Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey Now Available on Steam
Neogene Africa is now ready to be explored on Steam!
Private Division and Panache Digital Games today launched Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey on Steam following its successful 2019 launch on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and the Epic Game Store. This unique third-person open world survival game is the debut title from independent studio Panache Digital Games, co-founded in 2014 by Patrice Désilets. Since its original release, the game has received multiple accolades and award nominations including “Best Foreign Independent Game” from Pégases, the “Pixel d’Or for Originality and Innovation” from JeuxVideo.com as well as “Innovation in Games” from Ludicious Awards. In June 2020 Ancestors was awarded with a “NUMIX Award” in the “Large Scale Game Category” by the Quebec Digital Industry.
In Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey players embark on the most incredible odyssey known to humankind, the human evolution, and relive the early stages of life millions of years ago, battling a harsh and brutal world to ensure the future of their lineage. The game mechanics focus on three main principles: explore, expand, and evolve. With danger around every corner, players must carefully explore their environment set in Neogene Africa, slowly expanding their territory, and choosing how to evolve their clan from one generation to the next.
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is now available on Steam a special Steam launch price of $29.98 AUD for a limited time only . The Steam launch will be accompanied by the release of the official game soundtrack which has a unique sound inspired by African music.
The Steam release benefits from several patches and updates since its original launch, including:
improved tutorials and additional objectives to help guide your voyage,
controller vibration support,
new visual feedback on timing-based gameplay like combat and miscellaneous actions,
new RPG nodes to automate some clan life tasks, especially mating and bonding,
Sydney, August 28th 2020 – Koch Media has announced that the group is entering the Asian markets by opening two fully owned publishing offices based in Hong Kong and in Tokyo – later this year.
Both new Koch Media offices will offer the full range of local publishing services to the group’s international partners including, sales, marketing, public relations and more. Additionally, both teams will be acting as primary contact for local publishers and developers and help expand the group´s overall presence in Japan, China and Southeast Asia.
The announcement also comes as a new cooperation agreement between Koch Media and IGGYMOB is announced for their upcoming title Gungrave G.O.R.E. The partnership will see Koch Media overseeing the global publishing activities for one of South Koreas leading console developers.
Andreas Tobler, Director Business Development at Koch Media who is also in charge of Koch Media´s Asian expansion said he was delighted at the new partnership.
“We are honoured that we are able to welcome IGGYMOB as a new partner. The high quality we are seeing from the team and the spirit behind their work, make them a perfect partner for us,” he said.
“We are looking forward to supporting their great work with our publishing teams around the globe. Everyone at Koch Media is eager to communicate more about the amazing work that IGGYMOB are doing in the near future and we are sure that this will prove to be an exciting and highly successful partnership, ” he added.
Based in Seoul, South Korea, Iggymob is comprised of seasoned veterans of the video games industry and young, fresh talent. The multinational team is developing console titlesacross various platforms.
IGGYMOB’s CEO Kim, Ahn-Cheol and SVP Kay Kim said: “Our Partnership with Koch Media will have a powerful impact for us to be recognized globally”. And added “We truly believe that having a partnership and publishing contract with Koch Media is the best decision that we have made for the company. We want to congratulate Koch Media for expanding into the Asian markets and please look forward to the title that IGGYMOB will develop.”
Koch Media’s new presence in Asia is significant. The Japanese subsidiary, based in Tokyo, will be fully operational within the next six weeks, overseeing the group’s activities on the Japanese market. The office, which will be based in Hong Kong, will cover South Korea, SE Asia and China and operations will get underway in Q4 2020.
Koch Media’s CEO – Dr. Klemens Kundratitz – will be acting as Managing Director for both offices along with CFO Dr. Reinhard Gratl and Business Development Director Andreas Tobler. Local Territory Managers Jeremy Zitna and Robert Pontow will build up the local teams.
“Extending the company’s activities in PC/console gaming across global markets and further establishing the Koch Media brand internationally is an essential part of our strategy, “ said Dr. Kundratitz
“Last year we opened new publishing offices in Australia and Poland and our US office Deep Silver, Inc. has been rebranded to Koch Media, Inc. Expanding to the Asian markets is the next logical step for us“, he added.
About Koch Media
Koch Media is a global developer, publisher and distributor of computer and videogames, gaming hardware and merchandise.
