Embrace the new blood and conquer the gothic world of Vardoran this Spring

Skövde, Sweden – 14th April, 2022 – Swedish game developer Stunlock Studios have today announced that V Rising, the upcoming open-world fantasy vampire survival game, will launch on Steam Early Access on May 17th following their successful on-going closed beta. Explore the gothic world of Vardoran in solo or co-op playthroughs this Spring as you control newly awakened vampires on the hunt for blood, fighting against bandits, mythical creatures and the light-wielding Church of Luminance in intense combat encounters.

Learn more about the world of V Rising in the latest Dev Blog:  https://blog.stunlock.com/v-rising-dev-update-11-the-world-of-vardoran/

In V Rising, you need to survive as a newly awakened vampire in a world ruled by humans and rise to become the next Dracula. Feed on blood to gain new powers, hide from the scorching sun, and engage in real-time PvE and PvP combat set in a dark fantasy realm. Raise your castle and invite friends to join as you explore a vast open-world, pillage villages, skirmish with bandits, and delve into the lairs of supernatural beasts. Attack other players’ castles, or become a diplomat in a game of blood, power, and betrayal. 

There is still time to Sign up for the V Rising Beta here: https://playvrising.com/signup

About Stunlock Studios:
Founded in 2010, Stunlock Studios is one of the leading Swedish game developers located in Skövde. With a passion for competitive gaming, the studio crafts groundbreaking and community driven games, always with their players in mind. Previously released titles include Battlerite, Bloodline Champions, and Dead Island: Epidemic. For more information, visit: https://www.stunlock.com

New meta-game with base camp, side missions, a mysterious story and more added. The game is available for free on the Epic Game Store for a limited time 

Hamburg, Germany, April 14th, 2022 – Insurmountable, the roguelike adventure where you bravely tackle the intimidating heights of three mighty mountains, today receives a major free update, adding a whole new meta-game with side missions, a brand-new story, a broader variety of maps  and much more. To properly celebrate the new update, the game is available for free on the Epic Games Store until April 21st. The game is also available on Steam and GOG.com 

This brand new trailer shows what the game is all about:  

The 2.0 trailer showcases everything that’s new:

In Insurmountable, players brave three dangerous peaks looking for the ultimate mountaineering challenge. As one of three playable climbers with different backgrounds, they have to manage the terrain, weather and unpredictable events waiting for them on their adventure. Every decision counts and preparation is key.  

With Update 2.0, the experience gets vastly expanded with an all-new meta-game. Players now have to not only climb the three main mountains, but also complete several side-missions. In-between missions, they return to their base-camp, proceed with the story, manage their upgrades and prepare for their next climb. 

Key-Features of Update 2.0: 

• A brand new story awaits players. Gone are the individual stories. Now, the three characters find themselves in a time loop, caused by the research station which is now their base. They have to free themselves and find out more about the mysteries looming in the mountain range.
• Base Camp – The base is an almost entirely abandoned research facility in the mountain range. Here, players can choose their next mission, upgrade kit and skills, and decide on which items to bring. 
• Mountaineering Map –  Found in the base camp, the map indicates which missions are available, which ones are completed, and which ones are not yet unlocked. 
• Prepare Accordingly – Upgrades and preparing for missions include collecting knowledge in different areas such as items, characters, terrain, and the environment. How much knowledge is received depends on the mission. Knowledge is essential to level up their respective areas (items, character skill trees, team upgrades).
• Procedurally generated maps are a big part of the 2.0 update as side missions will rely heavily on this feature, allowing players to climb a wider variety of mountains.
• New Feature: tracking is a new goal that players have to find and reach in order to clear a mission. 
• The new and improved tutorial will be context-based and offer new players information according to their progress.
• Balancing & In-game Skills have been completely reworked. 

Insurmountable is currently available on Steam, with the 2.0 update going live on April 14th. At the same time, the game will also be available on GOG and the Epic Game Store – on the EGS for free for a short time. 

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About Daedalic (Publisher)

Daedalic Entertainment publishes and develops high-quality games for all platforms. The company has a diverse line-up of high-quality titles, including classic adventures, RPGs, and strategy and multiplayer games. With over 50 employees, Daedalic is currently developing a new line-up of innovative games across consoles, PC, and mobile platforms. Based in Hamburg, Germany, Daedalic is one of Europe’s most acclaimed publishers and developers. With a total of 32 awards in the German Developers Award (including multiple accolades for ‘Studio of the Year’) and 12 German Computer Game Awards for genre-defining games such as Deponia, Edna & Harvey, Silence, Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth, The Long Journey Home, and State of Mind, Daedalic is a record holder for the two most prestigious game awards in Germany. Recent publishing hits include Barotrauma, Unrailed!, Iratus: Lord of the Dead, Partisans 1941 and more.

