The legendary zombie-slaying saga is back – see you in HELL-A!

HELL-A, CALIFORNIA, 23^rd August 2022 (Sydney, Australia, 24^th August 2022) | Deep Silver and Dambuster Studios unveiled Dead Island 2 during gamescom’s global livestream event Opening Night Live, with an incredible CGI Trailer showcasing the brand new zombie adventure’s exciting pulp tone, cool characters and diverse weapons.

The Announce Gameplay Trailer includes actual game footage, setting the scene for what’s to come and introducing players to the variety of stunning gore-drenched locations and a cornucopia of zombified Los Angelinos.

Dead Island 2 is a First Person Action RPG set in an unique setting – a hellish, yet stylish and vibrant, gore-drenched vision of Los Angeles, nicknamed HELL-A. The series’ unique formula, dark humour and over the top zombie-slaying returns, with all the swagger and charisma you’d expect from Dead Island.

The CGI trailer stars Jacob, one of our playable slayers, as he wakes up in a luxurious Beverly Hills villa but nothing is what it seems. Join him as he ventures out into HELL-A and witness the bloody outbreak aftermath, enhanced by the iconic track Hollywood Swinging by Kool And The Gang.

Pre-orders are live now and the game will release on 3^rd February, 2023 on Xbox Series X and Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment systems from Microsoft, PlayStation®5 and PlayStation®4 computer entertainment systems, Google Stadia and the Epic Games Store for PC.

STORY

A deadly virus is spreading across Los Angeles, turning its inhabitants into ravenous zombies. The city is in quarantine and the military have retreated. Bitten, infected, but more than just immune, you learn to harness the tainted powers running through your veins. Only you, and the handful of other swaggering assholes who happen to be resistant to the pathogen, hold the future of Los Angeles (and humanity), in the balance. You were born to this.

As you uncover the truth behind the outbreak, you’ll uncover the truth of who – or what – you are. Survive, evolve, save the world – just another day in LA!

FEATURES

• Explore HELL-A – Dead Island 2 takes players across the most iconic locations of the City of Angels, now stained with horror, in an exciting pulp journey from the verdant suburbia of Beverly Hills to the quirky promenade of Venice Beach.

• Brutal Melee Sandbox – Combat delivers the most intense, visceral and gory first person experience possible, with plenty of weapons and brutally tactical options to chew your way through the zombie horde. Whether you’re slicing, smashing, burning or ripping, we want you to truly feel it.

• Be the Ultimate Zombie Slayer – There are six characters to choose from, each with their own unique personality and dialogues. You can fully customise the abilities of each Slayer, with our brand-new skill system allowing you to re-spec instantly and try out the craziest builds.

• Zombie Infestation – Ready to experience the most advanced dismemberment system in games? Our LA is crawling with zombies that look and react realistically. These mutated wretches are the reanimated, rotten heart of Dead Island 2 with dozens of distinct zombie types, each with their own mutations, attacks and hundreds of visual LA-themed variants. Our monsters are relentless, challenging, and true Los Angelinos. Will you be able to survive?

• A Cinematic Co-op Adventure – As a proper RPG experience, Dead Island 2 offers plenty of exciting quests, a crazy cast of characters, and a thrilling pulp story, to truly immerse you in its twisted universe. Re-playability is guaranteed. Add an over-the-top co-op mode for up to three players, and you’ll stay in LA for a very long (and gory) trip.

For more information on Dead Island 2 follow us on Twitter and Instagram and on Facebook at @DeadIslandGame.

© 2022 Plaion GmbH and published by Deep Silver. Developed by Deep Silver Dambuster Studios. Additional development by Deep Silver Fishlabs. Deep Silver, Dead Island, Dambuster, Fishlabs and their respective logos are trademarks of Plaion GmbH. All other trademarks, logos and copyrights are property of their respective owners. All Rights Reserved.

