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Monster-Taming RPG Creature Keeper Announced for Nintendo Switch

Befriend monsters in this charming, retro-inspired, RPG adventure and watch the new Switch reveal trailer!

VANCOUVER, British Columbia Aug. 17, 2023 – Publisher Graffiti Games and developer Fervir Games are thrilled to announce that the upcoming monster-taming RPG Creature Keeper is heading to Nintendo Switch. Watch the new Switch reveal trailer, showcasing the game’s colorful creatures and adventurous spirit!

Take on the role of a novice creature keeper as you embark on an epic adventure to restore balance to Thera and stop a sickness from affecting the healthy creatures of the world. But hold on, adventurer – you can’t save the world alone! You’ll need to form a party of diverse creatures to help you on your journey. Strengthen your creatures to take on the corruption by giving them new equipment, finding unlockables, and cooking them delicious food.

Key Features

  • Befriend a Small Army of Creatures: Assemble your dream team by befriending a variety of unique creatures to fight alongside you.
  • Grow Your Abilities: Raise your party and fight corrupted creatures to unlock new creature notes, skills, recipes, and more in the Bestiary.
  • Cook for Your Creatures: Embark on an exciting adventure and uncover recipes along the way, letting you cook delicious meals for your creatures to help them grow.
  • Craft Equipment for Your Team: Customize your play style by crafting weapons and trinkets with unique effects.
  • Grow on the Go: Utilize your Pocket Garden, a magic portable farm, to grow ingredients, power-ups, equipment and more on your adventure.
  • Keep ‘er Stylish: Design and craft fashionable items such as hats, masks and various accessories to give your creatures a touch of style.

Creature Keeper was recently featured in the 2023 OTK Games Expo, a showcase of upcoming titles from across the industry, including an interview with developer Fervir Games.

Creature Keeper is also in development for PC and available to wishlist now on Steam. For more information, visit the Graffiti Games website, and follow the latest updates from the team on Twitter and Discord.

About Fervir Games

Fervir Games is a one-man studio founded in 2021 with a focus on pixel art and animation, currently working on the monster-taming RPG Creature Keeper.

About Graffiti Games

Graffiti Games is a video game publisher comprised of a strong team of games industry veterans. With a powerful, global distribution network encompassing both digital and physical retail partners, Graffiti achieves worldwide reach and maximizes sales potential for its games. Graffiti is known for a portfolio of high-quality games, including the recent best sellers Blue Fire and Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion. To find out more about Graffiti and our portfolio, please visit www.graffitigames.com.

Humanity’s Fate is in Your Hands: Project Planet Crashes the Party this September!

Prepare for a seismic shift in party gaming when September comes around. Team up with your friends or plot against them in this 1 vs 5 strategic party game that lets you destroy humanity as Earth or work together to ensure our survival.

Eindhoven, The Netherlands – August 17, 2023Call your friends and ask them to come over for an earth-shattering good time, as Project Planet – Earth Vs Humanity will land next month, developer Fifth Harbour Studios is excited to announce.

The party begins on the 25th of September on Steam and will be priced at $24.99 and will be available with a 20% launch discount for a limited time.

The idea for the debut game from Dutch developer, Fifth Harbour Studios, was conceived during the pandemic and finds a lot of its inspirations in real-world scenarios. Only this time, you get to play a role in how things play out.

Will you try to get the human population down to 0 as Earth with a virus, asteroid impact or other means of destruction? Or will you team up with up to five friends as the World Leaders, Industry, Media, Scientists and Public, and try to survive?

Project Planet – Earth vs Humanity can be played alone, but it’s even more fun with friends! Whether at home on a couch or online through a stream, you can invite up to five friends to join in for FREE. No app or extra controllers necessary! Only one copy needed for your entire party.

Your friends can use any web-enabled device (like a smartphone, tablet or PC) to join the game and play along. Your browser will become your controller. When playing remotely, you can use a video conferencing tool like Zoom, Steam Broadcast, Discord, and more to stream the game. Just don’t forget to enable audio streaming!

