For a bit now Microsoft has been keeping the release date for Battletoads rather under-wraps but now the company has revealed exactly when side-scrolling brawler fans can expect the revived game to debut on the Xbox One and PC. The company has announced that Dlala Studios and Rare will be releasing the game on August 20th and alongside this reveal the company also shared a new trailer highlighting the (unfortunate) CalArts style that has plagued nearly every type of Western animation in recent years.
One to three players will take control of Rash, Zitz, and Pimple and team up to storm through wild and unpredictable stages with only one rule, expect the unexpected. With a unique hand-animated cartoon style and packed with memorable characters and locations, the Battletoads are back for a larger-than-life brawl.
Although People Can Fly is currently working on Outriders for Square Enix it doesn’t mean they don’t have their own unique projects in the work as the company has just announced that they are developing a new and original AAA game that they describe as being “a highly ambitious, groundbreaking action adventure title” that will be releasing in the future for next-generation consoles, streaming platforms, and PC.
Led by Studio Head, David Grijns, and Creative Director, Roland Lesterlin, People Can Fly New York will work hand-in-hand with its sister studios in Warsaw, Rzeszow, and Newcastle to work on the game and in an effort to match the scale of the project, the company will be looking to grow its New York studio over the next 12-18 months and additionally open a new startup studio in Montreal.
Some new details were revealed recently for Crystal Dynamics and Eidos Montreal’s Marvel’s Avengers and these details mostly regarded the fact that a beta will be happening on August 7th exclusively for the PlayStation 4 owners that pre-ordered the game and will run until the 9th, August 14th through the 16th for Xbox One and PC pre-orders, and finally for everyone on August 21st through the 23rd before the game is released on September 4th on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Stadia, and PC with an eventual release on Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5.
Square Enix also revealed that Marvel’s Avengers will see Clint Barton’s version of Hawkeye added into the game sometime after launch at no extra cost. In an original story-arc inspired by some of the best-known Hawkeye moments in the comics, players wield Clint’s iconic high-tech bow and trick arrows in missions either solo or co-op online with friends. Also the company mentioned that those who link their Epic and Square Enix accounts can unlock some bonuses in Fortnite.
PC players will soon have a chance to play Disgaea 4 Complete+ on their platform of choice as NIS America has announced that they are bringing the game to Steam and the Microsoft store sometime this fall with the game also being included as part of Xbox Game Pass for PC. The company has noted that network features for the game will be coming sometime after launch however so players will need to be wary of that upon release.
Disgaea 4 Complete+ features everything that was ever released for the original game with over thirty unlockable characters, extra storylines, and modern updates all while telling the story of Valvatorez who finds himself at the helm of a fiery revolution. The former tyrant will need to call upon new allies, recruit a formidable army, and learn a thing or two about political unrest if he hopes to take down the corrupt regime and bring salvation to all.
Sydney, Australia – July 31st 2020 – After announcing the Pre-Season last week, Deep Silver and KING Art Games are inviting all players to join the Open Beta for Iron Harvest 1920+.The game is set to release on September 1st 2020 (1.9.20) on PC via Steam, GOG and the Epic store as well as in retail. The console version will be released early 2021. Players on Steam can dive deep into the fascinating world of 1920+ and experience the first single player missions of the epic, overarching storyline they will encounter when the game launches. All unlocks and progress from the Pre-Season on Steam will be available after launch!
Pre-Season Cup
Additionally King Art and Deep Silver have teamed up with ESL to bring competitive RTS gamers the very first Iron Harvest tournament. The Pre-Season Cup will ramp up to a big finale at Gamescom 2020 with prizes totalling over 7000€! The four winners of the qualifiers, kicking off with the first round on August 8th 2020, will qualify for the finals at the digital Gamescom.
Details about broadcasting and the finals will be revealed soon.
Pre-Season Tournament featuring qualifiers and the grand finale at the digital Gamescom!.
Qualifier 1: Saturday August 8, 2020
Qualifier 2:Saturday August 15, 2020
Qualifier 3:Sunday August 16, 2020
Qualifier 4:Saturday August 22, 2020
Finals: Will be played between 27th-30th of August (TBD)
Reward Season: Players who beat a variety of challenges will unlock in-game cosmetics.
