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EMBRACE THE GUERRILLA EXPERIENCE IN FAR CRY 6, AVAILABLE NOW

Enjoy The Most Creative Arsenal of Weapons Ever Seen in A Far Cry Game

Check out our review for Far Cry 6 below:

Far Cry 6 Review

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — October 8, 2021 — Far Cry® 6 is now available worldwide on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, Stadia, as well as Windows PC through the Ubisoft Store and the Epic Games Store. Players can also subscribe to Ubisoft+ on PC, Stadia and Amazon Luna.*

Set in Yara, a tropical paradise frozen in time in the heart of the Caribbean, players will experience the adrenaline rush and chaos of guerrilla combat as they join the revolution to liberate Yaran people from the oppressive rule of dictator Antón Castillo and his teenage son Diego – brought to life by Giancarlo Esposito (“The Mandalorian,” “Breaking Bad”) and Anthony Gonzalez (“Coco”). Development for Far Cry 6 is being led by Ubisoft Toronto.** 

As local Yaran and military dropout Dani Rojas, players will be swept up in the guerrilla movement as the brutality of Antón’s rule reaches new heights and the fire of revolution ignites across the country. Players will be able to choose one of two Dani identities and will join forces with a colourful cast of characters, including Clara Garcia, the leader of revolutionary group Libertad, or Juan Cortez, a jaded ex-KGB spy and guerrilla master as they fight their way to take down the tyrant. 

In solo or in two-player co-op, players will explore a vast and contrasted open world, from lush jungles to decaying cities. With Antón’s army controlling the air, roads, and seas, players will operate from hidden guerrilla camps across the country, gathering soldiers and resources while planning their next move. Players will have to navigate the world and approach situations like true guerrilla fighters to make sure every strike against the regime hits hard. 

By embracing the Resolver spirit, a philosophy of resourcefulness found across Yara, players will make use of whatever they have to inflict chaos on the regime. Far Cry 6 features a broad and unexpected arsenal of customizable Resolver weapons and tools. From a motorcycle engine powered minigun to a homing missile throwing backpack, pushing Resolver to the limit will grant Dani the power of an entire guerrilla army. 

To succeed against the overwhelming power of Antón’s army, players can customize their weapon loadout to match against enemy strengths. Far Cry 6 gives players unprecedented freedom to experience the game the way they want by supporting their playstyle, whether they prefer a stealthy or forceful approach. In addition to Resolver options, players will be able to pick traditional weapons and use new ways to traverse the world such as horses, tanks and crazy DIY vehicles. They will also be able to pair up with all-new animal companions like Chorizo, the adorable wiener dog no soldier can ignore or Guapo, Juan’s soldier-hungry pet crocodile.

Season Pass holders will be able to switch perspectives and play as some of the series’ most notorious villains: Vaas Montenegro, Pagan Min and Joseph Seed – all performed by the original cast. Through each of the three Season Pass DLC episodes, players will delve into the minds of these infamous antagonists, uncover their backstories, battle their inner demons, and reunite with familiar faces in a brand-new gameplay experience inspired by the roguelite genre, in which players will have to become strong enough to survive multiple levels of the villain psyche.

Players who purchase Far Cry 6 on Xbox One or PlayStation®4 will be able to upgrade their version to the next generation at no additional cost on Xbox Series X|S and PlayStation®5.

Ubisoft also announced that Far Cry® 6: The Music of Yara (from the Original Game Soundtrack) is now available worldwide on all major streaming services. This compilation of 28 tracks of in-game original songs and indie licensed tracks will provide players breathes life into the tropical paradise of Far Cry® 6.

For more information on Far Cry 6, please visit Farcry.com.

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

*Ubisoft+ on Stadia and Luna requires account linking and a Multi Access plan. Territorial restrictions apply. 

