Aliso Viejo, Calif. – June 9, 2021 ­– Experience the realm of Atreia as if it were new, as the battle between light and dark begins once more in Aion: Classic. The new service for the vaunted MMORPG Aion provides a fresh start as the game originally was when it launched in the Americas back in 2009, with some additional quality of life improvements. Players new and old can take flight to explore the massive, unique realm of the god Aion, hunt and venture on quests, or take a side in the battle between light and dark and fight other players. Aion Classic will be available in the Americas beginning on June 23, and the official site is now live at aionclassic.com.

Aion Classic will see the return of some of the games early, iconic dungeons, and only the original four character classes will be available to players (each with their two original subclasses). Keeping with the ethos of classic MMORPG experiences, the player progression in Aion Classic will be moderately paced, to increase opportunities for players to explore the world of the Asmodians and the Elyos.
 
Aion Classic will have a subscription-based model for players as well as a free to play option. By purchasing Siel’s Aura with real money, players will be able to buy recurring subscriptions of 30, 90, or 365 days. There’s also a 3-day pass available. The free option for players is available to everyone, but those players will gain experience slower than subscribers. Aion Classic will also have a Battle Pass, the Daeva Pass, which provides extra quests and rewards, and its own premium currency, Quna, which can be used to purchase cosmetic and consumable items, account services, and unlock the premium Daeva Pass tier.
 
Aion Classic also is a return to Aion’s unique rifting PVP, where portals open up between the realms of Asmodae and Elysea, providing PVP-specific quests and its own PVP currency, which can be used to buy special rewards and also contributes to player ranking. Faction-based Fortress sieges also round out the PVP experience in Aion Classic, where players from competing factions fight over control of objectives. Winners will earn special rewards.
 
Aion Classic will launch in the Americas on June 23, and Founders Packs are now available. For full details on pricing, please visit the official Aion Classic website.

Comes as a free update for all platforms

Rotterdam, The Netherlands – 9 June 2021 – Farming experience Real Farm – Gold Edition is launching on June 24th for PlayStation®4, Xbox One, Steam and Epic Games Store. This Gold Edition comes as a free update for existing owners of the game and includes countless fixes and improvements as well as all previously released DLC. Steam users also receive the game’s Original Soundtrack with this Gold Edition.

An improved and complete experience
Real Farm – Gold Edition includes all previously released DLC free of charge. First off, The Potato Pack, which introduced the potato crop to the game including two new potato harvester vehicles. It also includes the Grünes Tal Map DLC, which next to the existing American styled map offers a West European environment for players to start their career in, complete with farms, characters and its own distinct style. Furthermore, the game has had countless of optimizations, quality of life improvements and polishes plus an entirely new AI system and UI/UX overhaul that put the cherry on top of the experience.

Information
Title: Real Farm – Gold Edition
Platforms: PlayStation®4, Xbox One, Steam, Epic Games Store
Developer: Kokku, SOEDESCO Studios
Genre: Simulation
Release Date: 24 June 2021
Hashtag: #RealFarm

About Real Farm – Gold Edition
Pull on your boots, fire up your tractor, and start your ‘Real Farm’. Go from farmhand to agricultural A-list in career mode, or cultivate the role of an established farmer in free mode. With two maps, you get to explore the American -and West European country side. Acquire land, manage staff, crops and animals, and drive powerful farm vehicles while you grow your reputation as you go.

The Gold Edition includes:

• Both the Potato pack & Grünes Tal map DLCs 
• Optimized gameplay with improved graphics and frame rates
• Various quality of life improvements, including a completely new AI and a UI/UX overhaul 
• Re-polished game mechanics and a smooth farming experience

About SOEDESCO®
SOEDESCO is an independent video game developer, publisher and distributor. The company was founded in 2002 by Soedesh Chauthi and has its headquarters in Hoogvliet – Rotterdam, the Netherlands. They create interactive entertainment and publish games on multiple platforms. Their portfolio consists of titles such as Kaze and the Wild Masks, Monster Crown, Owlboy, Monstrum, Among the Sleep and Remothered: Tormented Fathers. They also have their own IPs including Truck Driver®, Adam’s Venture® and Real Farm.

The legendary purple dragon returns to the Crash Bandicoot franchise in the latest seasonal update to new mobile game, Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! 

It’s about to get hot in here! King, a leading interactive entertainment company for the mobile world, today announced that Season 3: Battle of the Dragons for Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! will be launching on June 10, 4am PT. The latest season features the beloved purple dragon Spyro and two of his most notorious enemies, Dark Spyro and Gnasty Gnorc. Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! introduces a whole host of scorching new content with its latest season, that features a new land to explore, new minions to defeat, exclusive rewards and skins to earn, and new bosses to vanquish.

