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Castle Schreckenstein Game Announced
Munich, July 22nd, in the year of our Lord 2016
– The wait for the movie adaptation of one of Germany’s most
beloved children’s book series will be over soon: Concorde Film
is bringing Burg Schreckenstein to cinemas in Germany, Austria
and Switzerland starting October 20th 2016. The many fans of the
book series can now not only look forward to the film version,
but also to the game, which is expected to be released
simultaneously with the movie. The film is about a boys-only
boarding school in the eponymous Burg Schreckenstein. Over
there, the boys find themselves in a running battle with the
girls from the neighboring boarding school Rosenfels.
GAMESinFLAMES closely follows the movie’s theme for the game.
Players have to choose sides between the Schreckies and the
Rosenfels girls, and thus continue the competition between boys
and girls on their smartphones. Reaching Schreckenstein’s
mysterious knight chamber undetected from chancellor Rex and
Horn while overcoming treacherous obstacles is the main goal.
Each individual high score will be added to a global leaderboard
to clarify once and for all whether boys or girls are best!
Graphically, the game turns the young movie stars as well as
Lord Schreckenstein (German late night legend Harald Schmidt)
into cute game avatars.
Double Smith GmbH, which is part of the remote control
productions developer family, is responsible for the
development. The game, which will be available on the Google
Play and in the Apple App Store, is being published by
GAMESinFLAMES.
Achim Kaspers, General Manager GAMESinFLAMES, comments on the
collaboration with the creators of Burg Schreckenstein: “It is
the first time that we’ve secured a movie license and we’re
looking forward to the release of our official game for Burg
Schreckenstein. I’m confident that the game will be just as
successful as the movie; we will definitely release more games
based on movies in the future”.
“We are very pleased about Burg Schreckenstein’s digital
extension from the big screen to the smartphone, particularly
because the game picks up the humorous feud between girls and
boys and allows both the younger and the older audience to
continue the clash in the game.”, says Tanja Thomas, Director
Marketing & Publicity Concorde Film. Alexis von Wittgenstein,
movie producer at Violet Pictures, is outright enthusiastic:
“What a game: sneaking through castle towers, evading teachers,
playing tricks – just like my own boarding school experience!”.
Families are required to pay for Internet usage fees to download
this game. For more information click
here.