BANDAI NAMCO ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA INC. ANNOUNCES NEW INITIATIVES TO COMMEMORATE PAC-MAN’S 41st ANNIVERSARY AND GET PAC-TIVE!

In 2021, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. celebrates PAC-MAN’s 41^st anniversary with a myriad of activities and partnerships to help commemorate this milestone for one of the world’s most beloved and recognizable video game characters. 

PAC-MAN™ invites fans from around the world to get #PAC-TIVE throughout 2021 in mind, body, and within their communities. Watch the official music video directed and produced by WEiRDCORE for PAC-MAN’s PAC-TIVE initiative theme song, written, produced, and performed by musical artist Yaeji featuring DiAN:

In keeping with this year’s PAC-TIVE theme, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. has partnered with both Giants Enterprises (the entrepreneurial arm of the San Francisco Giants Major League Baseball team), and National Basketball Association (NBA) for exciting activities and collaborations that encourage fans to get up and get PAC-TIVE! 

Avid runners can register for the Giant Race’s 2021RUN series, a year-long San Francisco Giants baseball-focused fitness program that includes monthly virtual challenges alongside four races traditionally held in Scottsdale, Sacramento, San Jose, and San Francisco. Completing monthly challenges will reward participants with one of 12 exclusive pins including a special “Join the PAC” PAC-MAN pin for the month of May. Register at the following link to start the challenge today! giantrace.com/2021RUN

PAC-MAN’s partnership with the NBA for the 2020-21 season continues with a new NBA Playoffs Adventure for PAC-MAN Mobile as well as new NBA-inspired merchandise. Fans will have one last chance to play the NBA All-Star Event within PAC-MAN Mobile before the NBA Playoffs Event begins later this month. In the NBA Playoffs Event, fans will be able to play through 20 levels representing the 20 teams in the State Farm NBA Play-In Tournament and the NBA Playoffs, featuring fun basketball-inspired power-ups while collecting cards to fill out their PAC-MAN NBA Playoffs album. New NBA-inspired PAC-MAN gear is coming soon, including a PAC-MAN x NBA by Junk Food collection available on NBAStore.com featuring apparel for all 30 NBA teams, a line of ISlide PAC-MAN x NBA slide sandals, and much more to come. 

Bringing PAC-MAN back to his original gaming roots, we encourage all PAC-MAN fans to celebrate his 41^st anniversary by playing some of his most recent releases; PAC-MAN™ Mega Tunnel Battle exclusively available on Stadia and playable for free with Stadia Pro, PAC-MAN™ WAKA WAKA available for select Amazon Alexa devices (including Echo Show devices, Fire TV Cube, and screen-based devices like Samsung TVs with Alexa Built-in), and PAC-MAN™ 99 available for the Nintendo Switch* system. All three titles offer exciting gameplay centered around PAC-MAN’s classic maze gameplay, showing how PAC-MAN continues to evolve within an ever-changing industry while still holding on to what makes his game unique.

*Nintendo Switch Online membership (sold separately) and Nintendo Account required for online features. Not available in all countries. Internet access required for online features. Terms apply. nintendo.com/switch-online

Start your evil adventure on June 1st with the closed beta

Lesquin, France, May 20, 2021 – NACON, Cyanide and Leikir Studio are pleased to announce that Rogue Lords will be playable as part of a closed beta on June 1st for those who register. To accompany this news, Rogue Lords is unveiling a new video that introduces the evil Disciples: legendary characters that possess unique skills and a deliciously macabre art style.

Check below for a detailed presentation of the 9 evil Disciples

At the start of each run, you create a team of three Disciples. The characters have unique attacking and defensive skills, and none of them are limited to a single role. Choose your team based on your play style and adapt your Disciples’ arsenal of skills to in-game events to defeat the most powerful enemies. Each Disciple has their own special skills. You will need to choose different combinations of spells and curses to create diabolical team synergies.

You will love exploring your dark side and playing iconic evil geniuses, such as the White Lady, Dr Frankenstein and his creature, and Dracula.

Want to participate in the closed beta? Follow closely our social networks to be informed of the opening date of the registration.

The game will be available in 2021 on PC, PlayStation®4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch^TM..

About NACON
NACON is a company of the BIGBEN Group founded in 2019 to optimize its know-how through strong synergies in the video game market. By bringing together its 8 development studios, the publishing of AA video games, the design and distribution of premium gaming devices, NACON focuses 20 years of expertise at the service of players. This new unified business unit strengthens NACON’s position in the market, enables it to innovate by creating new unique competitive advantages and achieve its ambition to become one of the world’s leading players in gaming. https://www.nacongaming.com/

About Cyanide
Cyanide is a French video game development studio created in 2000 and based in Nanterre. It has two subsidiaries located in Montreal and Bordeaux. The studio is known for its sports games, such as the popular PC series Cycling Manager and its console version, Tour de France. Cyanide is also the author of Blood Bowl (Sport/Fantasy, 2009), the adaptation of the famous Games Workshop board game; Game of Thrones (RPG, 2012); Styx: Master of Shadows and the sequel Styx: Shards of Darkness (Infiltration, 2014/2017); and Call of Cthulhu, a game adapted from the tormented world of HP Lovecraft (investigative RPG, 2018). More information can be found at www.cyanide-studio.com

About Leikir Studio
Leikir Studio is a cross-media company. Its objective is to deploy original worlds on all media platforms. Today, the studio is made up of a web team and a video game development team, creators of the brawler Wondershot and the platformer/bullet hell Isbarah.

