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Get swept up in this frantic, paramedic action drama when it hits PlayStation and Steam in the coming months.
July 9, 2024
[This unedited press release is made available courtesy of Game Developer and its partnership with notable game PR-related resource Games Press]
BancyCo :
(For release on July 9, 2024, 5:00am PDT)
(July 9, 2024 — Toronto, Canada) Veteran indie studio BancyCo (Home, Alone With You, Worse Than Death) have announced its long-awaited, fourth original IP, Neo Harbor Rescue Squad, which will be coming to PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, and Steam later this year!
This arcade-style action title fuses the mechanics of popular medical-themed games from the Wii and DS era with fast-paced, challenging minigames so players can feel like a real paramedic. On PS5 and Steam, the game's colourful presentation shines with a native 4K resolution. And on the PS5, players will feel an extra dimension with the DualSense™ wireless controller.
You can see more of Neo Harbor Rescue Squad right now with its Official Announcement Trailer and you can be the first to know when the game gets dispatched by adding it to your wishlist on Steam!
About Neo Harbor Rescue Squad
The Rescue Squad has long lived in the shadow of the Neo Harbor City's prestigious Fire Department, but no more! As the team's new paramedic rookie, players must respond to emergencies throughout the city, deal with difficult patients, and protect the squad's reputation against the machinations of news reporter Betty Woo!
Players will use a bold, frantic triage system to juggle multiple waves of patients on each call, capturing the urgency, unpredictability, and critical decision-making required of the job in an accessible way. They'll manage several scenes at once and employ special shields to buy time to strategize, all while the clock is ticking.
Players will also have to master over 50 intense (and sometimes hilarious) treatment minigames to stabilize those patients and keep them from going critical — from performing CPR, stopping nosebleeds, wrapping bandages, using a defibrillator, and so much more!
Inspired by real paramedics in Hong Kong
The game takes real stories of emergency personnel, as told to the team, and spins them into an over-the-top, dramatic tale of teamwork and rivalry. Co-Founder Nancy Yeung took major inspiration from her hometown of Hong Kong for Neo Harbor City's vibrant locales — including dim sum shops, night markets, and even an amusement park during a typhoon.
Players will make impactful choices throughout the city's gorgeous visual novel scenes, which feature animated characters, expressive voices, and (of course) a smarmy talking dolphin!
Media Assets:
Official Announcement Trailer (4K): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMFicJOCIxU
Official website: http://www.jointherescuesquad.com/
Steam page: https://go.bancy.co/NeoHarborSteam
Press kit: https://go.bancy.co/NHRSpressKit
Press contact: [email protected]
About BancyCo
BancyCo is a Toronto-based, independent videogame studio founded by Benjamin Rivers and Nancy Yeung. We've developed and published critically acclaimed games (Home, Alone With You, Worse Than Death) for consoles, PC and iOS since 2012.
Company site: https://www.bancy.co/
Twitter: https://x.com/bancyco
Discord: https://discord.gg/KECSNutNkm
Instagram: https://instagram.com/bancyco
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/bancyco
TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@bancyco
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@bancyco
Neo Harbor Rescue Squad was co-developed with another veteran Toronto studio, Laundry Bear Games, who have helped bring many titles to consoles, PC, and mobile — including Venba, IMMORTALITY, and Ooblets.
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