NExT Studio’s adventure roguelike brings synchronous turn-based combat to new platforms and makes its debut on Xbox Game Pass.

Tuesday, 7^th September 2021 – Team17 and NExT Studios have announced the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 launch of adventure roguelike Crown Trick, following its launch on Nintendo Switch™ and PC in 2020. Crown Trick features unique synchronous turn-based combat so that enemies, and deadly traps only react when the player does. As Elle, a combination of skills, magical Familiar skills, weapons, and strategic thinking is required to escape the labyrinthian procedural dungeons of the Nightmare Realm alive.

Crown Trick key features:

• Engaging strategic gameplay: Monsters and traps move only when the player moves; carefully thought-out strategies are key to escaping the labyrinthine dungeon
• Fight how you want: Create and develop a unique combat style with 40+ active skills, 60+ passive abilities, 30+ usable items, and 170+ special relics, all of which create different ways to cut through enemy encounters
• Learn from enemies: Gather elite ‘Familiar’ skills by overcoming enemies ready to unleash on others deeper in the dungeon
• Different dungeons every time: The procedurally generated maze ensures players have unique experiences every time they enter The Nightmare Realm.

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The Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions of Crown Trick are currently available with a launch discount of 20%, making them $15.99/ €15.99/£12.79 until 13^th September.

Crown Trick is also available now on Steam for PC  and Nintendo Switch™ for $19.99/ €19.99/£15.99.

About NExT Studios
NExT Studios aims to make differentiated, high quality and reputable games via multiple approaches including but not limited to original idea incubation, advanced technology application as well as external collaboration. We experiment with new designs, create new experiences, research new technologies, work across platforms and game genres, to explore future possibilities in gaming as a unique media and keep pushing the boundaries.

About Team17 Group plc
Founded in 1990, Team17 Group plc is a leading developer, video games label, and creative partner for developers around the world. Floated on AIM in 2018, Team17, with its extensive portfolio of over 100 titles, embodies the spirit of independent games. In addition to the award-winning Overcooked!, Yoku’s Island Express, and the iconic Worms, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2020, Team17 has helped bring critically acclaimed titles including Hell Let Loose, Moving Out, Golf With Your Friends, Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, Blasphemous, and The Escapists to gamers everywhere.

Entire Team of Superstar YouTubers Will Appear in the Game to Inspire the Next Generation

Barcelona, Spain – Tuesday September 7th, 2021: For the past decade, PewDiePie – known as Felix Kjellberg to his friends – has been one of the most popular YouTubers on the planet, with more than 110 million subscribers around the world at last count hanging on his every word, for better or worse. 

Who better, then, to pass on the fruits of his wisdom to the next generation of content creators?

Raiser Games and UPLAY Online are excited to announce that PewDiePie will be headlining a  cast of real life YouTubers who will all appear in forthcoming content creator simulator Youtubers Life 2. Taking on the role of guardians – or ‘Senpais’, as PewDiePie fans may be more accustomed to hearing – Kjellberg and a cast of 10 YouTubers in total will appear in the game in side-missions, offering players the opportunity to increase their knowledge and experience in specially set challenges.

Also joining the line-up will be Crainer, LaurenzSide, Rubius, Paluten, InoxTag, WillyRex, GermanLetsPlay, Vegetta777 and xFaRgAnx. Youtubers Life 2 will offer aspiring content creators the opportunity to live out their YouTube dreams in relative safety when it launches on PC, PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo Switch later this year. 

According to Sergio de Benito, Marketing Director at Raiser Games, working with some of the world’s most popular YouTubers should give players an example of the responsibility that comes hand in hand with wielding considerable influence.

“Fame is a fickle beast and – like film stars, pop stars, and sports stars before them – YouTubers have spent the last decade finding out that, once you hit the big time, everything you do or say is under the microscope,” says de Benito. “We thought that having real life YouTubers in play was a must for Youtubers Life 2, because they are the only people on the planet who can, with some authenticity, pass on advice based on the highs and lows they’ve both enjoyed and endured whilst in the public eye. They really will be the players’ guardian angels.”

