New developer livestream coming next week for exciting new physics-based construction and adventure sandbox game

London, UK 18th June 2021. Green Man Gaming Publishing and Wizard Games are excited to announce that as part of the Steam Next Festival, a new playable demo for the upcoming physics-based construction sandbox game Sea of Craft is now available to download from the Steam page. As well as the demo, Wizard Games will be hosting a livestream of Sea of Craft where they will introduce the basics of crafting a seafaring vessel before embarking on some of the exciting challenges the open sea will offer. Tune in to the livestream at 7pm BST/8pm CEST/2pm EDT/11am PDT on 22nd July.

Sea of Craft is a realistic physics-based construction and adventure game with hundreds of building materials and weapons to choose from, giving you near infinite options to create unique and wonderful sea faring creations. When you’re done building, take to the treacherous waves of the Beela South Sea where wild adventures and rich bounty await you. Band together with players from around the world and do battle with mysterious monsters lurking in the depths or battle your enemies and claim untold riches!

Sea of Craft features three unique gameplay styles; Singleplayer, Open Sea and Sandbox mode, all offering you the freedom to flex your creative muscles and enjoy the game your way, either alone or with other players from around the world. Craft the vessel of your dreams and take part in exciting challenges or battle for supremacy in intense PvP battles. The only limiting factor is your own imagination! 

Features of Sea of Craft

• Play your way – Three distinct game modes catering for every playstyle!
• Go big or go home – Immerse yourself in a beautifully crafted, 64km² open world map with realistic water physics
• Create the vessel of your dreams – Using in depth building mechanics you can craft your seafaring vehicles using resources scattered around the world. Paint and decorate them with unique decorating items and take it to the next level by building huge, complex vessels. 
• Expand your armada – Trade ship designs with other players in the in game ship expo! 
• Go solo or buddy up – Jump into the full Singeplayer challenge based story mode or invite your friends to do battle on the high seas in intense PvP open world combat.
• Get creative – Sandbox mode with unlimited resources to let your creativity run wild 
• Four unique minigames – Test your vessel and skills with fun and challenging minigames including Spy Ducks, Fast and Furious, Fishing Challenge, Ghost Ships (with many more to come!) 

Sea of Craft will be setting sail in late summer 2021 for PC via Steam. Fans can wishlist the game now. For more information check out the official website at http://www.seaofcraft.com/  and join the conversation on the official social media channels – Twitter and Discord.  

About Green Man Gaming Publishing 

Green Man Gaming Publishing works with developers around the world to bring great indie games to market.  Green Man Gaming Publishing is a division of Green Man Gaming, the multi-award-winning global video games retailer and technology business.

About PuzzleJar (developer)

Having banded together in 2018 with full heads of hair, the lifelong gamers at PuzzleJar form a small indie games R & D team. They wield their many combined years of experience with Unity to create awesome player experiences. In partnership with Wizard Games Global – one of China’s leading game developers and publishers – PuzzleJar toils ceaselessly to bring better games to the world. Each hair fallen in the course of development is offered readily for this noble purpose

Hood: Outlaws & Legends Launches Free Mountain Heist for All Players

PARIS — June 18, 2021 — Hood: Outlaws and Legends, the co-op PvPvE heist game from Sumo Digital and Focus Home Interactive, has just launched its first free new heist map for all players: the Mountain! Made up of two distinct areas connected by bridges, the mix of long sightlines and tight, coverless overpasses makes the Mountain a fresh, deadly challenge for you and your band of rogues.

Mountain Heist Trailer:

The Hood journey is only beginning. Since its release, Focus and Sumo have been actively working on improving the game based on community feedback to offer the best heist experience possible. The game has already received a number of gameplay updates and tweaks, and players can look forward to even more free content over the course of this year. A highly anticipated co-op PvE mode is set to arrive as part of the current season, while a game-changing new outlaw arrives free next season.

If you missed it, check out the latest dev vlog from Game Director Andrew Willans for more information on what’s being worked on and what’s on the way. You can also check out the game’s roadmap for a more detailed look at the current season.

Hood: Outlaws & Legends is out now on PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation®4, Xbox One, and PC. You can also buy the game’s Year 1 Edition, which includes three Battle Passes due to be released post-launch. For more on Hood, visit www.focus-home.com/en-us/games/hood-outlaws-legends.

Meridiem Games to distribute the PlayStation 4 retail boxed edition of the acclaimed horror game on 20th July across Europe and Australia.

Madrid, Spain – 18th June 2021. Meridiem Games has today confirmed that the PlayStation 4 version of Song of Horror, the acclaimed horror game developed by Protocol Games and published by Raiser Games, will launch as a boxed Deluxe Edition on 20th July 2021. 

