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Press release:
VANCOUVER, Canada — July 20, 2023.
“Frank and Drake“, the gorgeous rotoscoped narrative adventure starring an unlikely duo solving a conspiracy developed by Appnormals — the award-winning creators of STAY — and published by Chorus Worldwide (Coffee Talk series, A Space for the Unbound), faces a dark truth from two perspectives today on PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch in the Americas, PlayStation 5|4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One. European and Asian Nintendo Switch versions will launch soon.

Set in the fictional Baltimore-inspired Oriole City, enter the lives of the eponymous protagonists embroiled in a strange conspiracy. Frank works by day as the superintendent of a ramshackle apartment complex while recovering from amnesia.

His roommate Drake lives a nocturnal life thanks to his sunshine allergy, and recently began suffering from premonitory visions. Asynchronously, they must work together to decipher a tangled web of strange mysteries, sharing clues through post-it notes on their refrigerator.

Navigate a character-based day/night cycle teeming with macabre riddles, cryptic puzzles, and mystifying mini-games. Delve into the duo’s collective perception of the world around them and piece the whole story together through branching narrative paths with multiple endings. Discover enlightening insights resulting from in-game decisions and unearth an inconceivable clashing of two fates — then find out who’s responsible.

Frank and Drake’s story comes to life through the use of rotoscoping, with more than 5,000 frames of animation traced over real-world filmed references.

This animation style lends the tale a fluid, distinct look that brings the unlikely protagonists and the characters they interact with to life. That includes Underdog, Frank’s scrappy one-eyed, wheelchair-riding dog — though Drake’s nocturnal conduct may first require gaining the dog’s trust.

“Oriole City and its denizens have so much character to offer,” said Shintaro Kanaoya, founder and CEO of Chorus Worldwide.

“The first impression of Frank and Drake’s rotoscoped world is just the beginning. We can’t wait for you all to see Frank and Drake’s merging of realities — which path will you take first?”

Frank and Drake releases today on PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch (in the Americas), PlayStation 4|5, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One for $24.99 / €22.99 / £19.99. The game supports English, Japanese, French, German, Spanish, and Portuguese language text. Physical versions for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 5|4 will arrive on store shelves later this year from Funstock. Nintendo Switch versions in Europe and Australia launch soon.

For more information, follow Appnormals and Chorus Worldwide on Twitter, and visit the official Frank and Drake page on Chorus Worldwide’s website.

About Chorus Worldwide
Chorus Worldwide is a global publisher composed of gaming veterans with experience at world-renowned companies including Microsoft, Supermassive Games, and Electronic Arts.

Originally created to guide indie developers into the rapidly growing Asian markets, Chorus now works with talented developers across the world, including Argentina, Indonesia, and Malaysia, finding huge success in titles like the acclaimed Coffee Talk, and the Asian releases of The Room and The Room Two.

About Appnormals
Appnormals is an indie game studio based in Barcelona, Spain with a penchant for innovative storytelling. They tell their narratives through the lens of multiple artistic stylings like pixel art (STAY), traditional Chinese paintings of guo ha (Terracotta), and rotoscoped capture (Frank and Drake).