News Byte! January 16th - Astalon, N++, and Blossom Tales

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Blossom Tales Publisher Hits Milestone On Switch

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Thanks to the release of Blossom Tale last month, FDG Entertainment (the team that published Castle Pixel's Zelda inspired RPG on Switch) hit 100,000 units sold (across all of their games) on Nintendo's console.

The sales milestone is shared with two other games, Oceanhorn, and Monster Boy. Congrats to everyone involved!

Edit: Tyler Bud, one of the developers behind Blossom Tales let me know on Twitter that Monster Boy isn't actually out yet.

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FDG Entertainment Bringing Blossom Tales To Switch This Winter

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Castle Pixel released their Zelda inspired game, Blossom Tales to Steam earlier this year, and now they are getting help from FDG Entertainment to port it to the Nintendo Switch.

"Explore a vast open game world in classic action-adventure fashion as Lily, Knight of the Rose! Slash your way through monster-infested dungeons to save the Kingdom of Blossom from eternal darkness. Collect unique weapons, spells, and more during your journey to take down powerful bosses and solve clever puzzles.Be part of a vivid, dynamic story passed down from grandfather to grandchildren by influencing the course of events yourself!"

The game will be console exclusive to the Switch and we can expect the game to hit this Winter, until then check out the trailer below!

Castle Pixel Releasing Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King This Month

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Here's one that almost snuck by us, but the developer behind Rex Rocket will be releasing their next game, Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King, later this month on Steam. The Zelda inspired game has players controlling Lily, Knight of the Rose:

Slash your way through monster-infested dungeons to save the Kingdom of Blossom from eternal darkness. Collect unique weapons, spells, and more during your journey to take down powerful bosses and solve clever puzzles.  Be part of a vivid, dynamic story passed down from grandfather to grandchildren by influencing the course of events yourself!

Blossom Tales: The Sleeping King releases on Steam on March 28th. You can check out the Steam page right here.

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