SAN DIEGO – October 5, 2021 – Psyonix, the San Diego video game developer, in collaboration with Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) and Aston Martin, announced that 007’s Aston Martin Valhalla will be available in Rocket League beginning October 7, on all platforms!

007’s Aston Martin Valhalla, the first hybrid car in Rocket League, will be available in the Item Shop for 1100 Credits and will come with 007’s Aston Martin Valhalla Engine Audio, 007’s Aston Martin Valhalla Wheels, and a Reel Life Decal specific to Valhalla. 

In addition to the Valhalla, the Bond 007 Collection will be available in the Item Shop at the same time for 2000 Credits and will feature 007’s Aston Martin DB5 and 007’s Aston Martin Valhalla. 007’s Aston Martin Valhalla and the Bond 007 Collection will be available from October 7 until October 13. There will also be three new in-game Challenges players can complete to unlock the 007’s Aston Martin DB5 Player Banner, Agent 007 Avatar Border, and the 00 Agent Player Title. 

Lastly, Rocket League community members will celebrate the return of James Bond by facing off in the Agents Vs. Villains event which can be viewed live on the Rocket LeagueTwitch channel on October 8. More information will be revealed on the Rocket LeagueTwitter account at a later date.

To learn more about 007’s Aston Martin Valhalla and the Bond 007 Collection, please read the latest blog post HERE. 

If you or a member of your team is interested in a code for 007’s Aston Martin Valhalla please let us know and we will send you a code when it becomes available in the game on October 7.
ABOUT ROCKET LEAGUE
Winner or nominee of more than 150 “Game of the Year” awards, Rocket League is one of the most critically-acclaimed sports games of our generation. Rocket League is a high-powered hybrid of arcade-style soccer and vehicular mayhem with easy-to-understand controls and fluid, physics-driven competition. Available on Nintendo Switch™, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC on Epic Games Store, Rocket League includes nearly endless customization possibilities, a fully-featured offline season mode, multiple game types, casual and competitive online matches, and special “Mutators” that let you change the rules entirely.

To learn more about Rocket League, please visit www.RocketLeague.com, “Like” it on Facebook, and follow it on Twitter @RocketLeague for all the latest developer updates and news.

ABOUT PSYONIX™
Based in San Diego, CA, Psyonix is a critically-acclaimed video game developer and a leading expert in Unreal Engine technology. For more than 15 years, the studio has been a driving force behind some of the most successful games in the industry, including Gears of War, Mass Effect 3, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Bulletstorm, Unreal Tournament III, Unreal Tournament 2004, and the award-winning Sports-Action hit, Rocket League®. Psyonix joined the Epic Games family in 2019.

© 2015-2021 Psyonix LLC. Rocket League, Psyonix, and all related marks and logos are registered trademarks or trademarks of Psyonix LLC. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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, interactive ventures, and is producing premium short-form content for distribution. For more information, visit www.mgm.com.

JAMES BOND, and related James Bond Indicia © 1962-2021 Danjaq, LLC and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. JAMES BOND, and related James Bond Trademarks are trademarks of Danjaq, LLC. All Rights Reserved.

Battle your friends in the ultimate Nickelodeon platform fighting game, power-packed with your favorite Nickelodeon All-Star characters for extreme multiplayer action!

MINNEAPOLIS — Oct. 5, 2021 — Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, the new platform fighting video game featuring a ton of Nickelodeon’s most iconic characters, is now available for PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation®4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam for $49.99. Battle in online and local multiplayer for up to four players — or on your own against the AI — with a huge assortment of fighters on 20 wild levels inspired by Nickelodeon’s greatest franchises!

Developed in conjunction with Ludosity and Fair Play Labs, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is the ultimate Nickelodeon fighting game fans have been waiting for! Choose your fighter from a colorful roster of Nickelodeon’s wide array of beloved franchises, including SpongeBob SquarePants, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Hey Arnold!, Invader Zim, Danny Phantom, The Loud House, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Rugrats, and more. Then dive into the action and use your hard-hitting skills to knock your foes off of each chaotic level to win!

