Yes, we’re holding playtesting again. So, if you want to try games that we haven’t released yet and happen to live or be in Finland, now might be your chance. All you need to do is to fill this form! However, I also recommend reading more about this from below. What is playtesting? We are holding play sessions for individuals from outside the company to get feedback and fresh perspective on our games. This might happen long before the game’s release! Unfortunately we can’t arrange the tests outside of our office, so you’ll have to visit us. Is this a […]
We’re happy to announce our new game Nine Parchments. It’s under development for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and slated for a 2017 release. Here is the game’s Steam page. This time we are introducing a co-operative blast’em up game of magic mayhem, which is also bringing our studio back to colorful fantasy! Here are some screenshots straight from the game: The story of the game revolves around a group of drop-out wizard apprentices, who’ve decided to skip their training for a quick path to the Nine Parchments. As these novice wizards rapidly discover powerful new spells and ignore […]
Woop woop! We’re leaving to gamescom on our #Hypevan on Sunday. Hopefully the van and we survive the road trip from Finland to Germany (…and back) You can track our progress with this cool tracking system: If you spot our #Hypevan anywhere, take a picture and share it with @Frozenbyte on Twitter, frozenbytegames on Instagram or Frozenbyte on Facebook! We’ll reward the eagle-eyed!
We are happy to announce the new Escape From the Castle update to Shadwen for all PC platforms: Windows, OS X and Linux. This update is available to both Steam and to DRM-free versions on GOG and Humble Store. The update is also on Origin and GeForce NOW. Along with fixes, the update is presenting 14 re-worked levels; they are very similar to the earlier levels, but reversed and tuned with more guards. You will also be able to find hidden treasure maps across them. Hopefully you’re in for the challenge! 😉 This update is icing on the cake as […]
You read right! We are offering an extra special chance to come to our office in Helsinki and play our secret upcoming game before it’s announced at Gamescom! How does that sound? 😉 To participate you have to message us either on Facebook or Twitter. And act fast! This is only for a few, limited amount of participants. More details below! – When? Event on Wednesday August 10th Evening. Participants are already being selected! – How? You’ll have to show up at our office in Helsinki Kuusisaari to the event. We’ll send you the info and the address if you’re […]
This year we’ve decided to attend gamescom in Germany to announce a new game! Typically we’d be flying there like any other video game event, but deciding to get a booth changes things a bit… After weighing our options, we came up with a brilliant plan – why not drive there with our company van?! This is what we started out with: It needed some love, so here’s the progress after a bit of painting last weekend: Still needs some more tuning though, perhaps some bigger flames on the side? What would you like to see on our #HypeVan? Stay […]
While filming the Shadwen trailers, we came across a number of rather interesting events. Check out our failed scenes trailer If you’ve come across some funny things as well while playing as the stealth mom – share the clips with @ShadwenGame on Twitter! We’ll reward the best one with a Shadwen T-shirt!
Some good ol’ Trine news for a change! Trine Enchanted Edition and Trine 2: Complete Story are now available in Origin Access! The point of Origin Access is that it’s essentially a membership for a collection of PC games that you can download and play, and the list of games keeps growing over time. Trine and Trine 2 are now included Check out the full list of games available, and more info here: https://www.origin.com/en-us/store/browse/vault-games
Shadwen is an assassin on a quest to kill the new King of Rivendon. You play as the titular killer as she makes her way through the night-time streets of a peacefully sleeping town. You must decide if you want to trek through town killing the patrolling Guards, or are you avoiding them in order to make your way peacefully. You also encounter Lily, a bright young orphan, who must join you on your quest. The relationship between the two of you will be decided by your actions: will she see you kill? In this series, we’ve showcase different styles […]
In Shadwen, you play the titular assassin, and she is on a quest to kill the King. Sneaking your way to the castle, you need to choose if you intend to kill all the Guards in your way, or if you’ll deviously distract them so you can pass them without complications. During your journey you encounter Lily, a bright young orphan, and she’ll join your quest, blithely unaware of your true intentions until she witnesses your murderous ways, when your relationship with her must change. In the second part of this short series, we showcase different ways to play Shadwen. […]
In Shadwen, you play the titular assassin on a quest to kill King Gwydion. To get through Rivendon Town and Rivendon Castle to him, you need to choose if you intend to kill all the Guards in your way, or if you’ll deviously distract them to allow you to get by unnoticed. You are not traveling alone: Lily, a bright young orphan, is with you, and your relationship with her depends on what sort of impression you give her. Will she witness you murder the Guards, or will the two of you pass through the night-time shadows of Rivendon like […]