Little Witch Academia VR Game Flies to Oculus Quest 13 October

PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, SteamVR Versions Arrive in Luna Nova Early 2021

TOKYO – 11 August, 2020 – Little Witch Academia: VR Broom Racing (LWAVR), the VR racing game from UNIVRS Inc. based on the famous anime, takes off on Oculus Quest on Tuesday, 13 Oct 2020, before casting a spell on PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, and Steam VR in early 2021.

Enroll as a guest student at the famous Luna Nova Witchcraft Academy, then ride a broom and soar through the skies across more than 10 tracks. Partner with fan-favorite Little Witch Academia characters such as Akko, Lotte, and Sucy, voiced in both English and Japanese by the anime’s voice actors. Race through the skies in first person perspective with UNIVRS, Inc.’s patent-pending motion sickness reduction technology.

Unfold a new story and dive into the LWA universe in immersive virtual reality. Pair up with fellow students while purifying ghosts, and customizing brooms. Join real-world friends in online multiplayer modes and take in the splendor of the Luna Nova Witchcraft Academy.

This adaptation of Studio TRIGGER’s hit anime series features veterans of anime and gaming such as director Junichi Yamamoto, whose past positions include opening and ending movie director on The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening and storyboard artist of Batman Ninja, and sound supervisor Yukio Nagasaki (Love Live!, Arc the Lad). Along with the returning voice cast, TV series songwriter/composer Yuiko Ohara and singer YURiKA return with a new theme song “Dream Flight,” exclusive to this game.

LWAVR sees the fulfillment of a pair of successful 2019 crowdfunding campaigns, with more than $165,000 raised in total between Kickstarter, and popular Japanese crowdfunding site Campfire. The Little Witch Academia series has always been driven by fan support, with a short film raising $625,518 from 7,938 backers, and its success leading to a 25-episode Netflix series.

“The fans are the lifeblood of the Little Witch Academia series, and that principle guided us at UNIVRS when creating VR Broom Racing,” said Naoya Koji, COO at UNIVRS. “We strived to make this as accessible an experience as possible for the fans, even if it’s their first virtual reality experience, and know we will live up to their expectations.”

Little Witch Academia: VR Broom Racing releases 13 October 2020 for $29.99 on the Oculus Quest Store, featuring English and Japanese language text and voice acting. Versions for PlayStation VR, Oculus Rift, and SteamVR follow in early 2021.

To learn more, visit the official website, Facebook page, and follow Little Witch Academia VR on Twitter. 

About UNIVRS Inc.

UNIVRS, Inc. (formerly known as EXPVR Inc.) creates VR content with a vision to make people around the world into heroes through VR entertainment. Using its anti-motion sickness technology, the studio produces accessible yet dynamic VR experiences that break the mold.

For more information, visit the UNIVRS, Inc. website.

MAGIC: MANASTRIKE ADDS NEW MAGIC PASS REWARDS IN IXALAN II SEASON UPDATE

Exclusive New Unit Cards and New Rewards Now Available!

LOS ANGELES – August 11, 2020 – Netmarble Corp. released a new update to Magic: ManaStrike, Netmarble’s first-ever game for the Wizards of the Coast franchise Magic: The Gathering. Today’s updateintroduces Ixalan Season II, including new Magic Pass Rewards and two new unit cards.

Two new colorless unit cards have been made available for players to use in the game – Livewire Lash and Gadget Swarm. Livewire Lash enables melee attacks against enemy ground and air units, dealing additional damage based on an enemy’s max HP. Gadget Swarm summons three Hedron Scouts and three Clockwork Beetles. Hedron Scouts engage in melee attacks on enemy ground units and Clockwork Beetles delivers ranged attacks on enemy air and ground units.

New Magic Pass Rewards include a Planeswalker selector, Skin selector, Level Boost Voucher, Emojis and Player icons. Similar to last season, the Planeswalker Selector, which allows a player to choose one of three Planeswalkers released during the soft launch, will be available as a Magic Pass reward.

Magic: ManaStrike explores the depth of Magic: The Gathering’s vast multiverse in a whole new genre with a fast-paced PVP strategy game. After losing a war with the Planeswalkers, Magic: The Gathering’s most powerful villain Nicol Bolas creates a parallel universe to find the Planeswalkers’ weaknesses. Players enter a contract with Nicol Bolas to provide combat data by controlling Planeswalkers and units in his universe.

