Test Your Mettle and Your Aim in This Week’s Featured Series: Target Races and Plunder. Plus Bonuses for Moonshiners, Last Chance for Limited-Edition Clothing Items, and More

Earn your keep this week by making back double the usual RDO$ and XP on this week’s Featured Series of Target Races, Open Target Races,and Plunder. This series will test your aim and agility on horseback, as well as your ability to work as a team to haul supplies back to base, decimate your opponents, and keep each other alive.

MOONSHINER BONUSES

Moonshiners from all four corners of the frontier will receive a 50% bonus and 2X character XP payouts for all Moonshine Sales this week. Should your stash be overflowing, completing any Moonshine Sale (or Trader Sale, for that matter) will land you a bonus Treasure Map for your troubles. Luckily, all bootleggers who jump into Red Dead Online any time between now and March 1st will also receive a Reward for a free Moonshine Mash Refill.

DISCOUNTS

Those looking to get into the shine-running business can do so at a discount this week with 10 Gold Bars off the price of the Moonshine Shack, plus 30% off all Moonshiner Role Items and Shack Upgrades. Set yourself up right with a well-decorated bar and a bandstand, and you’ll be up and running in no time.

Gunsmiths across the country are also offering 30% off on all Revolvers. Tailors, meanwhile, are having a sale of their own: 40% off all Shirts, Corsets, Skirts and Pants and 30% off all Emotes (including Role Emotes).

Limited Time Catalogue Additions

This week marks your last opportunity to pick up a range of limited-edition clothing for sale via the Wheeler, Rawson & Co. Catalogue before they vanish from the shelves and pages:

•             Squat Stovepipe Top Hat
•             Raccoon Hat
•             Gator Hat
•             Plaid Cap
•             Pelt Half Chaps
•             Carver Pants
•             Eberhart Coat
•             Strickland Boots
•             Prieto Poncho
•             Select colorways of the Patterned Bandana

Prime Gaming Benefits

Red Dead Online players who connect their Rockstar Games Social Club account to Prime Gaming will receive Rewards for:

• A free Bounty Hunter License
• An Award for the Trimmed Amethyst Bounty Wagon Livery

In addition, players who connect to Prime Gaming before March 15th will receive a reward of 200x Shotgun Slugs, 5,000 Club XP, and an offer for 50% off the Repeating Shotgun.

Check Rockstar Support for details and limitations.

ANNO 1800 3^rd SEASON’s FIRST DLC, DOCKLANDS IS AVAILABLE NOW

Free Weekend from February 26^th – March 1st

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – February 24, 2021 – Starting today, Anno 1800 fans can play Docklands, the first DLC of Anno 1800’s third season. Players will be able to build a modular warehouse district starting with the main building which is inspired by the world-famous “Speicherstadt” (the world’s largest warehouse district and an UNESCO World Heritage site in Hamburg, Germany). Each added module comes with a different effect such as increased loading speed or faster repair times. Docklands will integrate very naturally in every game session, giving players more options for individualisation and ways to reach certain goals easier.

Click the image to be taken to the trailer

Alongside the first DLC of Season 3, Anno 1800 is releasing a Game Update (#10), free for all players and containing:

• Improvements to the trade route menu
• Possibility to turn your harbor quays into streets to connect buildings
• Cosmetic DLC ornaments to improve your city’s attractivity

The full list of changes can be found here: https://anno-union.com/game-update-10-release-notes

Docklands comes with a Free Weekend starting from February 26^th and lasting till March 1^st, 2021. Players will be allowed to play to Anno 1800 Base Game on their PCs.

During the Free Weekend, Anno fans will also have access to promotions on:

• STANDARD EDITION: AU $44.97 (-50%)
• GOLD EDITION YEAR AU $77.97 (-35%)
• COMPLETE EDITION YEAR 3: AU $123.71 (-25%)

Anno is available on the Ubisoft Store and Epic Games store for Windows PC. Docklands is available for AU $10.95 but can also be purchased as part of the Season 3 Pass.

