Fight Crab Launches Today on Nintendo Switch!

Unleash shell in the new physics-based 3D battle action game from Mastiff & Calappa Games

SAN FRANCISCO — Sept. 15, 2020 — Let the battle begin! Mastiff and Calappa Games have released the physics-based 3D brawler Fight Crab on the Nintendo eShop for Nintendo Switch™. This absurdly hilarious battle action game, featuring intense claw-to-claw combat and over-the-top single-player and multiplayer modes, is available today in North America, Europe and Australia for $19.99 (US)/€19,99 (EU)/$29.99 (AU).

The rules of Fight Crab are simple: do not talk about Fight You are a giant crab – embark on a world tour of crustacean conquest, flipping over and pinning anything that crab walks in your way. Master classic fighting game moves like blocks, grabs and hyper mode-activated skills, and unlock powerful new crabs and abilities with each victory. Arm yourself with an arsenal of wild weaponry, including the whip sword, nunchaku, axe gun, chainsaw, beam saber, jet engines and more – everything needed to crush the living shell out of your foes!

Key Features:

• Claw through a Campaign Mode with 34 stages spread out across 7 chapters, plus 7 tutorial stages.
• 23 types of playable crab, 48 different weapons and 11 unique battle stages.
• A variety of matchmaking options including 1v1, 2v2, and offline and online co-op and versus battle modes.
• Unlock special skills like the fabled Kanihameha, devastating Crab Copter and more.
• Level up your crab, recruit new crabs, and purchase deadly new weapons to build the ultimate crab warrior.
• Nintendo Switch Joy-Con™ motion controls let you freely manipulate limbs to punch, grab and flip your way to victory.
• Use Photo Mode to capture, share and immortalize epic confrontations and intense battles.

For more crabby puns and info, visit http://mastiff-games.com/fight-crab and follow Mastiff on social media:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MastiffGames
Twitter: https://twitter.com/mastiffgames
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Mastiff_Games

About Mastiff

Mastiff is a publisher of fun, easy-to-pick-up-and-play games on all platforms, including those from Nintendo, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Microsoft, PC, and online gaming. Founded in 2002, Mastiff is proud to have released games in virtually every genre, including action, adventure, RPG, FPS, casual and music. www.mastiff-games.com

About Calappa Games

Masafumi Onuki, a solo developer whose projects include Fight Crab, Ace of Seafood, and Neo Aquarium – The King of Crustaceans, founded Calappa Games in October 2019. Calappa Games’ most recent project, Fight Crab, is made possible in part by a grant from the Japan Game Culture Foundation, led by Representative Director Mr. Yoshihiki Okamoto. All of Mr. Onuki’s projects feature genre-spanning music created by DEKU. https://www.neoaq.net

ROCKET LEAGUE® GOING FREE TO PLAY SEPTEMBER 23

SAN DIEGO – September 15, 2020 – Psyonix, the San Diego video game developer, has announced that Rocket League is going free to play on September 23!

An update will go live on all platforms tomorrow, September 16, at 9 a.m. PDT (4 p.m. UTC) to prepare Rocket League for the free to play transition. Below is a breakdown of what goes live during tomorrow’s update and what will be available when free to play launches on September 23:

Tomorrow’s Update 

• Cross-Platform Progression Linking – Existing players will be able to link their platforms to their Epic Games Account. More information can be found in the blog post HERE
• Legacy Status Items – Players that already own and have played Rocket League will receive their Legacy items
• Support-A-Creator Live – Rocket League will join the Epic Games Support-A-Creator program. Beginning tomorrow, players will be able to enter a Creator Code in the Item Shop which allows Creators to earn 5% of Credits Spent when their Creator Code is used
• Various Quality of Life Changes and Additions – More info found in today’s blog