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 Saints Row, 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 DEEP SILVER DAMBUSTER STUDIOS

Deep Silver Dambuster Studios is a AAA game developer with a heritage spanning over 20 years, with around 170 designers, narrators, artists, programmers and engineers making up the talented team.

Established in Nottingham (UK), the studio was founded by a passionate team of games industry veterans, with the genesis of the studio traced back to the late 1990s, when several people formed Free Radical Design where they worked on TimeSplitters.

In 2014 the studio was acquired by Deep Silver and rebranded Deep Silver Dambuster Studios. It released Homefront: The Revolution for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC in 2016. In the 12 months following the launch of Homefront it released additional Resistance Mode content and three individual story expansions; The Voice of Freedom, Aftermath and the final story bookend, Beyond the Walls.

The studio is now developing the next instalment in the highly successful Dead Island series of games.

 For more information please visit www.DSDambuster.com.

ABOUT PLAION

PLAION is a leading independent developer and producer of games and entertainment products, with ten development studios and five publishing units based all over the world. Founded in 1994 as Koch Media, PLAION offers a unique breadth of services and solutions, dynamically growing its business to push ourselves and our partners to the forefront in all the segments we operate in. PLAION runs a multi-label strategy, with fully owned publishing units, such as Deep Silver, Prime Matter, Milestone, Vertigo Games and Ravenscourt, publishing games for consoles, PC and VR platforms across all physical and digital channels. Additionally – as a global publishing partner – PLAION has formed long-term multinational publishing collaborations with numerous game publishers including Activision Blizzard, Bethesda, Capcom, Focus Multimedia, Giants Software, Koei Tecmo, Paradox, Sega, SNK, Square Enix, Techland, THQ Nordic, Tripwire, Warner Bros and many others. With its parent company in Höfen, Austria – and the HQ in Munich, Germany – PLAION owns local publishing companies in Germany, UK, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Australia, the United States as well as Japan and Hong Kong. PLAION owns ten game development studios: Deep Silver Volition (Champaign, IL, USA), Deep Silver Dambuster Studios (Nottingham, UK), Fishlabs (Hamburg, DE), Warhorse Studios (Prague, CZ), Milestone (Milan, IT), Voxler (Paris, FR) , DigixArt (Montpellier, FR), Flying Wild Hog (Warsaw, Kraków, Rzeszów, PL), Free Radical Design (Nottingham, UK) and Vertigo Games (Rotterdam, Amsterdam, NL). Additionally, PLAION collaborates with numerous independent development studios around the world. Part of PLAION is also PLAION PICTURES, a leading independent film distributor in Europe with a library of more than 1.400 titles. Further business operations include Sola Media, a sales agency and production company for family entertainment, Spotfilm Networx, a multi-channel streaming network, and a sub-label dedicated to Japanese animation. PLAION also owns the leading video game merchandise company DPI Merchandising (Denver, Roseburg, USA and Munich, DE) and a Quality Assurance Facility in Olomouc, CZ. PLAION is an Embracer Group company.

Ahoy there, Fancy Pants! Terrible Toybox, Devolver Digital, and Lucasfilm Games have proclaimed that Return to Monkey Island, the next installment of Guybrush Threepwood’s epic saga of secrecy, romance, and lactose intolerance, will raise the Jolly Roger high and set sail for fun on September 19  for PC & Nintendo Switch.

Official Website:

https://returntomonkeyisland.com/

Revealed during today’s Gamescom Opening Night Live event, wannabe pirates can pre-order Return to Monkey Island now and begin their adventure with a highly exclusive and entirely useless Horse Armor in their inventory.

The tangled history of Monkey Island’s most famous secret leads Guybrush Threepwood – intrepid hero, leather jacket salesman, and mighty pirate – to embark on a new swash-buckling  adventure through the Caribbean, determined to uncover the elusive secret once and for all. No trip back to Mêlée Island would be complete without his old friends (and foes), but while Guybrush and the evil LeChuck look certain to clash on the high seas once more, a new crew of Pirate Leaders seem to have arrived to spoil the party.
 
