Innovative FPS Experience Featuring Spell-Based Combat Immerses Players in an Unforgettable Cinematic Story set in an Original Fantasy Universe Engulfed in Magic

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – April 13, 2023 – Today, Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) and Ascendant Studios announced that Immortals of Aveum™, a groundbreaking single-player, first-person magic shooter, will be released on July 20, 2023 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC via EA App, Steam and Epic Games Store.

Watch the Reveal Trailer and Pre-Order Now for an In-Game Item*

Published under the EA Originals label and developed by Ascendant Studios – a new studio made up of BAFTA and Game of the Year award-winning industry veterans – Immortals of Aveum is set in an original fantasy universe engulfed in magic, rife with conflict, and on the edge of the abyss. Players experience this visceral and cinematic, story-driven game through the eyes of Jak, as he joins an elite order of battlemages, masters all three colors of magic – blue, green, and red – and decimates legions of enemies with clever chained attacks and well-timed counters. Combining a modern story within a fantasy setting, the world of Aveum is filled with unforgettable characters, fast-paced action and spell-based combat that defies FPS conventions.

“I’m incredibly excited to finally show the world Immortals of Aveum. It’s been a five year journey for us at Ascendant, and I’m so proud of the team and their commitment to making something great,” said Bret Robbins, CEO and Game Director at Ascendant Studios. “We set out to create a cinematic, thrilling shooter set in a new fantasy world, with fast and fluid combat and an epic story. I can’t wait for everyone to play it.”

“EA Originals champions individuals and teams who have disruptive creative visions for their games,” said Jeff Gamon, General Manager of EA Partners. “Ascendant had us hooked when we saw how they had woven magic so seamlessly through fast-paced FPS combat, set against an action packed story we just wanted to keep reading. Bret built an incredibly talented team whose unrelenting passion for creating original, AAA games, deep lore and telling imaginative new stories is on full display in Immortals of Aveum.”

Having grown up powerless and destitute, Jak is what’s known as an Unforeseen – someone who unexpectedly manifests magical abilities later in life. With his newfound potential, Jak is recruited by General Kirkan to join the Order of the Immortals and is reluctantly thrust into mankind’s endless war for the control of magic. With powerful magic-wielders and legions of soldiers on both sides of the Everwar, Jak and his elite order of Immortals must uncover the mysteries of Aveum’s troubled past, if there’s any hope for saving its future. Immortals of Aveum’s cinematic campaign is brought to life by an incredibly talented cast of AAA celebrities like Darren Barnet (“Never Have I Ever,” “Road House,” “Gran Turismo”) as Jak, and Gina Torres (“Suits,” “Pearson,” “Firefly”) as General Kirkan.

Immortals of Aveum releases on July 20, 2023 on Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5 and PC via EA App, Steam and Epic Games Store for $59.99 USD (PC) and $69.99 USD (consoles). Pre-orders are available now and include the Purified Arclight sigil, which increases the power of Jak’s spells*. Players who purchase the Deluxe Edition for $99.95 AUD (PC) and $119.95 AUD (consoles) will receive a unique sigil, three rings, two bracers and three totems; all valuable pieces of gear in the fight to save Aveum. EA Play Pro members will get access to the Deluxe edition on EA App starting July 20, 2023.** 

For more information and to stay up to date on Immortals of Aveum, visit https://www.ea.com/games/immortals-of-aveum/immortals-of-aveum.

*Conditions and restrictions apply. See https://www.ea.com/games/immortals-of-aveum/immortals-of-aveum/disclaimers for details.

**Conditions, limitations and exclusions apply. See tos.ea.com/legalapp/eaplay/US/en/PC/ for details.

About Ascendant Studios

We are Ascendant: An independent AAA video game studio with ownership and creative control over our original IP. We’re passionate and creative. Obsessed with originality. Committed to quality. Focused on fun. Determined to rise above the status quo of our industry and live our dreams in an inclusive, collaborative, professional and sustainable work environment.

