Order up! PlateUp! serves up a tasty helping of chaotic, cooperative kitchen action to consoles on November 2nd 2023

Bristol, UK – 7 September, 2023 – Bon Appetit, you’re in for a treat! MICHELIN Star indie developer It’s Happening and acclaimed-restaurateur slash publisher Yogscast Games are thrilled to announce their restaurant management, roguelike title PlateUp! will be coming to Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and Series S on November 2nd 2023. In addition, PlateUp! is being added to the menu on Xbox Game Pass. 

Watch the release date trailer here

If you’re still feeling peckish for more, PlateUp! will also be at WASD x IGN from Thursday 14th September to Saturday 16th September 2023 available to play on the show floor, with the It’s Happening team also available for interview.

PlateUp! serves up robust kitchen and restaurant management gameplay with a sizable pinch of strategic planning and two cups of deep roguelike mechanics to create the ultimate culinary experience. Build your restaurant from the ground up, and take full creative control. From menus to fully automated kitchens to serve customers – PlateUp! lets you design and expand your restaurant to meet the challenge of remaining open for 15 days (and beyond!).

GAME FEATURES

• COOK! Cook together with up to four players in classic co-op action, preparing your choice of cuisines — from salads to steak, fast-food to five-star gourmet. Build your kitchen, choose your equipment, write your menu and plate up.
• SERVE! A restaurant worth its salt (and pepper) will be built to operate without a hitch! As important as what happens in the kitchen is what happens outside of it – seating customers, delivering orders and handling difficult customers.  Managing smooth front-of-house operations helps to ensure that you don’t leave customers with a bitter taste.
• UPGRADE! From high-tech, automated robo-kitchens to expertly curated art collections – once your shift ends, decide on how to spend your hard-earned cash! Fit brand new turbo-ovens, slap a coat of paint on the walls or hire in a fancy maître d’ to customize the restaurant to your exact liking. 
• EXPAND! Once you’ve completed all of the goals in your first location, it’s time to branch out! Bring new unlocks and upgrades with you to a brand-new, procedurally-generated spot – with its own climate, customers and conditions to boot! When your shift is complete, return to franchise HQ to view your achievements, customise your characters and upgrade your kit for your next adventure.

“It has been a joy to see PlateUp! grow and watch the community’s reaction to the game across the last year since our launch on Steam,” says head chef and developer Alastair Janse van Rensburg, “Now with PlateUp! coming to consoles, we’re excited to welcome a whole new host of diners and prospective restaurateurs!”

A number of physical editions of PlateUp! are coming to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 courtesy of Numskull Games. The standard edition can be grabbed for £34.99 / $39.95 / €39.99. A Collector’s Edition, which comes with 4 exclusive figurines based on the iconic characters of PlateUp! comes in at £49.99 / $59.95 / €59.99. Pre-Order today from Numskull Games.

Physical editions will be available on the 3rd November in the EU, and 7th November in North America.

<sup>About It’s Happening

It’s Happening is a team of two developers based in Bristol, UK. Originally a one-man team, Alastair Janse van Rensburg produced PlateUp! on his own over lockdown – his first game and a smash hit.</sup>

<sup>Yogscast Games

Yogscast Games was established in 2017, with a simple goal: to work with small teams to develop and publish games which are as fun to watch as they are to play. Its most recent releases have included poker-powered deckbuilding game ‘Aces & Adventures’, the wickedly amoral ‘Trolley Problem, Inc.’ and the wildly successful restaurant management roguelike ‘PlateUp!’ which recently passed 1.1m Steam units sold.</sup>

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