For more information about Anno, please visit: https://annogame.com/

To join Anno Union, please visit: https://www.anno-union.com/

About Ubisoft Mainz:

The teams at Ubisoft Mainz are engineering Ubisoft’s biggest blockbusters. Operating from a historic city in the heartland of Germany, the studio develops genre pushing games like the acclaimed Anno 1800 and lends decades of expertise to AAA co-development projects like Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege and the upcoming Beyond Good And Evil 2. More information at mainz.ubisoft.com.

About Ubisoft

Ubisoft is a leading creator, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and services, with a rich portfolio of world-renowned brands, including Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, For Honor, Just Dance, Watch_Dogs, Tom Clancy’s video game series including Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six and The Division. The teams throughout Ubisoft’s worldwide network of studios and business offices are committed to delivering original and memorable gaming experiences across all popular platforms, including consoles, mobile phones, tablets and PCs. For the 2019-20 fiscal year, Ubisoft generated net bookings of €1,534 million. To learn more, please visit: www.ubisoftgroup.com.

Crypto-137 Ain’t Done Yet: Destroy All Humans! Is 50% Off in Midweek Madness Deal 

Sydney, Australia, February 24^th,  2021: “Crypto, report to the mothership immediately! We have an extraordinary situation: The humans are celebrating a festival called “Midweek Madness” on a secret digital platform called “Steam”. And you know what they did? They dared to cut our price in half! Such insolence! Now they’re paying more for fast-food than for our advanced Furon technology. We have to retaliate quickly and DESTROY ALL HUMANS!”

Yes, fellow human beings, that’s right. Destroy All Humans! is available from February 24^th (starting 5AM AEDT) until February 27^th at an all-time low price with of 50% off. Check it out here: http://n.thq.com/kDm930qQJhu

But there’s one more thing: We have a new accolades trailer ready for you and we highly encourage you to watch it till the very end … there might a little surprise be waiting.

Watch the NEW accolades trailer on YouTube:

Order Page: https://destroyallhumansgame.com/order-here/

Crypto’s Weapons Detailed
In his new video series, Cryptosporidium-137 is delighted to show off his fine arsenal for the extermination of mankind. Starting with the “Disintegration Ray”, you will find a new weapon showcased every week on THQ Nordic’s YouTube-Channel: http://n.thq.com/atya30qYyxB

Welcome to …
Crypto’s adventures leading him to some interesting fictional places in the United States of the flaming 50s. In the new “welcome to” series, THQ Nordic will present the famous locations one by one, from the Turnipseed Farm and Santa Modesta to Area 42 and Capitol City. All “welcome to” videos are available on THQ Nordic’s YouTube-Channel: http://n.thq.com/2VMF30qYyxH

Free Demo AvailableWe know, most of you humanoids can’t wait to witness the glory of the Furon Empire by themselves. So here is your chance, play the Destroy All Humans! Demo for PC today, you can download it via Steam or Gog.com:

Destroy All Humans! Demo on Steam: http://n.thq.com/kDm930qQJhu
Destroy All Humans! Demo on Gog.com: https://www.gog.com/game/destroy_all_humans_demo

Destroy All Humans! is now available on PC, PlayStation®4, and Xbox One™ from your preferred retailer, and also available digitally on PC, Xbox One™ and PlayStation®4. The SRP of the PC version is $49.95, and the SRP for consoles is $69.95 (PlayStation®4 and Xbox One™).

The Crypto-137 Edition, featuring a Crypto-137 figurine, a Crypto backpack, keychain, six lithographs, anti-stress toy and all in-game Crypto skins, all contained within a premium box, is available now and has an SRP of $599.95 / seven tons of mutilated cow corpse juice’s worth of Crypto currency.

Check out the trailer of the Crypto-137 Edition:

The DNA Collector’s Edition, featuring a Crypto’N’Cow figurine, keychain, six lithographs, anti-stress toy, and all in-game Crypto skins, all contained within a premium box, is available now and has an SRP of $249.95 / twelve charred human femurs’ worth of Crypto currency.

Check out the trailer of the DNA Edition:

About Destroy All Humans!