Founded by Bret Robbins, creative director of the original Dead Space and multiple Call of Duty campaigns, our studio is headquartered in San Rafael, California with the team distributed all over North America. Our passionate and experienced group of storytellers has led the creation of beloved franchises such as Halo, Telltale’s The Walking Dead, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Borderlands, The Wolf Among Us, Mafia, Tomb Raider, Gears of War, Metal Gear Solid, The Elder Scrolls, BioShock and more. Our debut single-player magic shooter and original fantasy IP, Immortals of Aveum, will release on the PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on July 20, 2023.

About EA Originals
This is EA Originals. A place where we dare to explore new and untold stories with worlds yet to be discovered. We’re driven by a passion for innovative experiences and fresh creative stories. We seek out brave developers with bold artistic vision as we help them reach larger global audiences while enjoying their creative freedom. To discover more, visit www.ea.com/ea-originals.

About Electronic Arts

Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) is a global leader in digital interactive entertainment. The Company develops and delivers games, content and online services for Internet-connected consoles, mobile devices and personal computers.

In fiscal year 2022, EA posted GAAP net revenue of approximately $7 billion. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, EA is recognized for a portfolio of critically acclaimed, high-quality brands such as EA SPORTS™ FC, Battlefield™, Apex Legends™, The Sims™, Madden NFL, EA SPORTS™ FIFA, Need for Speed™, Titanfall™, Plants vs. Zombies™ and F1®. More information about EA is available at www.ea.com/news.

EA, EA SPORTS, EA SPORTS logo, Battlefield, Apex Legends, The Sims, Need for Speed, Titanfall, and Plants vs. Zombies are trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. John Madden, NFL, FIFA and F1 are the property of their respective owners and used with permission. FIFA and FIFA’s Official Licensed Product Logo are copyrights and/or trademarks of FIFA. All rights reserved.

Crossplay capability will allow players to experience Ubisoft’s Free-to-Play FPS until April 24

Sydney, Australia — April 14, 2023 — Today, Ubisoft announced closed beta dates for XDefiant, a free-to-play, fast-paced arcade shooter developed by Ubisoft San Francisco and featuring factions inspired by some of Ubisoft’s beloved franchises. The closed beta begins today and will run until April 24 AEST. Crossplay will be enabled for the Closed Beta, so players can enjoy XDefiant from their PC, PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X|S. Players can register for a chance to participate in the closed beta on www.playxdefiant.com.

The closed beta will introduce players to the XDefiant arena, including features that will be available at launch:

• All 14 maps that will be available at launch
• Four Ubisoft franchise-inspired factions
• 24 weapons
• 44 attachments
• Five explosive devices

Players can experience playing as one of four Ubisoft franchise-inspired factions: The Cleaners (The Division), Libertad (Far Cry 6), Echelon (Splinter Cell), and Phantoms (Ghost Recon Phantoms). Each faction includes three characters, but only one will be unlocked from each faction. The others are unlockable through missions.

While players will not be able to keep their progression at launch, they will be able to keep up to 10 exclusive cosmetic items at release.

XDefiant commemorated the start of today’s Closed Beta with a showcase on Ubisoft’s official Twitch and YouTube channels, which included a deep dive into the game, seasonal roadmap, a Q&A session with Executive Producer Mark Rubin and a special ranked mode showmatch led by streamers Patrick “Aches” Price and Jonathan “Pacman” Tucker.

For more information on XDefiant please visit www.playxdefiant.com.

For more information about other Ubisoft games, please visit news.ubisoft.com.

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About XDefiant

Led by Ubisoft San Francisco, XDefiant is a competitive fast-pace arena FPS, where players will face off in 6v6 Player-vs-Player (PvP) matches in unranked and ranked modes. Players can play as factions inspired from other Ubisoft titles and can customize their characters with a variety of weapons, attachments, abilities and ultras. Maps on XDefiant are also inspired by maps from other Ubisoft titles. Adapting your squad and teamwork tactics can be all the difference when competing in the various modes on XDefiant

