Acclaimed indie developer Simogo is celebrating its fifteenth birthday at present, but it surely looks like we are the one getting presents. Followers of the Swedish studio are going to be thrilled with the initiatives the group has revealed, so buckle up.
First up (thanks, VGC!) are Nintendo Change 2 Editions of Lorelei and the Laser Eyes and Sayonara Wild Hearts, two of our favorite video games on the Change. Sharper visuals and frames are seemingly a part of these packages, and we solely have to attend till early subsequent 12 months to strive them out. No improve path has been revealed simply but.
Second, we’ve got the Simogo Legacy Assortment coming to each Change 1 and Change 2 on 2nd December 2025. It is a compilation of the studio’s first seven titles and a complete host of bonus content material which, as Gematsu highlights, together with an E-book, an audio drama podcast, unreleased music and artwork, and a handful of playable prototypes.
All of the video games on this assortment have been initially launched on iOS, and whereas some did come to Wii U, most of those have by no means seen a console launch. Simogo truly teased one among these earlier this 12 months.
The titles are:
- Kosmo Spin (2010) – a round arcade recreation the place you are making an attempt to save lots of a planet stuffed with breakfast cereal
- Bumpy Street (2011) – a street journey journey the place you management the street and never the automobile
- Beat Sneak Bandit (2012) – a rhythmic-based puzzler the place you have to sneak contained in the mansion to win
- Yr Stroll (2013) – a first-person journey based mostly on the Swedish custom of årsgång, “12 months strolling”
- DEVICE 6 (2013) – a text-based puzzler the place you information a girl by way of an island who would not keep in mind getting there
- The Sailor’s Dream (2014) – a story journey that modifications based mostly on the real-world clock
- SPL-T (2015) – a block-splitting puzzler
Final, however on no account least, Simogo has teamed up with the stunning people at Misplaced in Cult for Heartbeats, Goals and Laser Eyes: 15 Years of Simogo, a shocking e-book overlaying the studio’s historical past, philosophy, and inspirations.
Essays from writers Holly Nielsen, Christian Donlan, Nadia Oxford and Aaron Riccio will dive deep into the studio’s initiatives and video games, and the e-book as a complete guarantees to “present readers with a deeper understanding of one of the persistently creative studios within the enterprise.”
The Deluxe Version can be accessible for a restricted time and it will value £69.99 (the usual version is less expensive at £39.99) — the primary 300 copies will include a signed bookplate from co-founders Simon Flesser and Magnus ‘Gordon’ Gardebäck. Try the web site for extra particulars.
Nicely, that is a darn good slate; each single recreation Simogo has launched can be on Change 1 and Change 2 come early subsequent 12 months. Plus that e-book is tasty.
If you have not performed both Lorelei or Sayonara Wild Hearts, what are you doing? Okay, we get it, a number of video games — take a look at our critiques for each (beneath) if you happen to’re curious.
What do you consider Simogo’s bulletins? Will you be grabbing any of those? Tell us within the feedback.
