PQube Celebrates 10th Anniverary with a Sale!

PQube (London, UK) – August 7th, 2019 – This year marks the 10th anniversary of PQube and to celebrate this, the UK-based publisher announced a sale on the Nintendo eShop. From August 8th to 22nd, some of their most popular titles will be reduced by up to 60% in the UK, EU and US, including:

• Fighting games like Guilty Gear and BlazBlue
• Visual novels like WORLDEND SYNDROME, Kotodama, and Our World Is Ended
• Indie hits like Cat Quest and Aggelos
• Japanese goodness and party games like Gal*Gun 2 and Nippon Marathon

Nippon Screenshot

Please find the full alphabetical list below:

• 25% off on Aggelos
• 25% off on BLAZBLUE CENTRALFICTION Special Edition
• 25% off on BlazBlue: Cross Tag Battle
• 60% off on Cat Quest
• 50% off on Gal*Gun 2
• 50% off on all Gal*Gun 2 DLC sets
• 50% off on Guilty Gear
• 25% off on Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R
• 40% off on Hell Warders
• 30% off on Kotodama
• 50% off on Muddledash
• 40% off on Nippon Marathon
• 25% off on Our World Is Ended.
• 25% off on PlataGO! Super Platform Maker
• 50% off on Razed
• 40% off on STAY
• 40% off on Tokyo School Life
• 40% off on Valthirian Arc: Hero School Story
• 25% off on WORLDEND SYNDROME

A more detailed list including prices and links to the respective eShop is available here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6nwyjzzyky2wzgy/AAAJ8O_4N6CDESARgBdwyZlVa?dl=0

Apart from that, don’t forget our most recent launches: the fantastically charming Songbird Symphony and the slick and stylish KILL la KILL – IF, plus all the goodies still to come for the rest of the year, including Root Letter: Last Answer later this month, as well as Gun Gun Pixies, Cat Quest 2 and AeternoBlade II, scheduled to launch later this autumn.

Enjoy, and here’s to another ten!

For more information and the latest news, follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Twitch, Instagram and our official website: http://pqube.co.uk/games

PlataGO! Screenshot

About PQube

PQube is a leading publisher, distributor and service provider for the interactive entertainment industry with a global reach through UK, Europe, Middle East, Australia and North and South America from its offices in Letchworth (UK), Bristol (UK), Paris (France), Los Angeles (USA) and Hong Kong.

As a licensed publisher with Sony, Microsoft, Valve, Nintendo and Apple, PQube’s software division publishes and distributes video games for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, iOS, Android, PC and has full coverage across all digital download platforms, establishing a track record of success with major franchises including: Gal*Gun, Chaos;Child, Cat Quest, Valkyrie Drive, White Day, Root Letter, BlazBlue, Guilty Gear, Kotodama, MotoGP, Ride, MXGP, Harvest Moon, Senran Kagura and Steins;Gate.

PQube’s hardware division designs, manufactures and distributes officially licensed consoles and accessories including the brand-new Atari ‘Retro’ range.

We thank all our partners and acknowledge all game names, brands and trademarks as properties of their respective owners. Visit: www.pqube.co.uk/games


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Our World Is Ended - Switch Review

Need a game that has both Anime-style characters thrown into a post-apocalyptic virtual world adventure and is a visual novel, requiring only the best B button pressing  master to play...? Then this stunningly beautiful game might be for you.

Our World is Ended is a narrative visual storytelling game that was created by Red Entertainment studio and published by PQube Limited. Now available for purchase on both PC and home entertainment system like the Nintendo Switch, this game is not for the faint hearted as it does contain blood, violence, strong language and sexual innuendos up the wazoo.

We join a video game development team full of young, spirited, individuals called Judgement 7, working on an Augmented Reality game engine named W.O.R.L.D program. When wearing the AR headset the world around you changes the landscape in real time to look like the world it's programmed to be. When the protagonist, Reiji, performs a test run of the game out in the streets of Asukusa a strange glitch occurs and he is pulled into a damaged, ruined, world of his reality. With fictional monster trying to breach the wall of the real world it's up to J7 to help fight back this distortions from becoming reality.

As a visual novel game the controls are pretty basic. The most control you'll have over the story is when you're given multiple scenario options to choose from. Your choice will shape the ending for you. Sometimes these options will even fly across your screen, which for me was very irritating. I'm not a fast reader so when a sentence zooms by the screen I might get halfway through reading it before it disappears, missing the chance to pick something.

Another issue was the start of the game. It took a prologue of introduction and nearly 2 chapters before anything really started rolling. The pacing was slow and I almost lost interest in playing further, but I strive to move forward thinking that something crazy was gonna happen and eventually it did. Once the story started getting more exciting it keeps stringing you along with more twists and turns.

The game also likes to throw in the traditional 'Dating-Sim' style. Each lovely lady has their own distinctive personality. No two are the same. Strangely it doesn't focus strongly on charming the pants off your female colleagues, but with the right words and a strong smoldering look you might have a girl hooked to your arm during this world chaos.

One thing that did bother me a lot was how the controls follow the Japanese setting for the Switch. My A button is Cancel, where The B button is Enter. You can choose to change these settings in the menu, but for some strange reason only the menu will be stuck in its default setting, even after changing things. It gets confusing when I open up to save my game and I find it kicking me out of the menu almost every time.

On the bright side, and I mean bright, this game is beautiful and vibrant in color. Every scene and CG moment are painted in an almost watercolor masterpiece, giving it a soft look with nothing being to overbearing. Each character has their own color scheme that well represents their moods and tone.