Key features

  • Party up! – Enjoy a 1 vs 5 party game where you unleash Earth’s fury or try to survive a wide range of disasters as Humanity. Only one copy is needed to entertain a group of up to 6 players.
  • Pick a side – Destroy Humanity with virus outbreaks, asteroid impacts and more as Planet Earth, or play as one of 5 Humanity roles, each with unique gameplay and impossible dilemmas that come close to real-life parallels.
  • Work together – Use abilities to cooperate with other players, or punish those who don’t act in the group’s (or your own) best interest! But remember to pursue your own goals. In the end, there can only be one winner!
  • No two games are the same – Branching narratives create limitless ways to experience the disasters.

About Fifth Harbour Studios

Sjors had always dreamed of making games, so when the pandemic presented an ​​opportunity, he seized it. He enlisted his friend and game designer Rik ​​to help, and together they built a team to create a game based on the ​​concept of “Earth vs Humanity”. Project Planet was born.

Copyright © 2023 Fifth Harbour Studios, All rights reserved. 

‘GORD’ LOOMS FROM THE DARKNESS AND LAUNCHES ON PC AND CONSOLES TODAY

Bar the gates and step into a ruthless world of primordial gods and eternal darkness inspired by Slavic folklore today on Steam, GoG, PlayStation®5 and Xbox Series X|S. 

Thursday, 17th August 2023 – Covenant.dev and Team17 Digital have today launched dark fantasy strategy game Gord on Steam, GoG, PlayStation®5 and Xbox Series X|S. Adventurers and wanderers can summon a digital or physical standard edition or Deluxe Edition*, the latter of which includes the additional ‘Hold Your Ground’ scenario for the game’s ‘Custom Scenarios’ mode, Gord’s haunting original soundtrack, and an art book exploring Covenant.dev’s journey in realising the game’s mythical and ruthless world. 

Created by a team that includes former Frostpunk and The Witcher 3 developers, Gord is a single-player dark fantasy strategy game where, to survive, you must build, but to prevail, you must conquer the darkness beyond the gates. Complete life-threatening quests in a dark fantasy world while managing a populace whose personal stories and well-being can decide the fate of your tribe. 

Gord Key Features 

  • Mature dark fantasy adventure: Lead the people of the Tribe of the Dawn and venture deep into forbidden lands in a lore-rich, dark fantasy strategy campaign 
  • Build to survive, conquer to prevail: Grow your gord from humble settlement to formidable fortress while protecting your citizens from invading tribes, gruesome monsters, and mysterious powers that lurk within the surrounding woods 
  • Unique ‘Sanity System’: Keep a close eye on your townsfolk as everything from illness to hunger and the death of kin can have devastating impact on their lives and well-being 
  • Hand-crafted quests: Take on a wide variety of quests and random encounters that will lead you deep into the wilderness to hunt legendary creatures, uncover ancient secrets, and vanquish deadly scourges 
  • Unleash powerful incantations: Unlock a variety of offensive and defensive spells, each with custom animations, to tip combat in your favour 
  • ‘Custom Scenarios’ mode with procedurally generated levels: Take on an endless variety of challenges by creating your own scenarios. Customize your playthrough by picking a main objective, choosing your starting party, level size, number of resources, enemy types, raid intensities, and even the severity of the weather. 

To keep up to date, like the game on Facebook, follow on Twitter and Instagram, and join the community over on Discord. 

*Deluxe Edition availability subject to platform. 

About Covenant.dev 

Covenant.dev is an independent game dev creative house offering well-executed and fresh gameplay experiences. The company works only on proprietary IPs and champions employee empowerment to help develop these into original, globally recognisable franchises. In 2021, it was also the first game developer to be named the ‘Best Workplace in Poland’. Core team members have experience at notable Polish game development studios, including CD Projekt RED, 11 bit studios, and Flying Wild Hog. Covenant.dev’s first title is the dark fantasy strategy game, Gord, available now on Steam, GoG, PlayStation®5 and Xbox Series X|S. 