Road 96 Is Available for PlayStation and XBOX today!

Sydney, Australia, April 14, 2022 – DigixArt and Ravenscourt invite you to embark on a journey.

Everyone needs a path to follow, sometimes the most unexpected paths can lead to an adventure of a lifetime.

The people you meet, their actions, your reactions.
A shared destiny?
Or a spin of fate’s roulette wheel?

The multi-award winning procedural narrative sensation Road 96 is now available for the PlayStation and Xbox consoles.

Road 96 is a crazy, beautiful road-trip. The discovery of exciting places, and unusual people on your own personal journey to freedom
An ever-evolving story-driven adventure inspired by Tarantino, The Coen Brothers.

Your choices change your adventure, change people, change the world.

There are thousands of routes along Road 96.

Which one will you take?

Get a glimpse of the open road in the trailer here:

Features

• An ever-evolving story-driven adventure inspired by Tarantino, The Coen Brothers, and Bong Joon-ho. Made by the award-winning creators of Valiant Hearts and Memories Retold. Announced as part of the OMEN Presents initiative from HP Inc.
• Moments of action, exploration, contemplative melancholy, human encounters and wacky situations. Set against a backdrop of authoritarian rule and oppression.
• A stunning visual style, a soundtrack filled with 90s hits, and a thousand routes through the game combine so each player can create their own unique stories on Road 96.

Platforms: Available on PlayStation 4 , PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X
Audio: English only
Subtitles/Interface: French, English, Italian, German, Spanish (Spain), Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil), Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Polish

About Road 96
Road 96 is a procedural ever-evolving story-driven adventure game with survival elements in which players must escape a country ruled by an authoritarian regime that’s on the brink of collapse. Road 96 has an ever-evolving story that unveils more and more on each run to escape the country, inspired by road trip movies from the 90s from directors like Quentin Tarantino, The Coen Brothers and Bong Joon-ho. The game soundtrack features tracks from bands like Survive (Stranger Things).

About Ravenscourt
Established in 2014 – and operating from its Munich headquarters in Germany – Ravenscourt’s mission is delivering amazing games to a broad audience from both established studios and industry newcomers. With a diverse portfolio, managing the titles of multiple international studios, Ravenscourt games span everything from adventure and management sims through to city builders and indie gems. The label even boasts a good old sing-along karaoke franchise. Our players delight in engrossing narrative driven adventures, relish the challenge of building new worlds and love solving puzzles. We have more delights in store for them. The publishing label Ravenscourt stands for worthy interactive entertainment for a broad range of players. It belongs to the Koch Media Group.

About DigixArt
DigixArt is a video game development studio founded in 2015 in Montpellier, South of France. It joined Koch Media group in 2021 to increase its capacity to create innovative and captivating gaming experiences like Road 96. For more information about DigixArt Studio please visit http://www.digixart.com/

NEW GAME MODE “BOSS CHALLENGE” ADDED FOR AN ADDITIONAL PUNCH

Sydney, Australia – April 14th, 2022 – SNK Corporation is announcing the availability of OMEGA RUGAL, a free DLC character for the fighting game phenomenon THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV (KOF XV).

The manifestation of SNK Boss Syndrome himself, OMEGA RUGAL is joining KOF XV. He appeared as an overwhelmingly strong boss character in THE KING OF FIGHTERS ’95 and has made his way into the current installment of the much praised fighting game.

KOF XV DLC Character OMEGA RUGAL Trailer:

OMEGA RUGAL

This dark arms merchant of death once ruled the world’s black market, and was never shy about digging his fangs into any fighter that dared challenge him. Through the power of Orochi, he was given life once again, until a group of fierce fighters brought his reign to an end. Now, due to Verse’s influence, he’s returned to the mortal realm to extract vengeance. (CV: Tsuguo Mogami)

BOSS CHALLENGE added

Alongside the launch of OMEGA RUGAL comes a new game mode called BOSS CHALLENGE. Players can take down the fearsome OMEGA RUGAL CPU and gain access to fun content like his special Ω Armor costume, a new stage and new music.

