8 July 2020, Milan: For all our fans that love to play the Career Mode, we have added a brand-new feature, Junior Team.

To create a Junior Team players must be running in the Moto2™ or MotoGP™ class. During the season, new tabs in the Career Hub will introduce the team creation. The rule is simple: you can open teams in classes lower than yours to let them race in the next season. You won’t be just a rider, but also a mentor and a Team Principal for a new generation of young talents!

A team needs a Team Manager, whose skills will influence the ability to attract sponsors and to hire good riders. While the Technical Director, will influence bike development and on track performances during the weekend.

Sponsorship offers will include bikes, sponsor financing and result goals be careful to find the correct balance. You can hire one or two riders, with their own skill set, and see them grow inside your team.

Speaking about development, you can improve your results investing money to get travel discounts or training your riders or your engineers. This will have different outcomes, but an efficient team must seek perfection in all details.

And after all the planning, all the hopes and the expectations, it comes the race day. The red lights go out and the track will tell its verdict! You can simulate your Junior Team race but it’s more fun to follow it live, cheering for your riders, fearing every curve, and finally getting the rewards for your efforts!

MotoGP™20 is globally available on PlayStation®4, Xbox One, Windows PC®/STEAM, Google Stadia and Nintendo Switch™.

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About Milestone
Founded in Milan in 1996, Milestone S.r.l. is one of the leading and longest established racing game developer in the world. The 200+ people team is responsible for hit series like MotoGP™ and MXGP – The Official Motocross Videogame, Monster Energy Supercross – The Official Videogame series as well as own IPs Ride and Gravel. For more information please visit www.milestone.it

About MotoGP/Dorna Sports:
Dorna Sports is an international sports management, marketing and media company, founded in 1988. The organisation has its headquarters in Madrid, and further branch offices in Barcelona, Rome, Amsterdam and Tokyo. Dorna has been the exclusive commercial and television rights holder for the FIM Road Racing World Championship Grand Prix MotoGP since 1992. With more than 60 years of history MotoGP™ is the pinnacle of motorcycle racing. Dorna has an all-encompassing Grand Prix event management philosophy, with 360º direct involvement in all areas of the MotoGP™ World Championship. Dorna has additional involvement in further motorcycling events, such the eni FIM World Superbikes Championship (WSBK), the FIM CEV Repsol International Championship and the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup, which seeks to promote the development of the next generation of riding talent. Nintendo Switch is a trademark of Nintendo.

“PlayStation” and “PS4” are registered trademarks of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. All rights reserved.

You decide what’s up and down in this mind-bending sci-fi adventure

Helsinki, Finland – July 8th, 2020 – Mindhaven Games are proud to unveil that its gravity-defying puzzle adventure Sky Beneath is coming to PC and consoles in 2021. Get ready to embark on a rip-roaring sci-fi yarn where up and down are all relative!

In Sky Beneath players assume the role of Cassie, an intrepid scavenger seeking salvage in abandoned mining facilities. Aided by her inventor friend Annie and the use of advanced alien technology, Cassie takes control of the gravity to walk on walls and ceilings and change the gravity direction of objects around her. Up and down are all relative in this mind-bending adventure!

Set on a planet where an uneasy alliance between humans and technologically advanced aliens has caused an increased rift between the rich and the poor, Cassie and Annie must uncover the truth of what happened to the previous inhabitants of this land and how to get off this ravaged planet. As they solve increasingly complex puzzles, they’ll traverse high tech research labs, opulent floating cities, and alien citadels. They’ll also encounter alien flora and fauna, like the mischievous ratcoons, which are exactly what they sound like.

“We wanted to create a game that hearkens back to the days of solitary puzzle-solving expeditions like the original Tomb Raider, yet with the warm humor and humanity of Portal and The Talos Principle,” said Eero Kuurne, Creative Director at Mindhaven Games. “Sky Beneath takes that classic gameplay, but marries it with a slick, modern presentation that’s equal parts cerebral and spectacular.” 

More information on Sky Beneath
Wishlist on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1313110/Sky_Beneath/
Visit the Mindhaven Games website: https://mindhavengames.com/

About Mindhaven Games
Mindhaven Games is a group of storytellers, bringing an adventurous puzzle game to life with the goal of creating games that evoke strong feelings in the player. Mindhaven seeks to combine the feeling of grand adventure with challenging gameplay that makes players stop and think.

