ALL-NEW IXALAN SEASON FOR MAGIC PASS DEBUTS IN NEW MAGIC: MANASTRIKE UPDATE

Battle to Earn This Month’s Magic Pass Rewards, including Planeswalker and Skin Selectors, Level Boosts, and Other Prizes

LOS ANGELES – JULY 16, 2020 – Netmarble Corp.’s latest update for Magic: ManaStrike, Netmarble’s first-ever game for the Wizards of the Coast franchise Magic: The Gathering, officially debuts Ixalan Season for Magic Pass, which introduces several new rewards alongside in-game enhancements and improvements to players today.

The new Magic Pass-exclusive Planeswalker Selector item added to the game allows players to choose one of three Planeswalkers previously only available to players during Magic: ManaStrike’s pre-launch period. The three Planeswalkers available to select include: White Planeswalker Gideon Jura, Blue Planeswalker Tamiyo and Black/Green Planeswalker Garruk Wildspeaker. Other rewards to Magic Pass include Level Boost Vouchers, a Skin Selector, Emojis and Player Icons to earn while playing the game.

Magic: ManaStrike explores the depth of Magic: The Gathering’svast 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’sofficial website and forum. Also, please follow Magic: ManaStrike on Facebook and Twitter.

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. 

The Penrose Combines Audeze’s Award-Winning Planar Magnetic Driver Technology with a Broadcast Quality Microphone Engineered for Enhanced Chat and Streaming to Set the Standard for Next Generation Wireless Gaming Headsets

LOS ANGELES, CA, JULY 15, 2020 – Audeze, the leading premium audiophile headphone manufacturer, today announces the launch of their new Penrose wireless headset aimed at console and PC gamers. Extending Audeze’s family of gaming headphones that includes the high-end LCD-GX and the Mobius 3D Surround Sound PC gaming headset, the Penrose is designed with Microsoft’s Xbox Series X and Sony’s PlayStation®5 in mind. Penrose is equipped with Audeze’s 100mm planar magnetic drivers, a broadcast quality microphone for enhanced chat and streaming, and a 2.4 GHz low-latency lossless wireless connection, so gamers can experience the best in audio quality and wireless functionality.

To commemorate this announcement, the Audeze Penrose is now available to pre-order for the limited promotional price of $249 ($50 off MSRP). Pre-order details can be found at audeze.com/penrose

The patented planar magnetic technology in the Penrose delivers the best audio quality for next-gen consoles.

The Penrose microphone was engineered to bring enhanced voice quality for chat and streaming. Its flexible boom construction makes positional adjustments effortless, and built-in noise filters reduce up to 20dB of background sound so players can communicate with greater confidence.

The Penrose wireless headset comes with a USB dongle that can be connected to Xbox Series X, launching this fall, or PlayStation 5 gaming consoles, as well as current generation consoles and desktop computer systems. Penrose can also be connected to mobile devices using Bluetooth 5.0, with support for SBC and AAC codecs. Both wireless and Bluetooth connections can be activated simultaneously, allowing users to customize their Penrose sound settings in real time using the Audeze HQ mobile and desktop app.

The Audeze Penrose wireless planar magnetic headset comes in two versions, Penrose (for PlayStation®4 and PlayStation 5 consoles, and Windows and Mac desktops) and Penrose X (for Xbox One and Xbox Series X consoles, and Windows desktops). Penrose will retail for $299 US, and the first 1,000 pre-orders are available for $249 US at audeze.com/penrose, and through participating international distributors. Shipments are expected in early September 2020.

Audeze Penrose features include:

• Audeze 100mm planar magnetic drivers
• Broadcast quality microphone
• 2.4GHz lossless low-latency wireless
• Bluetooth 5.0 (SBC and AAC)
• Audeze HQ mobile and desktop app with custom EQ and sidetone toggling

“We’re excited to finally offer gamers a true wireless planar headset,” says Audeze CEO Sankar Thiagasamudram, adding “Penrose is a huge leap forward for wireless console gaming audio and we can’t wait for people to hear it.”