KEY FEATURES

• All-Star Cast of Nickelodeon Fighters: Choose from 20 fan-favorite characters at launch from across the Nickelodeon cartoon universe and watch them duke it out for bragging rights!
• Nickelodeon-themed Levels: Battle across a variety of stages inspired by Nickelodeon’s iconic universes, including SpongeBob SquarePants’ Jellyfish Fields, TMNT’s Technodrome, and more!
• Master Your Favorite Heroes’ Abilities: Each character delivers a unique move-set and playstyle to explore as you fight to send your foes flying off the level to win.
• Single-player & Multiplayer Game Modes: Challenge your skills against the AI, or face off in competitive online and local multiplayer for up to four players.
• Discover Bonus Content: Unlock advanced moves unique to each character’s personality and more in the in-game Gallery!

Starting today, you can watch some of esports’ top competitive champions battle it out in a special week-long tournament to celebrate Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl’s release. The Nicktoon Throwdown Invitational features exciting exhibition matches, in-depth commentary from the game’s developers, and more. The action kicks off today on Nickelodeon’s official Twitch channel at 5 p.m. ET|2 p.m. PT and runs every day through to the finals on October 9.

Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is published by GameMill Entertainment. For more information, visit www.NickelodeonAllStarBrawl.com.

About Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon, now in its 42^nd year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The brand includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, digital, location-based experiences, publishing and feature films. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon and all related titles, characters and logos are trademarks of ViacomCBS Inc. (Nasdaq: VIACA, VIAC).

About Ludosity

Ludosity is a creative studio from scenic West Gothia, Sweden. Our team of 13 have been putting out highly acclaimed games on PC and consoles since 2008, such as the Ittle Dew series and Slap City. Our games combine humor with solid mechanics and great character design. For more information, visit www.ludosity.com, or join us on Discord and Twitter.

About Fair Play Labs

We are a seasoned game development studio located in Costa Rica. Our main focus is to create fun and entertaining games that amuse and challenge gamers of all ages. www.fairplaylabs.com

About GameMill Entertainment

GameMill Entertainment, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a third-party publisher of console and mobile games for passionate fans around the world. Development platforms include PC, Nintendo Switch, Microsoft consoles including the Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One, Sony consoles including the PlayStation®5 and PlayStation®4, and mobile devices. With development across the globe, GameMill is a source of entertaining and fun games for all ages. For more information, visit https://gamemill.com, as well as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, and Instagram.

A Metroidvania boomer shooter inspired by Lobo and XIII, with loads of blood, gore, Easter eggs, and Duke’s dark humor, is coming to Kickstarter on November 9th this year. Support the game to help bring it to PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and PlayStation.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 5th, Warsaw, Poland.

The love of retro shooters is strong in this one, so if you share a passion for games like Duke Nukem with Cobble Games developers, then help them bring Chains of Fury to life. You’ll be able to support it on Kickstarter on November 9th this year to later crush the walls standing in your way, discover all the secrets, Easter eggs, and pop culture references, enjoy the game’s dark humor, and, of course, play with loads of guns. All on your favorite gaming platform.

Follow the game’s Kickstarter page (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gamingfactory/chains-of-fury), and don’t forget to add it to your Wishlist on Steam (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1121320/Chains_of_Fury/).

KNOCK, KNOCK! WHO’S THERE? MY BOOT IN YOUR FACE, SCUMBAG!

Chains of Fury is a bloody, fast-paced, retro looter-shooter where you have only one goal – spread bloody mayhem among the alien scumbags. Stuck looking for an exit? Blow up a wall and then shoot the suckers behind it. No limitations, just adrenaline rushing in your veins and one question ringing in your ears – are you ready to put Duke himself to shame?

IT’S TIME TO KICK SOME SERIOUS ASS!