13 DLC characters coming in 2022

Adding the currently available Team GAROU (3 characters), the release of OMEGA RUGAL, and the upcoming 3 teams (consisting of 3 characters each) launching this year – that makes for 13 DLC characters in total. Added to the launch roster of 39 characters, KOF XV will boast a massive 52 characters!.

PRODUCT DETAILS

Title: THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV

Platform: PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, Windows 10, Steam, Epic Store
Genre: Versus Fighting
Developer: SNK Corporation
Players: 1-2 local / 2-8 Network
Co-Publisher: Koch Media
Release Date: Available Now

Website: https://www.snk-corp.co.jp/us/games/kof-xv

About SNK

Headquartered in Osaka, Japan, SNK develop, publish, and distribute interactive entertainment software on a global scale. Known for such franchises as THE KING OF FIGHTERS, METAL SLUG, and SAMURAI SHODOWN, SNK continues to focus on their rich console game and arcade history.

About Koch Media 

The Koch Media Group is a global developer, publisher and distributor of video games, VR games, gaming hardware and merchandise.  

The group’s publishing activities, marketing and distribution extend throughout Europe, America, Australia and Asia. Koch Media has more than 25 years of experience in the digital media business and has risen to become a leading global publishing partner. The Koch Media Group runs a multi-label strategy with fully owned publishing units such as Prime Matter, Deep Silver, Milestone, Vertigo Games and Ravenscourt, publishing games for consoles, PC and VR platforms across all physical and digital channels. 

Additionally, as global publishing partner Koch Media has formed long-term multi-national publishing collaborations with numerous game publishers including Activision Blizzard, Bethesda, Capcom, CI Games, Giants Software, Kalypso, Koei Tecmo, Konami, Paradox, Sega, SNK, Square Enix, Techland, Tripwire, Warner Bros, and many others.

With its parent company in Höfen, Austria, and the Publishing HQ in Munich, Germany, Koch Media 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. 

The Koch Media Group owns ten game development studios: Deep Silver Volition (Champaign, IL / USA), Deep Silver Dambuster Studios (Nottingham / UK), Deep Silver Fishlabs (Hamburg / Germany), Warhorse Studios (Prague / Czech Republic), Milestone (Milan / Italy), Voxler (Paris / France) , Flying Wild Hog (Warsaw, Kraków, Rzeszów  / Poland), Free Radical Design (Nottingham / UK) and Vertigo Games (Rotterdam /The Netherlands), DigixArt (Montpellier, France). Additionally, the Koch Media Group collaborates with numerous independent development studios around the world.

Part of the Koch Media Group is also Koch Films, a leading European independent film distributor with business primarily in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy as a cinema, TV, online and Home Entertainment distributor. The Koch Media Group also owns Gaya Entertainment, a leading video game merchandise company in Munich, Germany, and the Quality Assurance Facility in Olomouc, Czech Republic.  

Koch Media is an Embracer Group company. 

Sydney, Australia, Aprilis XIV, MMXXII – “Ave Imperator, Morituri te salutant!” (“Hail, emperor, those who are about to die salute you!”) – a sentence shouted by the warriors, who were about to risk their life not for their country or a greater cause but for glory itself: The Gladiators! In ancient Rome, it was all about “panem et circensis” (~ “bread and games”) to entertain the masses and to keep them satisfied with the current rulership.

With its brand new DLC “Death or Glory”, the critically acclaimed CRPG Expeditions: Rome will bring the feeling of these ancient roman games to your PC by introducing a new class – the Gladiator – and adding arenas to the different regions, you’ve visited throughout the campaign. You can now prove the combat prowess of your praetorian guard in the sands of the arena and fight against various enemies, including ferocious lions and very talented champions – will you claim their titles for yourself?

The new DLC is out now and a legion of other additions are coming along with the Gladiator-class, and its unique set of 24 skills. There are the new arenas, new weapons, new armours, new crafting recipes, and new enemies as well as new customisation options for your legion and your praetorians. The DLC content will be included into the campaign or can be accessed directly by starting the game in the new “Gladiator Mode”.

The Launch Trailer for Death or Glory on YouTube:

The Expeditions: Rome DLC Death or Glory is available now on PC at an SRP of $14.95 and comes with a 20% release discount.