Dusseldorf/Germany, July 7, 2020 – Publisher astragon Entertainment and Belgian developer LuGus Studios are pleased to announce more details about the campaign mode of the upcoming drone simulation Liftoff: Drone Racing. The game mode gives players the opportunity to discover the ropes of drone flying but also guides them through the exciting history of drone racing.

Exclusively developed for the console version, Liftoff: Drone Racing offers a campaign mode, which starts back in 2015 at the very beginning of the young fascination of drone racing and offers players iconic moments of the FPV drone racing history like Paris or Hanover. Make yourself a name with small races and begin to climb the leaderboard challenge by challenge to get your chance in the big races.

For one thing skill is necessary for keeping up with the competitors, but it is also just as important to prepare your drone. While progressing in the campaign, players unlock more and more drone parts, with which they can improve their drone. As an FPV drone pilot the players must keep a clear head even in fast-paced and thrilling races – If they are victorious, talented pilots can make it to the top and become successful racers. A lot of skill and the right drone tuning will pave their way to the virtual championship. But the journey of every drone racing enthusiast willing to strive for a thrilling adrenaline rush in Liftoff: Drone Racing begins in one of the most famous backyard of drone racing. Flying a drone is not as easy as it may appear. Hence it is mandatory to first learn some basics. Within the tutorial of Liftoff: Drone Racing the players learn everything important about flying a drone safely and not getting caught in the first tree. With time passing by, the difficulty level of the challenges increases step by step until the ambitious pilots are ready to lift off for their first serious FPV drone race. Experienced drone pilots have the opportunity to skip the tutorial and dive directly into the competitions.

The official campaign trailer shows some first impressions of the exciting races.

Liftoff: Drone Racing aims to offer a unique and rewarding game experience to all players. That is why all players have the option of activating Assisted Flight mode, which helps stabilize the drones and guarantees newcomers an easy entry to experience fun and action-packed drone races without frustration.  By completing the tutorial and the campaign, players thereby will become more confident when dealing with their drones. After some practice, patient players will easily be able to fly several tracks on the various maps without further help. To have a more realistic gameplay experience skilled FPV-Pilots can adjust the controls at any time. Next to the campaign, Liftoff: Drone Racing offers further exciting game modes, for example single player races, a freestyle mode, and a free flight mode, where players can explore the different maps completely at their own leisure. A multiplayer mode will also be introduced into the new drone simulation, for which more information will be available soon.

Liftoff: Drone Racing will be released in 2020 for PlayStation®4 and Xbox One.

For more information about Liftoff: Drone Racing please visit:

www.liftoff-game.com/
www.facebook.com/Liftoffconsole 
www.twitter.com/Liftoffconsole 
www.instagram.com/Liftoffconsole

©2020 astragon Entertainment GmbH. Published and distributed by astragon Entertainment GmbH.

©2020 LuGus Studios

“Liftoff” is a product of LuGus Studios, Belgium

Kinect, Xbox, Xbox 360, Xbox One and Xbox LIVE are either registered trademarks or trademarks of the Microsoft group of companies. PlayStation is a trademark of Sony and/or its affiliate(s). The “PS” Family logo and “PS4” are registered trademarks of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. All other names, trademarks and logos are property of their respective owners.

astragon Entertainment GmbH
astragon Entertainment (founded in 2000) ranks among the leading independent games publishers in Germany. Our versatile product portfolio focuses on high-quality technical simulation games such as Construction Simulator, Farming Simulator or Bus Simulator, but also covers complex economic simulations and strategy games. The distribution of the Big Fish franchise (Mystery Case Files, Dark Parables, Grim Tales) completes our exciting product range. Games by astragon are available world-wide on many different platforms such as consoles, smartphones, tablets and PC. Please visit us for more information at http://www.astragon.de/en/.

LuGus Studios
LuGus Studios was founded in 2011 by Kevin Haelterman and Tom Lissens in Hasselt, Belgium. Over the last few years, the Belgian developer studio has developed several indie titles for various platforms including “Creature of Habit” or “Runes of Brennos”. In 2018, LuGus Studio released the drone simulator Liftoff: FPV Drone Racing for the PC, which also got another DLC. For more information, please visit www.lugus-studio.be

A Land of Opportunities Bonus
XP Boosts, Free Barber Services and More

Help the widow Jessica LeClerk and her loyal associate Horley exact revenge on the treacherous vermin who killed her husband – all A Land of Opportunities Missions are paying out Triple XP this week.