Lesquin, France, May 20, 2021 – NACON and KT Racing are pleased to unveil some new gameplay images for WRC 10, the official video game of the FIA World Rally Championship, which releases on 2 September 2021 on PlayStation®4, PlayStation®5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S and Steam.

Discover the Croatia Rally in WRC 10 with a new video:

As we celebrate the Croatia Rally’s very first appearance in the Championship calendar, it may already be regarded as one of the most exciting events in WRC history. Contested a few weeks ago, a WRC asphalt rally has never been so close with just six tenths of a second separating the winner, Sébastien Ogier, from Welshman Elfyn Evans.

And now these breathtaking performances can be recreated by virtual drivers in September in WRC 10. The Croatia Rally takes place entirely on asphalt on very varied surfaces that are often rutted and damaged from the region’s bad weather. These roads in the heart of the Croatian countryside are often extremely narrow and require immaculate handling to maintain speed. Thanks to the ultra-realistic physics developed by KT Racing, WRC 10 offers a unique driving experience in 4K and 60FPS that closely matches what real drivers feel. Follow in the tracks of the greatest drivers and become the next legend with WRC 10!

With WRC 10, the leading off-road racing simulator is reinventing itself once more! Finish the 2021 season atop the podium and relive the most intense moments at the wheel of iconic cars to celebrate 50 years of the competition.

• 6 historic rallies, including Acropolis, San Remo, Germany, Argentina…
• Over 20 legendary cars, including Alpine, Audi, Lancia, Subaru, Ford, Mitsubishi, Toyota…
• 4 brand-new rallies: Estonia, Croatia, Belgium and Spain
• 52 official teams of the 2021 season (WRC, WRC2, WRC3, Junior WRC)

WRC 10 will be available on September 2, 2021 on PlayStation®4, PlayStation®5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC and on Nintendo Switch™ at a later date.

Add WRC 10 to your Steam wishlist

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

About Kylotonn
Created in 2006, Kylotonn is one the most important French video game development studios, also known under KT Racing label. Specialized in motorsports and official developer of the WRC FIA World Rally Championship series and Isle of Man Tourist Trophy, the company is internationally recognized for its know-how and for the passion of its teams. With more than 110 employees as of today in Paris and Lyon, Kylotonn has developed more than 25 titles distributed by major publishers. Kylotonn has forged itself a strong technological expertise thanks to the real-time 3D engine KT Engine that the company owns. At the forefront of the video game industry, this technology is also used within R&D partnerships on autonomous vehicle projects in the automotive industry. Since 2018, NACON, one of Europe’s leading video game publishers, holds a 100% stake in the company. Kylotonn is member of the French National Developers Federation (Syndicat National du Jeu Vidéo) and Capital Games. The company is supported by BPI, IFCIC and the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation.

About WRC Promoter GmbH
WRC Promoter GmbH is responsible for all commercial aspects of the FIA World Rally Championship, including TV production and the marketing of global media and sponsorship rights. The Promoter also has responsibility to increase the field of participants and to propose the venues that form the FIA WRC calendar.
The World Rally Championship is the FIA’s premium rally series. WRC showcases authentic motorsport, high performance cars and the world’s best drivers competing in dramatic surroundings ranging from the ice and snow of Scandinavia to the blistering heat of Italy in mid-summer. Established in its current format in 1973, WRC participants battle for the drivers’ and manufacturers’ world titles at 12 rallies spanning three continents.

New Hot Wheels Unleashed™ Gameplay Video Unveils College Campus Environment

School has never been so fun!

Mattel and Milestone released today a new Hot Wheels Unleashed™ gameplay trailer unveiling its third stunning environment, the College Campus.

Set in a typical American college, the College Campus is a complex environment with a main hallway connecting three different rooms: the library, the classroom and the chemistry lab. Players can create tracks that connect different rooms using the hallway or…the ventilation shaft up above!

Two other environments have already been revealed: the dark and rusty Garage, with its underground mood, and the Skyscraper, a construction site that will test players’ fear of heights.

The new gameplay video also unveiled six new vehicles out of the 60+ plus vehicles available on day 1. The new six revealed are: Street Wiener™, Total Disposal, Power Rocket™, Skull Crusher™, Tanknator™, Winning Formula™ and Exotique™.

More environments and cars will be revealed in the next months.

Hot Wheels Unleashed offers players the opportunity to drive the cars as if they were playing with the die-cast toys. The gameplay includes adrenaline-filled races, an extended choice of Hot Wheels vehicles with different attributes and rarity levels that players can customise with different skins, and jaw-dropping tracks set in everyday-life locations with special track pieces and interactive items. The game also features a revolutionary Track Editor enabling players to customise tracks in any game environment and share them with the game’s community.

For more information and where to pre-order, visithotwheelsunleashed.com. Drivers can also join the #HotWheelsUnleashed conversation online at Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter.

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About Milestone

Founded in Milan in 1996, Milestone S.r.l. is one of the leading and longest established racing game developers in the world.  The 200+ people team is responsible for hit series like MotoGP™, MXGP and Monster Energy Supercross – The Official Videogame, as well as RIDE and Gravel, Milestone’s own IPs.