About Ubisoft

Ubisoft is a creator of worlds, committed to enriching players’ lives with original and memorable entertainment experiences. Ubisoft’s global teams create and develop a deep and diverse portfolio of games, featuring brands such as Assassin’s Creed^®, Brawlhalla^®, For Honor^®, Far Cry^®, Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon^®, Just Dance^®, Rabbids^®, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six^®, The Crew^®, Tom Clancy’s The Division^® and Watch Dogs^®. Through Ubisoft Connect, players can enjoy an ecosystem of services to enhance their gaming experience, get rewards and connect with friends across platforms. With Ubisoft+, the subscription service, they can access a growing catalog of more than 100 Ubisoft games and DLC. For the 2021–22 fiscal year, Ubisoft generated net bookings of €2,129 million. To learn more, please visit: www.ubisoftgroup.com

© 2015–2023 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Tom Clancy’s, the Soldier Icon, XDefiant, Ubisoft, and the Ubisoft logo are registered or unregistered trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the US and/or other countries.

Abolish arachnids at all costs on Meta Quest, SteamVR

AUSTIN, TEXAS — April 13, 2023 — Kill It With Fire VR, the first-person spider-hunter from developer Casey Donnellan Games and publisher tinyBuild, crawls up the water spout and onto Meta Quest 2 and SteamVR today. PlayStation VR 1 & 2 will join the hunt later in 2023. Players that already own the original game on Steam will enjoy a permanent 25% discount to purchase the VR version.

The neighborhood is under attack, and it’s time to eradicate and exterminate some not-so-itsy bitsy spiders with the only logical weapon: fire… and shurikens, frying pans, and maybe a vacuum cleaner. Just about anything in sight to put an end to their seemingly never-ending reign of terror, really.

From common household items and office supplies to military-grade artillery, take up arms as a licensed Kill It With Fire exterminator and track down eight different species of arachnids with the handy dandy tracker and your VRachnid gloves to end things once and for all. Combine brains and brawn to solve tricky environmental puzzles, all while getting physical with the eight-legged freaks in a procedurally generated world where no encounter is ever the same.

Search for clues and spiders high and low in a vibrant, whimsical VR environment filled with familiar locales like the kitchen, office, and even the local gas station. Nowhere is safe from the wrath of these creepy crawlies. Brave all odds to complete special challenge missions, unlock an all-new secret ending, and step into the Arachno-Gauntlet for a true test of spider-slaughtering skills.

“Spiders can be frightening, but there’s nothing more satisfying than ridding our own homes, stores and neighborhoods of their presence,” said Casey Donnellan, solo developer of Kill It With Fire. “I’m thrilled to bring the Kill it with Fire experience to the immersive realm of VR, where you can very safely exterminate the little abominations with absolutely nothing to fear… right?”

Kill It With Fire VR launches today on Meta Quest 2 and SteamVR for USD $14.99 / €.14.99. It offers English, French, Italian, German, Spanish (Spain), Dutch, Russian, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, and Simplified Chinese language support.

To stay up to date with the latest updates, visit Kill It With Fire’s official website and follow @tinyBuild and @KIWF_Game on Twitter.

About Casey Donnelan Games

Casey Donnellan is an independent game developer and former AAA developer. After graduating from SMU Guildhall in 2012, he spent several years as an engineer at Certain Affinity before helping to found Rooster Teeth Games. Shipped titles include DOOM (2016), RWBY: Grimm Eclipse, Vicious Circle, and Age of Booty: Tactics. Casey lives with his wife, dog, and two cats in Austin, Texas. He does not like spiders.

About tinyBuild

tinyBuild is a global video game publisher and developer focused on creating long-lasting, sustainable franchises across multiple media formats. Responsible for over 70 titles including Hello Neighbor, Graveyard Keeper, and Potion Craft, the company has a dozen development studios spread across the US, EU, Serbia, and Ukraine.

Immerse yourself in a stunning tropical paradise carefully redesigned for virtual reality

STOCKHOLM – April 13, 2023 – Indie developer Out of the Blue and publisher Raw Fury have launched the critically acclaimed puzzle adventure game Call of the Sea VR on Meta Quest 2 today for $19.99. The BAFTA-nominated tale of mystery and self-discovery has been rebuilt from Unreal Engine 4 to showcase the full capabilities of Meta Quest 2, bringing the game’s beautiful world to life like never before.