All of the YouTubers will appear in dedicated, specialised side-missions, challenging players to carry out fun tasks increasing their knowledge and experience in the process. They will act as the icing on the Youtubers Life 2’s considerable cake, adding an extra slice of realism to proceedings.

“It’s been really interesting working with the Youtubers Life 2 developers to make sure my likeness comes across in play,” adds Crainer. “I hope my subscribers get a real kick out of seeing me in the game.”

In Youtubers Life 2 you will be able to: –

• Create content on different apps: NewTube, Glitch, and InstaLife.
• Explore NewTube City throughout three different neighborhoods: The City Hall, Downtown, and the Port. Each one has unique stores, leisure centers, activities, and other Youtubers (NPCs) with whom we can build a social relationship. 
• Follow different trends triggered at different times, take pictures to Instalife, or record VOD and streamings on the way. The city is alive and will be a key to your development as a Youtuber.
• Record your progress on your Drone – your closest, customisable friend who will follow you on your adventures.
• New customisation options for your character and for your home. For the first time in the franchise, we will be able to customize our home and setup with our preferred style.

Raiser Gamers and UPLAY Online will have more to announce regarding Youtubers Life 2’s forthcoming launches in the months ahead.

About Raiser Games
Raiser Games is Webedia’s game publisher. Our talented team of professionals, with over 200 games behind our backs, helps independent developers to bring their best ideas to life by producing, marketing, publishing, and distributing their projects on multiple platforms and on a worldwide scale. Bringing entertainment to all audiences is our passion.

About UPLAY Online
UPLAY Online is an independent video game studio based in the city of Barcelona, Spain. Founded in 2009 and staffed by video games and sports lovers, UPLAY Online focuses on creative projects that combine classic playability values (management, runner, puzzle…) with contemporary topics like influencers and esports. They are creators of the superhit Youtubers Life (PS4, Xbox One, Switch, Steam, iOs, and Android), the first and best YouTuber simulator available on any electro, reaching the top 100 best sellers on Steam in 2016. The studio has also developed franchises such as Esports Life, Striker Manager, Striker Soccer, Swipe Basketball, and Train Crisis, among other titles, which have been enjoyed by more than 50M users worldwide on multiple platforms (PC, iOS, and Android).

Black Matter’s immersive online World War II strategic shooter set to engage in epic European theatres of war next month across PlayStation® 5 and Xbox Series X|S. Pre-orders on Xbox available from today; open beta taking place on PlayStation 5 next week.

Tuesday, 7^th September 2021 – Team17 and Black Matter have today announced that 50 vs. 50 Second World War strategic squad shooter, Hell Let Loose, will launch onto PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on 5^th October. The game, which first launched on PC this summer, will feature cross-play functionality between the two console platforms and deploy an authentic and immersive front-line experience of the Western Front across ten maps and two distinctive game modes: Offensive and Warfare. Pre-orders for Hell Let Loose on Xbox Series X|S open today from 6pm BST (10am PDT, 1pm BST, 7pm CST) while PlayStation 5 owners will be invited to take part in an open beta for the game that runs between 16^th and 20^thSeptember.

Hell Let Loose key features

• The brutality of the War in Europe: Hell Let Loose portrays the battles of the Western Front across two distinct modes, Offensive and Warfare.
• Authentic strategic gameplay: Each side of 50 players is broken down into armour, infantry, and recon, led by officers with a direct line to an overall player-commander directing the flow of the game.
• Unique metagame: Extended battles entrench participants in the tidal-like motion of the frontline that builds up Hell Let Loose’s real-time strategy inspired metagame.
• Playing a Part: Fourteen roles are available for players to experience, from engineers and snipers, commanders and tank crewmen, medics and support; all play a part in the war effort.