For more information please visit  www.milestone.it

About Mattel

Mattel is a leading global toy company and owner of one of the strongest catalogs of children’s and family entertainment franchises in the world. We create innovative products and experiences that inspire, entertain and develop children through play. We engage consumers through our portfolio of iconic brands, including Barbie®, Hot Wheels®, Fisher-Price®, American Girl®, Thomas & Friends™, UNO® and MEGA®, as well as other popular intellectual properties that we own or license in partnership with global entertainment companies. Our offerings include film and television content, gaming, music and live events. We operate in 35 locations and our products are available in more than 150 countries in collaboration with the world’s leading retail and e-commerce companies. Since its founding in 1945, Mattel is proud to be a trusted partner in empowering children to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential.

HOT WHEELS UNLEASHED™ © 2021. Published and Developed by Milestone S.r.l. All rights reserved. HOT WHEELS™ and associated trademarks and trade dress are owned by, and used under license from, Mattel. ©2021 Mattel. All manufacturers, accessory suppliers, names, tracks, sponsors, brands and associated imagery featured in this game are trademarks and/or copyrighted materials of their respective owners.

Nintendo Switch is a trademark of Nintendo.

Xbox Celebrates Global Accessibility Awareness Day

by Anita Mortaloni, Director, Xbox Accessibility

As part of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, I am honoured to share the work that team Xbox is doing in gaming accessibility. Accessibility options enable more people to play, and with an estimated over 400 million gamers with disabilities on the planet, we are committed to unlocking the potential for everyone to experience the joys and benefits of gaming. To achieve this, we focus on meeting the needs of our community in three areas:

• Fostering a welcoming community through listening and support channels: We want to create a welcoming community where everyone can participate, feel included and play as they are. This includes providing the opportunity to give us feedback, have access to support and listen to a fellow community member.
• Promoting Accessibility By Design: We believe that designing for the billions of people on this planet starts with designing for just one and extending to many, and that accessibility should be considered from the very start of product design.  We are committed to providing resources and support to make it easy to build accessibility into gaming.
• Enabling more gamers to play with expanded accessibility features: Play is a fundamental human need. Not for some, but for all. We strive to make life more fun for billions of people around the world by creating gaming experiences that everyone can enjoy. We will continue to add accessibility features to all of our evolving products, services and games. 

We know that gaming has the power to bring people together as part of a community and connect through shared experiences. Empowering gamers with disabilities to play where they want and with the people they want, is something we are passionate about.  It is about listening and meeting the needs of all of our players, knowing their needs may change throughout the day or their life.

In celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) on May 20, we are thrilled to share new ways you can connect with the community, the latest resources to learn more about accessibility, and the ways Xbox Game Studios are making their games more accessible. Join us in celebrating GAAD and recognizing gamers with disabilities that are part of our community.    

Fostering a Welcoming Community with Listening and Support Channels

Announcing the Xbox Accessibility Insiders League (XAIL)

The Xbox Accessibility Insider League (XAIL) is a new program that gives you a simple, streamlined way to provide accessibility feedback directly to Xbox engineering or game development teams. Anyone who self-identifies as a person with disability can join. The refreshed Xbox Insider Hub has been redesigned with accessibility in mind, offering a central tool to find experiences and way to provide critical feedback that developers need.

XAIL is also now open to content developers, offering an easy way to share your content with the XAIL community through the Xbox Insider Program. Contact your account team for more details.

Updated Xbox Customer Support Page for Accessibility

We heard you and are proud to deliver a refreshed accessibility support landing page at Accessible Gaming for All | Xbox Support. The revised site is restructured, making it easier for players to customize their gaming experience to meet their needs and find additional avenues for support including the disability answer desk.  New content will continue to be added to the site based off your feedback.

Xbox Plays – Accessibility in Gaming Talk!

In celebration of GAAD, join the Xbox Plays team as they invite Tara Voelker and blind gamer extraordinaire Steve Saylor onto the Xbox Twitch channel to talk about accessibility in gaming. You won’t want to miss it – tune in at 11am PT, Thursday May 20 on Twitch.tv/Xbox!

Promoting Accessibility By Design

Announcing the new Gaming and Disability Player Experience Guide

The Xbox Gaming Accessibility team has created a Gaming and Disability Player Experience Guide that outlines common game accessibility barriers experienced by players across a wide spectrum of disabilities, including situational disabilities. This guide, built on the framework and intended to be used in conjunction with the Xbox Accessibility Guidelines (XAGs), provides a holistic understanding of the barriers that players with certain types of disabilities may experience across game mechanics, display, content, and other aspects. It can also be used as an introductory resource in preparation for collaboration with members of the gaming and disability community for feedback on their specific games.

Xbox Accessibility Guidelines (XAGs) 2.1 Update

The Xbox Accessibility Guidelines (XAGs) update in February 2021 had an overwhelmingly positive response and sourced invaluable feedback from the developer and Gaming and Disability communities.  The Xbox Gaming Accessibility team has since incorporated this feedback and launched the 2.1 update which includes additional in-game examples for guidance around subtitles and captions, screen narration, game input, game difficulty options, and UI navigation.

Monthly MSFTEnable Videos

The MSFTEnable YouTube Channel houses Microsoft accessibility videos, in addition to content from Ability Summit, Learning Webinars and Gaming Accessibility.  The MSFTEnable Gaming Accessibility YouTube content is released about monthly on sharing best practices that cover topics like Haptic Feedback, Xbox Accessibility Guidelines, Visual Contrast in Games, and more.

