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Gina Jackson OBE Joings Safe In Our World as New CEO

The Video Games Industry Charity Announces the Appointment following significant growth as its
ongoing mission to unite the industry continues

London, UK. June 3rd 2021, Videos Games Mental Health Charity, Safe In Our World (http://www.safeinourworld.org) is pleased to announce Dr. Gina Jackson OBE has joined the charity as CEO.

Dr. Gina Jackson OBE is a Video Games Industry pioneer, becoming an OBE in the 2020 Queen’s Birthday Honours, she was a recent recipient of the MCV/Develop Women in Games award for her outstanding contribution. Gina began her career in games development in 1992 and has worked for developers, publishers, and distributors covering console, PC, and mobile games. Most recently Development Director at Sold Out, Gina will continue her association with GamesAid, stepping down as Vice-Chair but continuing as a trustee, she remains on the board at NextGen Skills Academy, Visiting Professor in Games Industry and Business at Norwich University of the Arts and acts as an advisor to several games developers.

“Gina has been a key individual in the establishment of Safe In Our World, serving as a Trustee and lending her invaluable advice as the charity has grown.” Said Leo Zullo, Co-founder and Chair of Safe In Our World. “The Charity is at a level now where we needed to bring in the right expertise to lead Safe In Our World into the years ahead. After a hard year of lockdowns and COVID-19, the need to ensure our players and teams can find support is larger than ever. With our continued momentum, the Board of Trustees and I are delighted and thrilled to be able to appoint Gina and look forward to a new chapter in the Safe In Our World journey.”

Dr. Gina Jackson OBE, commented, “I am absolutely honoured to be able to take up the position of CEO for this incredible charity. Whilst taking our first steps it was apparent that our goals to eliminate the stigma about mental health and to promote the dialogue surrounding mental health has resonated with both gamers and those who work in the industry.” She continued, “From the companies engaging with the level up programme who are transforming workplaces to support wellbeing to the community manager mental health training, it is clear these are initiatives that are being welcomed by industry.  The feedback we have been getting from our Safer Together discord server demonstrates the power and support that a positive online community can bring and the generosity of those who participated and donated during our May fundraiser continues to inspire us to provide resources, training and tell people’s stories so we can all feel empowered to talk about our mental health and seek support whenever we need or want it.”

Dr. Gina Jackson OBE begins her role with immediate effect.

In the two years since Safe In Our World formed, the charity has united the industry with its campaign for the removal of stigma around mental health and ensure gamers and teams can find the right support. Over 50 of the biggest gaming companies having joined already, including 505 Games, Mediatonic Games, Sega Europe and The Embracer Group, the charities mission continues with ongoing activities, including free training for Community Managers, signposting for support and upcoming Safer Together Campaign in May.

For more information, and to download press assets, please visit:

Safe In Our World https://safeinourworld.org/press-centre/

About Safe In Our World
Safe In Our World is a registered charity in England and Wales no. 1183344. A team of seasoned gaming veterans passionate about mental health brainstormed for over two years over ways they could make a difference. Launched on World Mental Health Day on October 10th, 2019, its aims are to raise awareness of mental health issues within the video games industry, and to provide resources, signpost help, and to drive change for everyone connected with the industry, for developers, publishers and service provides, to content creators and players. Its initial mission is to create an online destination where people can seek help, gain access to resources and information, and discover stories from real people within and surrounding the games industry, with more detailed policies available via the website. Safe In Our World is a worldwide hub accessible for anyone in need.

WARHAMMER VERMINTIDE 2 – NEW CAREER OUT TODAY

Kerillian brings the magic with the Sister of the Thorn

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, June 3, 2021.  Independent developer Fatshark is proud to bring a new career to the award-winning and multi-million selling Warhammer: Vermintide 2.

The Sister of the Thorn is a new career for Kerillian that brings new abilities, weapon types, talent tree, character skin, challenges as well as a new hat and new voice lines. Kerillian will use magic in a greater way than ever before and will not pull any magical punches towards any enemies she encounters. The Sister of the Thorn is the perfect member of any team as she brings the heaviest support of all careers in the game.

The Sister of the Thorn is available for purchase on Steam today, and console players don’t have long to wait with the new career being released on June 30.