The PlayStation 5 open beta will provide a brutal taste of war, as both sides fight for victory on the Hurtgen Forest map in Warfare mode, which sees each side begin the battle occupying half of the map. From there, they’ll have to push the opposition back and secure enemy territory for themselves until they reach their base, or hold the most ground until the timer runs out. At launch, Warfare will be joined by Offensive mode where one side plays the role of attacker and the other acts as defender, while Hurtgen Forest will be joined by maps set across the Western Front, from the windswept sands of Utah and Omaha beaches to the brutal house-to-house, street-to-street urban fighting across Carentan.

Those who preorder Hell Let Loose on Xbox Series X|S will receive The Silver Vanguard cosmetic downloadable content. The Eastern Front maps of Stalingrad and Kursk, together with the Soviet forces, which are currently available to play in the PC version, will be introduced to the console versions as part of a free, post-launch update this winter.

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About Black Matter
Black Matter is an independent studio founded in 2015 to support the development of the debut title Hell Let Loose. Made up of an international team of selected artists and programmers, Black Matter is focused on creating beautiful worlds ruled by emergent, player-driven game design.

About Team17 Group plc
Founded in 1990, Team17 Group plc is a leading developer, video games label, and creative partner for developers around the world. Floated on AIM in 2018, Team17, with its extensive portfolio of over 100 titles, embodies the spirit of independent games. In addition to the award-winning Overcooked!, Yoku’s Island Express, and the iconic Worms, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2020, Team17 has helped bring critically acclaimed titles including Hell Let Loose, Moving Out, Golf With Your Friends, Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair, Blasphemous, and The Escapists to gamers everywhere.

OutOfTheBit’s 2D retro football game reintroduces players to classic experiences of yesteryear.

Wimbledon, UK – September 6th, 2021 – OutOfTheBit is proud to announce that Super Arcade Football – their fast-paced, modern take on classic football games that has been warming up in Steam Early Access since 2016 – has now left Early Access and is available to play on Steam.

As well as classic matches against the computer, players can take Super Arcade Football online against other players, and play with four players locally via couch co-op. Match modifiers can also be introduced to keep things fresh and exciting, like changing the size of the goal, adding turbo objects, and adjusting the game speed, tailoring the experience to suit your style of play. 

Throughout its time in early access OutOfTheBit has built upon its accessible style of football with simple controls, introducing a number of game-changing features, including a Story Mode; additional pitches that affect game conditions; custom tournaments; injuries; weather conditions; and much more. 

As another treat for fans of retro gaming, Barry Leitch has provided the soundtrack for Super Arcade Football, having worked on titles such as Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 and Horizon Chase Turbo. He created the soundtrack in .MOD format, a file format found on Amiga computers from the 1990s, for an added retro touch. 

Super Arcade Football is available for $9.99/£9.99/€9.99 at full price on Steam, but right now players can enjoy a 40% discount to celebrate the launch.

About OutOfTheBit  

OutOfTheBit was founded in 2008 by Ali Motisi, who started out by making faithful digital versions of classic board and card games, including some Italian card games, as an homage to his Sicilian heritage. The company is based in Wimbledon, South London, and following the success of some of their mobile classics, the company expanded and began working on original IPs. Super Arcade Football began development and was released on Steam Early Access in 2016, and Super Arcade Racing was also built on the company’s own custom engine – CerealBox.

Luka returns to Ljubljana to refurbish his childhood courts with a design inspired by his love of basketball and Slovenia 

Sydney, Australia – September 6, 2021 – 2K Foundations, the philanthropic arm of 2K that supports and inspires underserved communities by directly investing in local enrichment programs, unveiled its latest project in Ljubljana, Slovenia this past weekend. In partnership with the Municipality of Ljubljana and NBA All-Star Luka Dončić, 2K Foundations has refurbished his childhood court. The refurbishment also includes brand new seating and lighting. 

The artwork featured on the court was designed by Dončić, who chose local graphic designer Nejc Prah to bring his design to life. Luka’s new logo integrates Luka’s initials (LD), his jersey number (77) and arrows that represent his deceptive style of play with negative space revealing an ‘S’ for his home country, Slovenia.

