News for Frogun Encore, Crypt Custodian, and more revealed in Top Hat Studios's Guerilla Collective showcase
Top Hat Studios, Inc., a grassroots-indie focused publishing, co-development, incubation, & consultancy house, is featured in this year's summer Guerrilla Collective 2024, and will debut a special, dedicated 12 minute long publisher segment featuring new trailers, announcements, and more on several of its highly anticipated catalog titles. Debuting at noon pacific time on June 6th, the segment is set to bring news on several highly anticipated titles, including Crypt Custodian, Frogun Encore, Ova Magica, and more. All titles debuted brand new trailers, showing off never before seen gameplay. All participating titles and announcements from the showcase can be found below, along with their respective newly debuting trailer and announcement.
Frogun ENCORE - Releasing June 25th on PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, and the Xbox Family!
Frogun ENCORE is a dashing standalone expansion/sequel to the indie hit FROGUN! Join the now grown-up Renata and Jake in a trek around the whole world to prevent the return of Beelzebub. ENCORE builds upon FROGUN's retro PS1/N64 formula, with the whole adventure now enjoyable in optional true couch co-op.
(Note: Below console pages are scheduled to go live at 4pm UTC / 12pm EST / 9am PST on June 6th)
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2312160/Frogun_Encore/
Playstation: https://store.playstation.com/concept/10010338/
Xbox: https://www.microsoft.com/store/productid/9nfdx3jfnf0g
Nintendo (US): https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/frogun-encore-switch/
Nintendo (EU): Live on device, web page coming soon.
Crypt Custodian - Releasing this summer on PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, and the Xbox Family!
A charming zelda-like meets metroidvania from veteran developer Kyle Thompson (Sheepo, Islets) about cleaning up the afterlife. Play as Pluto - a mischievous cat who has died, and is sentenced to be the afterworld's janitor... FOREVER! Hang out with other doomed ghosts, battle beasts, and explore a vastly expansive landscape. For those who have difficulty moving on, could there be... a way to still communicate with the living?
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2394650/Crypt_Custodian/
Playstation: Page is scheduled to go live today on the Playstation Store and should be live by 12pm pacific time.
Other console pages coming soon!
Ova Magica - Releasing July 23rd on Steam Early Access!
Welcome to Clover Town! Befriend blobs, explore themed dungeons, and maybe meet the love of your life in this creature collector meets social sim JRPG! When not battling fellow blob trainers or making friends with (or doing errands for) the people of Clover Town, tend to your quaint little farmstead, where you grow & craft ingredients & materials to not only strengthen your blobs and make money... but also unlock new worlds full of adventures...
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1299170/Ova_Magica/
LABYRINTH OF THE DEMON KING - 2025 Release Window Revealed!
A first person survival horror game with brutal melee combat, set in a world inspired by feudal Japan. Venture through the Labyrinth Of The Demon King, solving puzzles and fighting terrifying monsters, in an epic quest to track down the demon who betrayed your lord and end its life. Featuring PS1-style retro graphics, complete with dither filters and loading screen doors.
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1804010/Labyrinth_Of_The_Demon_King/
UNDER THE ISLAND - Exclusive Gameplay Reveal!
Explore a charmingly 90s fantasy world in this 2D action RPG! Save your island home from sinking, and become a hero in the process. Encounter monsters, solve puzzles, and unleash the joy of exploration and discovering secrets. Under the Island celebrates the feeling of self-directed, open adventure, capturing those childhood feelings of hoping to discover hidden secrets and corners of the world as you rummaged around in the backyard as a kid.
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1583520/Under_The_Island/
Under The Island is a title from Slime King Games, a studio founded by former Daedelic Entertainment developers, including the art director of the Deponia Series.
SONZAI - Exclusive Gameplay Reveal!
SONZAI is a story-rich, social link based RPG with combo character action & JRPG elements. Welcome to Kumotoshi: the only town in the world where magic exists. Draw strength from your friends and interact with the denizens of an always-moving, dynamic town by daylight, and juggle & rip through evil spirits with a vast array of combo-based weapons & skills at night. Thrust into new circumstances, and with an unlikely crew of companions, embark on a journey to uncover the secrets & scars of a place like no other.
Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1380980/Sonzai/
SONZAI is developed by a small studio in India, marking it as a unique achievement for it to be brought overseas. The game has been directly supported by Xbox thanks to its unique background, gameplay, and immense level of quality. SONZAI will also be making a direct appearence in the Xbox booth at IGN Live, happening between the 7th-9th of June.
About Top Hat Studios, Inc.
Top Hat Studios is your favorite publisher of fine indie delicacies, primarily supporting Japanese-inspired, retro-themed, and highly creative titles. As a company started by and working with grassroots developers and incubating developer talent, Top Hat Studios focuses on supporting games all the way from blockbuster productions through to niche and boutique experimentations.
Top Hat Studios' diverse portfolio includes hits such as Athenian Rhapsody, Frogun, Ova Magica, SONZAI, Labyrinth of the Demon King, and many more. Unique in its relationship to its partnered developers, Top Hat Studios is more than just a publisher but rather a strategic long-term partner, and provides a suite of resources to its developers, which include publishing, business development, corporate advisory, product & long-term strategy, creative media, tools, co-development, and engineering & porting expertise working with all major engines and codebases.
