🤘 The wait is almost over! 🤘

We wanted to let you know that Double Kick Heroes will be leaving Early Access on August 13th 😈

It’s time to jump out of the mosh-pit and into your Gundillac, Sheila, and take on the baddest of badasses and survive in this metal moshing and mayhemic post-apocalyptic nightmarish wasteland.

"Man, it’s been a long journey but we’re pumped to be finally sharing Double Kick Heroes with you all" David Elahee - Headbang Club. "We hope that you love our game as much as we do and enjoy the kick-ass soundtrack we’ve put together to celebrate all things metal. We can’t wait for people to try out air controls for Nintendo Switch which is a heap load of metallic fun, but please drum responsibly".

As well as leaving Early Access, Double Kick Heroes will launch on Nintendo Switch on August 13th, followed by a simultaneous release on Game Pass for Xbox One and PC and the Xbox and Microsoft Store on August 28th!!!

https://youtu.be/rcynIN9i3cw

If you've not been following our road through Early Access, here are some features you can expect on August 13th:

• A full story mode that’s accompanied by 50 kerranging songs, including the OST Volume 2 Update, by top artists such as Ultra Vomit, Volkorx, Gorod, Jinjer, Carpenter Brut and Gojira!
  
• Unique Rhythm shooter mashup with incredibly detailed pixel art
  
• 5 difficulty settings to test even the most metal of metal head’s skills
  
• Tons of accessibility options
  
• USB drum and guitar support on PC (and Xbox One)

In addition to this, we have some Nintendo Switch Joy Con Alternative Motion Control Methods prepared for launch including:

• Air drumming - Joy Con used as drumsticks, keeping in rhythm of game
  
• Air beat - Can't drum? No Problem! Stomp to the beat with your Joy Con
  
• Want the all out motion controlled experience and really put that double kick pedal to the metal? Then it's time to use two sets of Joy Con, one in your socks and one in your hands and drum and stomp your way through the apocalypse!

We can't wait for you to get your hands on Double Kick Heroes and want to thank everyone for joining us on this journey.

Don't forget to follow us on Twitter for more news and announcements in the build-up to launch.

Are you excited for the imminent Steam Summer Sale 2020? We surely are!

You’ll be able to get HyperParasite at 25% off for the duration of the event (June 25th, 10am PST - July 9th, 10am PST).

Guess what? It doesn’t stop here!


Do you like easy games?

Are you scared of rogue-lites?

Did your mama tell you not to mess with permadeath?

Then you were probably born in the Wrong Millennium, and we got you covered!

This new Game Mode addresses some of the request we got from gamers:

• All Character Classes unlocked from the start
  
• You can now select your initial Host Body
  
• Zero grinding
  
• All alternative/secret paths and levels are unlocked from the start

The Wrong Millennium game mode is available with Update 1.0.2, out now here on Steam.

So, what are you waiting for? Dive right in and let us know what you think, your feedback is always precious for us, so drop us a line here on the forums or join our Discord server:

https://discord.gg/Troglobytes

Expect some new, crazy game modes, and features, in the following months!

-- Troglobytes

Hey Parasites, it’s been quite a while since you last heard from us!

The world has gone quite crazy in the last few months (and it’s not even Parasite’s fault this time…), but we still managed to get to you Update 1.0.1.

So, without further ado, let’s dive in and see what’s in store for you.