“We are happy to launch the third new career to Warhammer: Vermintide 2. Kerillian is bringing the magic and it’s a perfect start to the summer.” says Martin Wahlund, CEO Fatshark. “The Sister of the Thorn is prickly enough to fend off any enemy encountered.”

Sister of the Thorn Features

  • Briar Javelin
  • Deepwood Staff
  • New talent tree
  • Exclusive character skin
  • New challenges
  • New voice lines
  • New hat

Kerillian – The Sister of the Thorn Steam
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1629000/Warhammer_Vermintide_2__Sister_of_the_Thorn/

Skulls for the Skull Throne
https://store.steampowered.com/sale/skulls

About Fatshark®Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden and established in 2007 independent developer Fatshark is comprised of a team of 100+ experienced games developers, who strive to create compelling interactive experiences. Apart from Warhammer 40,000: Darktide, the team has previously developed titles including Warhammer: Vermintide 2, Warhammer: End Times – Vermintide, Lead and Gold, Krater and War of the Roses. For more information, visit www.fatsharkgames.com

About Games Workshop®Games Workshop® Group PLC (LSE:GAW.L), based in Nottingham, UK, produces the best fantasy miniatures in the world. Games Workshop designs, manufactures, retails, and distributes its range of Warhammer®: Age of Sigmar® and Warhammer® 40,000® games, miniature soldiers, novels and model kits through more than 529 of its own stores (branded Games Workshop® or Warhammer®), the www.games-workshop.com web store and independent retail channels in more than 50 countries worldwide. More information about Games Workshop and its other, related, brands and product ranges (including our publishing division ‘Black Library’ and our special resin miniatures studio ‘Forge World’) can be found at www.games-workshop.com.

Kainga: Seeds of Civilization Hits Initial Kickstarter Funding Target

100% funded after 16 days. Exciting new stretch goals unlocked

Bangkok, Thailand, 3rd June, 2021. Exciting new roguelite village-builder Kainga: Seeds of Civilization has hit it’s initial Kickstarter funding target after only 16 days, and thereby unlocking the first round of new stretch goals. There is still time to show your support and be part of this exciting journey by heading over to the official Kickstarter page and checking out the rewards on offer. 

“This is an exciting milestone in the development journey of Kainga: Seeds of Civilization” said Erik Rempen, solo game designer of Kainga. “With this funding I can now start to bring in external resources to support me in the design of the game and add the extra layers of polish needed to elevate Kainga to the level of quality the fans expect. We have hit our initial target, but we still have a way to go! We are building a great community of fans who are not only supporting this project financially, but helping shape the future development of the game with their thoughts and ideas”. 

After reaching this important milestone in the campaign, the first stretch goals are now activated on the Kickstarter page and will provide exciting new content additions to the gameplay experience: 

  • Balloons – Erik will look to add balloons to Kainga, but not in the way you’d expect! 
  • Wandering Traders – Trade luxury goods for advanced technologies with nomadic traders
  • Sandbox mode – A new game mode that allows you the freedom to build cool towns without external pressures! 

If these three goals are reached, then there are more waiting to be revealed. 

In case you missed the initial Kickstarter trailer, you can watch solo game designer Erik Rempen talk about his three year journey developing Kainga: Seeds of Civilization and his hopes for the future of the game. Watch the trailer on YouTube here

Kainga: Seeds of Civilization is a roguelite village-builder set in a world full of mystery and surprise. Taking on the role of the Thinker, the leader of the village, you will need to adapt to the procedurally generated environment and surroundings and make the right choices to allow your people and village to flourish. The Thinker is responsible for passing the players’ decisions and commands on to the people. Although the citizens are somewhat expendable, if the Thinker falls, you lose. Much like the king in chess, they’re weak and vulnerable and must be protected at all costs. 

Instead of following the long-winded city builder formula, Kainga: Seeds of Civilization is focused on short, 30 minute to 1 hour challenges. Each challenge is a fresh and diverse experience in a new location which still allows the player to make progression between runs.