**In close collaboration with Montreal. Other studios involved include Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Berlin, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Philippines and Ubisoft Montpellier 

Ion Fury Prepares for Aftershock Expansion’s Q1 2022 Launch with 2.0 Patch Today

DALLAS, TX – Oct. 7, 2021 – Ion Fury, the old-school first-person shooter developed by Voidpoint and published by 3D Realms and 1C Entertainment, unleashes a 2.0 patch full of improvements on PC to ready up for the Ion Fury: Aftershock expansion launching early next year on PC via Steam, Nintendo Switch™, PlayStation® 4, and Xbox One.

Whether a returning player or new to the retro FPS genre, community-requested features in the 2.0 patch make this the perfect time to start a fresh run through Ion Fury. Grab power-ups on the go and deploy them on command with a new pocket inventory system, adding a tactical layer to each gunfight. Run and gun on a gamepad with ease with revamped controller support. Massive performance upgrades make Ion Fury even smoother than before.

Shelly’s arsenal tears through cyborgs better than ever with clever weapon rebalancing. The Chain Gun now has a higher maximum ammo count and pushes users back with concussive force, creating new movement strategies. The Ion Bow now rewards advanced techniques like swap-canceling while charging. 

Quality-of-life changes refine Ion Fury’s campaign. Map bug fixes make levels more pleasurable to navigate. Sleuths can utilize the radar to track down hidden secrets. Each weapon’s ammo reserves now fill up the cross-hair for enhanced battle awareness and an increased focus on staying alive. Players will also be able to earn Ion Fury trading cards on Steam at last, as well as collect items like profile backgrounds and emoticons from the Steam Points Shop.

Creating new playgrounds of destruction is more fun with some new map features, such as new rotating sprite structures and remotely controlled viewscreens, added in anticipation of Aftershock. The creatively inclined can look forward to updated examples and scripts for Mapster32 in the near future. Please note that scripts and documentation are released separately and not included in Steam/GOG updates.

Early next year, Aftershock continues the events of Ion Fury with a new action-packed adventure. Pursue the maniacal Dr. Jadus Heskel and stop him from re-sculpting the flesh of humanity with his mechanical designs. Slay new enemies and bosses atop Shelly’s Hover Bike with fresh weaponry. Revisit Ion Fury’s original campaign with Arrange mode, adding the expansion’s foes, armaments, and more.

Ion Fury: Aftershock keeps growing in scope and looks more impressive every day,” said Frederik Schreiber, CEO of 3D Realms. “While you wait for the expansion, we wanted to make the original game better than ever with 2.0.”

Ion Fury: Aftershock will be available in Q1 2022 on Steam, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation® 4, and Xbox One for $14.99/€14.99. Ion Fury is currently available on Steam and GOG for $24.99.

For more information please explore the official websites for 3D Realms, Ion Fury, and 1C Entertainment and follow 3D Realms on Twitch, Facebook, YouTube, and Steam

About 3D Realms

Founded 30 years ago, 3D Realms was the publisher, developer and creator of many legendary gaming franchises, most still going strong: Wolfenstein 3DDuke NukemShadow WarriorMax Payne and Prey.

To learn more about 3D Realms please visit the studio’s official website.

About Voidpoint

Voidpoint was founded by veterans of the Build Engine modding scene and consists of worldwide talent with decades of combined development experience. The studio proudly presented Ion Fury as their debut title, and can’t wait to up the ante with Aftershock.

About 1C Entertainment

1C Entertainment is a global games publisher and developer with offices located in Warsaw, Gdansk, Prague, Budapest and Moscow. The company releases video games for all platforms through its global network of partners digitally and in retail.

1C Entertainment has successfully launched over 100 game titles including critically acclaimed series – IL-2 Sturmovik, King’s Bounty, Men of War and Space Rangers. Recent releases include such games as Ancestors Legacy, Fell Seal: Arbiter’s Mark, Ion Fury and Deep Sky Derelicts. For more information about 1C Entertainment and their games, please visit the official 1C Entertainment website.

Discover worlds made of lights and shadows in the first trailer of ‘Cosmic’, a new interdimensional adventure for PC & consoles

What would you do if your shadow was self-aware and decided to abandon you?

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 7th, Kraków, Poland.