• Hard crash when Renegade kills the Player
  
• Sometimes Space Huntress’ projectiles are slower than expected
  
• The Crosshair widget isn’t completely visible when reaching the screen edges
  
• Sometimes the game crashes when spawning enemies
  
• Nuclear Meltdown exit door bug
  
• Techno Samurai’s room door is black
  
• Right wall in the Shop is black
  
• Miniboss passages have the wrong color in the mini-map
  
• Miniboss (One-eyed Duke) map size is incorrect
  
• Secret Room in Industrial District deals no damage
  
• Sometimes Janitor’s special attack doesn’t reset AI status
  
• Sometimes DNA interactable gets spawned twice
  
• Room NM_Room_A01 barrel out of NavMesh
  
• Boss 5’s head doesn’t take damage from melee classes
  
• Invisible wall in Area 81
  
• Tower Guard Sniper projectiles destruction on spawning
  
• Sometimes Nam Veteran’s special attack causes a hard crash
  
• Sometimes Sumo Fighter and Ninja can’t open room gates
  
• Sometimes the Player may fall from the train during Boss 3 fight
  
• Sometimes Mad Scientist can cause hard crash upon death
  
• Controls Rebinding bug
  
• Sometimes Parasite’s data doesn’t get saved during the Save & Quit mechanic
  
• Miniboss entrance tiles are stretched
  
• Clerk Guy can be permanently affected by slow speed after a DoT damage type
  
• Special attack of Archeologist/Alien Creature/Techno Samurai can cause a hard crash if performed in The Foundry level (press trap room)
  
• Alien Hunter can cause a hard crash if possessed while Suicide Countdown is active

And finally, for all you Achievement hunters out there, the infamous Steam Achievement bug has been fixed!

Feel free to go all the way achievement-hunting again (and of course, as promised, all unlocked achievements will fire retro-actively!).

Due to popular demand, we set up a Trello board for bug tracking, so you can get to know what the latest updates/fixes are.

You can check it out here: HyperParasite's Bug Tracking[trello.com]


We have some nice surprises coming to HyperParasite over the next few weeks/months, so make sure to follow us here on Steam or on our Discord server/social platforms.

Did someone say “new game modes”?


We revamped our Discord server, please feel free to join us to chat with us devs, give us your feedback, request new crazy features and take part to HyperParasite meta-games!

Troglobytes Discord Server[discord.gg]


In case you missed it, we recently announced Troglobytes’ new project, Edo no Yami.

We’ll be showing off an exclusive gameplay trailer at Guerrilla Collective (June 13-14-15).

Make sure to join us online for the event on Sunday, June 14th, 9am PT | 6pm CET.

The wait is finally over and we're thrilled to finally be able to tell you that Rising Tide 🌊 from HomeBearStudio is in development and aiming for a 2021 release.

You can wishlist Rising Tide right now! 👇

https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/1225200/NAIRI_Rising_Tide/

The story continues in the second chapter of NAIRI!
After the events of NAIRI: Tower of Shirin, Nairi continues on her quest to save her family. While she and her companions try to overcome the many dangers of the corrupt city of Shirin, an apocalyptic prophecy threatens to devour everything.

Announcement Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhyKYhLVO3M

Features:

• Lively interconnected overworld, complete with mysterious ruins waiting to be discovered!
  
• Delve into secluded puzzle-dungeons and solve their many challenging brainteasers!
  
• Charming, yet melancholic, story written to captivate players of any age!
  
• Unique, lovingly hand-drawn art style reminiscent of Studio Ghibli and Disney!
  
• Tons of all-new characters ready to charm you… and ask for your help!
  
• Brand new quality-of-life features, such as a map and fast-travel system!
  
• A reworked inventory system allows for more creative item combinations!
  
• More interesting rewards and treasures to collect!
  
• More customizable hint system to better tailor your experience!

NAIRI: Rising Tide Demo

Coming on May 21st this year (that's just two weeks away!) we're releasing a free demo of Rising Tide for you to get a sneak peek of gameplay and sets the scene for what will be an exciting second chapter!

https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/1225060/NAIRI_Rising_Tide__Prologue/

Don't forget to wishlist the demo separately to be alerted as soon as it is released 😍

The official NAIRI Chapters Discord:

We're also excited to announce that we've recently launched a brand new Discord community, 100% focused on Nairi, Rex and the adventures that await them in both Tower of Shirin and Rising Tide.

https://discord.gg/nairi

Reasons to join:

• Be among the first to hear about development news and updates
  
• Invites to testing sessions
  
• Fanart
  
• Developer discussions and AMA sessions
  
• Giveaways, competitions and much, much more as we continue development.