Features of Kainga: Seeds of Civilization

  • Create A Unique Culture. Using the unique thinker skill tree, select research from a diverse branching technology tree inspired by civilizations around the world, make your mark on the world, with your choice of buildings, festivals, resource production and more! 
  • Adapt to Your Surroundings. Use the terrain and resources to your advantage, keep an eye on the resources you have available and carefully plan and adapt to an ever changing environment, as you battle against the elements, disasters, other villages and even the beasts that roam the lands. 
  • Train Units and Tame Beasts. Keep your village safe by researching technologies to equip your villagers with weapons to repeal attacks, or even use the beasts to your advantage by taming them and turning them on your rivals. 
  • Acquire New Knowledge for Future Runs. Every end carries the seed of a new beginning, unlock new technology, biomes and challenges to add further complexity to each run.. Earn Karma to purchase advanced structure types and rescue thinkers to play with their leadership style and unique quirks.
  • Live Amongst or Upon Giant Beasts. The wildlife of these lands wander and interact with the environment, and often destroy those in their way. Can you learn to live with these animals? Or better yet, manage to tame them and build upon them. 
  • Build Legendary Structures. From towering stone menhirs, to great halls and more. Construct and protect massive buildings using materials sourced from around the map.
  • Customize Your Playstyle. Choose a look and starting layout personalized to how you play best before diving into the procedurally generated world and putting your skills to the test.

Fans can also wishlist the game on Steam here

For more information please visit the official website here, follow Kainga: Seeds of Civilization’s journey on social media via Twitter and don’t forget to join the conversation on the official Discord channel.

More Reds are now flying in War Thunder skies

The latest content update “Red Skies” brings MiG-23M fighter jets, better nuclear blasts and more.

Gaijin Entertainment announced that the military online action War Thunder added a new major Content Update “Red Skies”. It adds rank VII aviation to the game, including the Soviet MiG-23M and the Chinese J-7E fighter jets, as well as dozens of other military vehicles, i.e. Soviet Yak-28B tactical bomber, modern Russian T-80BVM tank, German Marder A1 APC, Franko-Finnish ITO 90M SAM and Italian Dante Alighieri battleship. Currently there are more than 2000 real ground, air and naval war machines in the game! The nuclear blast effect allows now to realistically destroy buildings in real time. The latest update also adds two new maps (Red Desert and Sunken City), and commander sights for ground vehicles that are actually equipped with such a device in real life are now fully simulated.

The MiG-23M is the most modern aircraft in the Soviet/Russian tech tree and is currently the fastest fighter jet in the game. It has a variable sweep wing with three positions and a maximum speed of Mach 2.4. The MiG-23M brings down enemies with a twin autocannon, bombs, rockets and air-to-air guided missiles, including the new R-23R with its radar homing head and and the R-23T with a thermal seeker. The MiG-23M infrared search-and-track device is capable of capturing the thermal signature of an operating engine from an enemy aircraft at a very large distance and covertly launching a missile without alarming any enemy radar warning system.

The introduction of rank VII aircraft is a major step for War Thunder that will allow the game to move forward from Vietnam war era signature fighter jets, like MiG-21 and  F-4 Phantom II, and gradually add even more contemporary machines in future updates.

The T-80BVM is an upgrade of the old Soviet T-80BV tanks to the level of the modern T-72B3 and T-90M MBTs. The modernization includes an up-to-date fire control system with a duplicate sight for the commander, and the ability to operate the 9M119 tandem ATGMs, as well as the “Relikt” ERA pack instead of the outdated “Kontakt-1”. Thanks to the latter, the protection of the vehicle from HEAT and AP projectiles has been significantly increased.

The “Red Skies” update also brings the thorough simulation of a nuclear blast effect. This allows the player to watch the blast leveling buildings in any map from various points of view. The new algorithm generates the nuclear mushroom, condensation domes and the blast wave that realistically interacts with the sky and objects on the map. Tactical nuclear weapons were added to the game in the “New Power” update and are available in arcade and realistic battle modes to the best performing players. In a situation when the team fights poorly as a whole, a single hero can farm enough points to respawn in a strategic bomber and bring victory to their side with one single successful strike.

The latest update also adds a few minor but quite useful mechanics, like the naval shell chase camera or the ability to help your teammates with firefighting in the vehicle. 

Full information on the “Red Skies” Update is available at the official website.

