Regal developer Nerial and the institutional monarchs at Devolver Digital have announced Reigns, a card-based adventure game that puts you in the roll of a medieval monarch with a decidedly modern approach to decision making. Swipe left, swipe right, and rule your kingdom as you see fit while finding balance between the most influential groups and avoiding usurpers at every turn!

Aspiring monarchs will need to survive the seemingly never-ending gauntlet of requests from their advisors, peasants, allies, and enemies while maintaining balance between the influential factions of your kingdom. But beware; each decision you make might have implications and unfortunate consequences down the road that could put your reign and family’s dynasty at risk! Over 400 unique cards, interconnected story paths, and surprise events assure that no two reigns are ever the same!

“Market research showed that the kids love making history altering decisions that will effect the lives of millions of subservient people but want to do so by casually sliding their thumbs left and right with minimal effort,” noted Devolver Digital CFO Fork Parker.

The most skilled rulers will carefully track their dynasty as they find new and more inventive ways to die at the hands of those they rule over. Royal challenges like marriage, alliances, and simply living to 30 give short-term goals and long-term rewards in new cards and content.

Heirs to the throne can learn more about Reigns by visiting reignsgame.com and following @ReignsGame on Twitter.

Ancient Greece – Argentine developer Coffee Powered Machine and American-British label Devolver Digital are proud to announce that Greek mob dramedy Okhlos is launching this spring on PC, Mac, and Linux. Okhlos will be playable at the upcoming PAX South inside the Devolver Digital booth [12059] and any attendee that demos the game while wearing a toga or tunic will receive the entire Devolver Digital library of games on Steam.

Originally written and performed in Athens in 507 B.C. and winner of Best New Dramedy at the 508 B.C. Dionysia Festival, the chaotic Okhlos will have modern gamers stepping into the sandals of ancient Greek philosophers to lead angry mobs of irate citizens and bring down the oppressive god of mythological Greece. Your beloved brothers and sisters will no longer stand for the abuse from the deities. They have taken up arms against them and are hell bent on taking down anything and everything in their path. Topple the beastly minotaur, bring down sacred temples, and confront the almighty Olympians themselves while recruiting and balancing your unruly mob with warriors, peasants, slaves and even livestock in their quest for freedom from Mount Olympus. It’s total anarchy in the birthplace of democracy.

“Okhlos is basically a modern retelling of Homer’s Odyssey but instead of a classical hero embarking on a grand adventure it’s mostly pissed off greeks wrecking stuff until they get their way,” noted Devolver Digital CFO Fork Parker. “Come to think of it Okhlos is nothing like the Odyssey. Whatever, just buy it.”

The adorable tooting developers at Flee Punk and silent but deadly game label Devolver Digital announce today that Gassy Mob, a game about an angry mob trying to kill you because you farted on them, is squirting out on iOS later this year and on Android in early 2016.

Let's just let that one float for a minute.

Gassy Mob puts you in control of an adorably colorful character that, having eaten as much as possible, now must release copious amounts of delightful gas in the vicinity of seemingly innocuous bystanders. However, after enough back-end blowouts, you'll be running for your life pursued by a mob – expelling more gas along the way. Gain points with each dusting and level up your gastrointestinal prowess, unlock new powers, and make new helpful friends but be sure to avoid pitfalls and traps as you dodge the increasingly angry mob. Stay on your feet long enough to break wind as much as possible before the mob eventually runs you down.

Gassy Mob's blocky, colorful art style and delightful sound effects will be tooting its own horn (literally) at this month's PAX Prime convention in Seattle, August 28-31 in the Devolver Digital booth of virtual wares, #3943.

For more information, please visit www.gassymob.com.

Ornithological gamers are all aflutter with the news that developer Mediatonic (Amateur Surgeon, Foul Play) and bird-brained publisher Devolver Digital will release Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star on PlayStation 4, PlayStation, Vita and PC this fall. The remastered sequel to everyone’s favorite bird dating sim Hatoful Boyfriend will come with spruced up visuals and all the bells and whistles (and chirps) a bird lover could ever want.

Hatoful Boyfriend fans will travel to fantastically styled worlds, meet interesting new chickadees, and find romance in elegantly designed winter wonderlands and a new mysterious watercolor world. Dust the snow off your wings and take flight with both familiar faces and new friends in extraordinary adventures hatched from the whimsical mind of the series creator Hato Moa and developer Mediatonic!

“While we would have loved to create an all-new franchise with our friends at Mediatonic, investing $350,000 in bird motion capture gear limits our options,” said Devolver Digital CFO Fork Parker.