In Season 2, N. Tropy was banished and left open a portal to the Dragon Realm, letting in the dastardly Dark Spyro and Gnasty Gnorc – who have since taken over three Spyro-themed lands. The much loved hero soon followed, but the portal to the Dragon Realm was broken in the process. It’s now up to Crash and Coco to defeat Dark Spyro and Gnasty Gnorc and help Spyro repair the Dragon Portal.

Season 3: Battle of the Dragons adds a 12th land called Upstream, which contains four battle runs, a collection run, one time trial and two challenge runs. Upstream debuted in the original Crash Bandicoot from 1996. In addition to the Dark Spyro and Gnasty Gnorc bosses, players will also be able to battle N. Gin and Koala Kong. Players can also complete new weekly missions to earn trophies, compete on the new seasonal leaderboard and complete the Bandicoot Pass to earn exclusive skins and rewards. 

In Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! players run, spin, swipe and smash their way through mysterious lands, defeating the henchmen of Dr. Neo Cortex who has dispatched iconic villains across the multiverse. With the help of his sister Coco, Crash must bash Cortex’s minions back to their own dimensions! The game offers an un-fur-gettable gameplay experience, with a variety of running challenges and exciting features that add depth and progression to the game including time trials, collection runs, base building and crafting. The game will also be updated regularly with new cosmetic items, classic and creative new skins, and much more during regular seasonal updates.

The Wumpa Archipelago is vast and fans of the Crash Bandicootfranchise will immediately recognize memorable regions from previous Crash Bandicoot games, such as Temple Ruins, Turtle Woods, The Lost City, The Lab and more. Classic enemies and bosses, including Scorporilla, Nitrus Brio and Fake Crash will try to thwart Crash’s progress in a brand-new adventure that gamers can play on the go.

Crash Bandicoot: On the Run! is now available to download and play for free on iOS and Android. For more information visit www.CrashOnTheRun.com.

**ORIGINAL INDIANA JONES MEMORABILIA TO BE AUCTIONED IN HOLLYWOOD**

Original Harrison Ford “Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom” signature fedora, is among other original “Indiana Jones” props & memorabilia, to go under the hammer in upcoming Los Angeles auction

• Harrison Ford’s signature Indiana Jones fedora from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) is estimated to sell for between $150,000 – $250,000 (£105,900– 176,600) as part of Prop Store’s Entertainment Memorabilia Live Auction on Tuesday 29^th June, Wednesday 30^th June and Thursday 1^st July 2021, featuring a collection of film memorabilia worth over $6.1 million (£4.4 million)
• A production-used clapperboard from Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) is estimated to sell for between $10,000 – 15,000 (£7,000 – 10,600)
• Over 1,300 unique and original items to be made available to bidders in one of the world’s largest live auctions of film and television memorabilia
• Bids can be placed online from anywhere in the world or by phone

Brandon Alinger, Prop Store COO, commented on the upcoming auction:“We love all things Indiana Jones-related here at Prop Store, but the character’s signature fedora is easily one of the most iconic pieces we’ve ever dealt with. The fedora was custom-made for Ford to wear in Temple of Doom and even features the character’s initials, “IJ,” in gold on the inner band. This is just one of the pieces in our collection of Indiana Jones items that we have in this year’s live auction.”

Indiana Jones’ (Harrison Ford) Fedora from INDIANA JONES & THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (1984) est: $150,000 – 250,000 (£105,900– 176,600)

Notable items to be sold at the Prop Store auction (with estimated sale prices) include:

