[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Gamasutra and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press.]
Embargo Date: Friday, October 28, 2016
San Francisco, CA (October 28, 2016) - Kongregate,
a leading publisher of mobile and web games and wholly-owned
subsidiary of GameStop Corporation, today announced it will begin
publishing games for PC on Steam, continuing the company’s
diversification to reach gamers across multiple platforms. The
company’s first PC title, Slashy Hero, the award-winning
Halloween-themed action game from Gentlebros, is available now on
Steam and Spellstone, the wildly popular
collectible card game from Synapse Games, is slated to launch in
November.
“Gamers have so many options – from mobile to
console to PC – in fact according to a recent poll nearly 70
percent of our audience plays across multiple platforms,”
said Emily Greer, president and co-founder of Kongregate.
“Despite the growth of newer platforms, PC gaming remains a
viable and exciting option that our players want to explore.
By adding Steam to our publishing business, we can support even
more indie developers and deliver unique and innovative content to
gamers worldwide.”
Kongregate also announced it has released a new unified SDK that
will allow developers to view consistent metrics across platforms
from web to mobile and now Steam. It also allows game
progress to be saved across platforms. Current Slashy Hero
mobile players can download and play the Steam version with their
upgrades, characters and saved games in-tact.
Slashy Hero is an action game where players must save Halloween
from a great Evil that’s stolen all of the world’s
candy. Players progress through more than 45 spooky levels
and collect 60 unique costume parts. The game, which is
currently available for iOS and Android devices, was honored at
Casual Connect Asia 2016 with the Indie Prize Award for “Best
Mobile Game” and “Best Game Design.” More
information on Spellstone for PC will be announced shortly.
Slashy Hero is currently available on Steam and has been rated
“E10+” by the ESRB. Game assets can be downloaded
here,
Slashy Hero Assets; and the
Slashy Hero trailer is also available on
Youtube.
The Kongregate unified SDK is also available for immediate
use. Developers interested in learning more about the SDK and
the publishing program for web, mobile, and Steam can contact
Kongregate at
[email protected] .
About Kongregate
Kongregate is a leading mobile game publisher and web gaming
portal. Kongregate's mobile publishing focuses on free to play mid-
and hard-core titles. Working closely with mobile game developers
Kongregate provides consulting, analytics, marketing, launch
support, and game features such as cross promotion, guilds, and
chat. Kongregate’s mobile games have been downloaded tens of
millions of times and have hundreds of millions of gameplays.
Kongregate's web portal features over 100,000 free games played by
millions of gamers per month. Kongregate is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of GameStop Corporation and is based in San Francisco.
The company was founded in 2006 by brother-and-sister team Jim and
Emily Greer.
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PR Contact :
Michelle Schroder
Zebra Partners
310.402.9333
[email protected]
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