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SEE BETTER. HEAR BETTER. PLAY BETTER. OAKLEY TEAMS-UP WITH TURTLE BEACH TO GIVE GAMERS THE ULTIMATE PERFORMANCE ADVANTAGE

Partnership Launches with Exclusive Oakley x Turtle Beach Collection to Optimize Gaming’s Two Most Important Senses – Sight and Sound

San Diego and Foothill Ranch, CA – January 28, 2021 – Leading gaming accessory brand Turtle Beach (Nasdaq: HEAR) today announced a new partnership with Oakley®, a leader in sport performance and optical innovation. As a brand rooted in competition, Oakley continues expanding its lineup of eyewear developed for gamers who share a passion for performance. The new partnership pairs Turtle Beach’s expertise in creating high-quality, glasses-friendly gaming headsets with Oakley’s quest for optimized vision and performance in a collection designed to help gamers see better, hear better, and conquer their opponents.

The partnership launches with a collaborative Oakley x Turtle Beach Collection featuring Oakley’s Prizm™ Gaming Lens Technology that delivers next-level performance benefits for digital gaming by reducing eyestrain and fatigue. The result is a purpose-inspired collection that provides vision benefits while fitting seamlessly with Turtle Beach’s best-selling gaming headsets featuring the brand’s patented ProSpecs™ glasses-friendly technology for unmatched comfort.

“Turtle Beach and Oakley have been collaborating behind-the-scenes for several years to bring the best eyewear in gaming to market, leveraging Turtle Beach’s experience in gaming and esports to help develop a product that gives a competitive edge to gamers of all skill levels,” said Ryan Dell, SVP of Global Marketing at Turtle Beach. “With Oakley’s groundbreaking gaming eyewear and our high-performance gaming audio, we continue to strive for ways to advance glasses-friendly comfort and the overall gaming experience. We’re also exploring other areas where Turtle Beach and Oakley may be able to do more together to further improve gaming performance, including collaborating on materials technologies, product design, merch, apparel, and more.”

The initial Oakley x Turtle Beach Collection includes two products. First, the Metalink RX frames, which come in a black and grey colorway and feature Turtle Beach’s iconic logo on the temple. The Metalink RX frames feature headset-compatible temples to ensure they stay in place even in the most intense gaming sessions, and come with a custom Turtle Beach logo microbag. Gamers who wear glasses can purchase the frames from Oakley.com, and Oakley will create custom Prizm™ Gaming Lenses based on their prescription.

“As Oakley moves further into gaming, partnering with Turtle Beach is a natural fit as both brands are leaders and innovators in two key areas of gaming performance – sight and sound,” said Caio Amato, Oakley Global Marketing Director. “We’ve now harnessed the momentum gained after releasing Prizm™ Gaming Lens Technology, our first optical solution developed specifically for gaming, to combine the performance-focused benefits you expect to find in a pair of Oakley frames with headset-compatible design. The resulting products bridge the gap between physical and digital gaming while setting up players for victory in their gaming pursuits.”

To further celebrate the new partnership, Oakley and Turtle Beach have also designed a limited-edition set of Frogskins Lite sunglasses. The newest evolution of Oakley’s most iconic lifestyle eyewear, the Frogskins Lite sunglasses feature a throwback Turtle Beach color scheme, plus Oakley’s Prizm™ Ruby Iridium Lenses, and a rainbow gradient Oakley logo and Turtle Beach logo on the temple. The sunglasses also come with a custom Turtle Beach logo microbag.

The limited-edition Oakley x Turtle Beach Collection is available for purchase starting today online at both Oakley and Turtle Beach. For additional information on the latest Turtle Beach products and accessories, visit www.turtlebeach.com and be sure to follow Turtle Beach on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. For more information on the Oakley x Turtle Beach collaboration, please visit Oakley.com.

About Oakley, Inc.