“This is a very exciting day for me.  I have great memories growing up in Ljubljana.  These are my childhood courts where I learned and practiced the game,“ said Dončić. “It’s an honour to be able to give back to my city and to my country that gave me so much and that I love.  The opportunity for kids to play on the same courts and pursue the same dreams I had is something I am excited about.”

As part of the celebration, Luka signed the court, officially dedicating it to the community, and local children were then invited to participate in basketball scrimmages, 3-on-3 games, dribble clinics and skills challenges. MVPs of the challenges were judged by Luka and others while Jordan Brand and BioSteel, who both work with Dončić provided prizes and equipment on the day as well.

“Foundations plays a very important role for 2K and our sports titles. We’re incredibly proud of the contributions made to communities, from court refurbishments to STEM programming. Since 2018, the foundation has completed over 40 community enrichment projects, reaching communities across the globe,” said David Ismailer, President of 2K. “We’re honoured to have created a program that plays a part in giving some of the world’s biggest athletes and talents, such as Luka, the chance to further connect with the communities that mean so much to them.”  

The new courts will be made available for the local community to use, just like Luka did when he grew up in the city, and could provide a stepping stone for the next generation of Slovenian basketballers. 

“Having Luka return to his hometown and dedicate these courts to his childhood town is such an honour. He continues to represent Slovenia globally, and we’re proud of what he has done for our country, not only at the Olympics but his efforts in the NBA,” said Zoran Janković, Mayor of the City of Ljubljana. “He loves Ljubljana, and the city and country love him.”

Over the last year, 2K Foundations has grown its efforts to support a number of projects, representing communities around the globe and showcasing the program’s expansion to include career and learning initiatives, expanded access to sports through golf clinics and tournaments, community enrichment opportunities through music and upgraded studios, and much more. Recently finished projects include newly renovated basketball courts in Moss Point, Mississippi in partnership with Phoenix Suns All-Star Devin Booker, as well as in Birmingham, UK in partnership with the Birmingham Rockets. Additional programming and activations in Los Angeles, Oakland, Minneapolis, and New Orleans are scheduled for completion by the end of the year. For more information on 2K Foundations, including current and upcoming projects, please visit the group’s official website.

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About 2K Foundations

Founded in 2018, 2K Foundations is focused on elevating communities across the globe by providing resources and experiences built on motivation, collaboration, determination, and teamwork. Since its inception, the foundation has invested in more than 40 initiatives, completing various projects that provide greater access to sports, career and learning opportunities, community enrichment, and more. To find out more about current and upcoming 2K Foundations projects, please visit our website at http://foundations.2k.com/.

About Take-Two Interactive Software

Headquartered in New York City, Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a leading developer, publisher, and marketer of interactive entertainment for consumers around the globe.  We develop and publish products principally through Rockstar Games, 2K, Private Division, and T2 Mobile Games. Our products are designed for console systems and personal computers, including smartphones and tablets, and are delivered through physical retail, digital download, online platforms, and cloud streaming services. The Company’s common stock is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO. For more corporate and product information please visit our website atwww.take2games.com.

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Find Out If You Have the Heart of a Champion with Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions

SURVIOS AND MGM DEBUT BOXING FILM LEGENDS ADONIS CREED AND ROCKY BALBOA ON CONSOLE AND PC

Sydney, Australia — September 4, 2021 — Survios and Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) challenge players to step into the ring with the explosive entry to the Creed video game franchise, Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions, the all-new arcade-style boxing game available digitally today on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via Steam. The game will be available in-store at retailers from September 10 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions is the second collaboration between the two companies. The newest addition to the Survios library follows the critical success of 2018’s Creed: Rise to Glory andfeatures legendary characters from MGM’s classic Creed and Rocky film franchise.

Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions brings the gripping intensity of Creed boxing to console and PC platforms for the first time ever. Don the gloves of Adonis Creed, Rocky Balboa, Apollo Creed, Ivan and Viktor Drago, Clubber Lang or any one of 20 iconic characters from the Creed and Rocky universe. Square up against the best fighters in the world in the game’s heart-pounding arcade mode, experience new stories and unlock key rewards, and challenge friends in local head-to-head matches.