Fast-paced and easy to learn, fans can experience dynamic real-time battles with anyone from around the world in three-minute matches. During battle, players will be able to summon units, cast spells, and command powerful Planeswalkers with simple tap and drag gameplay and iconic Magic: The Gathering cards re-envisioned through high-quality 3D. By collecting new cards from Magic’s five unique Mana colors – White, Blue, Black, Red and Green, players will learn to understand each color’s traits, and create unique strategies that lead the way to victory.

Magic: ManaStrike is available to download on the App Store and Google Play and is globally launched, and supports 13 languages including English, Korean, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Indonesian, Thai, Russian and Portuguese.

For more information, please visit Magic: ManaStrike’s official website and forum. Also, please follow Magic: ManaStrike on Facebook and Twitter.

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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

About Magic: The Gathering

Magic: The Gathering’s compelling characters, fantastic worlds, and deep strategic gameplay have entertained and delighted fans for more than 25 years. Fans can experience Magic through the tabletop trading card game, the new digital game Magic: The Gathering Arena, a New York Times bestselling novel, critically acclaimed comic book series, and professional esports league. With over 40 million fans to date, Magic is a worldwide phenomenon published in eleven languages in over 70 countries.

About Wizards of the Coast

Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc., is an award-winning developer and publisher of tabletop and digital games that ignite a sense of adventure in passionate players around the globe. Best known for publishing groundbreaking fantasy franchises, MAGIC: THE GATHERING® and DUNGEONS & DRAGONS®, Wizards is dedicated to bringing together world-class talent to create unforgettable play experiences at its headquarters in Washington and studios in Austin and Montreal. Learn more at www.wizards.com. 

En Masse Entertainment, a player-focused publisher dedicated to delivering great games and great service, today launched its latest content update for action MMO TERA that features a special charity initiative on console to benefit medical professionals around the world as well as new dungeons on both PC and Console. In addition, the PC version gets an upgrade from 32-bit to 64-bit. 

For TERA console players, limited-edition face-mask cosmetic items will be available for purchase  and proceeds will go to Heart to Heart International to support their humanitarian efforts. This release also marks the arrival of the Grotto of Lost Souls dungeon. Gear up and get ready to continue the story of Hennika and the Red Raiders in this challenging 5-player instance, with twists and surprises that will shock the Valkyon Federation to its core. Read more about the console update here: https://tera.enmasse.com/news/posts/grotto-of-lost-souls-is-live 

For TERA PC players, get ready to upgrade to 64-bit and enjoy a better overall gameplay experience that opens up new possibilities for future TERA content. In celebration of the new upgrade, players can run a new weekend-only dungeon. This 20-person raid features the mysterious First Corps Commander, Maknakh, a powerful opponent that has new skills and surprises for even the most experienced players. To start your journey, head to the Commander’s Residence (located in the Exodor Archipelago) which will be open every weekend starting this Friday (15:00 UTC) and lasting until Sunday (14:59 UTC). Additionally, Two dungeons are returning with new versions in this update. The first is Rift’s Edge, which has been adjusted for 5-players and whose loot will include Zenobia’s Breeze box. Also returning is a revamped version of RK-9 Kennel (Hard) designed to challenge level 70 characters with optimized gear. For more information on this latest PC update and the latest PC hardware requirements please visit: https://tera.enmasse.com/news/posts/64-bit-update-is-now-live 

Stay up-to-date on all the latest TERA information by following the game on Twitter, Facebook and Discord, or check out the official TERA website.

ABOUT EN MASSE ENTERTAINMENT
Based in Seattle, Washington, En Masse Entertainment embodies the evolution of modern game publishing. The company’s mission is to publish great games and provide great service. Beginning with its inaugural title, TERA, and continuing with Closers, En Masse Entertainment has built a track record of excellence and innovation. The team at En Masse includes experts in online technology, live service, branding, community, and player support, allowing them to thrive as a publisher in the digital era. For more information, visit enmasse.com.

STONEAGE WORLD SUMMER UPDATE BRINGS ALL-NEW PVE CONTENT, NEW REGION AND PETS FOR PLAYERS TO ENJOY

Maximum Level rises from 109 to 114 with various new in-game events

AUG 11, 2020 – LOS ANGELES – Netmarble announced an all-new update for its pre-historic pet-collecting mobile MMORPG StoneAge World that introduces new PvE content for high-level Trainers to participate. To prepare for this new content, the overall level cap has increased from 109 to 114, and a new auto hunting ground and playable region is added to the game.

