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Press release:
GUILDFORD, UK – 15 APRIL, 2020 – Digital board game specialists, Thunderbox Entertainment, are firing up the Jump Drive and getting ready to launch their latest, genre-bending endeavour: a retro-flavoured, survival-strategy based on the insanely fun, sci-fi board game, “The Captain is Dead“.

That’s right, because “The Captain is Dead” is coming to PC via Steam on July 1st this summer (2020). Furthermore, Thunderbox Entertainment are currently looking for Beta testers of “The Captain is Dead”.

Taking the crazy aesthetic of the original, cardboard series (shown above) and riffing on classic games like Star Fox and Virtua Fighter, The Captain is Dead has been re-imagined as an intense, isometric, strategy game, with a sleek and stylish, low-poly look that will make you wonder why you ever spent so much on that snazzy new graphics card in the first place.

With the titular officer out of the picture, the game puts you in command of a rag-tag crew, besieged by an unknown alien foe. Can you hold the xenomorphs at bay, and keep the ship from exploding long enough to repair your Jump Core and escape to sweet, sweet hyperspace?

Thunderbox are currently putting a final coat of paint on the hull, and are looking for brave space adventurers to help beta test the game before it hits your favourite digital store in a month or two.

So, if you know your Klingons from your Kilrathi, and aren’t afraid of certain doom in the icy blackness of space, check out the game on Steam, then head on over to their website and sign up for testing!

And, of course, there are many surprises still in store to keep gamers on the edge of their Captain’s seat, so be sure to follow Thunderbox on Twitter if you don’t want to miss out!

About Thunderbox Entertainment
Thunderbox Entertainment is a small team of seasoned developers who love board games. Founded by Dan Taylor and Jules Morgan, the core team has over twenty-five years of game industry experience from studios such as Sony, Electronic Arts, Rockstar, Ubisoft, Radical Entertainment, United Front Games and Eidos.

Based in Guildford, England, Thunderbox’s mission is to search out the best board games in the world, so they can take them off the table and into the digital realm. It’s a bit like the scene in Tron where Jeff Bridges gets zapped into a computer… but with less laser pain and more board game fun.
You can find out more at http://thunderboxentertainment.com

About The Original Board Game
It’s the last 10 minutes of your favourite sci-fi TV show… Except that this time things have gone seriously wrong and The Captain Is Dead!
Published by AEG, The Captain is Dead is a frantic and fun cooperative board game that puts you and your friends in the role of crew members on a besieged starship.

You must work together to repair critical systems and fend off hostile aliens, or you will share the captain’s fate. From the chief engineer, weapons officer, and visiting admiral, all the way down to the ensign and the ship’s janitor, you must combine your unique talents to avoid utter annihilation in the cold depths of space!

Find out more at https://www.alderac.com/the-captain-is-dead/tcid-episode-1/