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BECOME A WARLANDER

Warlander Launches Globally On PC Today

Munich, Tuesday, January 24th, 2023 – Toylogic and PLAION are proud to announce that Warlander, the free-to-play, third-person, online multiplayer warfare game is launching today globally on Steam.
 
Warlander features a new genre of competitive gaming which is a hybrid between hack-and-slash, shooter and strategy with up to 100 players divided into five armies with the goal of destroying each other’s castles.
 
Players can pick from three different classes: the warrior, master of the sword and shield; the mage, wielding elemental magic such as fire and lightning; or the cleric, excelling in healing and support abilities.
 
In addition to full-scale castle sieges using catapults, siege towers, battering rams and more; the climax of the battle unlocks the cataclysmic idols. Representing a powerful magic such as a massive meteorite shower, a giant tornado or a 4-seater robot; all capable of potentially changing the tide of the battle or securing victory.
 
Warlander is free to play right now and can be downloaded directly from Steam.
 
To find out more, check out on the official Warlander website or join the discussion and connect with the Warlander community via the game’s Official Discord server.
 
For more information, please visit plaion.com​ & press.plaion.com

About Toylogic 

We are Toylogic, a game development studio in Tokyo, Japan. 

At Toylogic, our goal is simple: deliver truly fun games to the world in a way that only Toylogic can, loaded with the "spirit of fun (TOY)" that excites children and adults alike, and the world's leading technology (LOGIC). 

Our first in-house title, the online action game "Happy Wars," was a certified hit with approximately 15 million downloads, mainly in North America. Our development track record is loaded with titles showcasing our advanced technical capabilities, including "NieR Replicant ver. 1.22474487139..." released in April 2021, as well other AAA titles from overseas publishers. 

We will continue to work on a wide range of games, from online action games that captivate gamers around the world, to RPGs and adventures with memorable worldviews and stories, to indie-like casual games.

About PLAION
PLAION is a leading independent developer and producer of games and entertainment products, with nine development studios and five publishing units based all over the world. Founded in 1994 as Koch Media, PLAION offers a unique breadth of services and solutions, dynamically growing its business to push ourselves and our partners to the forefront in all the segments we operate in.

PLAION runs a multi-label strategy, with fully owned publishing units, such as Deep Silver, Prime Matter, Milestone, Vertigo Games and Ravenscourt, publishing games for consoles, PC and VR platforms across all physical and digital channels.

Additionally - as a global publishing partner - PLAION has formed long-term multinational publishing collaborations with numerous game publishers including Activision Blizzard, Bethesda, Capcom, Focus Multimedia, Giants Software, Koei Tecmo, Paradox, Sega, SNK, Square Enix, Techland, THQ Nordic, Tripwire, Warner Bros and many others.

With its parent company in Höfen, Austria - and the HQ in Munich, Germany - PLAION owns local publishing companies in Germany, UK, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Australia, the United States as well as Japan and Hong Kong.

PLAION owns nine game development studios: Deep Silver Dambuster Studios (Nottingham, UK), Fishlabs (Hamburg, DE), Warhorse Studios (Prague, CZ), Milestone (Milan, IT), Voxler (Paris, FR) , DigixArt (Montpellier, FR), Flying Wild Hog (Warsaw, Kraków, Rzeszów, PL), Free Radical Design (Nottingham, UK) and Vertigo Games (Rotterdam, Amsterdam, NL). Additionally, PLAION collaborates with numerous independent development studios around the world.

Part of PLAION is also PLAION PICTURES, a leading independent film distributor in Europe with a library of more than 1.400 titles. Further business operations include Sola Media, a sales agency and production company for family entertainment, Spotfilm Networx, a multi-channel streaming network, and a sub-label dedicated to Japanese animation.

PLAION also owns the leading video game merchandise company DPI Merchandising (Denver, Roseburg, USA and Munich, DE) and a Quality Assurance Facility in Olomouc, CZ.

PLAION is an Embracer Group company.