Free to Play Launch on September 23 

• Epic Games Store Debut – Rocket League will make its debut on the Epic Games Store when Rocket League goes free to play! Players can add it to their wishlist  HERE. Players who download and launch the game on EGS will also receive the Sun Ray Boost and Hot Rocks Trail items! 
• Revamped Tournaments and Challenges – Updates to the Tournaments and Challenges systems will be live
• Season 1 Rocket Pass – Rocket Pass returns with the beginning of Season 1! More details on Season 1 will be revealed soon 
• Two New Item Packs – The Endo Starter Pack and Jäger Pack will be available for purchase. The packs will contain:
  • Endo Starter Pack – Endo, Gaiden Wheels (Grey), Neo-Thermal Boost, Friction Trail, and 500 Credits
  • Jäger Pack – Jäger 619 (Titanium White), Apparatus Wheels (Titanium White), Toon Goal Explosion (Titanium White), and 1000 Credits

Lastly, in order to celebrate Rocket League going free to play, there will be an all new in-game event called Llama-Rama soon after the September 23 launch. More information about this event will be shared in the near future!

For more in-depth information about what’s coming in tomorrow’s update and free to play launch on September 23, check out the latest blog post HERE and check out the new trailer HERE

ABOUT ROCKET LEAGUE
Winner or nominee of more than 150 “Game of the Year” awards, Rocket League is one of the most critically-acclaimed sports games of our generation. Rocket League is a high-powered hybrid of arcade-style soccer and vehicular mayhem with easy-to-understand controls and fluid, physics-driven competition. Available on Nintendo Switch™, PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One and PC, Rocket League includes nearly endless customization possibilities, a fully-featured offline season mode, multiple game types, casual and competitive online matches, and special “Mutators” that let you change the rules entirely.

To learn more about Rocket League, please visit www.RocketLeague.com, “Like” it on Facebook, and follow it on Twitter @RocketLeague for all the latest developer updates and news.

ABOUT PSYONIX™
Based in San Diego, CA, Psyonix is a critically-acclaimed video game developer and a leading expert in Unreal Engine technology. For more than 15 years, the studio has been a driving force behind some of the most successful games in the industry, including Gears of War, Mass Effect 3, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Bulletstorm, Unreal Tournament III, Unreal Tournament 2004, and the award-winning Sports-Action hit, Rocket League®.

© 2015-2020 Psyonix LLC. Rocket League, Psyonix, and all related marks and logos are registered trademarks or trademarks of Psyonix LLC. All rights reserved. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. 

HIEI FROM YU YU HAKUSHO SLASHES ONTO JUMP FORCE THIS FALL

BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. today officially announced that YuYu Hakusho’s Hiei, the Upper S-Class demon and ally of Urameshi Yusuke, will be focusing the gaze of his Jagan upon the JUMP FORCEroster as part of Character Pass 2. The master of the immensely powerful Dragon of the Darkness Flame technique, Hiei casts a fearsome shadow over the battlefield that far exceeds his physical stature. Hiei will be available for PlayStation®4, Xbox One and PC users this fall, and Nintendo Switch players in 2021.

In addition to Hiei, JUMP FORCE Character Pass 2 also features the currently available Shoto Todoroki, the previously announced Meruem, and two yet-to-be announced characters from Bleach and JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure. Players who purchase Character Pass 2 for $17.99 will immediately obtain Todoroki, as well as gain early access to Hiei, Meruem and the two subsequent DLC characters upon their individual releases; characters may also be purchased separately for $3.99 each.

JUMP FORCE is available now for the PlayStation 4 computer entertainment system system, Xbox One and PCs via STEAM®; the JUMP FORCE Deluxe Edition is also currently available for Nintendo Switch.

PUBG MOBILE ROYALE PASS SEASON 15 “BEYOND A.C.E.” DELIVERS SLEEK AND CUSTOMIZABLE REWARDS

All-new costumes and fresh iterations of classic outfits arrive for players to earn in massive content overhaul in the latest update of PUBG MOBILE 1.0 version

LOS ANGELES – Sept. 15, 2020 – PUBG MOBILE airdrops an unprecedented wardrobe of sleek new outfits and more in the highly-anticipated Royale Pass Season 15: “Beyond A.C.E.” Beginning today, players can unlock eight brand-new costumes to customize themselves in the world’s most popular mobile game through the App Store and Google Play.