For more information on the Audeze Penrose, follow Audeze on Twitter, “Like” us on Facebook, subscribe to Audeze on Youtube to see and hear video demonstrations of Audeze products, and visit the website at www.audeze.com.

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ABOUT AUDEZE
Audeze LLC is the California-based high-end audio manufacturer delivering the most accurate sound reproduction available today. Audeze products, engineered with the latest innovations in materials science and technology, are built with precision craftsmanship. Audeze’s commitment to research, development, and uncompromised audio is reflected in every facet of their leading-edge products. This has earned Audeze the distinction of being the world’s best reviewed headphone brand.

Latest TALES OF Title is “an RPG Written in Blood and Betrayal” 

Santa Clara, Calif., (July 16, 2020) – Leading interactive entertainment publisher and developer BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc. has officially launched TALES OF CRESTORIA, the latest installment of the critically acclaimed TALES OF franchise, on iOS and Android devices. Featuring a unique, dramatic storyline where “sinners” are condemned by popular vote, the brand-new turn-based TALES OF RPG is available now as a free download via the App Store and Google Play, the title is rated “T” for Teen by the ESRB.

TALES OF CRESTORIA invites both new fans of JRPGs (Japanese role-playing games) and fans of the TALES OF franchise to experience the gorgeous world of Crestoria, which is populated by a vibrant cast of brand-new characters. Additionally, returning fan-favorites from previous TALES OF titles will also appear as residents of the world of Crestoria. To the citizens of this aesthetically beautiful land lies a truly dystopian society, where every single action is observed by the relentless gaze of all-seeing “Vision Orbs.” For protagonist Kanata, the Vision Orbs’ justice is absolute—until one fateful night he and Misella, an orphan girl living in his father’s religious house, committed a sin and are labeled “Transgressors” by their fellow citizens, and “enforcers” are dispatched to punish them. With their worldview shattered, they meet the notorious Vicious, a man known worldwide as “The Great Transgressor.” He offers them a narrative-driving choice: “Own your sin, or let it own you.”

In TALES OF CRESTORIA, protagonist Kanata fights to defy fate in fast-paced, high-intensity turn-based battles, where stunning, smoothly animated techniques can be unleashed with a single button press; moreover, flamboyantly powerful “Mystic Artes” are also available as special abilities. TALES OF CRESTORIA features extensive customization options—both in terms of cosmetics and strength progression—and allows players to create their very own dream teams made up of beloved characters from TALES OF serieslore.

To celebrate the launch of TALES OF CRESTORIA, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc. will be hosting a special in-game campaign, wherein all new players will receive 20 free summons and be able to choose one SSR/SR character from previous TALES OF titles upon initial installation (from a specific lineup of characters). Plus, as a result of a successful Twitter fan campaign, all new players will receive several Enhancement materials and Attachments after they complete the in-game tutorial. This promotion begins today and will end on August 30th 11:59 (PST).

For the additional news and updates on TALES OF CRESTORIA, please visit the game’s official website, and follow the game’s official Facebook page, Twitter page and Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/to_crestoria/

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Take on New Challenges with Monster Train’s “Wild Mutations” DLC, Free Today on Steam

New mutators enhance endgame and competitive play in the hit roguelike deck-building card battler from Good Shepherd Entertainment & Shiny Shoe

AMSTERDAM & SAN FRANCISCO – July 16, 2020 – Good Shepherd Entertainment and Shiny Shoe have released “Wild Mutations,” the first major DLC for the hit roguelike deck-building card battler Monster Train. This free new update is available to download today on Windows PC via Steam.

“Wild Mutations” improves Monster Train’s endgame and competitive play experiences with over 35 new mutators to use across all run types, plus advanced challenges, balance updates and more. Battle your friends and the community on a rotating series of challenges with new mutators that’ll turn your knowledge of the game’s existing mechanics upside down. And it’s just the beginning, as the Monster Train team continues to develop new content for the game with community feedback for future updates.