• Indiana Jones’ (Harrison Ford) Fedora from INDIANA JONES & THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (1984) est: $150,000 – 250,000 (£105,900– 176,600)
• Production-Used Clapperboard from RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) est: $10,000 – 15,000 (£7,000 – 10,600)
• Hand-Painted Leo Leibelman “Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology” Painting from INDIANA JONES SERIES (1981 – 2008) est: $7,000 – 9,000 (£4,900 – 6,300)
• Screen-Matched Hovitos Poison Dart from RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) est: $4,000 – 6,000 (£2,800 – 4,200)
• “Snake Surprise” Snake from INDIANA JONES & THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (1984) est: $4,000 – 6,000 (£2,800 – 4,200)
• Production-Made “Venice Library” Grail Diary Page from INDIANA JONES & THE LAST CRUSADE (1989) est: $2,000 – 3,000 (£1,400 – 2,100)
• Harrison Ford-Signed Rolled One-Sheet from RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) est: $2,000 – 3,000 (£1,400 – 2,100)
• Prototype Sankara Stone from INDIANA JONES & THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (1984) est: $1,500 – 2,500 (£1,000 – 1,700)
• Set of Production-Used Mine Chase and Additional Storyboards from INDIANA JONES & THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (1984) est: $1,500 – 2,500 (£1,000 – 1,700)
• Set of Production-Used Storyboards from INDIANA JONES & THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (1984) est: $1,500 – 2,500 (£1,000 – 1,700)
• Pankot Palace Banquet Beetle from INDIANA JONES & THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (1984) est: $1,500 – 2,500 (£1,000 – 1,700)
• Peruvian Temple Arrow from RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) est: $1,500 – 2,500 (£1,000 – 1,700)
• Harrison Ford and Karen Allen-Signed Italian Due Fogli from RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) est: $1,500 – 2,500 (£1,000 – 1,700)
• Thuggee Sword from INDIANA JONES & THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (1984) est: $1,500 – 2,500 (£1,000 – 1,700)
• Indiana Jones’ (Harrison Ford) Stunt Webley Revolver from INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL (2008) est: $1,200 – 1,600 (£800 – 1,100)
• Indiana Jones’s (Harrison Ford) “Pull To Inflate” Liferaft Tag from INDIANA JONES & THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (1984) est: $1,000 – 1,500 (£700 – 1,000)

Left to Right: Production-Used Clapperboard from RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981) est: $10,000 – 15,000 (£7,000 – 10,600); Indiana Jones’ (Harrison Ford) Stunt Webley Revolver from INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL (2008) est: $1,200 – 1,600 (£800 – 1,100); Production-Made “Venice Library” Grail Diary Page from INDIANA JONES & THE LAST CRUSADE (1989) est: $2,000 – 3,000 (£1,400 – 2,100); Hand-Painted Leo Leibelman “Indiana Jones and the Adventure of Archaeology” Painting from INDIANA JONES SERIES (1981 – 2008) est: $7,000 – 9,000 (£4,900 – 6,300); Prototype Sankara Stone from INDIANA JONES & THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (1984) est: $1,500 – 2,500 (£1,000 – 1,700); “Snake Surprise” Snake from INDIANA JONES & THE TEMPLE OF DOOM (1984) est: $4,000 – 6,000 (£2,800 – 4,200)

Online bidding is now open at www.propstore.com/liveauction. The auction will be broadcast live over three days on Tuesday June 29th, Wednesday June 30th and Thursday July 1st, 2021 from 10:00 am PDT.

About Prop Store

Prop Store sells original movie props and costumes and related memorabilia, regularly hosting live and online prop and costume auctions. Operating since 1998, Prop Store founder Stephen Lane’s love for movies led him to begin hunting for the same props and costumes that were used to create his favourite films. He found that he could not only provide collectors with access to their most coveted pieces, but also establish archival standards for a new, pop-culture hybrid of fine art and memorabilia collecting – prop art. Prop Store handles prop disposal, sale, archive and auction services to production companies and distributors as well as fixed price item sale on its website, www.propstore.com

Discover the Soundtrack and Art Book from the Last Story on Earth

Krakow, Poland – June 9th, 2021. Publisher All in! Games and developer PolyAmorous are very pleased to share materials from the alternate history world of Paradise Lost on Steam, GOG, and the PlayStation Store. Take a peek behind the scenes to discover the details and inspiration behind the development of the last story on Earth in a new 30 page art book. Listen to the soundtrack from the game, composed by Magdalena Urbańska, and descend into the bunker once more.

The art book is now available for free on Steam and GOG for all owners of the game. The soundtrack is also available for free on the PS Store, Steam, and GOG for game owners, or sold separately for $4.99.

In addition, Paradise Lost is now 34% off on the PS Store (until June 18), Steam (until June 23), and GOG (until June 28). 

Players should also keep an eye on Paradise Lost’s social media channels to learn more details about a contest coming soon that will offer a chance to win the game on Steam.

About Paradise Lost

The Last Story on Earth.
WWII persisted for 20 more years only to end in flames when the Nazis launched nuclear missiles on most of Europe. In the aftermath, the heart of Europe remains shrouded in the mystery of complete destruction and deadly radiation, inaccessible to the rest of the world.

It’s winter 1980, when Szymon, a 12-year-old boy raised in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, finds a massive, abandoned Nazi bunker. Will he find what he’s looking for? Explore an underground world, where Slavic mythology mixes with retro-futuristic technology.

Uncover the story of the bunker, from its takeover by Polish rebels to the ultimate fate of its inhabitants. What happened to them?