Join the hilarious misadventures of Guybrush in Return to Monkey Island, the sequel penned by series originators Ron Gilbert and Dave Grossman. Brought to life with stunning new visuals by Rex Crowle (Knights & Bikes, Tearaway), an all-new score from the original composers, and Dominic Armato returning as the voice of Guybrush Threepwood to lead an all-star VO cast., Return to Monkey Island will include all new intuitive controls, accessibility features and even a few jokes.

BLACKTAIL – Eerie New Trailer at Opening Night Live Announces Release Window and Opens Pre-orders on Steam

PARIS — Aug. 23, 2022 — Focus Entertainment and THE PARASIGHT are thrilled to announce the upcoming release of BLACKTAIL, a surreal first-person action adventure game where the story of Baba Yaga comes to life. Explore an original take on Slavic folklore and forge your own legend. Become either the guardian of the woods, or the terror nightmares are made of. Coming this winter on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S, BLACKTAIL is already available to pre-order on Steam. Catch a glimpse of its grim storytelling in today’s trailer, following its premiere during Gamescom’s Opening Night Live 2022!

Become the guardian of the woods or the terror nightmares are made of…

You play as Yaga, a 16-year-old girl accused of witchcraft and expelled from an early medieval Slavic settlement. When living memories of her past return as foul, walking spirits, Yaga is faced with no other option than to hunt them down in hopes of unraveling her own mystery.

Bringing a one-of-a-kind blend of intense archery combat, magic and dark storytelling set in a vibrant fairy tale world, the game takes you on the defining journey of an ambiguous folk figure. Will you be a good witch and protect the forest? Or will you be the evil that haunts children’s nightmares? Only you can decide.

BLACKTAIL will release this winter on PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The game is now available to pre-order on Steam. For more information, visit www.focus-entmt.com.

Industry Veterans From Bethesda Game Studios and Obsidian Entertainment Form New Game Studio, Something Wicked Games, and Announce Wyrdsong, a New Preternatural Open World AAA RPG

Something Wicked Games’ seed funding exceeds $13mm for its flagship AAA RPG and includes industry talent from the world’s most successful RPG franchises

Cologne, Germany (Aug. 23, 2022) – Something Wicked Games, a brand-new studio from 15-year Bethesda Game Studios veteran Jeff Gardiner was just revealed at Gamescom’s Opening Night Live. With initial seed funding of $13.2mm from NetEase, Something Wicked Games is a new, globally dispersed AAA games studio with creative and leadership talent from The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Fallout: New Vegas, Fallout 4, The Outer Worlds and more. Their first game, an open world AAA preternatural RPG, Wyrdsong, is currently in development. 

Today’s announcement is coupled by an animatic teaser trailer for the studio’s first game, Wyrdsong. Wyrdsong is an occult historical fantasy RPG set in a fictionalized Portugal in the middle ages. Players will be challenged to question both their reality and the choices they make as Wyrdsong is set to expand, question, and re-define aspects of what makes up the current Role Playing Game genre. 

Gardiner’s career in games boasts some of the most well known franchises in the RPG space. Gardiner served as lead producer and project lead across several of Bethesda’s flagship titles in the Fallout and The Elder Scrolls franchises. Before making the difficult choice to leave Bethesda Game Studios following a 15-year career, Gardiner’s efforts on Fallout 76 saw its transformation into one of the most successful, robust examples of the games-as-a-service model.

The studio’s talent roster also includes Co-Founder & Design Director Charles Staples (Obsidian Entertainment). Staples’ 15-year tenure at Obsidian was highlighted with his Design Director role on The Outer Worlds, as well as his work as Lead Level Designer on Fallout: New Vegas. 

“Our goal with Something Wicked Games is to utilize our independence and creative autonomy to create the next evolution of open world RPGs,” said Something Wicked Games CEO and Founder Jeff Gardiner. “Our first project, Wyrdsong, has been my dream game for some time now, and I’m thrilled to finally share it today.” 