Vengeful developer Tomasz Wacławek and shadowy game label Devolver Digital unleashed the turn-based action-platformer RONIN on Steam Early Access as the game enters its final phase of development. During this four-week stretch in Early Access, developer Tomasz Wacławek and the community will work to finely tune the controls, difficulty curve, and overall gameplay of the otherwise complete game.

RONIN is stylish a turn-based action platformer following the exploits of a vengeful heroine determined to strike down five prominent figures of a powerful corporation. Move with precision by meticulously planning out each silent step, soaring leap, and devastating swing of your blade from the shadows as you seek your revenge.

“RONIN is a game of precision and timing so our team has worked with beta testers, other developers, and third-party testing studios to really test and tweak the near final game,” said developer Tomasz Wacławek. “Our goal is to extend this type of testing and iteration to a much larger audience to hopefully perfect RONIN and Steam Early Access is the perfect method and forum for honest feedback.”

RONIN is available now on Steam Early Access with a 10% discount off the standard ($12.99 / £9.99 / € 12.99 price. The RONIN Digital Special Edition ($19.99 / £14.99 / € 19.99 price) is also available and includes the game, an exclusive full-color digital comic, and the full original soundtrack in both MP3 and FLAC formats.

London, UK – Political pundits Roll7 and Devolver Digital announced today that the upcoming politically charged, cover-based shooter Not a Hero has undergone super secret upgrades to crank that shit up to 60 frames per second and will now launch on May 14 via Steam, GOG, and Humble (http://www.notahe.ro).

Not A Hero’s short but life-changing seven-day delay marks additional time for tweaking and testing the most recent tech update to the game, which brought the action from a dull and dreary 30fps to a pants tingling 60fps. It’s like the game is licking your eyeballs now.

“Throughout the rigorous beta testing phase of Not A Hero, the most consistent feedback was to increase the frame rate to 59 frames per second,” said Simon Bennett, producer at Roll7. “Well, we went a step further and took Not A Hero up to 60 frames per second. You’re welcome.”

More information on Not A Hero can be found at NotAHe.Ro and by following @Roll_7, @VoteBunnyLord and @DevolverDigital on the Twitter. For ISO-Slant™ licensing inquiries please visit www.iso-slant.com.

A previously unknown British political faction, UJIP, have claimed responsibility for a recent break-in at the campaign headquarters of time-traveling rabbit and London mayoral candidate BunnyLord. In addition to the theft of sensitive campaign information, the political group has also posted a cracked, defaced version of BunnyLord’s upcoming videogame, Not A Hero. This illegally distributed version of the game contains strong anti-BunnyLord imagery and sentiments and is freely available on http://www.ujipparty.org/ and – inexplicably – on Steam (http://store.steampowered.com/app/274270/). Even in Australia.

Also, the Steam page was defaced so maybe this is a marketing stunt. Suspicious to say the least as the politically motivated developers at Roll7 and the policy wielding executives at Devolver Digital have opened preorders for Not A Hero which yields a 10% off discount and a free download of Roll7’s award-winning skateboarding opus, OlliOlli.

Not a Hero features a time-travelling purple rabbit attempting to become elected mayor, and has received considerable backlash for its criticism of political systems and its satirical take of democratic elections in the Great Britain. An unrepeatable Google search unveils that the UJIP has been campaigning to have the game banned and recently staged a sit-in at the various global offices of Devolver Digital, Not A Hero's publisher.

"We’re pretty used to dealing with activist groups that have a bone to pick with a Devolver Digital game," said Devolver CFO Fork Parker. “Don’t get me started on the battles with People for the Ethical Treatment of Skateboards when we launched OlliOlli.”

While incidents such as these are often a distraction for game developers, many see these discussions as a proof point that games are becoming a medium that can raise its voice and become parts of larger, more meaningful political discussions.

"If there is one thing Not A Hero will be remembered for it’s a brilliant cover-based combat mechanic and its deep and thoughtful commentary on the lack of true democracy in so-called democratic elections held in modern Western societies," noted Roll7 Political Strategist Simon Bennett. “I guess that’s two things.  Can you not print one of them? Please stop typing.”

Assassins in training are now able to get their hands on some sweet turn-based ninja action as lone wolf developer Tomasz Wacławek and shadowy game label Devolver Digital have released a three-level demo for RONIN on Steam. Pre-orders for RONIN and the RONIN Digital Special Edition are now available on Steam, GOG, and other digital services with 10% off the $12.99 / £9.99 / € 12.99 price for the standard game and $19.99 / £14.99 / € 19.99 price for the Digital Special Edition.

Laying out an unrelenting path of retribution, RONIN follows the exploits of a vengeful heroine determined to strike down five prominent figures of a powerful corporation. Plot your strikes via cunning use of razor wire or your deathly katana, or avoid combat via a holographic replicator and grappling hook until you locate your most advantageous position for an all-out assault. 

