Hollywood Animal Early Access is now available on Steam! The current version of the game offers about 20 in-game years and over 30 hours of gameplay. We plan to release monthly content updates, along with regular fixes and tweaks. A lot has changed since we released the Christmas demo, so we strongly recommend starting a fresh save. For the first week, Hollywood Animal will be available at a 10% discount. [previewyoutube=5ZF3B48_sRY;full][/previewyoutube]
Purchase now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2680550/Hollywood_Animal/

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Hello, New video 'Hollywood Animal The trick behind Hollywood Animal look' is out! Today we reveal our tricks for creating the Diablo 2 parallax effect in Hollywood Animal, intended to show depth and perspective on the movie studio map. See it yourself: [previewyoutube=HQZZOFVSXx8;full][/previewyoutube] Demo version is coming out in the middle of December! Prepare yourself by adding to wishlist and following the Hollywood Animal Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2680550/Hollywood_Animal/

In Hollywood Animal, you'll take the lead of your own film studio, and carve out a place for yourself under the bright Californian sun. But it won't be enough to just place buildings, and hire people, and come up with stories to make into films. After all, you're not the only dreamer in this town. And this time, your competitors aren't the background abstractions you might be expecting in this genre. No, these rivals are cunning, insidious, and willing to cross any line. You'll find out about all it and much more in the new gameplay video. [previewyoutube=oDFPTtGHyno;full][/previewyoutube] Put your skills to the test on January 16, 2025, when Hollywood Animal goes live on Steam Early Access. And in case you want to practice a little, before your full-on clash with the Hollywood heavyweights, we have prepared a new free demo for you, coming in December. Wishlist and follow! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2680550/Hollywood_Animal/ - Weappy Wholesome

'The Eternal Life of Goldman Hand crafted to the smallest detail" video drops today! The Eternal Life of Goldman is meticulously drawn, colored and animated by hand using classic frame-by-frame techniques. [previewyoutube=aZrTj47JZEg;full][/previewyoutube] Wishlist now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2254950/The_Eternal_Life_of_Goldman/ Enjoy & stay tuned!

Hello! Gamescom 2024 visitors were the first players to try out The Eternal Life of Goldman, a frame-by-frame hand-drawn platformer adventure. Now you can see the demo in our new gameplay video. Enjoy! [previewyoutube=8DWZju10I3Y;full][/previewyoutube] https://store.steampowered.com/app/2254950/The_Eternal_Life_of_Goldman/

Hollywood Animal Demo Released! Find yourself in the chair of a Hollywood executive, in the midst of the Great Depression. Enter tense negotiations, make unpleasant compromises, face war and social upheaval and remember, art always requires sacrifice. See for yourself in the free demo, which spans the first few hours of the game. [previewyoutube=jVeqUC_35n0;full][/previewyoutube] Feel free to discuss the demo in the discussion section here and here. To report a technical issue go here. To report localization issues go here. We'll be happy with your screenshots, videos and reviews on Steam and beyond its limits. Play the demo and add Hollywood Animal to your wishlist. We appreciate your support! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2680550/Hollywood_Animal/

[previewyoutube=axAnawzi7Y0;full][/previewyoutube] In the free demo version of Hollywood Animal on Steam, you'll manage your movie business for the two years spanning 1929 to 1930. The Great Depression, Prohibition, mafia wars and your very own adventure film about a hapless knight who's drawing the line at sharing his beloved with an ancient demon. Isnt that just wonderful? What better way to celebrate a movie game than releasing a movie of your own? -- Which brings us to "Poor Sheep", a short but compelling tale set in the world of Hollywood Animal. And bear in mind, everything you see in this short and much more can actually be done in the game. See it for yourself on May 30. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2680550/Hollywood_Animal/?utm_medium=steamhub&utm_source=steam&utm_campaign=TITP2

Hello, Hollywood Animal will participate in Steam Next Fest with the demo version. Wishlist and follow the game to stay tuned and play the demo first! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2680550/Hollywood_Animal/

