Remaster of Beloved PlayStation® JRPG Classic Now Available for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation®4 and STEAM

SYDNEY (June 25, 2021) – Square Enix Ltd., today announced that Legend of Mana™, the remastered edition of the fourth instalment in the Mana series is now available to play on modern consoles Nintendo Switch™ system, PlayStation®4 console and STEAM®.

In Legend of Mana, players will embark on a journey to find the mystical Mana Tree seen in a dream, only to discover that the world map is empty. Throughout their adventure, they will acquire special artifacts, which can be placed on the map to bring towns and dungeons to life via the unique Land Creation system. Players can also capture eggs and hatch pet monsters to help with battles, and progress through the story in different ways based on the choices they make, offering a more personal and unique gameplay experience.
 
Legend of Mana features remastered visuals and a rearrangement of selected songs from the beautiful soundtrack, including ‘Hometown of Domina’. Players will also be able alternate between the new and original soundtrack. The game also introduces the “Ring Ring Land” mini-game which will be available to the West for the first time. During their travels, players will encounter a colourful cast of characters, square off against fearsome monsters in real-time combat and explore the vast world of Fa’Diel, all while experiencing Legend of Mana’s timeless story.

Legend of Mana is now available digitally on the Nintendo Switch™ system, the PlayStation®4 console and PC (STEAM®). Players who purchase Legend of Mana before July 23 will receive an early purchase reward, including ten avatars and a custom Legend of Mana theme on the PlayStation®4 console or Legend of Mana Wallpaper on PC (STEAM®). For more information visit: https://square-enix-games.com/en_GB/games/legend-mana

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About the Mana Series

The Mana series, known as Seiken Densetsu in Japan, is a long-running action-RPG series spanning multiple entries for nearly three decades. The series is known for its enchanting characters, story and music, as well as pioneering an action-oriented approach to traditional JRPG combat. With the release of Collection of Mana for Nintendo Switch™ in 2019, new and existing players can now immerse themselves in the enchanting world of the Mana series with the first three classic titles—FINAL FANTASY® ADVENTURE, Secret of Mana® and Trials of Mana™—in their original form. In 2020, a full high-definition 3D remake of Trials of Mana was also released for modern platforms, selling over one million copies to date. An updated version of Legend of Mana™ is now available, bringing remastered visuals, and the “Ring Ring Land” mini-game to the West for the first time.

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  161  million units worldwide; DRAGON QUEST®, which has sold over 82 million units worldwide; TOMB RAIDER®, which has sold over 82 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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The audacious developers of Those Awesome Guys are excited to announce the return of more Kickass Cameos coming to Move or Die, the ultimate friendship ruining party game. A special collaboration with Megastorm Games, creators of Shotgun Famers, adds three new characters – MooMoo, OinkOink, and Frank The Farmer – to the ever-growing roster of characters to both Steam and PS4 versions of Move or Die.
 To commemorate this collaboration, Move or Die will be participating in the Steam Summer Sale and be available for the special promotion price of $3.74 (75% off S.R.P.).

Frank the Farmer is ready to ruin some friendships in Move or Die.

Move Or Die characters will also be making a future appearance in Shotgun Farmers – more details to be revealed later this year.

Move or Die is not just the title of the game, but a fundamental gameplay rule: gamers who fail to move will see their health bar diminish rapidly. Players will battle each other in an ever-growing list of mini-game modes that change every 20-30 seconds. Each challenge has its own outrageous level design and rule set to promote hours of laughter and good old friendship-destroying fun. Win battles and unlock insane new character skins, Mutator game modifiers that dramatically change how mini-games are played, and even crazier game modes. When gamers are done beating friends on the couch, jump online and challenge other players to see who will rage-quit first.

To learn more about Move or Die, please visit www.moveordiegame.com, ‘Like’ it on Facebook, and follow its development on Twitter @moveordiegame for all the latest developer updates and news.

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Team Up With R2-D2 & C-3PO in Star Wars™ Pinball VR’s Newly Released Droids Table DLC, Available Today for Free

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — June 24, 2021 —Zen Studios has announced a free new DLC table featuring R2-D2 and C-3PO for Star Wars™ Pinball VR, and it’s available today! Enhanced for VR on the Oculus Quest platform, Steam VR, and PlayStation®VR, the new Droids table lets you buddy up with your favorite droid companions on their quest to save the galaxy. And this time you don’t have to let the Wookiee win!

Having narrowly evaded the clutches of Darth Vader and the Galactic Empire, our two intrepid droids find themselves stranded on the desert world of Tatooine. They’ll need your help to escape the scavenging Jawas and carry out their mission to get Leia’s message and the Death Star plans to Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Droids Table Features:

• Help R2-D2 and C-3PO escape the Sandcrawler as they join the fun right next to your pinball machine. But watch out for the Jawas!
• Use the Sandcrawler’s Ore Processor and Magnet Crane mechanisms as playfield toys to start multiball.
• Assist other captured droids to earn perks in Wizard Mode.
• Unlock new Fan Cave customization items.
• It’s free for all players!