The company’s publishing activities, marketing and distribution extend throughout Europe, America and Australia. Koch Media has more than 25 years of experience in the digital media business and has risen to become a leading games publishing partner. Koch Media runs a multi-label strategy with fully owned content providers, including the labels Deep Silver, Milestone and Ravenscourt which publish games for consoles and PC across all physical and digital channels.
Koch Media has formed long-term multi-national publishing collaborations with numerous game publishers including Bethesda, Capcom, Codemasters, Konami, Koei Tecmo, NC Soft, Sega, Square Enix, Warner and many others. With its parent company in Höfen, Austria and the Publishing HQ in Munich, Germany, Koch Media owns local publishing companies in Germany, UK, France, Spain, Italy, Sweden, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Poland, Australia, the United States as well as two Asian offices in Tokyo, Japan and Hong Kong.
The Koch Media group owns six game development studios: Deep Silver Volition (Champaign, IL / USA), Deep Silver Dambuster Studios (Nottingham / UK), Deep Silver Fishlabs (Hamburg / Germany), Warhorse Studios (Prague / Czech Republic), Milestone (Milan / Italy) and Voxler (Paris / France). Additionally Koch Media collaborates with numerous independent development studios around the world.
Koch Media also owns Gaya Entertainment, a leading games merchandise company in Langenfeld, Germany and the Quality Assurance Facility in Olomuc, Czech Republic. Furthermore, with Koch Films the Koch Media Group runs an established film business. Koch Films is a European independent film distributor with business primarily in Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Italy as a cinema, TV, online and Home Entertainment distributor.
THE WORLD IS YOUR PLAYGROUND IN ALL-NEW DIRT 5™ CUSTOM ARENA GAME MODE
Create, Share and Discover New Off-Road Arenas and Take on the World
Codemasters® today gives players the tools to Create, Share and Discover with the inclusion of Playgrounds, the latest new feature in DIRT 5™, coming to PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, the Xbox One family of devices including the Xbox One X, and Windows PC (via Steam) on Friday 16th October. Xbox Series X and PlayStation®5 will follow later this year with Google Stadia coming early 2021. The Playgrounds trailer can be viewed here.
Playgrounds allows players to design, create, edit and race on custom arenas and instantly share with the world. Using a vast suite of objects from bumps, kickers and ramps, to loops, tunnels and rings of fire, players can get creative with endless possibilities. Start with a blank canvas inside the iconic Cape Town Stadium in South Africa or take to the open space of the Arizona desert. From there, players can choose from three exciting game modes:
Gate Crasher – A high-speed checkpoint dash through strategically placed gates. While it sounds simple, after adding loops and other obstacles, the challenge increases ten-fold.
Gymkhana – Create a high-skill, fast-thrills arena peppered with drifts, donuts, and trick objects placed with precision for the perfect challenge. Players are rewarded for speed and style.
Smash Attack – The ultimate four-wheeled hide and seek. Strategically position smashable objects and define a target score. Players must find and collect all objects in the fastest time possible.
Once happy with the design, choose a vehicle, complete the event, create a thumbnail using the in-game Photo mode, and upload. Players from around the world can download the Playground and post their best scores to the leaderboard. The only limit to a player’s creativity is their imagination.
For those who want to get straight to the action, the Discover menu is the place to go. The Featured category hosts ever-changing arenas that the studio recommends and curates. The Top option gives players instant access to the highest-rated challenges from the community. For players who can’t decide, Lucky Dip serves a menu from all three game modes.
“Playgrounds is something we’ve wanted to share for some time. It’s unique for the DIRT franchise and, with endless possibilities, we can’t wait for our players to get creative,” said Robert Karp, DIRT 5 Development Director at Codemasters. “We still have more to come so keep your eyes peeled for more exciting DIRT5 news and check out the tease at the end of the Playgrounds trailer.”
Players who purchase DIRT 5 Amplified Edition will receive exclusive content and three days early access. The game supports both Xbox Smart Delivery and PlayStation’s free upgrade when players switch to an Xbox Series X or PlayStation 5.
Codemasters (AIM:CDM) is an award-winning British video game developer and publisher with over 30 years of heritage. The company specialises in high-quality racing games including DiRT, GRID, and the BAFTA award-winning official F1® series of videogames.
In November 2019 Codemasters acquired Slightly Mad Studios, creators and developers of award-winning IP including the Project CARS franchise.