The RONIN Digital Special Edition is also available and includes the game, an exclusive full-color digital comic, and the full original soundtrack in both MP3 and FLAC formats.

RONIN takes you through more than 15 complex missions as you stalk your targets with silent steps and soaring leaps – but be careful, your enemies are carefully guarded and part of a secret, destructive conglomerate. Taking them out will be no easy task.

Independent developer Croteam and philosophical game label Devolver Digital have announced The Talos Principle: Road to Gehenna, an upcoming expansion pack for the award-winning first-person puzzler The Talos Principle. Set in the world of The Talos Principle, Road to Gehenna follows the narrative of Uriel, Elohim's messenger, as he explores a strange, hidden part of the simulation on a mission of mercy and redemption in an attempt to free the souls of the damned at all costs.

The Talos Principle: Road to Gehenna will consist of four episodes that take experienced players through some of the most advanced and challenging puzzles yet. The Talos Principle writers Tom Jubert and Jonas Kyratzes have returned to pen the expansion and show players an entirely different side of Elohim's world through a journey to Gehenna filled with new characters and a new society with its own history and philosophy.

“We wanted to revisit the world of The Talos Principle and deliver new characters and a new world with its own history and culture,” said Tom Jubert, co-writer of The Talos Principle. “With Road to Gehenna we have created an all-new narrative which both branches off from and expands the original character's journey.”

Independent developer Ojiro Fumoto and marginally successful publisher Devolver Digital have announced Downwell; a charming vertical action platformer about a young man with guns for boots on an adventure straight down a well headed to iOS, Android, and the personal computer later this year.

Downwell is a curious game about a young man in search of untold treasures. Make your way further and further down into a darkness filled with nasty creatures and mysterious secrets and collect the spectacular red gems scattered about the rocks. Step into a relatively oddly placed shop to buy some helpful items or level up between caverns to battle well-dwelling monsters and uncover hidden caves filled with riches and relics. No two trips down the well are ever the same.

Downwell will be playable at GDC 2015 where it was nominated in the Independent Games Festival’s Student Showcase and at PAX East 2015 in the Indie Megabooth (Booth 5149).

Holy smokes, PAX East 2015 is just around the corner and your friends at Devolver Digital are bringing all sorts of fun to share with you, the game loving masses. Here's a sneak peek at what we'll have on hand to play and enjoy with the developers of each game standing by to answer questions and quietly judge your game playing prowess. More news soon but be sure to put Devolver Digital booth 8212 on your list stops at the show! 

Fans are able to get their hands on some sweet turn-based ninja action this weekend as assassins Devolver Digital announce RONIN, a new title coming to PC, Mac and Linux later this fall from developer Tomasz Wacławek. RONIN is featured in Devolver Digital's booth all weekend at PAX South in booth 1243.

Laying out an unrelenting path of retribution, RONIN follows the exploits of a vengeful heroine determined to strike down five prominent figures of a powerful corporation. Plot your strikes via cunning use of razor wire or your deathly katana, or avoid combat via a holographic replicator and grappling hook until you locate your most advantageous position for an all-out assault.

RONIN takes you through more than 15 complex missions as you stalk your targets with silent steps and soaring leaps – but be careful, your enemies are carefully guarded and part of a secret, destructive conglomerate. Taking them out will be no easy task.

We are aware of the recent report published by the Australian Classification Board in regards to Hotline Miami 2 and have been in communication with them. As such, we and Dennaton Games would like to clarify a few things:

First, to clear up any possible misconceptions, the opening cinematic that was first shown in June of 2013 has not changed in any way. We also want to make clear that players are given an choice at the start of the game as to whether they wish to avoid content that alludes to sexual violence. The sequence in question is presented below in context, both after choosing the uncut version of the game and after choosing to avoid content that alludes to sexual violence.

Second, in response to the report itself, we  are concerned and disappointed that a board of professionals tasked with evaluating and judging games fairly and honestly would stretch the facts to such a degree and issue a report that describes specific thrusting actions that are not simply present in the sequence in question and incorrectly portrays what was presented to them for review.

Though we have no plans to officially challenge the ruling, we stand by our developers, their creative vision for the storyline, its characters and the game and look forward to delivering Hotline Miami 2: Wrong Number to fans very soon. 

In a shocking development from the world of Broforce, a mysterious new User-Generated Island has been discovered just off the coast of the Broforce world map in today's update. The planet's smartest scienticians have speculated that the newly discovered landmass is quietly being populated with the best, most patriotic user-created missions from Steam Workshop in time for the game’s full launch later next year.