Don't worry if you don't use Discord, we'll still be updating Steam with news as it happens!🥰 Just be sure to wishlist Rising Tide for monthly updates.

Don't forget, NAIRI: Tower of Shirin is just £3.99 on Steam or you can grab the Deluxe Edition which includes the NAIRI TOS OST and Artbook!

https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/802450/NAIRI_Tower_of_Shirin/

What a journey it has been, but today we are thrilled to announce that HyperParasite has left Early Access and 1.0 is available RIGHT NOW here on Steam!

We’re also super excited to announce that the game is also available globally on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

It’s a brand new trailer time!

From everyone here at Troglobytes Games, we want to thank each and every one of you for your support and encouragement throughout our development, Early Access and eventual launch. We’ve been humbled by the critic reviews, the sheer number of streamers and content creators requesting to check out HyperParasite, and the feedback you the players have given us since we launched into EA.

From us and Hound Picked Games (our co-publisher), THANK YOU.

Keep reading for discount news and a rundown of our favourite reviews to date.


HyperParasite has launched with discounts across ALL platforms:

Here on Steam, you can bag yourself a copy of the game with 33% off for a limited time until April 18th.

This discount is also available on Xbox One[www.microsoft.com] and PlayStation 4[store.playstation.com] until April 18th.

Our Nintendo Switch[www.nintendo.com] publishing partner has set up the following exciting promotions:

• EU - 24th March - 18th April 33% discount for all pre-orders and purchases
  
• EU - 24th March - 18th April 50% discount for all QubicGames customers
  
• NA - 24th March - 12th April 33% discount for all pre-orders and purchases
  
• NA - 24th March - 18th April 50% discount for all QubicGames customers

• Saving Content[www.savingcontent.com] - This is the definition of a Steam Early Access success. HyperParasite excites and delights every time you play it.
  
• Game Asylum[www.gamesasylum.com] - ...once it gets under your skin it provides an itch that’s satisfying to scratch
  
• Switchaboo[switchaboo.com] - HyperParasite is simply an absolute pleasure to play. The gameplay is tight, the concept is marvelously unique and you feel rewarded with each playthrough as you unlock more host bodies to control.
  
• JPS SwitchMania[www.jpswitchmania.com] - 9/10
  
• IndieGameWebsite[www.indiegamewebsite.com] - 8/10

💬 NEW DISCORD! 💬

As well as the growing community here on Steam (which we’ll be keeping a close eye on over the coming days) we’ve also recently launched a brand new Troglobytes Discord community.

discord.gg/Troglobytes

Are you following us on social media? If not, don’t forget you can find the HyperParasite invading host bodies on…

• Facebook[www.facebook.com]
  
• Twitter
  
• Instagram[www.instagram.com]
  
• YouTube

So what are you waiting for? Get on out there and be the HyperParasite you always dreamed of!

We are super excited to finally let you know that HyperParasite will leave Early Access and 1.0 will release on April 3rd here on Steam! We’ll also be launching on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch. Excited? Check out the brand new release date trailer below:


HyperParasite will launch with a limited time discount across ALL platforms:

Steam, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 purchases will get a 33% limited time discount until April 18th.

Our Nintendo Switch publishing partner has set up the following exciting promotions:

• EU - 24th March - 18th April 33% discount for all pre-orders and purchases
  
• EU - 24th March - 18th April 50% discount for all QubicGames customers
  
• NA - 24th March - 12th April 33% discount for all pre-orders and purchases
  
• NA - 24th March - 18th April 50% discount for all QubicGames customers

We’ll share Xbox One and PlayStation 4 pre-order news as we approach launch.


NEW DISCORD!

