Flyhunter Origins is zapping its way onto PS Vita, Mac & PC via Steam





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26 th November 2014: Developers Steel Wool Games and Ripstone publishing have announced today that their super-fly platformer; Flyhunter Origins is landing on PS Vita in the US and in Europe on the 9 th and 10 th of December. The game is also coming to Mac and PC via Steam on the 10 th of December priced at £4.99 / €6.99/ $6.99. Meet Zak; a bumbling alien spaceship janitor and wannabe Flyhunter. He works on board the Flyhunter Crew’s legendary spaceship; ‘The Frog’, but deep down he longs for an exciting adventure of his own… Somewhere in Earth’s orbit, while the Flyhunters are deep in cryo sleep; The Frog’s important cargo of extremely rare insects is mysteriously jettisoned into space, crash-landing back on Earth. It seems that clumsy janitor Zak is the only one around to save the day. Can this accidental hero swap his sweeping-brush for a super-cool fly swatter and take on the role of daring Flyhunter? Hurry! Help this little dude hunt down these expensive bugs before “The Investors” find out they’re missing. Developed by animation-film veterans; Steel Wool Games – Flyhunter Origins delivers the sort of film quality cutscenes, character design and story led gameplay that you would expect from a team with Steel Wool’s credentials. Check out at the latest screenshots in the Flyhunter Origins press pack: http://goo.gl/SOVEYB and watch the Flyhunter Origins trailer here: http://youtu.be/2TsAxBqM8A8. For more information on Flyhunter Origins please visit the official website www.flyhunter.com. Come and join in the conversation on Twitter #Flyhunter #JoinTheHunt. ### About Steel Wool Games Steel Wool Games was created by five artists, who decided to take their passion, creativity and combined 60 years of experience in the animation industry to make games and start their own indie studio. The team has worked on such films as Disney•Pixar's, "Brave," "The Incredibles," "Toy Story", "Monsters University", "Ratatouille" and many others. Steel Wool games looks forward to releasing their first title in 2014 which will be published by Ripstone. Visit http://www.steelwoolgames.com for more information. About Ripstone Ripstone® Publishing is an independent UK based games publisher specialising in digital distribution. Ripstone’s ethos is built on honesty, integrity and trust, founded in 2011 in order to create a bespoke service for independent game developers. Publishing video games on a number of different platforms including handheld and home consoles, PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android; Ripstone is best known for games such as Pure Chess, the award-winning Knytt Underground, Big Sky Infinity, Men’s Room Mayhem & Stick It To The Man.