Coming in for landing: Secret Mode assumes ownership of original Mars Horizon

Secret Mode :

Mission Control Centre: Bristol, UK – 1 May 2024. After a long and prosperous voyage originally pioneered by Auroch Digital and The Irregular Corporation, Secret Mode is excited to announce that the original Mars Horizon is returning home to roost, with the publishing rights for the hit space management game transferring over to Secret Mode on all platforms. The change is already reflected on the game’s Steam page, and will follow on all other platforms in due course.  

Meanwhile, attention also turns to Auroch Digital and Secret Mode’s next venture – Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life. Work on the much-anticipated sequel is progressing along at faster-than-light speeds, with new info expected to drop soon™. In fact, eagle-eyed astronomer types may have noticed that there’s been a few new tidbits to pore over on the game’s official Steam page. Check out the latest developer update for more and stay tuned for further updates in the very near future.  
 

Mars Horizon is available on PC (Steam, GOG, EGS), PlayStation®4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch 

Wishlist Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2281620/Mars_Horizon_2_The_Search_for_Life/  
 

About Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life 
Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life is an authentic space management game where you take on the role of leader of a space agency which has a focus on astrobiology. Your Mission: to Search for Life. Search for evidence across the solar system to prove there’s life on other planets. Explore different planets and moons, build your bases, launch rockets, design payloads, and plan missions. Lead the Search for Life across the solar system. 
 
Following on from Mars Horizon where you were able to re-write history, now you’re going to be making history. Mars Horizon 2 is a game about exploration, learning, and discovery. Will you be the first to find evidence of life in our solar System? 
 

From the comfort of Mission Control, you’ll guide your agency through the solar system to look for signs of life. Gather evidence of fossils, microbes, unusual atmospheres, minerals, stromatolites, molecular structures, energy disequilibrium, and more. Each time you play, each time you play, life will be hiding somewhere else, keeping you on your toes for each playthrough! 

In Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life you’ll be writing history that hasn’t happened yet. Lead the future of space travel with your team of experts. You’ll make key decisions as the head of Mission Control. Space exploration is full of unexpected challenges. Each playthrough will give you different scenarios that could throw off your course of history in the making! 
 

Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life is coming to PC. For more information, please visit the official Steam page. To be the first to hear about Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life news, as well as alphas and betas, sign up to the Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life mailing list. To stay up to date with Auroch Digital’s other games, sign up for the Auroch Digital Newsletter. 
 

Download assets from the press kit: 

Mars Horizon 2: The Search for Life press kit 
 

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About Auroch Digital 

Auroch Digital is part of the Sumo PLC Group. They are a small game development studio based in Bristol, UK and founded in 2010. The studio works on original titles, partnerships, and work-for-hire projects, specialising in strategy and digital tabletop games, working with the likes of Games Workshop and Ndemic Creations. Auroch also has an interest in making games that relate to and deal with real-world issues.  

Auroch Digital's titles include boomer shooter style Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun, the authentic beer brewing simulator Brewmaster, action-strategy hybrid Dark Future: Blood Red States, the console versions of fishy theme park management game Megaquarium and cute robot city builder The Colonists, and Mars Horizon which was made in collaboration with the European Space Agency. The studio is currently working on several titles, both original IPs and ports. 

Auroch Digital continues to grow and is recognised as a leading studio within the gamedev community for its talent in connecting the real with the digital. It is also recognised for its craft in porting games from one platform to another, be that physical tabletop to digital, or between PC and console. 

For more information visit: www.aurochdigital.com 

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Enquiries: [email protected] 

 

About Secret Mode   

Secret Mode is the publishing wing of Sumo Group Ltd, and winner of the Ukie Best UK Publisher 2024 award. Our goal is to publish internally developed projects from any of our 18 game development studios across the UK, US, Europe, and India, as well as third party independent game developers. We believe that games are for everyone, and that creativity has no limits. We believe quality and fun are everything.   

For more information visit: https://wearesecretmode.com/    

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Enquiries: [email protected]   

 

About Sumo Digital 
Founded in 2003, award-winning Sumo Digital employs over 1,300 people globally in the UK, Europe, India and Canada.  

Its 17 studios are in Sheffield, Nottingham, Newcastle (Atomhawk and Sumo Newcastle), Brighton (The Chinese Room), Leeds (Red Kite Games), Leamington Spa (Sumo Leamington, Lab42 and Midoki), Warrington in the UK, Pune and Bangalore in India, Wroclaw, Poland and Czech Republic (PixelAnt) and Vancouver, Canada (Atomhawk and Timbre Games).  

Developing successful games across all platforms and genres, Sumo is recognised for its versatility, proprietary technology and creativity across a portfolio of games featuring titles for major publishers including Microsoft, Sony, Sega and 2K.  

Sumo Digital is part of Sumo Group Ltd. 

For more information visit: https://sumo-digital.com  
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