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Ori: The Collection nu verkrijgbaar voor de Nintendo Switch

Amsterdam - 12 oktober 2021 --  Beide bekroonde Ori-titels, Ori and the Blind Forest en Ori and the Will of the Wisps zijn nu gebundeld verkrijgbaar als Ori: The Collection voor de Nintendo Switch. Fans kunnen dit dubbelpakket vanaf vandaag kopen voor via ori.iam8bit.com en bij je lokale retailer. Bekijk hier de nieuwe trailer van Ori: The Collection.
 
Ori: The Collection bevat een enkele gamecard met Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition en Ori and the Will of the Wisps voor de Nintendo Switch. Daarnaast bevat deze bundel beide bekroonde soundtracks en zes fraaie artkaarten. Ori: The Collection is ontwikkeld door iam8bit, Moon Studios en Xbox Game Studios, de wereldwijde distributie wordt verzorgd door hun partner Skybound Games.
 
Hier vind je beeldmateriaal van Ori: The Collection.
 
Hiernaast heef iam8bit op veler verzoek de Ori Collector’s Edition opnieuw uitgebracht. Deze editie bevat niet alleen de fysieke versies van zowel Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition als Ori and the Will of the Wisps voor de Nintendo Switch, maar ook diverse speciale items, inclusief een prachtig glas-in-lood-stijl artwork. De Ori Collector’s Edition was één van de meest gezochte verzameledities van 2020 en komt in 2021 exclusief beschikbaar via iam8bit.com!
 
De Ori-franchise begon in 2015 met de release van Ori and the Blind Forest. Dit eerste deel werd overladen met lofprijzingen en won meer dan 50 awards en nominaties, inclusief Best Art Direction van The Game Awards, de BAFTA Games Award for Artistic Achievement, en de DICE Awards voor Outstanding Achievement in Original Composition, Art Direction en Animation.
Ori and the Will of the Wisps kwam in maart 2020 beschikbaar via Xbox Game Pass, en werd al even enthousiast ontvangen als de voorganger, met nominaties voor verschillende prijzen van de 2021 Game Developer’s Choice Awards, BAFTA Game Awards, D.I.C.E. Awards, SXSW Gaming Awards en de Golden Joystick Award. De game werd bij lancering gemarkeerd als Metacritic Must-Play-titel en werd door zowel fans als media geprezen met zeer positieve reviews. GamesRadar+ noemde het  “één van de beste platformers ooit gemaakt, en (…) grote kandidaat voor spel van het jaar.”

ABOUT THE ORI SERIES
Developed by Moon Studios, Ori and the Blind Forest and Ori and the Will of the Wisps are beautiful hand-drawn adventures about a young spirit destined for heroics, featuring tightly crafted platforming action and deeply emotional storytelling.
Previously only available physically on Xbox One, iam8bit and Moon Studios have partnered with Skybound Games to distribute physical editions for both titles on Nintendo Switch. This launch also includes a special Collector’s Edition only available on iam8bit.com that includes both titles, a premium display box, collectible art cards from the series, complete soundtracks from both titles and much more
About Skybound Games
Skybound Games is a division of Skybound Entertainment with the capabilities to produce, develop, and license video games. The team works closely with creators to expand their unique and exceptional IP to new platforms. The Skybound Games slate houses everything from indie projects to high-budget franchise titles, with recent games including Telltale’s The Walking Dead, Before Your Eyes and The Big Con. The studio can be found on YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and at www.skybound.com.
About Koch Media
The Koch Media Group is a global developer, publisher and distributor of video games, VR games, gaming hardware and merchandise.  

The group’s publishing activities, marketing and distribution extend throughout Europe, America, Australia and Asia. Koch Media has more than 25 years of experience in the digital media business and has risen to become a leading global publishing partner. The Koch Media Group runs a multi-label strategy with fully owned publishing units such as Prime Matter, Deep Silver, Milestone, Vertigo Games and Ravenscourt, publishing games for consoles, PC and VR platforms across all physical and digital channels.

Additionally, as global publishing partner Koch Media has formed long-term multi-national publishing collaborations with numerous game publishers including Activision Blizzard, Bethesda, Capcom, CI Games, Giants Software, Kalypso, Koei Tecmo, Konami, Paradox, Sega, SNK, Square Enix, Techland, Tripwire, Warner Bros, and many others.

With its parent company in Höfen, Austria, and the Publishing HQ in Munich, Germany, Koch Media owns local publishing companies in Germany, UK, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Australia, the United States as well as Japan and Hong Kong.

The Koch Media Group owns nine game development studios: Deep Silver Volition (Champaign, IL / USA), Deep Silver Dambuster Studios (Nottingham / UK), Deep Silver Fishlabs (Hamburg / Germany), Warhorse Studios (Prague / Czech Republic), Milestone (Milan / Italy), Voxler (Paris / France) , Flying Wild Hog (Warsaw, Kraków, Rzeszów  / Poland), Free Radical Design (Nottingham / UK) and Vertigo Games (Rotterdam /The Netherlands). Additionally, the Koch Media Group collaborates with numerous independent development studios around the world.

Part of the Koch Media Group is also Koch Films, a leading European independent film distributor with business primarily in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy as a cinema, TV, online and Home Entertainment distributor. The Koch Media Group also owns Gaya Entertainment, a leading video game merchandise company in Munich, Germany, and the Quality Assurance Facility in Olomouc, Czech Republic.  

Koch Media is an Embracer Group company.