Set on a train ride to hell, Monster Train brings a new strategic layer to roguelike deck-building games with three vertical battlegrounds to defend at a time in solo play and competitive multiplayer. Construct a deck of spells and minions from over 220 cards and position your champions carefully to win!

Features:

• Over 220 upgradeable cards with which to build your deck.
• Choose from five monster clans with unique gameplay and champions.
• Online real-time competitive multiplayer for up to eight players.
• Create and share your own custom challenges.
• With multiple routes to take and decks to build, no playthrough is ever the same!

For more info, visit www.TheMonsterTrain.com, and follow @GoodShepherdEnt and @ShinyShoeGames on Twitter.

About Good Shepherd Entertainment

Good Shepherd Entertainment publishes video games from independent artists worldwide and operates a proprietary investment platform for a growing global network of qualified investors seeking risk-mitigated participation in the $130B video game industry. Originally established in the Netherlands in 2011, operating under the name Gambitious, the Company became a full-featured publisher in 2014. Good Shepherd Entertainment is backed by some of the industry’s most notable names, including Devolver Digital, Croteam and Perfect World, all successful companies in independent game development and publishing. www.GoodShepherd.games

About Shiny Shoe

Shiny Shoe is an independent video game development studio dedicated to creating fun and polished experiences for consoles, PC, mobile and online/social streaming environments. Founded in 2011 and based in San Francisco, Shiny Shoe has collaborated with partners including Double Fine, Stoic, Oculus, and Telltale. In addition to traditional games, Shiny Shoe is introducing new types of massively multiplayer experiences like its original titles Death’s Door and the follow-up, Death’s Door: Aftermath. https://shinyshoe.com

Short-Form Narrative Title Now Available for $6.99

July 16th, 2020 — Developer Insatiable Cycle and publisher Whitethorn Digital announce short-form narrative game We should talk. is available now for $6.99 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One; as well as on Steam for PC, Mac, and Linux platforms!

It’s not what you say — it’s how you say it. We should talk. is a game about relationships and the nuance of communication that will make you think carefully about the words you choose. 

Using a unique narrative choice mechanic, you’ll craft sentences in response to the in-game characters in We should talk. Through this careful choice of words, you’ll be able to express yourself as you discuss ongoing problems about life and romance with Sam, your in-game partner, over text messages, while also chatting with friends and strangers at your favorite local bar about what’s on your mind.

The combination of words you choose impacts the conversations you have, how genuinely you can connect with your partner, and whether your relationship can survive the night. It’s up to you how you respond — depending on how you communicate, you’ll see one of many possible endings.

To find out more, visit:https://www.weshouldtalkgame.com/
Twitter:@_weshouldtalk

©️2020 Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC. “PlayStation”, “PlayStation Family Mark”, and “PS4” are registered trademarks or trademarks of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. 

Nintendo Switch is a trademark of Nintendo.

About the Development Team
“We should talk” was created by Kat Aguiar, Nobonita Bhowmik, Francesca Carletto-Leon, Jordan Jones-Brewster, Carol Mertz, and Jack Schlesinger — six developers that met as MFA students at the NYU Game Center. The team came together with the goal of creating a game that challenges traditional transactional romance in games, and collaborated to push relationship-building games forward by expanding the realm of player choice. 

About Insatiable Cycle LLC
Insatiable Cycle LLC, founded by Carol Mertz, designs inclusive games to bring people closer together, teach them about themselves and each other, and inspire new ways to think, communicate, and play.

About Whitethorn Digital
We’re an indie game publisher focusing on pleasant, cozy games that can be played in pieces, that require no special skills or knowledge, and that anyone can pick up and play. We’re believers in accessibility, inclusion, and widening the audience that gets to play. We like to consider ourselves the defenders of easy games. Join in on the discussion via our Discord.  