Get it on Steam: https://thqn.net/rome-steam
Get it on Gog.com: https://www.gog.com/game/expeditions_rome
Get it at the Epic Game Store: https://www.epicgames.com/store/p/expeditions-rome

Try before you buy? Download the Expeditions: Rome demo now on Steam, you can even continue playing from your savegame if you get the full game: https://thqn.net/rome-steam

Twitch Drops are back!
To celebrate the arrival of the new DLC, Expeditons: Rome is offering a new set of Twitch-Drops for the next 2 weeks. The campaign is on now and will run until April 25th at 6 AM PDT / 3 PM CEST / 11 PM AEST.

There will be 3 different drops to obtain:

• 1st Drop is a new colour scheme, which you will receive after watching 1 hour of a participating channel
• 2nd Drop is an unique emblem, which you will receive after watching for 1.5 hours of a participating channel
• 3rd drop is a new trophy pack, which you will receive after watching 2 hours of a participating channel

About Expeditions: Rome – Death or Glory
Don the armour of a gladiator and enter the arena with your praetorian guard to win fame and fortune. Introducing the Gladiator character class to Expeditions: Rome, this DLC offers a new way to experience the game’s branching story through the 3 new gladiator sub-classes: as a tough and heavily armoured Murmillo, a highly mobile and cunning Retiarius, or a morale-manipulating Provocator.

Each region of the campaign now includes a unique arena, with their own questline featuring memorable champions and deadly new enemies, and a brand new Audience Approval system to add more flavour and tactical variety to Expeditions: Rome’s acclaimed combat.  Defeat the three champions to master the arenas and access randomised arena fights, or start the game in Gladiator Mode to skip directly to the new content and earn a unique trophy for the main game for your efforts.

Features

• Brand new Gladiator character class with a full set of 24 new class skills. Play a gladiator yourself, change one of your companions into a gladiator, or recruit new gladiators for your praetorian guard.
• Accept the invitation to fight in the arena while playing through the original campaign, or skip directly to the new content by starting the game in Gladiator Mode.
• Face the lions! Alongside several new gladiator enemy types, these fierce beasts will challenge your resolve and your tactical prowess.
• Exotic new Scissor weapon: wielded in the off-hand, this weapon complements the Gladiator class and boosts their Retaliation stat, enabling them to counterattack when struck.
• Learn to craft the stylish new gladiator armour and helmet or earn the champions’ unique versions.
• Craft the new Acid Pot and Hunting Trap tactical items to give your party an extra edge.
• Unlock striking new colour themes and emblems for your legion or your praetorian guard as you become the champion of each arena.
• Defend your title as champion in infinitely repeatable randomised arena fights.

If you want to learn more about Expeditions: Rome – Death or Glory, visit the official website: Expeditions: Rome Official Website

About Logic Artists
Logic Artists is an independent game development studio headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. We develop tactical roleplaying games for PC and consoles, with a loyal and passionate fanbase. Logic Artists was founded in 2011, and has become one of the largest game development studios in Denmark. In 2019, we opened a new office in Istanbul, Turkey to boost our development capacities. We have published several games including our critically acclaimed historical RPGs; Expeditions: Conquistador and Expeditions: Viking.

Logic Artists Website

About THQ Nordic

The THQ Nordic official boiler plate can be found here: https://thqnordic.com/company/about

THQ Nordic Website

Sony Pictures Animation’s hit animated franchise heads out on an eerie-sistible video game adventure as Drac, Mavis and the gang set 2022’s ultimate squad ghouls!

Outright Games, the leading global publisher of family-friendly interactive entertainment, in collaboration with Sony Pictures Consumer Products today release Hotel Transylvania: Scary-Tale Adventures on Nintendo Switch  and  digitally on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC. Explore classic fairy tale worlds, face fearsome foes and solve fiendish puzzles in this brand-new video game featuring everyone’s favourite characters from the smash hit animated movies!

Check out the trailer:

Hotel Transylvania is one of Sony Pictures Animation’s most successful original movie franchises to date, with the first three movies achieving a combined box office of over $1.3 billion. The final chapter in the series, Hotel Transylvania: Transformania was released exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in January 2022 .

In Hotel Transylvania: Scary-Tale Adventures, dive into unique worlds based on classic fairy tales Little Red Riding Hood, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and The Emperor’s New Clothes but with a spooky Hotel Transylvania spin! Become Little Red Riding Mavis and watch out for Big Bad Wolf Wayne, collect valuable trinkets for the King of Thieves to enter The Cave of Treasures and solve puzzles to unlock the ruined temples and find Emperor Blobby’s New Clothes.

