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Press release:
The New York-based (the US) indie games publisher/developer Top Hat Studios and the Finland-based indie games developer Salmon Snake, today announced with great thrill and happiness that their retro cyberpunk visual novel “Vengeful Heart” is coming to consoles (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X, Xbox One, and the Nintendo Switch) this March (2022).

plus, it will hit the Epic Games Store at the same time. The launch date of the title will be late this month, with confirmation of an exact date to follow soon. The release price of this cyberpunk tale will be $10 / €9,99.

In Vengeful Heart you take the role of Josephine Lace, a young hydraulic engineer living in a world where water has become as scarce as liquid gold, and the poor masses are forced to cope with a permanent shortage.

Josephine is eager to climb the corporate ladder to improve her living conditions, but a bad twist of fate slams her against the cold, muddy basement of the homeless life. Soon, she becomes hellbent on taking down the system that ruined her and starts looking for more broken hearts to achieve her promised revenge. Will this crazy plan help Josephine get the redemption she longs for?

KEY FEATURES

Experience a unique story rich in social commentary with both grim and humoristic undertones, widely inspired by anime series/movies from the late 80s such as Bubblegum Crisis and Akira — any resemblance to real life is purely coincidental.

Face the consequences of your decisions in a story that branches with widely different outcomes.

Destroy the oligarchy in style: our personal colorful aesthetic will remind you of PC-98. Experience a post-industrial future when the thing we take most for granted – water – becomes liquid gold..

Listen to a wonderfully immersive synthwave soundtrack that will make you nostalgic for a time that never was.

ABOUT TOP HAT STUDIOS
Top Hat Studios is a fast growing New York-based indie publisher and porting house, whose titles range from the colorful and quirky, action-packed and neon-drenched, to the outright bizarre, and soothing simulators – a proud supporter of games from blockbuster productions all the way to niche and boutique experimentations.

THS’s portfolio includes titles such as SHEEPO, Synergia, Frogun, and Ova Magica. Top Hat Studios are also the video game industry’s leading Kickstarter success consultants, having designed and supported campaigns for successes such as Ova Magica, Elementallis, and Cloudscape. Top Hat Studios provides a full suite of publishing, business development, and porting expertise to both indie and solo developers.

ABOUT SALMON SNAKE
Salmon Snake is a two-person team that consists of a software developer and a historian striving to express themselves through the medium of games.