The cult-classic returns and invades everything but your privacy on July 28 2020! Terrorise the people of 1950s Earth in the role of the evil alien Crypto-137. Harvest DNA and bring down the US government in the remake of the legendary alien invasion action adventure. Annihilate puny humans using an assortment of alien weaponry and psychic abilities. Reduce their cities to rubble with your flying Saucer!

One giant step on mankind!

Destroy All Humans! is a cult classic and one of the few games that will have you laughing out loud. Many games have taken inspiration from its mix of humoristic story-telling and easily accessible open world shooter action, as well as its wide range of over-the-top weaponry. But there can only be one Cryptosporidium: the human-hating alien with the voice of an angry Jack Nicholson and a shorter fuse than a xenomorph on steroids.

Step right up and enjoy the show!

Only Destroy All Humans! allows you to explore idyllic US cities of the 1950s, read the thoughts of their citizens to uncover their secret desires… and then burn the very same cities to the ground with the mighty Death Ray of your flying saucer!

Features

• Use your Abducto Beam to throw tanks around!
• Use your psychokinesis powers to crush a farmer under his own cow!
• Discover which seemingly prude ’50s housewife secretly has the hots for her hairdresser!
• Slowly batter a human to death with his own hat!
• Light up the night by zapping your enemies with teslatastic electricity!
• Take. One. Giant. Step. On. Mankind!

Visit the website for more information: https://destroyallhumansgame.com/

Notes for Editors:

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

Dungeon Defenders: Awakened Marches onto Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One March 17

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – 24 Feb. 2021 – Dungeon Defenders: Awakened, the epic return of Chromatic Games’ multimillion-selling co-op tower defense action RPG series, deploys for Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One on March 17, 2021. The Xbox version launches with all of the content on Steam, including the Transmog system for character customization, the challenging Rifted modifier, and a variety of other features and improvements made since the initial PC launch.

Return to Etheria as the forces of darkness converge on exotic new locales and reimagined favorites. Prepare to repel the enemy’s advance by assembling defensive blockades and damage-dealing towers to destroy oncoming waves of trolls, goblins, and many more devious foes. Then dive into the action, storming onto the battlefield as one of five Defenders (with many more on the way), each of whom can utilize an assortment of skills, gear, and powerful special abilities to vanquish their foes in action-packed brawls.

Defend Etheria alone or join forces with up to four players in online co-op. Overcome challenges in the Campaign by clearing levels overrun with hundreds of enemies before preparing to take on epic boss encounters. Reap rewards like new gear, weapons, skill points, pets, and cosmetics to turn each playable Defender into an unstoppable Etherian hero.

Battle-hardened Defenders can test their mettle in alternate game types that remix the core experience with a range of new challenges. Rely solely on building prowess in Pure Strategy Mode or embrace Mix Mode’s unpredictable progression, where no two stages play out the same. Dive into Rifted maps, added with the recent version 1.2 update on Steam and available for Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One at launch. Accessible during Campaign and Survival Mode sessions, Rifted maps scale down the number of enemies while introducing ultra-powerful versions of the hordes that reward new weapons, armor, and accessories.

Make a fashion statement while saving Etheria with the new Transmog system. Replace the look of any weapon or hard-earned accessory to create fully customizable Defenders without having to sacrifice stat-boosting equipment bonuses. Go the extra mile to let your personality shine by tweaking item colors of pretty much everything to make unique heroes.

“Dungeon Defenders: Awakened has always been about celebrating the franchise and the players that have supported it since the first game launched ten years ago,” said Augi Lye, CEO, Chromatic Games. “With the launch of Dungeon Defenders: Awakened on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One on March 17, we can’t wait for console players to return to Etheria and find more of the Dungeon Defenders magic they’ve grown to love.”

Dungeon Defenders: Awakened launches on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One March 17, 2021, for $29.99. Digital pre-orders will be available via the Microsoft Store starting March 3. The Xbox release contains all of the same content as the Steam version, with an update containing even more quality of life and improvements available shortly after launch. Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 versions of Dungeon Defenders: Awakened will be available later in 2021.