Feardemic, publisher of horror-oriented games, and King’s Pleasure, a newly-established development studio formed by ex-developers of Cyberpunk 2077, Serial Cleaner and Vampire: The Masquerade – Coteries of New York, are excited to unveil the first-ever trailer of Cosmic, an action-adventure game set in a multilayered universe where light and shadow dictate its metaphysical rules.

In Cosmic, the player controls Vik, a seemingly cute yet mischievous small being whose sole and best friend is his own shadow. One day, due to a thoughtless wish, Vik loses his shadow and finds himself powerless at the bottom of an unknown world. However, Vik soon discovers that he has acquired a new, bigger shadow – that of a powerful beast whose owner is already hunting them. Will Vik and its new shadow manage to cooperate in this dangerous journey to save their lives?

Feardemic CEO’s Scott Millard comments on the announcement: “With its unique art style and vibrant color palette, Cosmic is a very welcomed addition to the roster of Feardemic’s 2022 releases. We are confident that the game’s fresh style of horror narrative will be far more accessible to a much broader audience of all ages. Horror games, unlike most other video game genres, are nearly always identified on the basis of their narrative direction rather than a gameplay type, and, more often than not, horror hides where you least expect it.”

King’s Pleasure’s founder Łukasz Wiśniewski adds: “Cosmic represents for us the first opportunity to truly express our creative identity and has been a long-held dream project of mine that encompasses a unique visual style and an engaging story that teems with a wide range of human emotions – fear, empathy, compassion, lostness. I believe this will make Cosmic an experience that resonates with many different kinds of players”.

Cosmic is set for release during the course of 2022 on PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch.

PC players who wish to stay updated on the game are invited to add Cosmic to their Steam wishlists, while console players can subscribe to the Feardemic newsletter.

Features:

  • A mysterious universe inhabited by weird characters whose shadows have their own distinct personalities, where light and shadow dictate its metaphysical rules
  • Fast-paced 2D gameplay with two distinguished styles: use the light to unleash the beastly shadow attached to Vik and perform deadly melee combos or use agility and subterfuge to escape danger while in the dark
  • Multiple exotic worlds to explore with expansive maps filled with puzzles, secrets, and challenges. Find new items, unlock new abilities and use them to travel back and forth through space and time to explore what you previously couldn’t access 
  • Flawlessly fluid animations that enhance the gameplay experience and a distinguishable art style that plays with contrasts

About Feardemic

Feardemic Games sp. z o.o. is a publisher of computer games and related entertainment products. Feardemic’s mission is to deliver to its audience quality entertainment experiences that evoke the most interesting and what some believe to be the most important of human emotions: fear, trepidation and revulsion. These are the feelings that keep us safe and warn us of impending disaster, and in turn frame our understanding of joy, elation and happiness. Feardemic is more than just a publisher or game developer. It’s an idea and a philosophy. Feardemic is a full-service publisher and investor in intellectual property and game development studios. Feardemic is a subsidiary of Bloober Team SA and based in Europe’s cultural capital of Krakow, Poland.

About King’s Pleasure

King’s Pleasure is a creative studio based in Krakow, Poland, founded by an experienced team of artists that have collectively worked on a significant range of games, including Cyberpunk 2077, Serial Cleaner and Vampire: The Masquerade – Coteries of New York. We strive to deliver the most immersive games through engaging gameplay, rich visuals and compelling stories to gamers across the world  — because the gamer is king, and we serve at their pleasure.

SEVEN KNIGHTS 2, SEVEN KNIGHTS’ LONG-AWAITED SEQUEL, OPENS GLOBAL PRE-REGISTRATION

Game Officially Launches in November 2021Learn More with Media Showcase Video on the Seven Knights 2 Official YouTube Channel

LOS ANGELES – OCT. 7, 2021 Netmarble, a leading developer and publisher of high-quality mobile games, announced that global pre-registration is now live for Seven Knights 2 , the sequel to Netmarble’s original and long-running mobile roleplaying game Seven Knights. To celebrate pre-registration, Netmarble released an in-depth media showcase video that shares what players can expect for Seven Knights 2’s newly-revealed November 2021 launch. Players can view the video on the Seven Knights 2 official YouTube channel.

