Comic News: Pocket God # 23 Hits App Store

The heat can drive anyone insane, including Pygmies!
New issue of Pocket God Digital Comic available at the App Store

(San Francisco, CA- June 27th 2013) Ape Entertainment and Bolt Creative announced today that the latest issue of Pocket God #23 “The Pygmies Strike Back, Part 3 of 5”is now available on the App Store  for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. You can check it out athttp://itunes.apple.com/app/pocket-god-comics/id380752345 to get it today!

Sneak peek at the story :

Ooga’s group is lost in the Desert!  Running out of food and water is bad enough, but will it drive them over the edge of sanity?

Klik’s group, however, appears to have been saved by their mysterious last-page-arrival from last issue.  But nothing’s that easy in the Pocket God world, right?

You can bet there are more troubles and hard times to come for both groups.

But at least Klik’s group finds out just a bit more about how the Pocket God world works.  Now what do they DO with that knowledge?

And you KNOW how we love a bit last-page-reveal, so don’t peek ahead this time!  It’s a doozy!

The Pocket God Comic App is updated frequently with all kinds of FREE extras such as The Pygmy Peril newsletter (which includes free Little Green Men comic short stories), and an EXCLUSIVE re-mastered version of the first Pocket God animated short!

And don’t forget that PYGMY PERIL #29 is available right NOW!  And if you have already downloaded the App itself, then every issue of PYGMY PERIL is absolutely FREE!  This issue of the ‘Peril is packed to the gills with the usual whacked-out Fan-Art, freaked-out Fan-Mail, and also the ‘Dangerous Dialog’ contest!

And of course it closes out with those minuscule minions of madness, the LITTLE GREEN MEN!

[Pocket God © 2013 BOLT Creative Inc. Pocket God, Pygmy Peril, and all related characters are © BOLT Creative Inc.    Little Green Men and related characters are © 2013 APE Entertainment LLC.]

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About Bolt Creative
Bolt Creative is a San Francisco-based developer and publisher of original games, including the hit iOS phenomenon Pocket God, ranked by Apple as the #9 Top Paid App of All Time. Since its 2009 launch, Pocket God has mushroomed into a full franchise with the original game hitting multiple online and mobile platforms, Pocket God: Journey to Uranus bringing players and pygmies into outer space, and Pocket God: The Runs hitting iOS in the spring of 2012. The digital Pocket God Comics series has become one of the most successful digital comic series available and continuously outperforms megabrands. Fans can also purchase Pocket God merchandise such as figurines, apparel, and plush. Bolt Creative's goal is to develop games that crack them up and entertain players for countless hours. For more information, please visitwww.boltcreative.com.

About Ape Entertainment
Founded in 2003, Ape Entertainment is the brainchild of lifelong comic book devotees David Hedgecock, and Brent E. Erwin.  Ape Entertainment is the comic book home to innovative new titles as LITTLE GREEN MEN, SCOUTS, and HERO OF ALEXANDRIA.  Ape is also the North American publisher for licensed properties SHREK, THE PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR, KUNG FU PANDA, RICHIE RICH, CASPER, STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE, and CUT THE ROPE.
Visit Ape Entertainment online at http://www.ApeComics.com.

About iVerse Media, LLC
iVerse Media(http://www.iversemedia.com)is a digital content distributor focused on the world of comics and popular culture. Founded in 2008, the company was one of the first to launch digital comics on Apple’s iOS platform. As of Oct 2011 over 5 Million products in the iOS App Store have been downloaded that are powered by iVerse, making the “iVerse Engine” one of the most popular and widely used platforms for reading digital comics in the world. The company is principally located in Waco, TX. For more information on iVerse Media, please visit: http://comicspl.us

Comic/Game News: Valiant's HARBINGER WARS Goes 8-Bit

This summer, Valiant's Harbinger Wars crossover event will be delivering 8-bits of awesome to iOS and Android devices everywhere!

 

Kotaku today debuted the first look at Harbinger Wars: Battle for Las Vegas – an 8-bit side-scrolling video game tracing the events of Valiant's upcoming summer crossover! Following the release of Harbinger Wars #1 (of 4) on April 3rd, the game's first level – colliding the casts of the Bloodshot and Harbinger ongoing series against one another – will be available as a free download via the iOS App Store and Google Play in mid-April.

 

Developed by Storm City Entertainment, Harbinger Wars: Battle for Las Vegas offers fans the chance to follow nanite-enhanced commando Bloodshot or teenage telekinetic Peter Stanchek as they fight their way out of a classified Project Rising Spirit compound and into a psiot-occupied casino on the Vegas strip. Following the release of each of Harbinger Wars' four issues, fans will be offered the opportunity to download new levels, each based around plot developments and settings presented in the Valiant mini-series by writers Joshua Dysart and Duane Swierczynski and artist Clayton Henry. In-app purchases will also allow users to acquire a variety of new weapons and characters as the game progresses, including Toyo Harada, newly introduced members of the H.A.R.D. Corps, and more.

 

"Following on the heels of our partnership with USA Luge, this is just the latest in a series of programs we have in the works to strengthen the Valiant brand in comics and beyond," said Russell A. Brown, Valiant's President of Consumer Products, Promotions and Ad Sales. "Our characters have a history in the gaming community and this is the start of a brand new chapter for the Valiant Universe."

"We are extremely excited to be working with Valiant Entertainment on their first foray in mobile gaming. Valiant's creative staff is incredibly keen to combine the print and digital mediums, and bringing the events of the Harbinger Wars mini-series to mobile is a unique opportunity to do precisely that," said Storm City President Steve Newton.

 

"With Harbinger Wars: Battle for Las Vegas, we're striving to achieve the perfect synergy of gameplay and story," said Valiant Chief Creative Officer Dinesh Shamdasani. "The events of the Harbinger Wars series will be reflected monthly in the game itself and we'll also be paying homage to the 8-bit style with a line of non-incentive 8-bit covers for our June comic releases. This has been a tremendously fun initiative to work on, and one that we think fans and retailers will respond to as well."

 

To mark the game's release across the rest of Valiant's publishing line, Valiant is also offering 8-bit variant shelf covers by artist Matthew Waite for each of its ongoing titles this June – X-O Manowar #14, Harbinger #13, Bloodshot #12, Archer & Armstrong #10 and Shadowman #7.

 

  
  

Look for Valiant's 8-bit variants in finer comic shops everywhere this June – and jump into the Harbinger Wars this April with three new standalone entry points into the Valiant Universe in Harbinger Wars #1 (of 4) on April 3rd, Harbinger #11 on April 10th, and Bloodshot #10 on April 17th!