For more information on Codemasters’ product portfolio, please visit www.codemasters.com. Join in the conversation with @codemasters on Twitter or Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/codemasters.
Star WarsTM: Squadrons Unveils New Single-Player Trailer at Gamescom Opening Night Live
Strap in, pilots, and prepare to take flight! Today, Electronic Arts, Motive Studios and Lucasfilm unveiled a new look at the authentic single-player story featured in Star Wars™: Squadrons, the highly anticipated space dogfighting experience set in the beloved Star Wars™ galaxy, with an all-new trailer as part of Geoff Keighley’s Opening Night Live show at Gamescom 2020.
The all-new single-player trailer expands on the story of Star Wars: Squadrons and the alternating perspective players will experience as they go back and forth as two customizable pilots on opposing missions to safeguard the newly formed New Republic, or to help restore order to The Galactic Empire. You can learn more in the new video
In addition to the new trailer, Motive has released the fourth Star Wars: Squadrons’ Pilot Briefing here, with commentary from Star Wars: Squadrons Writer Joanna Berry.
The blog provides an overview of the narrative featured in Star Wars: Squadrons and how it relates to the overall Star Wars storyline, as well some background on the two key squadrons: the New Republic’s heroic Vanguard Squadron, and the Galactic Empire’s fearsome Titan Squadron.
Sydney, Australia, 28th August 2020 | Deep Silver’s new indie IP Windbound is today available for digital download on the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft, Nintendo Switch™, Google Stadia and PC – via Epic Games Store and Steam.
To coincide with the launch, Deep Silver is releasing a six-minute developer diary-style trailer, which features gameplay and interviews with key members of the development team, 5 Lives Studios, giving the inside scoop on how Windbound was made.
“Creating Windbound has been an unforgettable experience – through both calm winds and turbulent seas,” said Mitchell Clifford, Co-Founder and Lead Animator at 5 Lives Studios. “We’re thrilled for players to finally embark on their journey alongside Kara and explore the mysteries of the archipelago. These are just the first steps into the world of Windbound, and there are exciting things on the path ahead.”
This launch video kicks off a three-part Dev Diary video series. What makes this world so special? Who is Kara? What inspired the whimsical soundtrack? The Dev Diary series explores all of that and more, featuring the people who spent over three years lovingly crafting every pixel of the game: the 5 Lives Studios dev team. Visit @WindboundGame social every Friday as the studio share how Windbound came to be from the first sketch on a piece of paper, to the game that it is today.
Global Press Preview Quotes:
GamesRadar: “There’s a lot of promise here, with Windbound proving to be a beautiful looking survival game with a lot of heart.”
GAMINGbible: “‘Windbound’ is basically Zelda meets ‘Moana’ and we’re here for it.”
GIGA: “Windbound is a meditative Zelda-like that you shouldn’t miss.”
Hobby Consolas: “We had a really nice time playing Windbound . So much so that time flew by and we were left wanting to continue exploring and discovering the mysteries of their world.”
IGN: “Windbound is here to blow a breath of fresh air into a genre which feels like it is sinking.”
Screenrant: “Deep Silver’s upcoming Windbound is a gorgeous survival game with slight rogue-like aspects, featuring island exploration, combat, and boat travel.”
Shacknews: “The Legend of Zelda meets the best of survival games in this gorgeous new adventure that’ll have you begging for more.”
WCCFTech: “Windbound is a beautifully contemplative trek to another world.”
Windbound is a beautiful rogue-like third-person survival-crafting RPG-adventure, fuelled by hunting, exploration and crafting. The player assumes the role of Kara who has been shipwrecked on an unknown land and must learn to adapt and survive, while solving the mysteries of a series of forgotten islands.
Windbound takes the survival genre in a new direction, focusing on nomadic hunting and exploration, together with custom boat building and an immersive tactile sailing experience. The game provides endless replayability options thanks to the procedural world, dynamic wildlife and modular boat crafting.
Story:
The forbidden islands are calling, unlock their secrets.
Shipwrecked alone on an uncharted island, explore, adapt and navigate the land and perilous seas to stay alive.
As Kara, you are a warrior, caught at sea in a fierce storm, adrift from your tribe. Thrown from your boat, at the mercy of the turbulent waters, you are tossed on to the shores of the Forbidden Islands, a mysterious paradise.
