Nairi: Tower of Shirin
New Update: Brazilian Portuguese (fan-translation) added!
We'd love as many people as possible to play our games, but budget concerns limits how many languages we can localize to. Sometimes, though, amazing fans come to the rescue.
They contacted us stating they had a fan translation available, and we decided to make it official.
Thanks for being great fans, Otário and Hérica Goulart!
Double Kick Heroes Launch News
🤘 The wait is almost over! 🤘
We wanted to let you know that Double Kick Heroes will be leaving Early Access on August 13th 😈
It’s time to jump out of the mosh-pit and into your Gundillac, Sheila, and take on the baddest of badasses and survive in this metal moshing and mayhemic post-apocalyptic nightmarish wasteland.
"Man, it’s been a long journey but we’re pumped to be finally sharing Double Kick Heroes with you all" David Elahee - Headbang Club. "We hope that you love our game as much as we do and enjoy the kick-ass soundtrack we’ve put together to celebrate all things metal. We can’t wait for people to try out air controls for Nintendo Switch which is a heap load of metallic fun, but please drum responsibly".
As well as leaving Early Access, Double Kick Heroes will launch on Nintendo Switch on August 13th, followed by a simultaneous release on Game Pass for Xbox One and PC and the Xbox and Microsoft Store on August 28th!!!
https://youtu.be/rcynIN9i3cw
If you've not been following our road through Early Access, here are some features you can expect on August 13th:
- A full story mode that’s accompanied by 50 kerranging songs, including the OST Volume 2 Update, by top artists such as Ultra Vomit, Volkorx, Gorod, Jinjer, Carpenter Brut and Gojira!
- Unique Rhythm shooter mashup with incredibly detailed pixel art
- 5 difficulty settings to test even the most metal of metal head’s skills
- Tons of accessibility options
- USB drum and guitar support on PC (and Xbox One)
In addition to this, we have some Nintendo Switch Joy Con Alternative Motion Control Methods prepared for launch including:
- Air drumming - Joy Con used as drumsticks, keeping in rhythm of game
- Air beat - Can't drum? No Problem! Stomp to the beat with your Joy Con
- Want the all out motion controlled experience and really put that double kick pedal to the metal? Then it's time to use two sets of Joy Con, one in your socks and one in your hands and drum and stomp your way through the apocalypse!
We can't wait for you to get your hands on Double Kick Heroes and want to thank everyone for joining us on this journey.
Don't forget to follow us on Twitter for more news and announcements in the build-up to launch.
Announcing NAIRI: Rising Tide 🌊 - coming 2021
The wait is finally over and we're thrilled to finally be able to tell you that Rising Tide 🌊 from HomeBearStudio is in development and aiming for a 2021 release.
You can wishlist Rising Tide right now! 👇
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1225200/NAIRI_Rising_Tide/
The story continues in the second chapter of NAIRI!
After the events of NAIRI: Tower of Shirin, Nairi continues on her quest to save her family. While she and her companions try to overcome the many dangers of the corrupt city of Shirin, an apocalyptic prophecy threatens to devour everything.
Announcement Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhyKYhLVO3M
Features:
- Lively interconnected overworld, complete with mysterious ruins waiting to be discovered!
- Delve into secluded puzzle-dungeons and solve their many challenging brainteasers!
- Charming, yet melancholic, story written to captivate players of any age!
- Unique, lovingly hand-drawn art style reminiscent of Studio Ghibli and Disney!
- Tons of all-new characters ready to charm you… and ask for your help!
- Brand new quality-of-life features, such as a map and fast-travel system!
- A reworked inventory system allows for more creative item combinations!
- More interesting rewards and treasures to collect!
- More customizable hint system to better tailor your experience!
NAIRI: Rising Tide Demo
Coming on May 21st this year (that's just two weeks away!) we're releasing a free demo of Rising Tide for you to get a sneak peek of gameplay and sets the scene for what will be an exciting second chapter!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1225060/NAIRI_Rising_Tide__Prologue/
Don't forget to wishlist the demo separately to be alerted as soon as it is released 😍
The official NAIRI Chapters Discord:
We're also excited to announce that we've recently launched a brand new Discord community, 100% focused on Nairi, Rex and the adventures that await them in both Tower of Shirin and Rising Tide.
https://discord.gg/nairi
Reasons to join:
- Be among the first to hear about development news and updates
- Invites to testing sessions
- Fanart
- Developer discussions and AMA sessions
- Giveaways, competitions and much, much more as we continue development.
Don't worry if you don't use Discord, we'll still be updating Steam with news as it happens!🥰 Just be sure to wishlist Rising Tide for monthly updates.
Don't forget, NAIRI: Tower of Shirin is just £3.99 on Steam or you can grab the Deluxe Edition which includes the NAIRI TOS OST and Artbook!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/802450/NAIRI_Tower_of_Shirin/
NAIRI: Rising Tide 🌊 is coming in 2021
You can wishlist Rising Tide right now! 👇
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1225200/NAIRI_Rising_Tide/
The story continues in the second chapter of NAIRI!
