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Coming 2025 For Nintendo® Switch™ and Steam, OMEGA 6 Brings Old School Charm to An All-New Adventure, Based on the Manga by Former Nintendo® Art Director Takaya Imamura
August 13, 2024
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Clear River Games :
Karlstad, Sweden – August 13, 2024 – Clear River Games, a video game publisher specialising in classic and retro games, in conjunction with Japanese publisher City Connection, and developers Happymeal and Pleocene, unveiled today the first English language trailer for the forthcoming game OMEGA 6 The Triangle Stars, a new 16-Bit retro-futuristic adventure game from celebrated visionary Takaya Imamura.
Based on the popular manga OMEGA 6, due for release by Dark Horse Comics, the space-based adventure features an entirely new cast of otherworldly characters, lovingly rendered in retro 16-Bit styling, reminiscent of the treasured catalogue of characters created by Imamura-san in gaming’s golden heyday.
Watch the New Trailer Here!
OMEGA 6 The Triangle Stars is available for Wishlisting today on Steam at: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3128580/OMEGA_6_The_Triangle_Stars
and Nintendo® Switch™ later this year.
OMEGA 6 The Triangle Stars follows the adventures of Thunder and Kyra, two humanoids entrusted by their creator, Dr Victor Franklin, with discovering a new planet for the human race to inhabit after earth has become overrun with an influx of migratory extra-terrestrials. Journeying the cosmos onboard their craft, Omega 6, before our heroes can find mankind's new home, they must first traverse ancient ruins in pursuit of the ultimate treasure in order to pay off... a planetary loan?!
With a body of work including legendary Nintendo franchises such as F-Zero™, Zelda™ and Star Fox™, acclaimed art director Takaya Imamura takes the lead in story and art direction for OMEGA 6 The Triangle Stars, while composer Shinobu Amayake, also ex-Nintendo, is on board creating a stunning original soundtrack for the new game.
OMEGA 6 The Triangle Stars is due for release in 2025 for Nintendo Switch and Steam via developers Happymeal Inc and Pleocene, and publishing partners Clear River Games and City Connection.
For media attending Gamescom 2024, Takaya Imamura will be available for interviews on a strictly limited basis. To enquire on availability, please contact: [email protected]
For more information on OMEGA 6 The Triangle Stars, please visit: https://clearrivergames.com/upcoming-games/omega-6-the-triangle-stars.html
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About Clear River Games
Clear River Games is a publisher with love for classic retro games. We are a small team in Karlstad, Sweden, founded by the Freemode Group (part of Embracer Group). Our vision is to bring the joy of experiencing vintage retro games and revived classic game franchises to players all over the world. We focus on publishing high-quality classic game franchises, modern retro and pixel art games and indie games that inspire gamers and bring back great memories of the past or discover new great games. With physical editions distributed online and in retail stores, we want to make great and unique games accessible to retro game fans around the world.
About City Connection
City Connection was founded in 2005 and owns the IP of long-established game maker ‘Jaleco’. The name ‘City Connection’ is reference to a previously released game by Jaleco, much loved by the City Connection president. City Connection is a game developer and publisher, as well as a soundtrack business (Clarice Disc), licensing business, publishing/editing/writing business, and engages in all manner of activities relating to video games. City Connection specializes in increasing the value of much-loved IP, utilizing some of the industry’s most experienced talent and reinventing games for a modern audience. City Connection strive to deliver quality games which delight gamers and respect original IP.
©TAKAYA IMAMURA ©Omaké Books ©HappymealInc. ©Pleocene ©CITY CONNECTION CO., LTD. ©Clear River Games AB
About Embracer Freemode
Embracer Freemode (“Freemode”) is Embracer Group`s 11th Operating Group. Freemode is a global ecosystem of independently run companies led by passionate creators, entrepreneurs, and business leaders with decades of combined experience in gaming and entertainment. Freemode supports its businesses with strategic, operational, and financial support, helping its businesses accelerate growth with a long-term mindset.
Freemode is part of the Embracer Group AB family of companies, which is publicly listed on Nasdaq Stockholm under the ticker EMBRAC B. (EMBRAC B).
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