Today’s PUBG MOBILE Royale Pass Season 15 introduces a wave of never-before-seen outfits and gear skins, along with tasteful recreations of the game’s classic outfits. By enrolling in the new season and completing various in-game challenges, players will have the opportunity to earn special themed rewards, including the first-ever chance to upgrade PUBG’s original characters’ outfits. Community members can watch the teaser video here.

In addition to Season 15’s collectable rewards, the game’s partial user interface and rewards displays are receiving an upgrade. Bookmarks are now relocated, and players can browse for both leveled and unpurchased rewards. Players can also now purchase vouchers directly in the voucher window, and RP points acquired between seasons will automatically convert to ordinary point cards.

Several miscellaneous upgrades to PUBG MOBILE’s subscription options are also now available, including:

• Plus Subscription rewards can now be redeemed for three 300UC Vouchers rather than one 900UC Voucher
• New notifications have been added for RP point redemption
• An RP subscriptions video is now available, along with monthly price details.

Today’s Royale Pass Season 15 arrives just days after the launch PUBG MOBILE New Era Version 1.0, which includes a revamped Erangel map, along with additional gameplay improvements, including visuals enhancement, new UX, 90 frame-per-second capabilities etc.  

PUBG MOBILE is available to download for free on the App Store and Google Play. 

ABOUT PUBG MOBILE

PUBG MOBILE is based on PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS, the phenomenon that took the world of interactive entertainment by storm in 2017. Up to 100 players parachute onto a remote island to battle in a winner-takes-all showdown. Players must locate and scavenge their own weapons, vehicles and supplies, and defeat every player in a visually and tactically rich battleground that forces players into a shrinking play zone.

For more information, please visit the official PUBG MOBILE accounts on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

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New Crysis Remastered Comparison Trailer Released Today

FRANKFURT, Germany – Sept. 15, 2020 – Crytek has released a new 8K trailer which demonstrates the wide range of visual upgrades and optimizations featured in Crysis Remastered, showing new footage in comparison to 2007’s original Crysis.

Crysis Remastered takes advantage of current-generation hardware and technology advances in CRYENGINE to bring a range of visual features to Crysis, including ray tracing, global illumination (SVOGI), rippling caustics, up to 8K textures (including an 8K Nanosuit), enhanced particle and explosion effects, and more. And on PC, players can experience the game in the ‘Can It Run Crysis?’ mode, an ultra-high graphics setting that will push even the most powerful hardware to its limits!

This remaster of the acclaimed first-person shooter was developed and optimized in partnership with Saber Interactive. It is coming to PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 on September 18 and is already available for Nintendo Switch for 29.99 USD/EUR.

For more information, visit www.crysis.com.

About Crytek

Crytek is an independent video game developer, publisher, and technology provider dedicated to pushing the boundaries of gaming with its cutting-edge 3D game development solution CRYENGINE. With headquarters in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) and studios in Kiev (Ukraine) and Istanbul (Turkey), Crytek has created multiple award-winning titles, including the original Far Cry, the Crysis series, Ryse: Son of Rome, The Climb, Robinson: The Journey and Hunt: Showdown. Crytek delivers fun and innovative gaming experiences for PC, consoles, and VR and continues to grow its reach in the games-as-a-service market. Every Crytek game is created with CRYENGINE, which can be used by anyone to create games.

For more information, visit www.crytek.com and www.cryengine.com.

BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. and DONTNOD Entertainment announced today that Twin Mirror™ will launch on December 1, 2020 on PCs via the Epic Games Store, PlayStation®4, and Xbox One™. Pre-orders for Twin Mirror are now open on the Epic Games Store, and anyone pre-ordering the game will receive the Twin Mirror original soundtrack as a digital pre-order bonus.

