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Announcing mid-event results for the first round of Yurukill: The Calumniation Games’ Score Attack Caravan competition! Also, to celebrate the game’s release on Steam® we’re extending the event period of both the Score Attack Caravan and the Character Popularity Poll!
To mark Yurukill’s release on Steam®, we’re pleased to announce that we’ve extended the closing date of our Yurukill & 4Gamer.net collaboration events: the Yurukill Score Attack Caravan Round 1 and the Yurukill Character Popularity Poll, until July 31 (JST)!
IzanagiGames, Inc. (located in Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan, and led by CEO/Producer Shinsuke Umeda) has announced the mid-competition results for round one of the Yurukill & 4Gamer.net collaboration event: the Yurukill Score Attack Caravan.
Furthermore, to celebrate the game’s release on Steam®, the event period for both Yurukill Score Attack Caravan Round 1, and the Yurukill Character Popularity Poll has been extended until July 31 (JST).
Yurukill is an escape adventure and bullet hell shoot ‘em up based on an original story by Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler author Homura Kawamoto, and features a scenario by Hikaru Muno. The game’s shoot ‘em up sections were developed by G.rev.
Score Attack Caravan Round 1 mid-competition results: https://yurukill.com/yurukill_score_attack_caravan_result/
・Yurukill & 4Gamer.net collaboration events
・Event period extension confirmed! Event now running from 05/26/2022 to 07/31/2022 18:59 (JST)
・Event website: https://yurukill.com/4gamer_collaboration/
▷ Yurukill Score Attack Caravan Round 1: https://yurukill.com/yurukill_score_attack_caravan_01/
▷Yurukill Character Popularity Poll: https://yurukill.com/popularity_contest/
・About Yurukill: The Calumniation Games on Steam®
Steam® Store URL: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1733840/_/
Scheduled release day: July 8, 2022
Scheduled retail price: 6,600 JPY (Inc. tax) *Retail price varies by country/region.
Supported languages: Japanese, English, Simplified Chinese, French, German (*More languages will be added at a later date.)
Audio: Japanese
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◆ About Yurukill: The Calumniation Games
An escape adventure and bullet hell shoot ‘em up game based on an original story by Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler author, Homura Kawamoto, with a scenario by his younger brother, Hikaru Muno. Features character design from Hiro Kiyohara, known for his work on Valkyria Revolution, and a soundtrack from Yuko Komiyama, who worked on the Monster Hunter series. The shoot ‘em up elements were developed by veteran studio G.rev.
・Yurukill: The Calumniation Games teaser trailer
・Yurukill: The Calumniation Games official Twitter account (@yurukill)
・Yurukill: The Calumniation Games official website
・Yurukill: The Calumniation Games official site store page
◆ Homura Kawamoto’s profile
Homura Kawamoto made his debut with Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler in 2014, in the magazine Gangan Joker. The Kakegurui series, including spin-offs, has sold over 6.2 million copies, and has been adapted into a variety of projects including anime, movies, and games. Kawamoto has worked on original scenarios and planning for numerous titles, such as The War of Greedy Witches, and Greatest M (co-written with Hikaru Muno). He has also passed the national bar exam in Japan.
◆ Hikaru Muno’s profile
Hikaru Muno is the younger brother of Homura Kawamoto, and made his debut with a job search manual called Bonjin Naitei Senryaku (Job Hunting Strategies for Average People) in 2012. He has worked on numerous projects including original scenarios for comics, novels, how-to-books, board games, and is the author of the Kakegurui series’ light novels, Kakegurui Trip and Kakegurui Joker. He has also worked on Build Divide and High Card (both co-written with Homura Kawamoto) and a board game called Hen-na Kanji (Strange Chinese Characters).
◆ Hiro Kiyohara’s profile
Hiro Kiyohara is a manga artist and illustrator. He is best known for the comic version of Another, among other titles. He has worked on illustration for a range of novels, including All-Round Appraiser Q and the Detective versus Detectives series. He is a character designer for the PS4 game Valkyria Revolution and is currently writing the manga series The Decagon House Murders for the monthly manga magazine, Monthly Afternoon.
◆ Game overview
Title: Yurukill: The Calumniation Games
Original story/scenario: Homura Kawamoto (Kakegurui – Compulsive Gambler) / Hikaru Muno
Director/Producer: Shinsuke Umeda (Death Come True)
Character design: Hiro Kiyohara (Valkyria Revolution)
Soundtrack: Yuko Komiyama (Monster Hunter series)
Genre: Escape adventure and bullet hell shoot ‘em up
Shoot ‘em up part development: G.rev (Mamorukun Curse!)
Demo release date for PS4®, PS5®, Nintendo Switch™: 6/8/2022 (North America & Europe)
Scheduled release date for PS4®, PS5®, Nintendo Switch™: 7/5/2022 (North America) 7/8/2022 (Europe)
Scheduled release date for Steam®: 7/8/2022
Publisher: IzanagiGames, Inc.
Platforms: PS4®, PS5®, Nintendo Switch™, Steam®
Recommended retail price: 7,678 JPY (inc. tax)
Copyright notice: (c)IzanagiGames, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
◆ About IzanagiGames
IzanagiGames is headquartered in Koto-ku, Tokyo. The company produces interactive entertainment experiences, with a focus on console games, and is geared towards directly accessing the global games market with titles made in collaboration with Japanese creators. By expanding the company’s range of fund procurement, IzanagiGames aims to provide opportunities for exceptional creators to make new IPs and games which are then delivered as entertainment experiences to fans across the world. IzanagiGames has released titles including Death Come True and World’s End Club on a variety of different platforms worldwide.
・IzanagiGames’ official website
・IzanagiGames’ official Twitter account
https://twitter.com/izanagigames
・IzanagiGames’ official YouTube channel
https://www.youtube.com/c/IzanagiGamesChannel
・Izanagi Z Store (the official IzanagiGames merchandise site)
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