Established in 1975 and headquartered in Southern California, Oakley is one of the leading product design and sport performance brands in the world. The holder of more than 900 patents, Oakley is a culture of creators, inventors, idealists and scientists obsessed with using design and innovation to create products and experiences that inspire greatness. This philosophy has made Oakley one of the most iconic and inimitable brands on the market, with products that world-class athletes around the globe depend on to compete at the highest level possible. Oakley is known for its High Definition Optics®, which features unparalleled optical clarity and precision along with impact resistance and UV protection, incorporated into all of the brand’s sun, prescription eyewear, and premium goggles. Oakley extended its position as one of the world’s leading sports eyewear brand into apparel and accessories. Oakley has men’s and women’s product lines that appeal to Sports Performance, Active, and Lifestyle consumers. Oakley is a subsidiary of Luxottica Group. Additional information is available at www.oakley.com.

About Turtle Beach Corporation

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

Ziggurat Interactive to Reboot Classic Prison Tycoon Franchise on PC and Consoles

Build, Manage and Grow Your Prison in the Newly Reimagined Prison Tycoon Series

DENVER, COLORADO (January 28, 2021) Ziggurat Interactive, publisher of multiplatform retro and modern games, announced today that Prison Tycoon: Under New Management is currently in development and planned for release later in 2021 on PC and console. This is the latest and all-new chapter in the Prison Tycoon series and will focus on the challenges of rehabilitating and reintegrating inmates back into healthy, functioning members of society. The game is being developed by award-winning Abylight Studios, which has produced many notable projects including Hyper Light DrifterTiny Thief, and Super Hydorah.

Prison Tycoon: Under New Management tasks players with creating and maintaining a successfully run prison — complete with security checkpoints, guard towers, prison cells, and inmate services. Would-be wardens will need to maintain a balance of services and security as they strive to run an efficient facility while keeping inmates on the path to reintegration. To grow their prison and improve their capabilities, players will need to secure funding from state agencies, manage the flow of resources and keep staff happy while providing proper care for their charges.

“We are thrilled to be working with Abylight Studios on a transcendent reimagining of the Prison Tycoon franchise,” said  Wade Rosen, President of Ziggurat Interactive. “Under New Management is our opportunity to reboot the franchise with a modern mindset and positive outlook.”

More info about Ziggurat Interactive, its current lineup, and upcoming announcements is available on Facebook, Twitter,  and the company’s official website, with info on their upcoming products to be announced on the same.

About Ziggurat Interactive

Ziggurat Interactive was launched in late 2019 with the goal of preserving and expanding the legacy of video games. Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, Ziggurat creates and celebrates games — expanding the audience for both retro and new titles by making them accessible to all types of players across multiple platforms.

Balance brains and brawn in brand new story-driven action RPG Batora: Lost Haven

Developer Stormind Games bringing first wholly owned, original property to PC and Consoles

Catania, Italy – 28th January 2021: Stormind Games, developer of the critically acclaimed Remothered franchise and which recently announced its collaboration with award winning writer Anne Toole, Ron Fish – renowned composer of the Arkham Series & former Assassin’s Creed Concept Artist Borislav Mitkov is delighted to reveal the first details and trailer for their brand new IP, Batora: Lost Haven, coming to PC, Playstation 4 and 5, Xbox One and X and Nintendo Switch.

Built on a rich Action RPG foundation, Batora follows Avril –  a regular 16-year old girl, not a natural born hero – as she realises, after losing everything she cares for, that she is the  only one who can save a dying planet Earth from oblivion. This is how her interplanetary adventure starts: along this journey she will visit colorful and mysterious planets and meet intriguing characters – and she will learn that every choice has a consequence.

Far from a standard aRPG game, Batora is based on the duality between mind and body, introducing a new game mechanic that challenges players to find the perfect balance between the two – losing sight of one could mean that their journey is over. Batora doesn’t present the hero’s journey in black or white, good or evil: there are decisions and there are their consequences. Every single decision Avril makes will turn out to be important, often even life-changing, for the characters she meets or the places she visits. 

“We live our lives in a constant state of flux between our physical and mental well being, often with little thought for how they affect each other.” commented Giacomo Masi, Narrative Designer on Batora: Lost Haven. “The journey which Avril takes in Batora really focuses on the need for a strategic dualism – mastering the balance between the physical and the mental –  whilst presenting a multi-branching, narrative full of consequences, rich in plot twists and credible, like-able characters.”

