Press Play ApS was a Danish video game development studio based in central

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. Since 2006, Press Play have released five titles, including the '' Max & the Magic Marker'', '' Max: The Curse of Brotherhood'' and ''

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''. In 2012 the studio was acquired by

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and Press Play was then part of the

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family along with other studios like

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, Rare,

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and

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. On March 7, 2016, Microsoft announced the plan to close Press Play, and their title, ''

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'', was cancelled. On March 10, 2016, Press Play was officially closed by Microsoft Studios. After the closure, the founders of Press Play founded a new studio called Flashbulb Games, and is working on a new sandbox game called ''Trailmakers''. On November 10, 2016, Flashbulb acquired Press Play and its library of games to republish under the Flashbulb name, including ''Kalimba'', ''Tentacles: Enter the Mind'', and ''Max: The Curse of Brotherhood''.

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* {{Europe-videogame-company-stub Former Microsoft subsidiaries Video game development companies Danish companies established in 2006 Video game companies established in 2006 Video game companies disestablished in 2016 Defunct video game companies of Denmark Video game companies based in Copenhagen 2016 disestablishments in Denmark