A must have for any horror fan, this boxed Deluxe Edition will be available across European and Australian specialist stores and will include a special artwork sleeve, a map where players can note clues they find during the game and a character guide, explaining their abilities and relationship to the story.

About Song of Horror

Song of Horror is a cinematic third-person horror adventure focusing on a terrifying narrative inspired by the literary works of Poe, Lovecraft and M.R. James. 

Famed writer Sebastian P. Husher has gone missing, along with his entire family. His editor, worried by the loss of contact, sends an assistant to Husher’s home to check on his well being. He never returns. These disappearances spark a series of terrifying events, revealing a dark entity known only as The Presence that seems to be at the centre of the horror that unfolds.

Features

• Song of Horror offers a truly dynamic terror experience: its antagonist, the supernatural entity known only as The Presence, is controlled by an advanced AI (Artificial Intelligence) that adapts to your actions and decisions.
• Experience unbearable fear as this otherworldly being responds to your way of playing and hunts you down in unexpected ways, offering a unique experience to every player and gameplay where tension builds up naturally instead of coming from scripted sequences.
• As a player, you will live this story through the eyes of a varied set of characters related to the story in their own way. Every character is different, and brings their unique point of view to the investigation, allowing them to approach clues and items differently.
• Their actions and decisions will shape the world: some of them will know more or less of certain aspects of the story; some will be more effective against supernatural manifestations, but all of them can die if the Presence gets to them – and death is permanent. If they die, you will have to pick the story up with another one, and continue the investigation so their deaths are not in vain.
• A mysterious antique shop, a forgotten abbey, an abandoned mental hospital… Each location in Song of Horror is inspired by the classics of the genre. Explore and investigate these haunted places to gather clues and items that will help you solve challenging puzzles while enduring the agonizing tension of the game’s atmosphere.

The boxed Deluxe Edition of Song of Horror will be available across European and Australian specialist stores for PlayStation 4 on 20th July and can be pre-ordered now.  For more information, please visit www.meridiem-games.com/en

About Meridiem Games

Meridiem Games is an independent video game publisher and distributor for all console platforms. The entire Meridiem Games team is focused on satisfying the demand of players who are fond of physical editions, titles such as Fahrenheit 15Th Anniversary PS4, KUNAI Day One Edition NSW, Daymare: 1998 Black Edition PS4, Pang Adventures Buster Edition PS4 / NSW, etc … released in its physical edition thanks to Meridiem Games.

About Raiser Games

Raiser Games is Webedia’s boutique game publisher. With over 200 games behind our backs, our talented team of professionals 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. Our flagship title, Youtubers Life , is a trendsetter, million-player franchise with a unique spin on the life simulation genre. Our diverse portfolio includes the Lovecraftian cult-hit Song of Horror , the quirky arena shooter Goat of Duty , and the MOBA manager spin-off Esports Life Tycoon, among others. We strive every day to fill the world with fun and games for everyone. A Raiser Game is both an entertaining experience, and a friendly community where players feel at home.

About Protocol Games

Protocol Games is a Madrid-based studio created in October 2014 by Ignacio F. Herrero and Carlos G.F. Grupeli, two friends who dreamt of making memorable games that made others feel the way they felt playing classic video games. They’ve spent the last 5 years bringing their idea of how true, raw fear feels like into life.

Warframe Players can Participate in The Road to TennoCon 2021 Events, Acquire TennoCon Merch, Unlock In-Game Items and Plan Their Event Weekend

LONDON, ONTARIO – June 18, 2021 – Digital Extremes reveals Warframe fan convention schedule for TennoCon 2021 with new trailer highlighting special events players can enjoy on The Road to TennoCon.  The TennoCon schedule highlights fan favorite segments of the annual event which will be virtual again this year.  TennoLive details will be revealed at a later point, with plenty of surprise announcements, including in-game rewards and activities.

The Road to TennoCon Overview

• Dog Days Live Event – Now Available
• Sisters of Parvos Update – Coming Soon
• Xbox Game Pass Ultimate Perks – Now Available
• PS+ Free Booster Pack – Now Available
• Free Verv Prime Gaming Drop – Now Available
• TennoCon Cosplay Contest – Final Call for Submissions
• TennoCon Developer Q&A – Final Call for Submissions
• TennoCon Merch – Now Available
• TennoCon Digital Pack – Now Available

TennoCon 2021 Schedule Overview
Welcome to TennoCon 2021
12:30 PM ET
Host: Rebecca Ford
Receive the full rundown of the day’s events, giveaways and more.