About Team17 Digital  

Founded in 1990, Team17 Digital is a leading developer, video games label, and creative partner for developers around the world. Part of Team17 Group plc, which floated on AIM in 2018, Team17 Digital has an extensive portfolio of over 120 titles, and fully encapsulates the spirit of independent games. Winner of the ‘Publishing Star’ award at the 2023 Develop: Star Awards, Team17 Digital has assembled a portfolio of multi-award-winning and award-nominated in-house brands include Hell Let Loose, Golf With Your Friends, The Escapists, and the iconic Worms franchise, alongside its games label partner titles, including the award-winning games Blasphemous, Greak: Memories of Azur, DREDGE, and the Overcooked! franchise.

“PlayStation” and “PS5” are registered trademarks of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. 

FIRE EMBLEM MEETS FINAL FANTASY TACTICS IN “SWORD OF CONVALLARIA” — WATCH GAMEPLAY REVEAL NOW

Pre-register for rewards and get ready to embark on an epic through war-torn Iria.

XD Games, Shanghai — August 17, 2023 | Today XD Games have announced that their upcoming tactical fantasy RPG, Sword of Convallaria, will launch on PC and mobile devices later this year. You can watch the latest trailer here, transporting you to the kingdom of Iria with a fresh look at the game’s combat and characters. 

Pre-registrations for Sword of Convallaria are now open on mobile devices via the App Store and Google Play. PC players can also keep up to date by adding Sword of Convallaria to their Steam wishlist

Boasting a rich fantasy setting, gorgeous pixel graphics, and tense turn-based battles, Sword of Convallaria offers a fresh take on a beloved genre as your choices shape the game’s narrative and determine the fate of characters. Expect console quality graphics and deep, rewarding strategic gameplay, whether on-the-go or playing from your desktop.

Set on the ancient continent of Rodinia, you arrive in Iria, a small nation rich in magical Luxite minerals. Your quest begins as you awaken in a dungeon and escape to Convallaria, a town under threat from Iria’s escalating conflicts. As leader of the Sword of Convallaria Mercenary Group, you navigate through various factions and make difficult decisions to pursue peace for Iria.

Throughout your journey, you will customise your own mercenary group by recruiting companions, teaching skills, forging equipment, researching technology, and accepting missions from different factions. In combat, strategic gameplay is crucial as you deploy powerful allies and navigate terrain elements that can be used to gain an advantage over enemies. Every battle you fight and every choice you make will shape the destiny of Rodinia…

Sword of Convallaria was recently spotlighted by JRPG veteran Yasumi Matsuno, best known for directing and producing all-time classics such as Final Fantasy Tactics and Ogre Tactics

In an interview between Matsuno and Lei Guo, the developer of Sword of Convallaria, Guo shared some fascinating insights about the upcoming game. Born out of his love for the genre and retro-style pixel art, Sword of Convallaria already features 300 maps and 1,000 stages with multiple endings for players to unlock, based on the choices you make. Guo’s inspirations go far beyond his favourite video games, with elements of the story echoing dramatic moments in history. As for the name itself, “Sword of Convallaria” was chosen as it evokes the beauty and transience of peace, as well as the weapons used to protect it. 

XD Games

Founded in 2003, XD Games. is a global video games developer and publisher with extensive experience across development, publishing and operations. As of 2022, XD has 38 free-to-play and paid games with over 50 million monthly active users worldwide. In addition, TapTap — a mobile games community and app store — was launched by XD in 2016 and is estimated to currently have 44 million monthly active users. 

XD’s mission is to assemble like-minded talented games industry craftspeople with a common goal of touching the hearts of players around the world. XD produces games of the finest quality with passion, offering a pure gaming experience, and encouraging players of all ages to embrace the unique joy of video gaming.

Cosplay World Record planned for Polaris Con

Hamburg, Germany, August 17th, 2023 – Polaris Convention has ambitious plans: In addition to the exciting three day-program and a fully playable convention, there will be an official world record attempt at the event in collaboration with TikTok as a sponsor. It is planned to assemble the most video game cosplayers in one place ever.