“The Free Lives team has been incredibly impressed with the creativity and craftsmanship in the custom levels created by the community over the past few months,” said Free Lives' Artist Jarred “The Junt” Lunt. “There were suspicions that our own Broforce level designers were grossly incompetent and obsolete but this new initiative confirms it.”

Fourattic is making its debut with a charming new action adventure game that will make you long for your childhood today as Crossing Souls is announced from the youthful gents at Devolver Digital. Crossing Souls takes us all back to the good old days of 1986 in California and tells the incredible story of a group of friends who will live the summer of their lives after uncovering a mysterious artifact whose powers they don’t fully understand but will change their lives forever.

These remarkable kids will defy the laws of nature to interact between two planes of reality: life and death. When their curiosity triggers a series of unexpected events, their adventures will lead them away from home and everything they know into dark, secret governmental conspiracies – including a mysterious U.S. Army general with his own nefarious plans.

Developed with the power of conscious wistfulness, Crossing Souls introduces players to five different characters, and you will be tasked with mixing each one's unique abilities and weapons to thoughtfully overcome all the challenges, obstacles, and enemies ahead of them. Crossing Souls sets players in a unique but familiar world, with the options to interact with hundreds of NPCs from different periods of time, decipher puzzles, explore secret places and unearth clandestine treasures.

And through their adventures, mishaps, discoveries and lessons, this band of accidental heroes will have an artifact of invaluable power: the Duat stone. With this artifact they will be able to connect to the death plane and the thousands of souls that exist there, awaiting their trial to be able to finally rest in peace.  But be careful, you're not the only ones who know about the stone and want what powers it can grant…

To learn more about Crossing Souls or support the game’s development please jump over to their Kickstarter page at: www.crossingsoulsthegame.com

Filmmakers Bram Ruiter and Daniel Oliveira Carneiro and independent game label Devolver Digital announced today that the fifth and final episode of game development documentary series Super Game Jam is now available on Steam. Episode 5 follows Gunpoint developer Tom Francis and Remembering creator Liselore Goedhart as they design SimAntics based on the theme “simulation.” The series is also discounted with 25% off through the weekend to celebrate the launch of this next episode.

Filmed in five cities over six months, Super Game Jam pairs two indie developers together for 48 hours and challenges them to create a game based on a theme suggested by their peers. The games will come bundled as playable prototype downloads with the purchase of the series ($19.99 for all five episodes and games: http://store.steampowered.com/app/288290).

More information on Super Game Jam can be found at the aptly named supergamejam.com and by following @SuperGameJam and @DevolverDigital on the Twitter.

Episode 1 | Utrecht, Netherlands

Jan Willem Nijman (Ridiculous Fishing, LUFTRAUSERS) + Richard Boeser (Ibb and Obb)

Episode 2 | Berlin, Germany

Dominik Johann (Impetus, LAZA KNITEZ!!) + Christoffer Hedborg (Shelter, Pid)

Episode 3 | Oakland, USA

Adam Drucker (doseone, Samurai Gunn) + Sos Sosowski (McPixel)

Episode 4 | Gothenburg, Sweden

Jonatan Söderström (Hotline Miami) + Martin Jonasson (Rymdkapsel)

Episode 5 | London, England

Filmmakers Bram Ruiter and Daniel Oliveira Carneiro and independent game label Devolver Digital announced today that the fourth episode of game development documentary series Super Game Jam are now available on Steam. Episode 4 follows Hotline Miami developer Jonatan Söderstrom and Rymdkapsel creator Martin Jonasson in the woods of Sweden as they design the local multiplayer game Torr based on the theme “underwater.” The series is also discounted with 25% off through the weekend to celebrate the launch of this next episode.

Filmed in five cities over six months, Super Game Jam pairs two indie developers together for 48 hours and challenges them to create a game based on a theme suggested by their peers. The games will come bundled as playable prototype downloads with the purchase of the series ($19.99 for all five episodes and games.

More information on Super Game Jam can be found at the aptly named supergamejam.com and by following @SuperGameJam and @DevolverDigital on the Twitter.

Episode 1 | Utrecht, Netherlands

Jan Willem Nijman (Ridiculous Fishing, LUFTRAUSERS) + Richard Boeser (Ibb and Obb)

  Episode 2 | Berlin, Germany

Dominik Johann (Impetus, LAZA KNITEZ!!) + Christoffer Hedborg (Shelter, Pid)

  Episode 3 | Oakland, USA

Adam Drucker (doseone, Samurai Gunn) + Sos Sosowski (McPixel)

  Episode 4 | Gothenburg, Sweden

Jonatan Söderström (Hotline Miami) + Martin Jonasson (Rymdkapsel)

  Episode 5 | London, England