The duality of the lead character is also one of Batora’s most unique features with players required to use the “switch mechanic” to alternate between their physical and mental states. Learning the right time to strike or not be struck and in which state to do so will present a considerable challenge to even the most experienced players.

Whilst taking the studio in a new direction and tackling a new genre, Batora will also stay true to Stormind’s core principles of offering intense, emotional stories in tandem with unique and distinctive art styles.

Gaetano Caltabiano, Art Director on the project, added “Bridging the gap between the physical and mental calls for a particular visual representation and we’ve really tried to distinguish between the two with a hand-painted approach inspired by Sci-Fi art of the 1950s versus the photo-realistic approach of many of today’s AAA titles. We’ve really drawn a lot of inspiration from the likes of Alphonse Mucha and the intense Sci-fi environments of Paul Lehr”

“We’re all extremely excited to finally be able to announce this new adventure to the world”, stated  Antonio Cannata, CEO and Co-Founder of Stormind Games “This is Stormind Games’ first proprietary IP, and our first next-gen video game – we’re stepping up our game, and both as a man who works in this industry and as a passionate gamer, I can positively state that our team’s professional growth, together with the contribution of stars such as Anne Toole, Borislav Mitkov  and Ron Fish, definitely makes Batora: Lost Haven our most ambitious project so far”

Batora: Lost Haven will launch for PC, Playstation 4 and 5, Xbox One and X and Nintendo Switch. 

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ABOUT STORMIND GAMES

Stormind Games is the video game studio specialized in the development of intense stories for PC and consoles. Following the team’s award-winning effort in the development of the survival horror saga Remothered, the studio is now developing an all new story-driven original IP 

Daedalic Entertainment Reveals Glitchpunk – Cyberpunk Aesthetic Meets Gritty GTA 2 Style Action

Mayhem on neon streets awaits, with a free demo coming to Steam on 3rd Feb. 

Hamburg, 28th January 2021 – Welcome to the dystopian future! Developer Dark Lord and Publisher Daedalic Entertainment are happy to announce Glitchpunk, a cyberpunk-themed game with an old school GTA 2 feel. Set to be released in 2021, Glitchpunk is a top-down action game where you shoot, brawl, drive, steal and sneak yourself through a neon-soaked world full of gangs and cults, forging cooperations along the way. A demo of the game is available during the Steam Games Festival: February 2021 from 3rd February to 9th February. 

In Glitchpunk you play as a glitching android going against your own programming and challenging the tyrannical governments and megacorps of the dystopian near-future. Forge your own path in several cities full of drug-crazed gangs, aggressive police, and irresponsible drivers that make each mission and playthrough unpredictable. Steal cars and lead your enemies on a merry chase, fight them with a variety of melee and long-range weapons, and upgrade your own body with tech. But Glitchpunk isn’t just about blowing things up, it also tells a story of transhumanism, xenophobia, and religion. You can influence the world around you, make new friends, face off against more enemies than you can count – and you might even find love. 

Key features:

  • Brutal top-down action with a massive arsenal of weapons to choose from
  • Hacking system allows players to control minds of pedestrians and affect various devices.
  • Many different ways of locomotion, including trains, tanks, motorbikes, buses, trucks, and obviously tons of cars
  • Frantic police chases and up to 10 escalations of mayhem-inducing wanted levels
  • 12 gangs with their own stories, quests, and culture
  • 4 different cities, from the desert remains of the USA to cyberpunk Soviet Russia in a post-nuclear winter
  • Mature story with several endings
  • Rare art style mix of 2D sprites in a 3D environment
  • In-game radio with music by artists from all over the world, together with news stations and absurd commercials

Glitchpunkis set to enter Early Access on Steam in the first half of 2021. Get more information on Steam and join the community on Discord.  

About Dark Lord (Developer)

Dark Lord was founded in 2016 by Maciej Karbownik as a one-man freelance company. It wasn’t until 2019 when Maciej teamed up with Damian Modzelewski and Patrycja Grządziela to work on the prototype of Dark Lord’s debut title: Glitchpunk. In 2020 the team finished the Digital Dragons Incubator programme and grew to 7 people total.

