{"id":2310,"date":"2023-12-03T08:47:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T08:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anewchallengerawaits.com\/general\/?page_id=2310"},"modified":"2025-03-29T01:42:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T01:42:01","slug":"aboutww","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nuchallenger.com\/general\/aboutww","title":{"rendered":"NuChallenger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-cc5f3bdc\">\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover aligncenter is-light\" style=\"min-height:605px\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><video class=\"wp-block-cover__video-background intrinsic-ignore\" autoplay muted loop playsinline src=\"https:\/\/nuchallenger.com\/general\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/cityloop-1.mp4\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"><\/video><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-3335a7d1\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-foreground-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-1b4ad824c02aa292bbc8732fee84b0d5\"><strong>NuChallenger<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-b95111e8\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-e6fbac2c\">\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\"><strong>NuChallenger <\/strong>is an award winning entertainment studio focused on creating original and innovative games that expand on the conventional limits of what games can be.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s a world of culture outside of games just waiting to be tapped, and we\u2019re working with talent from across the globe, both inside, and outside of the traditional games space to bring whole new experiences to the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the last decade we&#8217;ve done just that. In 2014 we were a part of the opening of the Babycastles gallery, and the Rat King record release party which was recently reflected on by<a href=\"https:\/\/nobells.blog\/ratking-so-it-goes-oral-history\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/nobells.blog\/ratking-so-it-goes-oral-history\/\"> No Bells.<\/a> We also had projects featured in the Museum for the Moving Image, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, the Smithsonian, and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020 we released Treachery in Beatdown City, which was called \u201cThe most relevant game of 2020\u201d by the LA Times and landed at #14 on Paste&#8217;s top games of the year list. A year prior we dropped a trailer driven by  <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/6xvBRFXD15qZe2zLAq30Qs?si=PP6om6IITCSmrThyU8JziQ\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/6xvBRFXD15qZe2zLAq30Qs?si=PP6om6IITCSmrThyU8JziQ\">an exclusive hit single<\/a> with underground rapper Open Mike Eagle at the helm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2023 we followed up Treachery in Beatdown City with with the Ultra Remix update, and even more hot tracks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of IGN&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P1YCgSAcS6M\">Fanfest 2025<\/a> we announced our new game Beatdown City Survivors which is already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/03\/28\/nx-s1-5342510\/indie-video-games-gdc-2025\">making lists of favorite games<\/a> at GDC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are currently working on some amazing new projects that we can\u2019t wait to share with y\u2019all.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"mailto:info@nuchallenger.com\">Reach out<\/a> if you\u2019re a games and\/or culture company looking to work with us. 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