Play as Drac and Mavis, each with their own fang-tastic vampire skills like super strength, immobilisation powers, super jumps and more while exploring spook-tacular storybook worlds and defeating the creatures that haunt each chapter. Players can meet other famous Hotel Transylvania characters along the way as well! Johnny, Murray, Wayne and more will guide players to use their special abilities, complete exciting quests, devious challenges, fiendish puzzles and unearth hidden collectibles. With so much at stake, Drac and Mavis are Count-ing on their biggest fans to save the day!

`’We’re feeling fab-boo-lous that Hotel Transylvania: Scary-Tale Adventures has launched today!” said Terry Malham, CEO of Outright Games. ‘’We’ve had a great time taking such iconic characters and transporting them to these beloved fairy tale worlds all with a unique Hotel Transylvania twist. We feel in our bones that the game is a fun filled adventure for the whole family to enjoy!’’

Hotel Transylvania: Scary-Tale Adventures releases today on PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch and PC. For more information go to https://en.bandainamcoent.eu/hotel-transylvania/hotel-transylvania-scary-tale-adventures

About Sony Pictures Consumer Products

Sony Pictures Consumer Products (SPCP) is the licensing and merchandising division of Sony Pictures’ Motion Picture Group and Sony Pictures Television for Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE,a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Group Corporation. SPE’s global operations encompass motion picture production, acquisition, and distribution; television production, acquisition, and distribution; television networks; digital content creation and distribution; operation of studio facilities; and development of new entertainment products, services and technologies. Sony Pictures Television operates dozens of wholly-owned or joint-venture production companies around the world. SPE’s Motion Picture Group production organizations include Columbia Pictures, Screen Gems, TriStar Pictures, 3000 Pictures, Sony Pictures Animation, Stage 6 Films, AFFIRM Films, Sony Pictures International Productions, and Sony Pictures Classics. For additional information, visit http://www.sonypictures.com/corp/divisions.html

About the Hotel Transylvania Film Franchise

Sony Pictures Animation’s $1.3 billion family film franchise Hotel Transylvania, follows Dracula, Mavis and all their monster friends and their adventures at Hotel Transylvania, a lavish five-stake resort where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them. The first film debuted in theaters in 2012, followed by two sequels Hotel Transylvania 2and Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation, which were released in 2015 and 2018, respectively. The final chapter, Hotel Transylvania: Transformania was released in January exclusively on Amazon Prime Video.

Hotel Transylvania was directed by Genndy Tartakovsky with a screenplay by Peter Baynham and Robert Smigel based on a story by Todd Durham and Dan Hageman & Kevin Hageman and produced by Michelle Murdocca. Hotel Transylvania 2 was directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, written by Robert Smigel & Adam Sandler, produced by Michelle Murdocca and executive produced by Allen Covert, Robert Smigel and Ben Waisbren. Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation was directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, written by Genndy Tartakovsky and Michael McCullers and produced by Michelle Murdocca. Hotel Transylvania: Transformania was directed by Jennifer Kluska and Derek Drymon, written by Genndy Tartakovsky, produced by Alice Dewey Goldstone and executive produced by Selena Gomez, Genndy Tartakovsky and Michelle Murdocca.

About Outright Games: 

Outright Games is a global video games publisher with a focus on bringing quality family entertainment to a worldwide audience. Founded in 2016, Outright Games has established its place in the market delivering engaging interactive games of beloved entertainment licences globally. Outright Games brings stories and characters to life with titles including favourites such as My Friend Peppa Pig with Hasbro, Fast & Furious Spy Racers: Rise of SH1FT3R with NBC Universal, Jumanji: The Video Game with Sony Pictures and PAW Patrol The Movie: Adventure City Calls with Nickelodeon. With an Outright Games title there will  be fun for all the family to enjoy.

For more information please visit: www.outrightgames.com 

About Drakhar Studios

Drakhar Studio is a video game development studio for both mobile devices and Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo consoles. Founded in 2011 in Spain, Drakhar Studio started with small games for Android and Apple until in 2016 it launched its first game for consoles: Ginger Beyond The Crystal. Since then, Drakhar Studio has specialized in the development of video games for publishers and film and animation producers, standing out for its high level of quality, fun mechanics and special care in the artistic aspect.