Call of the Sea VR brings players to the far reaches of the South Pacific in the 1930s. Take control of Norah (voiced by Cissy Jones: Firewatch, The Walking Dead), a lone woman on the trail of her husband’s missing expedition. Journey across a lush island world, where you’ll uncover and investigate the remnants of a lost civilization. What secrets does this forgotten land hold, and what will you unearth in your quest for the truth?

Explore the game’s gorgeous tropical environments in virtual reality for the first time while taking in fantastic sights, lost ruins, and subaquatic landscapes. Search for clues and solve a variety of clever puzzles to piece together what really happened.

Previously released on PC, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4, the original Call of the Sea was nominated for Best Debut Game at the 2021 BAFTA Games Awards. Call of the Sea VR was nominated for Best Immersive Game at the 2022 Raindance Immersive Awards.

Call of the Sea VR features full voice-over in English, French and Spanish, plus localized support for Japanese and German. More languages will be added post-release. For more information, visit the official website, and follow the game on Twitter.

About Out of the Blue

Out of the Blue is an independent game development studio based in Madrid, Spain. Composed of industry veterans, the studio’s purpose is to develop puzzle and narrative adventures with quality, attention to detail, lively stories, and worlds that resonate with players. After releasing its debut title – the BAFTA-nominated Call of the Sea – Out of the Blue is now working on its next game: American Arcadia.

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.

BERLIN – April 13, 2023 – Duru – About Mole Rats and Depression, the 2D puzzle platformer exploring mental health and friendship from developer Twisted Ramble Games, arrives on Steam for PC and Mac on Friday, May 5, 2023 with a Nintendo Switch version planned following launch.

Tuli, a mole rat entrenched in colony life in the South African plains, serves as a gatherer responsible for securing the food and resources her community needs to survive. Her fulfillment comes from seeing friends and family thrive due to her hard work, made even harder by a mysterious black creature following her every move and making even the most straightforward task feel impossible.

Guide Tuli on a journey through her colony’s tunnels with Bel, her dark shadow always in tow. A manifestation of Tuli’s developing depression, Bel often works against Tuli by moving objects, eating items, and manipulating the gatherer in unpredictable ways. To lift her spirits, Tuli must run, jump, and paint her way across the landscape while learning to overcome the desires of Bel and honing them to Tuli’s advantage.

Draw objects and items, painting them into beautifully illustrated and animated locations. Learn to balance Bel’s destructive behaviors in a positive way to solve puzzles and progress through the colony. Rebel against the insecurities and depression hanging over Tuli on a heartfelt adventure presented in a wordless format that speaks to everyone, regardless of language.

“Duru – About Mole Rats and Depression has a human heart at its core,” said Kerstin Schütt, Narrative Designer, Twisted Ramble Games. “We hope Tuli’s struggles and her path to overcoming them in our debut title will resonate with players across the world and remind them hope springs eternal when it comes to Steam on May 5.

Duru – About Mole Rats and Depression will launch on Steam for Windows PC and Mac on Friday, May 5, 2023 for $19.99/19,99€. A Nintendo Switch version is also planned.

For more information, visit the official website.

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About Twisted Ramble Games

Twisted Ramble Games is a Berlin-based independent developer with a mission to explore stigmatized topics through the lens of video games. With an emphasis on addressing mature subject matter in an approachable, language-free manner, Twisted Ramble Games aims to cross cultural and social boundaries with their work.

Earn unique items and compete in limited-time leaderboards to immortalize your hunt!

BERLIN — April 13, 2023 — “HOWLERBUSTERS,” the first community challenge of The Cycle: Frontier‘s third season, kicks off on Steam and the Epic Games Store today. Season 3 introduced the deadly Howler, Fortuna III’s first flying enemy. Now the hunt is on to take down as many of the beasts as possible in this limited-time community challenge, which adds new rewards for players daring enough to accept the challenge.

From today until April 30, players can compete in limited-time leaderboards for a chance to immortalize their accomplishments on Prospect Station.