With no boat, no food or tools, just the will and skill to survive, uncover this beautiful island’s rich resources. Craft tools and weapons to hunt and defend yourself against nature itself with its wild and fantastical creatures.
Whilst exploring further islands and the scattered ruins across their lands, secrets of the past and glimpses of the future are revealed. Unravel the mystery behind them all and you may find more than just your way home.
Feature set:
Uncover the Secrets Within
Embark on a personal journey and discover the history of the idyllic Forbidden Islands; each holding the key to a mystery and unexpected revelations.
Explore As Far As The Eye Can See
Head towards the horizon, advancing across the islands, each with their own diverse wildlife, landscapes and challenges to face.
Live Off The Land
Scavenge the islands’ untamed terrain for resources that you can use to craft a full range of tools and weapons to hunt wildlife and upgrade your boat. You must set sail when resources become scarce.
Build Your Perfect Seacraft
Your boat is your key companion on this journey, carefully craft your own custom sailing vessel to take on the treacherous waters, traversing from one island to the next. Design your boat to battle tempestuous winds, monstrous waves, and deadly sea creatures.
For more information about Windbound, please visit one of the following official sites:
Deep Silver develops and distributes interactive games for all platforms. The Deep Silver label means to captivate all gamers who have a passion for thrilling gameplay in exciting game worlds by creating products of the highest possible quality, always focusing on what the customer desires.
Deep Silver has published more than 200 games since 2003, including its own brands like the open world extravaganza Saints Row, the zombie action franchise Dead Island, and the gritty, post-apocalyptic Metro series. Upcoming highlights from Deep Silver include the next entries into the Saints Row, TimeSplitters and Dead Island franchises. Deep Silver also owns the development studios Deep Silver Dambuster Studios in Nottingham, UK; Deep Silver Fishlabs in Hamburg, Germany, and Deep Silver Volition based in Champaign, IL, USA. For more information please visit www.deepsilver.com
Koch Media is a leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products (software, games and films). The company’s own publishing activities, marketing and distribution extend throughout Europe and the USA. The Koch Media group has more than 20 years of experience in the digital media business, and has risen to become the number one distributor in Europe. It has also formed strategic alliances with numerous games and software publishers: Bethesda, Capcom, Kaspersky Labs, NC SOFT, Sega, Square Enix and Tecmo-Koei, etc. in various European countries. With Headquarters in Höfen, Austria Koch Media owns branches in Germany, England, France, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, the Nordic regions, Benelux, Australia, Czech Republic and the United States.
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ABOUT 5 LIVES STUDIOS
5 Lives Studios is a team of five industry veterans who banded together in the wake of the Australian games industry’s collapse. Having worked together in various studios for almost a decade, they decided to set out on their own independent venture to create the games they’ve always want to make. Between them, they’ve worked on a wide variety of genres and properties, including Syndicate, Grand Theft Auto, Darksiders, Star Wars, and more. Its first title, Satellite Reign, was developed after more than 15,000 people backed a Kickstarter campaign in 2013.
Brand new EVERSPACE™ 2 gameplay footage as well as an in-depth dev commentary video shown by IGN has space game enthusiasts getting ready for the upcoming Early Access release this December. Never-seen-before content from the game shows a new star system and cockpit view featuring fully functional displays.
Hamburg, Germany – August 27, 2020 – As shown in the gamescom Studio show presented by IGN, independent developer ROCKFISH Games has revealed new content and features coming to the EVERSPACE 2 Early Access launching this December.
Watch the new Gamescom Trailer:
Check out the brand new gameplay:
New gameplay footage from the IGN event shows the hotly-anticipated cockpit view featuring fully functional displays which allows space sim fans the option to play without HUD for maximum immersion. Ship type, upgrades, and color customization will affect the cockpit interior, allowing for a wide variety of interiors.
Alongside this new trailer, the ROCKFISH Games team has shared that the Steam Early Access version of EVERSPACE 2 will allow players to access the new star system Union, a bustling trading hub where the interstellar game world really opens up. This new section of the game gives an entirely new look and feel, introducing massive space cloud formations, thunderstorms, shattered asteroids, and more unique environments both in space and on planets through a mix of hand-crafted and procedurally generated locations using UE4’s advanced technology like ambient occlusion, global illumination, and Niagara particles to the fullest.
