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LONDON, UK –
6 September, 2017
– Rising Star Games, in partnership
with developer Bitmap Bureau, today announced that the action
platform game
88 Heroes is scheduled for release on Nintendo
Switch™ early October, in a “complete” version
called
88 Heroes - 98 Heroes Edition.
The Nintendo Switch™ edition of the acclaimed game
features all of the frantic fast-paced and funny action of the
original release, plus the DLC pack ‘RSG Champions’
previously available on other formats, as well as the forthcoming
DLC pack ‘H8 Mode Activate’.
The ‘RSG Champions’ pack comprises eight playable
heroes taken from other smash-hit indie games published by Rising
Star Games, in a crossover of colossal proportions! Characters
include Rusty from
SteamWorld Collection, Gunborg from
Zombie Vikings, and Conga Master, from, well,
Conga Master. Meanwhile the ‘H8 Mode Activate’
pack offers up a further two playable characters and a collection
of eight hardcore challenge levels to seriously test your
platforming prowess.
Developed by Bitmap Bureau and globally published by Rising Star
Games,
88 Heroes – 98 Heroes Edition is scheduled for
release both at physical retail and digitally on 2
nd October in American markets, and on 10
th October everywhere else.
About
88 Heroes – 98 Heroes Edition
It's 8:08am on 8th August 1988, and the evil Dr. H8 has brought
the world to the brink of total annihilation! His demands are
simple: pay $88 octillion within 88 minutes, or Dr. H8's 88
thermo-nuclear warheads will wipe out the Earth! But who will save
us in our time of need? The bravest? The boldest? No... the 88
Heroes!
Prepare to infiltrate Dr. H8’s lair with the help of the
strangest, dumbest and most pointless superheroes ever! With 88
levels between you and Dr. H8, only 88 seconds to complete each
level and the 88-minute Doomsday clock already ticking, lead a
unique band of heroes – each with their own special abilities
– on a platform-hopping, enemy-smashing, danger-dodging
mission to save Earth from complete destruction. And with ten extra
heroes and a new mode featuring eight of the toughest challenges
yet,
88 Heroes – 98 Heroes Edition for Nintendo
Switch™ has everything you need to defeat evil once and for
all!
For more information on
88 Heroes
, please visit the official site:
88heroes.com
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ABOUT BITMAP BUREAU
Bitmap Bureau is a creatively ambitious UK games studio. Founded
by Mike Tucker, Stefan Barnett and Matt Cope, they boast over 50
years combined industry experience. Nothing will stop these hard
bitten game-making gumshoes, trying to crack the case of video game
perfection! www.bitmapbureau.com
ABOUT RISING STAR GAMES
Rising Star Games is a privately held video games publisher with
a global reach. With operating offices in Europe and USA the
company publishes video game entertainment across all
gaming platforms from Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo and via Steam.
With decades of combined experience and a genuine passion for
interactive entertainment, Rising Star Games is proud of its
ever-expanding and enormously diverse catalogue of over 130 titles.
www.risingstargames.com
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