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Press release:
Rotterdam, The Netherlands – August 28, 2020.
Studio Aurum and SOEDESCO has just announced that they have released a big content update for their dark monster taming game “Monster Crown”.

The ‘very positive’ rated game released in Steam® Early Access on July 31 and sailed past its one-month Kickstarter success within the first three days. Today Studio Aurum introduces three new features to the game: online monster trading, NET Eggs and the ‘Move Learner’. Players breed ‘surprise’ monsters, let their monsters remember a new set of skills and trade with other players. This content pack is the first of multiple planned content updates during its Early Access period on Steam.

From homemade indie to well-received game
Within a month of Early Access on Steam, the critically acclaimed monster taming game has already won the hearts of many. The game has received several positive reviews from renowned game journalists and it currently has a 90% ‘very positive’ rating out of 156 user reviews on Steam. Monster Crown offers players an intriguing story with plenty of content, monsters and features to explore. As of today, players can discover a whole lot more.

Three brand new features
The first big content update introduces three new game features: NET Eggs, the ‘Move Learner’ and online monster trading. A NET Egg lets players breed with a random monster egg, which contains monster genes from players all over the world.

The egg serves as a wild-card parent, resulting in a surprise monster. The ‘Move Learner’ allows monsters to remember a new set of moves from its large roster of attacks. Monsters can learn a lot of moves, but they can only remember six at a time. Now players can select which moves their monsters remember at any given time. Lastly, online monster trading lets players exchange their monster creations with the world.

About Monster Crown
Unravel Crown Island’s dark, cruel story as you create your own monster legacy. With a history of sadistic rulers and heroic saviors, the island faces another threat in the form of a malicious young woman seeking power. It’s up to you and the monsters you make pacts with to prevent the return of tyranny. Will your decisions make you a savior, or a dark messiah?

Features:

Make pacts with monsters to receive their protection in return for shelter.
Breed and fuse over 200 base monsters to create your own new species.
Travel across Crown Island with your monster allies to uncover a dark world.
Make a pivotal decision that will drastically change the ending and post-game.
Play online to battle and trade, and have your new species reach across the globe.

About SOEDESCO®
SOEDESCO® is a worldwide publisher of both digital and physical games on multiple platforms. The company was founded in 2002, with its headquarters in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Their portfolio includes titles such as Monstrum, Owlboy, Among the Sleep, Remothered: Tormented Fathers and Teslagrad. SOEDESCO also publishes their own IPs including Truck Driver®, Adam’s Venture®, and Real Farm.

More information about SOEDESCO® and its products can be found on the company’s website, www.soedesco.com or by following @SOEDESCO on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

About Studio Aurum
Studio Aurum is an indie development studio based in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada formed by Jason Walsh in 2016. After a fan monster design contest, the leading entry by Shad Schwarck was so impressive Jason extended an offer to Shad to join Studio Aurum to which he excitedly accepted. Since then they’ve been developing the upcoming monster taming game Monster Crown, working with musicians Gameonion and Alex Naivera along the way.