Mobile gaming company MY.GAMES, founded in 2019 and based in Amsterdam, has announced the launch of a premium label, Knights Peak, and a slate of games the new label will be publishing. Alongside working withgames likeStarship Troopers: Extermination, Nicoderico, andMandragora,Knights Peak is assuming publishing responsibility forPathfinder: Kingmakeras part of its back catalog.
Originally published by Deep Silver and developed by Owlcat Games in 2018,Pathfinder: Kingmakerwas a Kickstarter-funded isometric RPG. It was also the first isometric RPG to be set in thePathfinderuniverse developed by tabletop giant Paizo and was followed up in 2021’sPathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, which was also a Kickstarter success. Both titles were based on adventure paths for the tabletop game which included mechanics not normally featured in the system: the Kingdom Building and Mythic systems, respectively.
Pathfinder: Kingmaker is Part of Knights Peak’s History
Owlcat and MY.GAMES have history. In 2016, when Owlcat got its start, it was a subsidiary of Russian gaming label Mail.ru Games Ventures. WhenPathfinder: Kingmakerhit the market,Owlcatwas still part of Mail.ru, and partnered with Deep Silver as the publisher of the new game. The etch-a-sketch got a major shake-up in 2019, however.
Two major events happened in 2019. Owlcat struck out as an independent studio, so it lost its rights toKingmaker. This led to development stopping on the game, and Owlcat no longer receiving royalties for sales.Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, developed after Owlcat left Mail.ru, would be free from that problem. The other major event of 2019 was the founding of MY.GAMES. Formerly a brand operated by Mail.ru that managed Owlcat, MY.GAMES was now the consolidated gaming arm. MY.GAMES got its independence in 2022, when Aleksander Chachava bought the company and moved it out of Russia to its current headquarters in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. This was the year that Owlcat and Deep Silver publishedWrath of the Righteousto console audiences.
The former team (under Deep Silver) that worked onPathfinder: Kingmakerhas reunited in a way with Knights Peak. However, it’s worth highlighting that Owlcat remains its own studio and is not part of this. Still, in a way, bringing these folks together is a “getting the band back together” moment.
What we want to bring across is we’re bringing this game home. As you might or might not know, the studio Owlcat, who created this game, was part of MY.GAMES in the past … We are happy to haveso many former members who worked on this gamein the past and now we are bringing it home to Knights Peak, so we’re basically getting the band back together.
Pathfinder: Kingmaker
WHERE TO PLAY
Explore the Stolen Lands, a region that has been contested territory for centuries: Hundreds of kingdoms have risen and fallen in these lands, and now it is time for you to make your mark—by building your own kingdom! To do so, you’ll need to survive the harsh wilderness and the threat of rival nations… as well as threats within your own court.Customize your character with a wide range of classes and powers including specialized archetypes, powerful arcane and divine spells, choosing from a multitude of class abilities, skills, and feats. Pathfinder allows players to create heroes (or villains) that fit both their individual gameplay styles and their personalities.Meet a diverse cast of companions and NPCs, including iconic characters from the Pathfinder setting itself. You’ll need to decide who to trust and who to watch carefully, as each companion has an agenda, alignment, and goals that may differ from yours. Your journey will become their journey, and you’ll help shape their lives both in the moment and well into the future.