About Daedalic (Publisher)

Daedalic Entertainment publishes and develops high-quality games for all platforms. The company has a diverse line-up of high-quality titles, including classic adventures, RPGs, and strategy and multiplayer games. With over 50 employees, Daedalic is currently developing a new line-up of innovative games across consoles, PC and mobile platforms.

Based in Hamburg, Germany, Daedalic is one of Europe’s most acclaimed publishers and developers. With a total of 32 awards in the German Developers Award (including multiple accolades for ‘Studio of the Year’) and 12 German Computer Game Awards for genre-defining games such as Deponia, Edna & Harvey, Silence, Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth, The Long Journey Home, and State of Mind, Daedalic is a record holder for the two most prestigious game awards in Germany. Daedalic is currently developing the AAA title The Lord of the Rings – Gollum. The action-adventure that tells the story of Gollum from a perspective never witnessed before in any storytelling media, all the while staying faithful to the legendary books of J.R.R. Tolkien.

Curious Expedition 2 is out now on PC

Nintendo Switch™, Xbox and PlayStation® versions to follow later in 2021

Gothenburg, Sweden – January 28th, 2021 – Thunderful Publishing & independent developer Maschinen-Mensch are excited to announce that their narrative roguelike adventure, Curious Expedition 2, has entered into commercial launch on PC (Steam®). After their highly successful Early Access period, Maschinen-Mensch have been improving the game gradually into the ultimate procedural storytelling roguelike experience. Curious Expedition 2 is available now on Steam® for €19.99 / $19.99 / £16.99. Stay tuned for an extensive post-launch content plan in 2021, which we will detail in the near future! A console release on Nintendo Switch™, Xbox and PlayStation® platforms will follow later in the year.

“We’re so excited that Curious Expedition 2 is complete and its many treasures are ready for plundering by would-be adventurers,” said Johannes Kristmann, Co-Founder at Maschinen-Mensch. “Finishing our game in the midst of a global pandemic has been a challenge, so we want to say a big thank you to our community for their invaluable feedback. We hope the digital adventures that await in Curious Expedition 2 will help satisfy the wanderlust we all have from being stuck at home for over a year!”

“We are immensely proud of the team at Maschinen-Mensch. Curious Expedition 2 is a beautiful, surprising and challenging experience that continues to reward players the more they invest into it,” said Tyrone Walcott, Product Manager at Thunderful. “We are just getting started though, as later this year we’ll be bringing the game to consoles and we also have an extensive post-launch content rollout plan in the works. Details will be coming soon, so get ready for more adventurers throughout 2021!”

Purchase Curious Expedition on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1040230/Curious_Expedition_2/

In a reimagined late 19th Century, it is 1886 and the world is waiting with bated breath in the lead up to Paris World’s Fair. During this time, an immense discovery has been made: mysterious islands in the oceans have begun to appear, only to vanish soon afterwards, as if by magic. The three great Explorer Clubs of Paris are now funding expeditions to these strange islands in a bid to make bold new discoveries, to be exhibited in their stands at the upcoming World’s Fair. Take on the role of an intrepid explorer, assemble your crew, and come across all manner of unique cultures, flora, fauna, treasures and more. With a timeless art style inspired by the classic Franco-Belgian comics of the 20th century and an arrestingly charming orchestrated soundtrack, Curious Expedition 2 is a pulp adventure storybook come to life.

Using a combination of hand-crafted and procedural gameplay and story elements, Curious Expedition 2 creates completely unique and epic adventures every time you play. It tells its story through traditional choice-based adventure mechanics, but also adds in resource management, turn-based exploration and combat sections with dice-roll mechanics, and roguelike elements. It’s a curious mix of genres and subgenres, all wrapped up in a streamlined and accessible gameplay experience with powerfully dynamic options. 

In Curious Expedition 2, no two adventures are ever the same. Your character and those you recruit are all procedurally-generated with specific classes, but with their own unique look, abilities, strengths and weaknesses. On your adventures, all manner of unforeseen circumstances can positively or negatively impact your progress, so careful resource and sanity management is needed to make it back home with your spoils – and your team! There are multiple expedition types, each with their own unique goals and events. Will you seek out the legendary Golden Pyramid, or choose to recover the Rainbow Orchid instead? Plunder ancient shrines, haggle with traders or indiginous tribes, loot ghostly pirate ships, and a whole lot more in your own procedural pulp adventure. In Curious Expedition 2, a world of unimaginable wonder and surprise awaits!