Despite the desolation of the bunker, a mysterious girl named Ewa contacts Szymon through the bunker’s technology. If he can find her, she might be able to help him learn about his past. If he can find her, he finally won’t be alone…

About All in! Games

All in! Games is a video game publishing and production company based in Krakow, Poland. Founded in 2018, the team creates and supports unique games for PC and consoles, working on both Polish and international projects. All in! Games’ portfolio features titles such as Chernobylite (The Farm 51), Paradise Lost (PolyAmorous), Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms (Gamera Interactive), and Tools Up! (The Knights of Unity). All in! Games is listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange after their merger with Setanta in 2020. The company is made up of an international team (Poland, USA, Great Britain, Spain, Italy, France, Lithuania) of around 100 employees.

About PolyAmorous

PolyAmorous, based in Warsaw, is a Polish game development studio that won an Unreal Dev Grant in 2018. The prize is offered by Epic Games—one of the biggest organizations in the industry. Their experienced team is driven by creativity and a burning passion for deep, epic stories. They have honed their skills during the production of Ryse, Killzone, and many other AAA titles.

• 3400+ deals up to 90% off
 • Sleeping Dogs, THIEF, OpenTTD, and Witchaven drop anchor at our store
• 48h exclusive game + DLC deals

June 9th, 2021 – Can you feel the summer vibes in the air? Endless sunshine and beach trips are almost here. To help you beat the heat, we’ve launched our Summer Sale on GOG.COM with thousands of hot deals, a fresh breeze of new games, and much more to enjoy!

Start your visit on the sunny GOG.COM beaches by checking out our 48-hour exclusive game + DLC deals with one great price for base games and selected add-ons, including:

• Cultist Simulator + The Dancer, The Priest, and The Ghoul DLCs (-33%)
• Dying Light: The Following Enhanced Edition + Vintage Gunslinger Bundle (-70%)
• Greedfall + Adventurer’s Gear DLC (-66%)
• The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III + Consumable Starter Set (-40%)
• A Plague Tale: Innocence + Coats of Arms DLC (-75%)
• The Surge 2 + URBN Gear Pack (-70%)
• Talisman: Digital Edition + The Reaper Expansion (-85%)
• This War of Mine + Father’s Promise DLC (-75%)

Game + DLC deals are available only until June 11th, 2021, at 1 PM UTC, and more flash deals will be back this Friday and later during the sale!

Next, take a relaxing walk beside the sea, and discover the new titles joining our catalog today:

• Open-world action adventure Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition (-85%)
• The final chapter of the legendary stealth series THIEF: Definitive Edition (-75%)
• Business and transportation sim OpenTTD (FREE)
• Sword and sorcery classics Witchaven (-20%) and Witchaven II: Blood Vengeance (-20%)

And that’s not all! We also have 3400+ groovy game deals up to 90% off! Dive into them and discover hidden treasures with our handy game collections and great discounts, including:

• Little Nightmares II (-20%)
• Frostpunk: Game of the Year Edition (-40%)
• Children of Morta (-50%)
• Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition (-50%)
• The Outer Worlds (-50%)
• SWAT 4: Gold Edition (-50%)
• Pathfinder: Kingmaker – Imperial Edition Bundle (-55%)
• Control Ultimate Edition (-60%)
• Disney Classic Games: Aladdin and The Lion King (-60%)
• Divinity: Original Sin 2 – Definitive Edition (-60%)
• Escape from Monkey Island (-65%)
• Kingdom Come: Deliverance Royal Edition (-66%)
• Warhammer: Chaosbane (-70%)
• Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition (-75%)
• The Bard’s Tale IV: Director’s Cut – Deluxe Edition (-75%)
• Heroes of Might and Magic 3: Complete (-75%)
• Mad Max (-75%)
• Darkest Dungeon (-80%)
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided – Digital Deluxe Edition (-85%)
• Hard West (-90%)
• Styx: Master of Shadows (-90%)
• Valhalla Hills (-90%)

More (synth)waves of fun are coming this summer on GOG.COM with even more deals, game releases, and 4 game giveaways, so keep your eyes on the horizon!

The Summer Sale on GOG.COM runs until June 28th, 2021, at 1 PM UTC.

Get hands on with Leonardo Interactive’s upcoming survival-sim and learn the skills needed to become your own architect of hell

Rome, Italy – 9th June 2021. Publisher Leonardo Interactive and developer Woodland Games are giving fans of survival-sim games the chance to get some hands-on time with their upcoming PC game Hell Architect. Fans who are looking to embrace their darker side can now download the Hell Architect Prologue directly from the Steam page for free and start crafting their own hell to satisfy not only the sinners who drop in but the big boss himself, Lucifer. 

