[October 30, 2014]

HeartBit Interactive Introduces Multiplatform RPG, Doom & Destiny Advanced

HeartBit Interactive (Twitter (News - Alert): @HeartBitBitInt) today announced it has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Eppela.com (Twitter: @Eppela_IT), Italy's premier crowdfunding platform, to help complete the development of Doom & Destiny Advanced, a hilarious multiplatform role playing game (RPG) where players control the destiny of four nerds through an epic journey in an unpredictable fantasy world. Doom & Destiny Advanced is the second installment in the Doom and Destiny game franchise, which has had great success with over one million downloads worldwide. The campaign (http://www.eppela.com/eng/projects/1053/doom-destiny-advanced) has a funding goal of 20,000€ (approx $25,000USD).

The long awaited Doom & Destiny Advanced features an original, comedic storyline with nostalgic 2D graphics and animations that fully immerse players in an old school games experience for hours of fun and adventure. Starring four out-of-the-ordinary heroes in a clash of comedy and fantasy worlds, the game features pop culture references and appearances by famous video games, movies and comic characters.

"In the works for a few years, we're thrilled about the opportunity to partner with contributors to deliver Doom & Destiny Advanced, part of the interactive game franchise played worldwide," said Francesco Ficarelli, co-founder of HeartBit Interactive. "The newest game features an innovative 'SAVE' system that perfectly blends both console and mobile gameplay into a seamless gaming experience across different platforms. And, with this unique feature, progress is saved to the Cloud so users can play on laptops, sync saves to a smartphone or tablet, and keep playing from where they left off!"

Unlike many games, Doom & Destny Advanced gives players console- and mobile-like game elements that make the game much more exciting and fun. Players will enjoy the strong narrative that drives the story and deep gameplay following the "easy-to-learn and hard-to-master" paradigm, along with mobile game elements such as free-to-play and no-pay-to-win, the automation of trivial choices and repetitive tasks and unique one-finger touch controls.

Doom & Destiny Advanced appeals to single players and multiplayer enthusiasts alike. The game features unique game mechanics that mix single player campaign with multiplayer cooperative and competitive gameplay. Players will enjoy controlling a party of four nerds and explore dungeons, wastelands and cities, collecting treasures, resources and gear to beef up their team, battle hordes of monsters to level up the party of heroes and customizing their characters' skill with 30+ battle roles that grant different combat styles and special abilities. Doom & Destiny Advanced, once funded, will be available on the following platforms: iOS, Android (News - Alert), Windows Phone, Windows 8 (for tablets), PC/Mac, and Linux. If HeartBit Interactive doubles its funding goal, PS4 and XBOX ONE versions of the game will also be produced.

Teaser Video: http://youtu.be/OT6k4d-hj2g

Eppela Campaign Details:

HeartBit Interactive is offering several contribution levels from 5€ for a credits mention and Beta access (PC/LINUX/MAC/ANDROID) or 10€ for a premium digital PC game copy. There will also be tiers from 5€ all the way up to 2,500€, which earn the contributor (along with three friends) to be transported into the game as either four friends of the main characters or as a recurring antagonist team of plane-travelling warlocks. They will also be able to work along with the game designers and graphic artists to create and rule a whole town or a dark dungeon as reward for the 1000€ tier. Lower tiers include other great rewards such as getting a dedicated statue in the main square of a town, working with the design team to enrich the game with a reference to the backer's favorite game/movie series, or simply be portrayed as a non-playable character in the game (with pledges of 500€, 500€ and 250€ respectively).

About HeartBit Interactive

HeartBit Interactive is an Italian indie game studio headquartered near Piacenza, Italy. It was founded in 2011 by Matteo Nicolotti and Francesco Ficarelli, two nerds who share the same vision about developing video games. Soon after the company's inception, they started creating and programming their first project, Doom & Destiny, which was first released on Xbox 360. It boomed soon after it was published on every major mobile App Store. Driven by the success of this first acclaimed title, HeartBit developed three more games: Miner Warfare, Spyleaks and DKBL. In October 2014 the team plans to launch the second installment in the Doom & Destiny franchise, Doom & Destiny Advanced. For more information, visit doomanddestiny.com.

About Eppela

Headquartered in Lucca, Italy, Eppela.com is among Europe's top five rewards-based crowdfunding platforms, providing unique opportunities for contributors to fund creative ideas and amazing projects. Since its inception in 2011, the platform has a 40% success rate of successfully funded campaigns. In 2014, Eppela.com saw massive growth in the number of successful projects by 1500% compared to 2013. To support this growth and ensure continued successful funding for projects on its platform, Eppela works with top Italian corporations such as the Poste Italiane, Italy's largest postal service, and Fastweb, an Italian Telecommunications company, to fund 50% of select tech, Internet of Things (IOT) and domotics projects once they reach the first 50% of their funding goal. For more information, visit http://www.eppela.com/eng/.

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