To break the current world record, established 2013 in Finland, more than 492 people in video game costumes have to hang out in the same spot for five minutes. A lofty goal, but not impossible to reach for the con’s gaming and cosplay-loving visitors! It doesn’t matter if the cosplay is hand-made or store-bought.

The official world record attempt is scheduled for Sunday, October 15th, 2023; potential participants can register now via Eventbrite. All participating cosplayers will receive an exclusive shirt as well as a certification of participation to remember the occasion. 

“Cosplay and gaming were already two of the big highlights of last year’s Polaris Con. Combining the two this year, for this world record attempt, is a great opportunity that we have worked on with our partner TikTok for months already”, says Wolf Lang, CEO of Super Crowd. “We are looking forward to many registrations, in order for the world record attempt to become an unforgettable experience for all participants.”

Already, organizers Super Crowd and Hamburg Messe und Congress are happy about the great response to the convention: “The ticket sale is going very well, especially the Saturday is popular”, says Wolf Lang.

Polaris Convention takes place 13th to 15th of October 2023 in the Hamburger Messehallen. Exhibitors can sign up here. The ticket shopp is now opened.

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About Polaris Convention:

Polaris Convention is a community event that showcases games, creator and Asian popculture as well cosplay and artists to a broad audience. Organizers Hamburg Messe and Congress together with Super Crowd work together to provide a program on the streaming site Twitch as well as a fitting mobile game in addition to the three-day long community convention.

Explore, Invent, and Survive in ‘The Signal’: Your Next Favorite Open World Survival Epic

Goose Byte Lifts Lid on Debut Adventure

The last remaining humans have abandoned Earth in search of a new home. Humanity’s future relies on an expedition led by you to scout an uncharted planet. But how welcome will you be in a world that appears to be sentient? 

Check out the brand-new announce trailer here:

Montreal, August 17, 2023:  Almost two years after the studio first appeared on the scene, Goose Byte is excited to share details today on the development of its debut title: The Signal.

Pitching itself as an approachable, third-person multiplayer Open World Survival Craft game with a key focus on pushing player creativity over violence, The Signal is Goose Byte’s contribution to moving the genre forward.

The Signal – which is being developed in Unreal Engine 5 for console and PC –  is built upon the three key pillars of exploration, invention, and (yes, you guessed it) survival. With a focus on user-generated crafting content, the game’s unique recipe sharing system and sustainability theme set it  apart from the wealth of quality titles operating in this space.

“We’re really excited about the world we’re building for The Signal,” says Theodor Diea, CEO and founder of Goose Byte. “We want to take players on a journey: as you step out onto this uncharted planet you are faced immediately with an environment that is as mysterious as it is beautiful. This planet is teeming with unknown flora and fauna across multiple, massive biomes. But not everything is as it seems. The planet is fully aware of your actions and, the longer you spend exploring, the more it starts interacting and messing with you.”

In The Signal, you will:

  • Venture onto an alien planet featuring multiple biomes littered with strange structures and a sentient ecosystem that seems to react to your every move.
  • Explore, create, and survive as you choose to tame or coexist with your new home.
  • Scan the rocks, flora, fauna, and alien landmarks as you come to grips with this strange new world.
  • Invent and share infrastructure, vehicles and equipment that help you and your expedition solve challenges and puzzles.
  • Master the art of sustainable stewardship of the Planet and its resources as you play the long game.
  • Play alone or with up to 16 players on player-hosted dedicated servers on this unique expedition through a one-of-a-kind planet. 

Touching back on the theme of environmental awareness, Theodor asks: “What if we could re-roll the choices we’ve made here on Earth? Are we, as humans, capable of learning from our past mistakes? The choice is left to you and how you decide to play The Signal.”

The Signal is in development for console and PC. Expect more details in the months ahead.

About Goose Byte

Founded in 2021, Goose Byte is a fully independent game studio located in the vibrant Mile-End neighborhood of Montréal, Canada.

