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Press release:
Cologne and Giebelstadt/Germany, April 3rd, 2019: You know what the problem with multiplayer games is, right? The other players. It’s always their fault if you lose!

Together with Massive Miniteam, HandyGames is happy to announce the perfect game with which to blame your friends for their incapability: “Spitlings“.

This action arcade chaos game for up to four players is a modern take on the hardcore classics. You’re in control of a Spitling, a charming rectangular creature with teeth it can spit or use to jump.

Spitlings offers a Story Mode as well as an Arcade Mode with over 100 levels, and each is a unique challenge and playable solo or with up to four players.

You win together and you lose together, because if one player fails on a level, everyone has to start all over. So you get the cozy feeling of playing with your friends and the outrage of versus multiplayer on top.

“We’re extremely excited about this opportunity. For our first game, we couldn’t have wished for a better publisher than HandyGames.

They are nothing but supportive and have the experience to make sure that SPITLINGS reaches the audience it deserves. We got a true co-op partner in them!” says Milan Pingel, Founder & Producer at Massive Miniteam.

You can even create your own levels in a unique four-player co-op editor and experience them together.

The intuitive, simple tools can be used without prior experience to make a working level within minutes, and level editing is almost as fun as playing itself.

Spitlings is currently in development for PC, Nintendo Switch™, PlayStation® 4 computer entertainment system and the Xbox® One family of devices, including the Xbox One X. The release is scheduled for later this year.

Features
– Classic hardcore gameplay meets modern design sensibility
– Action packed, highly engaging, scream-at-your-friends multiplayer fun
If one fails, all restart: it’s co-op with all the outrage of versus on top
– Play a 100+ level Story Mode with cutscene animations
– Beat the clock to unlock 30+ themes and characters
Edit game options and parameters to suit your playstyle in Arcade Mode
– Play by your lonesome or with up to three other friends in four-player co-op multiplayer
– Tap into your creativity with the local level editor which can also be used in co-op play

About Spitlings
Spitlings is a cute but hardcore arcade game that’s made for playing locally with friends. With over one hundred levels to start with, an easy-to-learn level editor will make sure you never run out of challenges.

Keep playing to unlock new music tracks, new characters to play with and new visual themes for certain levels, and by using the level editor players can build a level together and play it right afterwards. Just prepare for a lot of shouting: if one player fails, everyone has to restart the level.

About Massive Miniteam
Founded in 2017, Massive Miniteam is an experienced group of game developers and designers who have worked on games that released on Steam, PS4 / PSVR, Xbox One, iOS, Android, Vive, Oculus Rift and Gear VR. Massive Miniteam resides in the Cologne Game Haus in … you guessed it: Cologne, Germany.

About HandyGames
HandyGames™ is a THQ Nordic family member and operates as an international publisher for mid-sized projects and developers for a worldwide audience.

The focus lies on creating and publishing games for current gen consoles like PlayStation®4, the Xbox One family of devices including Xbox One X or Nintendo Switch™ as well as games for Steam and many other PC gaming distribution channels.

HandyGames™ produces titles for new innovative gaming platforms, for example VR (Virtual Reality) on Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Samsung Gear VR, but also offers games of all kind of genres for Android smartphones and tablets, Apple iPhones, iPads and many other mobile and smart devices.

As a games company and that is truly passionate about gaming, we always strive for gameplay innovation.

We received the German Developer Award as “Best German Game Studio” in 2015 and produced and published award-winning games of virtually every video gaming genre imaginable for a diverse range of audiences and gameplay styles.

One example is “Townsmen VR” which was awarded with the German Games Award 2018 in the category “Best Game Design”.