Curious Expedition 2 is available now for PC (Steam®), priced at $/€19.99 / £16.99.  Later in 2021 Curious Expedition 2 will come to Nintendo Switch™, Xbox and PlayStation® platforms.

About Maschinen-Mensch  

Maschinen-Mensch is a Berlin-based studio founded in 2014 by Riad Djemili and Johannes Kristmann, combining 15 years of experience in professional AAA game productions. Among other projects, they worked on the multi-award winning game “Spec Ops: The Line” by YAGER Development. Maschinen-Mensch’s debut title Curious Expedition was first released in 2015 on Steam.

About Thunderful Publishing

Thunderful Publishing is a games publishing company, founded in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2017. Part of the Thunderful Group, which also includes development studios Zoink Games and Image & Form, and publisher Rising Star Games, Thunderful Publishing focuses on premium PC and console games for a worldwide audience and is the publisher behind award-winning games such as Steamworld Quest: Hand of Gilgamesh, Lonely Mountains: Downhill and Curious Expedition 2.

SNK’S SUPERCHARGED SEQUEL, THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV, ELECTRIFIES THE RING WITH RETURNING CHAMPION BENIMARU NIKAIDO

TEAM HERO MAKES ITS EXPLOSIVE DEBUT WITH PROTAGONIST SHUN’EI, THE SLEEPY MEITENKUN, AND SHOOTING STAR BENIMARU

Osaka, Japan, January 27, 2021 – SNK CORPORATION (Corporate HQ: Suita-city, Osaka, Japan, Company Chairman and President: Ge Zhihui) has revealed today an exhilarating new character trailer for BENIMARU NIKAIDO, a returning champion in THE KING OF FIGHTERS XV (KOF XV). BENIMARU, alongside master illusionist SHUN’EI and sleepy-yet-deadly MEITENKUN, make up the dynamic TEAM HERO. More teams and character trailers will be unveiled leading up to the game’s launch later this year.

MEET TEAM HERO: SHUN’EI, MEITENKUN, AND BENIMARU NIKAIDO!

KOF XV continues the KOF series’ legacy with its iconic 3-on-3 team battles. Different teams have different stories and endings.

BENIMARU NIKAIDO

Born into a rich family and raised by his Japanese father and American mother, this shooting star takes fighting to a shocking level. His slender frame enhances his electrostatics and his chiseled legs (built from years of shoot boxing) allow him to land kicks that hit like bolts of lightning. During this tournament, Benimaru’s friend and rival, Kyo Kusanagi, forces him into a position where he must watch over Shun’ei and Meitenkun.

SHUN’EI

Though young, Shun’ei is a master manipulator of illusions. Shortly after mysterious hands form around his body and he is disowned by his parents, Shun’ei falls under the wing of legendary martial arts master Tung Fu Rue, the likes of which teaches him how to come to grips with his new-found powers.

Following the defeat of a strange being known as Verse, Shun’ei continues his training in an effort to better control his powers. He enters the tournament with his friend Meitenkun to further push his abilities to the limit.

MEITENKUN

With pillow in hand, this sleepy young fighter is a master of the hidden martial arts technique Hyakkyokuminminken, or Eight Extremities Slumber Fist. He considers his mentor Tung Fu Rue and fellow disciple/best friend Shun’ei his family. Many think Meitenkun is Tung’s secret weapon, as the extent of his explosive power and technique is a mystery to all.

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ENCHANTING VR ODYSSEY RYTE: THE EYE OF ATLANTIS REVIVES ANCIENT LEGEND TODAY

UNRAVEL ATLANTIS’ MYSTERIES, DISCOVER SUPERNATURAL POWERS AND SAVE THE WORLD FROM RUIN WITH STEAM VR AND OCULUS STORE BY MID FEBRUARY

Paris, France, January 27, 2021 — Orichalcum Pictures, a hybrid production company founded to explore archaeology through a multimedia lens, announced today that their ancient Greece and Myst-inspired VR adventure game, Ryte: The Eye of Atlantis, is now available for Steam VR for $19.99 and will land on Oculus in the next couple of weeks. Set in a dreamlike, semi-realistic depiction of Atlantis, players are able to wield remarkable abilities as they learn to read the stars, solve challenging puzzles and find their place in a battle that will determine the future of the long lost paradise.