Key Details:

• Competitive Leaderboards: The first 100 players who manage to kill a Howler on Bright Sands or Crescent Falls will be featured on a global leaderboard. The top five players will even get a shout-out in a news post!
• A Deadly Challenge: Hunters must keep their weapons at the ready and their eyes peeled to survive against this overwhelming danger.
• Earn Unique Rewards: Players who kill 10 or more Howlers during the community challenge will receive a unique Howler-themed vanity item – the banner “Howler Jar.”
• Immortalize Your Hunt: The top 10 hunters over the course of the community challenge will have their in-game names immortalized in Prospect Station.

So grab your weapons – and let the hunt begin!

About The Cycle: Frontier

Available on Steam and the Epic Games Store, The Cycle: Frontier is a free-to-play PvPvE extraction shooter driven by suspense and danger. Prospect for resources and other riches on an abandoned alien world ravaged by a deadly storm, inhabited by monsters, and frequently raided by other ambitious Prospectors.

For more on The Cycle: Frontier, visit https://thecycle.game. Keep up with the latest updates by following the game on Twitter and YouTube, and join the conversation with the devs on Discord.

About YAGER

YAGER was founded in 1999 by five enthusiastic developers and artists, focusing on creating immersive and thrilling games. Making beautifully crafted games that amaze players with the richness of their worlds, where there are multiple ways to succeed and progress their characters, and where all of this continues to evolve after launch, where novelty and drama are just around the corner, making our games immensely fun to play, talk about and watch. Today, 22 years after our founding, a highly skilled international team of game enthusiasts is working to build YAGER’s vision of immersive and engaging games.

Stranded: Alien Dawn players can discover new ways to play at launch thanks to a brand-new Military Outpost scenario arriving on day one. The thrilling planet survival simulation launches in full on Tuesday April 25 across PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation®4, and Xbox One.

Arriving at launch on all platforms, the exciting new scenario invites players to select up to six team members, who will be dropped in an unexplored location far from the civilised galaxy. Their mission? To establish a foothold in their unforgiving new surroundings, in order to construct an Ansible Relay and enable interstellar communications.

Throughout the scenario, players must equip and protect their team of adventurers, soldiers, and scientists, in order to defend the base from the threat of increasingly hostile alien wildlife. A new survivor, Ember Griffin, will bring ample military experience to the group as a Tactical commander – ideal for keeping the base secure while the Ansible Relay is constructed and attempts to establish connection.

The Military Outpost scenario also brings new research options, including two types of Mech which once crafted will maximise the group’s combat capabilities, plus force field barriers and gates for added protection – all of which will be available in all scenarios.

Alongside these, players can harness new technologies to improve resource availability. Fabricator matrixes can now be researched and are key to constructing new fabricating devices that can transform energy into physical matter. The food fabricator uses energy to create meals without ingredients, while the material fabricator can create raw materials such as wood, stone, metal alloys, liquid fuel, and silicon.

Stranded: Alien Dawn launches in full on April 25 on PC via Steam and Epic Games Store, PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation®4 and Xbox One for a suggested retail price of £29.99/$34.99/€34.99. PC players can play now in early access via Steam to take advantage of a reduced price of £24.99/$29.99/€29.99.

Follow Stranded: Alien Dawn on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube, or visit www.strandedaliendawn.com for more information.

For full details of the update, visit: https://www.strandedaliendawn.com/news/military-outpost-scenario-landing-launch.  

Highlights:

• Purchase comic books, acrylic figures and posters
• Pre-Registration for the new Event Story “Get Set, GO!” is available until the Monday, April 24
• 22 Blue Archive PlayKeyboard themes to be revealed over time every Friday until May 12

NEXON Korea Corp (CEO: Jung-Hun Lee) revealed on Wednesday, April 12 the opening of the official online merch store, the Schale Store, for the subculture game Blue Archive developed by their subsidiary company Nexon Games (CEO: Yong-Hyun Park). 

The Schale Store can be found on the homepage of the creative agency MOFUN Store. Various bundled products such as the “Kivotos Halo Festival Other Side: Stories Pack” consisting of comic books, drama CDs and other merch depicting Blue Archive students such as acrylic figures and posters will all be available for purchase. Additional products representing Blue Archive will also be released in the future.