FREE ROAM MISSIONS

Partake in any Free Roam Event or seek out acquaintances across the frontier to take on any Free Roam Mission to receive Triple XP this week.

And you can make good time journeying between A Land of Opportunities and Free Roam Missions or anywhere across the five states with 50% off all Fast Travel through July 13th.

WEEKLY DISCOUNTS

FREE BARBER SERVICES

You can fix up and look sharp at your local Barber – take advantage of a range of free services on offer this week.

• 50% Off Ability Cards
• 40% Off Coats, Shirts, Boots and Hats
• Free Hair, Makeup and Dentistry

TWITCH PRIME

Link your Social Club account to your Twitch Prime account and claim your benefits on Twitch Prime to get RDO$1,000 and these free monthly benefits:

– Offer for 5 Gold Bars off the Butcher Table which starts the Trader Role

– Rewards for 6,000 Trader XP

– Offer for 40% off a Horse

– Offer for 40% off a Stable Stall

– Offer for 40% off a Shotgun

– 50 Incendiary Buckshot Slugs

Check Rockstar Support for details and limitations.

NEW LG SOUND BAR DELIVERS ELEVATED SOUND, PAIRS PERFECTLY WITH GX GALLERY OLED TVS

Pleasing to both ears and eyes, GX sound bar features super-slim,  flush-to-wall design and advanced audio technologies with Dolby Atmos

SEOUL, July 8, 2020 — LG Electronics (LG) today announced the company’s newest sound bar designed to create an exceptional home entertainment experience and a heightened level of spatial and stylistic integration with the company’s premium OLED TVs. The LG GX sound bar boasts excellent sound, advanced features and sophisticated aesthetics designed to complement the company’s  award-winning GX Gallery OLED series TVs.¹

The GX sound bar is the perfect visual companion to the artistically inspired LG Gallery series OLED TVs. Offering consumers design flexibility, the sound bar can be mounted either flush to the wall directly under the TV or supported using the included steel stand. Measuring 15H x 144.6W x 3.25D cm, the GX sound bar is identical in width and finish to the LG 65-inch GX Gallery series TV. At the core of the LG gallery design is the philosophy of a complete home entertainment system that can fit harmoniously within a given space – a concept the company’s designers refer to as “adding spatial value.”

LG GX sound bar delivers superior sound thanks to Dolby Atmos and DTX:S for remarkable three-dimensional sound. The speaker is Dolby Vision compatible via 4K pass-through, enabling stunning picture and sound quality for truly cinematic home viewing. The included subwoofer connects wirelessly to the sound bar to distribute low-frequency bass from anywhere in the room, and with the addition of an LG wireless rear speaker kit (model SPK8, sold separately) even more powerful audio can be delivered with a greater sense of immersion.

Furthermore, the sound bar delivers upgraded user convenience and easy connectivity options including enhanced audio return channel (eARC) and Bluetooth. With higher bandwidth, eARC provides the benefits of rich, high-resolution audio formats such as Dolby True HD and DTS Master Audio, while Bluetooth facilitates effortless, high-quality streaming from a smartphone or tablet.

What’s more? The LG GX soundbar is Hi-Res Audio certified, offering lossless playback at 24bit/96kHz with greater vibrancy and nuance. This produces detailed, natural sound when playing high-resolution audio files or when up-converting conventional audio formats. The built-in LG AI Sound Pro feature analyses and automatically applies the best sound settings regardless of the content, ensuring maximum listening enjoyment every time.

The new LG GX soundbar will roll out starting this month in Europe, North America, Asia as well as other key markets. Availability, pricing and specification for Australia has yet to be determined. More information will be provided as it becomes available.

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Wreckfest concludes its first season with the eighth DLC, the Banger Racing Car Pack, coming to all platforms today

Sydney, Australia, July 8^th,  2020 – Season 1 ends with a big bang and 3 unique vehicles! The Banger Racing Car Pack is out today on all platforms.