For more information, please visit : www.drakharstudio.com

Both companies conjured up a spell that will magically bring European Wizards into the fold starting on May 16!

Austin, Texas – April 13, 2021 – KingsIsle Entertainment and gamigo are pleased to announce European Wizard101 services will transition over from Gameforge to KingsIsle and gamigo starting the week of May 16.  

“It’s our goal to make this transition as seamless as possible,” says KingsIsle Entertainment Game Director Leah Ruben. “Rest assured your adventures in the Spiral will be able to continue through the transition. Our team at KingsIsle is very thankful and excited to have the opportunity to serve our European Wizard101 players!” 

The move will begin on May 16, allowing former Gameforge Wizard101 players to register their new KingsIsle account before the new servers open. The exact date and time of the server opening will be announced closer to the event. Players will be given a personal transition code that will transfer all game progress and Crowns balances of European players. Some magical launch rewards will also serve as a welcome gift for European players coming home to the KingsIsle community. 

“Wizard101 European players have been wanting a closer connection to the KingsIsle team and community for a long time now.” says Marc Berekoven, gamigo Director Marketing – Launch Department. “The teams at KingsIsle and gamigo are excited to be working on new ways to reach new European players, and support existing players, that simply weren’t possible before.” 

More information on launch items and the transition process can be found at our dedicated Wizard101 Europe Transition Details web page.

About Wizard101 

In Wizard101, players of all ages enroll in a magical school full of witchcraft and wizardry. Wizards will need to strategically use their spells to outsmart powerful enemies and save the Spiral from an engulfing darkness.  Featuring over four times as much content since it was first introduced in 2008, Wizard101 players keep coming back for engaging story-driven gameplay across 19 worlds, deep combat, pet systems, and passionate community. Over more than twelve years, Wizard101 has continued to evolve and entertain more than fifty million players. 

Wizard101 receives major updates on a regular basis in the spring, summer, and fall seasons. The game is available from Wizard101.com. 

About KingsIsle Entertainment 

KingsIsle Entertainment, established in 2005, is a proven MMO hit-maker with 50+ million registered users across both the company’s MMOs with vibrant and strong communities. Since its foundation, KingsIsle has devoted itself to family-friendly gameplay, and has built an audience that reaches from pre-tweens to their grandparents. Their award-winning game, Wizard101, is currently in its 13th year and Pirate101 is in its ninth. 

About gamigo group  The gamigo group is one of the leading publishers of online and mobile games in Europe and North America. The group’s diverse game portfolio includes free-to-play titles such as Fiesta Online, Trove and Aura Kingdom and mobile games like Fantasy Town and Heroes of Twilight. Counting more than 400 employees, gamigo group is one of the largest players in the gaming industry. Besides its German locations in Hamburg (HQ), Berlin and Darmstadt, the gamigo group also has branches in Austin and Bellevue (US), and in Seoul (South Korea). In addition to gamigo AG, the group includes the subsidiaries gamigo Inc. operating as “WildTangent”, gamigo US Inc., gamigo Publishing GmbH and KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. The gamigo group strives to grow organically as well as through acquisitions. Since 2013, it has made more than 25 acquisitions, including titles, gaming and technology companies as well as individual game assets. The gamigo group is part of Media and Games Invest (MGI).

Aspyr will publish Beamdog’s newly revealed original roguelite adventure, MythForce, launching into early access on April 20

AUSTIN, Texas — April 13, 2022 — Today Aspyr Media, a wholly owned subsidiary of Embracer’s Saber Interactive operative group, has entered into an agreement to acquire the video game studio Beamdog. Best known for bringing beloved Dungeons & Dragons role-playing games like Baldur’s Gate and Planescape: Torment to desktop, tablets and modern consoles, Beamdog will operate as an independent studio within Aspyr. The closing of the acquisition is subject to regulatory approval and other agreed-upon closing conditions.

Founded in 2009 by former BioWare leads Trent Oster and Cameron Tofer, Beamdog is one of Canada’s most established game studios. Its team of 80 artists, designers and developers has relationships with top licensors, including Wizards of the Coast and Hasbro, as well as an impressive catalogue of RPG titles. Through the acquisition, Aspyr will add a veteran North American development team, which will continue to be led by Oster.

