This Is the Police — patch notes and updates
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| Hollywood Animal is out now on Steam in Early Access! Weappy Sale starts! | 2025-04-10 | Hollywood Animal Early Access is now available on Steam! The current version of the game offers about 20 in-game years and over 30 hours of gameplay. We plan to release monthly content updates, along with regular fixes and tweaks. A lot has changed since we released the Christmas demo, so we strongly recommend starting a fresh save. For the first week, Hollywood Animal will be available at a 10% discount. Purchase now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2680550/Hollywood_Animal/ Weappy Developer Sale From April 10th to 17th, enjoy discounts of up to 80% on Weappy's games! Grab the latest release, Hollywood Animal, with a 10% discount, along w |
| The trick behind Hollywood Animal look | 2024-11-19 | Hello, New video 'Hollywood Animal — The trick behind Hollywood Animal look' is out! Today we reveal our tricks for creating the Diablo 2 parallax effect in Hollywood Animal, intended to show depth and perspective on the movie studio map. See it yourself: Demo version is coming out in the middle of December! Prepare yourself by adding to wishlist and following the Hollywood Animal Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2680550/Hollywood_Animal/ |
| Early Access Release Date, New Demo and Video | 2024-10-29 | In Hollywood Animal, you'll take the lead of your own film studio, and carve out a place for yourself under the bright Californian sun. But it won't be enough to just place buildings, and hire people, and come up with stories to make into films. After all, you're not the only dreamer in this town. And this time, your competitors aren't the background abstractions you might be expecting in this genre. No, these rivals are cunning, insidious, and willing to cross any line. You'll find out about all it – and much more – in the new gameplay video. Put your skills to the test on January 16, 2025, when Hollywood Animal goes live on Steam Early Acce |
| New video for The Eternal Life of Goldman drops today! | 2024-10-10 | 'The Eternal Life of Goldman — Hand crafted to the smallest detail" video drops today! The Eternal Life of Goldman is meticulously drawn, colored and animated by hand using classic frame-by-frame techniques. Wishlist now: https://store.steampowered.com/app/2254950/The_Eternal_Life_of_Goldman/ Enjoy & stay tuned! |
| The Eternal Life of Goldman — 8 minutes of gameplay | 2024-09-11 | Hello! Gamescom 2024 visitors were the first players to try out The Eternal Life of Goldman, a frame-by-frame hand-drawn platformer adventure. Now you can see the demo in our new gameplay video. Enjoy! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2254950/The_Eternal_Life_of_Goldman/ |
| Hollywood Animal participates in Steam Next Fest | 2024-06-10 | Steam Next Fest starts in a couple of hours! We're delighted to invite you to play the Hollywood Animal demo version and watch streams on our Steam page. We'll be grateful if you wishlist and follow our game during the Steam Next Fest period. https://store.steampowered.com/app/2680550/Hollywood_Animal/ See DansGaming playing Hollywood Animal at 1 PM PT or 10 PM CET on our Steam page. Discord users alert: For the past few weeks, you have asked us for a Discord server, and today, we're glad to invite you. Feel free to discuss the demo in the discussion section here and here. To report a technical issue go here. To report localization issues go |
| Play Hollywood Animal Demo | 2024-05-30 | Hollywood Animal Demo Released! Find yourself in the chair of a Hollywood executive, in the midst of the Great Depression. Enter tense negotiations, make unpleasant compromises, face war and social upheaval – and remember, art always requires sacrifice. See for yourself in the free demo, which spans the first few hours of the game. Feel free to discuss the demo in the discussion section here and here. To report a technical issue go here. To report localization issues go here. We'll be happy with your screenshots, videos and reviews on Steam and beyond its limits. Play the demo and add Hollywood Animal to your wishlist. We appreciate your supp |
| Poor Sheep | A 'Hollywood Animal' Short Film | 2024-05-14 | In the free demo version of Hollywood Animal on Steam, you'll manage your movie business for the two years spanning 1929 to 1930. The Great Depression, Prohibition, mafia wars – and your very own adventure film about a hapless knight who's drawing the line at sharing his beloved with an ancient demon. Isn’t that just wonderful? What better way to celebrate a movie game than releasing a movie of your own? -- Which brings us to "Poor Sheep", a short but compelling tale set in the world of Hollywood Animal. And bear in mind, everything you see in this short – and much more – can actually be done in the game. See it for yourself on May 30. https: |
| HOLLYWOOD ANIMAL "How To Make a Quick Buck With a Shameless Sequel" | 2024-03-07 | Your film unexpectedly became the highest-grossing picture of 1959. Where do you go from here? Of course, you capitalize on your success by cutting all possible corners and making an epically monstrous sequel! After all, that's exactly what our latest video is all about. In Hollywood Animal, you run a movie studio over the course of decades, and you're free to grow it however you please — even if it means turning it into a soulless corporate juggernaut. “There's something strangely satisfying about doing things in games that you hate seeing done in real life," say the developers from Weappy. "You might not find a single cinephile who rejoices |
| Hollywood Animal Free Demo is Coming Soon | 2024-01-26 | Hello, Hollywood Animal will participate in Steam Next Fest with the demo version. Wishlist and follow the game to stay tuned and play the demo first! https://store.steampowered.com/app/2680550/Hollywood_Animal/ |