Sounds of the System 
1:00 PM ET
Host: Rebecca Ford
Guests: George Spanos, Keith Power, Erich Preston
Join us as we pull back the curtain on how your favorite sounds in the Origin System are created! Caution: May contain brussels sprouts. 

Live Developer Q&A
2:00 PM ET 
Host: Megan Everett
Guests: Pablo Alonso, Eric Vedder, Elyse Gymer
Get the answers to your questions straight from the source!

The Art of Warframe
3:00 PM ET
Host: Danielle Sokolowski
Guests: Geoff Crookes, Keith Thompson, Kaz Adams
Make sure you catch this in-depth look at the creative process of designing iconic Warframe characters, environments and worlds as we chronicle the story of Warframe up to now. 

Community Art Show and Cosplay Contest
4:00 PM ET
Host: Megan Everett
We’re showcasing the extraordinary creativity of the Warframe Community all throughout TennoCon! Don’t miss these amazing creations, Tenno.

TennoLive
5:00 PM ET
Host: Rebecca Ford
Guests: Steve Sinclair, Sheldon Carter, Scott McGregor, Geoff Crookes
Don’t miss the day’s main event! A celebration of all things Warframe with the year’s biggest news, reveals and prizes hosted by the Devstream crew. 

To keep up with the latest updates, be sure to follow Warframe on Twitch, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. Download Warframe on Steam PC, Epic Games Store, PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®5, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and Nintendo™ Switch.

ABOUT DIGITAL EXTREMES
Founded in 1993 by James Schmalz, Digital Extremes ranks as one of the world’s top independent video game development studios. Originating with the co-creation of Epic Games’ multi-million unit selling Unreal® franchise including Unreal and Unreal Tournament, Digital Extremes went on to develop Dark Sector®, BioShock® for the PlayStation®3, the BioShock 2 multiplayer campaign, and The Darkness® II. The studio has reached its greatest critical and commercial success with the free-to-play action game, Warframe®, boasting a global community of 60+ million registered players on PC, PS5™, PS4™, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch™. For more information about Digital Extremes, visit www.digitalextremes.com. To sign up for Warframe, visit www.warframe.com.

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Klabater’s flagship project will soon have its board game adaptation

WARSAW – June 17, 2021 – Crossroads Inn, Klabater’s best-selling game (PC, Xbox One / Series X), sets off to conquer the board game market. The creators plan a crowdfunding campaign in the second half of the year.

Crossroads Inn: The Board Game is a strategic and economic board game that, like its digital original, will allow players to manage the development of their inn. The game takes place in the kingdom of Yorevale, where – absolutely accidentally – monarchs keep dying, and their illegitimate children have to compete with each other for influence and power. Players will take on the roles of royal bastards and try to take over the crown. To avoid a bloody civil war, a deal is made, and an honorable bet is born: whoever builds the best inn will become not only the “king” of local gastronomy but also the king of all of Yorevale! So put on aprons and chef’s hats, grab a spatula – and get to work!

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The original Crossroads Inn game debuted on PC on October 23, 2019, and within hours of its release, the game climbed to 3rd place of the global bestsellers, selling over 100,000 copies, including the season pass and DLCs. On May 19, 2021, the game was also released on Xbox One and Series X consoles.

In line with the latest market trends, Klabater plans to launch a crowdfunding campaign in the second half of the year. Crowdfunding websites such as Kickstarter and Gamefound specialize in founding board games, which is confirmed by the fantastic results of many campaigns of games from this genre in recent months.

“The board game market is currently experiencing an amazing boom all over the world. An element of this phenomenon is also the production of board games based on hits known to fans from PC and consoles. Many of them are very successful on crowdfunding sites, such as tabletop adaptations of The Witcher or Frostpunk.” – says Michał Gembicki, Joint-CEO at Klabater. “Crossroads Inn is a strong fantasy brand that also offers a good dose of humor. I think it’s a great starting point for a fine board game.”  Below we present an infographic presenting the upcoming activities related to the Crossroads Inn tabletop edition:

In Crossroads Inn: The Board Game players will build an inn from scratch and prepare unique meals, all to meet the expectations of guests from various social classes. It doesn’t matter if it’s simple and folksy Distressed or sublime and capricious representatives of the nobility – everyone wants to drink and eat well. The gameplay will be based on predicting – and blocking! – the actions of the rest of the bastard siblings who run the competing taverns. The one who unscrupulously uses the gold, rumors, and weaknesses of their opponents, will win. There is room for many innkeepers in the kingdom… but there can be only one king! 

