Masquerada's coming to PS4 and Xbox on August 8th!
almost 7 years ago – Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 11:26:29 PM

Hey everyone,

You folks don't know how long I've waited and how badly I've wanted to post this update.

Masquerada will finally be released on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on August 8th! Thank you to ALL of our PS4 backers for your patience - it's been a long time coming.

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The console versions of the game will debut the long-awaited New Game + mode, which offers extended dialogue scenes with lines not seen in the original playthrough of the game, new bosses including a giant flaming chicken (yes, a chicken) and the power to wield all four elements with Cicero. New localizations covering French, German, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese and Turkish language support will also be added, opening the game up to new swathes of friends!

The desktop versions of the game on Steam, GOG and Humble Store will be updated on August 8th to include the NG+ mode and additional localizations as well.

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IMPORTANT! FOR BACKERS WHO OPTED FOR A PLAYSTATION 4 CODE:

Regarding the distribution of PS4 voucher codes, there is a slight complication. They're region locked to your specific PSN store - most likely the North American PSN, Europe PSN store (which covers EMEA) and the Asia store (mostly to cover our Malaysian and Singaporean pals). 

Now, the bulk of PS4 backers on our database fall neatly into one of these stores, and we're going to make assumptions on which store region your code will be tied to based on your country as stated in your Kickstarter backer profile data.

HOWEVER - if you want to receive a code for a regional store that does not match the standard store used in your country, or if it's not obvious which store you use (eg. if you live in the Philippines it's equally likely you might use the North American PSN store or the Singaporean PSN store), then PLEASE SEND US A MESSAGE to let us know your preference.

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In other news: We're still sorting out issues related to the production of the Cicero figure for the backer tiers starting with Maestro and above. Manufacturing is hard. :( I promise we will update you when we have proper developments to share - I am as anxious to begin shipping rewards as any of you are to receive them!

That's all we have for now, we still have many loose ends to tie up regarding the console releases, so please stay tuned!

- Brian

PS: One of our backers is responsible for a comic book Kickstarter called Patriotika, go check out Ron Z's work at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mountolympuscomics/patriotika-1 and help us pay it forward! <3

PS4 Certification + Box Production update
almost 7 years ago – Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 06:11:29 PM

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An update from the trenches!
about 7 years ago – Thu, May 04, 2017 at 06:27:37 PM

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Production delay for physical rewards
over 7 years ago – Wed, Feb 01, 2017 at 12:21:22 PM

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2017 Welcome Updates!
over 7 years ago – Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 08:54:42 PM

Hey folks,

Here's hoping your first month of 2017 has gone well so far, and that more good stuff heads your way this year!

We've been silent for a bit, but there hasn't been too much to report on our side as we've been doing a steady back-and-forth with IndieBox and their manufacturers to get things looking good for the Maestro and Regenti pledge rewards. 

The Lunar New Year holiday period is nearly here, which effectively shuts down all manufacturing in China, so naturally this impacts our production timeline - but we'd already factored this in when we previously reported a April-May 2017 target date for completion of the box sets, so rest assured that things are still moving along as we've expected!

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In other news: We're very close to being able to send the PlayStation 4 build of the game off to Sony for their approval! (There's still a long approval process that can easily take another 2 months depending on Sony's strictness.) 

In the meantime, Ian's gone and done something on a whim. For the PS4 edition of Masquerada, we're applying for the usual set of achievements and needed to put in a Platinum Trophy to help us round off the application. So... Ian's doing a social media push to justify the following title of our Platinum Trophy:

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For those of you who are not familiar with Singaporean culture, "win liao lor" is a Singlish saying, best explained by our friends at Geek Culture as how one "grudgingly concede[s] an argument, because the other party went into overkill mode."

Ian's canvassing for 10,000 Facebook Likes of the post revealing this Trophy to justify putting this homegrown reference into the final release of Masquerada. If you, too, find this greatly humorous and want to join Ian's campaign for putting a classic expression of our dearest Singlish vernacular into vogue, all you have to do is visit Ian's public post on Facebook and toss him a Like.

Well, that's all from me this time - but rest assured we'll have something interesting to share in a few weeks!

-Brian