Twain Harte, U.S.A. — Reverb Publishing and Phoenix Online Studios announced on October 23, that the Season Pass for their upcoming mystery adventure, Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller, is now available for pre-order on in Europe exclusively on GamersGate at the discounted price of £17.99. Fans who pre-order will not only gain access to each of the four episodes as they are released from October 30 (a £27.96 value), but will also receive digital copies of an exclusive prequel comic and the full soundtrack for the first episode, “The Hangman.”

Following the launch of the game, individual episodes will also be available for purchase for £6.99, and the Season Pass will be available as a package with the prequel comic for £20.99. The e-comic and soundtrack will also be available for individual purchase following release.

From Phoenix Online Studios, the acclaimed developer behind The Silver Lining,Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller is an engrossing narrative with a truly evocative atmosphere. This chilling point-and-click adventure is a thought-provoking mystery following Erica Reed, a Boston-based FBI agent, haunted by the unsolved case of a serial killer who took her brother’s life. With the use of her post-cognition abilities – seeing an object’s past with a touch – players are challenged to unravel a complex tableau of characters, plots and puzzles, over the course of four episodes.

Key features include:

• Engrossing, Episodic Narrative – As an engaging and narrative-driven game, Erica’s story is rife with intrigue and suspense over multiple episodes of thrilling mystery.
• Fully-Realized Characters – A very talented cast of voice actors help round out diverse characters with complex motivations.  Each new character makes the game that much more dynamic.
• Choices Matter – Branching puzzles have several different ways to be completed and solved, offering unique paths for the player to take as they solve the mystery.
• Mind-bending Challenges – The game is easy to pick up and play, but it certainly doesn’t skimp out on the challenging aspects of puzzling. Uncovering clues and putting pieces together make for a trial of one’s intuition and savvy.
• Stunning Art – The breathtaking, hand-drawn art evokes the mood of the narrative. Intrinsic to the atmosphere of the game, dark hues paint gruesome scenes vividly.
• All-Star Dev Team – Developed by a true “indie dream team”, the line-up includes comics artist Romano Molenaar (Batman, Witchblade, Tomb Raider, X-Men) as Art Director and renowned adventure game designer Jane Jensen (Gabriel Knight, Gray Matter, and the upcoming Moebius) lending her expertise as Story Consultant.

To a view a trailer, stills, and concept art, visit the Cognition site here. Review and vote for Cognition on Steam Greenlight here. For more information on Reverb Publishing and its line-up of titles, please visit at www.reverbpublishing.com, follow on Twitter or ‘Like’ on Facebook.

To download the demo for Cognition, please visit:http://www.postudios.com/CognitionFiles/Episode1PlayableDemo

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Twain Harte, U.S.A – On October 5, Ratloop Asia and Reverb Publishing announced that their upcoming bird ‘n brawn shooter involving conspiracy, fowl play and an insane amount of bullets –Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken – will be coming home to roost on PC Wednesday, October 15.

“October has always been a great month for gaming, and what better way to start it off than with a hilariously unique side-scrolling action shooter featuring fantastic and addictive gameplay,” said Ted Lange, executive producer with Reverb Publishing. “There’s something deeply satisfying about unloading clip after clip into a hapless horde of evil birds, and it’s only made better with a friend on co-op.”

Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken (which is also available on the PlayStation Network) expands the Rocketbirds universe with new characters, missions, puzzles, exclusive music videos, retro cut scenes, an enhanced Hard difficulty mode and more. Set in Albatropolis, a land full of birds taken over by a totalitarian penguin regime, Hardboiled Chicken, the original Coq of War, must assassinate the evil penguin leader Putzki.

His mission will unlock the secrets to his mysterious, hard boiled past and uncover the real enemies of Albatropolis. In single-player mode, take on the role of Hardboiled Chicken and destroy your enemies with a slew of weapons you collect and unlock in each chapter.

Master fowl play in the co-op campaign as a pair of Budgie commandos on a mission to save the general’s daughter. Many lives will be destroyed, countless penguins will die, and an astonishing past will be unveiled through a series of unlockable cut scenes and videos.

Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken is a part of Reverb Publishing’s growing roster of titles, which includes the massively-successful Dungeon Defenders, as well as the upcoming fall 2012 line-up of Ravaged, Primal Carnage, Edge of Space, Cognition and much more. For more information on Reverb Publishing and its line-up of titles, please visit us at www.reverbpublishing.com.

Rocketbirds will be available on Steam, GamersGate, Rain Digital Games and GameStop – gamers can preorder now from Rain Digital Games to receive four songs from the original soundtrack as well as an extra co-op character (Agent H.) and weapon (Photon Blaster).

For more information about Ratloop Asia and Rocketbirds: Hardboiled Chicken, please visit http://www.ratloop.com/?games/hardboiled.

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