About War Thunder
War Thunder is a free-to-play, cross-platform, massively multiplayer military masterpiece with millions of fans worldwide, that allows players on PC, PlayStation®4, Xbox One, Mac and Linux to fight their way across air, land, and sea in the same battlefield. War Thunder offers 1,700+ playable aircraft, armored vehicles and ships from the early 1930s to the 2000s. The US, Soviet, British, German, Italian, Japanese, Chinese and French military vehicles represented in game are carefully researched, historically accurate recreations of their real world counterparts. Fans can expect hundreds more added as Gaijin Entertainment commits to ongoing development via regular updates. Official website: http://warthunder.com

About Gaijin Entertainment
Gaijin Entertainment is the developer and publisher of the online games War Thunder, Crossout, Enlisted, Cuisine Royale and Star Conflict as well as PC, Mac, Linux, PS4, PS5, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, iOS and Android titles across several genres. The company’s diverse portfolio has received a range of mass media and game industry awards including such as Gamescom Award and many more. Official website: http://gaijinent.com/

Skydome Stress Test weekend announced

Gamigo invites all players to experience the Closed Beta of the tower defense MOBA hybrid this weekend, with the Early Access scheduled for July.

Hamburg, June 03, 2021 – gamigo’s highly anticipated 4 vs 4 multiplayer online game Skydome, which has been in Closed Beta since April, is moving ever closer to its Early Access phase, now announced to happen in July. In the weeks leading up to this, the game will experience a number of balancing and stress tests, the first one going live this upcoming weekend. For these tests, new waves of Closed Beta applicants will be invited to experience the game’s thrilling and unique multiplayer gameplay. Interested players can sign up for access on the game’s website, Skydome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKYh4VZI95s

The Skydome stress test sessions will happen starting Friday, June 4th at 5 PM CEST (11 AM EDT, 8 AM PT) and continue until June 7th, 2 PM CEST (8 AM EDT, 5 AM PT). During this time, everyone will have the chance to join the server, even without a code.

With a unique gameplay mix of tower defense and MOBA, Skydome is an exhilarating multiplayer experience for up to 8 players in a 4 vs 4 format.

From the Skydome temple floating high in the skies, Champions are sent out to fight armies and monsters across the universe, using their own individual strategies and skills to create defenses and set up towers that help them dominate their opponents. The battles take place in challenging arenas, where Players must assemble a team of skilled heroes to defend their base and crush enemy walls while completing rewarding side objectives. No two Champions are alike, giving players the opportunity to explore new abilities, different defense towers and varying strategies with each hero.    

In Skydome, players delve right into fast-paced action matches in isometric 3D, with thrilling challenges waiting around every corner. Depending on each playstyle, players can craft elaborate defensive team strategies or face the battle head-on by utilizing special intervention skills to sabotage their opponents. Deathmazes, magic portals, and time manipulation are all part of a player’s toolset to become the ultimate champion in this epic tower-defense battle arena.  

Main Features:  

  •       A roster of diverse Champions, each with their own unique skills and personal towers
  •       Fast-paced, isometric 3D action strategy gameplay  
  •       Players can deploy walls and towers to fortify their map  
  •       Use of intervention skills to directly disrupt enemy defenses   
  •       MOBA-style jungle areas with unique boss monsters  
  •       Invasion System: Defeat waves of monsters invading your territory and fight your enemies by utilizing buffs, extra troops and more  
  •       4 vs 4 Multiplayer Matches: team up with your friends to outsmart your competition  
  •       Seasonal ranking system on release date  

gamigo and Kinship Entertainment will continue to provide ample content throughout the different launch phases of the game and after release. Over time, they will provide players with new gameplay elements, additional Champions, maps and much more.     

Further insights into the new title will be shared in the upcoming weeks on the game’s official website.   

Flashbulb Games’ Multiplayer Party Brawler Rubber Bandits: Summer Prologue Is Now Free on Steam

Flashbulb Games’ Multiplayer Party Brawler Rubber Bandits: Summer Prologue Is Now Free on Steam

Whack your friends with dead fish, water balloons and more in hilarious physics-based matches for up to four players

COPENHAGEN, Denmark June 3, 2021 — Flashbulb Games is amped to kick off the season with the release of Rubber Bandits: Summer Prologue, a special playable sneak preview of the studio’s upcoming physics-based multiplayer party brawler. Free to download now on Steam, this intensely amusing action game lets up to four players battle it out in quick matches of fun in the sun with a variety of summer-themed levels, weapons and characters.