New quests and challenges will unlock over time. Progress will be kept after purchasing the game at launch
All three factions, Rusviet, Saxony and Polania will be playable in Multiplayer, Skirmish and Challenge maps for the first time publicly
Please check the tournament website for exact qualifier times
Future Season Content:
Iron Harvest 1920+ will feature seasons. Each season will contain new game content such as Skirmish and Challenge maps and dedicated season events both for single player as well as multiplayer content. Players will be able to rise through the ranks in multiplayer (ladder) and unlock unique visual season content by solving dedicated quests and challenges.
While none of the unlockable items will have a direct impact on the balancing or gameplay, the achievements guarantee a long lasting RTS gaming experience with new challenges for true Diesel-Punk strategists!
Players who purchase the Iron Harvest standard edition will have free access to Season 1. Buyers of the Iron Harvest Deluxe Edition will have free access to the first two Seasons and the not yet announced big Add-On. Future plans will be revealed later.
About Iron Harvest
At the dawn of the 20th century, shortly after the end of the Great War, the world is full of secrets and mysteries, of opportunities and challenges. Tradition clashes with scientific and technological progress, while Europe is still recovering from the brutal battles of the World War. Iron Harvest is a real-time strategy game (RTS) set in the alternate reality of 1920+, just after the end of the Great War. To create the perfect RTS-experience the team has been working in close cooperation with global RTS-fans ever since the highly successful Kickstarter campaign.
ESL is the world’s largest esports company. Founded in 2000, ESL has been shaping the industry across the most popular video games with numerous online and offline esports competitions. The company operates high profile, branded international leagues and tournaments under the ESL Pro Tour including ESL One, Intel® Extreme Masters, ESL Pro League, and other premier stadium-size tournaments, to more clearly define the path from zero to hero. ESL also produces the ESL National Championships, grassroots amateur cups, and matchmaking systems, creating a world where everybody can be somebody. With offices all over the world, ESL is leading esports innovation on a global scale through the combination of global ESL competitions, amateur leagues, publisher activations, and more. ESL is a part of MTG, the leading international digital entertainment group. About.eslgaming.com
About KING Art Games
KING Art is an independent game developer with years of experience in creating high-quality games for all major platforms. More than 40 employees across several teams are located at the offices in Bremen, Germany and work with about as many freelancers around the globe. Founded in 2000, KING Art has since released more than 50 titles in different genres, with a focus on narrative games, RPGs and strategy games. The company and its games have received multiple prestigious awards, including Best Strategy Game and Best Development Studio.
KING Art is a licensed developer for Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo plattforms and member of Verband der deutschen Games-Branche (GAME) and bremen digitalmedia.
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. Deep Silver works with its partners to achieve a maximum of success while maintaining 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 grim post-apocalyptic future of the Metro series. Upcoming highlights from Deep Silver include Dead Island 2. Deep Silver also owns the development studios Deep Silver Dambuster Studios in Nottingham, UK; Deep Silver Fishlabs in Hamburg, Germany, Deep Silver Volition based in Champaign, IL, USA, Warhorse Studios based in Prague, Czech Republic and Milestone s.r.l. in Milan, Italy. For more information please visit www.deepsilver.com
About Koch Media
Koch Media is a leading producer and distributor of digital entertainment products (games, films and software). The company’s own publishing activities, marketing and distribution extend throughout Europe, North America and Australia. The Koch Media group has more than 25 years of experience in the digital media business, and has risen to become the number one publishing partner in Europe. It has also formed strategic alliances with numerous games and software publishers: Bethesda, Capcom, Codemasters, Kaspersky Labs, Konami, Koei Tecmo, Sega, Square Enix, etc. in various European countries. With Headquarter in Höfen, Austria Koch Media owns branches in Germany, England, France, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, the Nordic regions, Benelux, Australia, Czech Republic, Poland, and the United States.
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Today in Angoulême, France, freshly plucked from the fiery depths of the deepest darkest abyss, Headbang Club is pleased to announce that Double Kick Heroes will be released on August 13th on Nintendo Switch and Steam, to follow on Game Pass for PC and Xbox One and the Xbox and Microsoft Store on the 28th, with pre-orders opening up on the 5th of August for Nintendo Switch and Xbox one
It’s time to jump out of the mosh-pit and into your Gundillac, Sheila, and take on the baddest of badasses and survive in this metal moshing and mayhemic post-apocalyptic nightmarish wasteland.