Blockbuster mobile game PUBG MOBILE is launching social responsibility campaign “Play As One” with in-game challenge and community fundraiser to support the humanitarian aid organization Direct Relief on the COVID-19 global response project

LOS ANGELES – July 16, 2020 – PUBG MOBILE, the worldwide popular mobile game, has partnered with Direct Relief, the humanitarian aid organization, in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic by supplying medical aid to frontline healthcare workers. Starting today, the #PUBGMPlayAsOne campaign is launched with the PUBG MOBILE in-game challenge and community fundraiser for individual players to support and participate and directly in Direct Relief’s COVID-19 response.

Under the global pandemic situation, with the “play for good” initiative of bringing positive impact on society and helping more people, PUBG MOBILE is taking the social responsibility in a worldwide brand perspective and encouraging community members to contribute their own efforts, moreover, in gamer’s way. The campaign is calling out a slogan of “Play As One” to encourage the 600 million PUBG MOBILE players worldwide to team up and play for the same goal for one world, facing the global challenge together.

Starting with the official effort in game, PUBG MOBILE launches the in-game “Running Challenge For Donation” event from July 15 to 28 to engage all players for support. Players’ sprinting distance in-game will be added to the server milestone corresponding to a dollar donation by PUBG MOBILE. A server-wide milestone tracker starting with PUBG MOBILE’s official donation of $1 million USD, will be increasing incrementally as players running more distance in game. The final amount of donation is to be revealed once reaching the final server-wide milestones.

Besides an in-game event offering official donations, PUBG MOBILE and Direct Relief have developed the dedicated channel here for community members to support the fundraiser by making their voluntary donations. All donations will directly contribute to support Direct Relief’s emergency response to COVID-19 around the world.

Through the shared love of games, PUBG MOBILE enables the connection with players worldwide and supports the society in the gaming ways. Today’s #PUBGMPlayAsOne campaign is another meaningful effort following the previous #ChickenDinnerAtHome campaign launched during the earlier pandemic period, which encouraged all PUBG MOBILE players to safeguard their health by staying in the safe zone and enjoying chicken dinner at home. By supporting WHO’s global #PlayApartTogether movement among the games industry, PUBG MOBILE encourages all community members to show team spirit by continuing to enjoy the game in a fun and healthy way.

Players can now support the #PUBGMPlayAsOne campaign by playing in game and can donate directly to Direct Relief at www.directrelief.org/pubgmobile.

Join PUBG MOBILE and Direct Relief in the vital fight to protect the lives of healthcare workers on the frontline, and our friends and communities across the world.

About Direct Relief

Direct Relief is a humanitarian aid organization with a mission to improve the health and lives of people affected by poverty or emergencies — without regard to politics, religion or ability to pay. Direct Relief is responding to COVID-19 globally by providing personal protective equipment (PPE) for health workers; building a medication stockpile to assist with anticipated spike in ICU patients; and boosting support to safety-net facilities to address existing chronic gaps that are likely to grow.

Since January 2020, Direct Relief has rapidly deployed medical aid to support health workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

For more detail on Direct Relief’s response around the world, click here.

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 MOBILEaccounts on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

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

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TOKYO – July 16, 2020 –  Pokelabo Inc. (subsidiary of GREE) and Square Enix, Inc. welcome the tragic world of NieR:Automata to SINoALICE, the mobile fantasy battle RPG from the mind of Yoko Taro, today via updates through the App Store and Google Play. As an added bonus, a recent update brings new chapters to Act of Hatred as SINoALICE celebrates 1,000,0000 players just two weeks after its global release.

■ NieR Collaboration Event Period

Wednesday July 16, 2020 at 7:00 a.m. to Thursday August 6, 2020 at 5:59 a.m. (UTC)

Note: The event period is subject to change. Please check the in-game notice and official SINoALICE global social media accounts for further details.

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By logging in during this event, players will receive the NieR:Automata collaboration character 2B/Breaker as a gift.

