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Mar 28

2024

Malin Rydén’s book is back in print, so both Fallen Hero games are on sale!

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We’re excited to announce that Volume 1 of the graphic novel Breaks, cowritten by Malin Rydén, author of the popular Hosted Games Fallen Hero: Rebirth and Fallen Hero: Retribution, and Emma Vieceli, is back in print and available to buy! To celebrate, we’re putting Malin’s games on sale until April 4th! Breaks Volume 1 Before Heartstopper, there was Breaks…the enemies-to-lovers queer comic book sensation. Cortland Hunt has made some dangerous mistakes. Now he’s waiting quietly for those mistakes to catch up with him. Ian Tanner coasts through life denying the spark of anger beneath his laid back exterior. When school

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Mar 21

2024

On the Run: Rogue Heroes—Awaken your powers and save your friends!

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We’re proud to announce that On the Run: Rogue Heroes, the latest in our popular “Choice of Games” line of multiple-choice interactive-fiction games, is now available for Steam, Android, and on iOS in the “Choice of Games” app. On the Run: Rogue Heroes is 33% off until March 28th! Awaken your powers and save your friends! Uncover the secrets that the military has been hiding about Activated people, about your family, and about you. On the Run: Rogue Heroes is an interactive teenage-superpower novel by Alyssa N. Vaughn. It’s entirely text-based, 200,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or

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Mar 18

2024

Author Interview—Alyssa N. Vaughn, On the Run: Rogue Heroes

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You’ve got an extensive list of short-story credits, but this is your first novel-length publication. What were your favorite aspects of moving from short-form to long-form, and what were some of the challenges? One thing I really enjoyed was getting to develop the world and characters of the story in more depth. With my short stories, I usually have an idea I want to get across and everything takes a backseat to that since I have more limited space. Since I had more room to stretch out, so to speak, I really felt like I had the ability to get

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Mar 15

2024

The Bread Must Rise is a finalist for the 2024 Nebula Game Writing Award!

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We are thrilled to announce that The Bread Must Rise, by Stewart C Baker & James Beamon, is a finalist for the Nebula Game Writing Award, and it’s on sale for 40% off until March 22! The Bread Must Rise is a 450,000-word interactive comedy/fantasy/baking/eldritch horror novel by James Beamon and Stewart C Baker. In this magical baking contest, you’ll team up with the Queen Undying to bake your rivals into an early grave—or out of the grave, with necromancy! To celebrate, we are also putting every previous Nebula Finalist game on sale: Vampire: The Masquerade—Sins of the SiresThe Luminous UndergroundThe Road to

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Mar 14

2024

Giveaway! Unlock tribes for free in Werewolf: The Apocalypse — The Book of Hungry Names

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“Wardens and Furies” unlocks the options to play as a member of the Black Fury tribe or the Hart Warden tribe. Experience “Werewolf: The Apocalypse — The Book of Hungry Names” as one of the ruthless slayers of the Black Furies or the howling celebrants of the Hart Wardens. Hunt the wilds of New England with Gifts of divine archery, beast-speech, and the dark blessings of long-dead werewolves.

Announcements, Blog, World of Darkness

Mar 11

2024

“Werewolf: The Apocalypse — The Book of Hungry Names” Demo Available Now!

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We’re super excited for the release of “Werewolf: The Apocalypse — The Book of Hungry Names” on April 25th! Today, for the first time, you can try the free demo!

Announcements, Blog, World of Darkness

Mar 07

2024

Tale of Two Cranes—Reach your magical destiny and tangle with your rival in mythic ancient China!

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Hosted Games has a new game for you to play! Fulfill your epic destiny in mythic ancient China! Lead armies, wield magic, and put an emperor on the throne—or become the emperor yourself! Tale of Two Cranes is a 750,000-word interactive epic historical fantasy novel by Michelle Balaban and Stephanie Balaban, winner of 2nd prize in the 2018 Choice of Games Contest for Interactive Novels.  It’s entirely text based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. The mighty Qin dynasty has fallen. As the land breaks into warring states, everyone must choose

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Mar 07

2024

Divine Ascension—Can you ascend to a higher level of divinity?

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Hosted Games has a new game for you to play! Divine Ascension is 40% off until March 14th! Teemu developed this game using ChoiceScript, a simple programming language for writing multiple-choice interactive novels like these. Writing games with ChoiceScript is easy and fun, even for authors with no programming experience. Write your own game and Hosted Games will publish it for you, giving you a share of the revenue your game produces.

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Feb 22

2024

Our Hosted Games Hidden Gems Are On Sale!

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The 2024 Hosted Games Hidden Gems Sale is here! You’ve cast your votes and chosen five underrated games that haven’t (yet) gotten the attention they deserve! These “Hidden Gems,” selected by a highly scientific poll conducted on our forums, are on sale this week! Pick them up for discounts up to 40% off until February 29th on the platform of your choice–Android, Android Omnibus app, iOS and iOS Omnibus app, the website, and on the Amazon Android Marketplace! Relics II: The Crusader’s Tomb is also available on Steam. Relics II: The Crusader’s TombThe Gray PainterDonor: A Vampire Victim’s TaleThe Day

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Feb 15

2024

Our Hidden Gems Are On Sale!

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The 2024 Choice of Games Hidden Gems Sale is here! Shhhhh! It’s our super secret special sale!  Thanks to a very scientific poll conducted on our forums, we’re proud to announce that our “most underrated” games, aka the Hidden Gems, are on sale all week! Pick them up for discounts up to 40% off until February 22nd on the platform of your choice–Android, Android Omnibus app, iOS and iOS Omnibus app, Steam, the website, and on the Amazon Android Marketplace! And check out our newly updated Hidden Gems Steam bundle!  Pon Para and the Unconquerable ScorpionNikola Tesla: War of the CurrentsSixth

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