The Prologue will guide players through the basics of designing and building their very own hell in the comprehensive tutorial, before unleashing them into the Prologue scenario where they can put all their new found skills to the test. If that’s not enough, there is a sandbox mode available where you can research and construct evermore intricate rooms and put your sinners to work harvesting materials to build your torture devices! Expect dark humour and gory themes aplenty! 

Check out the brand new Prologue announcement trailer below. Warning: may or may not contain nudity! 

Download the Prologue of Hell Architect here

In Hell Architect you’re playing as, you guessed it, an architect of Hell. Your task here is to craft new prisons for the lost souls and sinners who have found themselves ‘downstairs’. Just like all good (or bad) big corporations, Hell is a tightly run ship and under the watchful eye of Lilith from the HR department, you must devise the most creative ways to squeeze as much suffering as you can out of the sinners who will be spending eternity in this hot spot. That’s not all. To climb down the corporate ladder, you must gain the approval of the greatest and most feared devils in Hell, including the head honcho, Lucifer himself, as they evaluate your hard work as well as your sense of aesthetics and thriftiness! 

You will have a host of options available to start crafting your own Hell. All the lost souls who arrive through the gates have their own abilities and traits so put them to work harvesting resources and doing the grunt work while you concentrate on researching buildings to make sure their stay in Hell is as ‘comfortable’ as possible. From toilets and canteens to shrines and demonic conference rooms, your Hell must be ready to accept more lost souls and demon VIPs who will continue to drop into your domain, all requiring your attention in many different ways. Remember, the more souls that arrive, the more demands placed upon your resources, so make sure to manage your workers and continue to expand your empire to impress the boss. And don’t forget, if any of your workers step out of line you have the tools at your disposal to whip them back into shape. Literally. 

Features of Hell Architect: 

• Create the Hell of your dreams: Flex your creative muscles to design, build and furnish 9 infamous levels of Hell in the single player campaign mode, or spend a hellish eternity designing your own chaotic masterpiece from scratch in sandbox mode.
• If you build it, they will suffer!: Begin with basic buildings like power stations (yup they need those in Hell too!) and canteens for your hungry workers and expand your empire to include shrines and intricate torture contraptions to increase the level of suffering for your weary residents. 
• Management is key: Harvesting resources, building an infrastructure and expanding your Hell will be key in your success. A constant stream of new lost souls will provide more hands to use, but will require managing to keep them working. 
• Crack the whip: Treat the sinners sent to your humble abode to different fun (or not so fun) sources of suffering, be it punishing them for disobedience or just for fun. Your Hell, your choices. 
• Hell never looked so good: The stylish 2D art style perfectly blends with the brutal, gorey themes and is topped off with outstanding dark humour.
• Guest appearances: Play as Legendary Characters, a motley crew of history’s most despicable sinners who drop into your domain, each possessing special abilities to help build your devilish masterpiece.

Developed by Woodland Games and published by Leonardo Interactive, Hell Architect will be released for PC via Steam this summer. Fans head to the Steam page and download the Prologue as well as wishlist the game now. For more information on Leonardo Interactive, please visit the official website at https://leonardointeractive.com/

About Leonardo Interactive

Leonardo Interactive is an award-winning video games publisher based in Rome, Italy and it has produced and published award-winning titles across all major platforms. Bringing games to market in both physical and digital media, the company has made notable launches to date including the award-winning Dry Drowning and the point and click adventure Willy Morgan and the Curse of Bone Town and will launch Seed of Life, Hell Architect and the survival horror prequel Daymare: 1994 Sandcastle through 2021 and beyond. Leonardo Interactive is also the owner of VLG publishing.

About Woodland Games 

Woodland Games is a development studio from Poland. We know one thing for sure – we want to give players the best games we can possibly make, and games that we ourselves would like to play. We believe that true passion and putting heart into our work can, and will, result in great products.

Farming Simulator 22 releases this year – limited Collector’s Edition available soon! The game, self-published by developer and publisher GIANTS Software, will come to PC, Mac, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Stadia in Q4 2021.

In limited quantity, the PC version will be available as a stylish Collector’s Edition including a branded, high-quality beacon light. Players operating heavy machinery can enjoy the illuminating orange light as it turns on in real-time corresponding to the vehicles’ beacon light in-game. Also included in the Collector’s Edition are two posters, 24 brand stickers, and updated modding tutorials. Depending on the region, fans can enjoy a Massey Ferguson 8S, Fendt 900 Vario, Case IH Magnum 340 or Zetor Crystal on the cover of the standard edition.