Developed on Unreal Engine 5, Wyrdsong immerses fans in a dark historical fantasy where every decision has a consequence, both in this world and others yet to be discovered. 

Headquartered in the capital region of Washington, D.C., Something Wicked Games is fully remote and hiring across all positions. Currently staffed with 12 developers, the studio hopes to achieve a full roster between 65-70 as development continues to ramp up. 

To learn more about Something Wicked Games, please visit www.somethingwickedgames.com and follow the studio on YouTube, Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. 

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It’s Candy-Coated Carnage in Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game, a New 3v7 Asymmetrical Multiplayer Horror Game Based on the Iconic 1988 Movie

MGM, Good Shepherd Entertainment and Teravision Games bring you a fun and frightening take on the iconic film, coming early 2023 to Steam, PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation®4 and Xbox One

THE HAGUE, The Netherlands – Aug. 23, 2022 – Video game publisher Good Shepherd Entertainment and leading entertainment studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) have revealed an ambitious and unexpected entry into the multiplayer horror genre: Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game, a new 3v7 asymmetrical online multiplayer game inspired by MGM’s 1988 cult horror classic film. When murderous alien Klowns come to feed on the quiet town of Crescent Cove, the locals must work together to fight back and survive the invasion. Players can team up as either Klowns or humans, choosing from a variety of character classes, to explore an expansive, ever-changing map with creepy surprises waiting around every corner.

Developed by Teravision Games, this playfully panic-inducing action experience faithfully recreates the atmosphere of the iconic movie and aims to stir up the asymmetrical multiplayer horror genre in multiple ways. The game is being developed as a live-service title, with multiple content updates planned for post-launch, and is expected to release early 2023 on Steam, PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation®4 and Xbox One.

Official Website: https://killerklownsthegame.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/klownsthegame

Led by visionary game designer and Friday the 13th: The Game Executive Director Randy Greenback, Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game is blood-pumping asymmetrical multiplayer horror, boasting a uniquely campy sense of humor and nightmarish unpredictability that keeps the gameplay fresh and exciting with each session. Randy shared his excitement for the upcoming project:

“It’s a total bucket list item to get to work on the next chapter of such an iconic horror IP like Killer Klowns, especially getting the chance to partner with the original creators of the film and pair them with an incredibly talented development team like Teravision. I can’t wait for everyone to see what rockstars they are and the craziness we’re bringing to the genre.”

Key Features:

SEND IN THE KLOWNS: Take on a role of the iconic Killer Klowns – cooperate in a team of three players, utilize outlandish abilities, hunt humans with zany weapons, and plan your own alien invasion to harvest the citizens of Crescent Cove.

PROTECT HUMANITY: Fight back as a team of seven brave citizens of Crescent Cove – pick your class, explore the city for valuable loot and weapons, avoid getting captured by Klowns, and try to survive – or sabotage – the alien invasion.

WELCOME TO THE TOWN: Crescent Cove is a sprawling arena for unique 3v7 fights between Klowns and humans – boasting various locations, randomly generated map layout and a multitude of tactical opportunities for both teams.

EVOLVING THE HORROR: Unique approach to hide-and-seek gameplay, customization and respawn systems, PvPvE, dynamic objectives leading to multiple match results – Killer Klowns evolves the online horror formula in new ways.

Good Shepherd Entertainment, in partnership with Teravision and MGM, is excited to bring equal parts authenticity and innovation to this exciting new iteration of the cult favorite world, engaging the film’s original composer John Massari to create the score, and making The Chiodo Brothers – the original creators of Killer Klowns –  executive producers on the game:

“When we first heard that someone wanted to make a Killer Klowns from Outer Space game, we all had the same initial reaction: finally! But nothing could have prepared us for the experience that the Good Shepherd Entertainment and Teravision teams were creating. We are thrilled by the sheer passion these folks share for the world of Killer Klowns and the care they have invested in bringing it to life in surprising new ways. We know our fans will be excited to be able to step into the oversized shoes of the Klowns for the first time… Because we are.”