Seven Knights 2 is a cinematic mobile RPG that allows players to collect and develop charismatic heroes of all shapes and sizes while engaging in a deep and immersive cinematic story thanks to real-time controls and in-game loadouts with heroic stat combinations, formations, and pets. Starring an array of characters depicted with stunning high-quality graphics powered by Unreal Engine 4, Seven Knights 2 will immerse players in a true sequel featuring the fun and innovative gameplay of Seven Knights enjoyed by players around the world.

Those who pre-register Seven Knights 2 by going to the official site can look forward to receiving a limited-edition premium ‘Poori’ pet, among other items. Other features players can look forward to at launch include:

  • Collectible Charismatic Heroes: There are a total of 46 characters available at launch to collect, including familiar characters from the original Seven Knights that are joined by new Seven Knights 2 characters
  • Battle Bosses:
    • Players can look forward to strategizing with different decks using heroic stat combinations, formations and pets
    • In addition, players will be able to play real-time group battles and use spectacular skills while controlling 4 heroes at once (up to 8 players)
  • Deep, Immersive Cinematic Story: Seven Knights 2 features a deep and immersive cinematic story with two hours of high-quality cinematic cutscenes for role-playing fans to enjoy

To date, Seven Knights has seen 60 million downloads worldwide. Seven Knights 2 has also been successful in Korea, having ranked #1 in the App Store and #2 on Google Play in terms of revenue earned following its November 2020 launch. Following the global launch, Seven Knights 2 will be available to play in Twelve languages, including English, Japanese, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Thai, Portuguese, Spanish, German, Italian, French, Russian, and Indonesian.

More information can be found at Seven Knights 2’s official Facebook page, YouTube and forums or by visiting Netmarble’s Global YouTube channel.

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

ORCS MUST DIE! 3 COLD AS EYES DLC COMING NOVEMBER 11TH ON XBOX, PLAYSTATION AND STEAM

Robot Entertainment, an independent development and publishing studio, today announced the all new Cold as Eyes DLC for Orcs Must Die! 3 is launching on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, and Steam on November 11, 2021. Additionally, starting today, players can jump in and enjoy two scenario maps, Master’s Courtyard and Hidden Dock, that have been added to the Endless game mode. To celebrate this announcement, Orcs Must Die! 3 will be discounted 20% across all platforms for a limited time.

In the Cold as Eyes DLC, Orcs Must Die! 3 players must now battle against the all new Cyclopean race. Cyclopean Shamans use their totems to disable traps while the Cyclops Mesmerizer tracks its target with a powerful arcane eye ray.  Their race ability heals all Cyclopes near any dying Cyclops, allowing them to survive deeper into Order fortresses.

The Cold as Eyes DLC also includes three scenarios in an icy setting, a new Flamethrower weapon with a powerful secondary breath attack, the Cyclopean Gaze trinket which can turn the player and enemies to stone, and a new Molten Gold trap that coats enemies in gold and provides a chance of a special coin drop. The three new ice levels are also added to the Endless game mode.

Watch the Cold as Eyes DLC Announce Trailer here:

Orcs Must Die! 3 Features

  • More of Everything – Orcs Must Die! 3 is everything fans loved about the first two games and more. More orcs, more traps, more weapons, more upgrades and even better looking. It’s cranked up to at least eleven.
  • New Story – Play through a brand new story set more than 20 years after Orcs Must Die! 2, where the War Mage and Sorceress have rebuilt the order and trained new young apprentices.
  • War Scenarios – All new War Scenarios deliver on the promise of massive scale first set out in Orcs Must Die! Confront overwhelming armies of orcs outside on battlefields surrounding castles. Thin out waves of orcs hundreds strong before they breach the walls and crash your rift.
  • War Machines – You’re going to need new weapons of death and destruction to handle these hordes. War Machines are traps on an oversized scale. Lay down your mega flip trap and launch dozens of ragdolling orcs. Mount your mega boom barrel launcher and unleash pyrotechnic glory.
  • It Never Stops – The legions of orcs keep coming long after the story is completed. Etch your name into the orc-slaying hall of fame through Weekly Challenges or see how long you can survive in Endless Mode.
  • Take Drastic Steps – Orcs Must Die! 3 comes with the Drastic Steps campaign and content for free, including terrifying flying enemies, heroic war guardians and of course more tools for orc destruction!
  • Scramble to Survive – The new Scramble Mode pits you against vile orcs who evolve with increasingly difficult and sinister tricks up their chunky sleeves. But each level you survive, you collect your own modifiers to fight back with!

ABOUT ORCS MUST DIE! 3
Orcs Must Die! 3 ushers orc-slaying mayhem to a previously unimaginable scale. Solo or with a friend by your side, arm yourself with a massive arsenal of traps and weapons. Slice, burn, toss and zap hordes of repugnant orcs in this long-awaited successor to the award-winning series. New to the series, War Scenarios pit players against the largest orc armies ever assembled. Mountable War Machines give players the essential firepower to heave, stab, carbonize, and disarticulate the abominable intruders. Orcs Must Die! 3 originally released as a Stadia exclusive in 2020 and this version of the release includes all new content, features, and improvements as well as all previously released Stadia content including the Drastic Steps campaign.

For more information on Orcs Must Die! 3, please visit the official website http://www.orcsmustdie.com/, and follow the game on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/OMDGame/  and Twitter https://twitter.com/OrcsMustDie

The Fate of the Characters in House of Ashes is in Your Hands in the Latest The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes Trailer

BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. today released a brand new trailer for The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes coming to consoles and PC on October 22, 2021. 

Check out House of Ashes’ latest trailer below.

In the shadow of the Zagros mountains a US military unit comes under fire from Iraqi forces. The resulting firefight causes an earth tremor where both sides fall into the ruins of a buried Sumerian temple. With all communication severed, our protagonists are trapped and must navigate a way to escape – unaware that something ancient and evil has awakened in the shadows and is hungry for blood.

Dive into this terrifying underworld in House of Ashes where the fate of the characters is in your hands, their survival depends on the choices you make where every decision might trigger terrible and gruesome consequences. Take on these life-threatening dilemmas and guide our protagonists to safety, alone or with friends, this Halloween. 

Will Rachel King, Jason Kolchek, Nick Kay, Eric King, and Salim Othman survive this living hell? The choice is all yours.

House of Ashes will release on October 22, 2021 in the Americas for the PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via STEAM®;  the game is also available for pre-order now.

The Dark Pictures Anthology is a series of stand-alone, branching cinematic horror games, designed to present a new terrifying experience on a regular basis. Each game is unconnected and will feature a brand-new story, setting and new cast of characters. Experience moments of tension and terror alone in single player mode, with your friends through 2 player online shared story or with up to 5 players in the couch-friendly movie night mode.

For more information about The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes and other titles from BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America, please visit our website, follow us on Facebook, or join the conversation on Twitter.

Fight epic knights’ duels in Jousting VR coming to Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive in Q2 2022

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – October 7th, Warsaw, Poland.

Welcome to medieval times. Times of Jousting. Become a brave knight faithful to the principles of chivalry. Put your armor on, jump on a horse, grab your lance and try to make a history by winning the royal tournament. And remember that “To risk life to save a smile on a face of a woman or a child is the secret of chivalry.”

Add the game to your wishlist on Steam (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1760300/Jousting_VR).

ABOUT JOUSTING VR

Enter the royal market courtyard in the 13th century Europe. Become a knight who joined the medieval tournament with one simple goal – to become its champion. Jump on your trusty steed, grab your lance and try to defeat other knights. Take into consideration speed, accuracy, strength and the equipment you’ll have at hand. The better gear the bigger chances you’ll have of staying in the saddle. Oh, and don’t forget that all the other knights want to win just as much as you do. But if you beat them the king’s treasure that’s more valuable to him than all the kingdom’s gold coins, will be yours.

