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Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead Available on PlayStation 5 Today

Headup and AMC’s Critical Hit Invades Next-Gen Consoles

15 December 2020 Together with AMC we released today Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead, the latest installment of the Bridge Constructor™ franchise, on Sony’s new PS5 console.

Set in the Walker-infested, post-apocalyptic world of AMC's The Walking Dead, the game promises to smoke the brains of TV series fans and veteran Bridge Constructor players alike, as well as any who seek a challenge on their shiny new console. With PS4/PS5 Cross-Buy, the puzzle game can be enjoyed on both consoles for $9.99 / €9.99 / £7.99.
 
Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead is also available on Xbox Series X & Xbox One (also featuring Cross-Buy), Nintendo SwitchiOS and Android, while PC, Mac and Linux users will get the game on Steam, the Epic Games Store and GOG.

Headup has also released an all-new trailer showcasing frenzied physics-based gameplay alongside rave reviews from critics and players alike:
 

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Tinkertown, Headup’s Cheerful 16-bit Sandbox Adventure RPG, Arrives on Steam Early Access Today

Gather your Friends, Explore, Loot, and Build Your Own Realm

03 December 2020 We are delighted to announce that Tinkertown, our first in-house production, is now available on Steam Early Access, priced at €16.99 / $16.99 / £13.99 with a special launch discount of 15%. 

Headup has been around for over a decade, porting and publishing high quality independent games from external development teams. Now we are treading into uncharted waters by delivering their first fully internal production, launching into Early Access on Steam.
 

With Tinkertown, we are realizing a design idea which has been floating in our heads since the beginning of their partnership with Re-Logic years ago for whom Headup created the PC Collector’s Edition of Terraria. Huge respect for this genre and long hours lovingly spent exploring the Kingdom of Hyrule in our childhood has led to the clear vision: Creating a cheerful sandbox game in the aesthetics of the old 16bit RPGs but leveraging the possibilities of modern game development such as visual effects and online multiplayer.

Tinkertown is funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure as part of the federal government's computer games funding program with a total of €153,669.

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Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead out now!

Escape Hordes of Walkers in New Apocalyptic Puzzler from Headup and AMC

19 November 2020

Headup and AMC are pleased to announce that Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead, the mashup nobody saw coming and the latest instalment of the Bridge Constructor™ franchise, is releasing today across all major systems, including the Xbox Series X, as well as PC, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, PlayStation®4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch. A version for PS5 will follow soon after, cross-buy included!
 
Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead is priced at


There is a launch discount running across SteamGOGEpic and for Nintendo Switch until November 26th. Steam users who own one or more games from the Bridge Constructor Franchise can save another 10% up until November 26th. More information on the Loyalty discount can be found on the Steam store page.

 
 

About the game

Prepare for the ultimate mashup experience! Bridge Constructor: The Walking Dead combines the legendary and challenging puzzle gameplay of Bridge Constructor™ with the post-apocalyptic universe of AMC’s The Walking Dead.

Join a group of survivors as they fight against hordes of undead walkers and a hostile human community. Build bridges and other constructions through bleak landscapes and ruined structures. Team up with fan-favorite characters like Daryl, Michonne and Eugene, and create safe passage for iconic vehicles from the series. Use movable level objects, explosives and baits to your advantage as you lure walkers into lethal traps and guide your survivors to safety. Enjoy the physics-based frenzy and ragdoll animations as walkers succumb to the forces of gravity.

  • AMC’s The Walking Dead meets Bridge Constructor™
  • Create elaborate constructions and lethal traps
  • A captivating plot featuring new faces as well as iconic characters and vehicles from the series
  • Numerous brain-teasing levels and countless brain-eating walkers
  • Make use of movable objects and explosives to lure walkers to their doom
  • Save your survivors and smash the undead hordes
  • Brutally funny walker ragdoll physics.

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Build, Craft, and Explore Tinkertown, our new Multiplayer Sandbox Adventure, Arriving on Steam Early Access on Dec 3rd

A Cheerful Modern Take on 16-Bit RPG Classics, with Dungeons to Explore and Towns to Build

18 November 2020 We are delighted to announce that TinkertownHeadup’s first in-house production, will be released on Steam Early Access on December 3rd.

Tinkertown is a drop-in multiplayer game where players build, craft and explore an exuberant, procedurally generated open world, and discover dungeons filled with enemies, bosses and epic loot. Play as a rogue, a warrior, a mage, or anyone you wish to be. Tinkertown offers a unique experience to all players based on the weapons and armour of their choice.

Explore the world through different biomes such as mystical forests, vast deserts, chilling ice tundras and mountains with glowing rivers of lava, all depicted with handmade pixel graphics contributed by the renowned artist, Misbug of Textorcist, and enhanced by tracks of exclusively composed soundtrack by Hiroki Kikuta of Secret of Mana. Check out the new gorgeous trailer:
 

The loot can be combined with countless resources and blueprints to craft tools, armour, and weapons as well as furniture. By creating workshops and machines, settlements can even turn into an impressive city. Players who wish to try Tinkertown can register their interest with Steam’s new Playtest Feature on the Steam Page soon, the game will be available to test for free from November 27th-29th.

Tinkertown is funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure as part of the federal government's computer games funding program with a total of €153,669.

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Pumpkin Jack was unleashed!

PC Version Including RTX and DLSS Features

23 October 2020 This year Halloween is starting early on October 23rd: The dazzlingly spooky 3D platformer Pumpkin Jack was just unleashed on Steam, GOG, the Nintendo eShop EU/NA, the Microsoft Store, and the Epic Games Store!
 
The price for the scratch to everyone's Halloween itch is $29.99, €29.99 and £24.99 on all platforms, each with a 20% launch discount.
 
