Winner takes it all: I, Viking is a DevGAMM Awards Nominee!

Since April 17, 80 judges from gaming industry have been reviewing the games to find best games of DevGAMM Awards in various categories. I, Viking was nominated for Best Mobile Game category!

The winners will be announced at the Festive Awards Ceremony on May 19 at 7 p.m. in Red Hall.

I, Viking is nominated for 13th International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA)!

Dear friends!
Our project - I, Viking is nominated for 13th International Mobile Gaming Awards (IMGA), which gives us cause for pride, because there are more than 3000 projects participating! And while the jury chooses the winners, any player can vote in nomination for People's Choice Award on the IMGA official website, which involves all the nominees. We will be grateful to our players for their support!
Tell your friends, follow the link and vote for I, Viking!

I, Viking is the Winner of BEST UNITY BASED GAME at Get It! Conference 2016!

Another Get It! Conference is over, and it hosted the championship of game projects made by independent studios – Indie Prize. This year it awarded three prizes and the prize for Best Unity Based Game went to our mobile game - I, Viking.
Congratulations!

Steel Monkeys Is One of VRTech Content-Providers

October 31, VRTech (a Russian venture fund supporting virtual reality developers) announced opening new entertainment direction which will introduce new virtual amusement parks and virtual reality entertainment systems like CinemaVR и PolygonVR. More details about this can be found here: http://press.vrtech.global/ Steel Monkeys is proud to be one of leading content-providers for these new systems.

I, Viking is the Winner of Best Game Design at Moscow Nights 2016!

Another White Nights conference is over, it hosted the fifth championship of game projects made by independent studios – Indie Game Cup. This year it awarded four prizes and the cup for Best Game Design went to our mobile game - I, Viking.
Congratulations!

VR Tornado, developed by Steel Monkeys, at Igromir 2016!

In G2A and Tornado Energy Area at Igromir 2016 in Moscow anyone could try energetic drinks Tornado Energy and fight with his friends in a dynamic shooter VR Tornado developed by Steel Monkeys.

Visitors could immerse into virtual reality for 5 minutes, get through the bridge above the gulf and make their way to the biolab to fight against giant spider mutants.

I, Viking, World release!

Today is an important day for our game I, Viking! Today we launch our drakkars all around the world! We know that this voyage will be not be easy, but we do hope that every place in the world would love the game as much as we do! Have a safe trip, "I, Viking"!

I, Viking is already in the Russian AppStore

I, Viking is soft-launched in the Russian AppStore. World release is coming soon. I, Viking is a cooperative multiplayer RPG strategy - the developers have taken the best from I, Gladiator, added cooperative multiplayer and controls for different classes of characters, given them special abilities - all this blends into an evil mixture called I, Viking.

I, Viking is already in the Belarusian AppStore

I, Viking is soft-launched in the Belarusian AppStore. Soon it will become available in Ukraine and Russia.

I, Viking is a cooperative multiplayer RPG strategy - the developers have taken the best from I, Gladiator, added cooperative multiplayer and controls for different classes of characters, given them special abilities - all this blends into an evil mixture called I, Viking.

KEY FEATURES

- TEAM-BASED MULTIPLAYER - Fight in team battles against other players in real time!

- BATTLES - Feel like a real Viking! Pillage, kill and rejoice!

- DEVELOP YOUR VILLAGE - build and improve buildings and open up new possibilities!

- STORYLINE - Discover the great saga of Vikings and their Gods, who live, love and fight together!

- TEAM MANAGEMENT - Collect a dream team from a variety of warriors, each with a specific weapon, fighting style and abilities!

- LEVELING - improve the stats of each member of your team, as well as your own level as a player!

- ITEM FORGING, CRAFTING - Use materials to create deadly weapons and armor, enchant them with sacred glyphs derived from mystical runes!

- CONTROL TYPES - Choose the more convenient type of camera control ensuring a dynamic and exciting large-scale battle!

Steel Monkeys expects I, Viking global release to take place in 2-3 months.

I, Viking Soft Launch Announcement

I, Viking is a new game from Steel Monkeys, an ideological successor of its epic title I, Gladiator.

I, GLADIATOR mixes up with SMITE into a new game I, VIKING, which combines fighting elements and MOBA-like battle tactics, as well as constructing and expanding the player's village like in many strategy games.

I, Viking is

 Realtime 3x3 PvP battles

 Creating and leveling an ideal viking team

The game will be available in App Store in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus after March 29

I, Viking Open Beta is here!

