El Hijo - A Wild West Tale Wins Award at DCP 2021!

The non-violent, wild west stealth game is awarded Germany's "Best Family Game"

Giebelstadt, Germany, April 14th, 2021
El Hijo – A Wild West Tale
by HandyGames, international indie-publisher from Giebelstadt, Germany was voted Best Family Game by the Der Deutsche Computerspielpreis jury and awarded € 80.000 in prize money.

Precisely because of its setting and accessibility, as well as the unique atmosphere and emotional story, the game is equally enjoyable for younger players and adults alike. The jury has been convinced by the exciting Wild West adventure which families can experience collectively.

The spaghetti-western stealth game has already been named Best Indie-Title by the gamescom-Award in 2019.

The non-violent, wild west stealth game El Hijo is awarded Germany's "Best Family Game"
The non-violent, wild west stealth game El Hijo is awarded Germany's "Best Family Game"

About El Hijo - A Wild West Tale:

El Hijo - A Wild West Tale is an exciting spaghetti-western stealth game, in which players assume the role of a 6-year-old boy looking for his mother and finding adventure. Young El Hijo has to sneak his way past many dangers posed by his environment and the people therein. Gaining self-confidence with every new challenge, he steadily improves his abilities to get past his opponents. On his journey, he finds himself in a remote monastery, the unforgiving desert, and a grim border town full of crime and villainy.

El Hijo - A Wild West Tale is available on Nintendo Switch, Sony Playstation, Microsoft Xbox, and PC.

Presskit for El Hijo - A Wild West Tale:

https://media.handy-games.com/ElHijo/

 

 

 

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Games are our passion. Since our founding at the turn of the millennium, we have been steadily evolving our company and portfolio to publish and produce award-winning titles for cutting-edge consoles, PC, and VR, as well as premium mobile games from great teams around the world.

We are proud of our ever-growing and colorful portfolio - from hilarious games for the whole family to deep and sometimes dark topics presented in an interactive format. Games are and always will be entertainment media, but we firmly believe they are capable of much more.

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