Experience three different WW2 battles in Strategic Mind’s fifth installment 

UKRAINE – August 28, 2023 – Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty, a hardcore, turn-based, historically accurate strategy game set in WWII  from developer Starni Games and publisher Hyperstrange, marches towards victory today on PC via Steam.

Command Finnish forces and fend off legions of Soviet soldiers and Axis Powers in a legendary story of perseverance. Survive brutal battles during a historically dark period of the World War II era, and strategize defensive warfare tactics in a fight to protect the citizens of Finland from annihilation.

Step into history and experience a historically accurate campaign spanning the Winter War, Continuation War and Lapland War, or experience an alternative timeline with “what-if” battles. Navigate maps both small and large with real-world landmarks and objectives, and witness the realities of war through the eyes of authentic historical figures. Though outnumbered, achieve perfect positioning and line-of-sight advantages to outsmart the brute force of the soviets in historically accurate, turn-based isometric battles.  

Spend resources wisely while upgrading and outfitting Finnish armies with the latest firepower, and level up squadrons of soldiers to learn new skills. Equip special equipment for every battle situation with close-quarters molotov cocktails and long-range anti-armor rifles to keep enemy tanks at bay. Capture Soviet vehicles to bolster your ranks, and even the odds with British Bombers, Dutch Fokkers and US fighter planes

Call upon the aid of historic heroes to overcome insurmountable odds. Inflict damage from afar with Simo Häyhä, the deadliest sniper of World War 2 history, and witness the realities of war with more than 60 minutes of cinematics featuring Finnish figureheads such as Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Risto Heikki Ryti, and many more. 

Achieve an edge against the enemy in all aspects. Use reconnaissance to gain enemy intel before battle, and consult HQ to discuss the optimal approach to nullify the ever-advancing Soviets. Implement incendiary shells to maximize damage, and call in air support to both spot enemies from afar and rain death from above. Wait for the perfect time to strike with day-night cycles that present strategic advantages. 

“We are very passionate about the history of war, and as game developers we are able to combine these stories with a strategic thinking model in our titles,” said Ihor Tymoshenko, CEO of Starni Games. “Fans of the historical genre will be happy to experience this next installment in our catalog of titles.”

Strategic Mind: Spirit of Liberty launches today on Windows PC via Steam for $29.99 USD. For more information, visit Starni Games official website, follow them on Twitter and Youtube, as well as publisher Hyperstrange’s official website, follow them on Twitter, Youtube, and join the Discord. There will also be interface and subtitle support for the English (audio as well), French, German, Simplified Chinese.

About Starni Games

Starni Games is a game development studio with a focus on creating harcore strategy and  role-playing games with an immersive narrative. The studio was founded in 2015 by Ihor Tymoshenko, a programmer with 20 years of experience. The team now consists of 15 members, focusing on the Strategic Mind series including The Pacific, Blitzkrieg, Spectre of Communism, Fight for Freedom, and now Spirit of Liberty.

About HYPERSTRANGE

Hyperstrange is a games development and publishing studio operating from Warsaw, Poland. Founded on the day of 2015 Solar Eclipse, the team continues to bring Metal, Fantasy, Action and Hyper-strangeness to gamers worldwide. Some Hyperstrange’s works include the Blood West, the upcoming immersive stealth FPS horror set in the wicked Wild West and Post: Brain Damaged, an action-oriented take on Running With Scissors’ cult game series.

WARSAW/HAMBURG, (August 28th, 2023) — Yaza Games and Daedalic Entertainment are thrilled to announce the latest uproarious update for Inkulinati, the whimsical turn-based strategy medieval romp that keeps players coming back for more. In response to the enthusiastic Inkulinati community, this new update introduces a cavalcade of exciting additions that will leave fans roaring with delight – going bananas, if you will –, and will serve as a great starting point for new players to jump in. Inkulinati is part of the Steam Strategy Fest that just started and is therefore reduced in price by 40% for the next two weeks. 

Watch the Hilarious New Trailer Here!

https://www.youtube.com/embed/b1yReVK9iY4 Beneath its seemingly mirthful facade, Inkulinati has proven to be a formidable strategic challenge, and the good-natured minds at Yaza Games have been hard at work, heeding the counsel of players and weaving their wishes into this 3rd major update. Prepare to embrace the following additions:

• New Beasts – the Ape Army! – This Army is made up of four new Beasts/units. The three “classic” style units, so long range, short range, mid range, as well as the unique Ape Assistant. These Beasts are loud, they drink, and they have a cheeky butt! Could be a crowd favourite.
• New Inkulinati Master – The Ape Professor! – The leader of the Ape Army. The Ape Professor comes with his own unique Hand Actions as well as his own special hand (yep, it’s a furry monkey paw). The Professor also has new talents available to him. Together with this Inkulinati Master and the new Beasts, that’s a whole new army that’s being added to the game.
• New Battlefields – There are new Battlefields that have been added to the game. Who doesn’t like new Battlefields to play on… Adds more variety to your battling needs and new scenarios to make your brain cells percolate .
• New Intermediate Lessons in the Academy – We’ve added new lessons so that people can get to know the game’s nuance a bit more and see the depth of it. It’s all about honing and creating future Inkulinati masters.
• Assorted Improvements – The team at Yaza also made a lot of improvements, quality of life changes, more diversity in battlefield in Journey mode, re-jigged the Dance Macabre according to feedback, and other smaller changes.