Due to Ray Tracing and DLSS support, you'll get a gorgeous version of the game on PC - given a capable hardware, of course. You can also buy the soundtrack for $7.99, €7.99, £6.59, it is available on Steam, GOG, and ffm.to for several digital platforms.
 
In case you didn't know yet: Pumpkin Jack was created by one single developer, Nicolas Meyssonnier, so for honoring him for this astonishing achievement feel free leave a "thumbs up" at the Launch Trailer and join him on Discord or Twitter!

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Secret of Mana Composer, Hiroki Kikuta, and Pixel Artist of The Textorcist, Misbug, Join the Team of Tinkertown

The Multiplayer Sandbox Game will arrive with Style on Steam Early Access Soon

22 October 2020 Headup is delighted to announce that Hiroki Kikuta, renowned composer of Secret of Mana and Soukaigi has joined the production of Tinkertown, Headup’s first in-house production, along with pixel artist Giuseppe Longo (aka Misbug), a creator behind The Textorcist and The Escapists 2.

Misbug will design pixel art assets for the game. This will be the second time for Headup to work with him, who has created some incredible pixel art for The Textorcist in 2018.

Hiroki Kikuta will contribute two tracks that are exclusively created for Tinkertown. Check out a sample here. “When the team of Tinkertown approached me with their request to contribute to the game, I was quickly sold on the idea", commented Hiroki Kikuta, “it’s a cheerful take on 16-Bit RPG classics, transported into the modern sandbox genre. My soundtrack is designed to enhance this experience, lifting up the spirits of any adventurers setting foot into the lovely world of Tinkertown."

Tinkertown is a drop-in multiplayer game where players build, craft and explore a procedurally generated, open world, and discover dungeons filled with enemies, bosses and epic loot.

The loot can be combined with countless resources and blueprints to craft as tools, armour, and weapons as well as furniture, workshops and machines to build settlements that can eventually turn into an impressive city.

Players explore the world through different biomes such as mystical forests, vast deserts, chilling ice tundras and mountains with glowing rivers of lava, all depicted with handmade pixel graphics.

Offering different experiences to all players, based on the choice of weapons and armour, they can play as a rogue, warrior, mage, or anyone they wish to be. It is crucial to choose carefully from the onset, as many enemies lurk in the world, and powerful bosses await in the dungeons.

Tinkertown will launch on Steam Early Access in 2020 with the release date to be announced soon. The ongoing project Tinkertown is funded by the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure as part of the federal government's computer games funding program with a total of €153,669.

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Korean Horror Game "The Coma: Recut" Re-Released on Switch as an Updated Version

It's time for another journey into the dark depths of the Shadow Realm!

16 October 2020 It's time for another journey into the dark depths of the Shadow Realm. The Coma: Recut has been relaunched on Nintendo Switch, with all-new graphical and text updates just in time for the Halloween season! Take on the role of Youngho as you try to evade Dark Song, the unstoppable psycho slasher.

Devespresso Games and Headup are celebrating their partnership with the Korean horror franchise by releasing this updated version of The Coma: Recut which features enhanced character graphics, animations, and lore. From today's launch on the Nintendo eShop until November 5th, buyers will get a discount of 25%. 

The game's Nintendo Switch relaunch follows on the heels The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters, which came out earlier this year. On Steam, that game was greeted with an "Overwhelmingly Positive" reception (97% positive). With Halloween just around the corner, those who have yet to experience the thrills of The Coma 2: Vicious Sisters, may want to start by giving Devespresso's cult classic a try!

Story: After spending all night studying for the last day of Sehwa High’s final exams, Youngho has an eerie dream. He arrives at school the next morning and learns someone tried to commit suicide in school the night before. Despite this, class goes on! Youngho drifts asleep during the final only to wake and find himself trapped in the school at night. The only problem is... he’s not alone. You can run. You can hide. Can you survive while piecing together the nightmarish mystery of Sehwa High?

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Spooky Atmospheric 3D Platformer ‘Pumpkin Jack’ Unleashing on Oct 23

The incredible diversified 3D platformer is going to bring devilish fun back to the Boredom Kingdom

06 October 2020 Headup is thrilled to announce the release date of the comically creepy 3D platformer from developer Nicolas Meyssonnier, Pumpkin Jack. It will make its way to PC, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch on October 23, and will please both fans of games like MediEvil and Jak & Daxter as well as everybody who’s looking for an eerie game to play around Halloween.

Enjoy engaging in an epic battle of evil against good as you jump, dodge, and carve your way through challenging enemies and daunting puzzles. Speed on roller-coaster-like rails in cartoony mine karts, escape dangerous situations like a giant burning barn and use your trusty owl companion for distance attacks - this won't get boring until the end screen appears!

Pumpkin Jack also shines by the use of Unreal Engine 4 which grants for gorgeously rendered and gruesomely colourful landscapes. Don't miss the brand-new Release Date Trailer!


Features include:
  • Colorful Cartoon Setting: Travel through lurid landscapes in levels featuring alluring atmospheres, each crafted with vibrant color palettes, and high-quality lighting effects
  • Fight For Your Life: With challenging beasts lurking around every corner, players must master the art of combo attacks; dodging, and timing to survive dynamic real-time battles! Players must unlock weapons and choose wisely in order to strike down all who oppose them
  • Don't Lose Your Head: Solve puzzles that focus on physics; gravity, and reflection as Jack, or ditch the skinsuit and just use your flaming head to burn books; hammer some moles, create paths for magic spheres; and more as each level introduces new and exciting challenges
  • Find Friends to Fight at Your Side: Helpful companions are there to assist Jack on his journey, including a haughty hooty owl to guide him along; and a snarky crow, itching to assist with long-range attacks