Undead Labs: Inclusive Design

With a continued focus on players, Undead Labs is sharing the results of their Inclusive Design sprint on the Stateofdecay.com blog, including a developer diary by Media Lab, and a list of accessibility improvements the studio has made since that sprint

Enabling More Gamers to Play with Expanded Accessibility Features

Coming soon: Party Chat Speech Transcription and Synthesis

Xbox Party Chat is used by tens of millions of gamers for voice and text chat and will soon support transcribing speech into text and synthesis of speech from text.  Speech-to-Text will enable gamers to have all their words spoken by the people in the Party converted into text that will be displayed as an overlay on top of their gameplay session.  Text-to-Speech will allow gamers to type text into Xbox Party Chat and have that read by a synthetic voice to the rest of the people in the Party (with a choice of several voices per language).  We are testing these features with Xbox Insiders but they will be available for all players soon.

Either one of these features (or both working together) can be used to help gamers who are deaf or hard of hearing, and/or cannot or choose not to speak, to participate in Xbox Party Chat without any extra action from others in the party. These options can also help to detect microphone problems or distinguish game audio from people in the party. Both Speech-to-Text and Text-to-Speech functionality can be enabled in Settings under Ease of Access -> Game and Chat Transcription. When in a Party, you can also access this under Options > Configure Ease of Access Settings.  More details at Introducing Party Chat Speech Transcription and Synthesis – Xbox Wire.

How Gears 5 is Becoming More Accessible

Gears 5 is announcing two new accessibility features this month: Navigating Ping – Escape Mode and Assistive Features in Higher Difficulty settings.

1. Navigation Ping – Escape Mode.  Navigation Ping helps low, or no vision players navigate the complex environments in Escape Mode. Audio cues in the game world highlight the path towards the exit and unique audio cues are used if the player needs to interact with something or use cover.

There are two settings that support different levels of assistance: Next Doorway and Full Path. Next Doorway highlights the exit of the current room, and Full Path uses more frequent pings to help players navigate around walls and pieces of cover. Play testers with vision disabilities were key to honing this gameplay and creating an audio-focused experience.    

• Assistive Features in Higher Difficulty

Disable Camera Shake and Target Lock were implemented in the game for all player-types in player versus environment modes in Gears 5 to make it more accessible.  In acknowledging that the mechanics and action of the game should make it challenging, not the controls, the team partnered with the Gaming and Disability community to make the two features available:  

• Disable Camera Shake: Players that have difficulty playing during quick camera movement can now turn off all sources of camera shake in difficulties up to Advanced in Horde and Escape.
• Target Lock: Players who are new to shooters or need a little help with targeting enemies can now use Target Lock in difficulties up to Advanced. Turning target lock on will auto-aim your reticle while aiming down sights but and will be enabled up to Advanced difficulty in Horde and Escape

How Minecraft is Becoming More Accessible

Minecraft is announcing three new accessibility features this month: Achievement Screen, more granular audio control and updated ore patterns.

1. Achievements Screen.  The new Achievements Screen in Minecraft Bedrock is built on the new Gameface technology and Core UI Design System with accessibility in mind from the start, taking into consideration contrast, font sizes, narration, and easy navigation no matter what input type, platform, or screen size.

• More Granular Audio Control.  The developers recently split up the audio controllers in Minecraft Bedrock to give players more granularity when it comes to customizing their in-game audio experience. This provides flexibility to players who may find discomfort in certain sounds or may want to lower certain sounds to better focus on something else.
• Updated Ore Patterns.  With the upcoming Caves & Cliffs update for Minecraft, the team introduced several new blocks including the addition of copper ore. This is the first ore to be introduced to the Overworld in a very long time, and the team wanted to make it unique. In doing so, the team reviewed all the existing ores to realize the only difference was in the colour of the “ore specks” on the block itself.  There was no difference in the patterns. 

Making the pattern of the ores different may seem like a small change, but it can make quite a big difference for players that have a hard time reading colors. This change extends to other players, making it easier to recognize different ores more quickly when you’re out on your mining adventures in dim light.

Minecraft believes everyone should be empowered and enabled to play Minecraft, by continuing to offer new and inclusive ways to play Minecraft in partnership with our community. Learn more about our accessibility tools and features. 

Discover Games that Have been Awarded or Nominated for Accessibility  

As another way to celebrate GAAD, explore gaming accessibility award nominees and winners from Can I Play That, The Game Awards, and DAGERSSystem. Check out the criteria for titles in the full games collection below. View the complete collections on the Microsoft Store on Xbox, the Microsoft Store on Windows, and the Xbox App on Windows in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia. After May 20, visitors to both the Xbox and Windows Stores can find accessibility award winners by searching for “GAAD” and related terms. 

• Overall Accessible Games
  • Winners: Gears 5, The Outer Worlds, Shadow of the Tomb Raider
  • Nominees: Hyperdot, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Grounded, Watch Dogs: Legion
• Deaf/Hard of Hearing Accessibility
  • Winners: Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
  • Nominees: Watch Dogs: Legion
• Blind/Low Vision Accessibility
  • Nominee: Hyperdot
• Physical/Motor Accessibility
  • Winners: Hyperdot, Gears 5
  • Nominees: Watch Dogs: Legion, Gears Tactics
• Cognitive Accessibility
  • Winner: Immortals: Fenyx Rising
  • Nominees: Moving Out, Grounded
• Most Therapeutic Game
  • Nominees: Ooblets, Spiritfarer

Play. Connect. Impact.