Star Wars Pinball VR delivers a growing collection of amazing tables, including new creations like The Mandalorian and Star Wars™ Classic Collectibles. The game expands on the core Star Wars™ Pinball experience with exclusives like a decked-out Fan Cave to call home for your tables and collectibles, plus mesmerizing features like Total Immersion Mode and full 360-degree mini-games.

For more on Star Wars Pinball VR, visit www.StarWarsPinball.com.

About Zen Studios

Zen Studios is a leading global producer and publisher of interactive entertainment software for all major digital game platforms. Recognized as one of the premier gaming studios in the world, Zen Studios has worked with some of the most iconic entertainment studios, including NBC Universal, FOX Digital Entertainment, Marvel Entertainment, South Park Studios and Lucasfilm.

Zen’s CastleStorm franchise has won the developer critical acclaim and commercial success, including the coveted Editor’s Choice awards from both the Apple App Store and Google Play. Its Pinball FX franchise has defined video game pinball excellence since 2007. And Operencia: The Stolen Sun stands as one of the most critically acclaimed RPGs of 2019. Zen Studios joined Saber Interactive in November 2020. For more information on Zen’s library of titles, visit https://zenstudios.com.

STAR WARS and related properties are trademarks and/or copyrights, in the United States and other countries, of Lucasfilm Ltd. and/or its affiliates. © & TM Lucasfilm Ltd.

What’s New at Raw Fury

Star Renegades Content Update – Guardian of the Metaverse

A new character, the Guardian, is now live for the turn-based, strategy rogue-lite, Star Renegades. This new character is part of the free Guardian of the Metaverse update. The Guardian is a new tank class with the ability to bend reality. In addition to the new character, a new building is also being introduced: The Metaverse Relationship Tracker. This building allows players to survey all their heroes’ unlocked relationships across realities and lets them replay key bonding moments. The update is available on Steam, GoG, and Epic. This is part of the recently announced content roadmap.

Atomicrops Gets Cats, Cats, and More Cats

The bullet hell farming simulator is getting yet another free update which is coming out VERY soon…maybe even right now! It IS however, currently available on Steam in Public Test. The yet to be named update focuses on new base upgrades which are achieved through the collection of various powerful cat statues, cat plushies, AND cats for your homestead. That’s right, collect cool cats and get cool upgrades to add even more variety to each playthrough. Aside from looking adorable, these cat statues will add in new endgame challenges by providing power buffs at a cost…In addition to a bunch of cats, more elite enemies will begin to appear after year 3 and there will be a new way for players to challenge themselves by boosting their score and earning more rewards after defeating the final boss.

Per Aspera Introduces Modding

While Mars still has some secrets to unveil in the future…for now, coming soon, a modding update will be live on Steam in Public Test which includes Steam Workshop support. This is something the community has been requesting for a long time and the Tlön Industries team is happy to get it up and running. With this modding update, players should be able to add their own buildings, technologies, quests, and more.

Townscaper Release Month Confirmed

For those that didn’t witness the news during the E3 GameSpot Play For All Showcase, Townscaper got an official release window. Expect this calming little town builder to hit PC and Nintendo Switch by August of this year with a port Mobile coming a little later on.

Steam Summer Sale

The Steam Summer Sale is upon us, and Raw Fury is jumping all in. Most of the Raw Fury catalogue is being featured in the sale, including Star Renegades, Call of the Sea, Kingdom Two Crowns, Per Aspera, and SO many more! With a plethora of titles, many of which having received recent free content updates, the best place to spend this summer may be in front of your computer.

Tactical Adventures, a French development studio of passionate RPG game developers and tabletop players, recently released version 1.0 of its first game, tactical RPG Solasta: Crown of the Magister on Steam. The game has seen great reception from the community and a very positive Steam user rating and is now available in the Steam Summer Sale beginning today through July 8 for $31.99 (a -20% discount). Head indoors and beat the heat in a nice cool dungeon and join in on the action-and-strategy-packed tabletop adventure.

Watch the Solasta: Crown of the Magister launch trailer HERE

Wizards of the Coast has granted Tactical Adventures a license to use the Dungeons & Dragons SRD 5.1 content and rules in Solasta: Crown of the Magister.

Solasta is a team-based adventure game where each character plays a critical role in the campaign and can be a hero. The dynamic and mysterious world features elements of verticality, allowing players to use their surroundings as an element of strategy. Players can position ranged characters on high vantage points or send their thief down into shafts and caverns to scope out what lies ahead. In Solasta, light is a tool to explore the depths and hallows of dungeons or can be used as a weapon against the creatures of the dark, but if players aren’t careful, it will give away the party’s position to nasty creatures bent on their demise.