• Destructible walls. Bash, jump, demolish, and cause mayhem in six different worlds filled with destructible environmental elements. Forget about keys or lockpicks – tear apart and crush obstacles instead.
• Hidden secrets. Loads of Easter eggs and secrets are waiting to be found.
• Retro-inspired. Experience the bloody retro vibe you remember from 90’s classics like Duke Nukem, Quake, Unreal Tournament, and Doom, but in a modern shooter.
• Comic book visual style. Dive into a game world that looks and feels just like a comic book.
• Dark humor. Forget the pompous pep-talk protagonists that modern shooters deliver these days and enjoy punchlines that will remind you of the times when FPS games made you smile.
• Split-screen multiplayer. Play with your friends or against your foes.
• Guns, guns, and more guns! Lots of crazy weapons at your disposal, from shotguns and machine guns to a grappling hook, shrink ray, and more.

Chains of Fury is being developed by Cobble Games and will launch its Kickstarter campaign on November 9th this year. The game is coming to PC first, and later to Nintendo Switch, Xbox, and PlayStation thanks to Gaming Factory.

More information about the game can be found on the official website, Steam, the publisher’s website, and Facebook.

About Cobble Games

Cobble Games is a small independent game studio trying to survive in the dangerous waters of the game industry. The team used to work mostly as an outsourcing partner of bigger studios. Now, with the help of publishers, they aim to deliver their own games. The developers can’t compete with bigger studios, so they have to make sure that their games are as juicy and unique as possible. https://cobble.games/

About Gaming Factory

Gaming Factory is a producer and publisher of PC and console games. Among the company’s main objectives are producing and publishing its own titles for consoles and PC and supporting independent development teams. https://gamingfactory.pl/

Final Chapter in KINGDOM HEARTS DARK ROAD Mobile Game Launching this Winter

LONDON (5^th October, 2021) – In the lead up to the 20^th anniversary of KINGDOM HEARTS in 2022, SQUARE ENIX® and Disney today announced that cloud versions of the 10 magical KINGDOM HEARTS titles will make their long-awaited debut on Nintendo Switch as three standalone cloud releases. The streaming versions of KINGDOM HEARTS, the best-selling action RPG series will be available to purchase individually and as the all-in-one KINGDOM HEARTS INTEGRUM MASTERPIECE for Cloud collection.
 
The notable KINGDOM HEARTS franchise was first released in 2002 by SQUARE ENIX, and led by legendary game director Tetsuya Nomura, thus launching the longstanding collaboration between SQUARE ENIX and Disney. Since then, over 35 million copies have shipped worldwide. Nintendo Switch players, who have eagerly awaited the arrival of the series’ back catalogue on the platform will be able to join Sora, Donald, Goofy, and many other Disney characters on adventures through the “Dark Seeker Saga,” spanning from the original KINGDOM HEARTS to the critically acclaimed KINGDOM HEARTS III + Re Mind (DLC).
 
A full list of cloud version KINGDOM HEARTS titles coming to the Nintendo Switch can be found here: https://square-enix-games.com/en_GB/news/kingdom-hearts-switch
 
Additionally, the entire story of the popular mobile title, KINGDOM HEARTS Union χ [Cross], is available for players to relive or experience for the first time in theater mode through the offline version of the app. The final chapter of the spinoff story, KINGDOM HEARTS DARK ROAD, will also be released this winter. The KINGDOM HEARTS Uχ Dark Road app has surpassed 10 million downloads, and soon players around the world can look forward to experiencing the long-awaited conclusion to this prequel story.
 
It was also announced today that a KINGDOM HEARTS 20^th Anniversary Event will be held, with further details to follow. Fans also got a first look at new 20^th Anniversary merchandise items coming in 2022.