Xbox is proud to celebrate Global Accessibility Awareness Day and will continue to support the power of play and make gaming accessible and welcoming to everyone. We are excited to share a few examples today of how we are supporting the community and how you can too.

Donation to AbleGamers and Warfighter Engaged

Xbox is making a donation of accessible gaming peripherals to AbleGamers and Warfighter Engaged. We are thrilled to support these amazing gaming and accessibility non-profits who are dedicated to making gaming a reality for everyone and to empower those who are not able to game with the specialized gear and tools they need to experience the joys of gaming.

Microsoft Rewards on Xbox

Microsoft Rewards Members in all 20 markets can earn and donate points to Special Olympics through Xbox. All Microsoft Rewards donations made in the US, Australia, Canada, UK, France, Germany, Spain and Italy will be matched by Microsoft during the Month of May in honour of Global Accessibility Awareness Day.   Xbox gamers can earn Microsoft Rewards points in various ways, such as playing or purchasing games after downloading the Microsoft Rewards app on Xbox. Earn points and redeem them for real rewards. Join today and donate through Xbox.

Celebrate GAAD with a New Wallpaper

In celebration of Global Accessibility Awareness Day, Team Xbox is sharing a new wallpaper celebrating game accessibility! This symbol, developed by OneSwitch.org.uk, is designed to indicate game accessibility features, functionality, and information. Download the background at: https://www.xbox.com/wallpapers/.

Biomutant: unedited gameplay footage released for PS5 and XBS X

Sydney, Australia, May 21^st, 2021 –  Experiment 101 and THQ Nordic have released unedited gameplay footage for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X.

This is an update to last week’s footage releases, now with PS5 and XBS X.

• PlayStation 5 on YouTube:

• Xbox Series X on YouTube:

Short comment on the videos:

• Xbox Series X runs native 4k @ 60 FPS with Dynamic Resolution
• PlayStation 5 runs at native 1080p @ 60 FPS, upscaled to 4k @ 60 FPS with Dynamic Resolution

DISCLAIMER on PlayStation 5 footage

The footage you are about to see has been captured on a retail PS5.

With this build, the option for native 4k on PlayStation has been deactivated due to stability- and performance-related reasons. What you see here is 1080p @60fps upscaled to 4k @60fps. It will remain deactivated for the release version, too. It will not be a native current-gen experience. More information on that will follow soon, though.

Biomutant is coming to PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on May 25th, 2021.

Digital Pre-order
The digital pre-order for Biomutant kicks off on PlayStation®4, Xbox One™ and PC. You can pre-order the game now at your favourite store for an SRP of $99.95. The game will offer the Mercenary Class Loadout as a pre-order bonus.

PC Pre-Order links:
Pre-order on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/597820/BIOMUTANT
Pre-order on Gog.com: https://www.gog.com/game/biomutant
Pre-order on Epic Game Store: https://www.epicgames.com/store/p/biomutant
Pre-order on Origin: https://www.origin.com/store/biomutant/biomutant

Pre-order on Xbox: https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/p/biomutant/bsn8bs8f8bbj
Pre-order on PlayStation: https://store.playstation.com/en-au/concept/229899

Pre-order via Biomutant’s website with all our trusted partners:
https://biomutant.com/order-biomutant/

Stay up to date with Biomutant and visit the game’s website or follow the social media channels.

Website: https://biomutant.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/biomutantgame/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/biomutant

About Biomutant

BIOMUTANT® is an open-world, post-apocalyptic Wung-Fu fable RPG, with unique martial art styled combat system allowing you to mix melee, shooting, and mutant ability action.

• A NEW TAKE ON 3rd PERSON COMBAT

The martial arts style combat system allows you maximum freedom of movement and agility while mixing shooting, melee, and powers from your mutations. Learning new Wung-Fu combat forms through progression and learning from masters you’ll meet, will constantly add to your choices and make sure combat never gets old.

• EVOLVE YOUR GAME-PLAY

You’ll be able to re-code your genetic structure to change the way you look and play. This will of course affect your attributes and in addition to this, exposure to bio-contamination in the world will lead to mutations like the Turtleform and Mucus Bubble, while exposure to radioactivity found in bunkers from the old world will affect your mind and unlock psi-mutations like telekinesis, levitation and more.

• NEXT LEVEL OF CRAFTING

You are totally free when crafting weapons. Mix and match parts to create your own unique 1H or 2H slash and crush weapons. Revolvers, rifles and shotguns and add modifications like cork-screws and battery-powered chainsaw modules to bio-contaminated sludge vials adding to your combat arsenal. There are even characters you’ll meet that’ll craft cool stuff for you, like bionic wings, a jump-pack and even let you modify your Automaton – the scrap-toy sidekick!

• GEAR UP FOR ADVENTURE

You have full freedom when equipping your character. Not only when it comes to choosing weapons you created, but what type of gear you wear. Equip a gas-mask and an oxygen tank for exploring the Dead Zones, thermos-resistant clothes for venturing into cryonic areas or protective gear for taking on bio-contaminated creatures, the choice is up to you.