Sweeper: This midsize racer is a perfect blend of agility, speed and toughness – a great all-rounder for every type of race.
Hearse: This banger racing classic excels at derbies since it can both give and take serious punishment.
Stock Car: A versatile little rocket that feels right at home on every oval and Figure 8 track!

The Banger Racing Car Pack is the sixth Car Pack and part of the Season Pass, which includes 20 new cars, 20 special roof decorations and additional car customisations like armour, rims and more.

About Wreckfest
Expect epic crashes, neck-to-neck fights over the finish line and brand-new ways for metal to bend – These are the once-in-a-lifetime moments that can only be achieved in Wreckfest, with its true-to-life physics simulation crafted by legendary developer Bugbear, who also brought you FlatOut 1, 2 and Ultimate Carnage. Burn rubber and shred metal in the ultimate driving playground!

• Awesome Cars – Old, banged-up, patched-together cars that simply ooze style! From old American heavy-hitters to agile Europeans and fun Asians, you won’t find anything like this in other games.
• Meaningful Customisation – Change not only the look of your cars but also upgrade their body armour.
• Multiplayer – Wreck your friends online and take racing to the limit while chasing for demolition dominance!

Wreckfest Website

Notes for Editors:

About THQ Nordic

The THQ Nordic official boiler plate can be found here: https://thqnordic.com/company/about

THQ Nordic Website

About Bugbear Entertainment
Bugbear Entertainment is a game studio specializing in action driving. The company has been developing car games for sixteen years, starting with Rally Trophy (2001, PC). With over a decade of development under its belt, Bugbear Entertainment has successfully redefined the genre of action racing and is best known for the critically acclaimed demolition racing series FlatOut (2004-2007, PC, PS2™, Xbox, Xbox 360) and street racing title Ridge Racer Unbounded (2013, PC, PS3™, Xbox 360).

Bugbear Entertainment Website

Due to challenges stemming from the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the game’s release date has shifted from August 28. See the full statement from Hangar 13 and 2K now.

Mafia: Definitive Edition developer Hangar 13 and publisher 2K has issued the following statement:

“Mafia: Definitive Edition will now release worldwide on September 25. Though we’d originally planned to release the game one month earlier on August 28, finalizing everything in time for that launch date has become increasingly challenging due to the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic, and the last thing we want to do is compromise the quality of the experience.

From the beginning, this has been a passion project for us. Many of our developers helped create the original Mafia, and all of us are committed to crafting an updated experience worthy of that timeless classic. We appreciate your patience and understanding as we make Mafia: Definitive Edition the very best it can be for all of our fans worldwide.

All that said, we know you’re anxious to see more. That’s why we’re thrilled to give you an extended look at Mafia: Definitive Edition’s gameplay in just two weeks on July 22. Be sure to follow @MafiaGame on Twitter to see a brand new 15-second teaser now, and visit MafiaGame.com for more information about the entire Mafia: Trilogy. 

We want to express our heartfelt thanks to you for watching our narrative trailer, playing the Definitive Editionsof Mafia II and III, and supporting us as we continue building the definitive organized crime saga. We look forward to showing you more on July 22.”

For more information about Mafia: Definitive Edition’s features and content, as well as additional details regarding Mafia: Trilogy as a whole, please visit MafiaGame.com. To download screenshots, art, and other Mafia: Trilogy assets, please click here. For additional information and assets covering the entire 2K catalogue, please visit newsroom.2k.com.

Hangar 13 is a 2K studio. 2K is a wholly owned publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO).

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Milky Way Prince – The Vampire Star Sets up a Date for Aug. 13 on PC

MILAN – 8 July, 2020 – Milky Way Prince – The Vampire Star, a visual novel from publisher Santa Ragione and developer Lorenzo Redaelli about intimacy, idealization, and abusive relationships, descends from the heavens on 13 August, 2020 for Windows PC and Mac.

One day, while following the trail of a shooting star, Nuki happens upon Sune, a brooding young man who closely resembles the hero from his favorite childhood storybook. The meet-cute soon develops into an intense and passionate affair. However, it is one marred by dysfunction.