In addition, Pre-Registration for the new Event Story “Get Set, GO!” will be held until Monday, April 24. By participating in the Pre-Registration through the official website, players can get a sneak peek of the Event Story and new students. Players can also receive 1,200 Pyroxene and a 10-Recruitment Ticket after the update on Tuesday, April 25.

As part of the Pre-Registration promotion, the Sports Card digital merch is also making its debut. The Sports Card digital merch can be downloaded by completing three mini-games in the official community. Users that retweet the “Digital Merch Verification Event” post and share a verification photo of their digital merch via Twitter by Monday, April 24 will be entered in a raffle to win 600 Pyroxene.

Additionally, Nexon is once again collaborating with PlayKeyboard to release the Blue Archive keyboard theme, which was first announced last November. The 11 themes provided at the one-year anniversary were received with enthusiasm, with 130,000 cumulative downloads. With this new collaboration, 22 free themes for Android and iOS devices will be released sequentially every Friday until May 12.

For more information about the Schale Store and the Pre-Registration for the Event Story “Get Set, GO!,” please visit the Schale Store homepage and the Blue Archive official community.

• Blue Archive Official Forum: [LINK]
• The ‘Schale Store’ home page: [LINK]
• Get Set, Go! To the Kivotos Halo Festival! Pre-Registration: [LINK]
• Blue Archive Official Discord: [LINK]
• Blue Archive Official Twitter: [LINK]
• Blue Archive Official Facebook: [LINK]

About NEXON Co., Ltd. https://company.nexon.co.jp/en/

Founded in 1994, NEXON Co., Ltd. (Nexon) (3659.TO) is a company engaged in the production, development and operation of online games and Virtual Worlds. First listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in December 2011, Nexon was placed on JPX400 in 2015 and added to the Nikkei Stock Index 300 in 2017. In 2020, Nexon was added to the Nikkei 225. Nexon currently has more than 45 live games on multiple platforms including mobile and available in more than 190 countries. Major game franchises include MapleStory, KartRider and Dungeon&Fighter. In 2021, Nexon completed the acquisition of Embark Studios AB, a company based in Stockholm, Sweden, developing multiple projects for global release.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – April 13, 2023 – The latest update for Dakar Desert Rally, the largest open-world rally racing game from Saber Interactive, introduces legendary classic vehicles from the Paris-Dakar Rally today in the new “Classics Vehicle Pack #1” DLC, available as a free download on all platforms for owners of the Dakar Desert Rally Season Pass. It is also available to purchase standalone for $9.99.

Race across the desert with both the all-wheel-drive Porsche 959 as well as the powerful six-wheel Tatra 815 truck. Today also marks the release of Patch 1.9, which adds an overall performance boost for the game, as well as new voice-over support for a variety of languages. You can read a complete list of patch notes on Saber’s website.

Dakar Desert Rally captures the genuine scale and thrill of one of the world’s most challenging off-road events across over 20,000 square kilometers of diverse terrain with dynamic weather. Choose from some of the sport’s most renowned racing teams, or create your own and build up your garage with a long line of cars, bikes, trucks, quads and SSVs from the world’s top manufacturers. Forge your path to victory across a variety of game modes, including an arcade-style Sport mode for quick pick-up-and-play action, Professional and Simulation modes for a true rally experience, and online multiplayer for up to four players for the ultimate competitive challenge.

Dakar Desert Rally is available on PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation®4, Xbox One and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store. For more information, check out www.DakarTheGame.com, and #DaretoDrive by following the game on Twitter, Instagram, Discord and Facebook.

About Saber Interactive

An Embracer Group company headquartered in the U.S., Saber Interactive is a worldwide publisher and developer consisting of over 20 studios in the Americas and Europe. Creating games for all major platforms based on original and licensed IPs, Saber’s titles include Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, World War Z, SnowRunner and Evil Dead: The Game. Founded in 2001, Saber is known for two decades of development partnerships with AAA publishers, producing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt for Nintendo Switch, Halo: The Master Chief Collection, Crysis Remastered, and many others.

Ferrari Esports Series returns for its fourth edition in April, hosting new regions and high-octane Ferrari sim racing on Assetto Corsa and Assetto Corsa Competizione

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (April 13, 2023) – Ferrari has announced the return of the Ferrari Esports Series
and for the first time in the competition’s history, is inviting Australians and New Zealand to join the
starting line in the Asia Pacific heats before facing off against the winning racers from Europe and
North America.

