‘80s video gaming icon Atari targets the living room with the Atari VCS — a completely modern gaming and video computer system

Thursday 3 June, 2021 —Bluemouth Interactive today announced 10 June as the Australia/New Zealand retail on sale date for the Atari VCS, Atari’s modern video computer system that blends the best of PCs and consoles. The Atari VCS is the company’s first new hardware product in 25 years, which retails for AU$849.95 / NZ$899.95 and is currently available for preorder from JB Hi-Fi, EB Games, Catch.com.au, The Gamesmen, and Mighty Ape for NZ residents.

“We’re so excited to bring this reimagined ‘80s icon back in a completely modern way to everyone’s living rooms with the Atari VCS,” said Bluemouth Co-Founder and Managing Director David Provan. “The system brings a hit of nostalgia to fans with its classic arcade titles, but also complete versatility to play newer games and stream all in the same place.”

“June 10th is a day that eager Atari fans have been waiting for. The Atari VCS has been well-received by our early-adopter community and we are thrilled that more people will have an opportunity to enjoy Atari’s Video Computer System in their homes.” said Michael Arzt, COO of Atari VCS and Connected Devices.

“We appreciate the strong support of Bluemouth and their retail partners, including EB Games, JB HiFi, The Gamesmen, Amazon Australia and Catch.com.au during this exciting launch.”

The Atari VCS offers something for every gamer, starting with over a dozen titles from popular independent game developers — including Boulder Dash Deluxe, Danger Scavenger, Guntech, Jetboard Joust, Sir Lovelot, Something Ate My Alien, Tailgunner, Atari’s Missile Command: Recharged, and more — with new titles to launch on the Atari VCS store through the year. The Atari VCS also comes preinstalled with the Atari VCS Vault, an exclusive collection of over 100 arcade and Atari 2600 classics, fully optimised for use with the Wireless Classic Joystick, with its rumble and LED light effects that give retro favourites new life.

To coincide with the launch of Atari in Australia and New Zealand, Antstream Arcade is launching for Australian gamers, giving players access to a massive library of classic arcade games. Dubbed as the Netflix of retro games, Antstream opens up a catalogue of over a thousand carefully curated games to choose from, providing Atari users in Australia an expansive gaming experience. Antstream is currently live in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane^[1].

The Atari VCS includes Chrome as its built-in browser, allowing full access to Google’s Workspace apps for productivity use such as checking emails and social media, catching up on work, or streaming content. The Atari VCS’s unique PC Mode is compatible with Linux, Windows and Chrome OS operating systems, among others, making the system a versatile two-in-one device. The Atari VCS is compatible with most PC peripherals including keyboards, mice and game controllers to create a flexible home game system.

The Atari VCS PC/console hybrid is designed as a multimedia PC and home game system to delight a whole new generation of gamers and creators. The Atari VCS is powered by an AMD Raven Ridge 2 APU and Ryzen GPU and comes equipped with 8GB DDR4 RAM and a 32GB hard drive with the option to customise and upgrade both RAM and storage. Atari VCS All-In system bundles also include a Wireless Classic Joystick and the all-new Wireless Modern Controller designed for both retro gameplay and the latest PC game titles.

For more information on the Atari VCS, visit atarivcs.com.

About Atari

Atari is an interactive entertainment company. As an iconic brand that transcends generations and audiences, the company is globally recognized for its multi-platform, interactive entertainment, and licensed products. Atari owns and/or manages a portfolio of more than 200 games and franchises, including world-renowned brands like Asteroids®, Centipede®, Missile Command®, Pong®, and RollerCoaster Tycoon®. Atari has offices in New York and Paris. Visit us online at www.Atari.com.

About Bluemouth Interactive

Established in 2003, Bluemouth Interactive is a leading independent supplier of video game, mobile phone and audio accessories in Australia and New Zealand. Bluemouth’s award winning product portfolio and distribution capability have positioned the business at the leading edge of entertainment distribution. Bluemouth’s Management team is comprised of entertainment industry professionals who have previously held senior roles at leading public listed entertainment companies including Disney and Take-Two. Bluemouth’s insistence on genuine partnership and market development ensures that Bluemouth Interactive remain the trusted business partner of choice for entertainment accessories and pop culture products in Australia and New Zealand.