After the events of NAIRI: Tower of Shirin, Nairi continues on her quest to save her family. While she and her companions try to overcome the many dangers of the corrupt city of Shirin, an apocalyptic prophecy threatens to devour everything.
Announcement Trailer:
Check out the brand new trailer and let us know what you think in the comments below!
[previewyoutube="PhyKYhLVO3M;full"]
Features:
- Lively interconnected overworld, complete with mysterious ruins waiting to be discovered!
- Delve into secluded puzzle-dungeons and solve their many challenging brainteasers!
- Charming, yet melancholic, story written to captivate players of any age!
- Unique, lovingly hand-drawn art style reminiscent of Studio Ghibli and Disney!
- Tons of all-new characters ready to charm you… and ask for your help!
- Brand new quality-of-life features, such as a map and fast-travel system!
- A reworked inventory system allows for more creative item combinations!
- More interesting rewards and treasures to collect!
- More customizable hint system to better tailor your experience!
NAIRI: Rising Tide Demo
Coming on May 21st this year (that's just two weeks away!) we're releasing a free demo of Rising Tide for you to get a sneak peek of gameplay and sets the scene for what will be an exciting second chapter!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1225060/NAIRI_Rising_Tide__Prologue/
Don't forget to wishlist the demo separately to be alerted as soon as it is released 😍
The official NAIRI Chapters Discord:
We're also excited to announce that we've recently launched a brand new Discord community, 100% focused on Nairi, Rex and the adventures that await them in both Tower of Shirin and Rising Tide.
https://discord.gg/nairi
Reasons to join:
- Be among the first to hear about development news and updates
- Invites to testing sessions
- Fanart
- Developer discussions and AMA sessions
- Giveaways, competitions and much, much more as we continue development.
Don't worry if you don't use Discord, we'll still be updating Steam with news as it happens!🥰 Just be sure to wishlist Rising Tide for monthly updates.
We look forward to hearing what you all think.
HomeBearStudio🐻
HyperParasite is out now!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/838110/HyperParasite/
We’re also super excited to announce that the game is available globally on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
It’s brand new trailer time!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18Y7CLiJD60
From everyone here at Hound Picked Games and Troglobytes Games, we want to thank each and every one of you for your support and encouragement throughout development, Early Access and eventual launch.
We’ve been humbled by the critic reviews, the sheer number of streamers and content creators requesting to check out HyperParasite, and the feedback you the players have given us since we launched into EA.
Launch Discounts 💰
HyperParasite has launched with discounts across ALL platforms:
Here on Steam, you can bag yourself a copy of the game with 33% off for a limited time until April 18th.
This discount is also available on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 until April 18th.
Our Nintendo Switch publishing partner has set up the following exciting promotions:
- EU - 24th March - 18th April 33% discount for all pre-orders and purchases
- EU - 24th March - 18th April 50% discount for all QubicGames customers
- NA - 24th March - 12th April 33% discount for all pre-orders and purchases
- NA - 24th March - 18th April 50% discount for all QubicGames customers
HyperParasite Reviews
- Saving Content - This is the definition of a Steam Early Access success. HyperParasite excites and delights every time you play it.
- Game Asylum - ...once it gets under your skin it provides an itch that’s satisfying to scratch
- Switchaboo - HyperParasite is simply an absolute pleasure to play. The gameplay is tight, the concept is marvelously unique and you feel rewarded with each playthrough as you unlock more host bodies to control.
- JPS SwitchMania - 9/10
- IndieGameWebsite - 8/10
Guess who's back?😯
✨More info coming soon✨
Can't wait?
- Join our new community 💬 100% dedicated to NAIRI and HomeBearStudio
- Follow us on Twitter
See you soon 😊
Community Update 🥰 New Project? 🤫 & Steam Sale News
Since the launch of NAIRI: Tower of Shirin, on Steam and Nintendo Switch, the team has been hard at work on a series of updates for both versions of the game. In particular, the Nintendo Switch version had a handful of bugs that were of the “this didn’t show up until the game was out into the world in retail consoles” variety.
Sneak peak at new artwork
Once that was taken care of, it was time to work on new projects that would take us toward new horizons… And, well, we certainly have been working on something new!
Because of this, we are in need of a handful of testers. Are you interested? Then be sure to join our brand new community Discord, where we’ll soon be sharing some new information and putting out a call for testers. Will it be you?
We're also super thrilled to be part of the Steam Year of the Rat sale. Both Nairi and Rex are super excited as you'll see from the below! So if you haven't yet grabbed Tower of Shirin it's 50% off right now!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/802450/NAIRI_Tower_of_Shirin/
Times are a-changin' for Nairi in our Steam Autumn sale!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/802450/NAIRI_Tower_of_Shirin/
In addition to this, we've also reduced both the OST and Artbook by 25% too.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/991010/NAIRI_Tower_of_Shirin__OST/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/991011/NAIRI_Tower_of_Shirin__Art_book/
If you haven’t already explored our rich fantasy, Ghibli inspired, world that’s filled with animals and humans living side-by-side, now is the time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxQK17o-q7Y
Remember to follow us on Twitter and join our official Discord community for news and announcements regarding the future of the world of NAIRI.