Robert Marick, Executive Vice President Global Consumer Products and Experiences at MGM, added:

“We couldn’t be more delighted to collaborate with Good Shepherd and Teravision to bring this horror classic to life in an innovative new video game. Not only will the dedicated fans of the original film be excited for the video game’s take on the property, but it will also introduce the cult classic to a new generation of Killer Klowns enthusiasts.”

About Good Shepherd Entertainment

Good Shepherd Entertainment is an award-winning independent game publisher based in the Netherlands. The company has built a robust global footprint, shepherding talented development teams to create impactful games that innovate, challenge, and – most importantly – entertain. We’ve done this by pairing creators with writers, musicians and IP powerhouses and through strategic partnerships with some of the industry’s most notable names, including Devolver Digital, Croteam and Perfect World. In addition to the critically acclaimed John Wick Hex, GSE’s selection of titles includes Monster Train, Phantom Doctrine, the Transport Fever series, Hard West, and its sequel, Hard West 2. For more information, visit www.GoodShepherd.games.

About Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) is a leading entertainment company focused on the production and global distribution of film and television content across all platforms. The company owns one of the world’s deepest libraries of premium film and television content as well as the premium pay television network EPIX, which is available throughout the U.S. via cable, satellite, telco and digital distributors.  In addition, MGM has investments in numerous other television channels, digital platforms, and interactive ventures and is producing premium short-form content for distribution. For more information, visit www.mgm.com.

About Teravision Games

Teravision Games is a leading Latin American video game development studio. It was founded in 2006 and its headquarters are located in Bogotá, Colombia, with offices in the US and Canada. The studio has developed more than 80 games for companies like Disney, Nickelodeon, Namco, Atari and Xbox Studios and is focused exclusively on PC/console development. For more information, visit www.teravisiongames.com.

KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE © 1988 & TM Orion Pictures Corporation. KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE: THE GAME © 2021-2022 & TM Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. All Rights Reserved.

Hardspace: Shipbreaker Lands on Consoles September 20! Discover the New Trailer Revealed at Gamescom’s Opening Night Live

PARIS — Aug. 23, 2022 — Hardspace: Shipbreaker, the acclaimed zero-g spaceship-salvaging sandbox game from Blackbird Interactive and Focus Entertainment, is officially coming to Xbox Series X|S, Xbox Game Pass, and PlayStation 5 on September 20, as shown in Hardspace: Shipbreaker’s Console Release Date Announcement Trailer which premiered during the Gamescom Opening Night Live!

Welcome to LYNX, the solar system’s leader in spaceship salvaging

Experience the daily life of a working-class spaceship salvager in Hardspace: Shipbreaker, where each shift brings the opportunities for big profits but even bigger risks, depending on your reflexes and skill. Experience the excitement of living, dying, and repeating the cycle while contending with next-gen physics and demolition effects set in a realistic industrial sci-fi future in the game’s story mode, or sit back, relax, and get lost practicing your salvaging skills in Free Play.

You’ll need to master scanning, cutting, and dismantling a variety of increasingly hazardous spaceships for valuable components and resources to pay off your astronomical debt to the massive LYNX corporation, a company that profits from both your success and failure. Death lurks around every bulkhead, and danger is how you earn your paycheck, but you might find that the workers during this challenging, competitive job have more power than they first believe.

On top of the compelling campaign and casual free-play mode that make up your solo journey as a space worker, test your skills in the R.A.C.E mode and win timed competitions against other Shipbreakers to climb the leaderboard and prove yourself to be the fastest, or most fearless, salvager of derelict ships.Hardspace: Shipbreaker releases September 20 on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation 5. It will also be available on Day One with Xbox Game Pass and is already available on PC Game Pass.

The game is also out now on PC through Steam, Windows Store and Epic Games Store. A GAME + OST Bundle is available on Steam and Epic Games Store.

