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Press release:
PQube (London, UK) – March 30th, 2021.
The video game publisher PQube and indie games developer Fiction Factory Games today announced that they are super thrilled and happy to reveal that they have just released a playable PC demo via Steam for their upcoming romantic comedy visual novel “Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers“.

“Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers” is set in the year 20XX, Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers takes place in an alternate timeline where the 1983 video game crash never happened. You will take on the role of an aspiring esports champion seeking a new team at the Good Clean Fun arcade.

Successor to the critically acclaimed Arcade Spirits, launched in 2019, the demo will be the first time players can get hands on with the latest title since it was announced in back June.

Containing a segment of Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers Chapter 1, players will find themselves thrown head first into the dog-eat-dog world of championship esports.

Team Play-2-Win, the hottest team on the circuit and your ultimate rivals, have arrived at the Good Clean Fun arcade. Sizing up the competition, you and your brand new teammates find yourselves in the crosshairs of your opposition – with a series of crucial decisions that could shape your future in the tournament, how you handle the situation is down to you.

Check out the Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers demo out now on Steam

The year is 20XX, the distant future in a world where arcades are thriving… and as an aspiring esports champion hungry for glory on stage at the Fist of Discomfort 2 Pro Tour, you will face competition, complex relationships and a wild cast of characters on the road to victory.

Defeat rivals, conquer tournaments, build relationships, and uncover a strange conspiracy at the Good Clean Fun arcade. In Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers it’s up to you to rally together a team and achieve your dreams!

Design your protagonist and rival from the ground up with a massively expanded character creator – pronoun, skin tone, body type, hairstyles, accessories, clothing, and more. Choose their identity, and how their personality develops.

Plus, enjoy greater immersion as your fully custom character now appears on screen throughout the entire game!

Date Anyone!

With a fully inclusive customisation system, cast of characters, and gameplay mechanics, date anyone you like regardless of pronouns, or focus on building friendships exclusively!

Minigames

There’s only one way to become the champion, and that’s to play! Dive into Fist of Discomfort 2, a strategy based minigame – your victory or defeat will determine the path of your story.

Arcade Spirits: The New Challengers IRIS Feature

Analyse your personality and measure changes based on your decisions throughout the game with handy virtual assistant, IRIS! Accessed through a free app on your in-game phone, IRIS exists to help users achieve everything they want in life – a better job, a new home, and even romance.

IRIS, can track your personality traits from Quirky and Steady, to Kindly and Gutsy, as well as your relationship statuses with the rest of the characters.

Stunning Art

With incredible character art from Molly Nemecek, pulsating synthwave soundtrack by Greg Mirles, and amazingly detailed background art by Jessie Lam, enjoy an immersive, aesthetic world brought to life.

Import Decisions

Import your choices from the original Arcade Spirits adventure to reshape the world of 20XX around your previous decisions or start the game afresh and follow a whole new path.

Check out @ArcadeSpiritsVN and #ArcadeSpirits on social media as well as the official website: www.arcadespirits.com

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About Fiction Factory Games
A partnership between Stefan Gagne and Aenne Schumann, is dedicated to developing narrative adventure games. Arcade Spirits is their first release. Stefan Gagne has published several novels including City of Angles and anachronauts, and has developed award-winning modules for Neverwinter Nights including Penultima, elegia eternum, and the HeX coda. He also worked on the 7Seas Fishing Game, a successful casual game in Second Life. Aenne Schumann is a veteran of indie game journalism including press2reset, podcasts, and various panels. She also has worked on the narrative and dialogue writing of Ray’s the Dead and participated in game jams to make The Third Eye(TM), and Space Cat Boyfriend. They are currently working with collaborators including artists Molly Nemecek and Jessie Lam, and musician Greg Mirles.

About PQube
PQube is a leading international creator, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment. The company’s teams worldwide are committed to publishing games they love by working closely with development partners and reaching consumers globally on all major gaming platforms. PQube manages a rich portfolio of brands including Cat Quest, New Super Lucky’s Tale, BlazBlue, Gal*Gun, White Day, Kill La Kill, Nexomon: Extinction, Guilty Gear, Kitaria Fables, and many more. Visit: pqube.co.uk to find out more.