Jousting VR is being developed by VRAAR studio. The game will be published by Gaming Factory on Oculus Quest, Oculus Rift and HTC Vive in Q2 2022.

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

About VRAAR

Founded in 2020, VRAAR is a game development studio located in Warsaw, gathering experienced developers focused on creating Virtual Reality games.

About Gaming Factory

Gaming Factory was founded in 2017. Their main goal is to find unique game ideas, support creative indie developers, and help them at every stage of the production process. Gaming Factory is a game publisher of gamers’ needs. Currently, the company is working on more than 25 games. https://gamingfactory.pl/

Deck13 Spotlight’s Upcoming City Sim Highrise City Showcases Infrastructure & Terraforming Features in New Video

FRANKFURT, Germany Oct. 7, 2021Highrise City, the ambitious city builder from indie developer FourExo Entertainment and publisher Deck13 Spotlight, has released a new video showcasing some of the features players will have available to them when the game releases next year on PC.

Highrise City is the next evolution of city simulation. Experience a modern take on the genre enriched with a complex, resource-based economy. The game offers challenging gameplay with all the tools you need to create a living, breathing metropolis!

Today’s video puts the focus on the infrastructure players will have to manage, including services like fire departments, police stations, garbage disposal, and, of course, power plants. But don’t forget: residents may not want to live right next to a coal-based power plant.

The second part of the video takes a look at a more spectacular feature of Highrise City: terraforming. To show off what players can do with the game’s voxel-based terrain, you’ll see flying islands and massive structures that demonstrate just how powerful the tool is. Players will have tons of creative possibilities at their fingertips to make and share with the community.

For more on Highrise City, visit https://spotlight.deck13.com/highrise-city.

About Deck13 Interactive

Deck13 Interactive is one of Germany’s leading developers. Employing more than 60 people with studios located in Frankfurt, the team develops award-winning, large-scale productions for consoles and PC. With “Deck13 Spotlight,” the team established a publishing service to help independent developers bring their projects to wider audiences.

NEW DLC ARRIVES FOR TALES OF ARISE INCLUDING COLLABORATION DLC WITH SWORD ART ONLINE

NEW DLC ARRIVES FOR TALES OF ARISE INCLUDING COLLABORATION DLC WITH SWORD ART ONLINE

A trio of DLC arrives for TALES OF ARISE today, introducing new difficulty settings, training ground battles, and a special collaboration with SWORD ART ONLINE featuring new costumes, boss fight, and Mystic Artes. A new trailer highlighting the DLC can be viewed below:

The new update and DLC for TALES OF ARISE include:

New difficulty settings – Experience TALES OF ARISE with Very Easy – for players who just want to enjoy the game’s story, and Unknown – which brings the difficulty beyond the current Chaos difficulty setting.

New weapons and Training Ground battles – New enemies await players in Training Grounds with new weapons to win for completing the new trials. PC players will receive this DLC through a free patch, while console players can sign up through BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc.’s website to receive a free DLC voucher – https://www.bandainamcoent.com/landing/toa-training-dlc-giveaway

Please visit the giveaway website page for more information regarding the DLC vouchers.

SWORD ART ONLINE collaboration DLC – Worlds collide when Kirito and Asuna from the SWORD ART ONLINE franchise arrive in the world of TALES OF ARISE. This paid DLC includes a special boss battle against Kirito and Asuna, Kirito and Asuna costumes for Alphen and Shionne, a new Mystic Artes “Cosmic Ensemble” and weapons, Night-Sky Blade Replica and Blue Rose Sword Replica for Alphen. The SWORD ART ONLINE collaboration DLC will cost $15.99.

Please let me know if you have any questions regarding TALES OF ARISE.