Uncover the epic journey that awaits aspiring Atlanteans with today’s launch trailer: 

“Ryte: The Eye of Atlantis melds the captivating mechanics of classic graphic adventure games like Myst with accurate descriptions from ancient Greek philosophers like Plato,” says Clovis Rossillon, President of Orichalcum Pictures. “We can’t wait for players to explore our authentic, true-to-life vision of Atlantis while forging their own venerable epic in virtual reality.”

As alternate history fans take in outdoor markets and sacred temples filled with believable occult artefacts and statues, they’ll form alliances with Atlanlean natives like Danae and learn how to exercise telekinetic abilities of repulsion and attraction in order to circumvent cleverly designed obstacles. Every decision and discovery determines one of four distinct endings and the fate of Atlantis and oneself.

Ryte: The Eye of Atlantis (Oculus Rift, Oculus Rift S, HTC Vive, Vive Cosmos) is now available on Steam VR for $19.99 and will be on Oculus store later in February. For more information, please visit the title’s Steam, like the game on Facebook, follow the game on Twitter, and subscribe to the title’s YouTube channel.

About Orichalcum Pictures
Orichalcum Pictures is a hybrid production company founded to explore archaeology and history through a multimedia lens, including video, virtual reality and sponsorships. Projects currently in production include documentaries on egyptology history and participations in excavations taking place in Egypt through patronage. The ancient Greece and Myst-inspired VR adventure game Ryte: The Eye of Atlantis is now available for Steam VR and Oculus.

WRITE A PAGE IN THE HISTORY OF ROGUELIKES WITH ROGUEBOOK

The roguelike deckbuilder is coming to Steam with a free demo available from February 3 to 9, 2021

Lesquin, France, January 27, 2021 – Dust off your inkwell, insert your gems in the card sockets and build up the most colossal deck: NACON and Abrakam Entertainment are pleased to announce the arrival of the roguelike deckbuilder Roguebook, the game in which the pages turn as the adventure continues! Roguebook will be available as an exclusive demo during the Steam Game Festival, from February 3 to 9, 2021.

Developed by Abrakam Entertainment, the developers of Faeria, and co-designed by Richard Garfield, the creator of Magic: The Gathering™, Roguebook takes place in the enchanted world of Faeria. In the game, players choose 2 heroes amongst the 4 available and form a team to take on the legends of the Roguebook, a cursed book whose existence threatens all living creatures.

In Roguebook, adventurers on an almost blank map. They progress by revealing new tiles they can move to, using an ingenious inkwell system. The Roguebook changes with each run, so the obstacles encountered are different from one game to the next. Same goes for the enemies you must defeat in tactical turn-based battle.

As in a traditional deckbuilder, players collect cards that they can use in the different challenges. You can upgrade the cards by inserting gems to earn unique bonuses. In addition to these cards, players can create dazzling team synergies using each hero’s specific abilities. These abilities are found in a skill tree, and can be unlocked through a disruptive mechanism: the Tower Deck.

Unlike other games where the most frequent strategies is streamlining your deck, Roguebook encourages players to build a deck using as many cards as possible in order to increase the team’s offensive and defensive capabilities. With a meticulous strategy, wise moves and a little bit of luck, players can create an invincible heroic duo!

The Roguebook demo will be available exclusively during the Steam Game Festival, from February 3 to 9 . There will be lots of streams to mark the occasion, including one with Richard Garfield on Wednesday, February 3rd at 10pm CET (1pm PT). Try out this unique and magical adventure for free!
  The final version of Roguebook will be released on PC (Steam) on June 24, 2021, and later on PlayStation®4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch

Add Roguebook to your Steam wishlist and receive an alert when the demo is available

Roguebook is on Facebook, Twitter, Discord and YouTube.