Bread and butter: Production chains expand farming operations
A new economic layer is added to Farming Simulator 22 by introducing production chains. Players can deliver their harvested crops to various shops and businesses for processing. The grain mill, for example, can now produce flour to be delivered to the bakery, starting a lucrative chain of production resulting in fine bread or delicious cake.

Depending on the goods the players want to produce, they must provide the respective factory with multiple resources, like butter or sugar, first. After the production of sellable goods, players are able to further distribute them to points of sale like the supermarket. While some are already present, the players can also build them themselves to expand their operations.

Wide open spaces and landmarks: US map offers vast open space to build farms
Farming Simulator 22 includes two new maps plus an updated alpine Erlengrat map. Inspired by the US Midwest region, the now revealed Elmcreek offers players large fields and vast open space to build their farms on. Virtual farmers can look forward to numerous fields with varying shapes and sizes, authentically embedded in a scenic US landscape.

The authentic rural setting features rivers and underpasses in hilly areas, a gushing waterfall and a proper highway surrounded by a baseball stadium, huge grain silos, a gas station and other buildings shaping the skyline visible from the players’ expanding farmlands.

More information at FarmCon 21
More features and details will be revealed at FarmCon, the official and annual community event for modders, developers and players of the Farming Simulator series. FarmCon 21 streams live for several hours each day from July 21st to July 23rd.

© 2021 Published and developed by GIANTS Software. GIANTS Software and its logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of GIANTS Software. All manufacturers, agricultural machinery, agricultural equipment, names, brands and associated imagery featured in this game in some cases include trademarks and/or copyrighted materials of their respective owners. The agricultural machines and equipment in this game may be different from the actual machines in shapes, colours and performance. ©2021 Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC. “PlayStation Family Mark”, “PlayStation”, “PS5 logo”, “PS5”, “PS4 logo”, “PS4”, “PlayStation Shapes Logo” and “Play Has No Limits” are registered trademarks or trademarks of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. Microsoft, the Xbox Sphere mark, the Series X logo, Series S logo, Series X|S logo, Xbox One and Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, and Xbox Series X|S are trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. Stadia, the S logo, and related marks and logos are trademarks of Google LLC. “Mac” is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries and regions. All rights reserved. All other names, trademarks and logos are property of their respective owners.

ABOUT GIANTS SOFTWARE
GIANTS Software is an international video game developer and publisher from Switzerland established in 2004 and known worldwide for creating the popular Farming Simulator series. The team with offices in Switzerland (Zurich), Germany (Erlangen), USA (Chicago) and Czech Republic (Brno) is very committed to maintain close contact to the agricultural industry and to engage with the community. For more information, please visit giants-software.com

ABOUT FARMING SIMULATOR
Since 2008, over 25 million versions of Farming Simulator have been sold worldwide. The game series has been released on all popular platforms including consoles, mobile phones, tablets and PCs since 2008. From the start, the team enabled users to create mods with the company’s own GIANTS Engine. With the Farming Simulator League (FSL), the series introduced a competitive eSports mode in 2019 – with teams competing in professional tournaments and many acclaimed brands and sponsors on board. More information available at farming-simulator.com

Demand for GeForce NOW in Australia exceeds expectations as Pentanet announces innovative Beta program and October 2021 launch.

Perth, Western Australia – June 9, 2021 – Pentanet, one of the fastest growing Internet Service Providers in Australia, tonight announced a three-stage roll-out plan for the highly anticipated GeForce NOW™ Powered by Pentanet cloud gaming service in Australia.

GeForce NOW Powered by Pentanet, the premiere cloud-based game streaming service, has so far received more than 45,000 Australian registrations in a fantastic show of support for the cutting-edge service. Pentanet founder and managing director, Stephen Cornish, tonight revealed the highly anticipated plan for the beta program in a virtual press conference, Checkpoint LIVE:

Click to watch the livestream at 7pm AWST / 9pm AEST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik9vrW_AZgQ

“One does not simply launch real-time game streaming on Australian internet,” said Mr. Cornish. “We are committed to bringing Australia to the global standard of gaming and to build a service we ourselves would play.

“Once everything goes to plan, and we are satisfied we have done everything we can, we expect to be able to launch the GeForce NOW Powered by Pentanet cloud gaming service in Australia from October of this year,” he said.

Phil Eisler, general manager and vice president of GeForce NOW at NVIDIA, says of the service: “More than 10 million gamers across 70 countries are using GeForce NOW, supported by over 20 data centres worldwide. We’re thrilled to bring the service to Australia, working with Stephen Cornish and Pentanet, who share our passion for gaming and delivering a high-quality cloud gaming experience.” 

In summary, there are three major phases in the testing and roll-out of GeForce NOW Powered by Pentanet in Australia: Beta Quests, Beta Play and National Release.

