"Kien" is now physically available! for GBA

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Press release:
Montreal, Canada –June 14th 2024.
The Montreal-based (Canada) retro/indie games publisher Incube8 Games and Bari-based (Apulia, Italy) indie games developer AgeOfGames, are today very happy and proud to announce that their retro action/platformer/RPG “Kien“, is now finally physically available! for Game Boy Advance via Incube8 Games online store.

Unreleased and originally developed in the early 2000s, Kien is out now and ready for fans to enjoy.

Discover the Secret of Kien! For 7,000 years, the planet of Malkut has been wisely ruled by the 7 Masters of the Absolute. But chaos has been reborn as evil corrupts the Land of Harmony. The 7 Masters have vanished, mystical warriors have been slaughtered, and the temples are doomed in blood. The only hope that remains is imprisoned in the hearts and wills of two young apprentices. Their fate is to fight evil, reveal the truth, and discover the secret of Kien.

Kien is an enthralling action platformer infused with RPG elements, immersing players in a captivating fantasy world across 23 intricate and demanding levels. The gameplay maintains a relentless pace, throwing players into the midst of frenetic action where they must confront a multitude of adversaries. The distinctive non-linear structure grant players the freedom to explore Kien’s expansive world as they choose; journeying from one stage to the next, making every play through a unique and captivating adventure.

“Kien is a very demanding game, in a way it’s a pre-souls game. The battles are always very intense and difficult. The missions and paths between the different levels and worlds are really twisty and have to be discovered by playing, making mistakes, and dying. Many gamers will love this game, but others definitely won’t.” Fabio Belsanti, Lead Game Designer.

Game history resources:
If you would like more background on the game’s genesis, we’ve posted the developer’s memories on our website.
We have also done a quick interview with the developer, anything here can be reused in any form needed.

Standard Edition Includes ($59.99):

Sealed box

Clear grey cartridge

Clear black cartridge protector

Instruction booklet

Kien stickers sheet

Features:

2 playable characters, each with unique attributes and skills

Pure action/adventure with RPG features

4 secret levels and transformations

Deep involvement within the game

High appealing graphics

Great Variety of:

Levels

Enemies

Weapons

Spells

Quests

Adventures

Power-ups & secret power-ups

Social Networks:

Incube8 Games: Website / Facebook / Instagram / X

AgeOfGames: Website / Facebook / X

About Incube8 Games:
Founded in 2021 with almost thirty games signed in 3 years, we aim to facilitate the publishing of retro video game cartridges.

We offer turnkey publishing solutions for physical releases. Using quality PCBs and boxes, we’re capable of manufacturing complete physical cartridge releases of your game, in addition to a variety of add-ons for premium collector’s editions.

We ran a successful Kickstarter campaign to complete Infinity, an incomplete twenty-year-old RPG for Game Boy Color, and have signed many homebrew games, including Genesis (1&2), Pine Creek, The Year After, Deadeus, The Machine, Magipanel, IndestructoTank!, Wing Warriors, Gunship, Gunship DX, Dragonyhm, 2021: Moon escape, Fix My Heart, Dango Dash, The Mayor of Sanctuary, Kien, Zephyr’s Pass, Dracula: Dark Reign, Aaling The Ghost, and more!

In 2023, we acquired Greenboy Cartridge Games and added to our titles, Leo Legend, Submarine9, Lunar Journey, Micro Doctor, Where Is My Body, and The Shapeshifter (1, 2, and 3).

About AgeOfGames:
We have been developing (Video) Games since the year 2000. We believe that Games, especially the ancient essence of the “Ludus”, should not be created to prove something to Culture or History. They ARE Culture, and History, playful structures of a Mysterious Game that has developed through millennia.

Our studio is a hub of internationalists (not globalists), best-selling novelists, and videogame enthusiasts structurally lost in a vortex of cyber-existential contradictions.