Have you joined the brand new Troglobytes Discord community yet?

discord.gg/Troglobytes

Are you following us on social media? If not, don’t forget you can find the HyperParasite invading host bodies on…

• Facebook[www.facebook.com]
  
• Twitter
  
• Instagram[www.instagram.com]
  
• YouTube

Hey Parasite fans, welcome to the last Update of 2019!

We've been working hard over the last couple of months to squash bugs and fine-tune some values here and here, we really do hope you'll find the HyperParasite experience even smoother than before!


Starting from yesterday (19th), HyperParasite will be 15% off for the Steam Winter Sales, through to Jan. 2nd

Remember that we're aiming for an Early 2020 final release, so now it's the perfect time to get HyperParasite at this lower price.

https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/838110/HyperParasite/


Along with all other languages that we've added in the past updates, now HyperParasite speaks Japanese and Chinese. We're pretty sure that players from these two countries will enjoy the game in their native language. Please let us know if you spot any typos or inconsistencies!

• Fixed the exploding behavior of Death From Above’s bombs
  
• Fixed particles of Sewers’ poison traps
  
• Fixed killed enemies counting mechanic
  
• Fixed DoT items and skills’ combination
  
• Fixed minions’ spawning in Truck Driver’s and Clerk Guy’s rooms
  
• Fixed key bindings’ mechanic
  
• Fixed secret rooms’ behavior
  
• Fixed a crash involving ranged attacks
  
• Fixed a crash involving flux attacks (i.e. Ghost Hunter’s primary attack)
  
• Fixed a crash involving the Mad Scientist’s room
  
• Fixed Level Gates’ behavior
  
• Fixed GUI’s behavior in Co-Op mode

We had a blast showcasing HyperParasite at NiceOne Barcelona, a big gaming event that took place in our hometown.

We were thrilled when players of all ages took a shot at our relentless twin-stick shooter/brawler and had lots of fun.

This was the last event for 2019, we hope to be able to bring HyperParasite to other big events in 2020, so stay tuned to see if the Parasite will infect a city near you!

Are you following us on social media? If not, don’t forget you can find the HyperParasite invading host bodies on…

• Facebook[www.facebook.com]
  
• Twitter
  
• Instagram[www.instagram.com]
  
• YouTube

Make sure you get this looked at over on Discord, and become a part of the outbreak on the ground floor.

[discord.gg]

Hey HyperParasites! Are you as excited as us about Halloween? Probably our favourite time of the year when all the bad guys come out to play. To celebrate we have a special Halloween themed Early Access update for you.

As always, we look forward to reading what you think in the comments section below.

• Added French localization
  
• Added Spanish localization
  
• Added Savegame reset option
  
• Added SFX to all drones

In our last update we mentioned how we had added Italian, German, Portuguese, Polish and Russian localisation to HyperParasite. Well now, we are really pleased to announce that French and Spanish have been added too. Again, we would like to thank you for your patience whilst we added these in. If you spot anything that might be wrong (this is Early Access after all) please join us on Discord[discord.gg] and let us know. We’ll jump onto fixing it right away.

• Fixed enemy spawn’s mechanic
  
• Fixed “Reload” GUI
  
• Fixed enemy turrets’ behavior
  
• Fixed a bug involving money spawning
  
• Fixed Archeologist’s animations

For the rest of this month, right up until the 31st October, HyperParasite has been injected with some Halloween fun. All of the characters you can possess in the game, as well as the Parasite itself, all now have a Pumpkin on their head! Because, you know, who doesn’t love a Pumpkin head badass?

But that’s not the only fun we have in store for you. Check back in with us later in the month as we have more Halloween tricks and treats coming soon!

Go Pumpkin head, go!

There is no live stream tonight! But fear not, we’re going to be live streaming HyperParasite (in all it’s Halloween glory) this Friday (11th October) 9PM CEST / 8PM BST right here on Steam. Tell the world about it and be sure not to miss out.

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitch[www.twitch.tv].

