LONDON, UK – August 21, 2023 – Fireshine Games is delighted to share that two of its titles – the eagerly anticipated ‘witch with a walking house’ adventure REKA from developer Emberstorm Entertainment, and the smash hit sandbox mining adventure Core Keeper from developer Pugstorm – have been selected as finalists at the prestigious gamescom awards 2023.
Nominated across multiple awards, REKA has been selected as a finalist for ‘Best Visuals’, ‘Best Audio’ and ‘Best PC Game’, while Core Keeper has been nominated for the coveted ‘Most Entertaining’ award.
This year, fans and visitors of gamescom will be given the chance to cast their vote online for their favourite nominees. Voting will begin during tomorrow’s gamescom: Opening Night Live, with the winners of each award set to be announced during gamescom studio this Friday, August 25.
Visitors can go hands-on with playable demos of both REKA and Core Keeper at gamescom later this week by heading over to the Indie Zone and the Indie Arena Booth. Other playable titles at the show from Fireshine Games include Shadows of Doubt, Toads of the Bayou, Odinfall, These Doomed Isles, Kādomon: Hyper Auto Battlers and Gestalt: Steam & Cinder.
“We are absolutely thrilled for both Pugstorm and Emberstorm Entertainment on their nominations at this year’s prestigious gamescom awards,” said Sarah Hoeksma, Marketing Director at Fireshine Games. “Both games are magical titles in their own right, and we are so excited to see them nominated for these awards by the gamescom jury. We can’t wait to see fans, press and content creators go hands-on with both games at this week’s show, and wish all nominees the best of luck at this year’s awards.”
Releasing on PC in 2024, REKA is an enchanting cottage-building adventure that tells the story of an apprentice witch and her giant, walking, chicken-legged house. Venture across the landscape with your living home, designing and decorating your cottage with complete creative freedom in this bewitching adventure.
Available now on Steam Early Access and with over 1 million copies already sold, Core Keeper is a sandbox mining adventure with multiple exciting updates planned ahead of the game’s 1.0 release. The next update, available this Wednesday, August 23, will introduce official Spanish localisation for the very first time, allowing even more players to fully immerse themselves in the game’s subterranean universe.
For more information on Fireshine Games and its upcoming titles, visit the official website at fireshinegames.co.uk and follow @FireshineGames.
About Fireshine Games
Fireshine Games is a global publisher of digital and physical videogames based in London, England. Originally established in 2014 under the name Sold Out, Fireshine Games works with studio giants such as Team 17, Rebellion and Frontier Developments as well as introducing new indie dev studios to the world like Pugstorm, Stonewheat & Sons, Spiral Circus, ColePowered Games and many more – publishing for physical and digital distribution. Fireshine is also part of the EG7 group of companies. For more information on Fireshine Games and its upcoming titles, visit the official website at fireshinegames.co.uk.