XSEED Games Unveils Limited Rune Factory 5 ‘Earthmate Edition’

Retail Pre-orders for Limited ‘Earthmate Edition’ Coming Soon for Nintendo Switch Farming / Life Sim RPG

TORRANCE, Calif. – Oct. 7, 2021 – XSEED Games, the independent-minded publishing brand of Marvelous USA Inc., today unveiled the limited retail ‘Earthmate Edition’ for Rune Factory 5, which is launching on the Nintendo Switch™ system on Mar. 22, 2022. The company is pleased to confirm that pre-orders for the ‘Earthmate Edition’ will be available through the XSEED Games Store and participating retailers soon.

The Rune Factory 5 ‘Earthmate Edition’ has a suggested retail price of $79.99 and includes the following contents:

● Custom outer box featuring artwork from series illustrator Minako Iwasaki
Rune Factory 5 Nintendo Switch™ game card in an exclusive SteelBook® case
● Large 5.8” by 8.2” softcover artbook with over 70 pages of character illustrations, concept art, and more
● ‘Melodies of Norad’ soundtrack CD featuring 15 songs specially selected from across the entire Rune Factory series ●13 exclusive in-game costumes based on the marriage candidates (+ Dolce’s ghostly companion Pico) from Rune Factory

The base game will be offered both at retail and digitally at a suggested retail price of $59.99, while a Digital Deluxe version including the same 13 in-game costumes from Rune Factory 4 as the ‘Earthmate Edition’ will be offered at $69.99 on Nintendo eShop.

Set off on a grand adventure in a fantasy world with the latest entry in the Rune Factory simulation RPG series. After losing their memory, the hero lands in a small town blessed by nature. There, they are recruited into an organization of peacekeeping rangers known as SEED, and their new life begins. In addition to their normal duties of helping villagers, investigating rune-related mysteries, and rounding up rowdy monsters, leisure activities bring an equal amount of excitement. Whether spending time growing crops on a dragon’s back, embarking on fishing expeditions, prospecting the mountains for ore, or participating in local festivals, there are countless ways for Earthmates to relax after a hard day of adventuring.

Relationships that players foster with townsfolk provide additional depth to combat with brand-new link attacks, or at home with the newly introduced co-op cooking feature. As players grow closer to one of the twelve eligible marriage candidates and learn more about them, they can propose to their true love and start a family of their own. Love knows no boundaries, and for the first time in the series Earthmates can choose any of the twelve eligible marriage candidates regardless of gender. The stage is set, and the curtain rises on an exciting new adventure in Rune Factory 5!

Developed by Marvelous Inc. and published in North America by XSEED Games, Rune Factory 5 will launch Mar. 22, 2022 on Nintendo Switch™ in North America. The limited retail ‘Earthmate Edition’ will be available for pre-order with an MSRP of $79.99 on the XSEED Games Store and participating retailers soon.The standard physical and digital versions will be available for a MSRP of $59.99 at participating retailers and the Nintendo eShop, while a Digital Deluxe edition will be available for a MSRP of $69.99 on Nintendo eShop. This game has been rated “T for Teen” by the ESRB.

More information about XSEED Games’ products can be found atwww.xseedgames.com. Fans can also follow XSEED Games onFacebook,Twitter,Instagram,Twitch, get in depth info from theirdeveloper blog, and join the discussion on their Discord server at:http://discord.gg/XSEEDGames.

About XSEED Games

XSEED Games is the independent-minded publishing brand of Marvelous USA, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Marvelous Inc., which is a publicly traded company listed in the First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Formed in 2004 and located in Torrance, California, XSEED Games publishes interactive entertainment content for PC and consoles from the Marvelous portfolio as well as from a wide variety of third-party partners. Whether it’s Marvelous properties such as STORY OF SEASONS (Bokujo Monogatari), SENRAN KAGURA, and Rune Factory, or third-party titles such as the Corpse Party and AKIBA’S TRIP series or Granblue Fantasy: Versus, XSEED Games has grown its reputation among gamers with its critically acclaimed localizations and commitment to fans, remaining ever dedicated to its “indie spirit, player-first” approach. 

Nintendo Switch™ is a trademark of Nintendo.

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