by Maxi Graeff, Integrated Marketing Lead Xbox, DACH

We’re excited to return to gamescom in Cologne, Germany this August and hang out in person with the community for the first time since 2019!  

We’re really looking forward to being back on the show floor, bringing our passionate fans together again in person to celebrate what’s ahead at Xbox. At gamescom 2022, whether attending the show or watching the Xbox Booth @ gamescom Live Stream from home, fans in Europe and around the world can expect a little more insight into some of our previously announced games coming to Xbox in the next 12 months. 

We’re also very pleased to announce the return of Xbox FanFest to the show floor. More details on this and everything else we’re up to at gamescom 2022, can be found below. Here’s what to expect.  

Xbox Booth 

This year the Xbox booth will be back in Hall 8 and will feature 36 stations with a fantastic line-up of content coming to Xbox in the next 12 months, many of which will arrive on Game Pass on day one.

For those attending in person, you will be able to go hands-on with some of the latest games and updates from Xbox Game Studios, including: 

• Pentiment  (Obsidian Entertainment / Xbox Game Studios)
• Age of Empires IV (Relic Entertainment & World’s Edge / Xbox Game Studios)
• Microsoft Flight Simulator (Asobo Studio / Xbox Game Studios Publishing)
• Sea of Thieves  (Rare Games / Xbox Game Studios)
• Grounded (Obsidian Entertainment / Xbox Game Studios)

We will be celebrating some of our third-party partners too, with playable titles on the booth including: 

• A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio / Focus Entertainment)
• Disney Dreamlight Valley (Gameloft)
• Gunfire Reborn (Duoyi Games / 505 Games)
• Inkulinati (Yaza Games / Daedalic Entertainment)
• Last Case of Benedict Fox (Plot Twist Games / Rogue Games)
• Lies of P (Neowiz)
• Lightyear Frontier (Frame Break)
• Planet of Lana (Wishfully / Thunderful)
• You Suck at Parking (Happy Volcano)

Visitors to the booth will also be able to get hands-on with the new Xbox App on the latest 2022 Samsung Smart TV, part of our mission to empower everyone to play the games they want, with the people they want, anywhere they want. 

In addition to getting hands-on with the latest games, attendees will have the chance to become a video game hero with some amazing photo opportunities. You’ll be able to… 

• Come face-to-face with the first boss from Grounded, the Broodmother, a larger-than-life spider 5 meters (17 feet) wide who is looking forward to getting a selfie with you
• Walk the plank with Sea of Thieves 
• Fight the Piglins with Minecraft Legends 
• Storm the battlefield with Age of Empires IV   
• Take a selfie with Starfield’s robot companion, VASCO 

We can’t wait to see what you get up to.   

Xbox remains committed to the belief that gaming should be safe, inclusive, and accessible for all. That’s why we’re ensuring that Xbox Adaptive Controllers will be available on request and all areas of the booth will be wheelchair accessible. Additionally, easily identifiable American Sign Language (ASL), British Sign Language (BSL), and German Sign Language (DGS) interpreters, as well as “Here to Help” staff, will be available to assist players of all abilities.   

We are also pleased to announce that Xbox is an official partner of “gamescom goes green” and we have made a voluntary climate contribution to ClimatePartner to offset the CO2 consumption of our show floor presence. We are also committed to the prevention of waste in the design, presence and breakdown of the Xbox booth itself. All of this forms part of Xbox’s commitment to our players and the industry to work tirelessly to reduce our environmental impact in a responsible way. 

You will be able to find us at Hall 8 of the Koelnmesse, North entrance. Come hang out with Team Xbox! 

