Cardiff, Wales –– Today, Wales Interactive, the independent video game developer and publisher behind titles such as The Complex, Late Shift, Maid of Sker and most recently Sker Ritual, is thrilled to announce a strategic partnership with Curveball Leisure, a leading global distributor of video games and the operator of The Game Collection, one of Europe’s largest video game ecommerce websites. This exciting collaboration ensures that the recently launched hit game Sker Ritual will be available to purchase in physical boxed editions on The Game Collection and from other retail outlets worldwide from early June 2024.
“We are incredibly excited to partner with Curveball to bring Sker Ritual to a wider audience, extending our reach beyond the traditional digital download stores we already publish to,” said Dr David Banner, CEO of Wales Interactive. “Curveball’s extensive global distribution network will allow us to literally put our game into the hands of more players than ever before through the medium of a physical disc format along with original artwork.”
Andrew Naunton, Founder of Curveball Leisure commented, “We are constantly impressed by the innovative and engaging games developed by Wales Interactive, and as a fellow Welsh company operating in the burgeoning video game sector, we are honoured to be partnering with them for the physical distribution of Sker Ritual. Having already achieved fantastic success on the digital download stores hitting Top 10 spots across PlayStation, Xbox and STEAM, we believe this game has the potential to be a major hit in the physical world. It is hoped that this initial phase of the partnership will pave the way for a deeper collaboration between our two companies.”
About Sker Ritual - Players battle hordes of horrific enemies, alone or in up to four-player co-op, and attempt to survive the onslaught of Sker Island’s vicious ‘Quiet Ones’. Gun down masses of enemies, collect Celtic God powers, upgrade an arsenal of steampunk weapons, and attempt to defeat the evil on Sker Island.
Sker Ritual has four unique locations to explore, with countless secrets to discover, optional objectives, and easter eggs which progress the story from the Maid of Sker’s evil ending.
See the Sker Ritual official launch trailer here.
Purchase Sker Ritual physical copy here.
About Wales Interactive
Wales Interactive is a multi-award-winning indie video game and interactive movie developer and publisher. Its growing portfolio of titles have been played by millions globally, including the award-winning occult horror, Maid of Sker. Wales Interactive has also become one of the driving forces behind the rebirth of the interactive movie with titles such as The Complex, Five Dates, Ten Dates, The Shapeshifting Detective and The Isle Tide Hotel. The team has refined the process of making interactive movies, having developed its own scripting tool called WIST, which allows any writer to easily create multi-directional scripts. For all the latest Wales Interactive news please visit https://www.walesinteractive.com/.
About Curveball Leisure
Curveball Leisure was setup with the prime purpose of improving availability and pricing of Gaming products in the UK. Over the last ten years Curveball Leisure has grown to become one of Europe’s largest video game distributors and has an established worldwide network of distribution partners. Our company has also established an award-winning retail site www.thegamecollection.net renowned for its’ price driven deals and AAA customer service.
Over the last ten years we have been fortunate enough to sell millions of units to an increasingly astute and growing audience on a global scale, often delivering in demand products. Sker Ritual is Curveball’s first direct relationship with any game dev team/creator. We are both proud and excited at this partnership and opportunity and look forwards to getting Sker Ritual into the hands of discerning gamers worldwide in a physical form.
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For more information, please contact:
Dr David Banner – CEO, Wales Interactive - dai@walesinteractive.com
Andrew Naunton – Chief Commercial Officer - andrew@curveball-leisure.com