Brainwash Gang fuels fast-paced and chaotic PvP battles with the perfect balance between FPS and deck builder

STOCKHOLM – Aug. 23, 2022 – Birds of a feather… fight together! Developer Brainwash Gang and Raw Fury are teaming up once again to bring you the ultimate deck-building FPS, Friends vs Friends, revealed today at Opening Night Live!

The world premiere showed the very first glimpse of the game, in which players choose from a roster of animal avatars, create a custom deck of weapons and abilities, and hop into one of many cartoon maps for the speediest, silliest fight of their life. Whether they enter the ring solo for a rapidfire 1v1 or double the fun with a 2v2, each player will encounter a mess of joyous mayhem.

About the Game

Friends vs Friends is an online PvP shooter that combines combat and deck building. Choose a character, build your deck with crazy cards and remember – you’re always just a friend away from a good time!

Play 1v1 or 2v2 in online, fast-paced, chaotic combat. Level up, get new cards, improve the ones you already have, and unlock new characters with their own unique skill. Powers, weapons, and debuffs are all played from your card deck. Become a titan, invoke a friendly turret, leach health with vampire bullets and make them have a big freaking head.

Key Features

• “Quick Match” Redefined: Play with your friends or join online matching; either way, every battle will keep you on your toes until the outrageous end.
• Perfect Your Deck: Unlock and upgrade cards to tweak your deck between matches to fit your playstyle (and win your way up the leaderboard).
• Choose Your Challenger: Play one of 10 characters, each with a unique ability to bring to battle… and they look cool!
• Practice, Practice, Practice: Try practice mode to get the lay of the land, or play against AI to train up your skills.
• Play Your Cards Right: Adapt quickly to the cards in hand, the environment underfoot, and the opponent across the screen, even as post-launch content throws new characters, cards, maps, and events your way.

Friends vs Friends is available to wishlist on Steam now. The first demos will be available to Gamescom attendees this week, as well as at PAX West next weekend!

About Brainwash Gang

Brainwash Gang is a video game developer with headquarters in Madrid, Spain. Known for Damnview: Built from Nothing, Grotto, Nongunz, The Longest Road on Earth, and more, the Gang rebels against tying itself to a single genre, instead focusing on the feel of games.

Game: https://www.friendsvsfriends.com
Studio: https://brainwashgang.com
Twitter: twitter.com/brainwash_gang

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.

Focus Entertainment and Deck13 Interactive Announce Atlas Fallen, a New Fantasy Action RPG Revealed in an Epic Trailer at Gamescom’s Opening Night Live

PARIS — Aug. 23, 2022 — Focus Entertainment and Deck13 Interactive (a Focus studio) are proud to announce the epic fantasy, super-powered action RPG: Atlas Fallen! Unveiled during the Gamescom Opening Night Live 2022 by Geoff Keighley, Atlas Fallen takes you to a semi-open world full of ancient mysteries and threats. Coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series & PC in 2023, get to know its sand-covered world now in the Reveal Trailer, and meet two mysterious fighters battling legendary creatures with sand-infused weapons.

World Reveal Trailer:

Rise from the dust and liberate mankind from the oppression of the gods

Glide the sands of a timeless land, filled with ancient dangers, mysteries and fragments of the past. Hunt legendary monsters using powerful, shape-shifting weapons and devastating sand-powered abilities in spectacular, super-powered combat.

Target and gather the essence of your enemies to shape your own custom playstyle, forging a new era for humanity in a fully cooperative or solo story campaign.

Atlas Fallen will be coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC in 2023. Wishlist it and register your Focus Entertainment account now for exclusive news and benefits!

NETMARBLE REVEALS FINANCIAL EARNINGS FOR SECOND QUARTER OF 2022

LOS ANGELES – AUGUST 23, 2022 – Netmarble Corp, a leading developer and publisher of mobile games, reported $535.95 million in revenue, $17.46 million in EBITDA, and an operating loss of $28.09 million for the second quarter of 2022. Overseas sales accounted for 85% ($453.12 million) of total global sales.