For more information about Dungeon Defenders: Awakened, please visit the official website, follow the development team on Twitter and Facebook, and join the Discord community.

About Chromatic Games

Chromatic Games is a new independent game studio based in Gainesville, Florida, comprised of key original Dungeon Defenders developers, industry veterans, and fresh talent. Dedicated to forging player-first experiences in a fun, supportive environment, the team aims to revisit its roots with a rejuvenated mindset, building this beloved franchise up to reach new heights.

To learn more about Chromatic Games, please visit the studio’s website.

tinyBuild’s Cartel Tycoon Expands Operation to Steam Early Access 18 March

Drug Empire Simulator Comes to Black Market with New Story Content, Features

ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA — 23 Feb. 2021 — Cartel Tycoon, the story-driven drug empire business simulator from publisher tinyBuild and newly acquired studio Moon Moose, begins its rise to power on Steam Early Access, the Epic Games Store, and GOG for PC on Thursday, 18 March. New character stories, deeper management systems, and deadlier dangers will expand upon Uncut Earliest Access.

Rule as a drug baron on a bigger scale than ever. New introductory missions provide a smooth learning curve for new players and a new story for veteran kingpins. Build a personal relationship with your lieutenants, each with a story-driven quest line. Leverage the common people’s loyalty to protect lieutenants and fend off law enforcement attacks. Capture new smuggling routes, like airports, seaports, and land checkpoints, to expand your empire.

Just as coca and cannabis plants flourished globally during the 1980s drug trade, Cartel Tycoon has grown and thrived during Uncut Earliest Access. Since the October 2020 launch, ongoing content updates have cultivated a strategically rich, narrative-centric experience. December’s feature-stuffed “Dirty Money Update” added cartel customization options, lieutenants with different loyalties and a chance to sabotage, and more uses for dirty money without needing to launder it.

For the cunning kingpin, money laundering is only the beginning. Grow an empire across a massive fictional continent by shrewdly planting farms, building workshops, establishing supply lines, and earning loyalty. Keep the money flowing to bribe local officials and deflect attention from international law enforcement. Commit forces to each region, including lieutenants with special buffs and abilities, to dominate enemy cartels and capture the market for a bevy of illegal substances.

Inspired by true stories of drug cartels and economic research into how they expand, Cartel Tycoon embraces the inevitability of death—from a rival’s bullet, as the DEA storms the premises, or at the hand of a traitorous lieutenant. No matter how skilled, death comes for every capo. But while the business will suffer for their hubris, the game goes on as existing lieutenants step up to fill the void. Lead the empire into a new generation, building atop success as the violent cycle continues.

Cartel Tycoon launches into Early Access on Steam, the Epic Games Store, and GOG for PC on Thursday, 18 March. Cartel Tycoon: Uncut Earliest Access, an alpha release for early supporters, is available now for $19.99at carteltycoon.com. Early adopters of this version who purchase before 18 March will receive an exclusive starter character, hotel skin, and golden cartel logo in all future versions.

Follow the money trail on the official Cartel Tycoon website and check out the roadmap for Early Access, 1.0, and beyond. Chat with the developers and fellow aspiring drug lords on Discord, where players can ask for advice, share feedback, and make edgy drug jokes. Keep up with tinyBuild on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.

About Moon Moose

Moon Moose is a small studio of five people, based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The core team, who has previously worked at Octobox Games, decided to part ways and take a swing at making their own games. Cartel Tycoon is their debut project as a team.

About tinyBuild

tinyBuild is a Seattle-based indie label behind the Hello Neighbor franchise and over 30 renowned titles, including Graveyard Keeper, SpeedRunners and Party Hard. With additional development offices in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Riga, Latvia, tinyBuild is rapidly building a portfolio of fun, high-quality games across multiple platforms.