To view the KINGDOM HEARTS 20^th Anniversary Announce Trailer, recapping all of the announcements made today, visit here: 

The KINGDOM HEARTS series cloud version games will be available on the Nintendo Switch. The KINGDOM HEARTS Uχ Dark Road app is currently available for iOS and Android devices. For more information, visit: www.kingdomhearts.com
 
Related Links:
Official KINGDOM HEARTS Website: www.kingdomhearts.com
Official KINGDOM HEARTS Twitter: @KingdomHearts
Official KINGDOM HEARTS Facebook: @KingdomHearts
Official KINGDOM HEARTS YouTube: www.youtube.com/KingdomHearts
Official KINGDOM HEARTS Instagram: @KingdomHearts
#KingdomHearts

About the KINGDOM HEARTS Series

KINGDOM HEARTS is a series of role-playing games created through the collaboration of Disney and Square Enix. Since the first KINGDOM HEARTS was released in March 2002 for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the series has expanded with several additional entries. The series will celebrate its 20^th anniversary in 2022 and has shipped over 35 million units worldwide. Since the launch of KINGDOM HEARTS III in 2019, the critically acclaimed RPG has shipped more than five million units globally, both physically and digitally, making it the fastest selling game in the history of the series. Most recently in 2020, the rhythm-action-adventure KINGDOM HEARTS Melody of Memory released on the Nintendo Switch System, PlayStation®4 system, Xbox One family of devices, including Xbox One X, and PC via the Epic Games Store, allowing fans to experience the series’ beautiful soundtracks like never before.

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 164 million units worldwide; DRAGON QUEST®, which has sold over 83 million units worldwide; TOMB RAIDER®, which has sold over 85 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 Ltd. can be found at https://square-enix-games.com
 

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CRYSTAL DYNAMICS, DRAGON QUEST, EIDOS, EIDOS MONTREAL, FINAL FANTASY, SPACE INVADERS, SQUARE ENIX, the SQUARE ENIX logo, TAITO and TOMB RAIDER are registered trademarks or trademarks of the Square Enix group of companies. Nintendo Switch is a trademark of Nintendo. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners

Digital Confectioners Boosts Social Play in Latest Update as Multiplayer Deception Game Prepares to Set Sail

CHRISTCHURCH, NZ – Oct. 5, 2021 – Digital Confectioners, an independent PC and console games studio, announced today that Dread Hunger, its multiplayer game of survival and betrayal where players undertake a deadly voyage, will launch November 10 on Steam for PC. In preparation for the global rollout, the game received a new update that highlights a more social player experience.

Dread Hunger advances the social deception genre by immersing players in an 1850s Arctic exploration voyage where eight player-controlled Explorers depend on each other for survival—but two of them are Thralls determined to sabotage the mission!

The game mixes action-adventure gameplay in an icy Unreal® Engine world with roleplaying and social deception over voice chat. This unique combination continues to attract game content creators and players alike, with millions of video views and an 87% positive user review score during Early Access.

The new Dread Hunger “Bad Medicine” update strengthens social gameplay while deemphasizing player vs. player combat. It also adds the powerful new Armory team objective, a new model for the Doctor, and other content, as seen in today’s video:

“We’ve been listening closely to player feedback over the last few months, and one thing that kept coming up was a consensus that the game was a ‘PvP game with Social Deduction elements,’” said Alex Quick, Creative Director of the Dread Hunger Team.

“To many of our players, the most rewarding and unique aspect of Dread Hunger is the shock of an unexpected poisoning, or the subtle manipulation of a masterful liar that leads to distrust (and mutiny!) aboard the ship. With this update we are striving to bring those elements to the forefront, and make Dread Hunger more of a ‘Social Deduction game with PvP elements.’”

It’s up to each player in Dread Hunger to bring life to their chosen character through voice chat while completing objectives. The six Explorers must work together to gather resources to power the steam-powered sailing ship towards its destination while contending with the harsh climate.

Meanwhile, Thralls plot to poison food, massacre crewmembers, blow holes in the ship, and invoke dark magic to undermine the mission—all while pretending to be loyal Explorers. Starvation, wolves, cannibal attacks, and other gruesome fates abound, and any misplaced trust can quickly lead to a knife in the back. When food is sparse, fellow crewmates appear more and more appetizing.

