February2022
News FMV Murder Mystery 'Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus?' Hits Switch Next Month
"Uncover the truth in the yearly family quiz"
Wales Interactive and Good Gate Media have confirmed that the "eccentric FMV murder mystery" Who Pressed Mute on Uncle Marcus? is coming to Switch next month. Filmed during lockdown and shot simultaneously in London and Los Angeles, the game stars Andy Buckley (The Office, Jurassic World) as Uncle...
June2021
News Two New FMV Games Are Coming To Switch
Night Book and Deathtrap Dungeon
What year is it? Between Telling Lies, Her Story, Erica, Bandersnatch, The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker, The Bunker, and that remake of Night Trap, you might be wondering whether FMV games are making a comeback, or you've just been in a coma for 25 years. Well, we can't fully
March2021
News FMV Title I Saw Black Clouds Eyes Up A Switch Release On March 30th
Wales Interactive's latest game gets an extended trailer
Wales Interactive is well known for publishing interactive movie-games on Switch. With past efforts including The Bunker, Late Shift, and The Complex, we've enjoyed its efforts so far, and they're a world apart from
July2020
News Gamer Girl Developer Removes Trailer And Marketing Materials Following Online Backlash
"Online abuse is real and is still happening every day"
Wales Interactive has pulled the announcement trailer for its upcoming FMV title Gamer Girl following a backlash online. Revealed last week, the game places you in the role of a livestream chat moderator who must guide the choices of novice female streamer Abicakes99 while tracking an unknown...
February2020
News Plot Your Escape From The Complex, An FMV Sci-Fi Thriller Coming To Switch In March
A most complex situation
Wales Interactive has published several interactive movie-games on Switch over the past few years including The Bunker and Late Shift, the latter being arguably the best example of the genre on the system. On 31st March The Complex joins its growing roster on Switch and it's looking to be another polished production. From...
May2019
News The Complex Brings FMV Sci-Fi Thrills To Switch Early Next Year
Penned by one of the writers behind Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale
There's been a resurgence of FMV games in recent years that has done much to change the genre's reputation after being tarnished in the '90s by some rotten examples on early CD-based systems. Publisher Wales Interactive has been championing the genre for a while now and next year it'll...
April2018
News Chose Your Own Adventure And Solve The Case As Late Shift Arrives On Switch This Month
FMV for the win
Hot on the heels of its recent release on PC and other console platforms, British publisher Wales Interactive has confirmed FMV-based crime thriller Late Shift is headed to Nintendo Switch as well - and it'll be sidling onto the eShop on 26th April. Created by developer CtrlMovie - and written by screenwriter Michael R...
February2018
News Move Over Baby Mario, Coffin Dodgers Is Bringing Geriatric Kart Racing To Switch
Youth has no age, but Death has a scythe!
Just when you thought we couldn't get another kart racer, here comes Coffin Dodgers to give you yet another alternative to the rather lovely Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. Wales Interactive and Milky Tea Studios are bringing their dark comedic kart racer to the Switch eShop on 13th March 2018. Coffin...
November2017
News The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker Will, Erm, Infect Switch Next Spring
Doctor Doctor, please...
Remember FMV games? They were all the rage in the early '90s when some industrious person discovered that CD-ROMs could be used for storing oodles of grainy video footage featuring struggling actors reading from dodgy scripts, and now they are making a mini-comeback thanks to the likes of the award-winning Her Story. Wales...
October2017
News Don't Knock Twice Is Bringing Supernatural Horror To Switch
Just in time for Halloween
Halloween is on the way and our chums over at Wales Interactive are ready to embrace the scary season with their upcoming supernatural horror game Don't Knock Twice, which is coming to Switch eShop on 17th October priced at £9.99 / €12.49 / $12.49. Here's some blurb from the PR to get you up to...
September2016
News Soul Axiom Arrives on Wii U in Late September, at a Reduced Price
An extra 15% off for those with the Nindies@Home demo
Master Reboot, by Wales Interactive, is a particularly intriguing title on the Wii U eShop, and it's been quite a long wait for its spiritual successor - Soul Axiom. It now has a firm release date, and patient Wii U owners will also pay a little less to try it out. It's coming on 29th September...