See below for the consumer show opening times: 

• Thursday, August 25 – 10:00am – 8:00pm CEST 
• Friday, August 26 – 10:00am – 8:00pm CEST 
• Saturday, August 27 – 9:00am – 8:00 pm CEST 
• Sunday, August 28 – 9:00am – 8:00pm CEST 

Xbox Booth @ gamescom Live Stream 

Live from the Xbox Booth at gamescom, on Thursday, August 25 from 2:00pm CEST – 8:00pm CEST / 5:00am PT – 11:00am PT / 8:00am ET – 2:00pm ET we’ll also host a special day of live-streamed conversations. Expect developer interviews and gameplay from various Xbox Game Studios including Mojang Studios, Obsidian Entertainment, and World’s Edge plus Xbox Game Studios Publishing and their partners at Asobo Studio, in addition to some of our highly anticipated games from our third-party partners. Join us for the whole stream or tune in for the latest on your most anticipated titles. Keep an eye on Xbox Social channels for the full content schedule in the days leading up to gamescom.

Here’s a taste of what to expect:   

• Microsoft Flight Simulator (Asobo Studio / Xbox Game Studios Publishing)
• Gunfire Reborn (Duoyi Games / 505 Games)
• Sea of Thieves (Rare Games / Xbox Game Studios)
• Lies of P (Neowiz)
• High On Life (Squanch Games)
• Grounded (Obsidian Entertainment / Xbox Game Studios)
• Pentiment (Obsidian Entertainment / Xbox Game Studios)
• A Plague Tale: Requiem (Asobo Studio / Focus Entertainment)
• Minecraft Legends (Mojang Studios & Blackbird Interactive / Xbox Game Studios)
• Planet of Lana (Wishfully / Thunderful)
• Age of Empires IV (Relic Entertainment & World’s Edge / Xbox Game Studios)

The live English-language broadcast from Xbox’s gamescom booth will be available in German, French, Polish, Italian, Spanish (Latin American & Castilian), Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese (Simplified), along with ASL, BSL and DGS interpretation, and English Audio Descriptions. You can catch all the Xbox Booth @gamescom Live Stream on regional Xbox channels on YouTube, Twitch, Facebook, and elsewhere.

Xbox FanFest @ gamescom 

After Hours Booth Access Event. 

Xbox FanFest will host a special event after hours in the Xbox Booth. This event will take place on Wednesday, August 24from 8:00pm – 11:00pm CEST and gives select fans a chance to beat the crowds and get access to the booth before the show opens to public ticket holders. There’s no better way to connect with others in the Xbox community than being together in-person. Together, fans can enjoy fun booth activities, including meet and greets with game creators. To enter for a chance to win a ticket to the After Hours Booth Access Event for you and a friend, register as an Xbox FanFest fan at xbox.com/fanfest and opt-in on the exclusives page. Entry period ends August 15 at 11:59pm PT. 

Virtual Meet & Greets with Sea of Thieves and Park Beyond. 

Can’t make it to gamescom in person this year? No problem. Xbox FanFest will host Meet & Greets with Sea of Thieves and Park Beyond on Friday, August 26. Fans can participate no matter where they may be by joining a Microsoft Teams call. These virtual experiences are a unique opportunity to chat directly with game creators about their games and their experience in the industry. To enter for a chance to win, register as an Xbox FanFest fan at xbox.com/fanfest and opt-in for the meet and greet of your choice. Entry period ends August 15 at 11:59pm PT. See Official Rules for full details.

Xbox Social Media Coverage.

For all the latest updates on Xbox at gamescom this year, stay tuned to the @Xbox Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube social channels, and the @XboxDACH Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and YouTube social channels. We’re using #Xboxgamescom as our event hashtag.

LOS ANGELES – August 10, 2022 – Netmarble, a leading developer and publisher of high-quality mobile games, has released new content for its blockbuster mobile RPG MARVEL Future Fight. The latest update allows players to customize their heroes further with new uniforms and Tier-4 upgrades while accessing newly added features and improvements. Check out the latest promotional video on YouTube HERE.

Based on the “Fear Itself” comic event, where villains received an upgrade in their power with hammers created by the Serpent, brother of Odin, new uniforms for Hulk, Juggernaut, Absorbing Man, and Titania have become available. Additionally, Hulk is now upgradable to Tier-4 with Striker skill while select heroes, including Juggernaut, Absorbing Man, and Titania, will receive Awakened Skills and Transcend Potential.