About Antstream

Antstream Arcade is a retro games platform with over a thousand carefully curated games to choose from. With one account across multiple devices (from gaming consoles to phones and tablets), take on friends or foes in our exclusively coded challenges or try your hat at our casual esports tournaments. It’s your choice whether you dip in, or go deep!

*servers currently live out of Sydney with coverage guaranteed, coverage available in some regions in Victoria, New south Wales and Queensland but not guaranteed. Further roll outs anticipated.

Ghostrunner Upgrades Onto PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S September 28 

Switch Physical Edition Launching June 25 in Europe, June 29 in U.S.

CALABASAS, Calif. — June 2, 2021 — Publisher 505 Games, alongside developers and partners All In! Games, One More Level, 3D Realms, and Slipgate Ironworks™ announced today the official physical and digital PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S launch date of Ghostrunner, the first-person cyberpunk parkour action game, coming Tuesday, September 28.

Ghostrunner’s critically-acclaimed fast-paced cyberpunk action makes the leap into next-gen with improved graphics, performance and awesome new features. Cut through cyborgs while grappling across deadly chasms post-processing HDR, ray tracing fidelity mode, 3D audio, Haptic feedback for the PlayStation 5 and more. Split-second reaction timing and impressive moves feels even more impressively aggressive with 4K/120 FPS and instant loading.

PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S versions of Ghostrunner include all modes added since launch, including the time-attack style Kill Run Mode and intuitive Photo Mode. One More Level will continue to expand the title even further throughout the year, with the recently-announced roguelike Wave Mode and more accessible Assist Mode coming later this summer.

Ghostrunner launches on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S Tuesday, September 28 in physical retail stores and digital storefronts for $29.99 / €29.99 / £24.99. Owners of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 versions can upgrade to their respective new generation console version for free. Pre-orders for physical editions on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S will open soon. Ghostrunner’s physical Nintendo Switch version launches June 25 in Europe and June 29 in the U.S.

Ghostrunner is available now on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Amazon Luna, and PC via Steam, the Epic Games Store, and GOG. 

Ghostrunner is published by H2 Interactive for Nintendo Switch and PlayStation in Asia.

For more information about Ghostrunner, including full language support, visit the official website.

Grappling hook drift racer packs friend-based leaderboards

June 2nd, 2021 — Eponymouse is excited to announce its upcoming time trial racing game Twilight Drive is releasing for Windows PC June 16th on Steam for $9.99 — set faster and faster track times to earn medals and beat your friends!

A top-down driving game where you turbo, drift, and use a grappling hook mechanic to turn corners, Twilight Drive isinfluenced by fair but challenging games that are fun with tight, responsive controls.

Features:

• 40 different tracks to drive on, with varied settings: grass, desert, sea, underground; day, night, twilight
• Unique way to take corners by attaching to them
• Fun driving physics model, including drifting
• Custom-written game engine with fully dynamic shadows
• Race against bronze, silver and gold times to earn medals – and beat your friends
• Support for accessibility: fully voiced menus, slower game speeds, magnification, high-contrast mode, adjustable field-of-view
• Individual per-track 90s UK electronica soundtrack
• Dynamic music that adjusts to your race progress

To learn more about Twilight Drive, visit: https://www.twilight-drive.com/
Twitter:@Eponymouse_com
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/eponymouse_com

About Eponymouse
Eponymouse is a one person studio run by Neil Brown. This is his first game, developed as a side project. In his day job Neil works as an academic researcher at a university.

Communicate with your troops by sending messengers with letters. Replay unique scenarios taking part in famous medieval events, such as the Hundred Years’ War, the Battle of Grunwald, or the Wars of the Roses. Become a medieval ruler in King’s Orders – a strategy simulation game that has just been announced for PC.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 2nd, Warsaw, Poland.

