Bellevue, WA — February 18, 2019: Board game industry veterans at Trishula Entertainment in collaboration with PikPok® are bringing PikPok’s hit mobile video game franchise Into the Dead to the board game space on now-live Kickstarter campaign.
Into the Dead: The Board Game is a competitive board game for 2-4 players that has players taking risks and gathering supplies to face the hordes of the undead and reach safety. Designed by Trishula Entertainment, whose team have more than 100 board game credits to their names, and published by PikPok, the core game comes fully stocked with over 60 high quality miniatures, multiple game boards, and cards featuring stunning artwork. Evident throughout the contents is the impressive visual aesthetic that fans have come to expect from PikPok’s mobile and PC titles.
“The Into the Dead video game series has been a huge success for the studio, and we have been exploring many exciting avenues to extend the IP,” said Mario Wynands, Managing Director of PikPok. “As board game fans ourselves, this is a great next step for the franchise, and Trishula Entertainment has helped us create a whole new way to experience the world we have built.”
Trishula Entertainment Co-Founder Chris Cervantes has a strong personal connection to the project, which ties his experience in board game design with his past work at PikPok, where he was instrumental in the launch of the franchise in 2012.
“Bringing Into the Dead to life as a physical game opens up so many intense shared experiences for the community of players,” said Cervantes. “For me personally, it feels deeply satisfying to return to an IP that I worked on extensively during my earlier time as a game designer at PikPok. Partnering with the current PikPok team to ensure a faithful interpretation of Into the Dead is a tremendous opportunity. The entire Trishula team have been thrilled to bring our expertise to bear and leverage our unique connection to the property while doing so.”
About Into the Dead
PikPok’s original titles Into the Dead and Into the Dead 2 have amassed over 100 million downloads since the series launch in 2012. In Into the Dead 2, players follow the story of James, who journeys through the zombie apocalypse in a race to save his family. Armed with an arsenal of powerful weapons, players must fend off ever-increasing zombie threats while crossing treacherous terrain. The board game offers players the chance to play as James as well as other beloved characters from the world.
Into the Dead: the Board Game is now live on Kickstarter at www.kickstarter.com
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ABOUT TRISHULA ENTERTAINMENT
Trishula Entertainment is a full service game design studio founded by three industry veterans. Based in Bellevue, Washington, Trishula works with leading publishers to design, test, and craft game experiences that embody the spirit of play. Trishula’s founders’ credits include over 100 commercial titles across leading brands including Disney, Marvel, Star Wars, Lego, Justice League, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pixar, Privateer Press and Hasbro/Transformers.
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ABOUT PIKPOK
PikPok is a leading publisher of great games across mobile, tablet and desktop. With a portfolio of original, licensed, and third party developed properties, PikPok delivers games that appeal to all consumers with pick-up-and-play gameplay, high-quality art, and immersive audio design which provide rich game experiences. PikPok has released multiple critically and commercially successful games including the popular Flick Kick® series, BAFTA nominated Super Monsters Ate My Condo™, Into the Dead®, Shatter®, and more. Steal a moment, and play a game from PikPok.
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