Steel Monkeys is excited to announce Open Beta of its new game - I, Viking, an ideological successor of its epic fighting I, Gladiator. I, Viking introduces new streamlined gameplay, where you control a longship full of screaming bloodthirsty Viking set to raid and plunder! Become an audacious Viking, gather squad full of norsemen of different skill, enlist the mythical power of the runes, master the deadly weapons. Еxperience a huge saga singing of the men, women and Gods, who live and love and fight together! The Open Beta focuses on user interface, gameplay and balance. Your feedback is very crucial for the developer and can impact the final game! The Open Beta will take place on the 13th of February, 2016. Two ways to participate in the Beta Test: 1. Visit our office 2. Play the game at home* *You need iPad 4 and higher devices with iOS 8 and higher. For participation please install Testflight app from AppStore and send us your Apple ID. If you want to take part in the Beta Test please email to: recruitment@steelmonkeys.com

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Dear partners, friends and players!

We wish you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

May the ringing bells of Christmas fill your life with music of happiness, love, joy and prosperity for the coming year!

I, Viking Is Nominated For Game Connection Dev Awards

Steel Monkeys is the proud owner of various industry awards - the latest game I, Viking is nominated for Game Connection Europe Development Awards in the categories (Best Mobile/Tablet, Most Promising IP). The long running Development Awards celebrate the most creative and original projects in game development, and it's a great honour and pride for Steel Monkeys to be among the nominees.

I, Viking is Greenlit on Steam

Great news, children of the North... WE HAVE BEEN GREENLIT BY STEAM COMMUNITY! And we did it just under 10 days. Can you see drakkars in the fog? No? But they are coming for you!

Steel Monkeys Announces Its New Epic Title I, Viking

I, Viking is a part of the Steel Monkeys fighting franchise (its award-winning predecessor I, Gladiator was released on multiple platforms in 2013). I, Viking is a third-person action role-playing fighting game, and, surely, it is a game about the Vikings! I, Viking introduces new streamlined gameplay, where you control a drakkar full of screaming bloodthirsty Viking set to raid and plunder! Become an audacious Viking, gather squad full of norsemen of different skill, enlist the mythical power of the runes, master the deadly weapons. Еxperience a huge saga singing of the men, women and Gods, who live and love and fight together! Never back away from a good fight! dýrð ok sigr!

A Retrospective letter from the Past

Long time ago we developed Master Rallye. And this morning we received such letter: "Hello, If this is the company that published Master Rallye, then thank you a lot. I bought that game when it came out and I even have it today. That game was one of the best games I have played and for its age, its pretty impressive. If this company is the publisher of that game, I want to congratulate you on making an excellent game that holds a lot of memories in my childhood. Thanks Joel" Thanks Joem, that`s pleasant start of the week!

Steam version of I,Gladiator is live

We just could not go on Windows Phone and Windows Store and miss Steam. Especially after we were able to get the green light for 17 days. People were waiting for I, Gladiator, and we got there To celebrate Steam release we will give out 10 FREE keys to those of you who are Steam users on "First asked first got" basis.

We Launch I,Gladiator for WSA

Some great news for the weekend: Check out our new updated version of I,Gladiator Free for Windows Phone: http://www.windowsphone.com/ru-ru/store/app/i-gladiator/6381c83a-c474-4ab8-b204-d0ab70fbf680 And for Windows Tablets:http://apps.microsoft.com/windows/en-us/app/i-gladiator/29cbdb55-8dbf-460b-851e-343c9acceb8e Soon we are going to launch universsal game for all Windows devices! Starting playing at your phone you can continue playing with gamepad on laptop or tablet Have a nice battle weekend!

Game Connection Nominee

Puny Stupid Humans is one of nominees in 2 categories: Best Casual Game and Most Creative & Original Project in Game Connection 2015! Fingers crossed! Here you can find all the others: http://www.game-connection.com/development-awards

Puny Stupid Humans goes on Soft Launch!

Let us tell you a bit more about the project: in Puny Stupid Humans you do not save the planet from aliens, or rather not exactly saving .... Our Earth became a test area for inhabitants of other galaxies that some of his cloned animals and now each pair of clones should win our planet at the same themselves. And that's just a tie. Try it out in canadian appstore: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/puny-stupid-humans/id938050085?mt=8

Soon we are launching new project!

Great news, Gladiators!

We are happy to invite you to test our new outstanding strategy!

Steel Monkeys in collaboration with Gorange have been working hard lastly and before the release we need your feedback about aour new game!
Everything is reqiered is to play, win and share your experience with us. But unfortunately right now we need only ios device holders.So what do you think?

What is Puny Stupid Humans? 
Puny Stupid Humans tells us the story of all secret societies and mixes all the worst conspiracy theories. Who really rules the world?
Can`t tell you anything else now,you just gonna try it.
So how to get the acces? At first fill in that poll:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?usp=drive_web&formkey=dGpUdnZULVNrQmV2RVVscnl6Yy1BZlE6MA#gid=0 and then we will contact you soon.

