Curve Games and Denki’s swashbuckling new title out now on Steam

London, 28th July 2022 – Curve Games and Denki are excited to launch Autonauts vs Piratebots on Steam today. Denki’s unique base-building, management and automation sim is the follow-up to the BAFTA Award-winning Autonauts franchise where players must build, create, and automate to establish a settlement, craft bots and program them to build an ever-evolving autonomous paradise of agriculture, industry, and enlightenment. 

Autonauts vs Piratebots marries an utterly charming artistic vibe with an innovative and intuitive ‘show-and-tell’ Scratch-style coding system to make unique automation gameplay accessible to all. Players need to use crafting, world-building and RTS thinking to reclaim Autonauts settlements from marauding Piratebots, all while honing their Bot coding skills.  Now’s your chance to code and command an entire army of Autonaut Defencebots to conquer hordes of rough and tough Piratebots!   

The new title from Scottish developer Denki is a whole new game of automation and strategy for novices and veterans alike. Autonauts vs Piratebots is an engaging game that’s proven to educate players on the fundamentals of programming; for this reason, the team have recently pledged 5,000 codes free to UK schools, colleges and universities. This fantastic opportunity offers free copies of Autonauts vs Piratebots to educational bodies across the UK on a first-come, first-served basis as part of the Autonauts Codes for Education (ACE) initiative.  

To celebrate the launch of Autonauts vs Piratebots, Curve and Denki are giving away a booty load of discounts with a 10% launch discount on the game and an exceptional 50% offer to all owners of the original Autonauts game on Steam. New to the franchise? The original Autonauts is now 50% off, thanks to the Autonauts Mega Bundle. 

To learn more about Autonauts vs Piratebots, please visit the official Steam page. Or meet the helpful, lovable Autonauts community on the official Discord server.    

About Curve Games  

Curve Games is an award-winning independent label working with developers worldwide to deliver the best in interactive entertainment. With a uniquely diverse games catalogue that includes renowned indie hits such as For the King, Golf Gang, Bomber Crew, The Ascent, and Lawn Mowing Simulator, and the multi-million selling smash hit Human Fall Flat, Curve Games has taken its place as one of the leading games publishers worldwide.  

About Denki 

Denki is a video game developer based in Dundee, Scotland, which was founded in 2000 by 4 developers from the legendary DMA Design. Denki has worked extensively in the digital interactive television (DiTV) market, as well as other gaming platforms, and has produced bespoke licensed gaming products with the biggest entertainment brands on the planet. Autonauts vs Piratebots is an original IP from the studio and their most recent release. 

Players can also take part in the Rebirth Project event and help reforest the republic

Sydney, Australia – July 28, 2022 – Today, Ubisoft announced that season three of Riders Republic, Summer Break, is available on Xbox One, Xbox Series X | S, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®5*, Stadia, as well as Windows PC through the Ubisoft Store and the Epic Games Store.

During the summer, players will have access to new free content and weekly programming spotlights including a special Reforestation event, the release of two of Showdown mode’s toys** into the in-game shop, and an event to celebrate the much-anticipated arrival of BMX.

This season kicks off with Project Rebirth, a special event that begins today and runs through August 10. This event was conceived as a proposal last year at the 2021 Green Game Jam, a game development competition run by the United Nations Environmental Program’s Playing for the Planet Alliance that challenges participants to create events or game modes focused on raising environmental awareness.

During Project Rebirth, players are invited to participate in the Reforestation*** event, where they can plant trees in a desert area to help reforest the region, using a teleportation point that will lead them to a base camp. Desert Bloom, a new Mass Race course, will begin for all players in the desert which, thanks to the community’s reforestation efforts, will gradually become covered with plants and trees resistant to arid climates. On July 30^th, the event will culminate in the Climate March, unique in its kind, where players can participate and show their commitment to climate action.

Finally, at the end of Summer Break, Riders Republic will host an event that will mark the beginning of the BMX sport add-on, with weekly challenges focused on BMX-style freestyle activities.

For more information about Riders Republic, Season 3: Summer Break, please visit ridersrepublic.com/summer_break

For more information about the Green Game Jam Event, please visit https://playing4theplanet.org/green-game-jam

For the latest news on Riders Republic and all of Ubisoft’s games, please visit news.ubisoft.com

*Upgrade to the digital PS5™ version of the game at no additional cost. To upgrade eligible PS4™ disc copies, players need a PS5™ console with a disc drive. PlayStation.com/help. Riders Republic leverages Smart Delivery – buy the game once and automatically download the version optimized for your device for free, including for Xbox Series X and S.