• SURVIVE IN A VIBRANT OPEN WORLD

You are free to explore the world and what lies beneath its surface, by foot, mech, jet-ski, air-balloon or area unique mounts. Explore the dying wildland, the tunnels and bunker networks of the underworld, and find your way up the mountains or out in the archipelago. There are lots of discoveries to be made, mysteries to unravel, creatures to confront, and weird characters to meet in this vibrant and colourful world.

• AN UNUSUAL STORY WITH AN UNUSUAL END

Your actions play a major part in the unfolding of a story where End is coming to the New World. A plague is ruining the land and the Tree-of-Life is bleeding death from its roots. The Tribes stand divided, in need of someone strong enough to unite them or bring them all down…

You are guided through the world by a Storyteller that narrates every step of your journey, but it’s your actions and choices that’ll decide how your story of survival ends.

About THQ Nordic

The THQ Nordic official boiler plate can be found here: https://thqnordic.com/company/about

THQ Nordic Website

Valuable Panther Statue Spotted En Route to Cayo Perico

Plus Nightlife Rewards and Bonuses, 2X Rewards on Client Jobs, and More

If grainy CCTV footage and the testimony of a disgruntled customs officer is anything to go by, El Rubio has recently added a valuable Panther Statue to his fortified compound’s already-sizeable art collection. It is sure to be tightly guarded, but if you manage to escape from Cayo Perico alive, you’ll be handsomely rewarded.

All hosts of The Cayo Perico Heist this week will be able to scout the Panther Statue as a Primary Target on their first playthrough.

Nightclub Bonuses and Rewards

Whatever carnage is going on outside, dance floors across Los Santos are jam-packed, liquor flows freely, and the line just to get inside stretches around the corner. Completing Nightclub Management Missions will boost your popularity twofold, which will pay out nicely, considering all Nightclub Daily Income is tripled over the next seven days. Just remember to empty your Safe regularly.

Play to Unlock After Hours DJ Tees

Make sure to fix up and look sharp. Don’t get caught looking like a plebian in your own establishment — play GTA Online anytime this week to collect the Tale of Us Stacked Logo Tee, White Solomun Logo Tee, Dixon Glitch Logo Tee, and The Blessed Madonna We Believe Tee, all for free.

2X GTA$ and RP on Client Jobs

High-tech criminals whose fleet includes the Terrorbyte can use the spec-built vehicle’s touchscreen terminal to help Paige Harris complete Client Jobs, all of which are paying out double this week.

Triple Rewards on Motor Wars

Parachute to land, grab hold of something dangerous, and hold on for dear life — Motor Wars continues to dish out 3X GTA$ and RP to all competitors through June 2nd.

Orange Shade Camo Livery for Rank 100+ Players
Longtime players and determined upstarts Rank 100 and above can collect the Orange Shade Camo livery for the HVY Menacer armored SUV by playing GTA Online anytime this week (available within 72 hours of logging in after May 31st).

On the Podium this Week: the Canis Freecrawler

Swing by the lobby of The Diamond Casino & Resort and spin the Lucky Wheel to walk away with GTA$, RP, clothing, mystery rewards, and more. This week’s top prize on the podium is none other than the stout, boxy Canis Freecrawler — an off-road vehicle built for the whole family to enjoy.

Discounts:

If you’re tired of listening to the hum and thud of bass outside the club, buy your way in: Nightclubs are 40% off this week, while their Upgrades and Modifications are 30% off. There is also a range of vehicles on sale, should you need a new Festival Bus or Blimp to ferry your entourage around with. Read on below for the full list.

Vehicles:

• Dinka Jester Classic — 40% off
• Ocelot Pariah — 40% off
• Vapid Festival Bus — 40% off
• Blimp — 40% off
• Pfister Neon — 40% off
• Ocelot Lynx — 40% off
• HVY Menacer — 40% off
• Överflöd Entity XF — 40% off
• HVY Brickade — 40% off

Prime Gaming Bonuses and Benefits

GTA Online players who successfully connect their Rockstar Games Social Club account with Prime Gaming will receive the Kosatka submarine’s Sonar Station for free, along with GTA$200,000 just for playing anytime this week.

In addition, Prime Gaming members receive exclusive discounts, including 80% off both the Ocelot Jugular and Enus Stafford, plus 35% off the Veto Modern go-kart.

To ensure access to future benefits, make sure to visit Prime Gaming and sign up.

Check Rockstar Support for details and limitations.

Get to Know “The Cleaners” in New Back 4 Blood Trailer

Warner Bros. Games and Turtle Rock Studios have released a new Back 4 Blood trailer spotlighting the diverse characters and personalities that make up the Ridden slaying crew known as “The Cleaners.” The video introduces each of the eight playable Cleaners – Holly, Walker, Doc, Karlee, Jim, Hoffman, Evangelo, and Mom – and expands on their background, characteristics, and in-game abilities. The trailer also provides a glimpse into the range of Ridden variants players will take on, including beastly Breakers, grotesque Ogres, screeching Snitchers, ravenous Hags, and more.