Imagine you’ve moved back in time a couple of centuries. Picture a world without immediate communication, internet, mobile phones, social media, modern means of transportation, or any sort of infrastructure that would allow a fast flow of information. Instead, all you’ve got at your disposal are stables full of horses, a bunch of courtiers awaiting your orders, and a whole kingdom to rule. Decisions are to be made, new territories to be conquered, and the realm’s economy to be handled. Will you be able to stay at the top of your game and win your dominance over Europe in a world where you wait weeks for news from a distant battlefield, in which orders might get lost on the way, and where decisions are made based on reports from several days ago?

Add the game to your wish list on Steam (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1369690/Kings_Orders/), and don’t miss any news about your future realm.

ABOUT KING’S ORDERS

King’s Orders is a game offering a unique take on the strategy genre. Unlike many other titles where you manage your armies in real-time and see instant results of your actions, here you’ll be communicating with your troops by sending messengers with letters. This means waiting for messages to be delivered, dealing with the fact they may never reach their destination, and building your whole ruling plan on reports and feedback that might be long outdated. Become a medieval ruler and manage armies and cities on the map of Europe. Claim new territories, expand influences, and replay unique scenarios taking part in famous events of the time, such as the Hundred Years’ War, the Battle of Grunwald, or the Wars of the Roses. Re-enact historical goings-on and see how you can change the course of history. Create a dominating empire that shall last for centuries!

KING’S ORDERS – MAIN FEATURES

• A simplified historical strategy game with a twist. Rule your kingdom, give orders by sending letters to your generals, and make decisions based on the reports you receive.
• Real medieval war scenarios. From the Hundred Years’ War, through the Battle of Grunwald, and to the Wars of the Roses.
• The grand campaign allowing you to become the ruler of any medieval kingdom of Europe.
• Magnified realism and a deeper level of immersion. Deal with the lack of battle preview in real-time and the fact that messengers with your orders might never reach their destination.
• Loyalty and morale system that impacts gameplay. Monitor your generals’ attitude as they will help you stifle potential rebellion that might occur if you keep making unpopular decisions.
• Kingdom economy to be handled. Gold gained will give you various opportunities. Will you train more troops or focus on fortifying? You decide what kind of ruler you are and how you’re going to manage your realm.

King’s Orders™ is being developed by Afterlife studio and will be published on PC by Games Operators.

More information about the game can be found on Steam, Facebook, and Twitter.

About Games Operators

Games Operators is a publishing company that invests in, releases, and promotes video games. The company helps develop innovative and unique video games like 911 Operator, Radio Commander, 112 Operator, BE-A Walker, Transport INC., and Rustler by getting involved in projects at various levels of progress – from the conceptual phase to nearly-finished products. http://www.gameops.pl/

RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Winner to perform comedy and entertainment show for leading social virtual community reaching millions of members worldwide

HELSINKI, Finland — June 2, 2021 — Azerion, the leading pan-European digital gaming and monetisation company, announces today that it will be hosting in Hotel Hideaway, a 3D social virtual community, an upcoming performance by renowned American singer, actor, and drag queen Trixie Mattel. The free event will take place virtually in Hotel Hideaway on June 4, which aligns with LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, celebrated with events and parades throughout the month of June in the US. Hotel Hideaway is operated by Finnish gaming company Sulake, which was fully acquired by media company Azerion earlier this year.

Valtteri Karu, CEO of Sulake said: “Our priority is to make Hotel Hideaway an inclusive space for our diverse community. We want to celebrate our LGBTQIA+ community, and so we couldn’t be more thrilled to have renowned drag artist Trixie Mattel join us for a special performance during Pride Month to delight and entertain our global community.”

Trixie Mattel said: “One of my passions is gaming and engaging with fellow gamers online, so I was excited to collaborate with Hotel Hideaway for this opportunity to perform and connect with its community.”

“We’re pumped to be partnering with an icon like Trixie to give visibility to all communities in our games and inspire players to show their pride support. At Azerion one of our biggest strengths is our diversity. We are proud to show our solidarity with the LGBTQIA+ community in celebration of Pride Month,” says Jurriaan van Teunenbroek, VP Games and Content at Azerion.

On June 4, beginning at 5PM PDT, 8PM EDT, 2AM CET, Trixie Mattel will be performing standup comedy in addition to a musical performance for free to audiences in Hotel Hideaway, followed by a Meet & Greet and live Q&A with Trixie Mattel on the Hotel Hideaway Youtube channel.