“Man, it’s been a long journey but we’re pumped to be finally sharing Double Kick Heroes with you all” David Elahee – Headbang Club. “We hope that you love our game as much as we do and enjoy the kick-ass soundtrack we’ve put together to celebrate all things metal. We can’t wait for people to try out air controls for Nintendo Switch which is a heap load of metallic fun, but please drum responsibly”.
Features:
A full story mode that’s accompanied by 50 kerranging songs, including the OST Volume 2 Update, by top artists such as Ultra Vomit, Volkorx, Gorod, Jinjer, Carpenter Brut and Gojira!
Unique Rhythm shooter mashup with incredibly detailed pixel art
5 difficulty settings to test even the most metal of metal head’s skills
Tons of accessibility options
USB drum and guitar support on PC and Xbox One
Nintendo Switch Joy-Con Alternative Motion Control Methods
Air drumming – Joy-Con used as drumsticks, keeping in the rhythm of the game
Air beat – Can’t drum? No Problem! Stomp to the beat with your Joy-Con
Want the all-out motion-controlled experience and really put that double kick pedal to the metal? Then it’s time to use two sets of Joy-Con, one in your socks and one in your hands and drum and stomp your way through the apocalypse!
Double Kick Heroes will launch priced at €21.99 / £19.79 / $21.99 on Nintendo Switch & Xbox One and $19.99 / €19.99 / £15.49 on Steam and the Microsoft Store.
About Headbang Club
Headbang is an artist collective of game devs gone wild. They joined forces to create a METAL game dev band and have finally released Double Kick Heroes and are now working on some top-secret pixel art projects. More: http://headbang.club
About Hound Picked Games
Hound Picked Games, a subsidiary of global consultancy agency PR Hound, is a company set on helping indie studios realise their full potential releases. It specialises in hand-picking indie games that can benefit from the work of industry experts with over 50 years of experience in the business. More: https://www.houndpicked.com
About Plug In Digital
Founded in 2012, PLUG-IN DIGITAL offers high-quality expertise to all parts of the video game industry. Distribution, consulting and monetization, business development, strategic and marketing advice… Our company relies on a network of specialists in the gaming business, built on 15 years of concrete and successful experience. More: http://www.plug-in-digital.com
Armor Up and Prepare to Risk Your Character and Your Bloodline
TEL AVIV, ISRAEL – JULY 30, 2020 – Independent developer Gavra Games announced today its new comedic turn-based RPG combat game Warriors: Rise to Glory – Online Multiplayer is coming soon to Steam. 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 in Warriors: Rise to Glory – Online Multiplayer. Decapitate your enemies, inflict an anime style death touch, or crush skulls as you rise to glory, but be warned – you could be the one begging for your miserable life and all of your riches as your enemy towers above you with a shiv.
Warriors: Rise to Glory Online 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 onto deadly traps all in the name of glory! Raise the stakes and bet wisely to win great rewards – but if you fail, lose life, glory and all your items!
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 winning strategy in battle… But trust no one – allies are fragile and can be easily replaced.
Level Up: Gain experience and level up your warriors with better weapons, armors, stats, and skills to get passed down for generations to come.
Battle Your Way: In Warriors: Rise to Glory, you can 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 even line your own pockets by betting on a game of chance at the local tavern.
Roguelike Gameplay: Enjoy the tile and turn-based graphics exhibited throughout Warriors: Rise to Glory. Once a warrior is dead he is dead, there’s no coming back, 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 will have its own reward.
No Two Lineages Alike: Use Warriors: Rise to Glory’s creation features to make the warriors of your lineage as fearsome or goofy as you want. Prove to everyone that it’s not just being the best, but also the best looking.
In Warriors: Rise to Glory Online Multiplayer, players will receive hype from the crowd as they chuck bananas or toilets from the stands to cheer you on. Earn XP and coins as you defeat other players and their warrior spawns 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’ll 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 coming soon to Steam. Editors interested in a first look and preview can email Danitra Alomia ([email protected]). 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 they were old enough to hold a controller decided to follow their lifelong dream of becoming game developers and open their 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 – hard to master experience for gamers removing any surprise mechanics creating pure fun and entertainment. All this while placing our unique sense of humor pretty much everywhere because well, we can!
