London, 20 February 2023. Fitness gaming specialist and publisher Quell today announced that their Impact will be playable for the first time at the Game Developer’s Conference in San Francisco next month.
The booth will be in GDC’s South Hall from Monday 20th March to Friday 24th March. Appointments to test Impact at GDC can be booked by emailing quell@honest-pr.com.
This follows the earlier announced completion of a highly successful $10 million funding round led by Tencent with follow-on investment from Khosla Ventures, Heartcore Capital, Social Impact Capital and entrepreneur Naval Ravikant. This latest round brings Quell’s total financing to $15.6 million.
Quell is currently working on its’ first project, Impact, a fitness-focused games console. The proprietary motion and biometric tracking tech works with haptic sensors that offers a new way to play while keeping fit. Quell’s wearable device features athlete-grade resistance bands available in different strength levels so users can customise their experience. The device turns the player’s body into a controller, allowing them to run, jump and fight freely through beautifully rendered immersive environments.
Impact provides players with a gym-quality workout at home and is suitable for all fitness levels and abilities. The inbuilt fitness trackers measure calories burned, heart rate and speed, and can automatically adjust the game and the workout difficulty to deliver high-intensity exercise.
Impact’s first title will be Shardfall, an intense Action RPG experience where players battle mystical creatures that threaten the sanctity of the Sacred Forest.
Impact will be available to fitness and gaming enthusiasts alike when it launches later in 2023.
Luke Donovan-King, VP, said: “We’re so excited to be able to get the Impact in the hands of people for the first time in a public setting. This is going to be a monumental year for Quell as we build up to our global launch, and we can’t wait to show you all the incredible things our team has been hard at work on”
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About Quell:
Quell is a UK-based fitness gaming developer and publisher that is pioneering the future of fitness gaming technology. Its Impact platform is the world’s first dedicated fitness gaming system, built from the ground-up to deliver high-impact training in immersive digital worlds. Quell’s lightweight motion and fitness-tracking technology is combined with athlete-grade resistance bands to deliver real-world feedback, resistance and tracking to player action, burning over 600kcal an hour on average. The Impact device will be released in 2023 alongside the company’s first game, Shardfall, developed in-house by a leading team of engineers and fitness experts.
Quell is headquartered in London and is led by an experienced management team of gaming and engineering experts. For more information, visit www.playquell.com
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