Note: This gift will appear in your present box after completing the tutorial.

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Collaboration Event: Memory of Dolls (Original Scenario by Yoko Taro)
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This collaboration event features an original scenario written by Yoko Taro with new voice recordings from Yui Ishikawa (2B) and Kaori Kawabuchi (Simone).

Also available in this event are collaboration nightmares such as Simone and a machine lifeform, as well as other collaboration items such as armor.

■Collaboration Event Period

Thursday July 16, 2020 at 7:00 a.m. to Thursday August 6, 2020 at 5:59 a.m. (UTC)

Note: The event period is subject to change. Please check the in-game notice and official SINoALICE global social media accounts for further details.

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NieR:Automata Collaboration Grimoire: The Puppets’ Feast Pt. 1
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Acquiring the SR weapon Type-4O Blade unlocks A2/Breaker. Acquiring the SR weapon No. 7’s Staff unlocks Emil/Cleric.

Each class comes with its own character story and each weapon with its own weapon story. Read the intertwining tales that connect the two. The collaboration characters and weapons appearing in this event are written exclusively by Yoko Taro.

■Collaboration Event Period

Thursday July 16, 2020 at 7:00 a.m. to Monday July 27, 2020 at 5:59 a.m. (UTC)

Note: The event period is subject to change. Please check the in-game notice and official SINoALICE global social media accounts for further details.

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New Chapters of “Act of Hatred” Available
The Little Mermaid makes her way to SINoALICE
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New chapters for Act of Hatred are available now. Adding to Yoko Taro’s cast of twisted fairy tales, the Little Mermaid weaves a new sorrowful story beyond the darkest ocean depths.

There will also be new chapters available for Snow White (VA: Reina Ueda) and Sleeping Beauty (VA: Kaede Hondo).

■ Act of Hatred, New Chapters Available

■ Update Details

・Snow White
Chapters 1-4 unlocked

・Sleeping Beauty
Chapters 1-3 unlocked

・Little Mermaid
Chapters 1-2 unlocked

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Little Mermaid/Minstrel Available
STEP Grimoire: Droplet of Misery Available
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The STEP Grimoire: Droplet of Misery, from which players can summon Little Mermaid/Minstrel, is now available. With every summon of this grimoire, adventurers progress to the next STEP, and are guaranteed an SR item on STEP 5.

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Available Now until July 27, 2020 at 5:59

Summon the SR weapon, Violin of Misery, to unlock the Little Mermaid’s new class, Minstrel. Unlock new weapons to improve performance in battle.

Note: All classes have character stories that revolve around that character.

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About NieR:Automata
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NieR:Automata is an action RPG produced by Square Enix and developed by Platinum Games.

Yoko Taro, creative director and creator of SINoALICE’s original story, directed the title. Keiichi Okabe/MONACA, who also composes the music for SINoALICE, produced the title’s musical composition.

NieR:Automata tells the story of androids 2B, 9S and A2 and their battle to reclaim the machine-driven dystopia overrun by powerful mechanoids. Humanity has been driven from the Earth by mechanical beings from another world. In a final effort to take back the planet, the human resistance sends a force of android soldiers to destroy the invaders. Now, a war between machines and androids rages on… A war that could soon unveil a long-forgotten truth of the world.

NieR:Automata Game of the YoRHa Edition is available now on PlayStation(R)4 computer entertainment system and PC (STEAM).  The NieR:Automata: BECOME AS GODS Edition is available now for the Xbox One family of devices including the Xbox One X. 

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About SINoALICE
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A fantasy RPG presented by Pokelabo and Square Enix in the palm of your hand.

The story comes straight from the mind of Yoko Taro, known for his work on the NieR series and Drakengard. Music is produced by Keiichi Okabe/MONACA (NieR series, Drakengard 3). Original character design is done by the up-and-coming illustrator, Jino.

