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June has passed, but that doesn't mean that Pride is over! The month-long streaming event, Season of Pride 2021 is kicking off today! Every day starting on July 1st to the 31st, from 9am Pacific to Midnight, you can tune in to SeasonOfPride.tv and watch a myriad of LGBTQIA+ streamers, games, and participate in game giveaways. We're also supporting three fantastic charities this year: Trans Lifeline, The Trevor Project, and GaymerX. If you're in the position to, you can help out and donate to any one of these by following their respective links here, or going to the SeasonOfPride.tv site! And that's that. So head on over to SeasonOfPride.tv and give it a gander, we'll be here all month. Count on it!

The totally fantastic Read Only Memories is getting its physical release Tomorrow at 10am (EST) on Limited Run. Copies are super limited, so it’s a great time to jump on it if you’ve been wondering about this game!

Single Variant 

3-Pack Variant 

it’s gay

super gay

cool ass fucking adorable ass fuckin robot named turing

you can talk to a plant

EVERY ONE IS GAY

cool art

good good plot 10/10

IM NOT SHITTING U LOOK AT THIS CUTE FRICKN SHIT

THE ART IS SUPER COOL

everyone is #Relatable in one way or another

GOOD ASS SOUNDTRACK

IT HAS SOME GOOD FRICKN VOICE ACTING NOW

H   A   S   S   Y

interact with E V E R Y T H I N G

THE MAKERS (midboss) ARE SUPER LGBT+ FRIENDLY AND GOOD!!

there’s a guy named starfucker

Happy Summer of Pride!

In case you haven’t noticed, we’re hosting our 2nd annual Summer of Pride stream event, where we shine a bright spotlight on some of the best LGBTQIA+ inclusive games and Twitch streamers, 15 hours a day for the whole month! This year’s line up includes over 70 streamers and over 60 games. Check out the schedule and join in the fun! To support this, we’re proud to announce an official Steam event going live TODAY at 10am Pacific, a huge Summer of Pride 2020 Steam Sale! Check it out. We’re continuing to create new ways to support the creation of inclusive games and this is our biggest and newest venture in that.

We also want to promote the amazing Bundle for Racial Justice and Equality bundle on itch.io. Our game and over 1200 others are included, and they’re yours for a minimum donation of $5. As of today, they have reached $3,000,000!!! Give more if you can.

Please share and donate if you can. There’s really nothing more vital and timely than supporting major change in the world through promotion of true equality.

Next, we have a special announcement—we are participating in the Guerrilla Collective, which is a very cool event brought together with The MIX, GameSpot, and Kinda’ Funny, this coming weekend! Tune in June 13th, 14th, and 15th for a bunch of fun and festivities, and on the 14th, they are unveiling our newest teaser trailer! Bookmark this page to see it!

That’s it! So check out the new Steam event and mark your calendars to check out the Guerrilla Collective

Greetings Cyberpunks

SAVE THE DATE! November 29th, that's right, Black Friday, November 29th will be THE date to get yourself a Limited Run physical edition of 2064: Read Only Memories INTEGRAL for the Nintendo Switch! Let's see what's in the box!

In this collection, you'll get:

A physical cartridge of the game w/ physical manual

Double-sided poster of the case arts by Billie Snippet and Yue Wu

Physical artbook

Turing metal pin

Updated INTEGRAL official soundtrack with album art by Yue Wu

That's pretty bonkers, if you ask us. It doesn't stop there, though, the Switch case also includes reversible art (front by Billie Snippet, reverse by Yue Wu)!

As well as a lovely collector's edition box for all of it to fit in, which can magnetically attach to the VA-11 HALL-A collector's edition to make two complete panoramic illustrations in both the front covers and gatefold inner cover (both by illustrator, Rebecca G Ryan)!

