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Press release:
Paris, France, February 25th 2022.
“Life is Strange” co-creator and DONTNOD co-founder Hervé Bonin’s studio Nameless XIII and publisher Dear Villagers (“The Forgotten City”, “ScourgeBringer”) have announced that their survival adventure “Ashwalkers” will be coming to Nintendo Switch on March 10th, 2022.

Years after a geological disaster, a group of survivors called “The Squad” set out into a ravaged world. They need to find a safe haven for their people, but to reach it they must cross a post-apocalyptic wasteland full of complex moral dilemmas. Players must manage the party’s food and equipment and find their way through a dynamic narrative with multiple possible endings.

As well as being available for digital download on the Nintendo eshop, Dear Villagers are partnering with distributor Meridiem to release a special physical edition of Ashwalkers. Ashwalkers – Survivor’s Edition will include a specially designed box and an art book illustrating some of the stunning black and white artwork from the game and a set of character stickers.

Features:
Face complex moral dilemmas and make meaningful decisions
Discover new paths on each roughly 2 hour-long playthrough
Four distinct characters, 34 different endings depending on your choices
Find food, manage equipment and ration medication to keep the group from succumbing to madness and despair
Travel and learn about this hostile world destroyed by a volcanic apocalypse
Seek out and harvest vital resources in the wild
Overcome obstacles, violent encounters and the deadly climate on your journey

“Ashwalkers is a melancholy narrative game offering an unprecedented amount of choice as players guide their party through its greyscale wasteland,” said Hervé Bonin, founder of Nameless XIII.

“Its small, intimate scale makes it perfect for Switch, where you can hold it close to your face and easily put it in sleep mode for convenience. It’s such a good fit for Ashwalkers’ thoughtful, deliberately paced take on the survival genre.”

About Nameless XIII
Nameless XIII is a new French independent studio made up of seven people, including several former students of ETPA Toulouse who created the initial prototype of Ashwalkers. Headed by a former DONTNOD executive, this young team intends to specialize in narrative survival games set in hostile universes and full of moral dilemmas.

About Dear Villagers
Dear Villagers is Plug In Digital’s publishing label. It’s a warm-hearted invitation to join us in the little unusual neighborhood we are building within the gaming industry, a place where talented studios can unleash their creativity and where players enjoy distinctive and audacious games on PC and consoles, such as The Forgotten City, Edge of Eternity, ScourgeBringer, and Recompile.

About Meridiem Games
Meridiem Games is an independent publisher and distributor of video games for all platforms. The entire Meridiem Games team is focused on meeting the demand of gamers who are fond of physical editions, titles such as Fahrenheit 15Th Anniversary PS4, KUNAI Day One Edition NSW, Daymare: 1998 Black Edition PS4, Pang Adventures Buster Edition PS4 / NSW, etc. .They have come out in their physical edition thanks to Meridiem Games. www.meridiem-games.com