All NACON Games and accessories are here: nacongaming.com

About  Abrakam Entertainment
ABRAKAM ENTERTAINMENT is the AA Video Game Developer of the successful PC strategy game ‘Faeria,’ which launched in 2017 to 85% positive Steam reviews and praise from critics and major influencers. With their own tools and a very dedicated team, ABRAKAM has the ability to develop innovative strategy games efficiently. Roguebook, a roguelike card game, is their next next major title to be launched on PC and Consoles.

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, 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/

Olija Review

Olija

Developer: Skeleton Crew Studio
Publisher: Devolver Digital
PlatformsXbox OnePlayStation 4PC (Reviewed), Nintendo Switch
Release Date: 28 Jan 2021
Price: $14,99 USD – Available Here

Overview

Occasionally, you play a game where its atmosphere and setting really grab a hold of you. So much that your initial impression is: “I wish I really lived there”. And it doesn’t matter much if it’s a fantasy setting or not. The last time I felt that way was while (re)playing Assassin’s Creed Odyssey. Comfy Mediterranean coastline wherever you look, vineyards, and plenty of towers to climb on for an even better scenery to look at. So who cares if you might get mauled by a bear every once in a while or Athenians may ransack your village? It’s a small price to pay. And why this opening talk for some Assassin’s Creed game in my Olija review? What is it that they both have in common? The atmosphere, of course. Something that Olija presents quite well.

Story

Once again, we are introduced to a cozy Mediterranean setting. While it doesn’t have dangerous bears or Athenians this time, things are far from good. Each year, the sea offered less and less fish. Our protagonist Faraday, a penniless young lord, could not endure that anymore so he gathered a crew and set sail for a desperate hunt. After weeks of sailing, the brave men spotted a dark and enormous whale that could very well be the answer to their food troubles. But the hunt for the whale didn’t go exactly as planned, so Faraday is now shipwrecked in an unfamiliar place. The mysterious country of Terraphage is home to many traps and enemies so it won’t be easy to escape it and return to your homeland.

Gameplay

After a short tutorial section, the game will take us to meet our new “friend” – a legendary cursed harpoon that will make our stay in Terraphage a bit easier. Armed with your new weapon and quick combos, you’re now free to explore the new land as you see fit. Aside from fluid combos, the harpoon also possesses the ability to teleport, which you can also chain with said combos for a stronger final attack. As you progress through the game, you can find new upgrades for your harpoon and secondary weapons. One neat gimmick regarding combat and exploration is how the throwable feature of your harpoon is implemented. You can throw it to higher areas and teleport to where your harpoon is, reaching locations that you couldn’t get to otherwise. You can also toss it to where the enemy is, shorting the distance and even damage the enemies once you recall the harpoon to your hand (if they’re on its path). Another selling point of Olija is the exploration. Find secrets and gather material in order to craft hats. Yes, I said hats. Being malnourished in this game is no excuse to not look stylish. On top of making you look badass, wearing certain hats will give you various combat perks. Your home base of Oaktide in the land of Terraphage serves as a central hub for crafting new hats ad meeting characters that you found and liberated through exploring.

Visuals

If there is another game reminiscing of Olija, I’d single out one title that shares a similar ambience when it comes to visuals and that is, without doubt, Another World. However, while the minimalistic pixel art graphics there managed to only emphasize the ambience, in this game it feels like it took a bite that’s a bit hard to chew. While the environments in Olija are occasionally brimming with details, often I’d find myself staring at the scenery trying to distinguish is that a bush, a chest hiding behind something, or an enemy. Certain enemies look like Picassoesque blobs that seem unfinished or created with the principle of “less is more”. Well, in this case, less is merely less and it doesn’t look good. Sometimes, when evoking the pixelated retro style it is good knowing when to stop and Olija clearly struggles with where that limit should be.

Audio

On the store page of Olija, I was greeted with the clarification that the soundtrack is “inspired by Flamenco, lo-fi and traditional Japanese music”. If that description has made you expecting some mellow tones (especially when focusing on a lo-fi part), well you couldn’t be more wrong then. Having mistaken expectations is a good thing in this case. Overall, the soundtrack is tense, energetic, and adrenaline-fueled whether it is during exploration or while stabbing multiple enemies. Some Japanese inspired tunes reminded me of the Tenchu series and this choice of music in a meticulously curated soundtrack is there to emphasize the atmosphere. In any case, coupled with fluid combat and distinct art style, the soundtrack only serves as another selling point for Olija.