The new Defeat Mino update introduces a family of pets from the Mino family, where players at Level 90 and above can earn Mino family Soulstones, XP, and Stones. As part of today’s update, the new Quarry region is open for Trainers, where players can now capture pets from the Manmo family, which are themed after the ancient wooly mammoth. Chances to win 4★ S-Ranks pets with limitless capture are now open to players as well.

Other new content coming to StoneAge World includes:

• New Pets – Mino family pets including Mino, Bino, Kino, Boro, Redino and Mecha Tayno as well as Tayno are now available for Trainers to collect.
• New Events
  • Mino Ticket Event – Collect tickets to acquire Trainer’s Rope, Stones and Cans of Skill according to the overall Defeat Mino participation from players.
  • Mino Growth Event – Depending on the various growth of Mino such as level, training, skill and battle power, many rewards such as Meat, Pet Coin and Modification Stone are given. Player can get ‘Legendary-Heroic’ Amulet, if a player completes all the missions.
  • Woody’s Dice Adventure – Players who complete missions will also receive a dice every day, which can be exchanged for great rewards.

StoneAge World takes the concept of pet-collection and role-playing game (RPG) mechanics and seamlessly blends them together with a delightful and venturesome MMO experience set in a whimsically inspired take on prehistoric societies. Set in the land of Tectonika, players will embrace the role of “Trainer,” a powerful warrior who collects, tames, and trains pets to protect the land from enemies. With over 250 pets including dinosaurs, wooly mammoths, pigs, wolves and more, players will have their hands full defending Tectonika against unknown enemies from the up-and-coming Machine Civilization and exploring the unique quirks of prehistoric society.

StoneAge World is now available for download on the App Store and Google Play, with supporting languages in English, Korean, Chinese (simplified / traditional), Japanese and Thai available for players. More information on StoneAge World can be found on the official website (https://stone.netmarble.com/en) and on the game’s official Facebook.

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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

Tripwire Interactive Makes a Splash with Extended Shark Week Sale and Jawesome Tiger Shark Gift for All Current and New Players

ROSWELL, Ga. – Aug. 11, 2020 – Developer and publisher Tripwire Interactive, the studio behind the summer blockbuster, open-world, action-RPG (aka ShARkPG) Maneater, is celebrating Shark Week with a free gift for all players. Both current and new Maneater players on all gaming platforms can grab the Tiger Shark Adaptation for free. Named after the legendary Tiger Shark, often referred to as “the garbage can of the sea,” this evolution provides extra nutrients when consuming prey in addition to providing a sharply striped cosmetic upgrade. The Tiger Shark Adaptation is now free for all players. On PC (via Epic Games Store), download the most recent update, hit the nearest Grotto in-game, and select the Tiger Shark Skin Adaptation under body evolutions. For console players, simply visit the store links below to download the item free of charge:

• North American PlayStation Store Link
• European PlayStation Store Link
• For the Xbox One version, please visit the Store Link

To equip the Tiger Shark Adaptation, players can visit the nearest Grotto, and select the Tiger Shark Adaptation under Body Evolutions.

Since its debut in the open-water, action-RPG space, Maneater has captured the hearts and fins of content creators around the world with over 2,500 live streams with over 300 days’ worth of playtime on Twitch.tv – and over 114 million video views via YouTube. To further celebrate this truly jawe-some milestone, Tripwire Interactive is making a splash with a special Shark Week sale. Players can grab Maneater with a 25% discount only on the Epic Games Store until 9 a.m. EDT Sunday August 16, 2020.

“We couldn’t be happier with the overwhelmingly positive response to Maneater we’ve seen from players around the world,” said John Gibson, CEO and Co-owner at Tripwire Interactive. “Clearly, people are hungry for more, and while it’s too soon to go into great detail, I can promise that you haven’t seen the last of Maneater – our team is working on something extra special to share with fans.”

Maneater is a single player, open-world action-RPG (ShARkPG) where YOU are the shark. Starting as a small bull shark pup you are tasked with surviving the harsh world while eating your way up the ecosystem. To do this, you will explore a large and varied open world encountering diverse enemies — both human and wildlife. Find the right resources and you can grow and evolve far beyond what nature intended, allowing the player to tailor the shark to their play style. This is fortunate, because to get revenge on the cruel fisherman that dismembered you will take evolving into a massive shark, an apex predator of legends. Eat. Explore. Evolve.