Early Access will reintroduce the Okkar, the predominant alien race of the original EVERSPACE, as well as adding two new player ship classes, cockpit view with fully functional displays, 5 to 10 hours of gameplay to the Closed Alpha’s 10 hours of content, a higher level cap, and include many UI/UX and quality-of-life improvements.
“Fueled by glowing feedback on the EVERSPACE 2 Prototype and Closed Alpha, our team was even more motivated to continue pushing the technical and artistic envelope,” says Michael Schade, CEO and Co-Founder of ROCKFISH Games. “The introduction of the new star system Union demonstrates what an exceptional visual and gameplay experience a next-gen space shooter like EVERSPACE 2 can offer to hardcore fans of space action games. We cannot wait for avid space pilots to delve into the first two of eight star systems in EVERSPACE 2 later this year. We’re looking forward to continuing to work closely with the community to deliver on our ambitious vision.” The Closed Beta is set to drop in September for eligible Kickstarter backers. EVERSPACE 2 can be wishlisted on Steam and a free demo on Steam is currently available.
About ROCKFISH Games GmbH
Based in Hamburg, Germany, ROCKFISH Games is an independent game studio specializing in high-quality Unreal Engine 4 action video games for PC and consoles. Industry veterans Michael Schade and Christian Lohr founded ROCKFISH Games to create new adventures for space shooter fans through their acclaimed EVERSPACE™ IP. After spending over 25 years as joint entrepreneurs in the 3D graphics space, Schade and Lohr have built the ROCKFISH Games team alongside experienced developers from across the industry. Using Kickstarter as a platform to build a new community in 2015, ROCKFISH Games reached a runaway success with EVERSPACE™, which has sold over 1.5 million copies on PC, Xbox, and PlayStation since release. Building on these successes, ROCKFISH Games is dedicated to crafting fast-paced, open-world experiences driven by quality storytelling to delight space action fans in their upcoming title, EVERSPACE™ 2.
SOLASTA: CROWN OF THE MAGISTER COMING TO STEAM EARLY ACCESS FALL 2020 – PLAYABLE DEMO AVAILABLE NOW ON STEAM
Check out Solasta in the Indie Arena Booth at Gamescom Today Through Sunday
PARIS, FRANCE – AUGUST 27, 2020 – French development studio Tactical Adventures announced today its upcoming Tactical RPG Solasta: Crown of the Magister is coming to Steam Early Access this Fall. In addition to the news released in an exclusive trailer, there is a free playable demo for Solasta: Crown of the Magister available now through Sunday, August 30 on Steam.
Players attending Gamescom are invited to get a taste of the upcoming tabletop inspired Tactical RPG in the Tactical Adventures Indie Arena Booth, experience the interactive booth, chat with the devs and checkout the world of Solasta: Crown of the Magister.
Wizards of the Coast has granted Tactical Adventures a license to use the Dungeons & Dragons SRD 5.1 content and rules in Solasta: Crown of the Magister.
Solasta: Crown of the Magister is a team-based adventure game where each character plays a critical role in the campaign and can be a hero. The dynamic and mysterious world features elements of verticality, allowing players to use their surroundings as an element of strategy. Players can position ranged characters on high vantage points or send their thief down into shafts and caverns to scope out what lies ahead. In Solasta, light is a tool to explore the depths and hollows of dungeons or can be used as a weapon against the creatures of the dark, but if players aren’t careful, it will give away the party’s position to nasty creatures bent on their demise.
Play the free demo for Solasta: Crown of the Magister on Steam now through Sunday, August 30 on Steam.
Stay up to date with Solasta: Crown of the Magister: visit the website, wishlist on Steam, follow on Twitter, Instagram, like on Facebook, watch on YouTube, and Twitch, and join the conversation on Discord or the official forums.
Frontier Forges Ahead with New Games Label, Frontier Foundry
Frontier’s new games label expands the Company’s portfolio into new genres and platforms
Cambridge, UK – August 27, 2020. Frontier Developments plc (AIM: FDEV, ‘Frontier’ or ‘the Company’) today debuted the first two titles from Frontier Foundry, its new games label championing quality studios from around the world. They are time-twisting turn-based combat strategy shooter Lemnis Gate, and physics-based co-op platformer Struggling. In both of these award winning games, innovative gameplay sits at the heart of the development process.
