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Press release:
Liverpool, United Kingdom – 12th June 2024.
The Liverpool-based (the UK) indie games developer Starlight Games are today very happy and proud to announce that their the arcade-style golf game “House of Golf 2“, is coming to PC (via Steam and EGS) and onsoles (PS5 and Xbox series X/S) on july 25th 2024.

Starlight Games, the new and pioneering video games studio, led by Gary Nichols and well-known industry experienced developers – co-creator of WipEout, Nick Burcombe, Design Director and Producer, Andy Santos, co-creator of Skate and directed a #1 game in the Resident Evil franchise, and more recently Horizon Call of the Mountain, and Ben Cronin, founding member of Gamesys, the company behind Jackpotjoy, the UK’s biggest online bingo provider

Starlight Games is now creating House of Golf 2, a sequel to the successful House of Golf released on the Nintendo Switch in 2019. Created by fans of mini-golf and crazy golf, and inspired by games such as Micro Machines, players will navigate around over 100 incredible courses in visually stunning house environments with fun obstacles, traps, and hazards. With many crazy ways to play, face courses in single player or take on family and friends with up to 4-player multiplayer, whether at a party or playing competitively with regular tournaments such as the season opener championship, and leaderboard features.

Developed with Unreal 5, House of Golf 2 takes the fun approach of mini-golf and brings it into the home with many of its unique and tricky challenges. Given the challenges, a free cam feature allows players to navigate the route around courses and help determine a strategy.

Wishlist now on:

PlayStation™Store: https://store.playstation.com/en-gb/concept/10010541
Xbox: https://www.xbox.com/en-GB/games/store/p/9MWGJVHXVPZF
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2914390/House_of_Golf_2/
Epic Games Store: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/house-of-golf-2-f346a4

House of Golf 2 releases for PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Steam and Epic Store on 25th July 2024

About Starlight Games
Starlight Games is a Liverpool based games studio that has three titles in development with one release in 2024 – House of Golf 2 and further games in production. The company has a deep understanding and focus on Unreal Engine 5 and is backed up by design directors Nick Burcombe who created the WipEout franchise, Andy Santos co-creator of Skate and game director on both Resident Evil & Horizon franchises and Ben Cronin as Project Director.

Official website: starlightgames.co.uk

About Gary Nichols
Founder of Starlight Games. Gary began his career at the iconic Psygnosis and has for the last 20 years run a boutique work for hire studio. His passion for video games and bringing young people into the industry comes from his own experience of struggling to get his first games job.