Jackbox Games has unveiled the release dates and trailers for its upcoming “Trivia Murder Party 3″ and “Party Pack 12.” “Party Pack 12″ (unveiled in the trailer above) will be available Oct. 15. The launches come as Jackbox is experiencing a major moment of validation, with streaming giants including Netflix and Amazon shifting their gaming strategies to focus on casual games — the kind Jackbox has been regularly making since its annual “Party Pack” released in 2014. We don’t necessarily consider AAA games to be competition for us,” Bilder says.
But our competition isn’t ‘Fortnite’ or ‘GTA,’ our competition is the game of Life or Clue, or Charades, or ‘Rock Band,’ or something that somebody’s going to play at a party where there’s a couple hours to hang out with friends or family. So we do think getting to very casual audiences is a great strategy for us. So being available on smart TVs and on hardware that people have in their homes that maybe those people don’t consider themselves gamers — they don’t own an Xbox or PlayStation, but they have a smart TV and they know how to download a Netflix or Hulu app.” Bilder says Jackbox is currently working on its own proprietary “streaming solution” that will launch later this year, “but allows Jackbox games to play on those platforms as well.” “We really think that’s an interesting opportunity of expansion and focus,” Bilder says.
It somewhat validates what you’re doing, but I also think it’s kind of lifting all boats for us, too. And hopefully, there’s more eyeballs and opportunity for folks to find out about Jackbox Games and have a device in their home that they can play about.” In addition to playing in a less competitive genre, Jackbox is offering lower-spec games than its AAA competition. But that isn’t how Jackbox thinks about it.
So the games that they were choosing were geared toward the stuff they already had because the cost of upgrading was too cost prohibitive to basically take that on, and I think that that’s pretty amazing. It’s a pretty amazing move to see people understand that value isn’t necessarily just based on how many polygons you’re moving on a screen.” Currently, Jackbox is available across 13 platforms, and as Bilder said, is developing a streaming service for smart TVs. Under Kniaz’s team, Jackbox is also exploring publishing third-party games and has announced its first title in that space, “My Arms Are Longer Now.” But the party-game publisher’s main focus is still its own IP, like “Trivia Murder Party,” which began as an offering in a “Party Pack” and has since spun out into its own franchise due to popularity.
And as Mike is saying, we’re always open to partnership. It just has to line up, and it has to make sense for the games, and it has to make sense for our player.” The upcoming “Party Pack 12″ includes the below games: • We Forgot a Card (Design, Joke-Writing): A game where you craft ridiculous greeting cards for weird occasions with the option to purchase them IRL. You’re running late to your big event and you stumble upon a shop with limited options.
Time to get creative.• MegaPals (Speed, Guessing): A mind-melding game that celebrates friends both old and new. See how connected you are with your pals through impulsive wordsmithing and explosive match-ups. How well do you know how your fellow players think?• Debate and Switch (Presentation, Head-to-Head): A game of dispute and discussion where lighthearted topics meet lively debate.
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