“Releases late in the second quarter led to some of our new titles such as Ni no Kuni: Cross World and Merge Kuya Island having limited financial impact in the first half of 2022,” said Young-sig Kwon, CEO of Netmarble. “We expect to see increased performance in the third quarter, including the successful July launch of Seven Knights Revolution in South Korea, along with a variety of new titles slated for the second half of the year, including Overprime (early access), BTS Dream: TinyTAN House, and Charlotte’s Table, as well as blockchain games Let’s Get Rich: Meta World, King of Fighters ARENA and Monster Arena Ultimate Battle.”

Netmarble’s Q2 and H1 2022 financial results include:

• For the first half of 2022, Netmarble earned $1.048 billion in sales and $54.51 million in EBITDA. The company reported an operating loss of $37.78 million and a net loss of $139.78 million.
• North America led revenues (49%) with diversification across other key territories as follows: Korea (15%), Europe (12%), Southeast Asia (11%), Japan (8%), and other regions (5%).
• Netmarble’s portfolio showed genre diversification across Casual Games (47% of revenue generated), RPGs (22%), MMORPGs (22%), and other genres (9%).
• Top performing titles for the second quarter included: Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds (10%), MARVEL Contest of Champions (10%) (Kabam), Cash Frenzy (8%), Jackpot World (8%), Lotsa Slots (8%), and The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross (7%). All other games contributed to 49% of the company’s earned revenue.

A breakdown of the total financial earnings is below:

For details on Netmarble’s quarterly performance and to listen to the earnings call, please visit the company’s Investor Relations page.

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About Netmarble Corporation

Established in Korea in 2000, Netmarble Corporation is a top developer and publisher pushing the boundaries of the mobile gaming experience with highly innovative games including Seven Knights 2, Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds, MARVEL Future Revolution, Lineage 2: Revolution, The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross, Blade & Soul Revolution and MARVEL Future Fight. As a parent company of Kabam and SpinX Games, and a major shareholder of Jam City and HYBE (formerly Big Hit Entertainment), Netmarble strives to entertain audiences around the world with a variety of mobile games based on its powerful franchises and collaborations with IP holders worldwide. More information can be found at http://company.netmarble.com

AQUATIC ADVENTURE GAME DAVE THE DIVER LAUNCHING INTO STEAM EARLY ACCESS THIS FALL

The game’s popular demo returns for gamescom, live now through Aug. 28

SEOUL – Aug. 23, 2022 – Underwater adventure and restaurant tycoon game DAVE THE DIVERis headed to Steam Early Access this October. To celebrate, MINTROCKET is unveiling a brand-new trailer at gamescom and has re-released its well-received Steam demo. Players can explore DAVE THE DIVER’s unique gameplay, stunning underwater landscapes and wild sea creature boss fights by jumping into the demo now through Saturday, Aug. 28.

DAVE THE DIVER gamescom trailer:

The previously released Steam demo features a few small changes including:

• Improved player guidance and fish AI
• A smooth 60 FPS update
• Inclusion of Simplified Chinese

In DAVE THE DIVER players can explore the mysterious Blue Hole filled with a beautiful sea of numerous fish species and giant creatures whose ecology and topography are constantly changing. But an unknown creature awaits, making it important to upgrade equipment along the way to keep up defenses. Successfully running a sushi restaurant out of the water allows players to make and sell special dishes with the fresh ingredients they’ve caught, earning money for their much-needed upgrades.

Learn more about DAVE THE DIVER on the official website.

About MINTROCKET

MINTROCKET is a separate sub-brand of NEXON. The brand aims a world where various genres and new kinds of enjoyment coexist. What makes a great game? MINTROCKET thinks its answer is from the gamers. MINTROCKET only focuses on making fun gameplay and brings immersive gaming experiences worldwide with our creative and inspiring games.

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