After an interminable 700-year wait, Inkulinati now stands proudly in early access on PC Early Access and Xbox Game Preview. Stay attuned to the inky indie on Yaza Games’ website.

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About Yaza Games

Yaza Games is a small studio from Poland. Met by pure chance, we want to surprise you with our hand-crafted worlds that may contain a bit of absurd humour. One of us wants to do over-complicated strategies, while the rest never read tutorials. We’re working on our first game called Inkulinati – an ink-based strategy game straight from medieval manuscripts, where a rabbit’s bum can be deadlier than a dog’s sword.

About Daedalic Entertainment:

Daedalic Entertainment is a renowned publisher supporting indie-developers for over 17 years, bringing their titles on every major gaming platform. The line-up of games is comprised of a diverse variety of unique titles, focusing on 4 distinct areas: story-telling, strategy, co op-games and wholesome-games. With an international team of around 45 employees, Daedalic is currently developing a new line-up of innovative games across consoles and PC. Recent hits include Barotrauma, Unrailed!, Potion Tycoon, Deponia, Shadow Tactics, Inkulinati, Hidden Deep, Fling to the Finish! and more. In regards to future titles please look out for upcoming games like New Cycle, Reveil, Capes, Magin: The Rat Project Stories, Edge of Sanity, Wild Woods and many more. Since April 2022 Daedalic Entertainment is a subsidiary of French publishing house Nacon.

Play the first full single-player missions from both the Global Defense Forces and Tempest Dynasty campaigns!

AALBORG, Denmark – Aug. 28, 2023 – Slipgate Ironworks and 3D Realms are giving classic real-time strategy fans a double dose of excitement today with the release of Tempest Rising’s new free Steam Strategy Fest demo. Experience the opening single-player campaign missions for both the Global Defense Forces and – for the first time – the deadly Tempest Dynasty, complete with new units, cinematics and music tracks. Check out the game’s new trailer now for a proper introduction to the Tempest Dynasty and their ruthless dominance on the battlefield.

Take command in the totally new first campaign mission for the Tempest Dynasty (DYN) and lead an army of unique units like the Missile Trooper, Ignitor, and Havoc Rocket Buggy into all-out warfare. You can even recruit Civilian Militia as an ally by completing side objectives. The mission also boasts special features such as bridges that can be destroyed and repaired, and the Dynasty’s Technician unit, which can capture buildings, repair vehicles, and plant land mines.

If you missed Tempest Rising’s Steam Playable Preview earlier this month, you can still experience the full first single-player mission of the Global Defense Forces (GDF) campaign. Take on the Tempest Dynasty with core GDF units like the Drone Operator and Sentinel Scout Car, as well as base-building, drone intel, air strikes, and TONS of explosive barrels!

About Tempest Rising

Tempest Rising seamlessly merges the classic action of real-time strategy (RTS) games from the ‘90s and 2000s with modern production and performance standards. Encounter a battle-scarred 1997 in an alternate timeline where the Cuban Missile Crisis went nuclear. In the fallout from the war, a strange red electrical vine known as Tempest started spreading across the planet and changed the course of history. Experience the story of three highly different factions across two campaigns with deep and rewarding gameplay that keeps the focus on strategy and skill, with built-in customization options that let players approach the game their own way in both single-player and multiplayer.

Key Features:

• Classic RTS base-building with fast, fluid, hard-hitting combat and tons of customization
• Three asymmetrical factions, each with unique harvesting models, secondary resource systems, and distinct rosters of units for drastically different play styles
• Two epic single-player campaigns with between-mission cutscenes to drive the story
• Skirmish and multiplayer modes, including ranked matchmaking with Elo rating and unranked matchmaking

To keep up with the latest development updates, follow Tempest Rising on Twitter and Discord.

Eight new chapters, thirteen additional character classes, New Game+

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. – August 28, 2023 – Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga, the pixel squad-based tactics RPG from developer Dancing Dragon Games and publisher Freedom Games, expands the battlefield with new stories, faces, and challenges with the Legends DLC on PCs via Steam today!