DON’T NOD announces Koira, a new hand-drawn adventure game developed by Studio TOLIMA Game coming to Steam in 2025

Paris, France, August 17, 2023 – DON’T NOD, French independent video games developer and publisher, is pleased to announce Koira. This hand-drawn adventure game is developed by Belgian video games company, Studio TOLIMA, and is the second third-party game to be published by DON’T NOD.

Scheduled for release on Steam in 2025, Koira is an enchanting and wholesome game that centers around a forest spirit and her newfound puppy companion, embarking on musical and magical adventures together. As the story unfolds, the forest spirit and her puppy friend will rely on their unique abilities to protect each other from lurking danger and overcome challenges, immersing players in a truly emotional and memorable experience.

In this captivating tale, players will enjoy carefully crafted 2D hand-drawn art and animation, which brings the world of Koira to life. The game’s heartwarming atmosphere is enhanced by a beautiful original score that complements the poetic narrative.

Oskar Guilbert, DON’T NOD’s CEO, shares “We’re so happy to support and work with Studio TOLIMA on Koira. It’s a 2D, hand-drawn project that we think fits in well with DON’T NOD’s portfolio and we can’t wait to be able to share more in the future.

Ben Lega, Studio Head and Game Director at Studio TOLIMA, says “We are thrilled to officially announce Koira and our co-production with DON’T NOD. Koira is an evocative experience that explores the theme of friendship with a little puppy. Through a thoughtful and minimalistic approach, our story comes to life relying on the powerful combination of expressive hand-drawn graphics and a poignant original soundtrack. This game is our love letter to the medium and we can’t wait to start sharing more details about it.

Wishlist on Steam now!

For updates on Koira, visit our website

About DON’T NOD

DON’T NOD is an independent French publisher and developer, based in Paris and Montreal, creating original narrative games in the adventure (Life is StrangeTM, Tell Me WhyTM, Twin MirrorTM), RPG (VampyrTM), and action (Remember MeTM) genres. The studio is internationally renowned for unique narrative experiences with engaging stories and characters, and has worked with industry leading publishers: Square Enix, Microsoft, Bandai Namco Entertainment, Focus Entertainment, and Capcom. DON’T NOD creates and publishes its own IPs developed in-house, as well as using its knowledge and experience to collaborate with third-party developers whose editorial visions parallel the company’s own.  

DON’T NOD (ISIN code: FR0013331212 – ALDNE) is listed on Euronext Growth Paris 

About Studio TOLIMA

Studio TOLIMA is a Belgian independent developer, based in Brussels and founded in 2022. The studio specializes in the production of minimalistic, broadly accessible emotional experiences.

HYENAS UNVEILS OFFICIAL GAMEPLAY TRAILER AND HANDS-ON PLAY AT GAMESCOM 

#JoinThePack and steal the Merch in the Closed Beta, kicking off on the 31st of August! 

Sydney, Australia – 17th August 2023: SEGA® Europe Ltd. and Creative Assembly have released the official gameplay trailer for HYENAS, showcasing its chaotic, zero-G heist action. Watch the Hyenas battle their way through the Earth Vintage Plundership as they steal Merch and take out MURFS before culminating in a climactic zero-G showdown. 

Watch the Gameplay trailer online here.

HYENAS is a hero-based multiplayer extraction shooter pitting five teams of three against each other (and relentless NPC security teams known as MURFS) as they race to steal valuable pop culture memorabilia from expansive, themed Plunderships. HYENAS will be publicly available to play for the first time at Hall 8 in Gamescom, the world’s biggest gaming event, from the 23rd of August to 27th of August. 

Don’t worry if you can’t make it to Gamescom, as all PC players are invited to join the first-ever Closed Beta, which begins the 31st of August and runs until the 11th of September. Would-be Yeenas can register to join via Steam Playtest.

This Closed Beta will feature eight specialists including newcomers Mozie – the OG Hyena – and rock-and-roll roadie Digits. They will join ballerina Prima, astronaut Commander Wright, super speedy cosplayer Hero-Ki, Sniper El Silbón, gamer Doc Hotfix and defence connoisseur drag queen Galaxia as they dive into zero-G action across the massive Plundership, Earth Vintage. 