Each encounter between Nuki and Sune provides new insight into the pair’s histories and will ultimately determine the fate of their tumultuous relationship. Explore Nuki’s five senses during the couple’s intimate moments, focusing in on sensations that will open up new dialogue options and guide the story down branching paths toward a multitude of possible outcomes.

As Nuki learns more about Sune and the psychological demons that draw a stark contrast between his boyfriend and the man of his dreams, he must contend with his own issues, such as idealization, boundaries, submission, and his sense of self-worth. A semi-autobiographical story inspired by the life of sole creator Lorenzo Redaelli, Milky Way Prince — The Vampire Star aims to deliver a realistic portrayal of romance complicated by mental illness.

Redaelli’s first foray into the realm of games, Milky Way Prince is being brought to the world by Santa Ragione, the acclaimed game design studio behind award-winning titles such as MirrorMoon EP, FOTONICA, Wheels of Aurelia, and the upcoming Saturnalia, as part of a new publishing initiative to highlight and lift up the work of fellow independent Italian artists.

“Santa Ragione has received tremendous support from the gaming community over the years and we feel now is the time to pay it forward,” said Pietro Righi Riva, co-founder and studio director, Santa Ragione. “Milky Way Prince is a touching story that spotlights relatable subjects that are underexplored in this medium and we can’t wait to share it with everyone this August.”

Milky Way Prince – The Vampire Star will be available for $9.99 on Windows PC and Mac via Steam, the Epic Games Store, itch.io, and the Humble Store starting Aug. 13, 2020. The game features English, French, Italian, German, Russian, and Spanish language support.

To learn more about Milky Way Prince – The Vampire Star, please visit the official website and follow Lorenzo Redaelli on Instagram. For more on Santa Ragione, check out the studio’s website and join the community on Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube.

About Santa Ragione

Santa Ragione is a Milanese micro game design studio founded in 2010 by Pietro Righi Riva and Nicolò Tedeschi. Developers of FOTONICA, MirrorMoon EP, Wheels of Aurelia, and Saturnalia, Santa Ragione focuses on experimentation and eliciting a visceral response from players while striving to stand out stylistically and continue the tradition of Italian design.

Milky Way Prince represents a new expansion of the team’s mission, which now involves publishing independent titles from other Italian creatives who share their vision and spirit.

About Lorenzo Redaelli

A graduate of cinema and new media at ILUM University of Milan, Lorenzo Redaelli creates art while pursuing his Master’s Degree in Game Design. Under the name “Eyeguys,” Redaelli produces music, film, and illustrations. By combining these disciplines he is now developing his debut game, the semi-autobiographical visual novel Milky Way Prince – The Vampire Star.

Warsaw, Poland – July 7th, 2020 — 11 bit studios announced some interesting numbers alongside a new milestone in the growth of its publishing division at its recent yearly company investors conference. After having the second-best quarter in terms of revenue in its history (Q1 2020), 11 bit is taking a huge step in raising its level of investment into both internally developed titles and into its publishing division. Hot on the heels of that comes the announcement of signing a new project to be developed by the cooperating teams of Chibig (Summer in Mara) and Inverge (Effie), with both studios based in Valencia, Spain.

The new project — codenamed Ava — becomes the fourth title in development under the 11 bit studios publishing banner, along with Project Vitriol (Polish developer Fool’s Theory), and both Project Botin and Project Foxhole (in development by Digital Sun Games from Spain). The total sum of investment into these projects is around 25M PLN (~$6.3 million USD). 11 bit studios is also in the midst of development on three of their own games (codenamed Project 8, Eleanor, and Dolly) with the budget of all three closing at 60M PLN (~$15.1 million USD). In total, seven new games are being forged in the 11 bit studios ecosystem with a complete investment sum at 85M PLN (~$21.4 million USD). On top of that, the Frostpunk team is getting close to the release of the game’s final expansion, On The Edge, and it is planned to hit PC stores this summer.

Find more about 11 bit studios at:

• http://www.11bitstudios.com/ 
• https://twitter.com/11bitstudios 
• https://instagram.com/11bitstudios
• https://www.youtube.com/user/11bitstudios

About 11 bit studios
11 bit studios is a Warsaw-based Polish game development studio known for This War of Mine and Frostpunk as well as a publisher teaming up with indies to bring their gems to life, lately with Moonlighter by Digital Sun Games and Dead Mage’s Children of Morta.