■ Global Release Official Sites

English: https://sinoalice.global
Korean: https://sinoalice.global/kr/
Thai: https://sinoalice.global/th/
German: https://sinoalice.global/de/
French: https://sinoalice.global/fr/
Spanish: https://sinoalice.global/es/  

■ Global Official Social Media Accounts

English
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sinoaliceglobal
Instagram： https://www.instagram.com/sinoaliceglobal/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/sinoaliceglobal

Korean
Naver Cafe：https://cafe.naver.com/sinoalice
Twitter：https://twitter.com/sinoalicekorea 

■ Creators

・ Original story/Creative director: Yoko Taro
・ Music: Keiichi Okabe
・ Original character design: Jino

■ Global Details
・ Title: SINoALICE
・ Release date: July 1, 2020
・ Supported OS: iOS, Android
・ Supported devices
Android:  Android 6.0 or later (RAM 2GB or greater)
iOS:  iOS 10.0 or later/iPhone 5S, iPad Air, iPad mini 2 or later, 6th generation iPod touch or later
Some devices not listed may not be supported.
・ Price Free to Play (Offers In-App Purchases)

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Saber Interactive & Focus Home Interactive’s Original Hit Truck Game
MudRunner Out Now on iOS & Android

PARIS — July 16, 2020 — MudRunner, Saber Interactive and Focus Home Interactive’s multi-million selling off-road truck driving game, is now available for $5.99 on iOS and Android! With its trademark physics engine and challenging missions, MudRunner delivers the same realistic, immersive experience on mobile devices that made it a huge hit on PC and consoles.

MudRunner on mobile delivers hours upon hours of thrilling simulation gameplay, with more content still to come. Unleash the raw power of a variety of Soviet-era vehicles across 15 open-world maps as you haul cargo over treacherous terrain to fulfil your objectives. Overcome the elements, and don’t forget to use your trusty winch if you get stuck! For more information, visit www.MudRunner-theGame.com.

In related news, Snowrunner, MudRunner’s sequel which sold over a million copies in its opening weeks, dropped its first major Season Pass DLC featuring a new map, vehicles, missions and more on PlayStation®4, Xbox One and PC via the Epic Games Store yesterday.
Check it all out in the new trailer:

Modest Mouse, Band of Horses, Getter and Interpol Round Out Soundtrack for July 28 release of the Skater XL – The Next Evolution in Skateboarding Games

Skater XL, the only skateboarding game that delivers unparalleled freedom of skateboarding expression, has revealed the list of artists that will be featured in the game at launch on July 28 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. Each band has a distinctive sound that blends well with the game’s raw street vibe and physical control mechanics.
 
“We really wanted the soundtrack to reflect skateboarding culture, as well as pay homage to some of the artists that provided the soundtracks to some of the most influential skate videos of all time” says Easy Day Studios Marketing Director, Jeff Goforth. “Music is such a huge part of skate culture and by incorporating the artists that created the sound of some of our favorite video parts, and have a connection to skateboarding, it just made so much sense.”  

The list of contributing artists and tracks on the Skater XL soundtrack include: 