Recently, Hotel Hideaway held several virtual concerts for its community, including performances from artists Cookiee Kawaii, DJ Luuk van Dijk, DJ Mark Sixma and Sidney Samson that altogether drew close to 300,000 concert-goers who viewed and danced through the 30-minute performances, and purchased concert merchandise, including clothing featuring the headlining artists’ brand. To cover all major time zones, Hotel Hideaway arranged these events during a 24-hour period. Additionally, Hotel Hideaway plans to announce more upcoming virtual events soon.

To learn more about the upcoming Trixie Mattel performance on June 4 and stay up to date on all the latest news from Hotel Hideaway, fans can download the app and join the concert conversation online.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hotel-hideaway-virtual-world/id922825959
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.piispanen.hotelhideaway

About Hotel Hideaway
Hotel Hideaway is a 3D social virtual community full of opportunities to meet new people and make new friends. With over 15 million users worldwide and more than 800,000 monthly active users, Hideaway is a lively and vibrant world full to the brim with social adventures and fun activities! Listen to the music you love in the game’s virtual Concert Venue and chat and interact with your favorite artists. Dress your avatar to impress, and stand out from the crowd with an exceptionally large and diverse collection of clothing, items and accessories. Customize your room with a variety of furniture items and decorations. Learn secret gestures and dance moves – and then party into the early hours inside unique public rooms! No matter what you like to spend your time doing, Hotel Hideaway is the place to be! Dutch digital gaming and monetisation company Azerion acquired Sulake in January 2021, after being a majority stakeholder since 2018. Sulake’s headquarters are located in Helsinki, supported by design and marketing in London and a user care centre in Madrid.

About Trixie Mattel
Trixie Mattel is the stage name of Brian Michael Firkus, an American singer, actor, drag queen and recognized “Skinny Legend.” Trixie is the winner of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” season 3 (originally competing on season 7). He is also a Billboard Heatseekers #1 charting recording artist (One Stone, 2018), a wildly successful touring act, and one half of a comic duo with Katya on YouTube (“UNHhhh” & Netflix’s “I Like To Watch”).

In 2019, Trixie worked the festival circuit as the subject of a bio documentary, “Trixie Mattel: Moving Parts,” (now on Netflix) and debuted his cosmetics company Trixie Cosmetics, a booming cruelty-free beauty company creating pro-level makeup in toy-like packaging. He also released his first standup special, “Skinny Legend” for Viacom and OUTtv.

2020 found Trixie releasing his third album ‘Barbara’ to acclaim from Rolling Stone, Billboard, People, Entertainment Weekly, NPR, Vanity Fair, GQ, Esquire and more. He also released a New York Times best-selling book with Katya called “Trixie and Katya’s Guide to Modern Womanhood” and started a podcast called “The Bald And The Beautiful,” which consistently ranks among the most streamed podcasts in the US and abroad. Trixie also boasts more than 2 million subscribers to his Youtube channel, Trixie Cosmetics TV, where he continues to release new videos weekly.

Trixie most recently dropped the ‘Full Coverage – Vol. 1’ EP which includes a critically acclaimed cover of “Jackson” featuring Orville Peck, applauded by Billboard, Rolling Stone, MTV, Entertainment Tonight, Consequence of Sound, and more.

New studio formed off the back of a BlitWorks-Larian Studios asset deal

The new Spanish studio consists of the former engineering team of BlitWorks, a
video game developer known for its console and mobile ports of acclaimed games such as Super Meat Boy, They Are Billions, FEZ, Spelunky, Bastion, Sonic CD and Don’t Starve – not to mention Larian’s own Divinity: Original Sin 2, which it helped bring to life on Nintendo Switch in 2019.

Under this deal, Larian acquired the developer’s entire dev team while BlitWorks itself will continue working independently as a publisher.

“BlitWorks’ story with Larian goes way back. After porting most of the best indie games to console, we were challenged to port Divinity: Original Sin 2 to Nintendo Switch and without knowing, that was the start of a long-lasting relationship,” said BlitWorks co-founder Tony Cabello. “No need to say fitting DOS2 on Nintendo Switch was one of the most difficult projects we’ve ever done, but working with Larian was simple and straightforward, we felt at home.”

