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Press release:
Gothenburg, Sweden – November 16th, 2021.
The Sweden-based video game publisher Thunderful Publishing and the Germany-based independent developer Maschinen-Mensch, are today very excited and pleased to announce that they have just released the “Highlands Of Avalon” DLC for their charming narrative roguelike/adventure game “Curious Expedition 2” (the DLC is is available right now for PC via Steam at the price of $5.99 / €5.99 / £4.99).

Thunderful Publishing and Maschinen-Mensch have also just announced that “Highlands Of Avalon” DLC will be available for Nintendo Switch players in early 2022.

Bringing a brand new island type to Curious Expeditions 2, Highlands of Avalon offers a new set of tiles, a new game mechanic related to traversing hills and valleys, a new tribe called the Picts and new artwork for shrines. The DLC includes eight new recruitable characters – Grail Knight, the Precious Clydesdale horse, three Kobold variants (Bard, Scoundrel and Shamen, Shaman) and three variants of Picts islanders (Spiritual Druid, Pictish Outrider, Tattooed Warrior).

You can also encounter four deadly new enemies, visit six new locations, and kit yourself up with seven new pieces of equipment and five new items. Last but not least, there are four new levels to unlock at the Royal Avalon Society Explorer Club in Paris, giving you access to one recruitable character and three pieces of equipment.

Curious Expedition 2 is like a Jules Verne pulp adventure version of a pen & paper RPG, mixed with narrative roguelike elements, all wrapped up in a streamlined and accessible gameplay experience. Take on the role of an intrepid explorer, assemble your crew and head out into the unknown.

On your expeditions you’ll come across all manner of cultures, flora, fauna, treasures and more, ranging from the worldly to the altogether more… curious! Using a combination of hand-crafted and procedural gameplay and story elements, Curious Expedition 2 creates completely unique and epic adventures every time you play.

“We’re really excited to keep adding to and improving Curious Expeditions 2, this time with the Highlands of Avalon DLC,” said Mascha Camino, Game Designer at Maschinen-Mensch.

“We hope our PC players enjoy it on November 16th and we can’t wait to unleash it on Switch and, along with the full game, on PlayStation and Xbox early next year!”

About Curious Expedition 2
In a reimagined late 19th Century mysterious islands shrouded in purple fog have begun to appear in the oceans, only to vanish soon afterwards. The three great Explorer Clubs of Paris are now funding expeditions to these strange islands in a bid to make bold new discoveries.

These new treasures will be exhibited in their stands at the upcoming World’s Fair. Will you seek out the legendary Golden Pyramid, or choose to recover the Rainbow Orchid instead? In Curious Expedition 2, a world of unimaginable wonder and surprise awaits!

Purchase Curious Expedition 2 on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1040230/Curious_Expedition_2

Purchase Highlands of Avalon DLC on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1690330/Curious_Expedition_2__Highlands_of_Avalon/

Purchase Curious Expedition 2 on Nintendo eShop: https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/curious-expedition-2-switch/

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Maschinen-Mensch
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About Thunderful Publishing
Thunderful Publishing is a games publishing company, founded in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2017.

Part of the Thunderful Group, which also includes development studios Zoink Games and Image & Form, and publisher Rising Star Games, Thunderful Publishing focuses on premium PC and console games for a worldwide audience and is the publisher behind award-winning games such as Steamworld Quest: Hand of Gilgamesh, Lonely Mountains: Downhill and Curious Expedition 2.

About Maschinen-Mensch
Maschinen-Mensch is a Berlin-based studio founded in 2014 by Riad Djemili and Johannes Kristmann, combining 15 years of experience in professional AAA game productions. Among other projects, they worked on the multi-award winning game “Spec Ops: The Line” by YAGER Development. Maschinen-Mensch’s debut title Curious Expedition was first released in 2015 on Steam.