Peaceful Pokémon-like ‘Creatures of Ava’ from 11 bit studios is available now on Xbox and PC Game Pass
The vibrant and cozy creature-saver releases with a special DLC to benefit whale and dolphin conservation.
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2024 has been a banner year for Pokémon-likes. Creature collecting and taming games likePalworldhave shown that the genre has a much wider audience outside of Nintendo’s platform. Today, Inverge and 11 bit studios have released their own take on the genre with the all-new “creature saving” game, Creatures of Ava. Creatures of Ava is available now onPCandXboxand is a day-one addition to theXbox Game Passsubscription service.
Creatures of Ava was a labor of love over five years by a small team of roughly a dozen developers at Inverge, who partnered with the prolific Polish publisher 11 Bit Studios to bring the game to life. 11 bit studios is most widely known for Frostpunk, though the studio has also made a name for itself with more recent titles like The Thaumaturge, Indika, and the upcoming sci-fi adventureThe Alters.
Yess, we did it! ✨After 5 years of hard work, Creatures of Ava is finally out! It has been a long journey but we’re really proud of the result.Thanks @11bitstudios for your unconditional support.P.S. Here’s only half of our lovely team pic.twitter.com/aXzODwzNV8August 7, 2024
The Creatures of Ava story, co-created by renowned author Rhianna Pratchett, centers on the story of a young adventurer, Vic, who is on an expedition to the planet Ava. Despite teeming with wildlife and unique inhabitants known as the Naam, Ava is in danger of succumbing to a powerful infection. ‘The withering’ infection is taking over the densely populated world’s four distinct biomes, each packed with unique wildlife for players to cure and save. To do so, Vic and the player must understand the roots of the withering and come to terms with the balance of nature.
To celebrate the launch of Creatures of Ava, Inverge and 11 bit have partnered with WDC - Whale and Dolphin Conservation. The Steam and Xbox versions of Creatures of Ava will feature a $2.99 DLC that includes 4 WDC-inspired cosmetic backpack trinkets. Owners of the Digital Deluxe Edition of Creatures of Ava will find the DLC content is included. All net proceeds from the sale of the DLC cosmetics will go to protecting whales and dolphins. 11 bit studios defines supporting deserving charities that share common themes with the publisher’s games as a core value.
Creatures of Ava is available now on PC via the Windows Store andSteamand on Xbox consoles for $24.99. It’s also available forXbox Cloud Gamingvia Xbox Game Pass and is a Day One addition to the subscription service. In 2023,11 bit studios signed a deal with Microsoftto launch more games from its portfolio into Game Pass. In addition to Creatures of Ava, 11 Bit’s The Alters, and Frostpunk 2 are expected to be day-one additions with their respective launches.
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