Larger than just a beta access portal, Pentanet has developed CloudGG – an entire gamified experience that allows for the best possible capture of Beta data to improve the experience in Australia:

1.    Beta Quests: Earn XP, Win Prizes, Level Up Towards Beta Play

Through the CloudGG portal, you’ll be able to complete Quests, earn XP, and level up as steps towards the Beta Play program. With timed release of new Quests regularly, users can level up, earn XP, badges, achievements, and win weekly prizes.

The Beta Quests are important in planning the infrastructure to deliver the highest quality service and will help guide the selection for the next component of the testing: Beta Play.

Users can start their Beta Quest journey from 7pm AWST (9pm AEST) tonight at https://cloud.gg. 

2.    Beta Play: More Play, More Power

Pentanet’s Beta program has been designed to learn about the optimal performance of the GeForce NOW service in Australia across as many different variables as possible. A staged release to Beta Play will see a limited number of players onboarded to start, with new users added to the testing pool every week. 

To be selected, Pentanet are looking for a diverse group of Beta testers who have been highly engaged in the Beta Quests – people most interested in helping Pentanet build the future. XP will be important to gain and collect for major steps towards Beta Play. 

After reviewing and ranking XP, Pentanet will check through the results of the Beta Quests. The goal will be to on-board a diverse group of testers across many tech specs, internet services, devices and locations. A series of channels and groups will be rolled out to capture user experience data throughout the hands-on Beta Play program.

Beta Play is targeting September 2021 for roll-out. 

3.    National Release: You’re in!

Once Pentanet is satisfied the service can roll out in line with the global standard of gaming, the national release will go live. Priority access will be given to Beta Testers, Pentanet internet subscribers, and active Cloud.GG users. This is where the importance of XP will become apparent, with early supporters being rewarded for their ongoing support of Pentanet.

Pentanet and NVIDIA look forward to launching GeForce NOW in Australia in October 2021. More details surrounding the official launch will be revealed in the coming months.

As Pentanet’s Cornish explains, the staged Beta program has been designed to gather as much data as possible on infrastructure demand and user experience. “We’re building a service we ourselves would play, and believe that a staged approach of adding new testers and users over time will allow us to build a service that we as gamers are proud of,” he said.

How To Begin:

Starting today, the https://cloud.gg portal is now live for players to access. You can begin your Beta Quests, earning XP, achievements, badges, prizes, and be in the running for Beta Play. The results of the Beta Play program above will rapidly refine the experience for all users of GeForce NOW Powered by Pentanet, so players are encouraged to begin the Beta Quest journey today and help shape the future of this incredible service in Australia.

Head to https://cloud.gg to begin your Beta Quest journey towards the GeForce NOW Powered by Pentanet Australian Beta.

An FAQ about Pentanet and the GeForce NOW service in Australia is available here: https://gfn.pentanet.gg/faq/

This is the current list of GeForce NOW games, subject to Australian classification: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce-now/games/

ABOUT PENTANET (ASX:5GG)

Pentanet are Western Australia’s favourite telco, passionate about superfast internet and amazing local service. Delivering affordable high-speed internet services to the Perth metro area and NBN fibre to regional WA, Pentanet are proudly powering our great state with superfast internet solutions to suit your home, family, business or enterprise. It’s fast, reliable, local internet that you can count on.

Born from three gamers’ frustration with below average internet speeds, Pentanet has privately built Perth’s largest and fastest growing fixed wireless network. With over 42 towers connected by over 300km of dark fibre across the Perth metropolitan region, the Pentanet Fixed Wireless network delivers fibre-like speeds ‘through the air’ using point-to-point technology. 

ABOUT GEFORCE NOW POWERED BY PENTANET

GeForce NOW is NVIDIA’s cloud-based game streaming service, delivering real-time gameplay straight from the cloud to your laptop, desktop, Mac, SHIELD TV, Android device or iPhone and iPad. With GeForce NOW, can instantly transform nearly any device into the PC gaming rig they’ve always dreamed of. Experience instant loading, ray-traced graphics and smooth FPS even when playing the most demanding games.

Connect to your Steam, Epic, or GOG store accounts and stream your own library of games, or choose from      over 80 of your favourite free-to-play games. With cloud saves for supported games, you can pick up your game where you left off, on any supported device, wherever you are.

In Australia, the service will be powered by Pentanet, providing an optimised experience for gamers in the region.