To view and share the OfficialBack 4 Blood “Meet the Cleaners” Trailer, visit: https://youtu.be/T7zgN3uO17k

The complete team of Cleaners in Back 4 Blood includes:

• Holly – After losing her family to the Devil Worm, Holly Forrester learned to channel all her energy into being a Cleaner and is known as the glue that keeps the team together. Armed with her trusty nail spiked baseball bat she affectionately calls “Dottie,” Holly’s resilience and never-say-die attitude helps boost the team’s morale and is often seen as a ray of light in the darkness of the apocalypse.
• Walker – The oldest of five siblings, Elijah Walker was born in Evansburgh to a hardworking, blue collar family. The former Army Ranger and war-torn veteran is highly skilled with a wealth of front-line combat experience. Walker is a man of few words, but when he speaks, he commands the attention of his fellow Cleaners, who all respect his commitment to the fight.
• Doc – She has been instrumental in keeping Fort Hope up and running, but this is far from the life Doc expected when she first came to America. Fiercely independent, she sacrificed social life for career. It wasn’t until years later that she finally found a kindred spirit in Mom. After the Collapse, Doc’s no-nonsense attitude and pragmatic outlook served her well. Though her bedside manner can take some getting used too, no one denies she’s one hell of a doctor and a mean shot to boot.
• Karlee – Surviving on the outskirts of Fort Hope since the Collapse, Karlee only trusted in herself. No one knows much about her, and she’s fine with that. Though originally seen as a nuisance at best and a looter at worst, her actions have proved time and time again which side she’s on. Now with the Ridden on the rise, she’s made the choice to fight alongside the survivors. She may not be a Cleaner by name, but she more than makes up for it in attitude.
• Jim – Nobody knows Finleyville and the surrounding county like Jim. From an early age, he would head out into the countryside with his father, hunting and trapping with the best of them. After a stint in the military, he returned home, only to see it ravaged by the Collapse. Now he’s found his place among the most trusted cleaners. When not fighting back-to-back with his team, he’s scouring the countryside of his beloved Pennsylvania routing out the Ridden infestation.
• Hoffman – A meticulous individual, enthusiastic prepper, and conspiracy theorist. When the infection hit, he and his mother hunkered down and rode out the storm as the rest of the world fell into chaos. After his mother passed away in her sleep and his supplies ran out, he left his boarded-up house to face the world of the Devil Worm. Howard Robert Hoffman is genuinely skilled and good hearted, with an earnest desire to be a useful part of the team. As part of the Cleaners, he’s finally come across the family that he’s always wanted – he just had to wade through the zombie apocalypse to find it.
• Evangelo – He may be the youngest and least experienced Cleaner on the team but has proven to be a quick study. Besides being good in a fight, Evangelo has established himself as a loyal and reliable member of the team. He tends to talk a lot, especially when he’s nervous, but is eager to show that he has what it takes to be a Cleaner.
• Mom – The only person surprised that Mom became the voice of survivors in Finleyville was herself. She’s never shirked from a challenge and always puts the needs of others over her own. Still, for one who’s used to bucking authority, her newfound responsibility sometimes weighs uneasily on her. Although she has faith in her Cleaners, Mom has questioned other leaders’ strategies on more than one occasion, especially since the death of her son. Mom’s goal is simple, make the Ridden pay.

Back 4 Blood is a first-person co-op zombie shooter from the creators of the critically acclaimed Left 4 Dead franchise and features thrilling, dynamic moment-to-moment gameplay and highly variable, customisable action to keep players coming back for more. The Back 4 Blood story takes place after a catastrophic outbreak where most of humanity has either been killed or infected by the parasitic Devil Worm. Hardened by unspeakable events and emboldened to fight for the last of humanity, a group of apocalypse veterans called the Cleaners have rallied to take on the infected horrors known as the Ridden and reclaim the world.

Back 4 Blood will be available for Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation® 5, PlayStation® 4, and PC on Oct. 12, 2021. Pre-orders will receive a bonus Fort Hope Elite Weapon Skin Pack. Players can register now at www.Back4Blood.com for their chance to participate in upcoming hands-on tests.

To learn more about Back 4 Blood, please visit: www.Back4Blood.com or join the community conversation on Facebook (Back4Blood), Instagram (turtlerockstudios), Twitter (@Back4Blood), Twitch (Turtle Rock Studios), YouTube (Back 4 Blood), or Discord (Turtle Rock Studios).  

The Back 4 Blood Communications Team

BACK 4 BLOOD™ © Turtle Rock Studios, Inc. All Rights Reserved. BACK 4 BLOOD™ and the BACK 4 BLOOD™ logo are the trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Slamfire, Inc. throughout the world. Turtle Rock Studios® and the Turtle Rock Studios® logo are the trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Turtle Rock Studios, Inc. throughout the world. Published by WB Games Inc.

FARMCON 21 ANNOUNCED: GIANTS SOFTWARE PRESENTS FARMING SIMULATOR 22

Sydney, Australia – 21^st May 2021: The upcoming title Farming Simulator 22 will be the main theme of this year’s FarmCon: The online event by publisher and developer GIANTS Software. Streamed from 21st to 23rd July on the company’s official Twitch channel, FarmCon aims to provide a variety of insights into the game and its technology. Everyone is invited to watch the free stream and take an in-depth look at the new instalment of the series coming in Q4 this year.

Check out the stream here

Farming Simulator 22 behind the scenes
Farming Simulator 22 will include various new gameplay features and technical improvements to be presented at FarmCon 21. Viewers will learn more about the addition of seasonal cycles, new maps, general improvements as well as a multitude of other additions to be announced during the three-day online event.

Interviews with developers and partners, raffles, Q&As and more will be broadcast for several hours over the course of three days. Additionally, fans will have the chance to chat with the developers directly in special Discord channels for the event.