Crossroads Inn: The Board Game offers many ways of achieving this goal. Buying new furniture, getting unique recipes and ingredients for dishes, well-trained employees – everything can help the player achieve the final victory. And if that’s not enough, seductive Vedetas and silver-tongued bards will take care of the needs of even the most demanding guests.

Crossroads Inn: The Board Game offers:

• Thrilling strategic and economic gameplay for 2-4 players!
• Two dishes on one plate – become the “king” of gastronomy, and at the same time… the king of Yorevale!
• Five different social classes of guests whose favor the players must win. Distressed, Outlaws, Travellers, Townsfolk, and Nobles – each class prefers a different type of food and interior design!
• “Prestige track”, or the way to one’s heart is through their stomach – a unique mechanic that allows you to win the game with fame and prestige points.
• A system of spreading negative rumors about the competition. Decide whether to slander other players politically, economically, or perhaps with the help of rumors from the Yorevale travel routes.
• A unique fantasy world known from the original PC game – but served with ‘a pinch of salt.’
• Hire and fire employees; plague your opponents with an arsenal of dirty tricks.

The highly anticipated multiplayer combat title invites players from all over the world to experience an entirely new take on the battle royale genre; available through Steam.

Hangzhou, June 17, 2021 | Leading Chinese developer 24 Entertainment is proud to announce that NARAKA: BLADEPOINT has begun its final open beta, with the NARAKA: BLADEPOINT beta live on Steam until June 22nd.

This beta sees a new addition to the game, the Spear, which players can use to stylishly stab and slash their way to victory. Another notable feature new to this latest beta is a newly optimised parkour system, meaning travel throughout Morus Island now requires fewer inputs; offering a much smoother experience than last time out.

NARAKA: BLADEPOINT currently has servers in LATAM, NA (East and West coast), EU, SEA and, CN, AS. Nvidia DLSS and Nvidia Reflex are both enabled in the beta as well.

With the addition of more Soul Jades, reworked heroes and more gameplay optimisations, 24 Entertainment are hopeful that players who loved the previous beta should be thrilled with the changes they’ve made to the game. 

For full details on the patch notes, please visit the official website

NARAKA: BLADEPOINT will launch on the Epic Gamestore, Steam and on the official website on August 12th.

Find out more about NARAKA in the links down below:

Official NARAKA: BLADEPOINT Twitter
Steam Page
Official NARAKA: BLADEPOINT Discord Community

About 24 Entertainment
24 Entertainment is a Chinese game studio founded by a group of artists, engineers, and designers; who are all gaming industry veterans. We have a shared vision of introducing global players to Eastern cultures through cutting-edge gaming technology.

Lesquin, France, June 17, 2021 – The time has come for adventurers to play their trump card! Roguebook, the roguelike deckbuilder developed by Abrakam Entertainment and co-designed by Richard Garfield, creator of Magic: The Gathering^TM, is now available on Steam.

Check out our video review for Roguebook here:

Roguebook takes place in the fantasy world of Faeria. You must build a team of two heroes and battle the legends of the Roguebook in tactical turn-based combat. The Roguebook is a cursed book whose existence threatens all living beings.

Build a team of two heroes: each of the four heroes available has their own special cards. You must develop your strategy and play your cards at the best moment and in the right order to create devastating combos or protect your weaker hero.

Upgrade your deck: you can boost the effects of cards by adding gems. You can also transmute your cards to create completely new effects!

Collect as many cards as possible: unlike other games of this type where refining your deck is one of the most common strategies, Roguebook encourages players to build as big a deck as possible to unlock unique skills for your heroes. These skills can be crucial to the success of your quest!

Explore the world in your own way: the chapters of Roguebook are told in a non-linear way. Reveal areas of the map with the ingenious ink system and explore as much of the map as possible to unearth all its treasures!

Every run counts: in true roguelike fashion, you must start from the beginning after a defeat. But you become more powerful with each run thanks to the new cards, skills and permanent upgrades you have unlocked! 

Check out the first 30 minutes of gameplay below:

Roguebook is now available on Steam
The game will arrive later on PlayStation®4, PlayStation®5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch^TM

Check Roguebook Steam page
 
Roguebook is on Facebook, Twitter, Discord and YouTube. 

All NACON Games and accessories are here: nacongaming.com

About  Abrakam Entertainment
ABRAKAM ENTERTAINMENT is the AA Video Game Developer of the successful PC strategy game ‘Faeria,’ which launched in 2017 to 85% positive Steam reviews and praise from critics and major influencers. With their own tools and a very dedicated team, ABRAKAM has the ability to develop innovative strategy games efficiently. Roguebook, a roguelike card game, is their next next major title to be launched on PC and Consoles.