Enjoy the simple pleasures of a beach getaway: beautiful sun, warm sands, and bopping your friends in the face for bragging rights. Grab whatever you can get your hands on and use it as a weapon — the first to three victories wins the summer!

Rubber Bandits: Summer Prologue features:

  • Solo and team-based gameplay: Duke it out in free-for-all or buddy up in 2v2s.
  • No hassle, four-player multiplayer: Battle online or locally, with everyone on one PC.
  • Big summer vibes: Discover holiday-themed characters, levels and items. Pick up everything from dead sharks to beach balls to water guns and more to win!

And all this is just a taste of what’s to come. The complete edition of Rubber Bandits will feature brawl and heist modes, lots of different weapons, destructible levels and more when it officially launches later this year. Players can wishlist the game now on Steam.

About Flashbulb Games

Flashbulb Games is a Copenhagen-based “grown-up startup” consisting of industry veterans whose past experience includes work at Press Play, Rare, Square Enix, and CCP. The team prides itself on keeping an open line of communication with players and being easy to reach on Discord. Flashbulb Games was founded in 2016 to make the creative sandbox vehicle-building and exploration racing game Trailmakers, because the team wanted to make experiences where players could freely express themselves. For more on the studio, visit www.FlashbulbGames.com.

Clapfoot Inc. Prepares for Future Plans With Name Change to Siege Camp

Developer Behind Global Top Selling Massively Multiplayer War Game Foxhole Gets a New Look

Toronto – June 3, 2021 – Clapfoot Inc., the video game studio behind the popular persistent war strategy game, Foxhole, today announced that it has changed its name to Siege Camp in preparation for the company’s future plans. The name change also reflects the company’s commitment to players that it will continue to push the envelope for massively multiplayer war games.

Since launching Foxhole, the studio has grown in size to match the game’s expanded scope and community, which has reached almost 100,000 members on the official Discord server alone. Siege Camp is growing again and is currently hiring in multiple positions.

“Over the last few years, Foxhole has evolved from an experimental demo with just a handful of users to a full-scale online war populated with thousands of players every day,” said Mark Ng, co-founder of Siege Camp. “Our goal is to build persistent online worlds with densely-packed battlefields. The new name is a commitment to this vision for many years to come.”

Siege Camp is currently working on future technology, updates to Foxhole and much more. To keep up on the latest information please visit the studio’s website or Twitter page.

About Siege Camp
Siege Camp (formerly Clapfoot Inc.) is a video game studio located in Toronto, Canada with over 10 years of experience. We are best known for Foxhole, an innovative massively multiplayer war game that became a global top seller on Steam. Our mission is to create online persistent worlds that put thousands of players on the same battlefield. We believe in game design innovation and in fostering a creative, yet healthy environment for game development.

ROCCAT’S VIBRANT MAGMA MEMBRANE KEYBOARD & FEATURE-PACKED PYRO MECHANICAL GAMING KEYBOARD NOW AVAILABLE WORLDWIDE

Magma Stuns with RGB Lighting that Redefines the Membrane Gaming Keyboard Category, While Pyro Offers PC Gamers an Abundance of Features in a Mechanical Keyboard Under $100

White Plains, NY – June 3, 2021 – ROCCAT, Turtle Beach’s (Nasdaq: HEAR) Hamburg, Germany-based PC peripheral brand, today announced the newest additions to its award-winning keyboard lineupMagma and Pyro – are now available at participating retailers worldwide and from www.ROCCAT.com. The Magma Membrane RGB Gaming Keyboard’s fully illuminated top plate brilliantly showcases ROCCAT’s innovative AIMO RGB lighting technology. The Magma’s attractive $59.99 MSRP also makes it the best choice for new gamers and anyone looking to add a unique RGB experience to their desktop. Additionally, mechanical switch enthusiasts on the lookout for a new keyboard will love the Pyro Mechanical RGB Gaming Keyboard, which is one of the most-feature packed mechanical gaming keyboards available for a $99.99 MSRP Medium’s Alex Rowe notes, “The Pyro has every feature you need in a mechanical gaming keyboard at a great price,” and Gaming Trend gave the Pyro a 90/100 review score, adding, “The ROCCAT Pyro is one of the best keyboards I’ve ever used.”

