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Press release:
Munich, Thursday, August 12th, 2022.
PLAION, a leading developer, publisher and distributor of entertainment products is proud to announce its line-up for Gamescom 2022.

Following a recent rebranding, PLAION will start off strong by with over 2,500 m2 of floor space at gamescom in the business and consumer area combined.

This will feature games by our studios and publishing partners such as Deep Silver, Prime Matter, Ravenscourt, Vertigo Games, Coffee Stain Studios and Cardboard Sword. PLAION will serve up a wide variety of games for consumers to play during the show in Hall 9.

Saints Row, set in the unique, sprawling world of Santo Ileso, offers a wild, larger-than-life sandbox of thrilling side hustles, criminal ventures and blockbuster missions, as you shoot, drive, and wingsuit your way to the top. As the future Boss, with Neenah, Kevin, and Eli by your side, you’ll form The Saints and battle for control of the city. Ultimately Saints Row is the story of a start-up company, it’s just that the business The Saints are in happens to be crime. Saints Row launches on August 23rd and will be playable at gamescom on AMD Ryzen, allowing visitors to have a truly great experience.”

“With our recent rebranding from Koch Media to PLAION, we’ve promised a new chapter in our journey with one mission: to bring unique entertainment experiences to consumers in every way we can. The first step in this journey is to showcase our fantastic line-up of games from our outstanding band of developers and publishing partners from all over the globe.” – said Klemens Kundratitz, CEO of PLAION.

Goat Simulator 3 (Coffee Stain Studios) will bring mayhem and udder destruction to visitors of the show. This will be a World Premiere for fans to get hooves-on with the game; and a chance to meet Pilgor at the booth.

A number of titles from Prime Matter will have a significant presence on the show floor. Visitors will get the chance to investigate the strange events in the neo-futuristic detective RPG, Mato Anomalies; engaging in frantic action when they take on the role of Grave and mow down enemies in a gory ballet of bullets in the stylish Gungrave G.O.R.E; exploring the sci-fi medieval world of The Last Oricru; facing off against one of gaming’s most infamous AI villains – SHODAN – in the genre-defining classic action-RPG System Shock; and explore, raid and conquer your way across the vast continent of Calradia in the strategy/action RPG world of Mount & Blade II.

Ravenscourt presents four titles: For the first time in the franchise history, Let’s Sing Presents ABBA will be playable at gamescom in the PLAION area – as will another unannounced title.

The Indie Arena Booth (Hall 10.2): Step into the paws of the deadliest Corgi ever with the arcade shoot ‘em up ProtoCorgi. Explore the harsh Canadian winter as the adventure Kona II Brume has you fighting to survive the unforgiving wilderness.

Also at the Indie Arena Booth, fans will have a chance to experience the first demo gameplay of The Siege and the Sandfox, the beautiful 16-bit style stealth metroidvania by Cardboard Sword.

Visitors looking for a more immersive experience can try out After The Fall by Vertigo Games at the Pico Interactive booth (Hall 9).

Joule Performance is the official hardware partner of PLAION at Gamescom. Unique custom water cooling systems, optimized high-end gaming PCs and flawless gaming chairs – with original Alcantara material – which all come with Swiss quality as standard. Real #swisscraftedgaming www.jouleperformance.com

For more information, please read Koch becomes PLAION and visit plaion.com

About PLAION
PLAION is a leading independent developer and producer of games and entertainment products, with ten development studios and five publishing units based all over the world. Founded in 1994 as Koch Media, PLAION offers a unique breadth of services and solutions, dynamically growing its business to push ourselves and our partners to the forefront in all the segments we operate in.

PLAION runs a multi-label strategy, with fully owned publishing units, such as Deep Silver, Prime Matter, Milestone, Vertigo Games and Ravenscourt, publishing games for consoles, PC and VR platforms across all physical and digital channels.

Additionally – as a global publishing partner – PLAION has formed long-term multinational publishing collaborations with numerous game publishers including Activision Blizzard, Bethesda, Capcom, Focus Multimedia, Giants Software, Koei Tecmo, Paradox, Sega, SNK, Square Enix, Techland, THQ Nordic, Tripwire, Warner Bros and many others.

With its parent company in Höfen, Austria – and the HQ in Munich, Germany – PLAION owns local publishing companies in Germany, UK, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Australia, the United States as well as Japan and Hong Kong.

PLAION owns ten game development studios: Deep Silver Volition (Champaign, IL, USA), Deep Silver Dambuster Studios (Nottingham, UK), Fishlabs (Hamburg, DE), Warhorse Studios (Prague, CZ), Milestone (Milan, IT), Voxler (Paris, FR) , DigixArt (Montpellier, FR), Flying Wild Hog (Warsaw, Kraków, Rzeszów, PL), Free Radical Design (Nottingham, UK) and Vertigo Games (Rotterdam, Amsterdam, NL). Additionally, PLAION collaborates with numerous independent development studios around the world.

Part of PLAION is also PLAION PICTURES, a leading independent film distributor in Europe with a library of more than 1.400 titles. Further business operations include Sola Media, a sales agency and production company for family entertainment, Spotfilm Networx, a multi-channel streaming network, and a sub-label dedicated to Japanese animation.

PLAION also owns the leading video game merchandise company DPI Merchandising (Denver, Roseburg, USA and Munich, DE) and a Quality Assurance Facility in Olomouc, CZ.

PLAION is an Embracer Group company.

Jonas “O.J” Ek
The Gaming Ground
Twitter: @TheGamingGround