• Modest Mouse: Exploring a jagged, lo-fi post-rock after forming in the mid-’90s, Modest Mouse became unlikely chart-toppers with a volatile mix of punk-inspired rawness and simmering atmosphere in the following decade. The band first broke through to the mainstream audience with the platinum-selling ‘Good News for People Who Love Bad News,’ their fourth full-length, in 2005. (Official Pandora Website)
• Band of Horses: Emerging in 2004 with a blend of woodsy midtempo rock and reverb-laden vocals, Band of Horses gained an audience in their native Northwest before ‘Everything All the Time’ made them indie rock darlings. (Official Pandora Website)
• Getter: Entrepreneur, Creative Director, Label Owner – just a few titles American music producer Tanner Petulla, professionally known as Getter, can claim. With the launch of his own clothing line Trippy Burger, the creation of his own creative hub “Shred Collective” – Getter has become a household name. (Official Facebook Page)
• Interpol: Since their emergence in the early 2000s, Interpol have occupied a unique space within indie rock. They helped kick-start the post-punk revival that has endured. (Official Pandora Website)
• Future Islands: Led by crooning frontman Samuel T. Herring, the members of Future Islands started out making electropop music together in 2003 while attending East Carolina University’s art program. Along with Herring, the initial members of the group were Adam Beeby, William Cashion, Gerrit Welmers, and Kymia Nawabi, and they played shows around campus as Art Lord & the Self-Portraits. (Official Pandora Website)
• Animal Collective: Animal Collective is a group of four best friends who grew up playing and recording music together in Baltimore County Maryland. AC continues to make music after 15 years, 10 studio records and three live records, that combines a love of sonic free form electronic horror gospel hip hop soul pop madness. (Official Facebook Page)
• Silversun Pickups: With their organic but richly atmospheric sound, Los Angeles alternative rock band Silversun Pickups helped put the über-hip Silver Lake scene on the map with their critical and commercial success in the 21st century. Debuting in 2005, they were indie radio favorites until their mainstream breakthrough, Swoon, arrived in 2009. (Official Pandora Website)
• STARHEADBODY:  An open-ended musical collective, established and led by professional skateboarder, and Skater XL playable character, Evan Smith. Living by the motto “Everybody In,” each STARHEADBODY release features new collaborative artists, allowing Evan to capture audio snapshots of the many adventures that he finds himself in through experimental compositions and recording environments. (Official Bandcamp)
• Built To Spill: Built to Spill were one of the most popular indie rock acts of the ’90s, finding the middle ground between postmodern, Pavement -style pop and the loose, spacious jamming of Neil Young. From the outset, the band was a vehicle for singer/songwriter/guitarist Doug Martsch, who — heavily inspired by Dinosaur Jr.’s J Mascis — helped keep alive the concept of the indie guitar hero. (Official Pandora Website)
• Cende: Indie rock group Cende delivered a stirring brand of power pop. The trio began playing together in 2013 after discovering a shared appreciation for garage punk outfit the Marked Men. (Official Pandora Website)
• Kratos Himself: Honoring the rituals of his home, and reflecting the tones, moods, and life cycles dependent on circadian procession, Kratos Himself binds his melancholic meditations to the patient, ancestral soundscapes of the forest and countryside. (Official Bandcamp)
• The Shivas: The Shivas are a rock and roll band from Portland, Oregon formed in 2006. For The Shivas, the show has always been the thing. That thing being a bombastic, explosive and thoroughly communal live rock and roll experience where barriers between the performers and their audience seem to dissolve into the sweat and sound. (Official Facebook Page)
• Westkust: The Swedish shoegaze/noise pop band Westkust build their songs out of wall-of-sound guitars, mix in strong, swirling melodies, and top it off with yearning vocals straight from the indie pop playbook. (Official Pandora Website) 

The official Skater XL track listing will be revealed at the launch of Skater XL on July 28.

Skater XL is the first skateboarding game to come to all major platforms in more than 10 years and offers complete physics-based gameplay with total freedom of control and expression. Play as skating icons Tiago Lemos, Evan Smith, Tom Asta or Brandon Westgate on your way to becoming a skateboarding pro or build your own character with unique characteristics and authentic gear from top skateboarding brands. Dive into the digital skate subculture with more than 60 real skate spots connected by block after block of plazas, schools, pools, buildings, car parks and corridors. With a huge modding community that has created thousands of maps, digital skate ezines, personal highlight reels, in-game brands, and tournaments, Skater XL celebrates the creativity and dedication of the skate community.

Skater XL will launch on July 28 digitally on PS4, Xbox One, and PC, and at brick and mortar retailers for PS4 and Xbox One. The Nintendo Switch will be released later this year. More announcements will be coming soon for Skater XL – be sure to follow the game on Instagram and Twitter, “Like” us on Facebook, and visit the official website, SkaterXL.com.  

