Marvek the Torrid “When I was young, the roads were even longer, and all uphill!” – Marvek, on the path of adventure Favourite spell: Huge Fireball Convenient when baking multiple batches of cookies. Also useful for incinerating monsters! And teammates. Marvek had it all planned. Just a few more busy years of running their small bakery, and after that he and his wife Poppy could retire to a small beach house. Those golden years dreams went up in smoke when Marvek’s magical talents manifested for the first time. An accidental fireball burned the bakery to a crisp and left him […]
Cornelius Crownsteed “Nobody will laugh when I collect my Nine Parchments!” – Cornelius of the noble house of Crownsteed Favourite spell: Small Fireball They may be small, but they still count as fireballs! A group of would-be wizards are studying in the hallowed halls of the Astral Academy, each eager to complete their spellbooks with nine spell parchments. When an unfortunate incident takes place in the Academy Library, the students have an opportune moment to skip tedious classes and graduate much faster than they could have hoped for. One of these initiative-taking students is young lord Crownsteed, who is hoping […]
Boom! It’s official – Nine Parchments is heading to Nintendo Switch later this year! We’ve been super happy with how Has-Been Heroes has done on Switch since the launch, so we’re very excited about bringing Nine Parchments there as well. (It’s a really cool system!) We’ve kept quiet about the game for quite some time now so it’s cool to finally break the silence and show some new footage 🙂 This is our new trailer showcasing the wizard mayhem to come: New Screenshots Features • Wield the power of the elements and master a diverse and ever-changing arsenal of spells […]
With Has-Been Heroes, we set out to make a challenging game, and it looks like we succeeded! We’ve seen some great videos, guides, wiki entries and all kinds of amazing content from our Has-Been Heroes players and a select few have already unlocked all the heroes. As a tribute to the best of the best, we’ve opened up a site called the Hall of Heroes at www.has-beenheroes.com It’s a hall of fame of sorts, where we’re going to list the players with full, 100% completion of the game. As far as we know, nobody has 100% yet! Are you up […]
We are super excited to announce our new game My Space Van. Game is developed in co-operation with Amistech Games, creators of the open-world survival game My Summer Car. My Space Van is set in the year 2995, where Finland is very powerful country in space. You are playing as young and reckless van driver in space and your parents are away on holiday on Mars. A VRR (Virtual Van Reality) trailer is now out on YouTube, showing the wonders of having a van in space. Check out the trailer from below! As all the Frozenbyte games before, My Space […]
We are happy to announce that the US and global Steam release of Has-Been Heroes is finally here! Check out the release trailer from below. Who else is excited about the game? We know we are! Has-Been Heroes is a roguelike game developed by Frozenbyte in partnership with GameTrust, and it’s now available on Steam for all regions! The game is also available for Nintendo Switch, PS4 and Xbox One in North America. The release for other regions is slated for early next week on April 4th. You can also find some fresh new screenshots below. 🙂
We are super excited to announce our new game Has-Been Heroes! This is our partnership project with GameTrust, now finally out in the open. Has-Been Heroes is a challenging roguelike game of strategy and action, coming in March 2017 for Nintendo Switch, PS4, Xbox One and PC. Check out the announcement trailer below: The Storyline Embark on an epic quest with the Has-Been Heroes, a group of legendary champions once celebrated throughout the kingdom for their heroic deeds – they have killed rats, rescued a prince, fought wars, slain a dragon… The kingdom prospered and peace prevailed. Legends grew old, […]
The Frozenbyte team is creating something completely out of this world. Now we’re looking for talented programmers to join us in our quest of re-defining high-end gaming experiences. This October we are hosting a recruitment event where you can try our unannounced games and see why our goals are one of a kind. If you are interested in programming world-class games and creating something new and out of this world with awesome co-workers, send your CV to [email protected] We’re specifically looking for: Console Programmers MMO Programmers VR Programmers Voxel Programmers Gameplay Programmers Editor & Tools Programmers Engine Programmers … and […]
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 […]
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 […]
