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Maxime

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Asobo Studio and Focus Home Interactive are delighted to announce that A Plague Tale: Innocence has sold over one million copies worldwide. The acclaimed dark adventure featured prominently in many critics' 'Best of 2019' lists, and was nominated at The Game Awards for Best Narrative.

"The entire team at Asobo Studio is extremely proud of the path A Plague Tale: Innocence has taken in one year, with Focus Home Interactive by our side," announced David Dedeine, Chief Creative Office and Co-Founder of Asobo Studio. "Every day more and more players are discovering the story of Amicia and Hugo, which is for us the greatest source of motivation. We can't wait to bring other adventures and strong emotional experiences!"

John Bert, Chief Operating Officer at Focus Home Interactive, declared,"It's a testament to the talent of both our teams that we have achieved this important milestone. It has always been a great pleasure to work with the team at Asobo Studio, and we are proud to continue our partnership with another ambitious upcoming title. These brilliant results only strengthen our resolve to keep working with such talented partners to deliver the most unique and exciting games on the market."

As part of the Steam Summer Sale, A Plague Tale: Innocence is now available for purchase with a 66% discount!

A Plague Tale: Innocence is available now on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The game is playable as part of the Xbox Game Pass for Xbox One and PC. More information on the website: https://aplaguetale.com/shop

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Congrats to Asobo & Focus!

Worth remembering Asobo and Focus are continuing their work together (announced in 2019):

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Kordelle

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Oct 27, 2017
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great to hear, especially since it is also on gamepass.
still have to finish it.
 

cw_sasuke

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Oct 27, 2017
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Awesome, well deserved - another reminder that you can develop and release great looking story games without a AAA budget.
 

BobbeMalle

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Dec 5, 2017
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Fantastic game, finished it a couple of months ago
It reminded me of The Last of Us, just on a smaller scale and scope
Congratulations to the devs :)
 

Nooblet

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Oct 25, 2017
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Well deserved, beautiful looking game with a great story and great voice acting.
I was surprised to see a small developer like this make their own engine that can provide top tier visuals while also being super well optimised.
 

Arkestry

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Oct 26, 2017
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I really liked it, although I wished it had toned down some of the fantastical stuff. It got a little silly by the end.
 

Milena

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Oct 27, 2017
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Loved the game, great art direction and well paced story. I'll look forward to their next games.
 

cowbanana

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Brilliant! I had a really good experience playing this game on PC. The atmosphere and story kept me glued to the screen. The gameplay is merely "ok", not great, not bad, mechanically solid but unspectacular, yet engaging enough to keep the game from being a "walking simulator". I heartily recommend this game for those looking for a dark story set in beautiful environments.
 

Ravelle

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Oct 31, 2017
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Grats to the team! It was my game of the year for sure. Fantastic world, atmosphere and characters. Looked fantastic as well, great style.
 

Delphine

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Incredibly proud and happy about this. Loved A Plague Tale, although I'm definitely partial here, but yeah, an incredibly solid narrative game, absolutely stunning, definitely one of the best game of 2019.
 

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Should I get this game?

I'm a sucker for a good story and historical fiction.

It is basically The Last of Us.

Great graphics, decent characters and writing, kind of predictable story. This is all wrapped up in an actual game that is ... fineish. Think the same short section of adequate steath gameplay with crappy crafting repeated over and over.

Which might sound like small praise...but actually it is a pretty huge achievement and it all adds up to something that you are happy to see to near the end (at least until the BS last boss that you probably will not bother with).

It is very well done. I recommend it.
 

pswii60

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Should I get this game?

I'm a sucker for a good story and historical fiction.
The gameplay is mostly basic stealth stuff with a bit of crafting, not great tbh. But the environments and atmosphere - especially if you're playing on a high end PC - are extraordinarily beautiful. Not to mention a relatively unusual setting for a videogame. Story is decent and different too, and the rat tech is impressive.
 

NightShift

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Oct 25, 2017
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Fantastic news. Hopefully they get more of a budget with their next game because that's the one thing I think was really holding it back.
 

NeoRaider

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Game deserved even better sales. I know that this is new IP. But i definitely think that this game deserved better.
 

Ricker

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Great news,the game ooozes atmosphere,the graphics and artstyle is amazing,voice acting was incredible,the main character was amazing etc etc...a little hitch near the end,like a spike in difficulty but overall I loved it a lot...cant wait to see their next project.
 

Genetrik

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Oct 27, 2017
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Congrats. Loved the game. But it is scary how "little" revenue this may have made compared to some mobile games.
 

Shairi

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Aug 27, 2018
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Congrats to the team.

I also bought the game but haven't played it yet. Probably going to start it this weekend.
 

ChaosSmurf

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Oct 25, 2017
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You probably cannot say much but will we soon have an update regarding Focus' lineup? 2020 being 2020, I guess you had to skip your annual What's Next but I am thirsty for me news regarding your new collaborations with DONTNOD, Deck13, ... :)
Nothing I can say beyond what was in our financial release - news coming soon on lots of different topics, but for various definitions of soon. Personally, I think we have the most exciting line-up of anyone short of the platform holders right now, with a number of things there is absolutely no way people are going to see coming.
 

eXistor

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Oct 27, 2017
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I was surprised at how much I liked it. A very easy recommendation if you're into narrative action/adventure games like Last of Us.
 

Matty H

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Oct 31, 2017
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Well deserved. I thought it would have sold more but if Asobo & Focus are happy then i'm happy for them. It was a fairly well told story and the rat swarms were a novel element.
 
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Bruh only just now realised Asobo Studio is also developing.... Microsoft Flight Simulator. Figures that this game is so insanely beautiful, these people are tech wizards.