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Press release:
December 22nd, 2020.
Walkabout Games and World of Darkness are today very pleased and excited to announce that the fan-favorite savage horror game “Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Heart of the Forest” is coming to the Nintendo Switch on January 7th, 2021 via the Nintendo Eshop.

Demo and pre-order, will start on December 22. The game will be available at Nintendo eShop for $14.99/€14.99/£13.49, with an extra 10% off available for the pre-order and launch period.

Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Heart of the Forest is a beautifully written, deep, and balanced adventure game inspired by the experience of the legendary tabletop roleplaying game Werewolf: The Apocalypse. As Maia, you will discover your family’s dark secrets and reveal hidden truths about the Bialowieza Forest, the last wilderness of Central Europe.

The Nintendo Switch port will include the full experience, with the controls tailored for the console. The 10% pre-order discount will continue to January 11 in America and January 21 in Europe.

Fan-favorite and Critically Acclaimed

Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Heart of the Forest has met with terrific reception among the World of Darkness RPG fans.

“Relatable characters, an excellent representation of marginalized communities, and a real-world setting make this a believable game that doesn’t hang its entire worth on the supernatural elements. This game is absolutely worth your time.”
– 85/100, Keen Gamer
“Heart of the Forest is an engaging game that has a much-needed new perspective on the World of Darkness.”
– 4/5 – Screen Rant
“After just a few minutes, I was pulled by a strong narrative and world.”
– 80/100, GameCritics

About Werewolf: The Apocalypse
Werewolf: The Apocalypse is a legendary role-playing game first released in 1992 by White Wolf. The player is a Garou, commonly referred to as a werewolf. Their kind is locked in a two-front war against the spiritual desolation of urban civilization and supernatural forces of corruption seeking to bring about the Apocalypse.

About Different Tales
Different Tales is a storytelling studio co-founded by The Witcher head story designer Artur Ganszyniec and project lead Jacek Brzeziński (The Witcher, Hitman, Dying Light).

Over the last dozen years, Different Tales members have worked on fantasy franchises with a cult following, mobile games for the mass market, artistic experiments, critically acclaimed products about killing people and prototypes that were meant to exceed the boundaries of the medium. They are always ready to tell a new story.

Website: differenttales.com
Facebook: facebook.com/differenttales/
Twitter: twitter.com/differenttales

About Walkabout Games
The publisher behind Liberated and Wanderlust: Travel Stories, Walkabout Games is a Polish publisher and developer of aspiring independent game studios.
It supports ambitious projects full of new, exciting, and risky ideas that evoke the kind of amazement that we all love video games for.

Website: walkabout.games
Facebook: facebook.com/WalkaboutGames/
Twitter: twitter.com/Walkabout_Games

About World of Darkness
World of Darkness is a transmedia entertainment brand encompassing a number of modern fantasy horror franchises, including Vampire: The Masquerade, Werewolf: The Apocalypse, and more. Through tabletop roleplaying games, video games, board games, literature, comic books, and more, these franchises tell mature stories in a dark supernatural fantasy layered over our modern world. Since 1991, World of Darkness has defined monster-perspective entertainment for a generation of fans. For more information visit www.worldofdarkness.com.