Discover what comes after the credits roll in Symphony of War with the Legends DLC, featuring eight new chapters wrapping up the stories of beloved characters as voted on by the Symphony of War community, including Antares, Barnabas, and Jaromir. Test the militaristic limits of 13 new unit classes like the curse-casting Dark Mage, ghastly Necromancer, and beastly War Cat. 

Collect Memory Fragments after beating the main campaign to use as currency to bring previous units and items back onto the battlefield, steeled to capture glory for the squadron once more. Freshen up gameplay and keep battles interesting for war hungry captains looking for ripe opportunities to spill blood in New Game+ with a staggering amount of new gameplay options, including creating an entirely undead army, or maxing out units for incredible damage.

With the addition of necromancy, blur the lines between life and death and collect Unlife Energy with any damage dealt and all health points taken from enemies to cultivate a truly frightening team of undead soldiers. These Risen loyally – and mindlessly – await their next command. Try and try again to create the perfect campaign run, testing complex combinations and making moves until the enemy finally raises the white flag in devastated surrender. 

“Step onto the fields of Tahnra once again and prepare for a trying journey inspired by our community in the form of the Legends DLC,” said Phil Hamilton, Co-Founder of Dancing Dragon Games, “Soldiers who enjoyed Symphony of War can test out new classes, fight harder bosses, and harness the powers of the living dead; only creativity defines the limits of battle!”

Symphony of War is available now on Steam, GOG, and the Epic Game Store in two editions: $19.99 for the standard edition and $34.97 for the Collector’s Edition including the soundtrack, artbook, and strategy guide. Both versions are available in English, French, German, Spanish – Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese – Brazil, and Simplified Chinese. The Legends DLC is available now for $9.99 with English, French, German, Spanish – Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese – Brazil, and Simplified Chinese language support.

To learn more, visit Symphony of War’s official site, join the community on Twitter and Discord, and search #SymphonyOfWar on social media.

About Dancing Dragon Games

Dancing Dragon Games is a two-person development team based in Seattle, Washington. They’ve previously released titles such as Skyborn, Echoes of Aetheria, and Deadly Sin, and their most recent loudly successful launch Symphony of War. The duo works with a number of contractors collaboratively aiming to recreate the same magical feeling that a child feels when they explore a new fantasy world for the first time in every project.

For more information, check out the official Dancing Dragon Games website.

About Freedom Games

Freedom Games is a publisher dedicated to offering best-in-class services to partners and providing players around the world with unique and memorable experiences. With over 50 years of combined industry experience at the executive level, Freedom Games seeks to leverage its expertise to facilitate great games and even better publishing experiences.

To learn more, visit the official Freedom Games website.

Get ready for bite-sized action in this arcadey hide-and-seek action game

STOCKHOLM – Aug. 28, 2023 – Indie developer Cosy Computer and publisher Raw Fury are launching the charming Pizza Possum on Sept. 28, 2023, for PC via Steam, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch. Check out today’s new release date trailer and prepare for an adorable food heist, going solo or together with your co-op critter companion!

Live your best possum life in Cosy Computer’s Pizza Possum, the bite-sized, all-you-can-eat arcade game where you’ve gotta gobble up as much food as you can without getting caught! Experience adorable hide-and-seek action as you scamper around a picturesque seaside town, causing unruly marsupial chaos, evading guards, and risking it all for every last crumb!

Play solo or with a friend via local multiplayer and Steam Remote Play Together as you scurry around a whimsical 3D island world to steal as much delicious food as possible, from decadent cheese wheels to mouth-watering fruit spreads, and, of course, pizza! You’ll need to unlock unique items like smoke bombs, punching gloves and more to stuff your way to victory in this delectable adventure featuring frantic gameplay and intuitive controls.

Pizza Possum is available to wishlist now on Steam. For more information, visit www.PizzaPossum.com, and follow @PizzaPossumGame on Twitter.

About Cosy Computer

Cosy Computer is an indie team based in Berlin, Germany, consisting of co-founders Thomas van den Berg and Friedemann Allmenröder. The two friends teamed up after making games like Kingdom and Islanders.

About Raw Fury

Raw Fury is a boutique indie (un)publisher founded in 2015 by Jonas Antonsson, Gordon Van Dyke, and David Martinez. We do not care about genres or mechanics. We care about experiences and emotions. We want to help developers make magic.

Sydney, Australia – 28 August 2023 – Deep Silver and Starbreeze are proud to announce that PAYDAY 3 has received two gamescom Awards, winning the categories “Best PC Game” and “Most Entertaining Game”.

Almir Listo, Global Brand Director and Head of Community at Starbreeze, accepted the awards during the show in Cologne saying: “With the launch less than a month out, these awards are a huge milestone for us at Starbreeze. We’ve been working hard on making PAYDAY 3 the best sequel possible. Receiving two gamescom Awards, ‘Best PC Game’ and ‘Most Entertaining Game’, is a testament to what our team and our partner Deep Silver have accomplished together. We can’t wait for the world to get to play it. The 21st of September could not come soon enough”.