Following the launch show broadcasted on FerrariEsports Twitch, the series announced a new racing
format for its fourth season. The Ferrari Esports Series is a six-month racing tournament bringing
together sim racers from Europe, North America, and Asian Pacific regions for the chance to race in
the grand final on October 12, 2023. Drivers will be going head-to-head playing on Assetto Corsa and
Assetto Corsa Competizione to compete for the crowning title of the 2023 Ferrari Esports Series
Champion and the opportunity to secure their place on the Scuderia Ferrari Esports Team.

Registration for the series is open now for the Hot Lap phase. The first track of the Series will be the
legendary SPA circuit, with racing starting May 1st. The racing schedule will include:

●Qualifier 1 – Thursday 20 July. Qualifier 2 – Thursday 24 August. Qualifier 3 – Tuesday 12
September.
● APAC Regional – Saturday 23 September. NA Regional – Sunday 24 September. EU Regional
Saturday 30 September.
● Grand Final Pre-Show – Wednesday 11 October. Grand Final – Thursday 12 October.

“We are thrilled to welcome the Asia-Pacific region to the 2023 Ferrari Esports Series”, said Annabel
Rochfort, Director of Location-Based Entertainment and Esports for Ferrari. “With countries like Australia
and Japan known for producing exceptional sim racing talent, we are excited to see the level of
competition that this region will bring to the table. Our commitment to providing a competitive and
entertaining platform for sim-racing remains unwavering as we grow our esports footprint”

“The Ferrari Esports Series is not like any other sim racing competition,” said Jonathan Riley, 2022 Ferrari
Esports Champion. “It’s six intense months of high-speed racing against the world’s best amateur sim
racers, all with one common goal in mind. It’s a chance to sit among the best sim drivers and compete for
the greatest motorsport brand in the world.”

Alongside the racing calendar, Ferrari’s 2023 Esports Series introduced a new season of video
content. Julia Hardy and Mike Channell will host the series and are primed to bring viewers all the
news, updates and action from the season of racing.

The season of content includes:

● Ferrari 101 – returning for 2023 across five episodes, sharing advice and tips for aspiring sim
racers.
● Off The Grid – A three-part documentary series following last year’s Ferrari Esports Series
winner Jonathan Riley, showing the emotional and personal experience of being a leading sim
racer.

The full season of racing will be broadcast on Twitch, YouTube, and Facebook.

About Ferrari Esports Series
The Ferrari Esports Series is the premiere racing competition for amateur drivers, providing a global platform for drivers to showcase their skills. The series is open to drivers in the APAC, Europe, and North America regions.

For more information, visit https://www.ferrari.com/en-AU/esports/ferrari-esports-series
Follow us on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter for updates.

About Santander
Banco Santander (SAN SM, STD US, BNC LN) is a leading retail and commercial bank, founded in 1857 and headquartered in Spain. It has a meaningful presence in 10 core markets in Europe, North America, and South America regions, and is one of the largest banks in the world by market capitalization. Its purpose is to help people and businesses prosper in a simple, personal, and fair way. Santander is building a more responsible bank and has made a number of commitments to support this objective, including raising over €120 billion in green financing between 2019 and 2025, as well as financially empowering more than 10 million people over the same period. At the end of 2021, Banco Santander had €1.15 trillion in total funds, 153 million customers, of which 25.4 million are loyal and 47.4 million are digital, 9,900 branches and 197,000 employees.

About Thrustmaster
Guillemot Corporation is a designer and manufacturer of interactive entertainment hardware and accessories. The Group offers a diversified range of products under the Hercules and THRUSTMASTER brand names. Active in this market since 1984, the Guillemot Corporation Group is currently present in 11 countries (France, Germany, Spain, the UK, the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Italy, Belgium, China [Hong Kong], and Romania) and distributes its products in more than 85 countries worldwide. The Group’s mission is to offer high-performance, ergonomic products which maximize the enjoyment of digital interactive entertainment for end users. www.guillemot.com