“There’s no other keyboard out there that does what Magma does with its unique RGB lighting, and the price makes it an easy investment to significantly upgrade your desktop lighting setup,” said René Korte, ROCCAT Founder and General Manager for PC Peripherals at Turtle Beach. “With Pyro we’ve created an affordable mechanical keyboard that doesn’t sacrifice performance or design, and instead offers an abundance of features and functionality that mechanical keyboard enthusiasts simply can’t overlook for the price.”

ROCCAT Magma Membrane RGB Gaming Keyboard

ROCCAT’s Magma Membrane RGB Gaming Keyboard is equipped with a semi-transparent top plate and five-zone, 10 LED backlighting for ROCCAT’s best AIMO lighting showcase to date. With 16.8 million RGB color illumination options, gamers can enjoy a vivid and immersive lighting experience. Magma connects with all other products in ROCCAT’s AIMO range, including the just revealed Kone Pro series mice and Elo series headsets, to create a vibrant PC gaming battle station.

Magma also features silent membrane typing thanks to high-quality rubber dome keys. Keystrokes feel both responsive and reliable. Advanced anti-ghosting technology ensures gamers can press all the most-used keys simultaneously when reacting in the heat of battle.  Magma is also equipped with convenient media controls, and features ROCCAT’s acclaimed Easy-Shift [+] technology allowing gamers to assign a secondary function to their most-used keys. ROCCAT’s Magma membrane keyboard comes with a detachable palm rest to suit gamers’ preferred typing and gaming styles. Now available at participating retailers worldwide for a MSRP of $59.99.

ROCCAT Pyro Mechanical RGB Gaming Keyboard 

Pyro is one of the most feature-packed mechanical gaming keyboards for under $100. The Pyro’s new design is reinforced by a premium brushed metal top plate, offering gamers a sleek, robust, and stylish mechanical keyboard. Pyro uses TTC’s linear (red) switches with a 2.0mm actuation point, 45g operating force, and a total travel distance of 4.0mm for a keystroke that feels both precise and strong. The Pyro’s switches are tested to 50 million keystrokes lifetime for a responsive and durable gaming experience. Advanced anti-ghosting technology also ensures all simultaneously pressed keys are registered.

Like Magma, the Pyro is equipped with a detachable palm rest. It also has the Vulcan series’ fan-favorite volume wheel for quick and easy audio control. Pyro features ROCCAT’s acclaimed Easy-Shift [+] technology allowing gamers to assign a secondary function to their most-used keys. Pyro also boasts ROCCAT’s AIMO lighting engine with per-key illumination in 16.8 million RGB color options. AIMO reacts organically to your usage with vivid lighting displays out of the box, without the need for extensive configuration. Pyro also syncs with compatible AIMO-enabled products to create desktop illumination that flows from device to device. Available now at participating retailers worldwide for a MSRP of $99.99.

For more information on the latest ROCCAT PC gaming products and accessories, visit ROCCAT.com and be sure to follow ROCCAT on TikTok, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube.

About Turtle Beach Corporation

Turtle Beach Corporation (www.turtlebeachcorp.com) is one of the world’s leading gaming accessory providers. The Turtle Beach brand (www.turtlebeach.com) is known for pioneering first-to-market features and patented innovations in high-quality, comfort-driven headsets for all levels of gamer, making it a fan-favorite brand and the market leader in console gaming audio for the last decade. Turtle Beach’s ROCCAT brand (www.roccat.com) combines detail-loving German innovation with a genuine passion for designing the best PC gaming products. Under the ROCCAT brand, Turtle Beach creates award-winning keyboards, mice, headsets, mousepads, and other PC accessories. Turtle Beach’s Neat Microphones brand (www.neatmic.com) creates high-quality USB and analog microphones for gamers, streamers, and professionals that embrace cutting-edge technology and design. Turtle Beach’s shares are traded on the Nasdaq Exchange under the symbol: HEAR.