In this psychological thriller, main character Sam Higgs returns to his childhood town for his best friend’s funeral. It quickly becomes obvious that this little West Virginian city holds numerous dark secrets. The former investigative journalist will employ his deductive skills to uncover the mysteries surrounding the city and its inhabitants.

Sam Higgs has developed multiple analytical skills represented in the game by the Mind Palace, a place where players will discover multiple aspects of Sam’s personality. Thanks to Twin Mirror’s unique gameplay mechanics, players will be able to study the environment and gather clues, creating simulations of multiple scenarios to deduce the course of events or predict the story’s key turning points. 

To see Sam’s Mind Palace in action, check out the latest Twin Mirror gameplay trailer at the following YouTube

Gameloft Acquires The Other Guys, Leader of the Interactive Series Genre and Publisher of Linda Brown and Journeys

A strategic acquisition reinforces Gameloft’s portfolio and audience with a new genre of games

Paris, September 15^th  2020 – Gameloft, leader in the development and publishing of games, today announced an agreement to acquire The Other Guys, makers of the highly engaging interactive series app Linda Brown and the interactive storytelling platform Journeys. This is Gameloft’s second acquisition, further reinforcing its commitment to offer games of all genres and for all players.

The Other Guys, created in 2012, quickly became an expert studio in the production of captivating interactive series with the premier launch of Linda Brown, and subsequently the platform Journeys, allowing users to immerse themselves in unique TV-like experiences with over 23 engaging series. Working alongside over 30 talented scriptwriters, The Other Guys is a unique hybrid of mobile app developer and TV production studio, able to create more than one episode per day, offering over 2,300 episodes across 119 seasons and cumulating over 37 million downloads. With this acquisition, Gameloft strengthens its leading position in the mobile gaming industry.

“The unique style and the highly immersive stories make the interactive series app increasingly popular. The Other Guys’ large and engaged audience and their unique approach of gaming production similar to TV shows further complete our expertise in game-narrative segment and expands our portfolio to TV-like experiences,” said Stéphane Roussel, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Gameloft. “We are excited to welcome The Other Guys as a part of the Gameloft family and to support them in their journey to elevate the interactive series genre to the next level.”

“We are proud to join forces with Gameloft, a global leader in gaming development,” said Nicolas Cuneo, Chief Executive Officer of The Other Guys. “Joining Gameloft is a unique opportunity to accelerate our development alongside other renowned studios, by combining our experience in developing highly captivating gaming interactive series with Gameloft’s global footprint and expertise.”

The Other Guys will continue to be led by founders Nicolas Cuneo, Augusto Petrone and Pablo Mayer, together with the rest of the management team: Emilio Davidis, Alejandra Virkel, Daniel Ledesma and Blas Cuneo. It will operate as a Gameloft studio and will receive commercial, publishing and marketing support from the Gameloft teams and network.

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About Gameloft

Leader in the development and publishing of games, Gameloft® has established itself as one of the top innovators in its field since 2000. Gameloft creates games for all digital platforms, two of which are featured in the “Top 10 iOS Games by All-Time Worldwide Downloads” from App Annie. Gameloft operates its own established franchises such as Asphalt®, Dragon Mania Legends, Modern Combat and Dungeon Hunter and also partners with major rights holders including Disney®, LEGO®, Universal, Illumination Entertainment, Hasbro®, Fox Digital Entertainment, Mattel®, Lamborghini® and Ferrari®. Gameloft distributes its games in over 100 countries and employs 4,000 people worldwide. Every month, 80 million unique users can be reached by advertisers in Gameloft games with Gameloft for brands, a leading B2B offering dedicated to brands and agencies. Gameloft is a Vivendi company.

All trademarks referenced above are owned by their respective trademark owners.

