Private
Division and Panache
Digital Games today announced that Ancestors:
The Humankind Odyssey will launch for PC* via
the Epic
Games Store on August 27, 2019, and digitally on PlayStation®4
system, and across the Xbox One family of devices, including Xbox One X,
in December of 2019. Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is
the debut title from Panache Digital Games, the independent development
studio co-founded in 2014 by Patrice Désilets, the original creative
director of the Assassin’s Creed franchise.
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Private Division and Panache Digital Games today announced that Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey will launch for PC* via the Epic Games Store on August 27, 2019, and digitally on PlayStation®4 system, and across the Xbox One family of devices, including Xbox One X, in December of 2019. Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is the debut title from Panache Digital Games, the independent development studio co-founded in 2014 by Patrice Désilets, the original creative director of the Assassin’s Creed franchise.
In Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey, players are
challenged to survive and evolve in the harsh yet beautiful land of
Africa spanning from ten million to two million years ago. As
humankind’s primate predecessors, players explore Neogene Africa, expand
their territory, and evolve to advance their clan from one generation to
the next in order to survive in this innovative take on the open world
survival genre. The game and its mechanics rely on evolution, discovery,
and survival as players traverse a variety of terrain and environments,
encounter various predators, and learn new abilities to pass along to
the next generation of their clan.
“Our goal for Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is to
provide an experience no player has ever lived before,” said Patrice
Désilets, Co-Founder and Creative Director of Panache Digital Games.
“Our small team is creating an ambitious and immersive game with a
unique setting that will captivate gamers of all types, and we look
forward to players exploring our world later this year.”
“Private Division and Panache Digital Games share a passion for
providing the best possible experience to all our players,” said Kari
Toyama, Senior Producer at Private Division. “As partners, we support
Panache in taking the time to ensure all versions of Ancestors:
The Humankind Odyssey deliver the standard of polish upon
release that the team has set for themselves. As a developer-focused
publisher, this is an important approach we take in working with smaller
independent teams.”
In conjunction with the release date announcement, Panache Digital Games
and Private Division have unveiled the official key art for Ancestors:
The Humankind Odyssey, which fans can view
here. The team has also released the second episode of a three-part
video series featuring Patrice Désilets explaining the game’s unique
mechanics and concepts. Watch the Expand episode for Ancestors:
The Humankind Odyssey on
YouTube now.
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey will be available
digitally for PC* on August 27, 2019 from the Epic Games Store, and
digitally for PS4™ system and Xbox One in December 2019. Ancestors:
The Humankind Odyssey is rated T for Teen by the ESRB. For more
information on Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey, subscribe
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*Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is available on PC
exclusively through the Epic Games Store for the first year, at which
point it will come to additional digital PC retailers.
Private Division is a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software,
Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO).
About Panache Digital Games
Panache Digital Games is a Montreal-based independent development studio
cofounded in 2014 by acclaimed creative director Patrice Désilets and
his accomplice Jean-François Boivin. With a team of industry veterans,
Panache Digital Games aims to deliver the very best quality experience
for fans with games that are beautiful, original and fun. Pushing
boundaries and thinking outside the box is in the team’s DNA and the way
we make games is a reflection of that. For more information, please
visit our website www.panachedigitalgames.com.
About Private Division
Private Division is a developer-focused publisher that empowers
independent studios to develop the games that they are passionate about
creating, while providing the support that they need to make their
titles critically and commercially successful on a global scale. The
label publishes Kerbal Space Program and will publish upcoming
titles with renowned creative talent at studios including The Outer
Worlds from Obsidian Entertainment, Ancestors: The Humankind
Odyssey from Panache Digital Games, an unannounced title from V1
Interactive, and more. Private Division is headquartered in New York
City with offices in Seattle, Las Vegas, and Munich. For more
information, please visit www.privatedivision.com.
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