** From August 3, two toys, the Juggernaut and the Sniper, will be added to the Riders Republic shop. Players will be able to use them in the competitive Showdown mode as well as while roaming the open world. Both toys will be unlocked for Year Pass owners from July 27^th.

The PlayStation Plus monthly games lineup for August brings with it a hit of nostalgia, a taste of the underworld and an adventure into the world of nightmares! From Tuesday, 2 August, recent classics including Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2, Little Nightmares, and Yakuza: Like A Dragon will arrive on PlayStation Plus across all the tiers so everyone has a chance to jump in! 

Additionally, the acclaimed Yakuza series will be coming to PlayStation Plus this year. Anyone who’s been intrigued by Sega’s long-running series will be able to experience its signature mix of crunchy combat, explorable districts, mini-games and fascinating storylines starting next month. 

Let’s take a closer look at the games…

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1+2 Cross-Gen Deluxe Bundle | PS4, PS5 

Drop back in with the most iconic skateboarding games ever made. Play Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater & Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 in one epic collection, rebuilt from the ground up in incredible HD. All the pro skaters, levels, and tricks are back and fully remastered, plus more. Skate to songs from the era-defining soundtrack along with new music, hit insane trick combos, or shred all the original game modes by going head-to-head with local 2-player modes! Strengthen your skills by taking your sessions online and competing against players from around the world in multiplayer modes and live leaderboards. Play as skaters from the original roster (Tony Hawk, Kareem Campbell, Bucky Lasek, and more) or slide into the new roster made up of Olympic skaters (Nyjah Huston, Aori Nishimura, Leticia Bufoni, and more). Watch the trailer here.

Little Nightmares | PS4

Immerse yourself in Little Nightmares, a dark whimsical tale that will confront you with your childhood fears! Help Six escape The Maw – a vast, mysterious vessel inhabited by corrupted souls looking for their next meal. As you progress on your journey, explore the most disturbing dollhouse offering a prison to escape from and a playground full of secrets to discover. Reconnect with your inner child to unleash your imagination and find the way out! Watch the trailer here.

Yakuza: Like A Dragon and the entire Kamazu Kiryu saga | PS5, PS4

Level up from underdog to dragon in this action RPG. Ichiban Kasuga, a low-ranking grunt of a low-ranking yakuza family in Tokyo, returns to society after serving 18 years for a crime he didn’t commit. Uncover the truth behind his family’s betrayal while exploring – and fighting – your way across a modern-day Japanese city. Build a party from a ragtag group of society’s outcasts, spending time with them to unlock new abilities and combo skills. Take time off from your quest to immerse yourself in go-karting, arcade games or 50 substories. Watch the trailer here.

PlayStation Plus Extra and Premium subscribers will also be able to experience Kazazu Kiryu’s epic journey through the criminal underworld with Yakuza 0, Yakuza Kiwami and Yakuza Kiwami 2 when the titles launch as part of the August Game Catalog lineup. 

Then, later this year, for Extra and Premium members, Kiryu’s story concludes with Yakuza 3 Remastered, Yakuza 4 Remastered, Yakuza 5 Remastered and Yakuza 6: The Song of Life. 

Finally, there’s still time to claim the great gamers from last month by Monday, 1 August which includes: Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time, Man of Medan and Arcadegeddon. Watch the trailer here.

To learn more about the PlayStation Plus lineup for July, check out the blog here; and for information on the Yakuza series coming to PlayStation Plus, read on here.

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Experience true ShaRkPG mayhem when the Maneater Apex Edition comes into stores on September 30^th for PlayStation®4 & Xbox One

Sydney, Australia – July 28, 2022 – Developer and publisher Tripwire Interactive and retail co-publishing partner Deep Silver are eager to announce the Maneater Apex Edition is coming physically to stores on September 30, 2022. Experience true ShaRkPG mayhem with the Maneater Apex Edition, which includes both the Maneater base game and the Maneater: Truth Quest DLC.

Experience the ultimate power fantasy as the apex predator of the seas – a terrifying SHARK! Maneater is a single player, open world action RPG (ShaRkPG) where YOU are the shark. Starting as a small shark pup you are tasked with surviving the harsh world while eating your way up the food chain, exploring a large and varied open world, and encountering diverse enemies – both human and wildlife. Find the right resources to help your shark grow and evolve far beyond what nature intended; tailoring the shark to your playstyle in the process.

