Independent developers Riposte Games & Co and Furnace Games Partner On Future Titles

<p>Riposte Games &amp&semi; Co&comma; the developer behind <em>Shop Heroes<&sol;em> and the free-to-play hit <em>Mini Guns<&sol;em>&comma; has joined forces with Furnace Games&comma; the team behind <em>Castleville<&sol;em> at Zynga and more recently <em>Dungeon Boss<&sol;em> at Boss Fight Entertainment&period; The partnership agreement will give Riposte Games &amp&semi; Co the opportunity to publish the next two games developed by Furnace Games&period; This allows both companies to take advantage of their respective expertise and establish high production values for their upcoming titles&period; The first title&comma; <em>Dungeon Stars<&sol;em>&comma; a hack &amp&semi; slash dungeon crawler&comma; will be released on PC&comma; consoles&comma; and mobile in 2018&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"lIJE80oWBDc" title&equals;"DungeonStars JAN2018"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;lIJE80oWBDc"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;lIJE80oWBDc&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"DungeonStars JAN2018"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We just upped the ante&comma; dramatically”&comma; <&sol;em>said Johan Eile&comma; CEO of Riposte Games&period;<em> &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;With this deal we have added Editors Choice quality talent to our power team&period; Dungeon Boss was a staple in the top grossing charts in 2016 and is still a very good game and to be able to collaborate with the talent behind something like that is obviously awesome&period; Besides creating Dungeon Boss and Castleville&comma; the Furnace teams rapsheet spans 25 years and includes games like <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;new-generation-kombat-mortal-kombat-x-review&sol;">Mortal Kombat<&sol;a>&comma; Dark Age of Camelot&comma; Stuntman&comma; and Terminator&period;”  <&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Riposte Games currently has two active games and another two games in development&period; They are actively looking to partner with top-level talent to create new&comma; exciting intellectual properties&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>After leaving AAA console development in 2011&comma; Furnace Games has focused on the free-to-play genre with <em>Castleville<&sol;em> at Zynga and more recently with <em>Dungeon Boss<&sol;em> at Boss Fight Entertainment&period; The team broke off from Boss Fight in 2016 in order to create an innovative development system that allows for rapid feature and content development&comma; which are necessary in today&&num;8217&semi;s competitive landscape&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;134470" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-134470" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-large wp-image-134470" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2018&sol;02&sol;07003659&sol;castleville-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-134470" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">Castleville&comma; Zynga<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;We have had the opportunity to collaborate with the Riposte team over the last couple of months and to tap into their cross platform expertise for our next games will be a major difference maker”&comma;<&sol;em> says Jim Montgomery&comma; CTO and Co-founder at Furnace Games&period; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;This type of partnership allows us to focus on the creative innovation and push the boundaries of the next generation experiences&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mathieu Rouleau&comma; Chief Creative Officer at Riposte continues&semi; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Montreal is a hotbed for talent but to compete on a global scale you have to work with the best&period; The Furnace team is composed of bonafide game development rock stars and luminaries&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;