• Prove you can go the distance and become the undisputed champion by rising to the challenge in classic Creed and Rocky training montages.
• Play through both familiar and untold legendary tales of 20 distinct characters.
• Relive classic moments from the blockbuster movie franchise.

Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions features intuitive, pick-up-and-play controls and robust boxing mechanics which are easy to pick up, yet difficult to master, providing everyone a fighting chance at being crowned the ultimate winner.

Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions is available today digitally for Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC via Steam and available physically via retailers September 10.

MGM’s Rocky and Creed franchisehas remained a global phenomenon because it presents moviegoers with universally relatable themes—ambition, passion, determination and giving it your all to be a champion, even when the odds are against you. MGM’s Rocky and Creed films have generated more than $1.3 billion in worldwide box-office sales, three Academy Awards, and ten nominations. In addition, Rocky celebrates its 45^th anniversary later this year, while the highly anticipated third instalment of Creed arrives in theatres in 2022.

For more information on Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions, please visit BigRumbleBoxing.com and follow Survios on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Discord.

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ABOUT BIG RUMBLE BOXING: CREED CHAMPIONS

Designed by the award-winning team at Survios, Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions is a game created for both fans of sports, boxing games, and the Rocky/Creed movies. Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions is the second collaboration between Survios and Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM), and follows the critical success of 2018’s Creed: Rise to Glory, featuring legendary characters from MGM’s classic Creed and Rocky film franchises in virtual reality. Big Rumble Boxing: Creed Champions brings the iconic boxing game and movie series to console and PC for the first time.

ABOUT SURVIOS
Survios is a leading game development studio creating extraordinary interactive experiences with an emphasis on the future of reality-based entertainment. Since 2013, the studio has produced and published premium virtual reality experiences across popular licensed worlds and within its own critically acclaimed original properties. With immersion embedded in its DNA, the company is positioning itself at the epoch of the next generation platform revolution to develop   Cross   Reality   interactions as the gaming, social media, and entertainment industries fix their eyes on the evolution of the metaverse. For more information, visit www.survios.com.

ABOUT MGM

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.

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. 

BIG RUMBLE BOXING: CREED CHAMPIONS © 2021 & TM MGM. CREED © 2015 & CREED II © 2018 MGM & WBEI. CREED TM MGM. ROCKY © 1976, ROCKY II © 1979, ROCKY III © 1982 & ROCKY IV © 1985 MGM. ROCKY TM MGM. All Rights Reserved.

BIG RUMBLE BOXING: CREED CHAMPIONS developed and published by Survios, Inc. Disc version published 2021 by Koch Media GmbH, Gewerbegebiet 1, 6604 Höfen, Austria. All Rights Reserved.

From the House of Duke, Wolf, ROTT, Prey, and Payne Comes Apogee’s Most Savage FPS Yet

NEW ZEALAND — 3 Sept 2021 — Turbo Overkill, the ultraviolent cyberpunk FPS from the creator of award-winning DOOM II mod Total Chaos and published by Apogee Entertainment, paints Paradise blood red in 2022 on Steam, GOG, and Epic Games Store for PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One.

Rev up the savage chainsaw leg and start chopping as Johnny Turbo, a mercenary returning to clean-up his crime-ridden hometown of Paradise. In this Blade Runner-meets-DOOM hellscape, Johnny finds the city’s entire population possessed by Syn, a rogue AI, and its army of augmented minions. Desperate for enough money to outrun his past mistakes, Johnny takes on the impossible job of destroying the greatest AI ever created. Rival bounty hunters want to claim the prize first… nothing is easy in paradise.

Turbo Overkill takes over-the-top to never-before-reached heights. Activate Hero Time(™), a new form of slow motion with a twist. Build incredible speed by wall-running and dashing. Slide on your chainsaw leg, eviscerating foes and opening up bosses for critical damage, and go car-surfing—yes, riding on the hoods of flying cars. Blast away with the Twin Magnums, which lock-on and instagib several foes, the Boomer Shotgun and its attached grenade launcher, or the Telefragger sniper rifle, which teleports Johnny inside an enemy before they explode from within. The FPS genre is about to get really wild and really fun again.