Crush the corrupting forces of Chaos in Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters

Crush the corrupting forces of Chaos in Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters

Lead humanity’s greatest warriors, the Grey Knights, in a fast-paced, turn-based tactical RPG set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, launching in 2022 on PC

Cambridge, UK – 3 June 2021. Frontier Foundry, the games label of Frontier Developments plc (AIM: FDEV, ‘Frontier’), today announced Warhammer 40,000®: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters, a new game in partnership with world-renowned Warhammer 40,000 creator Games Workshop®.


Developed by Complex Games, Canada, Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters will pitch humanity’s greatest weapon, the Grey Knights, against the corrupting forces of Chaos in this brutal and fast-paced, turn-based tactical RPG.

Watch the announcement teaser trailer here:

Armoured in faith and shielded by devotion, the Grey Knights’ very existence is rooted in mystery: the possession of any unsanctioned knowledge about their secretive brotherhood is punishable by death. In Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters, players will experience the ruthless, merciless combat of the 41st millennium, following the journey of these elite warriors in a narrative penned by acclaimed New York Times bestselling author, Aaron Dembski-Bowden.

Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters will release on PC in 2022 on Steam and the Epic Games Store, published by Frontier Foundry. This exciting new title will build on Frontier’s existing partnership with Games Workshop®: Frontier have previously announced their Warhammer® Age of Sigmar® RTS title, which is currently in development.

The full cinematic announcement of Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters is planned for August 2021. Follow the game on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube. Visit the Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters official website at www.chaosgate.com.

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About Warhammer 40.000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters

Lead the legendary Grey Knights against a galaxy-wide plot to infect worlds with cosmic plague in a turn-based tactical RPG set in the grimdark Warhammer 40,000 universe. Developed by Complex Games, in partnership with Frontier Foundry, and featuring a story penned by acclaimed Black Library author Aaron Dembski-Bowden, Warhammer 40,000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters offers satisfyingly strategic action in the 41st millennium.
 
About Frontier

Frontier is a leading independent developer and publisher of videogames founded in 1994 by David Braben, co-author of the iconic Elite game. Based in Cambridge, Frontier uses its proprietary COBRA game development technology to create innovative genre-leading games, primarily for personal computers and videogame consoles. As well as self-publishing internally developed games, Frontier also publishes games developed by carefully selected partner studios under its Frontier Foundry games label.

About Frontier Foundry

Frontier Foundry is the dedicated games label of Frontier Developments. By forming partnerships with quality external developers and leveraging the company’s proven publishing expertise, Frontier Foundry is best placed to bring players unique and memorable new games that break boundaries and create legacies.

About Games Workshop

Games Workshop Group PLC (LSE:GAW.L), based in Nottingham, UK, produces the best fantasy miniatures in the world. Games Workshop designs, manufactures, retails, and distributes its range of Warhammer Age of Sigmar and Warhammer 40,000 games, miniature soldiers, novels and model kits through more than 529 of its own stores (branded Games Workshop or Warhammer), its own web store, and independent retail channels in more than 50 countries worldwide. More information about Games Workshop and its other, related, brands and product ranges (including its publishing division ‘Black Library’ and its special resin miniatures studio ‘Forge World’) can be found at www.games-workshop.com.

About Complex Games

Complex Games is a 20-year veteran independent videogame development studio based in Winnipeg, Canada. Having cut our teeth working on a ton of games for a variety of publishers and platforms over the years, we have since struck out on our own to create games that we are truly passionate about. Our first step on this new path of independence is Warhammer 40.000: Chaos Gate – Daemonhunters.

The King of Fighters XV Pushed to Q1 2022

SNK has announced that they will no longer be releasing The King of Fighters XV in 2021 and are now hoping to release the game sometime in Q1 2022 in an effort to prioritize the game’s quality while keeping staff healthy. This news has been something that many have expected primarily for a bit now as the company has yet to announce what platforms players can even expect to see the fighter released on.

The delay announcement was accompanied by a message from SNK producer Yasuyuki Oda stating that the development timeline that the team set out to reach in the beginning “has been affected by the ever-still rising cases of COVID-19 within Japan. We have made the ultimate decision in the end that the product’s quality must come first, and so with that decision comes an altered release window.”