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Press release:
Madrid, February 11th.
Sony Interactive Entertainment España (SIE España) and Tapioca Games announced today that their upcoming party game “Welcome to Empyreum” will have a playable demo in Steam’s Friendship Games Week (February 11th-21st) as well as the Steam Next Fest (February 21st-28th).

Developed as a part of the PlayStation®Talents project, Welcome to Empyreum is a party co-op game for up to 4 people in which players will have to run a peculiar hotel. The game will be coming soon in 2022.

Tommy, a narcissistic influencer, Miriam, a desperate mother, Elisabeth, a lucky girl, and Apolo, a depressed musician had just checked in at the Empyreum Hotel, an enchanted place that takes away what they love most. To get it back, they must work together, carrying out different tasks, floor after floor until they reach Beatriz’s office, the hotel manager. Welcome to Empyreum features a unique setting for the genre: a very special hotel with a funny sense of humor that complements an elaborated narrative.

KEY FEATURES

Play with up to 4 friends in this party game set in a mysterious hotel.
Master everyday chores such as cleaning rooms, vacuuming floors, or becoming a master of bedmaking…
…as well as other crazy tasks such as babysitting newborn aliens or chasing ghosts away
Cooperate with your friends to quickly reach the manager’s office while enjoying the game’s humor

ABOUT PLAYSTATION®TALENTS
Launched in 2015 by Sony Interactive Entertainment Spain, the PlayStation® Talents program aims to unify all the initiatives put together by the local Spanish branch in order to develop the Spanish creativity. The goal of the PlayStation Talents program is to support the local industry as well as to create video games fully developed in Spain to be sold around the globe. The PlayStation Talents program is formed by:

Two educational areas: PlayStation® Future Talents and PlayStation® First
The PlayStation® Awards, aimed at independent studios.
PlayStation® Games Camp, a business incubator that is present in Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Valencia, Málaga, and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
PlayStation® Alliances, where different projects with well-known local studios that have been sold overseas come together.

More information at http://www.playstationtalents.es/

ABOUT SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT
Recognized as a global leader in interactive and digital entertainment, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is responsible for the PlayStation® brand and family of products and services. PlayStation has delivered innovation to the market since the launch of the original PlayStation in Japan in 1994. The PlayStation family of products and services include PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Vita, PlayStation®3, PlayStation™Store, PlayStation®Plus, PlayStation™Video, PlayStation™Music, PlayStation™Now, PlayStation™Vue, and acclaimed PlayStation software titles from SIE Worldwide Studios. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, SIE is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation and has global functions in California, London, and Tokyo.