We're back! Hollywood Animal is coming to PC in 2024! In a new strategy game from the creators of This Is the Police, you'll take the helm of a film studio in the late 1920s, and guide it through decades of tough choices. If you liked the gritty style of our previous games, please come give Hollywood Animal a look and add it to your wishlist. To celebrate the announcement, we created a gift for fans of This Is the Police: two new investigations. The first sets up the story in This Is the Police 1, and the other continues it in This Is the Police 2. (And yes, it involves the venerated Bloody Shirt film franchise). If you're reading this, the investigations have already been added to your games! Enjoy! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2680550/Hollywood_Animal/

If you've played This Is the Police, you may remember the Bloody Shirt action films the characters often rhapsodize about. It's finally time to reveal the story of the first, and by most accounts, the best film of the series. Johnny Mastroianni has a good life. He works as a corporate lawyer. His family adores him. And he even has the time to pursue his favorite hobby: Johnny designs men's suits in his basement workshop. He has a special talent for silk shirts. But for Johnny this isn't just a hobby it's also a chance for him to get closer to his roots. His grandfather and father were tailors as well, and indeed Johnny dreams of reviving the family business. One day he shares this dream in confession with Pastor Belardo and he receives the priest's blessing. Johnny turns to his senior colleagues, Carl Prickton and Edward Nord, for an investment. With their money, he launches production and in two years he turns Mastroianni into a leader in the premium men's clothing industry, rivaling Gucci and Versace. Coveting Mastroianni's success, the partners decide to take the company away from Johnny. Prikton and Nord learn that Johnny confesses to Pastor Belardo, and they offer the priest a fortune in exchange for information. The pastor agrees and reveals to the villains that Johnny suffers from mental problems, and is subject to uncontrollable outbursts of rage. Further, he's terrified that his wife, children or colleagues might fall victim. Seizing upon this, Prikton and Nord launch a whole campaign against Johnny. They bribe a doctor to conclude that Johnny is unfit to perform his duties, and bribe Mastroianni employees to complain of Johnny's inappropriate behavior. The board of directors removes Johnny, and even the courts side with the conspirators. Johnny's life is in ruins. Deceived and forsaken, and mentally unstable, he awakens the monster within him and sets out to take his revenge. First he hunts down Linda Schiller, his former right hand in the company. She publicly aired the lie that Johnny attempted to rape her. He stuffs her in the Mastroianni ironing press, and keeps her there until Linda's screams are lost in the smell of her steaming flesh. Johnny then goes after Antoine Fourier, the intern who lied that Johnny threw sewing supplies at him in anger. Johnny pushes Antoine into a trunk, takes him to his basement workshop, and embroiders his skin with silk threads. Antoine dies of shock from the pain. Next, Johnny breaks into Edward Nord's home, drags him into the dressing room and strangles him with a Mastroianni shirt until Nord's eyes pop out of his head. After that, Johnny tracks down Carl Prickton at a strip club. He shoots Prikton in the groin with a shotgun, then finishes him off with a shot to the head. Of those who betrayed him, only Pastor Belardo remains. Johnny plants a bomb under the church altar, and then attends Sunday service. As the pastor begins his sermon, Johnny presses the button on the detonator. The explosion blows Pastor Belardo's body into bloody pieces. The church evacuates in stampede, and only Johnny remains on the bench, watching, smiling, as Pastor Belardo's blood drips from the church crucifix.

The Eagle is on the Move! This Is the President Launches Today, New Trailer Minsk, Belarus / Vienna, Austria, December 6th, 2021 Today is the day. Time to take command and become the next President of the United States of America. For the greater good? More like, for your own good. Don't forget, youll need to get the 28th Amendment to the Constitution ratified, no matter the cost. To do so, you'll need to maintain a good approval rating, so you'll have to work on creating some popular policies. Maybe regulating those nasty video games to protect the children? Or create a legal framework on the harmonious coexistence of Man and Robot? How about running a campaign to increase the birthrate by encouraging the citizens to ... uhm, reproduce more? How you run the office is in your hands - but make sure the amendment gets ratified before your time in the Oval Office is up, or the next room where you'll spend time in will be neither oval nor an office. The dark and gritty political thriller This Is the President launches today, December 6th, 2021 on PC for an SRP at $ 14.99 | 14.99 | 11.99. This Is the President on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/730430 Watch the release trailer on YouTube: https://youtu.be/VYIO9GEaNlM Enjoy & Stay tuned!