Alongside the amazing visuals it also has a catchy soundtrack. To me it sounds more futuristic with a modern twist, I would even go as far as to compare it to the Danganronpa series and the Digimon Cybersleuth games. Always fun,  I would find myself tapping my foot along to the beat during lighthearted moments and feeling a sense of danger during darker scenes, it really brings out each moment in the game.

Overall, Our World is Ended is a game that's not quite there, but does have a sudden change in momentum that keeps you at the edge of your chair. With the strange dialogue arcing across the screen, to very lengthy moments of pure storytelling where half the conversation is nothing but boob jokes, and default Japanese controls. It does redeem itself with beautiful water painted scenarios and up to beat music. This game is definitely more for players that are looking for a visually entertaining adventure where their only worry is to press B.

Game Information

Platform:
Nintendo Switch
Developer(s):
Red Entertainment
Publisher(s):
PQube Games
Genre(s):
Visual Novel
Mode(s):
Single Player
Other Platform(s):
Sony PlayStation 4
PC

Source:
Provided by Publisher

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Our World Is Ended - Meet Judgement 7

PQube (London, UK) April 10, 2019 – One of the elements that makes Our World Is Ended. such a comprehensive visual novel is its outstanding character design. Therefore, PQube and Red Entertainment want to put the spotlight on the game's vivid cast today and feature the members of in-game developer team Judgement 7. The sci-fi story about an Augmented Reality project gone wrong will release for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Steam as follows:

• Europe (physical / digital) on consoles / North America (digital) on consoles - April 18th
• North America (physical) on consoles / Worldwide on Steam - May 28th

Sekai Owari
The perverted programmer

Owari is the founder and main programmer of Judgement 7. Although he is supposed to be the representative of the team, the members do not respect him because of his perverted personality. He is in fact exceptionally skilled and able to create ultra perverted programs that can not be written by ordinary people.

Iruka No.2
The delusional planner

Iruka No.2 is an old friend of Owari and the co-founder Judgement 7. He is in charge of the planning, scenario and setting of the team's games. As a big nerd with particular preferences, the others can't relate to him most of the time. The habit of sometimes raising his voice for no reason earned him the nickname "Vocal Madman".

Asano Hayase
The unfortunate sound designer

Asano is Yuno's older sister. She composes the music and sound effects of the games. Although she is a sound designer, she is quite deaf but she doesn't know it yet. She is blessed with the ability to destroy PCs and the hardware in her reach - including her own synthesizer, but she doesn't really care.

Natsumi Yuki
The chaotic designer

Natsumi is the style designer who lives in the office of Judgement 7 and in charge of character designs, environments, UI, and logos of the games. She is strict with herself and everyone else and always takes work seriously, but drawing makes her happy.

Tatiana Alexandrovna Sharapova
The childish programmer

Tatiana was born in Russia but she has lived in Japan since her childhood. She usually works as a programmer at research institutes while attending junior high school in Hokkaido. She is a super genius also known as “Russian's Hidden Treasure” but apart from her programming skills, she is inferior to most of the children of her age. Her basic social and living skills are more around the lower elementary school or kindergarten level.

Yuno Hayase
The airheaded assistant

Yuno is Asano's little sister and currently a high school student. She works part-time at Judgement 7 as an assistant and does all kinds of work. Laid-back and often in a good mood, she also happens to be a good judge of character.

Reiji Gozen
The plain part-time director

Reiji is a university student who dreams of becoming a game designer. He works part-time while attending university. As a relatively normal and social guy, he stands out among the other members of Judgement 7.

 

As announced earlier, fans who pre-order or get the game Day-One will be rewarded with a special edition, including:

• an exclusive artbook with 100 pages featuring beautiful illustrations of the characters, environments, CGs and much more
• a quirky keyring of the perverted programmer Owari Sekai's mascot
• the physical edition of the game

More details on the official homepage: http://pqube.co.uk/our-world-is-ended/

Check out #OurWorldIsEnded on social media! For more information and the latest news, follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Twitch and our homepage: http://pqube.co.uk/

Also make sure to follow Our World Is Ended. and Red Entertainment on Twitter and check out the official Japanese website: http://oreowa.jp/

About Red Entertainment

Red Entertainment is a company that engages in entertainment planning, and creation of characters and contents. Building upon the capabilities for project planning, production and coordination that we cultivated over four decades, we develop works across a variety of media and genres. Our line of business encompasses a wide range of entertainment fields covering from consumer games like Sakura Wars to social games, pachinko/pachislot, books, theatrical production/live events, CDs, movies/animation, and character-themed goods. Through offering development service business, planning/producing business, licensing business and merchandising business, we cooperate and collaborate with client companies to provide works full of surprise and excitement to the customers around the world.

About PQube

PQube is a leading publisher, distributor and service provider for the interactive entertainment industry with a global reach through UK, Europe, Middle East, Australia and North and South America from its offices in Letchworth (UK), Bristol (UK), Paris (France), Los Angeles (USA) and Hong Kong. As a licensed publisher with Sony, Microsoft, Valve, Nintendo and Apple, PQube’s software division publishes and distributes video games for PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, iOS, Android, PC and has full coverage across all digital download platforms, establishing a track record of success with major franchises including: Gal*Gun, Chaos;Child, Cat Quest, Valkyrie Drive, White Day, Root Letter, BlazBlue, Guilty Gear, Kotodama, MotoGP, Ride, MXGP, Harvest Moon, Senran Kagura and Steins;Gate. PQube’s hardware division designs, manufactures and distributes officially licensed consoles and accessories including the brand-new Atari ‘Retro’ range.

We thank all our partners and acknowledge all game names, brands and trademarks as properties of their respective owners. Visit: www.pqube.co.uk/games


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