Key Features Include:

• Eat: Feed on humans, consume nutrients, and find rare shark loot to evolve past what nature intended.
• Explore The Gulf: Explore seven large regions, including bayous of the gulf coast, resort beaches, industrial docks, the open ocean and more. Experience a living world with a full day/night cycle.
• Evolve Into a Legend: Unlock and equip various Evolutions that improve and enhance your shark as you progress through the campaign.
• Unique Story: Play through a full narrative, story-based campaign narrated by Chris Parnell (Rick and Morty, Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock) and set against the backdrop of a reality TV show.
• Diverse, Compelling Combat: Battle fierce wildlife including other apex predators or fight against various types of human hunters ranging from town drunks all the way up to the Coast Guard.

With a truly unique premise and never-before-seen approach to the action-RPG genre, Tripwire Interactive takes players on a journey through uncharted waters with Maneater.

Maneater is out now on PC (via Epic Games Store), the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, and Xbox One with an ESRB rating of M for Mature, PEGI 18 rating, and USK 16 rating. For more details on Maneater, please visit the official website – and follow the developers at Tripwire Interactive on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Twitch.tv, and Instagram.

About Tripwire Interactive

Formed in 2005 as a humble independent developer founded by gamers who found success in the video game modding community, Tripwire Interactive has developed and self-published multiple critically acclaimed titles in the wildly popular Killing Floor and Rising Storm franchises, which have collectively sold over 20 million units to date. The studio’s latest project, Maneater, breaks new ground in the popular action RPG genre and finds players taking on the role of a deadly shark with the uncanny ability to evolve as it feeds.

Since then, Tripwire Interactive has expanded its business and now turns its experience and resources to include publishing titles spanning multiple platforms and genres from other talented independent studios. The publishing division aims to help like-minded independent studios bring their titles to market, including Chivalry 2 developed by Torn Banner Studios, Espire 1: VR Operative developed by Digital Lode, and Road Redemption developed by EQ Games and Pixel Dash Studios.

About Deep Silver

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.

All product titles, publisher names, trademarks, artwork and associated imagery are trademarks, registered trademarks and/or copyright material of the respective owners. All rights reserved.

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Classic RPG-inspired open world hack ‘n slash tasks you to save the world in an epic prequel adventure

Helsinki, Finland — August 11th, 2020 — Independent developer Cornfox & Brothers today announced that their action fantasy RPG, Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm, is coming to Nintendo Switch this Fall.  Currently available on Apple Arcade, Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm has received critical acclaim in its beautiful 3D open world reimagining of its fantasy landscape, encouraging endless exploration and nostalgic immersion for budding adventurers.

“Oceanhorn 2: Knights of the Lost Realm is a game made by Nintendo fans, for Nintendo fans,” said Heikki Repo, Creative Director of Cornfox & Brothers. “We’ve been able to create something new from the strong background that we established with our previous game, Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas, and Oceanhorn 2 is our love letter to the games that we grew up with, combining that beloved nostalgia with exciting new mechanics to give it an original spin.”

Prequel to the acclaimed Oceanhorn: Monsters of Uncharted Seas, Oceanhorn 2 follows the adventures of a young Knight who sets out on a magical journey across the vast regions of Gaia to defend the lands and people of Arcadia from Warlock Mesmeroth’s Dark Army. Joined by Trin, the granddaughter of Arcadia’s leader Archimedes, and Gen, a mysterious robot wielding an old Samurai weapon, our young protagonist faces the impossible challenge of uniting the Owrus, Gillfolk and men in order to defeat Mesmeroth’s formidable Dark Army. By controlling the characters with contextual commands, you must solve puzzles and fight in tactical battles to strike down your enemies in hack ‘n slash combat, traversing a Zelda-esque open-world landscape. The 20-hour action-filled RPG is currently available on Apple Arcade. 

For more information about Oceanhorn 2, check out:
Official website: https://www.oceanhorn.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/oceanhorn/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cornfox
Youtube: https://youtube.com/CornfoxBros

About Cornfox & Brothers
Founded in 2010 by brothers Jukka & Antti Viljamaa and Heikki Repo, Cornfox & Brothers is a Finnish-based independent game developer with a passion for delivering memorable, story-driven experiences for gamers of all kinds, and on all platforms. The team is mostly known for the acclaimed adventure RPG Oceanhorn franchise that has been nominated for and won several awards globally.
For more information, visit: https://www.cornfox.com