Race through two dozen stages packed with secrets, bonus arena stages, and white-knuckle combat puzzles. Find game-changing collectibles to unlock punishing modifiers like triple-monster-speed and insta-kill. Combine all of Johnny’s weapons and powers to outsmart, outgun, and outrun the corrupted legions.

“Turbo Overkill is fast, frenetic, and ferocious—excess personified,” said Sam Prebble, one half of Trigger Happy Interactive. “This is the game we’ve always wanted to play; making it is a dream project. Relentless enemies, extremely deadly and fun weapons, speed and precision above all else—if you love Quake III Arena, modern and classic DOOM, or Apogee’s legendary first-person shooters, you’ll feel right at home in Paradise.”

“As the guy who helped launch the shooter genre with Wolfenstein 3D, Rise of the Triad, Duke Nukem 3D, Max Payne, and Prey, I haven’t been this excited about an FPS since the golden era of Apogee/3D Realms,” wrote Scott Miller, founder. “Turbo Overkill is a sandbox of fun and original gameplay ideas that come together like a night of melty hot pizza and your favorite cold, frothy brew. Playing this game made me a Turbo Lover all over again.”

Turbo Overkill will release in 2022 on Steam for PC, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. Prepare for one last job and follow @turbo_overkill and @Apogee_Ent on Twitter, subscribe to the Apogee YouTube channel, and join the official Trigger Happy and Apogee Discord servers.

About Trigger Happy Interactive

Founded by Sam Prebble, the lone developer of acclaimed, award-winning DOOM II conversion mod Total Chaos, Trigger Happy Interactive is a group of hardcore first-person shooter fans making games they want to play. Turbo Overkill is their debut release.

About Apogee Entertainment

Apogee Software’s pioneering journey began in 1987, when Scott Miller decided to split his new game, Kingdom of Kroz, into three episodes, with the first episode available as free shareware. The “Apogee model” of distribution revolutionized PC gaming at the time and catapulted Apogee Software to global renown. As an indie publisher, Apogee (and it’s later incarnation, 3D Realms) would introduce the world to id Software, Remedy Entertainment, Parallax Software, and other video game superstars in the making. As a developer, Apogee would innovate and inspire in equal measure, creating treasured characters and franchises like Duke Nukem, Max Payne, Shadow Warrior, and Prey en route to earning over a billion dollars.

The new Apogee Entertainment, with founder Scott Miller and longtime partner Terry Nagy at the helm, will empower today’s incredibly talented indie developers, paving the way for their global success with innovative ideas, cutting-edge marketing, and the same fearlessness that changed the industry. 

Progressive Studio’s New Roguelike RPG Debuts Today at PAX West with Hands-on Gameplay and New Trailer 

REDMOND, WASHINGTON – SEPTEMBER 3, 2021 – Poorly Timed Games, a progressive studio on a mission to create game experiences as unique and as diverse as the studio itself, announced today their maiden title, Grim Tranquility. 

Grim Tranquility is a sci fi themed roguelike, tactics-based RPG that addresses the climate crisis and the unending existence of political corruption. Players face a diverging narrative, faction choices and real consequences as they rebel against a corrupt empire and take out or replace selfish leaders in high stakes boss fights. Players will forge humanity’s future on an alien world and fight bizarre creatures on procedurally generated battlefields. Initially armed with primitive earth weapons, they must work to upgrade their loadout, recruit new party members, overthrow powerful enemies and influence alien officials with bribes to receive pre-battle buffs, or ignore them and risk crippling penalties.  

