At the 2019 edition of the MURAL Festival in Montreal, Panache Digital Games and Private Division have commissioned local artist Bryan Beyung to create a work inspired by Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey.

To create this mural located at the corner of Coloniale and Roy Streets in Montreal, the artist first met with the creative team behind the game Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey. He then traveled to Africa during the Neogene period and discussed the game's inspirations and ambitions with Patrice Désilets, creative director and co-founder of Panache.

Bryan Beyung then created a unique work inspired by the lush vegetation of the African jungle 10 million years ago. Bryan thus transposes his vision of human evolution, putting food at the heart of his mural.

ABOUT ANCESTORS: THE HUMANKIND ODYSSEY

Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is an open-world game in which players must survive the ruthless world of Africa 10 million years ago. To do so, they must explore their environment, develop their clan and expand their territory in order to evolve through species and generations. For more information or to purchase the game, go to www.ancestorsgame.com.

ABOUT BRYAN BEYUNG

Beyung was born in Montreal, among a Chinese-Cambodian refugee family. Trained in graphic design, Beyung is aware of the infinite possibilities digital technologies as to offer, he remains careful concerning their aesthetics, preferring intuitive methods allowing for a more abstract picturing, raw lines and deliberate imperfections – an influence taking roots in its past as a graffiti artist. Between figurative and abstract art, he creates dynamic compositions where he deconstructs forms to give a second approach to an image, an idea, a memory. His works can be seen in the United States, Canada, Haiti, Spain, and Cambodia.

ABOUT PANACHE DIGITAL GAMES

Panache Digital Games is an indie studio located in Montreal, co-founded in 2014 by acclaimed creative director Patrice Désilets and his partner Jean-François Boivin. With a team of industry veterans, Panache Digital Games' goal is to offer an outstanding experience to its fans by offering spectacular, original and fun games. Pushing the limits and going off the beaten path are part of the team's DNA and our way of developing games is the result. For more information, please visit our website www.panachedigitalgames.com.

ABOUT MURAL FESTIVAL

Montreal’s MURAL Festival is an eleven day event celebrating the international urban art movement. Championing live art, music, exhibitions and artist talks, the Festival is an important gathering of the global artistic community. World class musicians and visual artists collaborate for a cultural celebration in the heart of Montreal on the Saint-Laurent Boulevard.

ABOUT PRIVATE DIVISION

Private Division is a developer-oriented publisher. It gives independent studios the power to develop the games they are passionate about? while providing the support they need to make their creations critical and commercial successes on a global scale. The label publishes the Kerbal Space Program franchise and will release other games from talented and renowned studios, such as Obsidian Entertainment's The Outer Worlds, Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey from Panache Digital Games, Disintegration from V1 Interactive, and many others. Private Division is based in New York City with offices in Seattle, Las Vegas and Munich. For more information, visit www.privatedivision.com.

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