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Press release:
Gateshead, United Kingdom – July 31st 2024.
The Gateshead-based (the UK) indie games publisher and developer Coatsink and Reykjavik-based (Iceland) indie games developer Ghosts, are today super excited and happy to announce that their arcade precision racer “Phantom Spark”, is coming to PC (via Steam) and consoles (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and the Nintendo Switch) on August 15th, 2024.

Inspired by adrenaline-fueled games like Trackmania, WipeOut, F-Zero and Thumper, Phantom Spark challenges players to push for the best times while speeding through otherworldly architecture.

Phantom Spark features a full single-player campaign where you must challenge the domain champions, as well as a split-screen multiplayer mode where you can take on your friends. Global online leaderboards will test your skills to the limit as you seek to hone your abilities and set record-breaking times.

Compete against ghost opponents to see the current best time in action, allowing you to improve your racing line and find those extra fractions of a second that can make all the difference. With instant restarts, you stay in the rhythm, keeping focus as you refine your times on each pathway.

“For three years the leaderboards have been just us, friends and testers. I’m excited about what strategies players will find, and seeing the responses to the design of the world and the pathways”, said Joo Van Hove, Design & Developer of Ghosts.

“We (the developers) are reserving our internal competition until after launch, and seeing if we can even make it into the top 10.”

For those who want to try the game out before launch, the demo is still available on Steam.

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About Thunderful
Thunderful Group is a group of companies that develops, publishes and invests in games as well as distributes Nintendo products, games, game accessories and toys. Founded in 2017 Thunderful Games is one of the two business segments in Thunderful Group, the other being Thunderful Distribution. Over the last few years Thunderful Games has, organically and via acquisitions, grown into a global organisation with eleven development studios and over 500 employees. Besides the award-winning internal development pipeline, Thunderful Games also publishes a large number of third-party titles and invests in external game projects.

About Coatsink
Coatsink formed in 2009 and has grown into a diverse and versatile development studio and indie Publisher which is now part of the Thunderful Group. Coatsink has developed and published fantastic games for all current gen consoles, PC and Virtual Reality, including the recent games Get Packed, Onward, Cake Bash, Transformers: Battlegrounds, PHOGS! and Jurassic World: Aftermath. Coatsink has built its reputation on exciting and innovative titles and a wicked sense of humour.

About Ghosts
Ghosts is a new game development studio based in Reykjavik. Founding members Joon and Torfi have assembled a team of experienced artists for the project, including Joost Eggermont as art director, to develop the highly stylized, pure time-trial racing game Phantom Spark. Previously they shipped the game NUTS together, and have released games including: The Professional, A Firm Handshake, Don’t Trip, Triple Agent and Out of the Loop.