SHE’S GOT THE BEAT! OCTAVIA PRIME ACCESS DANCES TO ALL PLATFORMS TODAY

Wield Octavia’s Heightened Powers and Get Into the Groove with the Mandachord and Primed Shawzin for the Ultimate Beat Drop

LONDON, ONTARIO – February 23, 2021 – One of the most popular and unique Warframes ever created, the musical maestro Octavia dances to center stage today with her highly anticipated Warframe® Prime Access debut across all platforms: PC, PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, Xbox One, and Nintendo™ Switch. Thousands of players who have wielded Octavia’s dance-fueled attack style and created music for her distinct Mandachord can now access her stunning suite of musically-infused weapons, armor, cosmetics, and instruments of creation and destruction in Prime Access.

From the Mandachord, a musical creation tool giving players the ability to make their own music for battle using percussion, bass, and melody, to the Shawzin Prime, an innovative playable emote resembling a lute-like guitar, to the newly introduced beat-driven Bombast Instruments Pack (available only in Prime Access), Octavia Prime is loaded and ready to drop a beat!

The demand for Octavia Prime Access underscores a large Community movement generating thousands of inspired Mandachord and Shawzin-generated songs that have exploded across YouTube and Warframe’s forums ranging from the Beatles, Queen and Michael Jackson to Warframe’s own theme songs from The War Within and The Second Dream. The prolific player “Baffoon” alone has created more than 3,600 unique Mandachord tunes!

Octavia Prime Access Features
Octavia’s dazzling re-design features new golden hoop earrings, auxiliary cord ponytail, boombox leg packs, and a Shawzin design emblazoned across her torso. Octavia Prime’s enhanced power is boosted with one new Polarity Slot (Vazarin) for greater customization, Max Shields and Max Energy. Warframe’s Octavia Prime Access is available in four different PC packs (The Mallet, Resonator, Amp and Accessories Packs) and consoles (Octavia Prime Access Pack and the Accessories Pack) today. Refresh the Warframe.com Website at 11 am PT/2 pm ET for more details!

Additional Features Include:

• Bombast Instruments Pack: Included in Prime Access, the new bass-heavy instrument pack for Octavia’s Mandachord drops deep grooves and will have players moving and grooving in no time
• Shawzin Bonus!: The Aristei Prime Shawzin, a stylish Orokin-era guitar, arrives with a unique note pack to create unique, custom tunes. Join the community and become a Shawzin Hero with Octavia Prime!
• Weapons and Mods: 
  • Tenora Prime Rifle: Add lethal staccato percussion to Octavia’s melodies with her masterpiece Assault Rifle
  • Pandero Prime Pistol: Pound the beat for a dance of death with Octavia’s signature Prime Pistol
  • Altered Mods: Alter Mod polarities for greater customization and devastation
• Fashion Frame Necessities:
  • Stylish Syandana: Awe the crowds with this majestic flourish of a Serenedine Syandana, fit for the mistress of the Mandachord
  • Glyphs: Display your loyalty with her distinctive glyphs
  • Signature Armor: Raise the curtain on Octavia’s full glory, in Armor that embodies her living music

Octavia Prime Access begins today, Tuesday, February 23 in every region on all platforms. When Octavia Prime enters Prime Access, the following items will be entering the Prime Vault: Equinox Prime, Stradavar Prime and Tipedo Prime. Prime Warframes and Weapons are the original and most powerful items in-game: Hunt for the Relics now in-game to build your own or gain instant access to New Prime items, exclusive cosmetics and heavily discounted Platinum with Prime Access.

Make earth-shattering music and dominate any fight with Octavia Prime Access. 

DownloadWarframe today and join the fun!

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

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

NETMARBLE’S OPEN WORLD MOBILE RPG BLADE & SOUL REVOLUTION SET TO LAUNCH ON MARCH 4

LOS ANGELES – FEB. 22, 2021 – Netmarble‘s latest open world RPG Blade & Soul Revolution has officially announced it will launch worldwide on March 4, 2021 for the App Store and Google Play. With the game already seeing widespread success in major markets like Korea and other Asian countries, including a win for “Google Play Best Game in Korea” for 2019, Blade & Soul Revolution will soon be ready to be played by gamers worldwide.