Reaching fans all around the world“We’re already excited to present our first self-published game at our very own FarmCon”, says GIANTS Software CEO Christian Ammann. “While we would’ve loved to see our fans and partners in person this year, we’ll take the opportunity to reach as many Farming Simulator fans as possible and show our new game to the world.”

FarmCon 21 starts Wednesday, 21st July and concludes on Friday, 23rd July – right before Season 3 of the Farming Simulator League continues on 24th and 25th July. The schedule and further details of the online event will be announced soon.

FarmCon is the official and annual community event for modders, developers and players of the Farming Simulator series. Since 2016, fans can meet at FarmCon to chat with GIANTS Software and other players.

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

MARVEL’S AVENGERS RED ROOM TAKEOVER EVENT NOW LIVE

New Challenges in the HARM Room Await!

SYDNEY (May 21, 2021) – Today, SQUARE ENIX Ltd. announced that the Red Room Takeover event for Marvel’s Avengers has gone live. First revealed at SQUARE ENIX PRESENTS, the single-player-focused Red Room Takeover event involves a mysterious spy who has hacked into and transformed the Avengers’ HARM Room into a deadly crimson trap. The Red Room Takeover event runs until May 31.

Watch the Red Room Takeover Trailer Here

The Red Room Takeover starts after nearly two weeks of players investigating the “Rooskaya Protocols,” a mysterious program that has infiltrated AIM Synthoids. It is believed that Protocol Chips collected from hacked AIM tech hold the key to unravelling the enigma, but whatever, or whomever, made the Rooskaya Protocols has also corrupted the Avengers’ HARM Room. Now, players must uncover encrypted messages addressed to Black Widow from an old friend who has taken over the HARM Room, turning it from a training facility into a deadly trap. The threats are no longer virtual: players must defeat the deadly onslaught and regain control of the HARM Room.

Players who complete event-related missions with any Super Hero in their roster will be rewarded with valuable in-game resources as well as a special themed animated nameplate that any of their Heroes can use.

About Marvel’s Avengers

Marvel’s Avengers offers players a truly rich experience and combines the single-player focused Reassemble story campaign with the ongoing Avengers Initiative’s War Zone missions, which take the Avengers around the world and beyond. Each mission in the Reassemble campaign is designed to showcase one or more hero’s unique abilities, while the Avengers Initiative missions can be played solo with your own custom AI team or with a group of up to four players* as any Hero in the player’s roster.

The narrative of Marvel’s Avengers continues to expand over time with the addition of new stories featuring new heroes, villains, mission types, regions, items, and more delivered to players at no additional cost once they own the core game, such as the recently released Operations, Kate Bishop – Taking AIM and Hawkeye – Future Imperfect. These stories move the entire Marvel’s Avengers narrative world forward on a multi-year arc, and all new missions are accessible to the entire roster of playable heroes.

Marvel’s Avengers is currently available on PlayStation®4, PlayStation®5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC, and Stadia.

*Internet connection required. Your platform’s online multiplayer requirements will apply.

Related Links
Official Homepage: www.playavengers.com
Official Twitter: @PlayAvengers
Official Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PlayAvengersGame/
Official YouTube: http://youtube.com/PlayAvengers
#PlayAvengers #Reassemble #EmbraceYourPowers

About Marvel Entertainment
Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media for over eighty years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing, publishing, games, and digital media. For more information visit marvel.com. © 2021 MARVEL
 
About Crystal Dynamics
Crystal Dynamics® has developed and published over 30 award-winning titles during its 28-year adventure. Some of the most beloved franchises include Gex®, Legacy of Kain® and most recently, TOMB RAIDER® which has sold over 82 million copies worldwide. With over 30 video game titles released and hundreds of awards, the heroine Lara Croft® has been a cultural icon for over 20 years and has made an indelible mark on virtually every facet of entertainment. Most recently, Crystal Dynamics expanded its operations by opening Crystal Northwest™ in Bellevue, Washington.
 
For more information on Crystal Dynamics, please visit http://www.crystald.com/, their Twitter account, Facebook page, or their LinkedIn page.
 
About Eidos-Montréal
Eidos-Montréal™ (a Square Enix® studio) is focused on creating immersive and captivating experiences. For the last decade, the development teams at Eidos-Montréal have orchestrated the successful reboot of the DEUS EX® series (Deus Ex: Human Revolution®, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided®), released the latest entry in the THIEF® franchise, and have also played a key role in the development of the award-winning TOMB RAIDER® series.
 
For more information on the studio, please visit https://eidosmontreal.com/ and find us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.
 
About Square Enix Ltd.

Square Enix Ltd. develops, publishes, distributes and licenses SQUARE ENIX®, EIDOS® and TAITO® branded entertainment content in Europe and other PAL territories as part of the Square Enix group of companies. Square Enix Ltd. also has a global network of leading development studios such as Crystal Dynamics® and Eidos Montréal®. The Square Enix group of companies boasts a valuable portfolio of intellectual property including: FINAL FANTASY®, which has sold over 159 million units worldwide; DRAGON QUEST®, which has sold over 82 million units worldwide; TOMB RAIDER®, which has sold over 81 million units worldwide; and the legendary SPACE INVADERS®. Square Enix Ltd. is a London-based, wholly owned subsidiary of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.

More information on Square Enix, Inc. can be found at https://square-enix-games.com

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