Andreas Häll-Penninger, Lead Producer PAYDAY 3, continues: “PAYDAY 3 is truly a passion project so getting these awards feels tremendous. I want to thank our fantastic team for making this game come to life, and our dedicated community for keeping the PAYDAY-spirit alive and allowing us to continue to do what we love. We cannot wait to see you in New York on September 21st!”

The gamescom Awards for “Best PC Game” and “Most Entertaining Game” follow a strong presence of PAYDAY 3 at gamescom 2023, with the 99 boxes heist playable in the PLAION Consumer Booth.

The four most well-known clown-masked criminals in recent video game history return from retirement from September 21^st in PAYDAY 3 on PC via PC Game Pass, on Steam and Epic Games Store, as well as Xbox Series S|X Game Pass, PlayStation 5 and GeForce Now.

For more information about PAYDAY 3, please visit: https://www.paydaythegame.com

About Starbreeze AB

Starbreeze is an independent developer, publisher and distributor of PC and console games targeting the global market, with studios in Stockholm, Barcelona, Paris and London. Housing the smash hit IP PAYDAY, Starbreeze develops games based on proprietary and third-party rights, both in-house and in partnership with external game developers. Starbreeze shares are listed on Nasdaq Stockholm under the tickers STAR A and STAR B. For more information, please visit www.starbreeze.com.

About Deep Silver

Deep Silver develops and distributes interactive games for all platforms. The Deep Silver label means to captivate all gamers who have a passion for thrilling gameplay in exciting game worlds by creating products of the highest possible quality, always focusing on what the customer desires. Deep Silver has published more than 200 games since 2003, including its own brands like the open world extravaganza Saints Row, the zombie action franchise Dead Island, and the gritty, post-apocalyptic Metro series. Upcoming highlights from Deep Silver include the next entries into the TimeSplitters and Dead Island franchises. Deep Silver development studios include Deep Silver Dambuster Studios and Free Radical Design, both in Nottingham, UK; Deep Silver Fishlabs in Hamburg, Germany, and Deep Silver Volition based in Champaign, IL, USA. For more information please visit www.deepsilver.com.

All product titles, publisher names, trademarks, artwork and associated imagery are trademarks, registered trademarks and/or copyright material of the respective owners. All rights reserved.

About PLAION

PLAION is a dynamic and diversified business in the global entertainment sector, masterfully crafting franchises that captivate audiences worldwide. Boasting a vast network of nine game development studios, sixteen regional publishing offices, and PLAION PICTURES as an independent film publisher and distributor, the company extends its influence with merchandise production and expansive distribution capabilities across the globe. 

Founded nearly three decades ago, PLAION has firmly established itself within the entertainment arena. With a diverse range of services and solutions, PLAION stands as the premier publishing partner for console and PC games across both physical and digital channels. Moreover, its strong foothold in the Virtual Reality (VR) domain highlights the company’s commitment to varied gaming experiences. 

PLAION is an Embracer Group company. 

2K has announced the all-new badge system coming to NBA 2K24 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, allowing players to focus on their strengths and experiment with different builds to find success with their MyPLAYER.

NBA 2K24 is bringing new elements to the badge system for New Gen that helps players perfect their craft and dominate the positions they love to play. Whether that be a high scoring skilled slasher, a physical ball handler, a playmaker through passing or becoming the best defender in the league, there is something new for everyone to help take their game to new heights.

More details on the all-new badge system coming in NBA 2K24 on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S outlined below:

• More Balanced Badges. NBA 2K24 brings 24 new skill badges to the court, raising the total to 77 badges overall, across MyTEAM and MyCAREER, boasting enhanced flexibility and balance to the game. This year includes new badges for Scoring, Ball-Handling/Passing and Defense to help players build on their strengths and create a MyPLAYER all their own.
• New MyPLAYER Builder Experience. The MyPLAYER builder experience has received some major upgrades. NBA 2K24 will introduce customisable NBA Player Templates along with a new attribute builder page, additional badge tier rankings, archetype improvements that help to prevent meta builds, and more.
• Badge Level Progression. An all-new badge progression system that helps bring a more authentic feeling to a player’s MyPLAYER build. Players will no longer have to pick and choose which badges to equip to their MyPLAYER, and they’re no longer stuck within the badge points and attribute categories they were once limited to. Badges are earned by badge usage, meaning the more a player uses a badge in-game, the more they’ll progress toward the next level in which they qualify.

For more information, check out the Courtside Report and assets attached. Stay tuned for upcoming announcements in the coming weeks for more of what’s new in NBA 2K24.

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