Game Key Features

• Survive the Arctic: Build fires to stay warm, fend off predators, and hunt for food to stay alive in the unforgiving Canadian Arctic
• Betray Your Friends: Feed them tainted food, lure animals to attack them, hex them with blood magic, or if all else fails… shoot them in the back and blame someone else
• Roleplay Your Character: Add flavor and personality to your character by using integrated voice chat and your in-game actions. Play as the Captain, Navigator, Cook, Doctor, Chaplain, Royal Marine, Hunter, or Engineer, all equipped with a unique starting kit and passive ability.
• You Are What You Eat: In the Arctic, you must make grim choices to stay fed; butcher bodies and use the pieces as weapons—or food
• Captain a Ship: Steer a 19th century warship around (or into) icebergs and find coal for the ever-hungry boiler to keep the ship moving… or blow it up
• Brave a Perilous World: Plan around a full day and night cycle while trying to outrun a massive blizzard that looms over the expedition
• New Armory Secondary Crew Objective: The Armory can provide powerful weapons to Explorers or Thralls, depending on who manages to unlock it first

Dread Hunger, scheduled to release for $29.99 / £23.79 / €24.99 on PC via Steam November 10, is developed by the Dread Hunger Team and published by Digital Confectioners. The developers are exploring options to bring the game to other platforms following its PC launch.

About Digital Confectioners

Digital Confectioners is a New Zealand-based studio creating high quality service-based games for PC and console. Its highly anticipated multiplayer deception adventure, Dread Hunger, is scheduled to launch on PC via Steam November 10, 2021. Dread Hunger has caught the attention of players and streamers during its Early Access campaign, with millions of video views and an 87% user rating. For more information, visit digitalconfectioners.com.

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Get a sneak peak at 17-BIT’s mystical VR survival adventure ahead of its October 7th launch

Kyoto, Japan, October 5th 2021 – Japanese gaming documentary studio Archipel has released an all new video showcasing renowned illustrator Katsuya Terada’s contributions to 17-BIT’s upcoming primitive VR survival adventure Song in the Smoke. This follows Archipel’s previous Song in the Smoke documentary, The Call of Nature, which focused on creative director Jake Kazdal’s inspirations from Kyoto’s lush wilderness.

Katsuya Terada is best known for his illustrations for The Legend of Zelda, A Link to the Past, Link’s Awakening, Blood: The Last Vampire, and The Monkey King. With Song in the Smoke, Terada creates a primordial wilderness unlike any other. Part survival game and part mysterious adventure, Song in the Smoke’s fantastical creatures and stylized scenery lend an eerie, otherworldly tone to an experience that’s both action-packed and intimate.

“Terada’s work has always evoked a sense of wonder and mystique to me,” said 17-BIT founder and creative lead Jake Kazdal. “It feels rough and beautiful, imaginative and timeless. I knew he’d be the perfect fit for the eerie, enchanting primitive vibe we were going for with Song in the Smoke, and he completely blew us away!”

Song in the Smoke utilizes VR to its full potential, allowing players to expertly identify threats with sound, sight, and smell. Use the world to your advantage, and stalk your prey from the tall grass. Intuitive VR controls let you line up the perfect shot with your bow, but be careful to listen out for the creatures that may be hunting you, or else you’ll have to fight for your life with clubs, sticks, or anything else you can get your hands on. 

Get ready to craft, forage, hunt, and fight to survive when Song in the Smoke launches on October 7th for PlayStation VR, Oculus Quest and Oculus Rift platforms.

Visit the Song in the Smoke website: http://17-bit.com/
Follow 17-BIT on Twitter: https://twitter.com/17_BIT
Like Song in the Smoke on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SeventeenBit

About 17-BIT
Founded in 2009 as Haunted Temple Studios, 17-BIT began as a small Seattle studio composed of veterans from Sega Japan and EA Los Angeles. Since its inception, 17-BIT launched the turn-based tactics game Skulls of the Shogun, and the love letter to 1980s arcade shooters that was GALAK-Z. Now based in Kyoto, Japan, 17-BIT is developing its most ambitious title yet with the VR survival adventure Song in the Smoke, coming to PlayStation and Oculus in 2021.