Blade & Soul Revolution is an Open World Mobile RPG that translates the breathtaking cinematic stories of revenge from the PC online game Blade & Soul into a cohesive and authentic mobile experience. The game will feature five professions at launch – Blade Master, Destroyer, Kung Fu Master, Force Master, and Summoner. Any players that pre-register can still gain access to rewards including 1,000 Black Crystals and one premium pet (a Lumi for Android users and a Sparkie for iPhone users).

The game stays true to its PC roots with a high level of full 3D graphics and large-scale content that has been revamped to perform flawlessly on mobile devices. It displays an eastern-inspired fantasy world with stunning full 3D graphics backed by the Unreal Engine 4, offering massive real-time faction battle and incomparable hands-on action experience. Western players can also look forward to modifications, such as changing the Stamina Consumption System for easy play sessions.

Blade & Soul Revolution will launch worldwide on March 4, 2021 in 149 countries via Apple’s App Store and 126 countries on Google Play. Players can visit the official site to view play videos and additional game content. For more information, please follow Blade & Soul Revolution on Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube.

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About Netmarble Corporation
Established in Korea in 2000, Netmarble Corporation is a top developer and publisher pushing the boundaries of the mobile gaming experience with highly innovative games including Lineage 2: Revolution, The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross, Blade & Soul Revolution and MARVEL Future Fight. As a parent company of Kabam, and a major shareholder of Jam City and Big Hit Entertainment, Netmarble strives to entertain audiences around the world with a variety of mobile games based on its powerful franchises and collaborations with IP holders worldwide. More information can be found at http://company.netmarble.com

WayForward Makes Its Stadia Debut with Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition and Shantae: Risky’s Revenge – Director’s Cut

Valencia, Calif. – 2/23/2021 – Independent game development studio WayForward is pleased to announce that its first two releases for the Google Stadia game-streaming platform — Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition and Shantae: Risky’s Revenge – Director’s Cut — are now available for purchase. Priced at $29.99 and $9.99 respectively, these fan-favorite entries in the beloved Shantae series offer hours of hair-whipping, belly-dancing, shape-shifting action.

Shantae: Half-Genie Hero Ultimate Edition lets players join Shantae on her first HD adventure as she travels Sequin Land to stop numerous criminal capers masterminded by some of her most dangerous foes. This all-inclusive version also features numerous additional modes that let players take control of the villainous Risky Boots in Pirate Queen’s Quest, switch between Shantae’s allies Sky, Bolo, and Rottytops in Friends to the End, utilize alternate costumes and abilities in Beach Mode, Ninja Mode, and Officer Mode, and more.

Shantae: Risky’s Revenge – Director’s Cut, meanwhile, is an upgraded version of the second game in the Shantae series, which initially launched in 2010. As Shantae, the Half-Genie heroine, players must scour the countryside to find the three Magic Seals that can thwart her archenemy, the dastardly lady pirate Risky Boots. Shantae’s mission will take her to a variety of environments (including deserts, forests, and undersea caverns) where she’ll learn numerous abilities, encounter outlandish NPCs, and confront the sinister Barons of Sequin Land. Since its debut in 2002, the Shantae series has sold more than 3 million units worldwide, and has received a variety of accolades, including winning IGN’s Best DS Game in 2010 and being nominated for Best Platformer of 2014. The opening animation created by Studio TRIGGER for the latest game in the series, Shantae and the Seven Sirens, has been viewed more than 2.5 million times on YouTube. For more details about the Shantae series and other WayForward titles, please visit www.wayforward.com.

Based in Valencia, California, WayForward was founded in 1990 and has remained an independent game developer for more than 30 years. We are home to many talented individuals including programmers, environment artists, animators, modelers, illustrators, audio wizards, designers, and team leaders. With the new avenues for distributing games directly to fans we are finally able to make the games we have always wanted to.

Copyright © 2021 WayForward Technologies Inc. All rights reserved. Shantae and the Shantae logo ™ BOZON.

The hit action roguelite from Focus Home Interactive and Passtech Games escapes early access and debuts for the first time on consoles!