The chosen beta- testers will be the first one to try Puny Stupid Humans and try to conquer the whole world!
So what do you think?)

Who wants to become beta-tester?

Steel Monkeys in collaboration with Gorange have been working hard lastly and before the release we need your feedback about aour new game! Everything is reqiered is to play, win and share your experience with us. But unfortunately right now we need only ios device holders.So what do you think? What is Puny Stupid Humans? Puny Stupid Humans tells us the story of all secret societies and mixes all the worst conspiracy theories. Who really rules the world? Can`t tell you anything else now,you just gonna try it. So how to get the acces? At first fill in that poll: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?usp=drive_web&formkey=dGpUdnZULVNrQmV2RVVscnl6Yy1BZlE6MA#gid=0 and then we will contact you soon. The chosen beta- testers will be the first one to try Puny Stupid Humans and try to conquer the whole world! So what do you think?) Also, please, hit like and share! So, the last question is: Are you ready?)

I,Gladiator Free is available to download!

I, Gladiator is already running in the 4 largest mobile application stores: appstore, Amazon appstore, Google Play and Samsung apps. Original I, Gladiator has been downloaded up to 600,000 times overall. But we do not dwell on this: To give the opportunity to try our game more people, we run I, Gladiator Free Already available in Google Play: (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.btl.bfg&hl=ru And Appstore: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/i-gladiator-free/id781359493?mt=8

I,Gladiator wins Samsung Smart Apps Challenge 2013

Just few hours ago Samsung announced winners of Samsung Smart Apps Challenge 2013. And we`ve earned a 3 place!

By the way our game is the only middle- and hardcore game in that list, this means a lot!
Judges' quote :   "The excellent graphics and realistic real-time battles are outstanding; overall, the game is well-executed"

Here you can see full list of winners: developer.samsung.com/ssac2013/s4

I,Gladiator PvP available

Steel Monkeys has added a new PvP mode feature! Now  players can fight up to 4 live players at the same time.

This added challenge will force the player to think deeply about their tactics and their moves, because live opponents are much more dangerous.

The fans of the game has asked and Steel Monkeys continues to upgrade and add to the game new features to give gamers a deep experience on their mobile devices.

Update your game on Google play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.btl.bfg
and  Appstore: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/i-gladiator/id553907252

Soon on Amazon appstore and Samsung apps

I,Gladiator Soundtrack went on sale!

Then we have good news:

That very brutal, epic and fascinating melodic I, Gladiator soundtrack is already available in iTunes store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/i-gladiator-original-soundtracks/id653716981

All the music was authored by talented composer Yuri Semko.

You can listen to it once again here: you can find on soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/yurysemko

I, Gladiator was presented at E3 in Los Angeles!

From 10 to 13 June with the support of 100% Indie I, Gladiator was presented to the public in the Los Angeles Convention Center as part of Indie Heroes program , as one of the best looking and perspective games on the Samsung Apps trading platform. Thanks for your support, Samsung!

I, Gladiator storms into Samsung Apps charts

On the May 31, the fighting game I, Gladiator have been released in Samsung application store.

Now the owners of Samsung gadgets with Android OS can expirience the atmosphere of the thrilling bloody battles for the amusement of the crowd.

While transferring the game to the Android platform, we kept all the things players so loved I, Gladiator for. And this is confirmed by the download statistics - less then in a week I, Gladiator took leading positions in the tops of paid apps in most countries of the European, Asian and Pacific regions.

Buy it in samsung appstore

I, Gladiator release

Multiple foes assaulting you at once, hungry lions just waiting for a kill, insidious traps to avoid and put to your advantage - this game got them all!

Swords, maces, spears, different fighting styles, power strikes and master combos - this game gets them all.

Punch them, kick them, hit them, stun them, impale them, dismember them, burn them, destroy them! Be the best gladiator to be cheered for by the romans and their gods alike! Download I, Gladiator from App Store

IG Scratchem release

IG Scratch'em is available worldwide! Want to play with fate?

Download our game right now and test your luck at any of the five lottery modes: - Match 3 - Dice - 2 in a row - Better weapon - Winning numbers Easy to pick up and play.

Best ancient - themed scratcher there is! And you can win a great unique weapon to help you start in our up and coming real 3D gladiatorial combat game, I, Gladiator! Available for free

Winter Nights 2015

Few days ago we visited Winter Nights 2015. One of our personal sucess was being mentioned by Andrey Ivashentsev, Technical Evangelism Unit Lead, Microsoft in his talk "FROM MOBILE TO CONSOLE – ONE SMALL STEP"