For more information on Solasta: Crown of the Magister: visit the website, purchase on Steam, purchase on GOG, purchase on the Microsoft Store, purchase on the Humble Store follow on Twitter, Instagram, like on Facebook, watch on YouTube, and Twitch, and join the conversation on Discord or the official forums.

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Check out the new Snowdrop Tech Showcase video and see how we’re bringing the alluring world of Pandora to life on the new generation of hardware.  

About Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora™

Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora™ is a first person, action-adventure game developed by Massive Entertainment – a Ubisoft studio, in collaboration with Lightstorm Entertainment and Disney.

Built using the latest iteration of the Snowdrop engine, and developed exclusively for the new generation of consoles and PC, Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora brings to life the alluring world of Pandora with all of its beauty and danger in an immersive, open world experience.

In this new, standalone story, play as a Na’vi and embark on a journey across the Western Frontier, a never-before-seen part of Pandora. Explore a living and reactive world inhabited by unique creatures and new characters, and push back the formidable RDA forces that threaten it.

Indie studio’s newest game launches into a massive galaxy of intrigue and conquest, with you as the star

Reykjavik, Iceland – Icelandic indie publisher Solid Clouds has just announced a brand new game in their Starborne universe in the shape of Starborne: Frontiers, a radical expansion into the world established by their first game, Sovereign Space.

In Frontiers, players will have to navigate a web of complex alliances and conflicts among the stars, giving them the opportunity to explore a dazzling, expansive universe in ways that may surprise and delight. The first sneak-peak trailer for this exciting new game will premier on June 24^th at https://starborne.com

“I am very excited about the opportunity to tell deeper stories with our games,” said Stefán Gunnarsson, the CEO of Solid Clouds. “We’ve come together and built the technical base that will allow us to truly dive into this massive universe and give our players more elaborate stories and role-playing elements. We’ve put enough work into Starborne’s factions and characters to fill a book or two, and now we’re finally getting to share it with the world – it’s incredibly rewarding.”

Frontiers will be a departure from Sovereign Space’s real-time empire-building format, instead challenging players in completely different ways as they voyage across the edge of civilized space. As their renown grows they will be able to build personal bases, discover the galaxy’s secrets, and even team up with their fellow commanders to take on its greatest dangers through both PvP and PvE elements. Along the way they may encounter over a dozen factions with their own unique histories and philosophies who might help or hinder players as they strive to claim their place as the strongest force in the frontier.

Further updates on the game’s release and development will be available on Starborne’s website, where the team has already published some enticing glimpses into the history of Frontiers‘ colorful galaxy.

About Solid Clouds

Founded in Reykjavik, Iceland in 2013 by Stefán Gunnarsson, Stefán Björnsson and Sigurdur Arnljotsson, the original CEO and co-founder of developer CCP Games, Solid Clouds was formed with one goal in mind: take the best elements of 4X Grand Strategy and combine them with the scale of an MMO to create something brand-new and unique – Starborne: Sovereign Space. Over the years, Solid Clouds has created a vast universe of lore an intrigue, as well as a robust technical base for future games. Starborne: Frontiers will be the second game from the studio.

The growing team at Solid Clouds is passionate about games and excited for the future of the Starborne universe. For more on Solid Clouds, visit https://www.solidclouds.com

SAKURA HARUNO (GREAT NINJA WAR) JOINING NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER AS FIRST MEMBER OF SEASON PASS 4

For a first look at both Sakura Haruno (Great Ninja War) and Kawaki, check out the latest NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER trailer can seen below:

BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. today announced Sakura Haruno (Great Ninja War) as the first member of NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER Season Pass 4. Currently an in-game Heal Type Master, Sakura will become a fully playable character as paid DLC soon.

The star pupil of Legendary Sannin and Fifth Hokage Tsunade, Sakura’s physical prowess and mastery of medical ninjutsu have allowed her to manifest The 100 Healings Jutsu secret technique. In NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER, this ability releases accumulated chakra and increases the user’s own physical abilities, while also restoring the health of all allies for a limited amount of time.

NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER Season Pass 4 will feature a total of five new playable characters, including Sakura Haruno (Great Ninja War) and Kawaki, who will be the final member released in early 2022. Players who purchase Season Pass 4 will also receive Secret Technique: Super Uzumaki Rasengan as a bonus item.

NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER is available now in the Americas for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One, and PC via STEAM®.

Remarkable Increase in Subscribers, Staff, and an Integrated Office Environment in the Works

MUNICH, Germany (JUNE 24, 2021) — Megadev GmbH, the developers behind the innovative single-player gameplay customization platform PLITCH, today reported notable results and ongoing expansion plans, roughly six months after its Series A funding round. Since January, PLITCH’s user growth has increased by more than two-thirds, marking exceptional progress that promises to ramp up as the year continues. 