Alongside the reveal of the new Gameplay Trailer, HYENAS have also released their new official key art. Featuring Prima, Digits, and Commander Wright, the key art shows a three-player-team emerging from a teleporter en route to attack a Plundership. 

HYENAS will be coming to PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X and Series S, Xbox One, Windows and Mac and is available to wishlist now on Steam. Visit www.playhyenas.com

About Creative Assembly: 

Creative Assembly is one of Europe’s leading games development studios, founded in 1987 and located in West Sussex, UK and in Sofia, Bulgaria. With a heritage of award-winning AAA titles, including the multi-million selling Total War™ series, Creative Assembly continues to build an impressive portfolio of games including the newly announced first-person shooter HYENAS and through world-renowned partnerships; with Games Workshop on Total War™: WARHAMMER®, Twentieth Century Fox on Alien: Isolation plus 343 Industries and Microsoft on Halo Wars 2. Creative Assembly has, with their exceptionally talented team of over 800, amassed a wealth of awards including multiple Best Place to Work awards and accolades from BAFTA, Music+Sound and Develop’s Industry Excellent awards.

About SEGA Europe Limited: 

SEGA Europe Limited is the European Distribution arm of Tokyo, Japan-based SEGA CORPORATION, and a worldwide leader in interactive entertainment both inside and outside the home. The company develops and distributes interactive entertainment software products for a variety of hardware platforms including PC, wireless devices, and those manufactured by Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe. SEGA wholly owns the video game development studios Two Point Studios, Creative Assembly, Relic Entertainment, Amplitude Studios, Sports Interactive and HARDlight.

Hello World! Saddle Club cast reunite for The Sims Horse Ranch

EA Australia today have reunited the leading stars of hit 2000’s kids show, The Saddle Club, Lara Jean Marshall, Keenan MacWilliam and Sophie Bennett to recreate an iconic episode from the show. Using its newest expansion pack, Horse Ranch, which launched last month, EA had the young actresses reprise their iconic roles over Zoom, alongside Australian TikToker, Starr McGowan.

This is the first time in 17 years that all of the main cast have reunited, and the young actresses were excited to get back in the saddle and relive their childhood roles.

Watch Saddle Club Reunited trailer below:

“Reuniting with the gang to embark on a nostalgic journey while launching The Sims™ Horse Ranch was an absolute delight,” says Lara Jean Marshall, Keenan MacWilliam and Sophie Bennett. “Bringing to life a scenario with a dedicated fan of The Saddle Club, like Starr McGowan, highlights how the show still brings happiness to people after all these years, which is incredibly heartwarming. Moreover, witnessing the immense creative possibilities within The Sims was awe-inspiring – it genuinely felt like we had entered a simulated Pine Hollow experience.” 

“Collaborating with the original cast members for The Saddle Club to celebrate the release of The Sims Horse Ranch has been an actual dream come true” says Starr McGowan. “Seeing Keenan, Sophie and Lara all together again reprising the roles that brought me so much joy as a kid was wild and getting to actually play a scene alongside them was a real pinch me moment. It’s amazing what we’ve been able to achieve using The Sims as an animation tool to bring our little scene to life so I really hope people enjoy the content and find some inspiration about what they can actually create in The Sims with this latest expansion.” 

Horse Ranch is the fourteenth expansion to release for EA’s leading simulation title, The Sims™ 4. The pack allows players to explore various horse-themed locales and curate their ideal ranch life – including raising horses and other farm animals and building rustic themed farmhouses.

To learn more about The Sims ™ 4 Horse Ranch expansion pack, please visit: 

Buy The Sims™ 4 Horse Ranch Expansion Pack Expansion Pack – Electronic Arts (ea.com)

The Sims 4 is available for PC via EA app, Mac via Origin, Steam, Epic Games Store, PlayStation 5, PlayStation4, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One systems.