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ABOUT EASY DAY STUDIOS
Founded in 2018 by Skater App creator and physicist Dain Hedgpeth, Jon West, former sponsored skateboarder turned game developer, and Jeff Goforth, industry veteran of 19 years and former head of skateboarding at DC Shoes, Easy Day Studios is the leader in action sports video game creation. Based in Long Beach, CA, Easy Day Studios is fully self funded and 100% committed to the shared vision of reviving and evolving skateboarding games into what every fan has been hoping for since the birth of the genre. With decades of experience, the team is comprised of video game development and skateboarding veterans. Since Early Access launch in December 2018 and the rapid growth of the Skater XL modding community, Easy Day has also hired two former modders and continues to work directly with this community.

FROM THE WRITER AND DIRECTOR OF THE BUNKER

Wales Interactive and FMV Future are delighted to reveal Gamer Girl — a new multi-branching FMV game, set in the world of online streaming. Gamer Girl is coming to PC, PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch this September.

Adopt the role of moderator for up and coming streamer ‘Abicake99’, who’s back online after the mysterious disappearance of her friend Becky. Featuring multi-branched narrative and real-time chat simulation, your role as moderator is to control the stream, level up mod powers, guide Abi’s choices and uncover the threat she faces by an anonymous predator who hides in the stream’s chat.

Developed by FMV Future with the writer and director of The Bunker. Co-developed and Published by Wales Interactive, who brought you The Complex, Late Shift and Maid of Sker.

ENTIRELY IMPROVISED
Gamer Girl is the first live-action video game to have been entirely improvised by the cast, in a production style similar to The Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity. The actors would react to pre-scripted stream text as well as live chat that was written during film takes by the scriptwriter.

NEW GENRE
The first multi-branching FMV video game with a micro-management meta-game – where players constantly have to analyse and react to a constant stream of chat comments whilst texting Abi and helping her make the right choices.

MANAGEMENT META GAME
– Manage the user’s comments in the chat stream
– Choose to reward them for good behaviour & ban them for trolling
– Unlock more powerful moderator abilities as you progress
– Earn Candies, likes and subs to keep Abicake99’s mood positive
– Increase Abicake99’s viewers and subscribers to keep her career on track
– Make the channel a success to earn upgrades
– Warn, ban and reward comments in the chat stream
– If you fail Abi will kick you off the stream and it is GAME OVER

BRANCHING NARRATIVE:
– Gamer Girl has multiple story paths; hundreds of choices and permutations.
– Players help Abi choose which activities they think would further her streaming career or enhance her mood – workout sessions, gaming, cosplay, chill streams, IRL trips, board games, chibis drawing (ちび or チビ), etc.
– Make moral choices and accept the consequences they bring. Should you encourage drama to increase her ratings or take the safe path but risk losing viewers?
– Exchange messages with Abi and her friends. Will you help them, or do they have ulterior motives towards Abi?

CAST 
The game stars Alexandra Burton as Abi, and features David Wayman, Rebecca Calienda, and Sofia Maffei with cameos by real streamers including CyborgAngel.

ABOUT WALES INTERACTIVE
Wales Interactive are multi-award winning independent games developer and publisher, based in South Wales, UK. Their catalogue of titles include Maid of Sker, The Complex, Late Shift, The Bunker, The Shapeshifting Detective and Don’t Knock Twice. They are passionate about video games and their aim is to create original games that entertain the world as well as put Wales on the video games map.

ABOUT FMV FUTURE
Co-Founded in 2019 by BAFTA-winning Lionhead and Harry Potter Producer Simon Mathews, Film Producer Michael Richards and Creative Director Allan Plenderleith, writer and director of BAFTA-nominated The Bunker. The team have previously worked on franchises including: Sesame Street, Sim City, Nickelodeon and Fable. FMV Future make ground-breaking live action narrative FMV video games with unique gameplay pushing the capabilities of interactive movies to the next level. Gamer Girl is FMV Future’s debut title.