SPACEBASE STARTOPIA PREPARES FOR LAUNCH WITH ILLUMINATING 'BEGINNER'S GUIDE' TRAILER

Bracknell, UK – (18th March, 2021) - Upcoming space station management sim Spacebase Startopia is braced and set for launch next week, 26^th March, on Windows-PC/Linux/Mac, PlayStation 4|5, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One consoles. The Nintendo Switch™ version will follow later in the year.  
 
Direct from mission control, Kalypso Media and Realmforge Studios have today released a brand-new Beginner's Guide video giving an overview of the base and showing an assortment of activities in which alien visitors can participate once they're aboard, including an all-night-all-day disco, space whale therapy, and a loot box lottery where willing participants can swap their hard-earned space bucks for a quick spike of dopamine and the chance to win a new hat. 
 
Alongside hordes of rambunctious alien tourists and one totally-not-homicidal AI, Spacebase Startopia is also home to another more recent infestation: rumours. In the base’s on-board cat cafés, outlandish feline-based hearsay has run rampant, spurred on by a recent report investigating the phenomena.
 
Spacebase Startopia launches on the 26^th of March. Budding Commanders can pre-purchase the game now from the Microsoft Store, Steam and the Kalypso Store to receive 10% off and immediate access to the beta and Game Preview.  PlayStation 4|5 owners can pre-order now via the PlayStation Store. 
 
For more information or to request review code, please contact Kalypso Media PR. 

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  Spacebase Startopia is a galactic new take on a fan-favourite space base-management game set in...well, space! This vibrant and often absurd universe offers players an exciting blend of city-building and base-management, with a flash of RTS skirmishes.
 
By breathing life back into a true classic, developer Realmforge Studios strikes a careful balance between nostalgia and innovation in its reimagining of the popular strategy game, which revolves around a donut-shaped space station filled to the brim with a colourful cast of aliens managed by their tireless commander (that’s you, human). 

In Spacebase Startopia, players will carve out their own little space in the universe, ready to become a galactic utopia – if your management skills are up to the task. With three different game modes and a vast amount of management decisions to be made under the watchful eye of the VAL, the station’s sardonic AI, there’s plenty of in-depth gameplay waiting for new and seasoned players alike. But beware of invading space pirates, who will do their best to ruin your carefully laid plans!
 
Features

• Single-player campaign with 10 fully voiced missions
• Manage a melting pot of different lifeforms, each with their own individual – and sometimes contradictory - needs and desires
• Build a variety of rooms across three very different decks to cater to the needs of visiting aliens
• Explore the potential of your space base in a fully configurable sandbox mode
• Produce and trade resources to turn a profit while running sabotage missions against your competitors
• Work together or compete against rivals in competitive and a co-op multiplayer for up to 4 players

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About the Kalypso Media Group
Kalypso Media Group GmbH is a fully independent publisher, developer and marketer of interactive entertainment software with 150 employees in 9 locations in Germany, England, Japan, and the United States, including Kasedo Games, Kalypso Media’s digital-first label, and three development studios - Realmforge Studios (Dungeons series), Gaming Minds Studios (Railway Empire, Port Royale) and Claymore Game Studios (upcoming Commandos game).
 
Specializing in developing strategy games for a global audience on all modern platforms, Kalypso Media's IP portfolio includes the full rights to the Tropico series, Commandos, Port Royale, Dungeons, Sudden Strike, Railway Empire, and others. Kalypso Media’s recent releases are Commandos 2 - HD Remaster and Praetorians - HD Remaster, Railway Empire - Nintendo Switch™ Edition, Dungeons 3 - Complete Collection, Railway Empire - Complete Collection, Port Royale 4, Tropico 6 - Nintendo Switch™ Edition, and Commandos 2 - HD Remaster for Nintendo Switch™. Upcoming releases include Club Manager 2022 (2021), Spacebase Startopia (26/03/21) and Disciples: Liberation (Q4 2021). Kasedo Games’ recent releases include Filament and console versions of Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus. Upcoming releases include Distant Kingdoms.
  
More information about the Kalypso Media Group is available at www.kalypsomedia.com.