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Vancouver Game Studio Roadhouse Interactive Launches IRON MAIDEN: LEGACY OF THE BEAST Mobile Game
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Metal legend's mobile RPG game available in iOS and Android stores now!
Vancouver, BC, July 22, 2016--(T-Net)--Vancouver Gaming Studio Roadhouse Interactive announced that metal and RPG gaming fans can now download Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast, the new action-packed, free-to-play mobile game where players take on the role of the band's iconic mascot, Eddie.
Available now from Apple's App Store and Google Play, the teams at Nodding Frog, 50cc Games and Roadhouse Interactive have created a new and unique gaming experience in close collaboration with the band and its management team, Phantom Music Management.
The game is set in a visually stunning universe, comprised of an ever expanding series of worlds derived from Iron Maiden's music and art. Players will journey through epic quests to reclaim the shards of Eddie's shattered soul as he faces his most challenging adversaries, including The Beast, The Wicker Man, Horus and The Axis General, all set to a powerful and atmospheric Maiden soundtrack.
Steve Harris, Bassist and founder member of Iron Maiden comments, “We've always wanted to make a quality Maiden mobile game as we think the combination of Eddie and the music is so well suited - and it's a great way to get our music out to a new audience! When the opportunity arose to make a mobile game which our fans, along with hopefully a lot of the gaming community, can play pretty well anywhere in the world, we jumped at it. The whole band visited Roadhouse while touring through Vancouver back in April and we were so impressed by the creativity, enthusiasm and passion of the team there. Visually, the worlds and character designs do us proud and the music just ties it all together.”
In Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast, players take control of Eddie's destiny across a spectacularly diverse array of worlds by traveling through time in captivating 3D environments. Eddie appears in many forms, each a part of Iron Maiden's rich history, and each with a set of special powers and abilities. Fans will also hear rare, previously unheard live recordings of Iron Maiden classics adapted for the game under the close scrutiny of bassist and founding member Steve Harris.
For more information please visit http://www.ironmaidenlegacy.com or download the press kit at https://roadhouseinteractive.box.com/v/legacyofthebeastpresski.
About Roadhouse Interactive
Roadhouse Interactive is an end-to-end producer, developer and operator of games for mobile and tablet. Based in Vancouver, BC, our experienced team has collectively delivered or played key roles on some of the most well-known and successful game franchises of all time.
Roadhouse was founded by James Hursthouse, Ian Verchere and Tarrnie Williams in December of 2009. The group brings over a century of combined experience from all facets of the games industry. Expertise is drawn from franchise and content creation and development at the world's leading video games companies. It also has a strong foundation in technology and infrastructure businesses, stemming back to the earliest days of online free-to-play games. The team is ideally positioned to thrive in this exciting phase of the games industry.
The group has been responsible for creating some of the world's top selling games, driven global product distribution and managed mergers, acquisitions and investments over the last 25 years. More specifically the team has been behind games such as FIFA, SSX, Medal of Honor, Company of Heroes, Dawn of War, Need For Speed and Triple Play, to mention a few, that have generated 100's of millions of dollars in revenue over that same time span.
About Iron Maiden:
With over 90 million album sales, more than 2000 live performances in 62 countries, millions of fans worldwide and16 studio albums of unerring quality and power to their name, Iron Maiden have more than earned their proudly-heldstatus as one of the most influential and revered bands of all time. In February they took to the road and the skies yetagain on The Book Of Souls World Tour, this time on board a Boeing 747 Jumbo Jet piloted by vocalist Bruce Dickinsonand carrying the band, their full crew and over 20 tons of stage production and equipment. Iron Maiden's 2016 tourcovers six of the seven continents and 36 countries, performing to well over 1.5 million fans, including first-everperformances in China, El Salvador and Lithuania. The band has recently extended its legacy in a couple of areas ofparticular interest to them! They now have their own beer, Trooper, widely acknowledged as the most successfu linternational British beer launch of the past twenty years and brewed by family brewers Robinsons in Stockport UK.Secondly Maiden Audio just launched a set of high end on-ear audio headphones, named the ‘Ed-Ph0n3s', incollaboration with award-winning Japanese electronics company Onkyo Corporation. These are specifically designedas the ultimate headphones to hear Rock and Metal and as such are perfect for use with this game. Their latest album“The Book of Souls” debuted at number 1 in the official charts of over 24 countries and subsequently hit a retail #1 inover 40 countries around the globe.
Visit www.ironmaiden.com for more information.
About 50cc Games:
50cc is a 21st-century gaming collective focused on delivering IP innovation in mobile games. The company wasfounded in 2014 by Gavin Shackell, Will Moore and Jon Link, who between them have close to a century of seniormanagement experience in the entertainment sector. The team has led projects for global brands including, TheRolling Stones, David Bowie, Coldplay, Iron Maiden, Universal Music Group, Def Jam Enterprises, Live Nation, London2012 Olympics and the BBC. 50cc recognizes that IP holders from the worlds of music, film, television and sport wantto engage with their audiences in new and immersive ways. The company is carving a niche as leaders in the creationand financing of compelling new mobile gaming IP with some of the biggest names in entertainment.
Visit www.50ccgames.com for more information.