Play the new Fantasy Combat Adventure Demo from Phase Two Games in The Steam Game Festival Autumn Edition

Melbourne, Australia – September 15th, 2020 – Independent developer Phase Two Games today announced that their squad-based fantasy adventure RPG Battle Hunters will launch on PC and Nintendo Switch on October 20th.

Ahead of its October launch a playable demo of the game will be available on PC courtesy of the Steam Game Festival Autumn Edition taking place between the 7th and 13th October.

Players will command a team of 3 adventurous heroes, plunging headlong into dungeons, caves, forests and swamps as they heed the call for help from the mysterious ‘Old One’. This will not be an easy quest by any means; a vast array of beastly adversaries and monstrous villains will impede your journey across several different regions of the kingdom. Fear not though, for many mighty heroes stand ready to join the adventure as your valiant trio takes the fight to the forces of darkness. 

Battle Hunters lets players form an adventurer party of 3, chosen from a line-up of 28 unique hero characters who are met and recruited along the journey. Be it the Wizard, the Gunslinger, the Assassin, or any other hero, each has their own specialized fighting skills and unique abilities that players can level up and enhance along the way. 

With an original and fresh approach to combat, through a combination of turned-based and real-time action, Battle Hunters gives players the opportunity to build a uniquely skilled team of adventurers. Different heroes bring a range of strengths and weaknesses to the battle, and with such a wide array of enemies to confront, the player must use the right combination of heroes to suit their own battle style, and to ensure victory.

Players will face off against devious goblins and lumbering trolls, as well as vicious gargoyles and unstoppable stone golems so creating a formidable band of heroes with the right skills can make all the difference.

Battle Hunters arrives on Steam and Nintendo Switch on October 20th, check out the games Steam Page here with a chance to play the demo in the Steam Game Festival Autumn Edition from October 7th:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1393340/Battle_Hunters/

About Phase Two Games
From their early years at Beam Software on PC games like ‘Krush, Kill and Destroy’ to bringing the first ‘Sims’ game to iPhone for EA, and later going on to bring ambitious brands like ‘Need for Speed’ and ‘DeadSpace’ to the smartphone and tablet, Dan and Toby have a long and respectable history of both making games and dealing with top IPs. At Phase Two Games we are determined to produce quality experiences with a small, talented team. We have deliberately stepped away from large-scale corporate-style production to pursue a more traditional style of development in the hope that our games can be free of influences that undermine the creative vision. We love games, and hope you enjoy playing the games we make.

Today, publisher Assemble Entertainment is delighted to announce that Larry Laffer is back at it — again — and this time, he’s on Xbox One! The world-famous ladies man is now available for your gameplay pleasure in the Microsoft Store in the form of Leisure Suit Larry – Wet Dreams Don’t Dry! Join Larry as he takes on the modern age — one explicit social media app at a time — to stumble his way to true love. The Xbox launch completes Larry’s multi-platform conquest as the infamous title stakes its claim on PC, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, iOS, Android, and now, Xbox One! 

Boasting a ‘Very Positive’ Steam review score, Leisure Suit Larry – Wet Dreams Don’t Dry lands Larry Laffer smack dab in 2018 where he’ll navigate his way through modern technology and modern women. What does that mean for the grease-stained lovebird of the ‘80s? Only one way to find out! 

Leisure Suit Larry – Wet Dreams Don’t Dry launches on Xbox One complete with the Happy Ending Update — an expansion that serves as an epilogue depicting what happens after Larry’s dating misadventures that take place in the main game. That’s not all — players don’t have to wait long to get more Larry, as Assemble Entertainment and developer Crazybunch have just recently announced the sequel, Leisure Suit Larry – Wet Dreams Dry Twice, launching on PC via Steam on October 15, 2020. 

More about Leisure Suit Larry – Wet Dreams Don’t Dry:
 
Hey ladies, I’m back in business! My latest adventure, Leisure Suit Larry – Wet Dreams Don’t Dry, takes me – whatever the route or twist of fate – from the end of the ’80s directly to the 21st Century and wow, how the world has changed! While my…somewhat antiquated view of the world and women collides with modern reality, I’m all set to date my way across the modern world!
 