This latest game update also adds Gorr the God Butcher as a new World Boss: Legend. Inspired by the Super Villain from Marvel Studios’ Thor: Love and Thunder, Gorr is stronger than any other boss in the game. In addition to newly added game content, players can use the Archive feature to showcase Event Tokens. Other updates include improved features for Hero upgrades (added automatic biometrics selection and lock-up) and Material process (added automatic combining).

MARVEL Future Fight has over 120 million players across the world with the game currently available worldwide in the App Store® and Google Play™.

For more information, please visit http://marvelfuturefight.netmarble.com.

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

About Marvel Entertainment

Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media for over eighty years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing, publishing, games, and digital media.

For more information visit marvel.com. © 2022 MARVEL

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Sydney, Australia – August 11^th, 2022: Warner Bros. Games and DC has revealed a new gameplay trailer for Gotham Knights, the upcoming open-world action RPG in development by Warner Bros. Games Montréal.

The video features all-new gameplay and custom cutscenes of Red Hood, also known as Jason Todd. An intense vigilante with a short fuse, Red Hood is a highly trained marksman and hard-hitting, hand-to-hand fighter who’s reached the peak of human strength, making him an expert in both ranged and melee combat. After his violent death and subsequent resurrection in the Lazarus Pit, Red Hood gained the ability to harness mystical powers that aid him in battle and allow him to propel his body through the air to traverse the city. Despite his complicated past, Red Hood has reconciled with the Batman Family and is committed to using non-lethal combat methods to protect Gotham City in the wake of Batman’s death.

View the Gotham Knights – Official Red Hood Gameplay Trailer here:

Gotham Knights is scheduled to release worldwide on Oct. 25, 2022 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. Pre-orders will receive the 233 Kustom Batcycle Skin at launch, based on the vehicle’s first appearance in DC’s Detective Comics #233.

Gotham Knights features the Batman Family as players step into the roles of Batgirl, Nightwing, Red Hood and Robin, a new guard of trained DC Super Heroes who must rise up as the protectors of Gotham City in the wake of Batman’s death. From solving mysteries that connect the darkest chapters in the city’s history to defeating notorious villains in epic confrontations, players will confront an array of challenges as they evolve into their own version of the Dark Knight.

To learn more about Gotham Knights, visit GothamKnightsGame.com or connect with us online via Twitter (@GothamKnights), YouTube (GothamKnights), Instagram (@GothamKnights), Facebook (GothamKnights) and Discord (GothamKnights). Fans can also read up on Dick Grayson on DC UNIVERSE INFINITE, DC’s digital comic subscription service.

LOS ANGELES – August 10, 2022 – Netmarble, a leading developer and publisher of high-quality mobile games, released a new game update titled “Fight for the Throne” and “Capital Kingdom” for the massively multiplayer online role-playing anime game Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds. Players can experience new features, events, player options and more.

In “Fight for the Throne,” players will battle to become the strongest kingdom in the server. Four kingdoms enter the battle as they attempt to bring the dragon to their own base. The winning kingdom will need to reach a specific score and implement unique strategies to overcome their opponents. The winning army will be designated as a “Capital Kingdom” on the server and will receive honor and rewards for their efforts. A Special Kingdom Skin (Kingdom decorative element) and costume will be awarded as well as its very own policy for special events on the server.

The latest game update offers additional content including Pets – these types of cute creatures (separate from Familiars) follow the player and provide added fun and collectability to the game’s overall experience. A new Play mode has been added where players can choose the quest’s mode in ‘Auto / Semi-Auto / Manual’ for their play preference. Additionally, new players using the PC version can now bypass the mobile linked sign-up and sign in directly from the PC version.

New events have been added for opportunities to obtain special rewards:

• ‘Fight for the Throne’ Opening Event: A newly added Cheer feature allows players to cheer kingdoms, joining the fight. Players who use this feature during a specific cheering period will receive a 4★ Decoration Chest.
• Cooking Competition Episode Eve Event: Based on mission points, players can obtain the 4★ Sore Boar Familiar and various power up materials. Mission Points can be earned by completing various missions such as Cook in the Kingdom and Conquest Missions.
• Celebration Event for ‘Capital Kingdom’ update: New daily missions will be available across a 7 day period including Missions Use HP Potion, Defeat World Boss and more. Players will receive Power Up Materials and chances to win a 4★ Weapon Bundle Chest, which provides a variety of 4★ weapons.

