It’s been one year since indie game developer AdHoc Studio launched its now-hit episodic narrative superhero adventure game “Dispatch” — and in that time the game has attracted more than 5 million players. Now, the team behind the title (which has doubled in size since last October) has decided to celebrate its digital win in the physical world. Titled “Dispatch: Night Shift,” the anniversary event is described as “an in-person, live entertainment experience.” Set up by AdHoc as a one-night exclusive show taking place in December in Los Angeles, Night Shift will bring the game’s songs and its original score together on one stage with the score acting as the connection between each set, just as it connects the game.
Among those set to take the stage at the live event are “Dispatch” composer Andrew Arcadi, who will perform the game’s original score live alongside select artists who contributed to the game’s soundtrack, including Thot Squad, Bershy, Primer, Caroline Kingsbury and Fartbarf, playing tracks from “Dispatch” and their own albums. The “Dispatch: Night Shift” event will be held at the Avalon Hollywood nightclub in Los Angeles on Dec. 3. Doors will open at 6 p.m. and the Night Shift show will kick off at 7 p.m.
Because tickets are “extremely limited,” fans are encouraged to . Pre-sale tickets go live on Oct. 28 with purchases limited to two tickets per person; more info is available at this link. Aaron Paul stars in “Dispatch” as the voice of Robert Robertson, a.k.a.
Mecha Man, who is at the center of a dysfunctional team of misfit heroes. You play as dispatch operator Robert, who must strategize about who to send to emergencies around the city, all while balancing office politics, personal relationships, and his own quest to become a hero with a damaged suit. The game’s cast includes Laura Bailey (“The Last of Us Part II,” Critical Role), Erin Yvette (“Hades II,” “The Wolf Among Us”) and Jeffrey Wright (“American Fiction,” “The Batman”).
AdHoc chief operating officer Nick Herman and CEO Michael Choung, two of the studio’s founders, say the concert-style “Dispatch: Night Shift” experience has been in the works since January. At that time, several of the musicians who participated in the “Dispatch” soundtrack were asking if they could include assets from the game in their own live performances. Why don’t we create a place for everyone and have basically like a mini-festival and celebrate all this stuff,” Herman says.
It’s kind of similar to ‘Dispatch’ where we had never made a premium animated television show through that pipeline. It’s kind of nice not knowing because then you just ask for crazy stuff, and then they go, OK, and then we’ll figure it out.” Choung says Herman has had “Night Shift” “written in the top corner in permanent marker” for the team since the beginning of the year, when the game was coming off the high of impressive early sales and multiple 2025 Game Awards nominations. And then Nick was like, let’s do this.
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