April2016
News The Bunker Aims to Bring Live Action Psychological Horror to Consoles
Splendy Interactive, Wales Interactive, GMG and All 4 Games involved
Back in the '90s, when CD-based consoles and PC games were gaining momentum, there was a brief craze for live action games, blending video with gameplay. It was a fad that faded, especially as the technology of the time was limited to low quality video - yet video-based games are...
March2016
News Infinity Runner is Dashing Towards a 24th March Release on Wii U
A werewolf in space, because why not?
Wales Interactive has released a couple of titles on Wii U to date - Gravity Badgers and Master Reboot - with Soul Axiom still to come, and has now given a final release date for one of its long-standing announcements. It's taken a while, but Infinity Runner has firm release details. This is a first-person...
February2016
Video Soul Axiom's Launch Trailer Is Part Tron, Part Lawnmower Man
"Welcome to Elysia"
Wales Interactive's intriguing cyber-thriller Soul Axiom has been on our radar for what seems like forever. The spiritual sequel to the studio's previous title Master Reboot, it features a unique artstyle and an interesting futuristic storyline which looks to combine the best bits of Tron, The Lawnmower Man and many other similar...
August2015
Video This New Soul Axiom Trailer Sets the Scene
Was part of Nintendo's Nindies booth at Gamescom
Nintendo had a sizeable presence at Gamescom last week, and it was certainly pleasing to see a dedicated 'Nindies' section showing off upcoming Wii U and 3DS eShop releases. Soul Axiom from Wales Interactive was on the booth - some Wii U eShop aficionados will remember the studio's previous release...
January2015
News Wii U Release of Soul Axiom Will Search For Meaning in Q4
Full PC arrival in Q2
Just recently we spoke in detail to Wales Interactive about its most notable planned release in 2015 - Soul Axiom. A spiritual successor to Master Reboot, it'll be another title from the developer to grace the Wii U eShop alongside releases on PC, PS4 and Xbox One. It's a project - like Master Reboot - that emphasizes creative...
Interview Wales Interactive on its Wii U Breakthrough Year and 2015's Soul Axiom
"Why be limited by what's perceived to be real?"
2014 brought a number of new developer names to the Wii U eShop, in particular, one of which was Wales Interactive. Its first release on the home console was Gravity Badgers, a physics action puzzles that provided some fun and was relatively well received. It then showed an entirely different side...
July2014
News Master Reboot to Arrive on the Wii U eShop on 24th July
In both North America and Europe
Throughout this year Wales Interactive has outlined its plans to bring three games to the Wii U, with Gravity Badgers being the first arrival at the end of May. Infinity Runner will be another, which includes 32-player multiplayer, but the next arrival on Nintendo's system will be a title announced at the turn of the...
May2014
News Wacky Physics-Based Puzzler Gravity Badgers Releasing 29th May
Grow out your mullet in celebration
Wales Interactive's utterly zany physics-based puzzler Gravity Badgers will be making its way to the Wii U eShop on 29th May. Nintendo Life had a little chat with Wales Interactive's Managing Director David Banner back in January; the team, excited by the possibilities offered by the GamePad, is also working on a...
April2014
News Infinity Runner Heading To Wii U eShop
Includes multiplayer support for up to 32 players
Award winning game studio Wales Interactive have informed us that they’ll be bringing their latest title, Infinity Runner, to the Wii U eShop this Summer. Described as Mirror’s Edge meets Mass Effect, the sci-fi action running game is currently in development for Wii U, PS4, PS3, PS Vita, PC, Mac...
January2014
Interview Wales Interactive on its Upcoming Wii U eShop Games and Working With Nintendo
"We love the GamePad concept and being able to connect to another display"
It seems fair to say that, though some quality releases have graced the Wii U eShop, we're still awaiting — due to various delays — a consistent flow of tempting download-only content on the store. With each passing week the list of promising and confirmed titles creep...
"We are massive Nintendo fans so it's a huge privilege"
Late last year we reported that Wales Interactive is bringing two games to the Wii U eShop; these are Gravity Badgers and Master Reboot. The studio has been prolific in its short existence to date, publishing a number of smartphone titles, but is increasingly moving onto PC and home console...
December2013
News Wales Interactive Bringing Gravity Badgers and Master Reboot to the Wii U eShop
Physics puzzling and first-person "psychological adventure horror"
While a number of titles are taking their time to come to the Wii U eShop, the list of those that are on the way continues to grow. It's emerged that Wales Interactive — which is based just outside Cardiff — is bringing two titles to the download platform, with the first due in...