After first officially announcing the game now Koei Tecmo has released some of the first details for Gust’s Atelier Ryza 2: Lost Legends & the Secret Fairy as well as a handful of screenshots and a look at not only one of the returning characters but also a new mascot style character that will be joining Ryza on her adventure when the game releases this winter worldwide on the PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
Ryza’s journey to the Royal Capital of Ashra-am Baird as she explores ancient ruins while seeking the truth behind the mystery of the lost legends. Along the way, she will be able to learn a number of new skills to help her successfully navigate the dangers of her surroundings, including the ability to swim. Ryza’s newfound swimming techniques help her not only discover aquatic materials but also the entrance to an underwater dungeon.
Throughout her journey, Ryza will once again be joined by her fun-loving group of mischievous friends. The first of these old companions confirmed for Ryza 2 is Klaudia. The only daughter of a merchant family, Klaudia has been working in the Royal Capital, but all the while, thinking back to the adventure she had with Ryza three years prior. Klaudia still has the desire to live a more exciting life, and now finds her fate once again intertwined with Ryza as they regroup inside the Royal Capital. Also joining Ryza this time around is a mysterious creature known as Fi. The creature doesn’t speak, but is very expressive and full of emotion, bonding quickly with Ryza while helping her seek answers to the true meaning of the lost legends.
While many have been comparing Nexomon: Extinction to a Pokemon style game, thanks to the fact that players will capture and battle monsters, it is a far different game than what many may expect and that is what PQube has sought to prove with this latest batch of videos for the game. The company has released a trio of videos that show how players will be able to explore the world, take on quests from NPCs, interact with a variety of unique characters, and of course, how different the catching mechanic in Nexomon: Extinction actually is.
With a minigame, various types of food, traps and more, there are many ways to improve your chances of capturing a monster in Nexomon: Extinction. Study which treats the Nexomon you are hunting likes to eat, which trap is most effective against their elemental type and practice the minigame to catch the creatures you desire.
The videos can be found below while the game itself is set to be released on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PC on August 28th with the PlayStation 4 and Switch versions of the game being released physically as well as digitally.
AWARD-WINNING PATHEA GAMES TO LAUNCH NEXT TITLE ON AUGUST 13
Chongqing, China, July 30, 2020 — Independent developer Pathea Games is proud to announce the release date of their hotly anticipated adventure puzzler Ever Forward. Pathea’s previous game, My Time at Portia, was a critical darling and cemented their status as developers. They hope to continue this pedigree with Ever Forward, which is set to release on Steam August 13th, 2020. The game will retail for $14.99. Future versions for the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and Playstation 4 are planned for the Winter.
Brand new gameplay for Ever Forward has been released with the announcement of its launch date. Watch it on YouTube here!
Ever Forward is the story of a young girl, Maya, caught between realities. One is filled with idyllic fields and coastal retreats. The other is a harsh, geometric dream world of traps and puzzles. The player will help guide Maya through these places on a journey of self-discovery and reflection. Together, they will unlock Maya’s memories and find the secrets that lie dormant in her mind.
Ever Forward Key Features
Puzzles – For more than three years, our designers racked their brains, designing puzzles with the “puzzle gamer” in mind. Players will feel deeply challenged and motivated to solve each puzzle, and some puzzles even have multiple solutions, catered to different kinds of thinkers and logical processes.
Art – A color pallet of soothing pastels and futuristic tones designed to simulate the absurd nature of the dream world.
Adventure – Players can collect fragments of memories in the world to unlock new areas and new puzzles.
Mechanics – Mechanics range from simple movement and jump to teleportation and gravity control; the player must use stealth and observational skills to navigate each puzzle.
About Pathea Games Known for our award-winning sandbox simulation RPG, My Time in Portia, Pathea Games’ mission is to make unique games based on cutting-edge technology, focusing on original ideas and user-generated content. We strongly believe that community input is fundamental to the future of gaming and entertainment. We are currently creating titles for PC, mobile, and consoles. We are located in Chongqing, China. Visit http://pathea.net for more information.