In a “point & click” adventure I’d call typical for the genre, we mutually experience how I fall head-over-heels in love with Faith, the assistant to the boss at Prune, a powerful global tech company. Since even dating is done digitally nowadays, the first thing I have to do is to work on my score at Timber, the totally hip, can’t-get-anywhere-without-it dating app where I date women, satisfy their needs, and pick up points for my Timber profile. And whenever I get a chance in between, briefly check out a few new beach pix at Instacrap – the 21st century is gnarly!

Key Features of Leisure Suit Larry – Wet Dreams Don’t Dry Include: 

• What a World!: Explore a lovingly designed, non-linear game world set in modern times with over 30 hand-drawn venues
   
• The Digital Age: Use the “Timber” in-game app, along with an innovative dating mechanism to date women, improve your profile score, and ultimately clear the way to dating Faith, the woman of your dreams
   
• Dating Can be Puzzling: Solve true-blue puzzles and interact with over 30 hand-drawn characters

Developed by CrazyBunch and published by Assemble Entertainment, Leisure Suit Larry – Wet Dreams Don’t Dry is available for $39.99 USD as a digital download in the Microsoft Store and features a limited-time 25% launch discount.  

Explore a lonely Earth where humanity has been replaced by machines, launching for PC next month and for PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch in 2021

Moscow, Russia – 15 September 2020. New Game Order and META Publishing today announced The Uncertain: Light at the End will launch for PC on 8 October 2020, and will arrive on PlayStation®, Xbox and Nintendo Switch™ in 2021.

The Uncertain: Light at the End is a story-driven third-person sci-fi adventure set in a post-apocalyptic world where humanity has been replaced by machines. A young girl named Emily must survive as a lone outcast and unravel the mystery behind humanity’s disappearance, travelling through the abandoned world while pursued by the same machines which once served humankind.

Created by independent developer New Game Order (formerly ComonGames), The Uncertain: Light at the End presents an all-new adventure set in the universe established by 2016’s The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day, which has achieved more than 1,000 reviews and a Very Positive rating from the Steam community.

Game Features

• Welcome to a lonely Earth. Jump into an all-new and original story, in a world inexplicably abandoned by humans and dominated by robots.
• Discover deep lore and embedded storytelling. Learn about the past and present of a machine-dominated Earth world through exploration and interaction.
• Explore an abandoned world. Guide Emily through an empty and lonely city, filled with intricate details and hints at life before the disaster.
• Solve entirely unique puzzles. Every puzzle in The Uncertain: Light at the End is a unique challenge with unique mechanics.
• Lose yourself in Emily’s world. Immersive audio and a rich cinematic score bring The Uncertain’s lonely world to life.

See the release date announce trailer for The Uncertain: Light at the End here.

The Uncertain: Light at the End launches for PC on 8 October and will be available on Steam and GOG.com for $14.99 (£11.39, €12.49), with a 15% discount at launch and an additional 15% discount for owners of The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day.

Play The Uncertain: Light at the End demo today and watch the developer livestream in the Digital Dragons Indie Showcase, running from 15-18 September.

The Uncertain: Light at the End will launch in 2021 for PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch.

About META Publishing
META Publishing is a newly-formed videogame publishing label with a focus on creative, fun, and visually stunning games. With industry veterans as its core, META aims to help studios from all over the globe to get worldwide exposure and proper support in the form of full-cycle publishing with top-notch marketing, PR, localization, funding, and business development.

About New Game Order
New Game Order (formerly ComonGames) is a team of more than 20 skilled game development professionals, including in-house software engineers, artists and sound designers. New Game Order launched The Uncertain: Last Quiet Day in 2016 and is currently developing The Uncertain: Light at the End, available 8 October for PC.