PARIS — Feb. 23, 2021 — After a hugely successful early access period on Steam, Curse of the Dead Gods, the indie action roguelite from Passtech Games and Focus Home Interactive, launches today on PlayStation®4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store! A divine wealth of temples, traps, enemies, weapons, riches, and the final confrontation with the God of Death himself are all ready for players everywhere to dive in.

A year of early access and incredible feedback from the community resulted in a massive amount of new content and features available today in Curse of the Dead Gods on all platforms, including a brand-new final thrilling encounter and more. Players will discover hours upon hours of adventuring within a variety of game modes boasting hundreds of combinations of items, relics and curses.

And now is the perfect time to jump in! For a limited time, Curse of the Dead Gods is available for 10% off on all platforms. What’s more, PC players can grab the Curse of the Dead Gods original soundtrack now on Steam and the Epic Games Store as either standalone content or bundled with the game at an additional discount.

For more information, visit www.curse-of-the-dead-gods.com.

The Game Awards’ Best Sports Game Ushers in New Platforms with Upgrades, High-Fidelity Atmospherics and Digital Deluxe Content

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – February 23, 2021 – Skateboard fans get ready to do a kickflip all over again when the critically acclaimed Tony Hawk’s^TM Pro Skater^TM 1 and 2 makes its way to PlayStation® 5 and Xbox Series X|S on March 26 and lands on Nintendo Switch™ for the first time in 2021. The upcoming, next-gen versions of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 will give players a variety of upgrades, such as super crisp 120 FPS at 1080P, native 4K at 60 FPS[1], spatial audio and more, while the game on Nintendo Switch™ will give fans the chance to ollie with Tony Hawk and the line-up of pro-skaters on-the-go.

As the fastest Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater game to sell 1 million units[2], Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 is a faithful remaster of the first two iconic games in the franchise, blending all the original levels, pro-skaters, old-school tricks and more that gamers remember from the ‘90s and ‘2000s with new, beautifully recreated levels.

High-fidelity atmospherics will be added to the next-gen upgrade for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2. This unique graphical feature will allow players to enjoy the experience of sharper dynamic shadows, reflections and lens flares, as well as enhanced skater textures and more on next-gen consoles.

Digital players can upgrade to the Cross-Gen Deluxe Bundle with all the added features for an additional $10 SRP. The upgrade includes access to the secret skater Ripper (a.k.a. the infamous Powell-Peralta mascot), retro gear for Create-A-Skater mode, and retro skins for Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero and Rodney Mullen. Additionally, Activision Blizzard, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATVI) is giving fans who already own the digital deluxe version of the game on PlayStation® 4 and Xbox One a next-gen upgrade at no cost (except in Japan) on March 26. See www.tonyhawkthegame.com/upgrade for upgrade details.

Getting to this milestone was no skate in the park. Skateboard icon Tony Hawk requested the help of videogame icon Crash Bandicoot to bring the remaster to new platforms, following the announcement that Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time would be coming to next-gen platforms and Nintendo Switch™ on March 12. Crash, whose Bandicoot-branded swag appeared in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 this past November, leveraged his clout in exchange for a personal skating lesson from the original birdman himself, resulting in playful Twitter banter between the two videogame icons.

Pre-orders for Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 on PlayStation® 5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch™ start today in select territories. To learn more about distinct editions, next-gen feature sets, suggested retail pricing and instructions for installing, visit www.tonyhawkthegame.com/upgrade.

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 is available now for PlayStation® 4, PlayStation® 4 Pro, the family of Xbox One devices from Microsoft, including the Xbox One X, and on PC through the Epic platform. For more information about Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 1 and 2 check out www.tonyhawkthegame.com. Also be sure to follow news on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram @TonyHawkTheGame, as well as subscribe to the YouTube channel at YouTube.com/tonyhawkthegame.

About Activision

Headquartered in Santa Monica, Calif., Activision is a leading global producer and publisher of interactive entertainment. Activision maintains operations throughout the world and is a division of Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), an S&P 500 company. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company’s website, www.activision.com or by following @Activision.

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