The Maneater: Truth Quest DLC takes players to a brand-new island off the coast of Port Clovis – and comes packed with new evolutions, challenges, wildlife, and more! Players will once again take control of the apex predator of the sea to Eat, Explore and Evolve their way to the top of the food chain while uncovering a vast conspiracy.

©2022 Tripwire Interactive- published by Koch Media, Austria. Deep Silver® is a registered trademark of Koch Media in the USA and elsewhere. Maneater © 2022Tripwire Interactive. Maneater® is a registered trademark of Tripwire Interactive in the USA and other countries. All other trademarks, logos and copyrights are property of their respective owners. All rights reserved.

About Tripwire Interactive

Formed in 2005 as a humble independent developer founded by gamers who found success in the video game modding community, Tripwire Interactive has developed and self-published multiple critically acclaimed titles in the wildly popular Killing Floor and Rising Storm franchises, which have collectively sold over 20 million units to date. The studio’s latest project, Maneater, breaks new ground in the popular action RPG genre and finds players taking on the role of a deadly shark with the uncanny ability to evolve as it feeds.

Since then, Tripwire Interactive has expanded its business with the publishing division, Tripwire Presents, turning its experience and resources to include publishing titles spanning multiple platforms and genres from other talented independent studios. Tripwire Presents aims to help like-minded independent studios bring their titles to market, including Chivalry 2 developed by Torn Banner Studios, Espire 1: VR Operative developed by Digital Lode, and Road Redemption developed by EQ Games and Pixel Dash Studios.

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 also owns the development studios Deep Silver Dambuster Studios 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.

Koch Media is a leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products (software, games and films). The company’s own publishing activities, marketing and distribution extend throughout Europe and the USA. The Koch Media group has more than 20 years of experience in the digital media business, and has risen to become the number one distributor in Europe. It has also formed strategic alliances with numerous games and software publishers: Bethesda, Capcom, Kaspersky Labs, NC SOFT, Sega, Square Enix and Tecmo-Koei, etc. in various European countries. With Headquarters in Höfen, Austria Koch Media owns branches in Germany, England, France, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, the Nordic regions, Benelux, Australia, Czech Republic and the United States.

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.

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‘QUEEN’S WISH 2: THE TORMENTOR’ COMING AUGUST 24, 2022Explore, Fight, Manage, and Build in This Unique Retro RPG

July 27th, 2022 — Spiderweb Software, Inc., makers of retro role-playing excitement for 28 years, announces the release date of the second chapter in their unique Empire-building trilogy! August 24th, 2022, we will release Queen’s Wish 2: The Tormentor, a fantasy role-playing adventure for Windows and Mac, with iOS coming soon after. Queen’s Wish 2 had a great Kickstarter, and our backers will soon receive the results of their generosity.

Queen’s Wish 2 is a huge, turn-based, retro, indie fantasy role-playing game. It features a deep, open-ended story, in which you wander freely through a vast nation full of cities, forts, and dungeons. Fight clever, carefully designed turn-based battles, choosing from hundreds of skills, perks, and magical artifacts. Experience an exciting story full of tough choices and wildly different endings. Deal with misbehaving vassals with bribery, diplomacy, or violence. Build new forts and customize them, choosing among upgrades that give your adventurers powerful bonuses.

You are a child of the dread Queen of the mighty empire of Haven. Alas, your life of happy luxury has been stripped from you. The Queen, your mother, is desperately ill, so you have been forced to travel to the savage Rokaj. It is a poor and brutal land of warriors, constantly prone to rebellion.

You find yourself in the middle of a vicious power struggle, between your masters back home and the raiders and assassins of the wilderness. A rebellion is brewing. If you can’t prove yourself and master the wild Ro, it will be a bloody disaster. Can you take control of your Empire’s lands? And what will you do with them once you have them?

Decide whether to serve the Empire or free its unhappy servants. Be warned, though. Whatever plan you make, the temptations to turn away from it will be cunning and constant. Queen’s Wish 2: The Tormentor will initially be available on Steam, GOG.com, the Epic Game Store, and the Humble Store.

Pick up Queen’s Wish 2: The Tormentor on Windows, Mac, and iOS.