The two companies will collaborate closely on Beamdog’s newly revealed MythForce, which Aspyr will publish as an early access title on the Epic Games Store on April 20, 2022. Inspired by beloved ‘80s cartoon franchises like Thundercats and He-Man, MythForce unites colorful swords and sorcery with gripping first-person combat in a roguelite adventure.

“Beamdog is a tremendously talented group that we’ve admired for a long time. Their development philosophy and studio vision are perfectly aligned with ours. We look forward to seeing them realize their ambition with MythForce while maximizing the long-term potential of an incredible archive of classic games,” said Ted Staloch, CEO of Aspyr.

“This acquisition will open up a ton of exciting opportunities for us. Beamdog can now focus our talent, efforts and imagination on building the great games we want to play while properly looking after established fan-favorite RPGs. Beamdog’s first original IP is a fun-filled start to our studio’s next chapter,” said Beamdog CEO Trent Oster.

For more information on MythForce, visit www.MythForce.com, and follow @MythForce on Twitter for the latest updates.

Advisers

Agnitio Capital acted as financial advisor and Dentons acted as legal advisor to the seller in connection with the transaction. Baker McKenzie acted as legal advisor and EY acted as financial and tax advisor to Embracer.

About Aspyr

Aspyr is a leading video game publishing and development partner focused on maximizing the potential of games across all platforms for all players. Today the company supports a growing network of partners that includes many of the industry’s leading entertainment IP holders, publishers, developers, and technology providers. Aspyr is a standalone entity under Saber Interactive, an Embracer Group company. Aspyr is based in Austin, Texas. For more information, visit www.aspyr.com.

About Beamdog

Established in 2009 by Trent Oster and Cameron Tofer, Beamdog is a Canadian video game studio with headquarters in Edmonton, Canada. With a diverse team of designers, artists and developers, Beamdog crafts playful fun that sparks childlike wonder and forges connections between people, stories and imagination. Beamdog is best known for bringing beloved Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying classics like Baldur’s Gate and Planescape: Torment back to life across modern platforms. MythForce is the first of many original titles Beamdog hopes to share with the world. Visit www.beamdog.com for more information.

Celebrate Carnival 2022 plus Budgies are back – in the Budgie Carnival Celebration

Hamburg, April 13, 2022 – gamigo is pleased to announce it has assembled a hefty collection of in-game events, quests and items for the “Budgie Carnival Celebration” in its fantasy MMORPG, RIFT.

The Budgie Madness Event is back for two weeks! Saddle up and enter one of the daily races in Cape Jule, Freemarch, Pelladane or Silverwood. If combat is more your speed, then accept the Minions of Migration quest and complete an expert dungeon successfully or win a warfront in the “Birds of a Feather Train Together” quest. By completing these daily quests, players will earn Chaos Motes that can then be traded in to earn their own Budgie mount. For the Budgie curious players, there are also a bunch of new quests available from Frank Stroher, the event NPC, and even more Chaos Motes as rewards!

Celebrate 11 years of RIFT with the Carnival event! Enjoy the anniversary decorations in all major cities and go on daily or weekly quests within the next four weeks. Race around the carnival grounds, catch as many frogs as you can for the frogwrangler, play a classic game of Memory Match or search for the many pinatas to see what they contain – these are just a few of the many fun activities available to celebrate this occasion. The Carnival World event will take place between April 13 and May 10.

With Easter around the corner, RIFT offers an opportunity to celebrate this holiday with a set of themed items: put on bunny ears (which come in a couple of variants) or transform yourself into a cute little bunny.

About gamigo group The gamigo group is one of the leading publishers of online and mobile games in Europe and North America. The group’s diverse game portfolio includes free-to-play titles such as Fiesta Online, Trove and Aura Kingdom and mobile games like Fantasy Town and Heroes of Twilight. Counting more than 400 employees, gamigo group is one of the largest players in the gaming industry. Besides its German locations in Hamburg (HQ), Berlin and Darmstadt, the gamigo group also has branches in Austin and Bellevue (US), and in Seoul (South Korea). In addition to gamigo AG, the group includes the subsidiaries gamigo Inc. operating as “WildTangent”, gamigo US Inc., gamigo Publishing GmbH and KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. The gamigo group strives to grow organically as well as through acquisitions. Since 2013, it has made more than 25 acquisitions, including titles, gaming and technology companies as well as individual game assets. The gamigo group is part of Media and Games Invest (MGI).