Hail to the Chief: Become the Most Powerful Person in the World in This Is the President Minsk, Belarus / Vienna, Austria, November 10th, 2021 Ladies and Gentlemen, the next President of the United States of America: You! In this upcoming story-driven satirical thriller, you are elected to the most influential position in the world with just one goal in mind: advancing your own agenda. With a history as a shady, rich, and ruthless businessman, you're under investigation by the FBI. They don't have proof yet, but eventually, theyll dig something up. Being president grants you immunity and to keep it that way, you'll have to pass the 28th Amendment to the Constitution, granting you lifelong immunity! Manage your team of skilled professionals and make sure the amendment is passed - no matter the cost. How you spend your time in the Oval Office is up to you. Can the sinner become a sort-of-saint and make it look like he's actually a good president? Or will the people call you out for the crook that you are and cause your approval ratings to sink to rock bottom? Experience this dark and gritty political thriller when This Is the President launches on December 6th, 2021 on PC. This Is the President on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/730430 Watch the trailer on YouTube: https://youtu.be/gIUHv0CstAk Enjoy and stay tuned!

Lead a ragtag squad of cops in rebellion against their town's new criminal power and see how long you can hold out in this unforgiving turn-based spin-off that takes place seven years after the events of This Is the Police 2! Rebel Cops is available for just $9.99 with 10% launch discount, offering 15 hours of challenging gameplay. And if you're an owner of This Is the Police 2, you get 20% off! https://store.steampowered.com/app/970960/Rebel_Cops/

Patch 1.0.7:

• Added a new cop named Guildenstern (because of course!)
• Fixed a bug that caused cops who die or get injured during the last day to participate in the final mission
• Difficulty level for the final mission tweaked a bit
• Now you can proceed with your gang investigation right away even when you have interrogated/tortured your informant after 01:00
• Some other minor fixes and improvements

Changes:

• Possible fix to the "End Turn" button bug that causes the game to skip turns during tactical missions
• Additional optimization
• Small changes and improvements

Dear This Is the Police 2 community, we are happy to announce that the official soundtrack is now available for purchase. https://store.steampowered.com/app/917080/This_Is_the_Police_2__Soundtrack/ Enjoy! Your THQ Nordic Team

Changes

• Fixed one of the achievements
• Fixed a bug in AI behavior in one of the missions
• Fix for torture
• Some fixes to Chinese and Russian text
• Some other minor fixes and improvements

Patch 1.0.4 Changes

• Now you are able to send cops that drive you crazy back to Lilly, but be careful: you won't get free substitutes!
• Added a new SAFE mode for video playback, to solve the crashes some players had - available through the settings in the main menu.
• Fixed an issue with assault that has been forfeited
• Fixed an issue with putting lootboxes on the safezone
• Fixed an issue in torture screen
• Music in tactics will respect volume set in the options
• Changed volume curve in options to better represent the changes in loudness
• Fixed a rare crash that would block the progress on morning shift screen
• Some other minor fixes and improvements

Change log:

• Fixed a bug where cops could get stuck on a call after finishing tactical missions
• Fixed a very rare bug about a specific good looking cop that would block the game in later stages
• Fixed the assault if player forfeits it
• Some changes to assault UI to make it less confusing
• Preserve the selected perks if a tactical mission is restarted
• Minor changes to balance
• Some other minor changes and fixes

Dear This Is the Police community, we are happy to announce that we have just activated Trading Cards on the game! Hope you like that. In addition to that, for all who have not noticed, yesterday evening a big balance update (patch 1.0.2) has been released. Being a cop shouldn't be that hard, right? Check out the changelog: https://steamcommunity.com/games/785740/announcements/detail/1697180487041378491 Stay tuned Your THQ Nordic Team

Hey guys! Thank you all so much for your feedback. We’re working hard to address all the issues and to make the game more fun to play. In this update we’ve made a lot of balance improvements, we hope you’ll enjoy them.

• You get rewarded more for arresting criminals and punished less for missing them.
• Professionalism requirements are lower for all missions now
• You starting team of cops is much better now
• Your cops don’t lose stamina points just for coming in to work, only for actually doing something
• Your cops fully recover their stamina after a day off
• Your cops don’t lose stamina points for responding to false alarms
• Tab prices for cops and equipments are revised
• Your cops don’t come up with excuses and stay home as often as they used to
• Your cops don’t drink as much as they used to (weird, right?)

