Back in 2012 Muse Games, who you may know from the popular Guns of Icarus series on desktop and consoles or from their very intriguing upcoming mobile brawler Hamsterdam, partnered up with Chillingo to bring a very cool puzzle platformer to mobile called CreaVures. In it you’d take control of a cast of 5 different creatures who each had unique abilities that would help you progress through the various puzzles in the game, similar to something like the classic The Lost Vikings. Well, as is often the case in these circumstances, the publishing deal with Chillingo expired and eventually CreaVures was taken off the App Store. However, this tale has a pretty happy ending as Muse was able to get the rights for CreaVures back and are set to release a remastered version that’s published under their own company next week on January 31st.
The coolest part? The CreaVures re-release will be completely free. No ads, no IAP, no shenanigans. Instead, given the devastation the hurricane season wrought last year, there will be a link inside the game which will take players to the Unicef page where they can choose to make a donation that will go towards hurricane victims. The remaster also includes some improved visuals and is using the newest version of Unity so it should be running better than ever. CreaVures is a more thoughtful, laid-back platformer that has some really clever puzzle designs and characters with a lot of personality. I’m happy to see it returning and if you missed out on it before then treat yourself to the totally free remastered version when it launches at the end of the month.
