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Press release:
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC – September 28, 2023.
The Prague-based (Czech Republic) indie games publisher Fulqrum Publishing and indie games developer Cresthelm Studios, are today very glad and thrilled to announce that their fast-paced retro FPS “Diluvian Ultra“ (Chapter One), is now available for PC via Steam, GOG, and EGS.

Chapter one of this visceral, retro-inspired shooter provides a full game’s worth of content, and Atilla’s story will be further continued in subsequent Chapters, released as DLCs

Diluvian Ultra’s dual-damage system promises an attentive and thoughtful challenge for veterans of the genre, with face-melting high-octane gameplay and a rich backstory to discover, set against a background of colourful pixel-art pulp. Players will be able to blast, slash, and smash their way through 10 diverse and meticulously crafted environments, exterminating 13 brutal enemy types using a variety of organic and technological weapons, and purchasing up to 30 different upgrades for their arsenal.

Gameplay features:

Chapter One of Diluvian Ultra includes 10 levels and a hub, 6 unique weapons with 30 different upgrades, and 13 vicious enemy types.

Strategic combat

Diluvian Ultra’s combat is built around a dual-damage system where you have to combine weapons to be effective. Armour absorbs damage, but some weapons are designed to quickly strip it off your targets – unable to kill them, but exposing them for a single lethal blow. You have to be careful though, as enemies will mix their attacks in the same way. Collect and consume blood to upgrade your weapons and pick up various power-ups at the opportune moment, to become vengeance incarnate – if only for a while!

Keep it moving

Surviving in Diluvian Ultra is all about mobility. Dodge enemy fire while you chain together ranged attacks with close combat blows and devastating ground slams. Double-jump, dash, find cover and even deflect projectiles with your sword, but never stay in one place for too long!

Organic philosophy

Your spaceship home is a living combination of flesh and stone, and so it is with your arsenal of weapons; use both traditional Tech weapons as well as grotesque, living Organic armaments, and don’t forget to take good care of your closest companion, your sentient Squire Gun, Bella.

Epic story

Diluvian Ultra may be an over the top retro FPS filled with frenetic action, but all that carnage is set on a background of an epic, tragic story tackling the themes of fanaticism, trauma, betrayal and hope for redemption, playing out in neo-gothic architectural set pieces and immense, cathedral-like spaceships.

Diluvian Ultra launches today for PC via Steam, GOG and Epic Games Store.

Review code is now available to request via GameTomb.gg.

For more information, visit the official Fulqrum Publishing website or follow them on Facebook, Twitter and/or Steam. All available assets for the game can be found in its presskit.

About Fulqrum Publishing
Fulqrum Publishing is a global games publisher with a diverse portfolio of titles, that includes both in-house and independent productions. Fulqrum Publishing has successfully launched over 100 game titles including the critically acclaimed series – King’s Bounty, Men of War and Space Rangers. Recent releases include such games as Ancestors Legacy, Deep Sky Derelicts, Fell Seal: Arbiter’s Mark, Forgive Me Father, & more.

About Cresthelm Studios
Cresthelm Studios is a three-man team formed by developers across three different countries, coming together to create the game Diluvian Ultra. Proof that madness is contagious, Cresthelm Studio began with one developer creating his dream game, slaving away in dark seclusion. The rest of the team stumbled over the eldritch horror of a project by mistake and now they too share the first one’s fate. The team consists of freelance veterans with skills in multiple disciplines, from art to programming. The Studio is built on creative freedom and making complex and gameplay-rich experiences.