This is not just the INTEGRAL version of the game, it is the "INTEGRAL BLACK FRIDAY LIMITED RUN CYBER COMBINERS GORGEOUS" edition. After this release, we're breaking the mold! Burning the source code so it's no longer allowed to be released ever again! Not really, though. That would be reckless and foolish of us. But this'll be the last we'll probably see of 2064: Read Only Memories in a physical form from Limited Run, so be sure to keep your eyes out for it! Rather than going out to get pushed around by ravenous Black Friday shoppers, stay in and nab that copy! November 29th, first run at 10AM EST, second run at 6PM EST! That's NOVEMBER 29th, Black Friday! Bright and early at 10AM EST, and again at 6PM EST! And if you're just interested in the standard edition, the two (2) week open pre-orders for those begin on the same day, same time, starting at 10AM EST!

Hey everyone, happy official Halloween month!

Today we've got two important things to bring up, the first one being Steam's LGBTQ+ Games Sale!

Steam is running an LGBTQ+ sale for the span of the next three days (and a handful of hours)! Some cool things to note in the sale is that it also features both of our Queer Games Bundles, featuring some awesome games like Tacoma, Ladykiller in a Bind, Secret Little Haven, and Even the Ocean. We were also delighted to help with further recommendations for games to be included in it, as well as some of the presentation! So check it out! The second thing is that it's National Coming Out Day today! A day celebrated through sharing stories of coming out (thus the name). Not comfortable with sharing your story? Hey, that's A-OK too. Just know that you're wonderful and supported by many out there you may not even know. And that about does it! We don't have anything spooky for this October update outside of the spine chilling discounts during this LGBTQ+ Steam Sale.

Warm February Greetings!

We hope your year got off to a great start. While it may seem that it’s been a little quiet here at MidBoss HQ, but we’ve been busy working on several really cool projects behind the scenes.

To “kick” things off, we’d like to share with you some new swag we’ve designed. Turing-lovers, get ready! Valentine’s Day is almost here, and we have just the thing to start you off on the “right foot.” <puns, I can’t help it. I love ‘em.>

If red isn’t your thing, don’t worry. We’ve added a few other gorgeous color options to help you walkabout Neo-SF in style.

Either way, check out and keep an eye on our new swag shop! The red and pink shoe color options may be here only for a limited time, so get them while they’re hot!

Next, we have two awesome games we’d like to spotlight. Turing and Read Only Memories make an appearance in BOTH, and we thought we would share.

YIIK: A Postmodern RPG is a Colorful 3D JRPG set in the 1990s, about eight strangers, a mysterious woman who vanishes in an elevator, and weaponized Panda plushies. What’s not to love?

Finally, you may recognize a familiar design in Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes.

In it, you can acquire a cool graphic tee, with your favorite sapient ROM on it.

That about wraps things up! We wish you a very happy and warm Valentine’s Day.

As always, be sure to keep your augmented eyes on • our • social • media!

See you next time!

Happy Second Month of Halloween!

Autumn is in full swing, and everything is getting spookier as the season continues. Speaking of spooky, The Vita version of 2064: Read Only Memories is at the positively spine chilling price of FREE for this month's Playstation Plus lineup! There's also a trick to this treat. 2064 is a cross buy title, so while it's a PS+ deal for Vita, you'll automatically get it on PS4 if you add it to your library. How fang-tastic!

In case you missed it, there's a queer games bundle on Steam, which made its debut back in August. The bundle features seven games by six different developers for a discounted bundle price. It turned out to be a a success, and in light of that, we're starting to gather up more games to create the Steam Queer Games Bundle 2. We'll keep you updated as things develop, so keep your eyes out for that!

MIDBOSS SPOTLIGHT

As we mentioned in our last newsletter, this segment promotes other cool queer content happening in the industry. In this update, we're putting the spotlight on the Rainbow Arcade Catalogue Kickstarter.

On December 13th, The Schwules Museum Berlin will host the world's first LGBTQIA* video game history exhibit. The Rainbow Arcade Catalogue will be a print production chronicling over 30 years of LGBTQIA* video games and feature, not only a detailed catalogue and directory of the Berlin exhibit itself, but also essays and interviews with developers, artists and researchers in the field. So, can't make a flight all the way to Berlin to see the exhibit? No worries! This catalogue will have you covered and then some, so check it out!