About NACON
NACON is a company of the BIGBEN Group founded in 2019 to optimize its know-how through strong synergies in the video game market. By bringing together its 10 development studios, the publishing of AA video games, the design and distribution of premium gaming devices, NACON focuses 20 years of expertise at the service of players. This new unified business unit strengthens NACON’s position in the market, enables it to innovate by creating new unique competitive advantages and achieve its ambition to become one of the world’s leading players in gaming. https://www.nacongaming.com/

by Jorg Neumann, Head of Microsoft Flight Simulator

In September, we shared our vision for continuously improving Microsoft Flight Simulator by bringing meaningful updates to the simulator on a regular basis.

The virtual world in Microsoft’s Flight Simulator is getting its latest major update, one with a focus on Europe’s Nordic countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Renowned for its natural splendour and architectural wonder, this region has been rendered in its most realistic fidelity yet in World Update V: Nordics.

Simmers can take to the northern European sky and explore vast fjords, riveting urban vistas, domineering peaks, and centuries-old iconic castles from within the cockpit. World Update V: Nordics includes improvements in detail of broad swaths of landscapes, enhancements to regional architecture, improved data for 100 airports and 78 carefully selected points of interest.

This update also features five bush trips, one for each of the Nordic countries, that show off some the very best elements of these destinations.

Finally, World Update V: Nordics brings new hand-crafted airports, and five original landing challenges designed to test and hone aviation mettle throughout a range of conditions. Test your landing skills at: Denmark’s Bornholm, Iceland’s Ísafjörður, Sweden’s Stockholm Arlanda, Norway’s Svalbard, and Finland’s Vaasa Airports.

World Update V: Nordics is available FREE to all Microsoft Flight Simulator users. Be sure your simulator is up to date first, then visit the Marketplace to download the latest world update and immerse yourself in this magnificent and expansive corner of the world.  The sky is calling!

Microsoft Flight Simulator is currently available on Xbox Game Pass for PC, Windows 10, and Steam and is coming to Xbox Series X|S on July 27^th.  Share your impressions with us on the dedicated forums or check out our FAQ if you have questions. For the latest information on Microsoft Flight Simulator, stay tuned to @MSFSOfficial on Twitter.

New program rocks the clubhouse with user generated content in multiplayer playlists

2K and HB Studios have announced a new program for PGA TOUR® 2K21*, which will shake up multiplayer game modes playlists – including Divot Derby – by adding a series of fan-favourite and all-new custom courses created by some of the most talented course creators in the PGA TOUR 2K community.

The group of international content creators includes Americans VctryLnSports and Mattf27, Canadians CrazyCanuck1985 and Arctic Fury, b101design from the United Kingdom and New Zealander Energ1ser, all bringing their own unique swag to the dance floor. 

The first round of six courses, created by VctryLnSports, will be introduced to multiplayer playlists in June. These popular, custom courses have quickly become fan favourites and will challenge players to step up their collective game.

Future additions will include all-new courses created specifically for the program. Each month will feature a new creative theme for the courses, including “Around the World” for the month of July, drawing inspiration from popular international locales and local flavours.

For more information on information on PGA TOUR 2K21, visit the game’s official website, become a fan on Facebook, follow the game on Twitter and Instagram using the hashtag #PGATOUR2K21 or subscribe on YouTube.

HB Studios is a 2K studio. 2K is a wholly owned publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).

*PGA TOUR 2K21 required to unlock content.

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Slice, fly, and dive through flocks of evil creatures in this acrobatic arena boomeranger

Dizzying developer DANG! and airfoil enthusiasts Devolver Digital today announce Boomerang X, an action-packed FPB (First Person Boomeranger) will launch and subsequently return on to Nintendo Switch and PC on July 8th. To celebrate, the dynamic duo has revealed a brand new gameplay trailer!

Catapult yourself through the air, use the power drawn from fallen creatures to slow time, and cut through the swarms of dark beings with your razor-edge boomerang. Travel through once bustling locales, sacrificed to hide a myth, and descend the Godpath into the lost realms below. Cleanse these halls and ensure that whatever lies beneath doesn’t come back.

“This is one boomerang you nerds can’t return,” commented Devolver Digital CFO Fork Parker.

For more revolutionary revelations, rotate on over to boomerang-x.com and follow @devolverdigital and @videodang on Twitter. Download the playable Boomerang X demo on Steam this very second to unlock instant rewards including extreme happiness and endless joy.