The Dark Queen of Mortholme News

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After three years in development, Atomic Owl is available now. You can add it to your Steam libraries, tell your friends about it, review it, unlock Steam achievements, or even speedrun the game!!

Experience a challenging platforming and combat experience where you must learn the world of Atomic Owl to progress. Hack and slash through hordes of Tengu using multiple avian weapons, equip devastating power-ups called Wing Remnants, and fly through a variety of challenging platforming levels in a rogue-lite made for the SNES era.

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[p][/p][p]Artwork on the cover is by the talented Gresea![/p][h3]Happy July, everyone! [/h3][p]Eldar here from Monster Theater with a quick update on where we're at with The Dark Queen of Mortholme's Steam port. [/p][p]Well, first things first...

We recently put out a press release that outlines what you can expect from the game's launch and, of course, the price. [/p][p]The Dark Queen of Mortholme will launch at $5.99 (USD or local equivalent) with a 15% launch discount.[/p][p]Now... [/p][p]How about a wishlist update...?[/p][p]Thank you ALL so much for showing us that you really, truly care about this short form indie. We can't wait for you all to experience the game again on Steam. [/p][p]We'd love to see you in the Monster Theater Discord, where you can join other fans of The Dark Queen of Mortholme![/p][p]https://discord.gg/Kj2wfmY7r3[/p][p]Reminder that the Steam port will have the following:[/p]

• [p]Full Xbox and PlayStation controller support[/p]
• [p]Steam Cloud Support[/p]
• [p]Steam Achievements[/p]
• [p]A dozen added languages[/p]

[p]Have you followed us on socials yet? Would love to see you on Twitter, Instagram, Threads, and BlueSky![/p][p]All of our socials are below.[/p][p]https://monstertheater.carrd.co/ [/p][p][/p][h2]August 15th is only 25 days away! Have you wishlisted yet?[/h2][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p][p][/p]

FromSoftware's RPGs have done much to explore the cycle of death and resurrection that games have historically taken for granted, but ask comparatively few questions on how the bosses feel about all this. What of the growing psychological weariness that comes from having to swat the same quixotic gnat over and over? What of the despair that grows from realising that, in the eternal battle between godly power and free resurrections 4 life, resurrections will always win out on a long enough timeline. Broken meta. Plz fix. My crumbling empire and poetically exposed eterna-hubris cannot take any more.

What I'm saying is, when people talk about Dark Souls being about "overcoming adversity", they are lying to themselves. Dark Souls is about being a tiny little cheater running face first into a wall until your head is so used to the shape of the bricks that they simply have no effect on your fat, dumb skull. Dark Souls is about using an unfair advantage to torture gods who are much better than you at everything.

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When Mosu and the Monster Theater team set out to bring The Dark Queen of Mortholme to Steam, we wanted to keep it faithful to the original itch.io release, but with a host of quality of life improvements, and we're beyond excited that the Steam community has found the game and is awaiting it's release.



[h2]Here's what you can expect, as a reminder. [/h2]

• Full PlayStation and Xbox Controller support
  
• Steam Achievements
  
• Multiple Endings
  
• Steam Cloud
  
• Over a dozen additional localized languages
  

We can't wait for everyone to experience the story of the Dark Queen, and we hope you consider it a wonderful indie title to add to your Steam library.

Thank you for supporting short-form indie games!



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Be well,
Eldar and the Monster Theater team

Just now, to an audience of millions being co-streamed by OTK at the OTK Games Expo, we surprise-dropped the second game in the Monster Theater catalogue, and our first published game: the viral indie hit 'The Dark Queen of Mortholme'

It is launching in just two and a half months, on August 15th.

Monster Theater is bringing the Queen to Steam with full controller support, over a dozen languages, Steam achievements, expanded community support, multiple endings, and more.

Let's chat about the game, and a little about what we're doing with our new approach to publishing.

Launches do not always unfold the way game developers want. Game Devs can dedicate all of their time, passion, and resources to their creations, but they still come up against things out of their control: bad timing, low reach, and let's face it, poor marketing strategies.

What I've always wanted to do with Monster Theater is create a publishing mission to ensure every game has its moment to shine. We will carry the torch and treat your game with respect, care, and effort, to help devs achieve whatever success means to them.

We believe in a personal, hands-on publishing approach focused on genuine connection and organic growth. We treat your game as if it were our own while ensuring the world knows it’s entirely yours.

Specifically with 'The Dark Queen of Mortholme', I saw an incredible title that was a pure work of art.

When I played it, I felt that it hit the exact ethos behind the games that I want to bring under our umbrella. Short form indies that pack a punch. I hope you see what I mean in August.

Have a game to pitch to us? Reach out! www.monstertheater.games