Impressive Game Support
An average of 40 new titles added every month in 2021, in addition to 800+ patches to existing games. New games supported this year include Resident Evil: Village, Mass Effect Legendary Edition, Biomutant, and Valheim, all of which launched on PLITCH the same day they were released. 

Additions to the Team
Users and supported games aren’t the only aspects of PLITCH that are on the rise, as the headcount at MegaDev has increased by 64% since January. This hiring momentum is set to continue, as MegaDev aims to hire at least half a dozen more employees by the time core gaming season kicks off in September.

A Newly Designed Office
The new hires and veteran employees alike will have the benefit of a newly redesigned work environment, spearheaded by renowned architect and artist Konstantin Landuris. The MegaDev office is being transformed into a loft-style open office that overlooks the city of Munich in two directions, and features a redesigned Tatooine-inspired conference room (yes, we are talking about THAT Tatooine). Employees will have larger offices that can be ventilated easier and will feature ergonomic tables that can be transformed into standing desks.

“PLITCH is all about creating a custom gaming experience that fits a player’s needs, and allows them to get more enjoyment out of gaming, so we decided that our staff’s working environment should be a reflection of this,” said Robert Maroschik, Managing Director and co-founder of MegaDev. “By adding larger offices, more ventilated areas, adjustable workstations, and a conference room you actually want to be in, we are creating a better space that fits our employees needs.”

Future Plans
The first half of 2021 is only the beginning. MegaDev has several exciting features and initiatives to announce in the latter half of the year, including the expansion of language options for PLITCH.

To stay updated on the latest announcements, follow PLITCH on Twitter and Instagram, like them on Facebook, and join the official PLITCH Discord.  

About MegaDev

Founded in 2015, Munich-based MegaDev offers an all-in-one game wizard that enables players to customize single-player PC games by making them easier or more difficult. The PLITCH PC software already covers thousands of titles with tens of thousands of customization options.

MegaDev has already been selected twice for the prestigious German Accelerator: In 2018, MegaDev took part in the German Accelerator’s Silicon Valley program, in which the company focused on strategies for entering the US market; participation in the Southeast Asia program was added in 2020.

More information is available at https://www.megadev.com/

About PLITCH

PLITCH allows gamers to easily tailor an ever-increasing list of 2,500-plus PC games to perfectly suit their preferences and optimize their single-player game experience. Whether it’s to train for overall game prowess by increasing game challenges or making less fun aspects easier to get past, PLITCH members retain complete control over their single-player experiences.

More information is available at www.PLITCH.com

New Maintenance Area Map and Abilities Brings More Sabotage and Deception on the killer Cruise to Nowhere

Baltimore, MD – June 24th, 2021 – Independent developer Invisible Walls ApS and indie publisher Versus Evil are excited to announce that the latest update for their multiplayer social deduction game First Class Trouble is now live on Steam.

The Personoid Quarters Update introduces a new maintenance area map to the game as well as new game mechanics for players to utilize, including magnetic boots to help players survive being sucked out of airlocks, a regular occurance for many unfortunate players in First Class Trouble. A forklift also provides a way for players to access out of reach areas in the new Personoid Maintenance Area.

The Personoid Maintenance Area is a dark and cold environment. It is not meant to be seen, filled with heavy industrial equipment that makes sure that the facade of the space-cruise liner, the Alithea is kept clean. The area is full of Personoid Shortcuts as this is where they can come from all over the ship for maintenance. They come here to recharge, be repaired or be decommissioned if they are of no further use.

Players will need to repair 20 of the 25 CAIN servers to activate the elevator with personoids doing all they can to sabotage this objective.

This latest update also improves the transformation animation sequence and gives the personoid shortcuts a visual overhaul.

First Class Trouble is a multiplayer social deduction game where six players must work together to shut down C.A.I.N., the rogue A.I. of a failing luxury space cruise-liner that is trying to kill them. Two of the six players are chosen at random to secretly play as Personoids, killer humanoids sent by C.A.I.N. to betray the other players. 

Stay up to date with First Class Trouble via Twitter here.

About Invisible Walls
Invisible Walls is an award winning indie studio established in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2017. Their focus is to create games with a strong emphasis on the social experience as well as making games that are as fun to watch as they are to play – underlining their ambition to embrace both players and audiences. 

About Versus Evil
Founded in 2013, Versus Evil, LLC is the US based video game publisher behind critically acclaimed video games First Class Trouble, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire and The Banner Saga trilogy. Publishing games on all major mobile, PC and console platforms, Versus Evil works with independent development studios from around the world. The corporate philosophy is to champion for the independent game developer. For more information visit versusevil.com