Out ‘Codename Sweet Potato’ becomes a final title: The Munich studio Mimimi Games announces the tactical/strategy game Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew an.
The Federal Ministry of Economics has exactly €2,025,942 Shadow Tactics– and Desperados 3– Makers promised – that was in December 2020. Since then it was only known that this project with the working title sweet potato again at one “high quality real-time tactics game” for PC and console and that completion is targeted for mid-2023.
As of today, it is now clear what the team in the east of Munich has been working on intensively over the past two years: The game released later this year for PC (Steam, Epic Games Store), Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5 should appear, means Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew. On YouTube is next to that Announcement Trailer also already one Gameplay-Video to visit.
The player goes on a sneak journey with a daring crew of enchanted pirates on board the ghost ship Red Marley: In addition to swords, cannons and sabers, supernatural powers are also used to solve the tricky scenarios. The goal: of course the mysterious treasure of the legendary captain Mordecai. As with all Mimimi games, the same applies here: Many paths lead to the same goal.
At least since the one published in 2014 Shadow Tactics: Blade of the Shogun – a co-production with the Hamburg publisher Daedalic Entertainment – Mimimi Games is one of those indie studios in the country that have established themselves permanently with successful titles. The company founded by Johannes Roth and Dominik Abé now employs around 40 people. The team has received several awards, including the German Developer Award and the German Computer Game Award.
Unlike in the case of Desperados 3which was marketed by THQ Nordic, Mimimi Games acts not only as a developer but also as a publisher.
