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Press release:
Hamburg, Germany – August 15, 2023.
Independent AA developer ROCKFISH Games are today very happy and proud to announce that their critically successful space action RPG, “EVERSPACE 2“, is now available for Xbox and Playstation consoles via digital stores.

With more than 100 handcrafted locations to explore in full 60 fps, space fans on both platforms have an exciting adventure amongst the stars ahead.

“With EVERSPACE 2 coming to Xbox and PlayStation today, we’re excited to see console space game fans headed to the stars in our sci-fi action RPG. This adventure has been more than six years in the making, and from beginning to finish an absolute passion project for everyone on the team,” says ROCKFISH Games CEO Michael Schade.

“The journey for EVERSPACE 2 fans is not over. In addition to a free update coming later this fall, we’ve already started work on a sizable expansion to the game which will add more star systems, more story content, more characters, and most importantly, more loot to discover.”

Space holds no boundaries for Game Pass pilots—EVERSPACE 2 launches as a day one title on Xbox Game Pass supporting Play Anywhere, allowing space fans to explore star systems on both Xbox and the Microsoft Store. On Xbox Series X, EVERSPACE 2 runs at 60 fps, while Series S players will be limited to 30 fps.

On PlayStation 5, EVERSPACE 2 players enjoy special DualSense controller haptic feedback, adaptive trigger, and speaker features unique to the platform. ROCKFISH Games designers have tied gameplay with in-hand response by including haptic feedback on weapon and boost depletion, adaptive trigger-based boosting based on depth of trigger pull, and advanced haptic and speaker feedback when activating devices and consumables, and warning of incoming missiles, as well as a variety of other integrations. PlayStation 5 players can experience EVERSPACE 2 at 60 fps.

EVERSPACE 2’s exciting 30-hour single player campaign comes to consoles fully voiced in English and German. The entirety of the campaign and 100 plus hours of side missions, jobs, distress calls, location challenges, puzzles and other activities are all localized in English, Brazilian Portuguese, Czech, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, and Spanish. Currently rated 81 Metacritic rating and 87% Very Positive on Steam, the massive single player open-world space action RPG is available for $49.99 USD / £44.99 / €49.99 / ¥6930.

ROCKFISH Games is working with Maximum Games to release an out-of-this-world retail edition for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S worldwide on October 3, 2023. The EVERSPACE 2 Stellar Edition comes packaged in an attractive steelbook along with a 64-page artbook and digital soundtrack download.

Pre-orders are available now through Amazon, Best Buy, Target, Walmart, GAME, Argos, Micromania, Cultura, Leclerc, Xtralife, MediaMarkt, Saturn, EB Games, JB Hi-Fi, and other retailers across the globe.

Follow the ongoing development of EVERSPACE 2 on Twitter, Facebook, or join the community Discord for the latest development news. ROCKFISH Games streams Fridays, showing off gameplay, community screenshots, and in-development content on the studio Twitch and YouTube channel. Streams run 8 pm to 10 pm CET / 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm ET / 11:00 am to 1:00 pm PT where viewers can ask questions of the dev team in chat.

About EVERSPACE™ 2
EVERSPACE 2 puts you in the pilot seat of a fast-paced single-player space action RPG. Experience an exciting sci-fi adventure set in a vivid, open world full of secrets, puzzles, and perils. Level up and discover tons of loot while exploring more than 100 handcrafted locations set across uncharted space.

EVERSPACE 2 can currently be purchased on Steam, GOG, Microsoft Store, Xbox, and PlayStation. EVERSPACE 2 is available on both PC Game Pass and Xbox Game Pass.

About ROCKFISH Games GmbH
ROCKFISH Games is an independent AA game studio specializing in cutting-edge space action RPGs for PC and consoles. Industry veterans Michael Schade and Christian Lohr founded ROCKFISH Games to create a new breed of adrenalin-filled adventures for space shooter fans through their acclaimed EVERSPACE IP. After spending 30 years as joint entrepreneurs in the 3D graphics and mobile gaming space, Schade and Lohr built ROCKFISH Games from the ground up alongside their former team of veteran talents to the current studio of 25 cherry-picked game developers and community experts from across the industry.

Using Kickstarter as a platform to build a new community in 2015, ROCKFISH Games reached a runaway success with EVERSPACE, which has sold over two million copies on PC and consoles. Building on this success and propelled by yet another wildly successful Kickstarter campaign in 2019, ROCKFISH Games is dedicated to crafting a compelling next-gen single-player open-world space shooter experience that is driven by quality storytelling while being highly accessible at the beginning and yet deep in its gameplay mechanics to appeal to casual as well as hardcore space action aficionados from around the globe with EVERSPACE 2.

About Maximum Games
Maximum Games is an award-winning video game publisher partnering with best-in-class game creators and franchises around the world (Kena: Bridge of Spirits, Among Us, Five Nights at Freddy’s™). With over 300 titles in its catalogue, Maximum Games has grown to a top 20 global games company since it was founded by Christina Seelye in 2009. Maximum Games is part of Maximum Entertainment. Visit Maximum Games at www.maximumgames.com.