Montreal, Canada, 9th May 2023 – New independent studio Cut to Bits today announced their debut game Venture To The Vile, a story-focused metroidvania, set in a playful, yet sinister world. Founded by industry veterans with a track record that includes Bioshock Infinite, Grand Theft Auto IV, Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag, and more, Cut to Bits are proud to reveal the first ever look at Venture To The Vile: https://youtu.be/c_nK7peNtD4
Your life is plunged into disarray by an outpouring of monstrosities, that the townsfolk call “the Vile”. The arrival of the Vile has thrown the residents of the town of Rainybrook into shock and disarray. During the turmoil, your friend Luella is lost into the dark unknown, leaving you hurt with a blackened and mutated arm that can transform into a vicious claw. The Vile is all-consuming by nature, and you’ll absorb its abilities and powers with every death blow. Will you save the town and find Luella… or will you become the monster you’re fighting against?
In this narrative and exploration-focused adventure, investigate each corner of a town now lost to darkness, meet a peculiar cast of characters, take on unrelenting terrors, and discover new quests and stories as the world dynamically shifts and changes with the time of day and weather. Explore a rich 3D world by navigating parallel planes of 2D gameplay – if you can see it, you can reach it in Venture To The Vile.
Lose yourself to the Vile next year on PC and consoles. In the meantime, keep a close eye on Cut To Bits’ Twitter for updates, and wishlist Venture To The Vile on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2153750/Venture_to_the_Vile/.
Key links:
Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2153750/Venture_to_the_Vile/
Trailer: https://youtu.be/c_nK7peNtD4
Press kit: https://playertwopr.notion.site/Venture-to-the-Vile-Press-kit-a07820b303fd437c95b82763b8a37a02
Website: https://venturetothevile.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CutToBits
Discord: https://discord.gg/6kBrKpp7MX
Press / content creator contact: cuttobits@playertwopr.com
About Cut to Bits:
With a background in creating some of the most beloved and well known AAA openworld games to-date, such as GTA, Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, and BioShock, Cut to Bits is committed to creating games that inspire thoughtfulness in the player, encouraging them to ask inquisitive questions about the choices they are making, the values they hold, and evaluate their points of view.
With the goal of increasing industry inclusivity, the team also works on various industry initiatives such as mentorships for those wanting to break into the industry, discord servers for producer knowledge sharing, diversity podcasts and more.
About Aniplex:
Aniplex, Inc. is a Japanese anime, music production, video game and anime licensee and distribution company owned by Sony Music Entertainment Japan. Since the 2010s, Aniplex has also been involved in the production and publishing of video games.
The strength of our company is our ability to broadly utilize IPs. We take our Animes and expand them into Video and music projects, or into console and mobile games. The expanded IPs are then globally distributed in the form of multi-prong operations that involve, package products, merchandise as well as live events. (Most recent examples being worldwide distribution of Demon Slayer -Kimetsu no Yaiba- The Hinokami Chronicles based on the hit Anime Demon Slayer).