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Press release:
KRAKOW, POLAND – JANUARY 30TH, 2023
Publisher All in! Games and female-led developer Naraven Games announced their debut commercial title, “Backfirewall_“, is now available on PC (via Steam), PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, with a Nintendo Switch platform following later this year.

Backfirewall_ is a unique and quirky puzzle game that takes the player on a tragicomic adventure with the sassy self-aware Operating System, OS9, facing replacement by the far-better-optimized OS10. The game depicts the torment of programs whose code is regularly erased and replaced in the cause of technological progress. In this case OS9’s goal is simple: stop the phone from updating, and stay alive.

Taking on the role of the Update Assistant inside the smartphone’s inner workings, players will explore a weird and wonderful technological setting, brimming with life, telltale conversations, and quirky characters. Players maneuver through an amazing nano-journey where they can manipulate their surroundings to solve puzzles, hunt down bugs, and use cheat-codes in an attempt to disrupt the update.

“We wanted to create a fun and wholesome narrative-driven adventure game where the social and technological reliances we place on our personal digital devices was the focus,” said Julia Jean, Creative Director at Naraven Games.

“Elevated by some great puzzles and voice acting, Backfirewall_ delivers a unique perspective on our recurring relationship to our smartphones.”

Backfirewall_ launches today with a 10% launch discount available for 10 days on Steam and Xbox store fronts and is priced $14.99 / €14.99 / £11.49. The game is also now available on PlayStation and is soon coming to Epic and Humble Bundle.

ABOUT ALL IN! GAMES
All in! Games is a publicly traded publisher and production house, a parent company to three development studios (Ironbird Creations, Taming Chaos, and Happy Little Moments). Headquartered in Krakow, Poland, and founded in 2018, All in! Games published games such as Ghostrunner, Chernobylite, Tools Up!, Paradise Lost, and many more.

For more information, visit: https://www.allingames.com/

ABOUT NARRAVEN GAMES
Naraven is a young female-led team based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Armed with a movie-making background, Naraven has gathered a diverse network of contributors all over the world to create the narrative adventure Backfirewall_. Inspired by Toy Story, its aim is to raise awareness toward how we interact with everyday objects and carelessly discard them.

For more information, visit: https://www.naravengames.com/team