“In the end, we could deliver a port of the ‘utmost quality’, as initially required, and what we also require ourselves on every project we work on. After that, things flowed naturally and we can only say we’re excited to finally put all our focus exclusively on Larian’s projects moving forward, and help build Larian Barcelona!”

Larian Barcelona is now the 7th studio under the Larian umbrella, joining teams in Gent, Dublin, Quebec, Saint Petersburg, and recently announced offices in Guildford and Kuala Lumpur.

“The team at BlitWorks are one of the hidden gems of our industry. They have been nothing but excellent, have consistently delivered high quality, and share a deep passion for games. They’re a natural fit. I’m therefore doubly happy today. A place by the beach that features actual sun and a significant boost to our capacity,” adds Larian Studios founder, Swen Vincke.

About Larian Studios
Larian Studios is an independent RPG developer founded in 1996 in Ghent, Belgium. Over 300 people work between the seven worldwide studios in Ghent, St Petersburg, Quebec, Dublin, Guildford, Malaysia and Barcelona. Larian is best known for the Divinity universe, which they introduced to the world with Divine Divinity in 2002. In 2014, Larian launched Divinity: Original Sin, a classic CRPG that won over 150 awards and nominations. The company released its critically acclaimed sequel Divinity: Original Sin 2 on September 14, 2017, followed by the Definitive Edition in August 2018 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One to a 93 Metacritic rating. The Nintendo Switch version released in September 2019 featuring cross save progression between Nintendo Switch and Steam. Divinity:Original Sin 2 won a Bafta for Best Multiplayer Game. In October 2020, Larian Studios released the Early Access version of Baldur’s Gate 3.

WARSAW, POLAND – June 2, 2021 – Klabater is pleased to announce that Heliborne – a military helicopters-based modern combat simulator – is now available for pre-order on Xbox One and Xbox Series X. The game will be released on June 16 this year.

Heliborne is now available for pre-order at Microsoft store

The special edition of Heliborne for Microsoft consoles will include all previously published add-ons with special military camos. The game offers realistic visual quality and introduces significant improvements: various helicopter models night versions of maps, a modernized network engine. The object physics in the game has also been updated and the interface has been refreshed. All these improvements will be included in the Xbox edition.

‘Fans interested in helicopters-based combat are not overly spoiled when it comes to consoles, I believe Heliborne fills the market gap.’ – says Michał Gembicki, Joint-CEO at Klabater. 

Xbox One and Series X version of Heliborne:

Take control of the most famous Soviet and American combat helicopters!
Over 40 legendary helicopters from 1955-2003!
Over 100 weapon variants available!
Historical co-op missions!
6 open maps including Gulf of Tonkin (Vietnam), Operation Nguyen Hue (Vietnam), Badakhshan Province (Afghanistan)!
3 game modes: single-player, co-op, and competitive online up to 10 players!
Open sandbox maps!

ABOUT HELIBORNE

Take on your opponents in faithfully recreated historical missions or compete in multiplayer mode against players from around the world. In Heliborne you’ll be able to fight alongside your friends in an exciting co-op mode. The game introduces the players to the thrilling world of propeller military aviation and allows them to experience sky-high battles, providing the players with machines from different eras (from the 1950s to the present day) and a wide range of maps and missions. Heliborne also offers a dynamic battlefield where the air forces support ground troops responsible for fortifying positions and creating supply lines.

Minion Rush Hits One Billion Downloads

Gameloft, Illumination and Universal Pictures’ Minions Franchise Game Becomes First Film-Inspired Mobile Game to Reach 1 Billion Downloads, Joining Exclusive Circle of Mobile Games to Reach This Milestone

Paris, France, June 2, 2021 – Gameloft, a leader in the creation and publishing of games, in collaboration with Illumination and Universal Games and Digital Platforms, is thrilled to announce that Minion Rush, the mobile game inspired by Illumination and Universal Pictures’ Despicable Me franchise, has received more than 1 billion downloads across iOS, Android, and other supporting devices. In the eight years since launch, Minion Rush has become one of the most popular and widely downloaded mobile games of all time and is also the first mobile game based on a film property to reach this milestone.