ABOUT STEPHEN CORNISH

Stephen Cornish founded Pentanet in 2017. Under his leadership, the company has continued to achieve impressive year-on-year growth including listing on the ASX in January 2021. In 2018, Stephen was a finalist in the Australian Young Entrepreneur Awards, and in 2019 was recognised as one of WA’s forty leading business entrepreneurs in the Business News 40Under40 Awards. An avid gamer, in 2019 he founded Western Australia’s own esports league Pentanet.GGG, and is actively championing the digitisation of Australia, starting with Perth. 

Dev Diary #1 shows off the main hub, new interfaces and Game Maker features!‘

HONG KONG — 9th June 2021 — The Sandbox, the virtual world built onto the blockchain, has revealed new information about the game’s highly-anticipated Public Alpha: The Explorers. In this developer diary, The Sandbox has shared a first look at the game’s main hub; the starting point for your adventure in the Multiverse. A new Marketplace interface allows players to buy NFT wearables for their avatar and see all of the most important information at a glance, including the creator’s other designs. With the new Marketplace, you can now buy new LANDs directly, your own customisable piece of virtual real-estate that can be anything from an art gallery to a challenging combat arena.

The Sandbox has updated their Game Maker to include new combat mechanics such as a Parry and a Charged Attack with new UI to help you fend off enemies. Not to mention the quality of life updates with new camera controls and an auto-climb for a smoother user experience. Check out the Dev Diary: https://bit.ly/2SeCBjz

“As we are preparing to release the Alpha, we wanted to share some of the work done by our talented developers. Our goal with The Sandbox has always been to empower players to create personalised experiences while using the unique advantages of NFTs to distribute high-quality designs while supporting creators,” said Marcus Bläsche, Marketing Director at The Sandbox. “We hope that our Game Maker can inspire you to make your own games and art pieces, with potential for Play2Earn by sharing your creations on the Marketplace.

“As the core of our community, LAND owners are the first stakeholders who have been contributing to our Ecosystem, constantly showing support and believed in our vision of an decentralized gaming virtual world from day one,” said Sebastien Borget, COO & Co-Founder of The Sandbox. “We felt it was essential that they be the first ones to experience what our 100+ people team has been busy building and experiment with our Play-to-Earn system. But the public Alpha isn’t just for our early adopters, and we have a lot to offer all players to also benefit from their play time, so join us in the metaverse!”

In The Explorers alpha event, all players will be able to download the game client and access the Main Hub, where they can visit the NFT museum, learn about the factions of The Sandbox and socialize with other players. The Alpha will be packed with more than 50 exclusive studio-approved experiences, offering hours of challenge and fun. Crafted social hubs will also be released where players can meet up with friends, meet new people and explore the lore of the Multiverse’s different factions.

The Sandbox is a unique virtual world where players can build, own, and monetize their gaming experiences using NFTs. These NFTs come in the form of SAND, ASSETs, and LAND. SAND is the currency used within The Sandbox which can be used to purchase ASSETs. ASSETs, are tokens serving as creation elements in The Sandbox Game Maker and are used on LAND, the digital real estate in this metaverse. These components of The Sandbox work in concert to allow players create digital assets in the form of NFTs, upload them to the marketplace, and integrate them into games using the #nocode Game Maker.

Find more information on the The Sandbox on our Medium page: https://medium.com/sandbox-game
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About The Sandbox
The Sandbox, a subsidiary of Animoca Brands, is one of the decentralized virtual worlds that has been fueling the recent growth of virtual real-estate demand. The Sandbox has partnered with major IPs and brands including Atari, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Care Bears, The Smurfs, Shaun the Sheep, and Binance, and expands their use in support of good causes. Building on existing The Sandbox IP that has more than 40 million global installs on mobile, The Sandbox NFT Metaverse will offer players and creators a decentralized and intuitive platform to create immersive 3D worlds and game experiences and to safely store, trade, and monetize creations through blockchain. For more information, please visit www.sandbox.game and follow the regular updates on Twitter, Medium and Discord.

About Animoca Brands
Animoca Brands is a leader in the field of digital entertainment, specializing in blockchain, gamification, and artificial intelligence technologies to develop and publish a broad portfolio of products including the REVV token and SAND token; original games including The Sandbox, Crazy Kings, and Crazy Defense Heroes; and products utilizing popular intellectual properties including Formula 1®, Marvel, WWE, Power Rangers, MotoGP™, and Doraemon. Animoca Brands’ portfolio of blockchain investments and partnerships includes Lucid Sight, Dapper Labs (creators of CryptoKitties and NBA Top Shot), WAX, Harmony, and Decentraland. Subsidiaries include The Sandbox, Quidd, Gamee, nWay, and Lympo. For more information visit www.animocabrands.com or get updates by following Animoca Brands on Facebook or Twitter.