30% off in the Day of the Girl Sale
We’re really excited to announce that today NAIRI: Tower of Shirin goes on sale in support of the War Child UK Day of the Girl campaign.
War Child UK, an international NGO, supports children's lives that are torn apart and devastated by conflict with work including supporting Syrian girls access education via e-learning and gaming in Jordan, rehabilitating ex-child soldiers in the Central African Republic or seeking justice for young people detained in Afghanistan. The War Child Day of the Girl campaign coincides with International Day of the Girl Child, and is focused on celebrating video games with female protagonists whilst raising awareness for girls and young women affected by war.
With NAIRI: Tower of Shirin, the entire team at HomeBearStudio worked hard on a well-developed female protagonist; sadly underrepresented in the games industry. We are very proud to support War Child's Day of the Girl, a great charity event, with Nairi and her adventures.
If you have yet to explore the world of NAIRI: Tower of Shirin, now has never been a better time. As well as reducing the price by 30% off from today through to Wednesday 16th October 7am GMT, we’re also donating 50% of all sales to War Child in support of this incredible charity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxQK17o-q7Y
Already own NAIRI: Tower of Shirin? Why not gift it to a friend or relative?
You can check out all the other games supporting this years campaign by checking out the sale page - https://store.steampowered.com/sale/warchilduk/.
Learn more about War Child and the incredible work they via gaming partnerships do by visiting https://www.warchild.org.uk/get-involved/corporate-partners/gaming-partnerships and following them on Twitter.
Weekly Update #16 - Let's Talk About Act 4 & Release Dates
It’s Gamescom week, Parasites, and this week’s update is the largest one to date. We’ve got a ton of stuff to get through including new content (did we mention Act 4 is now complete?), what’s happening at Gamescom, release date news and much more. Shall we begin?
What’s NEW in 0.1908.1
- Completed Act 4: The Desert.
- Completed The Desert level.
- Added new themed rooms to The Desert.
- Added new secrets to The Desert.
- Added Area 81 sublevel with new character classes, themed rooms, traps, secrets etc.
- Added a brand new character class (as playable and AI character): the Alien Creature.
- Added a brand new character class (as playable and AI character): the Researcher.
- Updated & added character descriptions in the Almanac.
FIXED
- Fixed quicksand traps.
- Fixed Space Huntress’ primary attack.
- Fixed Space Huntress’ special attack.
- Fixed Pyromaniac’s special attack.
- Fixed characters’ GUI.
- Fixed Werewolf Pre Attack (as miniboss).
- Fixed miniboss rooms unlocking behavior.
- Fixed some Old Sewers rooms.
- Fixed Third Boss shop room.
- Fixed Fourth Boss shop room.
NEW TRAILER ALERT FOR ACT 4!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhh7Fcds_B4&feature=youtu.be
Gamescom 2019
We’re here! We made it to Gamescom and Saverio (the boss Parasite here at Troglobytes HQ) is on hand with this brand new build of HyperParasite. Everything above is ready and waiting. We can’t wait to show press, influencers and visitors what we have been working on implementing. Come and visit us in Hall 10.1 in the Entertainment Area of the Spanish Pavilion.
Release Date Update + New Price
Since we released HyperParasite on Steam Early Access, the game has received weekly updates including two complete brand new acts, developer and community gameplay streams, a shit ton of new characters, levels, mini-bosses, BIG bosses, gameplay mechanics and quality of life features. As we continue to add more and more to the game, we feel it’s now the right time to increase the price from $10.99 to $12.99. Boss Parasite Saverio released the following statement to the video game press earlier today;
“With the implementation of Act 4, we feel it’s the right time to increase the price from $10.99 to $12.99, which we feel still offers incredible value for money. If you’re at Gamescom, we’d love to show you how far our game has come along in development since our initial Early Access release!”
In addition to the pricing update, we’re also announcing that our planned full, and final, release for HyperParasite will now be Q1 2020. This gives our team the time required to complete not just the Steam build, but the Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch build too. We’ll continue to keep you updated here via the Steam store page and here on Twitter.
Wishlist now!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/838110/HyperParasite/
WEEKLY STREAM
It’s Gamescom week, so things are MAD busy here. We’ll be doing our best to do some live streaming here on Steam, so keep an eye on our Twitter account for live updates.
Don’t forget to follow us on Twitch too!
If you’re a streamer on Mixer, and want to be hosted by Hound Picked’s new channel, whilst getting hands on with HyperParasite, then let us know hyperparasite@houndpicked.com.
COMMUNITY NEWS
Don’t forget about the brand new HyperParasite Wiki, which went live last week, thanks to our friends over at GamePedia. Since launch, it’s been updated with all the character descriptions and weapon info, with more to come in the following weeks.
Are you following us on social media? If not, don’t forget you can find the HyperParasite invading host bodies on…
Make sure you get this looked at over on Discord, and become a part of the outbreak on the ground floor.