WWE 2K23 Bad News U Pack Available Now with Entries Open for Hall of Champions Invitational

Fifth and final DLC pack headlined by Wade Barrett and Eve Torres, alongside Andre Chase, Nathan Frazer and Damon Kemp making their WWE 2K franchise debuts

I’m afraid I’ve got some good news. Today, 2K announced the Bad News U Pack, the fifth and final DLC* for WWE® 2K23, the highest-rated game in franchise history according to Metacritic**, is available now. The pack is headlined by five-time Intercontinental Champion, former King of the Ring and current Raw commentator Wade Barrett, alongside three-time WWE Divas Champion and 2007 Diva Search winner Eve Torres, making her first WWE 2K appearance in over a decade. Also appearing in the Bad News U Pack and making their WWE 2K franchise debuts are NXT standouts Andre Chase, Nathan Frazer and Damon Kemp. These Superstars bring 46 new moves and taunts into the game, which can also be used for custom Superstars in the creation suite. Each playable Superstar also comes with their own MyFACTION card, and DLC is available for individual purchase, or as part of Season Pass***, Deluxe Edition, and Icon Edition of WWE 2K23.

2K recently announced the inaugural WWE 2K23 Hall of Champions Invitational****. Eight WWE 2K NextMaker content creators put out a call to action to the community-at-large to find their tag team partner for a WWE 2K23 tournament. Community participants will be selected by submitting a promotional video on social media, to be judged by 2K and NextMakers based on criteria including originality, creativity, passion and skill demonstrated playing WWE 2K23. Those selected to participate will be paired with a NextMaker and begin play in an eight-team elimination bracket, “The Qualifier,” which will consist of online play. After two rounds of play, the final two teams will advance to a physical event “The Finals,” with more details yet to come. To enter, community members must create an up to one minute, unique video around why they deserve to be selected to compete in the WWE 2K23 Hall of Champions Invitational, use the hashtags #WWE2K23, #HallOfChampions, and #contest, and post their video as a reply comment on WWE 2K’s contest Tweet on Twitter, or post organically on their Instagram/TikTok channels (with hashtags and tagging @WWEGames). 

Also coming this summer to WWE 2K23’s MyFACTION game mode is the new Danger Zone Series 2 card collection arriving August 25, and the new Payback card collection set to arrive September 1. A new Evolution Hurts Live Event Faction Focus featuring members of the Hurt Business will run August 18-September 5, challenging players to use specific MVP, Cedric Alexander and Shelton Benjamin cards as they battle to unlock a Diamond “The All Mighty” Bobby Lashley apex reward card. The Ultimate Needle Movers event starring Rhea Ripley will run August 26-September 5, with a Diamond Chyna apex reward card. Additional Live Events will be available throughout the summer and fall.

The WWE 2K23 Deluxe Edition is currently on sale on Steam for 45% off through August 21, while the Standard and Icon Editions will be on sale on Xbox platforms for 45% off through August 28*****. 

For more information on WWE 2K23, visit the game’s official website, become a fan on Facebook, follow the game on TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, and subscribe on YouTube. Official campaign hashtags #WWE2K23 and #EvenStronger.

Visual Concepts is a 2K studio. 2K is a wholly owned publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).

*WWE 2K23 required to use DLC content. DLC purchase necessary. Online Account (13+) required to access online features. See www.take2games.com/legal and www.take2games.com/privacy for additional details. 

**Based on WWE 2K23‘s Metacritic scores on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC.

***Season Pass available for individual purchase or included in Icon Edition and Deluxe Edition. Players who purchase the Icon Edition or Deluxe Edition will automatically have access to Season Pass and each DLC pack as they become available.

****Open to legal residents of the 50 U.S. states & D.C. (excluding AZ, CT, MD, and ND), who are at least 18 years of age and the age of majority. WWE 2K23 game, PSN ID and PS Plus Service required. Game must be played on PS5.  Void where prohibited. Ends 8/21/23.  Subject to the Official Rules, located at https://wwe.2k.com/2k23/hall-of-champions-2k23-terms.

*****Discount based on 2K’s SRP. Digital Only. Steam sale ends August 21 at 9:59:59 a.m. PT. Xbox sale ends August 28, 2023 at 9:59:59 a.m. UTC, respectively. Terms Apply.

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