Bug Fixes:

• Fixes an issue in investigation screen that would result in duplicated frames and block progress
• Some fixes to text

Installing the update on macOS:

Hello everyone. We're trying to fix issues people have with the game as soon as possible. Here's the first patch with fixes:

Patch Notes:

• Fixed a serious bug blocking the gameplay in the first investigation if played on Chinese or Japanese language
• Fixed mouse input on PCs with touchscreen
• Changes to game balance
• Fixed a glitch that would cause double items in storage
• Some fixes to Chinese, Japanese and Korean text rendering, like bigger font for tutorials

Balance Improvements:

• Your starting team of cops is better now
• Professionalism requirement for calls is lowered for the first week (and for some other portions of the game)
• The game punishes you less for escaped offenders, killed civilians and skipped tactical missions
• The game rewards you more for closed investigations and destroyed gangs

Vienna, Austria/Minsk, Belarus, July 31st, 2018: What's wrong with our publishing buttons? Somebody write us a ticket: After forgetting to press the ‘Go Live’ button for the original This Is The Police PC release, this time we pressed it a bit too early… So ignore our previous 2 August release date: This Is the Police 2 is out… now! And that two-day head start is good, as Sharpwood desperately needs a new Sheriff. We hope you’re ready to report for duty. Watch the release trailer on YouTube: https://youtu.be/f9exnCXfx1w Listen to the soundtrack on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qz32T9oYmiU This Is the Police 2 is out now on PC, Mac and Linux as digital version: https://store.steampowered.com/app/785740/This_Is_the_Police_2/ Hope you like that suprise release today :) Your THQ Nordic Team

Vienna, Austria/Minsk, Belarus, July 2nd, 2018 - Blast those sirens: THQ Nordic and Weappy Studio are pleased to announce that This Is the Police 2 will be released one month from today, on August 2nd 2018, for PC/Mac/Linux. Watch the latest gameplay trailer on YouTube: https://youtu.be/iu-xKlBpT_4 https://store.steampowered.com/app/785740/This_Is_the_Police_2/ About This Is the Police 2 Just like the first game, This Is the Police 2 is a mixture of adventure and management genres, and this time it enjoys further mechanics that will strengthen both the strategic and tactical parts of the game. It won’t be enough just managing the equipment of your policemen and keeping in mind their individual skills. Every challenge requires the player’s direct participation on a tactical combat scene, and the outcomes will depend on every decision you make. Now your subordinates aren’t just some resource; they are living people with their own strengths, weaknesses, fears and prejudices, and you'll have to reckon with all these things in order to survive.

There’s a new sheriff in town! Interpret the law as you see fit in This Is the Police 2 Sequel to the acclaimed This Is the Police comes to PC and consoles later this year Vienna, Austria/Minsk, Belarus, January 30th, 2018: Welcome to Sharpwood, a remote border town in the north. It's a rough, cold place, where inhabitants know their neighbors by name and faithfully keep to their traditions, no matter how barbaric those traditions might be. Smugglers, gangs and screaming populists have made this town their home. Despair grows like a cancer, hand in hand with violence. Make sure to wishlist this game to stay up-to-date. This Is the YouTube Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNnFFZ5kniM This Is the Steam Page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/785740 It’s a hell of a job for the new sheriff, Lilly Reed (voiced by Sarah Hamilton, of the celebrated adventure saga The Longest Journey). She has to maintain order and peace even though her subordinates are uncouth men who aren’t used to receiving commands from a young woman. But everything changes when a mysterious stranger calling himself Warren Nash appears in Sharpwood. And no one knows what he'll bring to the town: salvation or perdition. Just like the first game, This Is the Police 2 is a mixture of adventure and management genres, and this time it enjoys further unexpected mechanics that will strengthen both the strategic and tactical parts of the game. It won’t be enough just managing the equipment of your policemen and keeping in mind their individual skills. Every challenge requires the player’s direct participation, and the outcomes will depend on every decision you make. Now your subordinates aren’t just some resource; they are living people with their own strengths, weaknesses, fears and prejudices, and you'll have to reckon with all these things in order to survive. This Is the Police 2 will be released later this year here on Steam. Cheers & stay tuned Your THQ Nordic team