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Citizen Sleeper's third DLC episode, PURGE, arrives on March 30
The game also launches March 31 on PS4™ and PS5™ on March 31
March 14, 2023 - Developer Jump Over the Age and indie games publisher Fellow Traveller have today announced that Citizen Sleeper’s third DLC episode PURGE, is coming to all platforms (PC, Mac, Xbox and Nintendo Switch) on March 30. Citizen Sleeper will also launch on PS4™ and PS5™ on March 31, complete with all DLC content.
With the release of Episode: PURGE, Citizen Sleeper’s three episode post-launch DLC expansion is now complete and the game has even more to offer with a thrilling late game storyline that delivers an immersive new narrative arc introducing additional characters, lore and locations. Players returning to Erlin’s Eye might even find themselves running into some familiar faces!
Episode: PURGE will be distributed for free across all platforms to anyone who already owns or has access to Citizen Sleeper via an update.
Citizen Sleeper follows your journey as the Sleeper, a digitized human consciousness in an artificial body, on the run from a megacorp who wants their property back. Washed-up on a lawless, derelict space station called Erlin’s Eye, it’s up to you to survive. Explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
Citizen Sleeper has received wide acclaim since launch; the game carries an ‘MIGHTY’ Open Critic rating of 84, a 94% positive rating on Steam and notably appeared in a huge number of 2022 Game of the Year lists. It has also received nominations for many major awards including the The Game Awards, the Independent Game Festival, the D.I.C.E. Awards, a Writer’s Guild Award and most recently, four BAFTA nominations.
To celebrate the release of Episode: PURGE, players will be able to pick up Citizen Sleeper at 30% off on all platforms (except PlayStation) for a limited time. PlayStation owners will be able to pick up Citizen Sleeper at the special launch discount of 20% off when it releases on March 31.
For more updates on Citizen Sleeper Episode: PURGE, please visit the Jump Over the Age website or follow them and Fellow Traveller on Twitter. The game press kit can be found here.
MEDIA CONTACT
ftg@doublejump.com.au About Fellow Traveller Games
Fellow Traveller is an indie games publishing label exploring the possibility space of what narrative games can be. Since our founding in 2012, we have sought out and partnered with pioneering game developers working on unusual games with narrative at their core.
You may know us from the RPG about survival in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism (Citizen Sleeper), the murder mystery with a cast of otherworldly suspects (Paradise Killer), the political RPG in which you lead a broken country during your first term as President (Suzerain), or the noir adventure set before, during, and after the Big Bang (Genesis Noir).
Join us on a journey into a world of surprising games and unusual stories.
Website: http://fellowtraveller.games
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FellowTravellr
About Jump Over the Age
Jump Over the Age is a one-person game development studio founded by Gareth Damian Martin (they/them). Along with Guillaume Singelin (character art) and Amos Roddy (music and sound) they created Citizen Sleeper.
Their first game, In Other Waters won the Jury Prix at IndieCade Europe, and was widely praised by critics for its “hypnotic art, otherworldly audio and captivating writing” (Eurogamer). Before making games Gareth was a graphic designer, games critic and academic. They hold a PhD in experimental literature.
“An accomplished world-builder” - Edge Magazine
“An immense talent” - Chris Plante, Editor-in-Chief, Polygon
Website: https://jumpovertheage.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/jumpovertheage