Frontier Foundry’s mission is simple: expand the Company’s excellent game portfolio by partnering with exciting developers. With their heritage as a developer, combined with a wealth of publishing experience, Frontier is perfectly placed to offer third-party studios expertise and guidance throughout the development cycle, delivering the vision its creators intended. And Frontier Foundry’s first two games represent radically new and different propositions indeed.
Struggling is Montreal studio Chasing Rats Games’ opera prima, putting players in the unsightly skin of a loveable monstrosity on a bizarre and outrageous adventure. Struggling is available now for Steam and Nintendo Switch.
Lemnis Gate, from fellow Montreal studio Ratloop Games Canada, subverts the popular first-person-shooter genre to create a brain-bending combat strategy where past, present, and future collide. Here, players harness the power of time to outthink and outwit their adversaries in this turn-based time-loop.
Five third-party games were signed to Frontier Foundry during the Company’s last financial year (the 12 months to 31 May 2020), including Lemnis Gate, Struggling and the previously announced and currently in development title by Surviving Mars developer Haemimont Games.
“Our journey into the world of self-publishing has always been underpinned by our passion to make memorable games that create legacies and break down boundaries,” says David Braben, Founder and CEO of Frontier. “We are one of the only developer-led publishers which means we are in a great position to work with excellent external partners to help them make great games. With Frontier Foundry our aim is to build upon our experience working with and building wonderful communities around a diverse catalogue of internally developed games, and bring that experience to those external development partnerships.”
Frontier Foundry is symbolic of Frontier’s continued growth and evolution. With more partners to be announced soon, this new games label will continue to promote genre-defining games for years to come.
About Frontier Foundry Frontier Foundry is the dedicated games label of Frontier Developments. By forming partnerships with quality external developers and leveraging the company’s proven publishing expertise, Frontier Foundry is best placed to bring players unique and memorable new games that break boundaries and create legacies.
About Frontier Frontier is a leading independent developer and publisher of videogames founded in 1994 by David Braben, co-author of the iconic Elite game. Based in Cambridge, Frontier uses its proprietary COBRA game development technology to create innovative genre-leading games, primarily for personal computers and videogame consoles. As well as self-publishing internally developed games, Frontier also publishes games developed by carefully selected partner studios under its Frontier Foundry games label.
About Lemnis Gate Lemnis Gate is a turn-based strategy-shooter taking place in a time loop. Tactical cunning is key to victory as you outwit your opponent in 1v1 and 2v2 matches where no two rounds are ever the same. Cerebral combat across diverse futuristic environments reward creative thinking and forward planning, letting you change the past to impact the future. With endless scope for game plans, and countless ways to execute them, Lemnis Gate is the subversive and skilful 4D FPS that changes how you think about time travel.
About Struggling Struggling is a physics-based co-op platformer with a twisted spin on teamwork. Play solo or grab a partner and overcome challenging obstacles by controlling one arm each of an unfortunate human experiment. Use momentum to launch yourself across yawning chasms, plug waste-spewing pipes, discover complex machinery you have no business operating, and yank suspicious levers because…well why not? When even moving takes a combined effort, communication is key to keeping your cool.
ANIME INSPIRED MOBILE RPG KNIGHTS CHRONICLE SEES NEW UPDATE WITH NEW HEROES, AWAKENINGS, AND DUNGEONS
Rewards and Daily Events Await Players Following the New Knights Chronicle Update
LOS ANGELES (August 27, 2020) – Today, Netmarble Corp. released their latest update for the anime-inspired mobile role-playing game (RPG) Knights Chronicleintroducing new characters and costumes, a new Advent Dungeon level, and many events for players to take part in.
An all-new Hero, Timur, has been added to Knights Chronicle and comes equipped with new skills and three costumes available to collect. The Hero Amon can also now be awakened and, by playing with Amon, players can get rewards such as Event Coins. In addition to three new costumes forthe Hero Reina, players can experience the new Advent Dungeon level ‘Absolute Hell’ which runs until Sept. 10.