Overall

If there is one game that will deserve having an epithet of an acquired taste, it’s definitely Olija. Let’s make this clear – it’s not a game for everyone. It’s not trying to appeal to a broader audience and it won’t hold your hand as you play through it. What you get here is a product of a unique atmosphere, a carefully crafted soundtrack, and an art style that definitely separates the game from the rest. It’s just a question of whether it is your cup of tea or not. If you allow yourself to be drawn into the world of Terraphage and its outlandish setting, you’ll end playing it for way more than you might expect.

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WARRIORS: RISE TO GLORY ONLINE MULTIPLAYER AVAILABLE NOW ON STEAM

Enter the Arena for Epic Multiplayer Battles for Free for a Limited Time

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL – JANUARY 28, 2021 – Independent developer Gavra Games announced today its new turn-based gladiator combat game, Warriors: Rise to Glory Online Multiplayer, is available now on Steam free for a limited time. Players will compete in 1v1, 2v2 or six-player free for all battles where treacherous alliances and staying three steps ahead are the keys to victory. Enter the arena and step up to be the ultimate gladiator as you honor the legacy of your ancestors in a world where blood and guts decide the fate of men.

Warriors: Rise to Glory Online Multiplayer Gameplay Features:

  • High Stakes, Over-the-top Brutal Combat: Crush other players’ skulls with a mighty axe, pierce their armor with a deadly arrow or kick them into deadly traps all in the name of glory! Raise the stakes and bet wisely to win great rewards – but if you fail, you could lose your life, glory and all your gear!
  • Settle Your Beef: Play online with and against your friends to prove once and for all which lineage’s brood really is peak of the pack.
  • Form Powerful Alliances: Keep your enemies close and your allies closer! Pick trustworthy and strong allies to execute a winning strategy in battle…but trust no one – alliances are fragile.
  • Level Up: Gain experience and level up your warriors with better weapons, armor, stats, and skills to pass down for generations to come.
  • Battle Your Way: Prove your strength in a 1 v 1 battle, team up in a 2 v 2 battle, or take on the world in “Free for All” combat.
  • Are You Not Entertained?: Boost your favorite warrior’s lineage, hype up the crowd and rally them to your advantage or line your pockets by betting on a game of chance at the local tavern.
  • Roguelike Gameplay: Once a warrior is dead, he is dead, however, the house they built will remain solid and upright.
  • You Are Judge, Jury, and Executioner: As the all-powerful and superior warrior in a deathmatch, you decide the fate of your fallen foe – to kill or to humiliate? Each decision has its own reward.
  • No Two Lineages Alike: Use the creation tools to make the warriors of your lineage as fearsome or goofy as you want. Prove to everyone that it is not just about being the best, it’s also about being the best looking.

In Warriors: Rise to Glory Online Multiplayer, players will receive hype from the crowd as they chuck bananas or toilets at your foes from the stands. Earn XP and coins as you defeat other players and their warrior spawn and use the riches to don killer armor and weaponry. Warriors: Rise to Glory Online Multiplayer is not just about flatulence and stabbing someone until their innards pool at their feet – this game goes deep, real deep. Beyond the farting, stabbing, memes, slicing, and fighting, you will discover that positioning, calculated risk, and the knowledge of your surroundings are what line the path to victory.

Warriors: Rise to Glory Online Multiplayer is available on Steam free for a limited time. Stay up to date with all Warriors: Rise to Glory Online Multiplayer news on the website, watch on YouTube, follow on Twitter, and “Like” us on Facebook.

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ABOUT GAVRA GAMES
Two cousins obsessed with video games from the time we were old enough to hold a controller decided to follow our lifelong dream of becoming game developers and open our own gaming studio that is now a team of six developers. As a team of hardcore gamers, we understand the value of creating a fun, easy to learn but hard to master experience for our gamers. No pay to win and no “surprise mechanics”! Just pure old fun. All this while placing our unique sense of humor pretty much everywhere because well… we can!