About Oculus
The Oculus team at Facebook Reality Labs lets people defy distance—connecting with each other and the world—through world-class VR hardware and software. The Oculus content team pursues the creation of best-in-class games, narrative experiences, and new VR use-cases like fitness, productivity, and travel. Oculus joins other teams at FRL dedicated to cutting-edge research, computer vision, haptics, social interaction, and more. Facebook Reality Labs is committed to driving the state of the art forward through relentless innovation.

Set sail with Billy and Friend-Ship in the new adventure platformer out now on PlayStation®4, Xbox One, PC, and Nintendo Switch

LOS ANGELES — Oct. 5, 2021 — Manavoid Entertainment and Skybound Games have launched Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan today on PlayStation®4, Xbox One, PC via Steam and Nintendo Switch for $29.99. Join Billy and a colorful cast of characters in a wholesome, family-friendly and accessible 2.5D adventure platformer featuring RPG, creature-collecting, and puzzle elements. When the evil Leviathan drains the World of Imagination of its colors, it’s up to Billy and their crew to use the power of empathy and acceptance to make friends, discover new experiences, and help bring color back to the once-bright land!

Check out the first 30 minutes of gameplay for Rainbow Billy below:

“Rainbow Billy is a hopepunk, universal coming-of-age story that explores relatable themes like empathy, compassion, inclusion, and self-identity” said Chris Chancey, CEO and President at Manavoid Entertainment. “This has been such a deeply personal journey for us as a team to create, and we’re so excited to finally share it with people of all kinds around the world!”

Key Features:

• Explore a World of Imagination: From dark caverns to remote islands on the stormy seas, discover a rich, wholesome world filled with treasure, friendship… and danger!
• Fantastic Adventure with Relatable Themes: Restore color to a monochrome world and help your friends be their true selves in a story about empathy, courage and friendship.
• Befriend & Collect Cute Creatures: Meet over 60 strange, lovable creatures and help them in non-violent encounters! Create your own unique team to save the day!
• Solve Intricate Color Puzzles: Each world is filled with clever challenges and secrets that unlock new areas to explore!
• Vibrant 2.5D Visual Style: Rainbow Billy’s art style blends the personality of modern 2D cartoon characters in an imaginative 3D world with an energetic soundtrack to match!
• Open Accessibility: Adjust your experience with a range of accessibility features like color blindness support, a dyslexia-friendly font, single joystick controls and more!
• Fish for Resources: Because who doesn’t love a fishing mini-game?!

For more on the game, visit www.RainbowBilly.com.

About ManaVoid Entertainment

Founded in 2014, ManaVoid Entertainment prides itself on producing video games that mix and match known genres, themes and mechanics to create new and innovative experiences with a twinge of nostalgia. Our latest game, Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan, was funded on Kickstarter early in development. Since then, we’ve won the Ubisoft Indie Series Grand Prize in 2019, received additional funding from the Canada Media Fund, and were selected in the Indie MegaBooth and nominated for Best of PAX East in 2020.

With over 20 people on the team, ManaVoid is composed of AAA veterans with past experience at Ubisoft, WB Games, Eidos-Square Enix and more, as well as talented developers hired straight out of Quebec’s many game development universities. We’re an equal opportunity employer and happy to have a diverse team working on a project driven by themes of inclusion! www.manavoid.com

About Skybound Games

Skybound Games is a division of Skybound Entertainment with the capabilities to produce, develop, and license video games. The team works closely with creators to expand their unique and exceptional IP to new platforms. The Skybound Games slate houses everything from indie projects to high-budget franchise titles, with recent games including Telltale’s The Walking Dead, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, Before Your Eyes and The Big Con.

Tribal city-builder with a survival twist builds towards release with another big content drop now live 

Auckland, New Zealand – October 05, 2021 – Outerdawn today announced that Goblins Of Elderstone’s new Heroes of Elderstone update is now live, populating the new tavern building with heroes that can be hired to aid you on your grand adventures and pillaging raids, as well as adding a host of other new features and fixes to the game. 