Launched on June 10, 2013, Minion Rush offered fun and accessible runner gameplay with the signature mischief and subversive humor of the Minions. Over the last eight years, players continue to log in and play their favorite mobile game, experiencing fresh content and new features introduced on a regular basis. To date, fans have collected 90 trillion bananas and completed more than 216 billion miles running in-game, for a grand total of 3.4 billion hours spent playing the game.

In celebration, the team behind Minion Rush is rolling out a commemorative Celebration Event, beginning June 2, 2021, where players will work together to collect 33 billion in-game bananas, to unlock a very special Minions costume. It also features the long-awaited and requested introduction of two new playable Minions, Bob and Stuart. More information on the event can be found here.

“That’s right, with a ‘B!’ as in a BILLION downloads,” said Stas Sadkeyev, Minion Rush Game Manager from Gameloft Kharkiv. “B as in bananas, B as in boggling, B as in Bob, B as in a billion players! We are so honored to be such an important part of the Minions story, speaking to and engaging with players and fans from all around the world. Very rarely do games reach this milestone, and everyone here at Gameloft is humbled to have made it.”

“This remarkable milestone is a testament to the strength and longevity of this franchise and our close collaboration with the teams at Gameloft and Universal,” said Chris Meledandri, Founder and CEO of Illumination.

“When we partnered with Gameloft to bring a Minions game to fans, we knew something special was going to be made due to our shared ambition of bringing a thoughtful, authentic and humor-infused experience to market,” said Jim Molinets, SVP of Production, Universal Games and Digital Platforms. “But reaching 1 billion downloads? That’s only something Gru would aim for! The game’s tremendous growth and success since 2013 has really been fueled by fan loyalty and appreciation, and we will continue to entertain our players as they deepen their connection with the beloved franchise.”

Minion Rush is free to download on the App Store, and Google Play, with in-app purchases, available here.

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About Gameloft

Leader in the development and publishing of games, Gameloft® has established itself as one of the top innovators in its field since 2000. Gameloft creates games for all digital platforms, two of which are featured in the “Top 10 iOS Games by All-Time Worldwide Downloads” from App Annie. Gameloft operates its own established franchises such as Asphalt®, Dragon Mania Legends, Modern Combat and Dungeon Hunter and also partners with major rights holders including Disney®, LEGO®, Universal, Illumination Entertainment, Hasbro®, Fox Digital Entertainment, Mattel®, Lamborghini® and Ferrari®. Gameloft distributes its games in over 100 countries and employs 3,600 people worldwide. Every month, 70 million unique users can be reached by advertisers in Gameloft games with Gameloft for brands, a leading B2B offering dedicated to brands and agencies. Gameloft is a Vivendi company.

About Illumination

Illumination, founded by Academy Award® nominee Chris Meledandri in 2007, is one of the entertainment industry’s leading producers of event-animated films, including Despicable Me, the most successful animated franchise in cinematic history.  The company’s releases include two of the top 10 animated films of all time, and its iconic, beloved franchises—infused with memorable and distinct characters, global appeal and cultural relevance—have grossed more than $6.25 billion worldwide.

Illumination, which has an exclusive financing and distribution partnership with Universal Pictures, is the creator of the  world of Despicable Me. The franchise includes Minions, the fourth-highest-grossing animated film of all time and the most profitable film in Universal’s history, as well as the Academy Award®- nominated Despicable Me 2 and Despicable Me 3, which made more than $1 billion at the global box office.

Illumination has launched two additional original properties that captivated audiences worldwide: The Secret Life of Pets, which achieved the best opening for an original movie, animated or otherwise, in U.S. history, and the global smash, Sing. In 2018, Illumination’s Dr. Seuss’s The Grinch had the biggest opening weekend of any Christmas-themed movie in history, followed, in June 2019, by The Secret Life of Pets 2. Illumination’s upcoming films include Sing 2 in December 2021 and Minions: The Rise of Gru in July 2022.

