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Press release:
Oslo, Norway – March 11th, 2024.
The Oslo-based (Norway) independent games developer Snowcastle Games, are today very happy and thrilled to announce that their cozy island adventure “Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure“, is coming to consoles (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, and Xbox One) via digital stores on March 21st, 2024.

The game will be a de-facto 1.5 version of Ikonei Island, thanks to the free Blooming Beginnings update, hitting the same day on PC.

Snowcastle has been updating Ikonei Island since its release on PC in response to player feedback and is pleased to now be able to offer a more radical revamp to the experience with Blooming Beginnings as the game hits PlayStation and Xbox.

The update offers vastly improved onboarding, including a brand new opening to the game in a new area of the map, new UI, a reworked system to make farming easier, changes to make it easier to keep companions happy, a new enemy called the Vipeagon, the introduction of puzzles and more.

Ikonei Island is a cosy adventure where you explore the beautiful island, collecting and crafting materials to build up a central hamlet and craft a charming home. On your adventure, you will bond with magical creatures that you can take control of to harness their abilities, helping you on your quest to uncover hidden mysteries and access new parts of the island, farm the land for resources, battle pirates and more.

Easter Event: Coco-Cloudberry Craze!

Ikonei Island gets regular seasonal updates and, with Easter on the horizon, players can look forward to our fourth seasonal event “Coco-Cloudberry Craze”, kicking off on March 28th in time for Easter/Sakura Season. Coco-Cloudberry Craze adds a brand new quest. The Pebblefluff has arrived on Ikonei.

Help him find all the Chocolate eggs hidden around the island, and get the new Coco-cloudberries from Sariel to make your own delicious easter treats. Along with the new Coco-Cloudberry Blossom plant, the update adds a host of wearable and placeable items, from delightful dungarees and picnic baskets to brilliant bouquets and pretty polka dot shirts.

Plus Steam players who missed out on the earlier seasonal content will now be able to acquire the additional assets through our new DLC bundles.

“We have to thank our community for their incredible support and feedback and without doubt they have helped make Ikonei Island into a better game than it was at launch,” said Bendick Stang, CEO Snowcastle Games.

“With our Blooming Beginnings update and the launch of the game on PlayStation and Xbox, we are effectively releasing a 1.5 version of Ikonei Island which takes it to a whole new level. We can’t wait for you all to explore the island and experience it for yourselves!”

STEAM: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1550730/Ikonei_Island_An_Earthlock_Adventure/

WEBSITE: https://www.snowcastlegames.com/ikonei-island

About Snowcastle Games
Snowcastle Games is an independent game developer founded in Oslo, Norway in 2009 with the aim of creating games we love and would want to play ourselves. Snowcastle Games is known for creating Earthlock, a passion project inspired by the developer’s childhood favorites that has sold over 2.5 million copies across PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Switch. Ikonei Island: An Earthlock Adventure© is out now on Steam, Epic, PlayStation, and Xbox. EARTHLOCK 2© is in development.

For more information on Snowcastle Games, visit https://www.snowcastlegames.com/

About Jetpack Collective
We are the Jetpack Collective. We publish games that keep on giving, that you fall in love with over and over again.

We believe in games that ignite the imagination, sustain meaningful stories that we all want to share and that evolve with all its players. We aim to elevate game makers who care about what players think, say, feel, and do. Power to the Players.

For more information on the Jetpack Collective, visit http://jetpackcollective.games