosystem in a positive direction."

Pre-registration for SUPERTANK BLITZ is available at the official pre-registration website (https://supertankblitz.smilegatemegaport.com/evt/202005_preregist).

Jiwon Hong, [email protected]

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Shadow Arena Now Available via Steam Early Access

SEOUL, South Korea, May 22, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Pearl Abyss announced today that its hero action battle royale game Shadow Arena is now available in Early Access on Steam. After running multiple global Beta tests, Shadow Arena will continue to offer an improved gameplay experience that will constantly apply user feedback. 

Shadow Arena Now Available via Steam Early Access
Shadow Arena Now Available via Steam Early Access

Based on the Black Desert universe, Shadow Arena pits players against each other in a massive battlefield where they must fight using powerful magic and weapons to survive until the very end. During the match, players can also defeat fearsome monsters to collect valuable items and gain advantages to become the last hero standing. 

Starting today, players can choose between 10 Heroes, including the new Hero Venslar. Venslar brings a brand-new combat style to the battlefield, featuring a balanced kit with both offensive and defensive skills. This new Hero will allow players to experience strategic gameplay by choosing whether to focus on being on the attack or the defense. 

Various new features and content are also available throughout the Early Access period. Multiple difficulty levels have been added to the AI Matches to create an environment that suits each player’s skills. Each Hero now has Ultimate Skill levels that will make one skill more powerful than the others. Moreover, in-game areas now have different characteristics in terms of monster types and levels. 

Furthermore, players can purchase Hero Skins that can be used to change the appearance of the Heroes. Heroes will also be available for purchase, and the new in-game emotes that have been included will also add more personality to them. Other updates such as Daily Quests, Challenges, the Ancient Weapon Puturum, and the Suspicious Cauldron will help players looking to level up their Heroes.

"Shadow Arena is a standalone game that lets our fans experience the Black Desert universe like never before," said Kwang Sam Kim, the lead producer of Shadow Arena. "During the Early Access period, we’ll continue to listen closely to player feedback and perfect the game for our official launch."

Watch the official Early Access trailer here and visit the official website, Discord, Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter for more information.

Supported Languages

English, German, Spanish, French, Russian, Polish, Turkish, Portuguese, Korean, Japanese, Thai, Indonesian, Simplified Chinese, and Traditional Chinese.

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