To find out more, visit:
Twitter:https://twitter.com/spiderwebsoft
Discord:https://discord.gg/fAHCRYQ
Developer Website:http://www.spiderwebsoftware.com/queenswish2/index.html

About Spiderweb Software:
Spiderweb Software, Inc. is a tiny indie game company based in Seattle, WA. founded in 1994. We’re fanatically dedicated to creating fun, exciting fantasy role-playing games for Windows, Macintosh, and iOS. Past titles include the award-winning Exile, Geneforge, Avernum, Queen’s Wish, and Avadon series. Learn more at www.spiderwebsoftware.com.

Experience a deadly supernatural snake infestation, new gameplay, a brand-new Legendary Hunter, and the most rewards ever for a Hunt event

FRANKFURT, Germany – July 27, 2022 – Hunt: Showdown‘s biggest-ever live event, “Serpent Moon,” starts today on PC and consoles. Running for 60 days, the event features “Viper,” a brand-new evolving Legendary Hunter, plus new gameplay, additional story, and much more.

Serpent Moon Trailer:

Running for 60 days until September 25, the “Serpent Moon” live event brings a supernatural infestation of snakes to the bayou. Deadly serpents appear in snake dens throughout the bayou, and players must capture snakes and sacrifice them on altars. However, these snakes will attack Hunters if they make too much noise on their approach, so players must balance the reward of greater event points, and greater rewards, for looting and sacrificing snakes against a lower amount of event points for simply destroying them.

Hunters will be able to equip three new Event Traits to help them. “Beastface” reduces the reaction range of snakes, allowing players to get closer. “Serpent” increases the distance at which snake sacrifices can be made, and “Poison Sense” will identify nearby poisoned players when using Dark Sight. Players will also be rewarded for investigating event clues and rifts, eliminating bosses and more.

Weapons and Blood Bonds are just some of the rewards up for grabs in the event, which continues the narrative from the previous “Traitor’s Moon” live event. After events unfold in the bayou during the event, audiobooks will be released on popular streaming platforms and Hunt‘s social media channels so fans can listen to the story, too.

All players who join the “Serpent Moon” event will be able to play with a new Legendary Hunter, “Viper.” In a first for Hunt, this unique character will visually evolve through different stages as players progress. The number of stages Viper will evolve through depends on the player’s chosen pathway. A new battle pass system – “The Gilded Path” – will enable gamers to choose from free, standard, and premium pathways. 

The free option offers two stages of Viper’s progression, plus the opportunity to earn weapons and Blood Bonds during the event. The standard Gilded Path battle pass provides everything in the free tier, four stages of Viper’s evolution to experience, more weapons and rewards to unlock, and Blood Bond cashback. The premium Gilded Path tier offers everything from the standard Gilded Path option plus 3,000 Event points to speed up progress. Whichever pathway players choose, they are guaranteed two new weapons: the Romero 77 Alamo “Coluber” shotgun and the “Snakeshot” Sparks Pistol!

All players can earn up to 11 rewards during the 60 days of the “Serpent Moon.” Boosters, Blood Bonds, and weapons are up for grabs, including the “Antosha” Caldwell Conversion Chain Pistol and the “Lucidus” Vetterli 71 Karabiner Silencer. Players who choose to play with the standard and premium Gilded Path battle pass will be able to unlock a further 17 rewards, including the new “Snake Oil Ward” antidote shot and the Winfield M1873 Swift rifle “Slither.”

Launching alongside the Serpent Moon event on Steam is a ‘Serpent Moon’ bundle, which includes “They Came from Salem” and the brand-new DLC “The Prescient” – which when players play as these Hunters they will benefit from an event point boost – plus new Legendary Weapons. Players can receive a further event boost with three new Event Traits that can be stacked with the activation of new Mr. Chary’s Contracts.

Hunt: Showdown is out now for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Players can find out more about the latest live event and the game by visiting www.huntshowdown.com.

About Hunt: Showdown

Hunt: Showdown is a competitive first-person bounty hunting game that packs the thrill of survival games into a match-based format. Set in Louisiana in 1895, the game boasts a mixture of PvP and PvE elements that creates a uniquely tense experience. It’s not just the creatures who are a threat—it’s every Hunter on the map. In the classic game mode, a match of Hunt pits 12 players—playing solo or in teams of two or teams of three —against each other as they race to take out gruesome beasts for a bounty they must collect and get off of the map. Hunt‘s quickplay mode offers a shorter match for solo players to scavenge for weapons as they compete for a diminishing pool of bounty. The higher the risk, the higher the reward–but a single mistake could cost everything. For more information, visit www.huntshowdown.com.

