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Aug 03

2023

Turncoat Chronicle—Who will you betray to claim the throne?

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Hosted Games has a new game for you to play! As the eldest child of the Usurper King, you were always meant to inherit your father’s stolen throne. When the lost heir of the dynasty he ended resurfaces, bent on revenge, you face a difficult choice. Your father’s enemies don’t have to be your own.  Without allies, the Kidia heir has no hope of taking the throne back, but you could offer them that hope. By allying with his enemy against your father, you could expedite your inheritance and end a dynastic feud, all at once. Always assuming that the

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Aug 03

2023

Last Chance Quarterback—Make the most of your last chance at glory.

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Hosted Games has a new game for you to play! After a career where you’ve achieved everything but a championship, you have one last chance. However, the strongest team ever is led by your biggest rival, who is also great greatest player of all time. Can you finally overcome the biggest hurdle in your career? Last Chance Quarterback is a 115,000-word interactive novel by Chris Viola, author of Super Star Soccer Striker. It’s entirely text-based, without graphics or sound effects, and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. Choose your play style, your personality, and even your team.

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Jul 27

2023

Elite Status: Platinum Concierge—Make billionaires’ dreams come true!

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We’re proud to announce that Elite Status: Platinum Concierge, 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. It’s 38% off until August 3rd! How far would you go to make a billionaire’s dreams come true? Find the unfindable and do the impossible? It’s all in a day’s work for an employee of Platinum Concierge. Elite Status: Platinum Concierge is a 500,000-word interactive contemporary drama by Emily Short, with additional content by Harris Powell-Smith, where your choices control the story. It’s

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Jul 24

2023

Author Interview: Emily Short, Elite Status: Platinum Concierge

Posted by: Mary Duffy | Comments (23)

How far would you go to make a billionaire’s dreams come true? Find the unfindable and do the impossible? It’s all in a day’s work for an employee of Platinum Concierge. Elite Status: Platinum Concierge is a 500,000-word interactive contemporary drama by Emily Short. I sat down with Emily to talk about the game, COG’s brand of interactive fiction, and the ways in which interactive fiction and gaming have evolved for Emily over the last few years. Elite Status: Platinum Concierge releases this Thursday, July 27th. You can play the first few chapters today, for free. This project evolved over

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Jul 06

2023

Island of Carnage—Try to survive an island of mutant cannibals!

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Hosted Games has a new game for you to play! Survival, horror, and an interactive adventure await those who travel to the dangerous Island of Carnage. Will you escape the bloody carnage that plagues the island, or will you fall victim to it? Island of Carnage is a 50,000 word interactive survival horror novel by Theodore Nolan, where your choices control the story. It’s entirely text-based—without graphics or sound effects—and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. In this game, you start as a struggling journalist who has a tip for a big story that could launch your

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Jul 06

2023

Raiders of the Icepeak Mountains—free update and expansion!

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Raiders of the Icepeak Mountains, the popular game by Adrao, has been updated with  20,000 words of new content. This update includes a new side quest, four more romance options, more secret rooms, new monsters, and an additional spell, as well as new artwork! This update is free for all customers who have already purchased the game, and for those who haven’t: get Raiders of the Icepeak Mountains on sale until July 13th! The orc tribes of Icepeak Mountains are threatening human settlements. Do you have the courage and determination to defeat their clans? Try to survive deadly dungeons and

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Jun 15

2023

Their Majesties’ Pleasure—Revel with royals, rogues, and Fae!

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We’re proud to announce that Their Majesties’ Pleasure, the latest in our “Heart’s Choice” line of multiple-choice interactive romance novels, is now available for iOS and Android in the “Heart’s Choice” app. You can also download it on Steam, or enjoy it on our website. It’s 33% off until June 22nd! In this enchanted sexual escapade, will you revel with mysterious rogues, wily Fae, the Prince, or the Princess? Where will your heart and loyalty lead you as the kingdom trembles on the edge of war? Their Majesties’ Pleasure is a 225,000-word interactive erotic fantasy novel by Leia Talon, where

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Jun 15

2023

Heart’s Choice Author Interview: Leia Talon, Their Majesties’ Pleasure

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In this enchanted sexual escapade, will you revel with mysterious rogues, wily Fae, the Prince, or the Princess? Where will your heart and loyalty lead you as the kingdom trembles on the edge of war? Their Majesties’ Pleasure is a 225,000-word interactive erotic fantasy novel by Leia Talon. I sat down with Leia to talk about the challenges of writing interactive romance novels. Their Majesties’ Pleasure is out now, on Steam, in the Heart’s Choice Omnibus for Android and iOS, and on our website.  This is your first piece of interactive fiction, but not your first time writing about the

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Jun 09

2023

Pride Month is here and so is our new Pride Merch!

Posted by: Mary Duffy | Comments (11)

We’re proud to announce that our Redbubble Choice of Games merchandise store now has our logo in rainbow for Pride Month! Choice of Games has always been committed to inclusivity in our games, both in representation of player gender and sexuality, and in our commitment to recruiting and publishing queer authors. We are so pleased to be celebrating Pride in a new way in 2023! You can find these shirts and many other Choice of Games branded items on Redbubble, where we hope to be adding more options for shirts and merchandise in the coming months.

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Jun 01

2023

Zoo-pocalypse—Will you be predator or prey?

Posted by: K L | Comments (25)

Hosted Games has a new game for you to play! If you’re surrounded by animals, are you truly alone? Play as a survivor of the apocalypse in this interactive fiction story. In this game, you make your post-apocalyptic home in a unique venue: a local zoo. Zoo-pocalypse is a 50,000 word interactive fiction novella written by Tyler S. Harris. The story is broken up into 3-4 chapters depending on how it is played. It is completely text-based, with no sound effects or graphics. Vastly different endings can occur based on the decisions you make. Play as any gender! There are

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