The Remake of the 1993 Sierra Classic Debuts for Mobile Tablets as a Free Download with In-App Purchases (www.GabrielKnight20th.com)
Mount Joy, Penn. – July 9th, 2015 – Pinkerton Road Studio and Phoenix Online Studios are thrilled to announce that Jane Jensen’s remake of the 1993 classic Sierra hit Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Anniversary Edition will be releasing for iPad and Android tablets on July 23rd. First released for PC & Mac in October 2014, it has been called a “remake done right’ by Digital Spy (4/5) and “a provocative story experience” by Adventure Gamers (4.5/5). Upon release on the mobile platform, Day 1 of the game will be available as a free download, with in-app purchases for the remaining Days available upon release, priced at $2.99 and $3.99. More information is available at www.GabrielKnight20th.com.
Gabriel Knight’s mobile debut contains all the same features available in the completely updated and remastered PC release, including:
- Gorgeous high-res 3D backgrounds and models with more New Orleans flavor
- The classic Gabriel Knight soundtrack, rescored and reorchestrated by original composer Robert Holmes
- A tiered in-game hint system
- All-new special edition content, including behind-the-scenes material from the original Gabriel Knight, from concept art to storyboards and more, plus new interviews with members of the original team
Pinkerton and Phoenix Online also recently completed the release of “The Temptation,” the free graphic novel complement to Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers: 20th Anniversary Edition. Set six months after the third game, and finds the finds the Schattenjäger back in Germany, alone, with Grace having departed for parts unknown, and wondering just what one does after fulfilling their destiny. The complete comic and short story are available as free downloads at www.GabrielKnight20th.com.
Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers: 20th Anniversary Edition is available now for PC & Mac on the Phoenix Online Store (store.postudios.com), Steam, GOG.com, and other online retailers for $19.99.
Gabriel Knight and Gabriel Knight: Sins of our Fathers are registered trademarks of Activision Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved.
Review codes are available now! Email Katie Hallahan at pr@pinkertonroad.com for yours. Reviews are embargoed until 9 AM EST July 23rd, 2015.
“The Temptation” comic can be downloaded here: https://s3.amazonaws.com/POStudios_Games/GK1/GK_TemptationComic_Ch01-03.zip
About Jane Jensen & Pinkerton Road
Jane Jensen and Robert Holmes founded Pinkerton Road in 2012 to create narrative games for tablet and desktop computers. A game designer and writer, Jane is best known for her work on the Gabriel Knight® adventure games and hidden object games such as Dying for Daylight. Robert is a composer, producer, musician, and strategic digital marketing executive whose music has appeared in numerous video games. The studio’s first projects are Moebius: Empire Rising, a Kickstarted adventure game released for PC and Mac in April 2014, and the Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers® 20th anniversary edition. The studio has also released a children’s ebook, Lola and Lucy’s Big Adventure™, for iPad. To learn more, visit http://www.pinkertonroad.com. Follow Jane on Twitter @jensen_jane.
About Phoenix Online Studios – Every Game Has a Story™
Created by adventure game fans for adventure game fans, Phoenix Online Studios is an award-winning game development studio that seeks to put create compelling games where story and character come first. Formed in 2004, Phoenix began as fans seeking to bring back their favorite genre with the King’s Quest fangame The Silver Lining, they’ve followed up with the award-winning Cognition: An Erica Reed Thriller, Jane Jensen’s Moebius: Empire Rising, and are working with Jensen on the remake of her classic hit game Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers. Phoenix also opened a publishing branch in 2014, putting indie games including Quest for Infamy, Moebius: Empire Rising, Lost Civilization, and The Last Door: Collector’s Edition. More information can be found on the company’s website, www.POStudios.com