The world is your oyster! Locations Trailer for Destroy All Humans! 2 Releases!

Sydney, Australia, July 27^th, 2022 – Citizens of planet Earth, you can run but you can’t hide from us! The new trailer for Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed shows a variety of locations for players to explore, demolish, wreck, tear down, destroy…. Leave a path of chaos wherever you go! Maybe a skyscraper in Bay City, that beautiful bridge in Albion, or the KGB headquarters – what will be your next target?

Visit Bay City, Albion, Tunguska, Takoshima and Solaris to seek your revenge and claim those pesky Human settlements in the name of the Furon Empire.

Check out the Locations Trailer on YouTube:

Destroy All Humans 2! – Reprobed releases on August 30^th, 2022 for PC, PlayStation®5, and Xbox Series S/X. The SRP for the standard edition is $59.95 AUD. The Dressed to Skill edition is available at an SRP of $77.95 AUD.

Playable Pre-Order, anyone?
Yes, puny humans, believe it! If you pre-order Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed now, you’ll instantly be rewarded with the multiplayer, stand-alone spin-off Destroy All Humans! Clone Carnage. In Clone Carnage, 4 players can wreak havoc online or 2 players can destroy in local multiplayer. Clone Carnage is also available for separate purchase on PC, PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, Xbox Series S/X, and Xbox One today!

Check out the Clone Carnage Trailer:

Get it now:
PlayStation: https://store.playstation.com/en-au/concept/10004750/
Xbox: https://www.xbox.com/en-au/games/store/destroy…
PC – Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1872550/Destroy…

While Destroy All Humans! Clone Carnage will be available for download immediately upon digital preorder, everyone pre-ordering the “Dressed to Skill” Edition will also receive a skin pack, to make Crypto look all so shiny, as well as the “Challenges DLC” expected to launch in Q4 2022. For PC players, the Official Orchestral Score, as well as the Digital Art Book, will also be part of the “Dressed to Skill” Edition.

Pre-Order now!
Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed is now available for digital pre-order on PC and consoles.

PlayStation 5: https://store.playstation.com/en-au/concept/10003868/
Xbox Series X/S: https://www.xbox.com/en-au/games/store/destroy-all-humans-2-reprobed/9nxgkxk6rd72
PC – Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1266700/Destroy…
PC – Epic Games Store: https://store.epicgames.com/p/destroy-all-humans-2…
PC – GOG.com: https://www.gog.com/game/destroy_all_humans_2_repr…

About Destroy All Humans! 2 – Reprobed
Crypto is back with a license to probe. The alien invader returns, groovier than ever and now with genitals! Experience the swinging ‘60s in all its chemical-induced glory and take revenge on the KGB for blowing up your mothership. As you uncover the schemes of your enemies, you’ll have to form alliances with members of the very species you came to enslave.

Features:

• Show those hippies who’s boss using classic weapons and new technology like the Meteor Shower
• Explore 1960’s Mother Earth and unload your trusty saucer all over her fictional cities
• Defend a much larger, much more open world from those who seek to undermine your mission
• Hoover up humans from different countries and grind them up into DNA cocktails to upgrade your skills
• Invite a friend over for a twosome and enjoy the full story in local 2-player split screen co-op

Destroy All Humans! Website

About THQ Nordic

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THQ Nordic Website

Sony Interactive Entertainment Australia has today announced a new initiative that will make it easier for new partners to hop in and get started with developing for PlayStation. 

Greg Rice, Head of PlayStation Creators took to the Sony Interactive Entertainment Blog to say, “it is our continued goal to make PlayStation the best place to publish and play games of all shapes and sizes. Over the past couple of years, we have been thrilled to support our external publishing partners with features in Indie Spotlight events, indie montage videos on our social channels, dedicated space for PlayStation Indies on PlayStation.com, and have been working to reduce the time it takes to get a new developer on-boarded on PlayStation.

As such, we are always striving to lower the barrier of entry and improve the process for publishing on PlayStation…newly licensed PlayStation game publishers and developers will be eligible to receive one PS5 development kit and one PS5 testing kit, compliments of SIE subject to applicable terms and conditions.*”

To find out more about who is eligible head to the Sony Interactive Entertainment Blog. Check out the list of supported countries and regions on the PlayStation Partners registration process for devtools access.**

Once registration and onboarding is complete the team will contact you to confirm the terms of loan.***

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