| This Is the Police is 75% off during the Steam Autumn Sale! | 2023-11-22 | Buy This Is the Police here https://store.steampowered.com/app/443810/This_Is_the_Police/ Have a look at the art from the recent game update 'Bloody Shirt' And don't forget to wishlist our upcoming game, Hollywood Animal https://store.steampowered.com/app/2680550/Hollywood_Animal/ |
| HOLLYWOOD ANIMAL announced — plus new investigations for This Is the Police 1&2 | 2023-11-08 | We're back! Hollywood Animal is coming to PC in 2024! In a new strategy game from the creators of This Is the Police, you'll take the helm of a film studio in the late 1920s, and guide it through decades of tough choices. If you liked the gritty style of our previous games, please come give Hollywood Animal a look and add it to your wishlist. To celebrate the announcement, we created a gift for fans of This Is the Police: two new investigations. The first sets up the story in This Is the Police 1, and the other continues it in This Is the Police 2. (And yes, it involves the venerated Bloody Shirt film franchise). If you're reading this, the i |
| Bloody Shirt | 2023-11-01 | If you've played This Is the Police, you may remember the Bloody Shirt action films the characters often rhapsodize about. It's finally time to reveal the story of the first, and by most accounts, the best film of the series. Johnny Mastroianni has a good life. He works as a corporate lawyer. His family adores him. And he even has the time to pursue his favorite hobby: Johnny designs men's suits in his basement workshop. He has a special talent for silk shirts. But for Johnny this isn't just a hobby — it's also a chance for him to get closer to his roots. His grandfather and father were tailors as well, and indeed Johnny dreams of reviving th |
| This Is the President is now available! | 2021-12-06 | The Eagle is on the Move! This Is the President Launches Today, New Trailer Minsk, Belarus / Vienna, Austria, December 6th, 2021 – Today is the day. Time to take command and become the next President of the United States of America. For the greater good? More like, for your own good. Don't forget, you’ll need to get the 28th Amendment to the Constitution ratified, no matter the cost. To do so, you'll need to maintain a good approval rating, so you'll have to work on creating some popular policies. Maybe regulating those nasty video games to protect the children? Or create a legal framework on the harmonious coexistence of Man and Robot? How a |
| Become the Most Powerful Person in the World in This Is the President! | 2021-11-10 | Hail to the Chief: Become the Most Powerful Person in the World in This Is the President Minsk, Belarus / Vienna, Austria, November 10th, 2021 – Ladies and Gentlemen, the next President of the United States of America: You! In this upcoming story-driven satirical thriller, you are elected to the most influential position in the world with just one goal in mind: advancing your own agenda. With a history as a shady, rich, and ruthless businessman, you're under investigation by the FBI. They don't have proof yet, but eventually, they’ll dig something up. Being president grants you immunity and to keep it that way, you'll have to pass the 28th Am |
| Rebel Cops is out now! | 2019-09-17 | Lead a ragtag squad of cops in rebellion against their town's new criminal power and see how long you can hold out in this unforgiving turn-based spin-off that takes place seven years after the events of This Is the Police 2! Rebel Cops is available for just $9.99 with 10% launch discount, offering 15 hours of challenging gameplay. And if you're an owner of This Is the Police 2, you get 20% off! https://store.steampowered.com/app/970960/Rebel_Cops/ |
| Not all heroes wear badges | 2019-09-03 | https://steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net/steamcommunity/public/images/clans/23486552/279bdf1ebd1484d8a42fe96aa2c73cb072d76f5d.gif |
| This Is the Police 2: Out Now on Early Parole | 2018-07-31 | Vienna, Austria/Minsk, Belarus, July 31st, 2018: What's wrong with our publishing buttons? Somebody write us a ticket: After forgetting to press the ‘Go Live’ button for the original This Is The Police PC release, this time we pressed it a bit too early… So ignore our previous 2 August release date: This Is the Police 2 is out… now! And that two-day head start is good, as Sharpwood desperately needs a new Sheriff. We hope you’re ready to report for duty. Watch the release trailer on YouTube: https://youtu.be/f9exnCXfx1w Listen to the soundtrack on YouTube: https://youtu.be/qz32T9oYmiU This Is the Police 2 is out now on PC, Mac and Linux as di |
| Emergency? Call 8-2-18-Police2: This Is the Police 2 due in August | 2018-07-02 | Vienna, Austria/Minsk, Belarus, July 2nd, 2018 - Blast those sirens: THQ Nordic and Weappy Studio are pleased to announce that This Is the Police 2 will be released one month from today, on August 2nd 2018, for PC/Mac/Linux. Watch the latest gameplay trailer on YouTube: https://youtu.be/iu-xKlBpT_4 https://store.steampowered.com/app/785740/This_Is_the_Police_2/ About This Is the Police 2 Just like the first game, This Is the Police 2 is a mixture of adventure and management genres, and this time it enjoys further mechanics that will strengthen both the strategic and tactical parts of the game. It won’t be enough just managing the equipment of |
| This Is the Police 2 announced! | 2018-01-30 | There’s a new sheriff in town! Interpret the law as you see fit in This Is the Police 2 Sequel to the acclaimed This Is the Police comes to PC and consoles later this year Vienna, Austria/Minsk, Belarus, January 30th, 2018: Welcome to Sharpwood, a remote border town in the north. It's a rough, cold place, where inhabitants know their neighbors by name and faithfully keep to their traditions, no matter how barbaric those traditions might be. Smugglers, gangs and screaming populists have made this town their home. Despair grows like a cancer, hand in hand with violence. Make sure to wishlist this game to stay up-to-date. This Is the YouTube Tra |