Sparrow Night & Twin Sails Launch News Tower 1.0 – The Definitive 1930s Newsroom Tycoon Hits Steam with New Factions, Rivalries, & Late-Decade Campaign
Stop the presses! Sparrow Night and Twin Sails Interactive proudly announce the 1.0 launch of News Tower, the 1930s newsroom tycoon game where players rise from a humble neighborhood gazette to a media powerhouse dominating New York City’s newsstands. Now available on Steam, News Tower invites players to master every layer of newspaper production, from printing floors and darkrooms to editorial judgement, political influence, and fierce circulation battles. To celebrate launch, News Tower is discounted 20% until December 2nd. Experience the golden age of journalism and decide what truth is worth printing.
Guide the Press, Win the Public
News Tower blends classic tycoon depth with a richly atmospheric 1930s newsroom fantasy, challenging players to:
- Run a full production pipeline, including printers, darkrooms, pneumatic tubes, supplies delivery, and more
- Build your dream media HQ by hiring editors, reporters, copywriters, ad sellers, janitors, and lawyers
- Shape your papers’ editorial line by choosing story leads, from integrity-first reporting to sensational front-page drama, to appeal to different kinds of readership and advertisers
- Navigate influence and competing attention from the Mayor’s office, the Mafia, High Society, and the Military. Remember, you can’t please them all.
- Rise from a scrappy start in Brooklyn to a skyscraper empire stretching through Manhattan, Staten Island, Queens, the Bronx, and beyond, fighting rival papers for control of New York’s readers.
Every edition, every hire, every favor, every scandal. Your newsroom’s reputation and survival hang in the balance. Integrity or influence? Objectivism or sensationalism? Build a legacy or break one.
1.0 Launch Highlights
News Tower 1.0 delivers the game’s largest content expansion to date, including:
- Campaign extended to 1939 with hundreds of new stories from the United States and Europe
- New Faction: The Military with missions and high-stakes ethical dilemmas
- Updated faction quests, reputation systems, and narrative paths, new buildings, decorations, and city districts
- Competitor and turf clashes with rival newspapers and district control battles
- Revamped editorial perception system impacting readership, boosting or hurting sales.
- New tower layouts and late-game expansion options
- Global leaderboards and achievements
- Expanded localizations in French, Spanish, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Polish, Russian, and Simplified Chinese
This milestone marks the final step from Early Access to full newsroom domination.
A Love Letter to Journalism’s Golden Age
Crafted by Rotterdam’s five-person indie studio Sparrow Night and powered by a live-recorded jazz soundtrack, News Tower transports players to an era of typewriters, flashbulbs, and smelly editorial rooms. The original score, recorded with members of the New Cool Collective, channels the energy of Count Basie and Duke Ellington to recreate the pulse of a deadline-driven newsroom.
News Tower has already earned major praise, including four wins at the Dutch Game Awards and recognition from The New York Times as “2024’s most fascinating management simulation.”
News Tower is now available on Steam for 24.99 USD for PC and macOS, with a launch discount of 20% until December 2. Raise your newsroom from underdog to city-shaping media empire and decide who gets to make the news.
If you are interested in learning more about News Tower, visit the Twin Sails Website, Sparrow Night Website, join the conversation on Discord, or follow the company on X, Instagram, or Facebook for updates. Don’t forget to check out the News Tower soundtrack on Spotify or YouTube — perfect for writing headlines or chasing deadlines.
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