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  1. Background
  2. Pre-orders never sent out and no response to refund requests
  3. First Press Games' response
  4. Lawsuit
  5. Consumer response
  6. References
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First Press Games is a limited physical game production company that rarely sends out anything they claim to be selling even after 3-6 years of waiting for them to produce it.

Background

First Press Games is a German company that sells physical video games in limited production runs.[1] They are one of the many companies who sell these sort of limited pre-orders of physical games. The vast majority of products they have up for pre-order on their site have been up and purchasable for many years, however they have shipped out a very low amount of copies of games. The biggest game they have sold to date is Chained Echoes by Mattias Linda.

Pre-orders never sent out and no response to refund requests

According to reports from many consumers,[2][3][4][5] First Press Games almost never sends out the products they advertise for pre-order. They also ignore refund requests e-mailed to them. If an e-mail response ever comes, it will be telling the sender to wait longer. Chained Echoes, the biggest game they've sold, have only shipped out a partial amount of the PS4 edition of the game despite, according to them, having the chips and cases for the Nintendo Switch version since 2024.

In short, essentially everyone who has ordered a game from this company from 2022 to now has not received what they ordered, and it is advisable not to order anything from this company, or if you already did, get a refund from your payment processor.

First Press Games' response

The company has claimed over and over various reasons[6][7] for not producing or sending out their games via their X (formerly Twitter) account or news blog, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, printing service issues, lack of employees, and many more, but the multi-year delays on sending out games they put up for pre-order as far back as 2019 lend credence to the idea that this company doesn't intend to ever send out anything, or doesn't have the funds to do so, or if they do have the funds, want to keep these funds.

Lawsuit

The creator of Chained Echoes, Matias Linda, announced on 11 March 2026 that he would seek legal action against First Press Games due to their actions in not producing his game, as many people are directing their anger towards him over their lack of delivery.[8] No further information is available on the lawsuit as of 5 June 2026.

Consumer response

Consumers are consistently reporting that they never receive anything from First Press Games, and that ordering from this company should be avoided as such.

References

  1. ↑ "First Press Games Imprint". First Press Games. Archived from the original on 21 May 2026. Retrieved 5 Jun 2026.
  2. ↑ TheDreamingHawk (30 May 2024). "Slawomir Mionskowski Stole Your Money. First Press Games Ghosts more Refund Requests/Developers". Seafoam Gaming. Archived from the original on 6 Jan 2026. Retrieved 5 Jun 2026.
  3. ↑ "First Press Games TrustPilot Reviews". TrustPilot. Archived from the original on 6 Jun 2026. Retrieved 5 Jun 2026.
  4. ↑ Smash JT (16 Apr 2024). "First Press Games SCAM". Smash JT. Archived from the original on 6 Jun 2026. Retrieved 5 Jun 2026.
  5. ↑ Seafoam Gaming (14 Dec 2023). "First Press Games is Ghosting Indie Developers (Project Blue, Mindseize, POWA), not paying them". ResetEra. Archived from the original on 6 Jun 2026. Retrieved 5 Jun 2026.
  6. ↑ "News". First Press Games. Archived from the original on 21 May 2026. Retrieved 5 Jun 2026.
  7. ↑ "First Press Games on X". X. Archived from the original on 6 Jun 2026. Retrieved 5 Jun 2026.
  8. ↑ Parker, Lewis (11 Mar 2026). "Chained Echoes Dev 'Preparing A Lawsuit' Against First Press Games For Failing To Make Physical Copies". Kotaku. Archived from the original on 11 Mar 2026. Retrieved 5 Jun 2026.
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