The new tavern building added in the update will be a place for heroes to congregate, giving you the opportunity to hire from a large selection of random and unique heroes to help defend your goblin village or provide powerful bonuses to a trek when assigned as their party’s leader. A new batch of heroes looking for an excuse to share their epic stories and down some goblin ales will wander into the tavern every in-game Summer, giving players a fresh batch to choose from.

Players might recognise some of the heroes, such as the Goblin Adventuring Party from the wonderful  Goblins! webcomic. There are also a selection of special goblin heroes designed by Kickstarter backers, as well as the appearance of a hero from Stormbane, the novel set in an alternate version of Elderstone.    

The Heroes of Elderstone update also adds a host of new features, balancing changes and bug fixes. Highlights include the addition of the new goblin traits Insomniac, Immune, Strong, Savage, Hot-Blooded, Hippie and Speedy, adding a layer of depth to the game’s intriguing tribal simulation systems, a new warning system for conditions and needs, and a new notification system for construction sites missing resources.    

This new content drop follows in the footsteps of the Gods of Elderstone update, which added a pantheon of gods to be worshipped and exploited for the betterment of goblin tribes careful to treat them well enough to avoid their mighty wrath. 

Players will be able to get a taste of what Goblins of Elderstone’s unique tribal-based city-building gameplay has to offer in person at the upcoming EGX event taking place between 7th- 10th October at ExCel, London, where the game will be playable.   

Goblins of Elderstone is currently available in Early Access on Steam for 19.99 USD / £15.49 / €16.79 with a final launch expected early next year. 

About Goblins of Elderstone
Goblins of Elderstone is a unique take on the city-building genre with a goblin-fuelled survival approach where nurturing tribal dynamics is key. Your emphasis is not only on buildings and commerce in your town, but on crafting the culture of its inhabitants and making sure they are happy. Treat your goblins well and they will (mostly) listen to you. Fail to meet their needs and expect them to riot, steal and kill each other. In addition to gathering resources and crafting structures, you must engage a layer of diplomacy as you navigate relationships with neighboring tribes, intrepid explorers, bandits, heroes and even gods. Your wits and skill at bartering/bribery negotiations, as well as the occasional pillaging, will help you transform Elderstone from a small village into an empire to be reckoned with.

Wishlist us on the Goblins of Elderstone Steam page:
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Join our channel: https://discord.gg/ddheRnG
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Visit the Goblins of Elderstone website: https://www.outerdawn.com/games/goblins

About Outerdawn
Founded in 2014 in Auckland, New Zealand, Outerdawn was set up as a creative, and diverse centre of game development priding themselves on creativity, fun and freedom of ideas. Working hard whilst having fun, the Outerdawn team is full of passionate people whose diversity adds to the uniqueness of the company culture which thrives on collaboration, creativity and freedom of ideas.

On back of the success of the sale, Sulake and Azerion commit to 200% emissions offset for a negative carbon footprint

Helsinki, FI — October 5, 2021 — Sulake, part of the digital media platform Azerion, announced today the reveal of the Habbo Avatars collection after a successful launch last week of their first NFT sale. This marks a first from a major existing video game IP, with over 2500 collectors purchasing more than 10,000 randomly generated, unique Habbo avatars backed by Ethereum. The appearances of the randomly generated Habbo Avatars were revealed earlier today on Opensea.

Within 26 hours of the start of the public Dutch Auction through nft.habbo.com the entire collection had sold out, with 90% sold in the final 30 minutes of the auction, showing an incredible uptake in the NFT collectibles. The Habbo Avatars launch has been one of the most successful launches within the last 7 days and since the purchases were made before the Avatars were revealed, this demonstrates the huge desire to own iconic Habbo memorabilia.

As one of the original 3D virtual, social gaming worlds – the unofficial “OG Metaverse” – Habbo has 21+ years under its belt, which means 21+ years of maintaining a strong and passionate community over 300 million strong. The Habbo Avatars NFTs represent the evolution of video game asset trading and is the first major IP breaking into the Web 3.0 metaverse.

