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Press release:
Berlin, Germany / Giebelstadt, Germany, June 15th, 2020: A lot has happened in the spaghetti-western world of our favourite kid pioneer, “El Hijo“. The gripping story of an adventurous child looking for his mother has deepened. while still staying true to its indie stealth game roots.

Ever since our Best Indie Game win at the gamescom 2019, Honig Studios and HandyGames have been busy polishing, adding, upgrading, and redesigning core elements of the game. As revealed during last night’s Guerrilla Collective event, we’ve also updated our logo and added a new subtitle…

El Hijo – A Wild West Tale will now feature 30 unique levels, several toys to distract and outsmart opponents, and a multitude of playfully tricky environmental puzzles. And who knows? You may even learn from whom you’ve inherited your sense of adventure…

El Hijo – A Wild West Tale will remain a non-violent stealth title, focusing on exploration and strategy. Delve into a world full of monks, bandits and other desperados and make your way through deserts, monasteries, and boomtowns. There’s no telling what will happen in this wild west tale.

Features:

Survive in the Wild West with the cleverness of a young hero
Explore dark monasteries, deserts and boomtowns in a spaghetti-western world
Merge with the shadows to hide from the lawless
Solve playfully tricky environmental puzzles
Use a playful arsenal of tactical toys to bypass and distract diverse desperadoes
Inspire other children to join you on the path to freedom
Enjoy the gripping storyline of a brave son searching for his mother

About El Hijo – A Wild West Tale
The journey begins when a farmer and her son are attacked by bandits who raze their farm to the ground. The mother decides to leave “El Hijo” at a secluded monastery in order to protect him. However, “El Hijo” decides that the monastic life is not for him and decides to escape. El Hijo – A Wild West Tale is a non-violent stealth game. Violence is instead exchanged with the mischievous, playfulness of a young child. Shadowplay is in the core of the game and “El Hijo” will often have to hide. Without needlessly adding new mechanics, the gameplay is extended naturally, as variations of existing mechanics are gradually introduced and then combined with each other to increase the challenge. These twists on familiar mechanics are often a product of the varied, increasingly dangerous environments that he must traverse to reach his ultimate goal: finding his mother.

About HandyGames
HandyGames™ is part of the THQ Nordic and Embracer Group family and operates as an international publisher for mid-sized projects and developers for a worldwide audience.

The focus lies on creating and publishing games for current gen consoles like PlayStation®4, the Xbox One family of devices including Xbox One X or Nintendo Switch™ as well as games for Steam and many other PC gaming distribution channels. HandyGames™ produces titles for new innovative gaming platforms, for example VR (Virtual Reality) on Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Samsung Gear VR, but also offers games of all kind of genres for Android smartphones and tablets, Apple iPhones, iPads and many other mobile and smart devices.

As a games company that is truly passionate about gaming, we always strive for gameplay innovation. We received the German Developer Award as “Best German Game Studio” in 2015 and produced and published award-winning games of virtually every video gaming genre imaginable for a diverse range of audiences and gameplay styles. One example is “Townsmen VR” which was awarded with the German Games Award 2018 in the category “Best Game Design”.