If you’re a streamer on Mixer, and want to be hosted by Hound Picked’s new channel, whilst getting hands on with HyperParasite, then let us know hyperparasite@houndpicked.com.


We’re not stopping when it comes to getting HyperParasite out there in the wild. Over the weekend just gone, Sav our events man and overall office bad guy (in the nicest way possible we mean) headed off to Madrid Games Week 2019 to demo the game to the thousands of attendees. We shared a ton of pictures and reactions over on Twitter, but here is one of our favourites capturing how transfixed the unexpecting public become when they too are infected by the Parasite…. We mean get to play the game!

Are you following us on social media? If not, don’t forget you can find the HyperParasite invading host bodies on…

• Facebook[www.facebook.com]
  
• Twitter
  
• Instagram[www.instagram.com]
  
• YouTube

Make sure you get this looked at over on Discord, and become a part of the outbreak on the ground floor.

[discord.gg]

Hey Parassiti - benvenuti nell' Update Early Access #18 - It’s all about localisation in this week’s Early Access update and, in case you were wondering, the above is Italian for ‘Hey Parasites - welcome to Early Access Update #18’. So, shall we get going?


As always, we look forward to reading what you think in the comments section below.

• Added mini bosses’ unique names and presentations
  
• Added Italian localization
  
• Added German localization
  
• Added Portuguese localization
  
• Added Polish localization
  
• Added Russian localization
  
• Add InGameGUI Dexterity value

We are super hyped to have added Italian, German, Portuguese, Polish and Russian localisation to HyperParasite. Many of you have been asking for this for a loooooong time and would like to thank you for your patience. If you spot anything that might be wrong (this is Early Access after all) please join us on Discord[discord.gg] and let us know. We’ll jump onto fixing it right away.

• Fixed a crash involving Death From Above’s bombs
  
• Fixed a crash involving Mad Scientist’s room unlocking
  
• Fixed a crash involving Off-Duty Detective death as a player
  
• Fixed a bug involving Steam Cloud loading/saving
  
• Fixed a crash involving skills’ spawning
  
• Fixed Rotating Spikes item’s graphic
  
• Fixed a bug involving The Outskirts level
  
• Fixed lasers of Techno Samurai’s room
  
• Fixed Camera FX when Parasite takes damage
  
• Fixed Gamma handling
  
• Fixed Second Player’s GUI
  
• Fixed Brain Capsules’ pop ups
  
• Fixed Brains Collecting
  
• Fixed some characters’ animations

Reminder: Last week we added a new intro!!! Did you check it out yet? Let us know your comments below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HffXfdlK9cU&feature=youtu.be


In case you have missed our last couple of Early Access updates, we wanted to just add another reminder on our plans for release and pricing. As we continue to add more and more to the game, we feel it’s now the right time to increase the price from $10.99 to $12.99.

In addition to the pricing update, we also announced, in our last update, that our planned full, and final, release for HyperParasite will now be Q1 2020.

You can read more about both of these important milestones in our previous update here.

Wishlist now!
https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/838110/HyperParasite/

There is no stream tonight! But fear not, we’re going to be back and streaming HyperParasite updates again real soon.

Don’t forget to follow us on Twitch[www.twitch.tv].

If you’re a streamer on Mixer, and want to be hosted by Hound Picked’s new channel, whilst getting hands on with HyperParasite, then let us know hyperparasite@houndpicked.com.


And finally, the WIKI! We’re mentioned it a couple of times so far, but we feel it’s worth mentioning YET again - WE HAVE A HyperParasite Wiki[hyperparasite.gamepedia.com]! Since its launch, it’s been updated with all the character descriptions and weapon info, with more to come in the following weeks.

Are you following us on social media? If not, don’t forget you can find the HyperParasite invading host bodies on…

• Facebook[www.facebook.com]
  
• Twitter
  
• Instagram[www.instagram.com]
  
• YouTube

Make sure you get this looked at over on Discord, and become a part of the outbreak on the ground floor.

[discord.gg]