Developed based on Level-5 and Studio Ghibli’s original fantasy RPG series ‘Ni no Kuni,’ Ni no Kuni: Cross is now available on mobile platforms and playable on PC using cross-play.

For the latest game info and updates, visit the official website (https://ninokuni.netmarble.com/) and follow the game’s Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, and Discord channels.

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 Marvel Future Revolution, Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds, Lineage 2: Revolution, The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross, Blade & Soul Revolution and Marvel Future Fight. As a parent company of Kabam, 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

Experience the First Chapter of the All-New Strategy RPG
with Save Data Carry Over to the Full Game on September 22

LONDON (Aug. 10, 2022) – SQUARE ENIX® today announced a free consumer demo for The DioField Chronicle™ is now available for the PlayStation®5 (PS5™) console, the PlayStation®4 (PS4™) console, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch™ system and PC via Steam®. Players can now experience the all-new strategy RPG that immerses players in an epic tale of war and honor. All progress made in the demo, including save data, game progress and character levels will be able to be carried over to the full game at launch on September 22.

Players across all platforms can now download a free demo of The DioField Chronicle. The demo sets the stage as DioField Island suddenly finds itself cast into an age of uncertainty due to the rise of warlike powers and modern magic. Players can experience the game to the end of chapter one, which include fast-paced action-packed combat utilizing small squads consisting of various unit types with unique battlefield roles in a sprawling campaign. Begin your military campaign now and play the opening chapter of the game, meet and strategize with the Blue Fox Mercenaries, and experience a Real Time Tactical Battle (RTTB) – a new, deeply strategic, real-time battle system.

The DioField Chronicle is further enhanced with a gritty and immersive storyline that is crafted by a skilled and experienced development team, featuring unique character designs by Taiki (Lord of Vermilion III, IV), concept art by Isamu Kamikokuryo (FINAL FANTASY XII, FINAL FANTASY XIII) and beautifully orchestrated music by world-renowned composers Ramin Djawadi and Brandon Campbell, known best for their work on Game of Thrones.

Pre-Orders are now available for the PS5™, PS4™, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, the Nintendo Switch™ system and PC via Steam®. The Collector’s Edition Set is also available for pre-order exclusively at the Square Enix Store in limited quantities. This set comes with the standard edition game package and the Collector’s Goods Box, which contains The DioField Chronicle Board Game and a Four Pins Set. https://sqex.link/3w6a

For more information, please visit the official The DioField Chronicle website at: https://www.diofieldchronicle.com/

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About The DioField Chronicle.
The DioField Chronicle features a beautiful and unique world, blending fantasy with medieval and modern-day influences. Under the steady hand of the Shaytham dynasty, the Kingdom of Alletain on DioField Island has known peace for 200 years, but suddenly find themselves cast into an age of uncertainty due to the rise of warlike powers and modern magic. The Kingdom of Alletain is rich in the mineral Jade, prized for its use as a base ingredient in magic and sorcery, and the attention of both the Empire and the Alliance inevitably turns towards the island. Players will take control of a band of elite mercenaries calling themselves “Blue Fox,” but will the name “Blue Fox” come to signify hope or darkest tragedy.
 
 About Square Enix Ltd.
Square Enix Ltd. develops, publishes, distributes and licenses SQUARE ENIX®, EIDOS® and TAITO® branded entertainment content in Europe and other PAL territories as part of the Square Enix group of companies. Square Enix Ltd. also has a global network of leading development studios such as Crystal Dynamics® and Eidos Montréal®. The Square Enix group of companies boasts a valuable portfolio of intellectual property including FINAL FANTASY®, which has sold over 168 million units worldwide; DRAGON QUEST®, which has sold over 84 million units worldwide; TOMB RAIDER®, which has sold over 88 million units worldwide; and the legendary SPACE INVADERS®. Square Enix Ltd. is a London-based, wholly owned subsidiary of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.

More information on Square Enix, Inc. can be found at https://square-enix-games.com

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