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Press release:
KRAKOW, POLAND — JANUARY 10TH, 2023
The Krakow-based (Poland) indie games publisher All in! Games and Lausanne-based (Switzerland) indie games developer Naraven Games, are today very happy and excited to announce that their tragicomic adventure game “BACKFIREWALL_”, is coming to PC (via Steam) and consoles (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, and the Xbox One) on January 30th, 2023 (the Nintendo Switch version will be launched at a later date!).

Until then, PC gamers can try the free game demo available on Steam.

Backfirewall_ invites you, the Update Assistant, on a tragicomic adventure with the sassy self-aware Operating System, OS9. Faced with replacement by the far-better-optimized OS10, OS9 is desperate from getting obliterated by technological advances and has other plans for you in order for it to stay alive.

Curious what happens in your phone? Backfirewall_ is an amazing nano-journey taking place in a weird and wonderful smartphone’s setting, brimming with life and telltale conversations with quirky characters, each an irreplaceable piece of personified software with its own rich file history, brought to life via iconic voice-acting!

Explore and manipulate your surroundings to solve puzzles, hunt down bugs, and use cheat-codes in an attempt to disrupt the update. Discover what truly goes on inside your smartphone and contemplate the perpetual struggle between self-preservation and noble sacrifice. Make up your own mind: does OS9 really deserve to be discarded, or is there a way to let him stay?

“We are more than thrilled to finally announce the release date for Backfirewall_. The whole team has put a lot of effort into creating this engaging story crafted with clever humor”, said Julia Jean, Creative Director at Naraven Games.

“Soon everyone interested will have a chance to properly meet the cheeky Operating System and decide its fate despite being absolutely astonished that someone would even consider updating it.”

ABOUT ALL IN! GAMES
All in! Games is a publicly traded publisher and production house, a parent company to three development studios (Ironbird Creations, Taming Chaos, and Happy Little Moments). Headquartered in Krakow, Poland, and founded in 2018, All in! Games published games such as Ghostrunner, Chernobylite, Tools Up!, Paradise Lost, and many more.

For more information, visit: https://www.allingames.com/

ABOUT NARRAVEN GAMES
Naraven is a young female-led team based in Lausanne, Switzerland. Armed with a movie-making background, Naraven has gathered a diverse network of contributors all over the world to create the narrative adventure Backfirewall_. Inspired by Toy Story, its aim is to raise awareness toward how we interact with everyday objects and carelessly discard them.

For more information, visit: https://www.naravengames.com/team