To celebrate the new update, Netmarble is hosting several in-game events for players to collect rewards, including:
Seven-Day Daily Check-In Event: A seven-day daily check in event with rewards such as SSR Ticket, Crystal, Gold and Rainbow Essence available for players to collect
Daily Check-In Event: Beyond the ‘Seven Day Daily Check-In Event’, new and returning players receive rewards such as SSR Selector, SSR Ticket, Crystal and Gold just by logging in
Coin Collection Event: If a player receives an update coin in the special dungeon, the player can exchange it for rewards
Knights Chronicle features classic turn-based role-playing gameplay, a beautiful Japanese animation-inspired art style and a compelling story showing the same standard of quality as console and PC RPGs. The game also sports standout features, including real-time party play where players can form parties of up to five players to challenge multiplayer dungeons, explosive 3D-animated skills that demonstrate the game’s flashy and gorgeously detailed visuals, and over 100 heroes for players to choose from.
Knights Chronicle is available now in 140 countries. For more information on Knights Chronicle, please visit http://knightsgbweb.netmarble.com/.
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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
Time is the Ultimate Weapon in Turn-Based Strategy Shooter, Lemnis Gate
Disrupt the past to change the future in Frontier Foundry and Ratloop Games Canada’s strategy shooter which challenges players to think differently about time travel
Cambridge, UK – August 27, 2020. Frontier Foundry today unveiled Lemnis Gate, the exciting turn-based combat strategy shooter with revolutionary four-dimensional gameplay, during Geoff Keighley’s Opening Night Live show. Lemnis Gate will be the second title published under Frontier Foundry, the newly founded Frontier-owned games label dedicated to championing diverse games from around the world.
Developed by Ratloop Games Canada, Lemnis Gate tasks players with defeating opponents in brain-bending 1v1 and 2v2 arena matches. Players have 25 seconds to execute an action, be it blasting an enemy, manoeuvring an operative, or setting up their next move. After all players have taken turns, the next 25-second round begins.
There are five rounds in total, giving rise to a near endless variety of incredible and creative plays. Set up ambushes, fix past mistakes, and develop unbeatable game plans to outthink and outwit adversaries. By using non-linear logic, abstract thinking, and outlandish manoeuvres, no two battles are ever the same. Past, present, and future collide.
Not only does Lemnis Gate’s mind-melting time loop mechanic breathe new life into the first-person-shooter genre, it also changes the very concept of teamwork through an innovative feature called ‘auto co-op’. This gives one player control of five deep space operatives, effectively enabling two players to duke it out in bustling, ten-character matches. Auto co-op shines in couch-based multiplayer, redefining both collaboration and competition as pad-passing players’ face-off with friends or work together by taking the hot-seat.
There are countless possibilities and endless outcomes. This turn-based strategy shooter subverts one of the world’s most popular genres, challenging players to throw out the rule book as they exploit time itself in this ultimate cognitive test. That’s why it’s already winning accolades, including the ‘best gameplay’ award from the Montreal Independent Game Awards 2019, an ‘outstanding original game’ nomination from the Unreal E3 Awards 2019, and a spot at the finals of the Ubisoft Indie Series 2019.
In Lemnis Gate, mental and physical warfare merge. Execute audacious strategies, master your hero’s abilities, and think several moves ahead to achieve a victory that reverberates across time itself.
Lemnis Gate is available to wishlist on Steam now, and will be launching on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in early 2021.
About Lemnis Gate Lemnis Gate is a turn-based combat strategy shooter taking place in a time loop. Tactical cunning is key to victory as you outwit your opponent in 1v1 and 2v2 matches where no two rounds are ever the same. Cerebral combat across diverse futuristic environments reward creative thinking and forward planning, letting you change the past to impact the future. With endless scope for game plans, and countless ways to execute them, Lemnis Gate is the subversive and skilful 4D FPS that changes how you think about time travel.
About Frontier Foundry Frontier Foundry is the games label of Frontier Developments. By forming partnerships with quality external developers and leveraging the company’s proven publishing expertise, Frontier Foundry is best placed to bring players unique and memorable new games that break boundaries and create legacies.
About Frontier Frontier is a leading independent developer and publisher of videogames founded in 1994 by David Braben, co-author of the iconic Elite game. Based in Cambridge, Frontier uses its proprietary COBRA game development technology to create innovative genre-leading games, primarily for personal computers and videogame consoles. As well as self-publishing internally developed games, Frontier also publishes games developed by carefully selected partner studios under its Frontier Foundry games label.
About Ratloop Games Canada Ratloop Games Canada is an Independent development studio based in Montreal, Quebec. With a focus on innovation of gameplay mechanics and an unwavering ‘gameplay first’ philosophy, Ratloop Canada is geared to bring exciting and disruptive new products to all major video game platforms.