About Universal Games and Digital Platforms

Universal’s Games and Digital Platforms group leverages the vast portfolio of IP and characters from NBCUniversal. The Games and Digital Platforms group is a business unit of Universal Brand Development, which is chartered with globally expanding the company’s intellectual properties, franchises, characters and stories through innovative physical and digital products, content and consumer experiences. The company’s extensive portfolio includes properties created by Universal Pictures, Illumination, DreamWorks Animation, and NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. Universal Brand Development is part of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation. www.universalbranddevelopment.com All trademarks referenced above are owned by their respective trademark owners.

ALISO VIEJO, Calif. – June 2, 2021 – June is here, so turn up the heat in FUSER with new DLC tracks releasing this month. Create a vibe of your own with these new songs in a freestyle session or show off your mixing skills on the new Diamond Stage – the 24/7 in-game music festival where players can play in front of 250+ viewers. Find out more about FUSER on the official website: Fuser.com 

DLC Tracks arriving to FUSER in June: 

• Alesso & Armin van Buuren “Leave A Little Love”
• *Cap’n Spicy Dill “Soon May the Wellerman Come”
• Daryl Hall & John Oates “Maneater”
• Fleetwood Mac “Dreams”
• Imagine Dragons “Follow You”
• Joel Corry ft. MNEK “Head & Heart”
• Machine Gun Kelly & blackbear “my ex’s best friend”
• Masked Wolf “Astronaut In The Ocean”
• Zara Larsson “Look What You’ve Done”

* Track offered free to all FUSER players

Also coming in May is Dissentor “Loop Pack 12,” a free release and the second in FUSER’s series of Promoter Packs. Loop Pack 12 features a collection of typically moody Dissentor sounds – precisely calculated to achieve maximum booty shaking.

FUSER: Combine vocals, beats and melodies using your own personal style to create one-of-a-kind custom mixes. With a library of more than 100 songs to choose from, plus dozens of instruments and effects and 100+ songs available as DLC, there’s always a new mix to discover. FUSER is the ultimate music playground!

Announcing Dark Horse Games, the New Games & Digital Division of Dark Horse Comics

Dark Horse Comics’ new label will partner with gaming’s top developers to produce original AAA titles as well as create its own first-party products from a library of over 425 IPs

MILWAUKIE, Oregon — June 2, 2021 — Multimedia publisher and entertainment company Dark Horse Comics has revealed Dark Horse Games (“DHG”), its new gaming and digital division. With two main offices in Oregon and Shanghai, DHG’s mission is to create unique experiences — both through close licensing partnerships with the industry’s best game makers and its own in-house, first-party titles — inspired by Dark Horse Comics’ diverse portfolio of over 425 story-driven characters and universes. Over the company’s history, Dark Horse has published such world-renowned IPs as Hellboy, Frank Miller’s Sin City and 300, Umbrella Academy, Polar, Lady Killer, Emily the Strange, Usagi Yojimbo, Resident Alien, and many more.

“We’ve spent the past thirty-five years developing a long list of original, fan-favorite IP with many of the best partners in digital entertainment. Now is the perfect time to expand our vision into gaming,” said Dark Horse Comics founder and President Mike Richardson. “Dark Horse Games gives us exciting new ways to engage with fans of all kinds on a multitude of platforms.”

Executive Chairman of Dark Horse Comics, Stanley Cheung, and Dark Horse Games – General Manager, Johnny B. Lee

Dark Horse Games is currently in discussions with some of the world’s top gaming studios to create AAA licensed titles based on Dark Horse Comics’ vast library to be released over the next several years across all platforms, including PC, consoles, mobile and cloud-based services. Meanwhile, DHG’s first-party games will focus on refreshing older and less established IPs as gaming first IPs. DHG will also produce and release multimedia projects (e.g., webtoons and anime) in conjunction with the first-party games. DHG is in active discussions with the world’s top game co-development studios and content production studios, with the first of these in-house projects already in production.

“Dark Horse Comics sits at the intersection of consumer entertainment, production and publishing. We’re one of the few companies that own IP nimble enough to execute coordinated strategies across multiple platforms, and that’s a huge advantage in gaming and digital,” said Dark Horse Games General Manager Johnny B. Lee.

Interested parties can reach out to [email protected] for business inquiries.