Poorly Timed Games has carefully assembled a prominent cast of VO actors who are representative of Poorly Timed Games values and the characters in Grim Tranquility, with Alexandra Gray (Empire, Transparent) providing voice for Grim Tranquility’s lead black transgender character Malva Clarke, Steve Blum (Shazam!, Mortal Kombat series) as Cataphor, Ray Chase (Evangelion, Final Fantasy XV, Nier: Automata) as Kendrick Fraser, Darin De Paul (Shazam!, Overwatch, Spider Man) as Xela Lloyd and Misty Lee (Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, Aggretsuko) as Admina Bander, Galactic Minister of Health, among others who will be announced soon.  

Poorly Timed Games will be showing off a first look and hands-on demo of Grim Tranquility at PAX West in booth #314 this weekend. 

Grim Tranquility is the debut title from independent developer Poorly Timed Games. Poorly Timed Games was founded and is led by industry veteran Chris Wright, who has worked on games like Diablo 3, StarCraft 2, World of Warcraft, and Destiny 2. Composed of a team of industry veterans, Poorly Timed Games diverse staff is over 60% LGBTQIA+ representing a diverse group of developers who have long been overshadowed by the cishet males of the gaming industry.  The studio’s goal is to create unique and memorable game experiences that blend different game genre types with narratives that shine a light on diversity, equality and real environmental and social issues.

“My goal has always been to create a skilled and diverse team that is representative of today’s culture. There are so many talented non cis game developers and it’s important that we establish our voice in this multi-billion dollar industry,” said Chris Wright, founder and CEO of Poorly Timed Games. “With Grim Tranquility, our top priority was to deliver engaging gameplay and narrative with the freedom to address issues that matter to us like climate change and diversity set in an engaging sci-fi themed dystopian future.” 

Grim Tranquility is coming soon to Steam. Stay up to date with Grim Tranquility: visit the website, wishlist on Steam, follow on Twitter, Instagram, like on Facebook, watch on YouTube, and Twitch, and join the conversation on Discord.

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ABOUT POORLY TIMED GAMES:
Poorly Timed Games is an independent videogame development studio in Redmond, Washington. Established in 2019, Poorly Timed Games is a diverse team made up of activism focused industry veterans who have worked on some of the most notable properties in the gaming industry including Destiny 1&2, Starcraft 2, Diablo 3, World of Warcraft. The team loves experimenting and merging different genres to create new, cool games.

Stay in Shape this Season with a Slew of Minigames Dovetailing Fun and Fitness

SANTA CLARA, Calif., (September 3, 2021) – Leading video game publisher and developer BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. today announced that ACTIVE LIFE Outdoor Challenge is now available for Nintendo Switch exclusively at Target stores and Target.com in the United States and exclusively at Walmart Canada and Walmart.ca in Canada. ACTIVE LIFE Outdoor Challenge invites players to engage in real-life exercises using the included pack-in Leg Straps while completing a variety of fun, family-friendly minigames.  

Featuring 16 games in total with activities ranging from river rafting to log jumping, ACTIVE LIFE Outdoor Challenge provides a fun fitness experience great for players of all skill levels to enjoy together. Players can expect to work up a sweat with the game’s simple, yet unique controls, which feature pack-in Leg Straps that use the Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons to measure players’ movements. ACTIVE LIFE Outdoor Challenge detects a wide variety of players’ activities, including running, jumping, squatting and stomping, through the left Joy-Con, which is inserted into the Leg Strap and worn on the left leg. The player will also hold the right Joy-Con in their right hand to measure the arm’s accompanying movements. 

ACTIVE LIFE Outdoor Challenge comes with two Leg Straps, and those with two sets of Joy-Cons can enjoy competitive and cooperative minigames with their families and friends in Multiplayer mode. Each minigame lasts between one to three minutes, and with the vibrant and colorful animations, players can bring the outdoors inside for an engaging and active gameplay experience.

“What’s exciting about ACTIVE LIFE Outdoor Challenge is the ability to transform exercise into a fun experience for individual players and the whole family alike,” said Summer Nguyen, Associate Brand Manager at BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. “We can’t wait for players to get their hands and legs on this game and enjoy all that ACTIVE LIFE Outdoor Challenge has to offer!” 

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