“We are extremely pleased with the success of our Habbo Avatars project and the support that we’ve seen from the community so far. This is truly a nostalgic product, and despite being 21+ years old and one of the original metaverses, the Habbo community is still a very large, passionate and active community throughout the world,” said Valtteri Karu, CEO of Sulake. “So rich is this sense of nostalgia that the Habbo Avatars themselves were not revealed to their new owners upon purchase until October 5th. It’s really been the driving force behind this train, and it’s exciting to see how excited people are about this next step in our evolution.”

In addition, as ethical stewardship of the environment is a major tenet for Sulake and Azerion, they have committed to go beyond carbon neutrality through a partnership with Offsetra, meaning that 200% of the carbon emissions produced in the minting process will be offset through various environmental programs such as Bull Run Forest Carbon and Agrocortex REDD Project.

Check out Sulake’s Offsetra profile page: https://offsetra.com/profile/sulake

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About the Habbo Avatars Project
The Habbo Avatars project has been lovingly assembled by pixel artists, NFT enthusiasts and community-minded gamers from all over the planet. Collectors finally have a chance to own their unique piece of nostalgia from the internet as it existed in 2001

About Habbo and Sulake
Sulake is a social entertainment company focused on providing a safe and fun online service for self-expression through its games, Habbo and Hotel Hideaway. Sulake was founded in 2000 by a small team of passionate people and now after 21 years, Habbo is still one of the largest virtual communities in the world, reaching players all over the world each month. With paying customers in over 115 countries and over 850,000 active users a month, Habbo continues to be a hugely popular and globally recognised brand.

Sulake’s mission is to enable its users to meet new people, make friends and give them a place to create and share their user-generated content in fun virtual surroundings. Sulake is a leader in ensuring online safety for children and was acquired in 2020 by Dutch media and technology company Azerion. www.sulake.com

Australia – October 5, 2021 –Kingston Technology, a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, today announced it has been ranked top third-party DRAM module supplier in the world, according to the latest rankings by revenue from analyst firm TrendForce (formerly DRAMeXchange). Kingston retains its number 1 position with an estimated 78.02% market share on $13.2B (USD) revenue. TrendForce states that Kingston increased revenue by 2.03% YOY marking the 18^th consecutive year that Kingston has held the top spot.

Kingston maintains its competitive advantage by working closely with its suppliers, partners, and customers to remain flexible and adapt to ever-changing needs and market conditions. A driving force to Kingston’s success is their working attitude of ‘Kingston Is With You’. As one of the leading buyers of DRAM chips in the world, Kingston saw an early need for memory chips in certain markets and took a proactive approach to secure additional components needed for the potential demand such as purchasing component inventory that was bogging down their partner’s warehouses. The popular thought in early 2020 was that the technology sector would slow down due to the pandemic, but Kingston took the initiative to be prepared for those segments that would require additional DRAM; work from home PCs, gaming memory, and server farms that needed more memory for the onslaught of online purchases and activity.

Additionally, with the next generation of DDR fast approaching, Kingston is primed to provide customers with the cutting-edge speeds of DDR5. Kingston’s strong relationship with Intel will help ensure “stride for stride” solutions with Intel’s latest product launches.

“TrendForce’s findings reflect the company’s continued growth and flexibility to tackle a challenging business climate” said Kingston. “Our leading position in the market allows us to collaborate closely with our partners and vendors, and to provide education and guidance on new technology, like 16Gbit modules and the upcoming DDR5 launch, to our customers.” For more information visit kingston.com.

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About Kingston Technology

From big data, to laptops and PCs, to IoT-based devices like smart and wearable technology, to design-in and contract manufacturing, Kingston helps deliver the solutions used to live, work and play. The world’s largest PC makers and cloud-hosting companies depend on Kingston for their manufacturing needs, and our passion fuels the technology the world uses every day. We strive beyond our products to see the bigger picture, to meet the needs of our customers and offer solutions that make a difference. To learn more about how Kingston Is With You, visit Kingston.com.

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