Stand your ground! A beam of light is your only salvation!

Saskatchewan, Canada – June 16th, 2020 – Sunnyside Games and Noodlecake Studios are proud to reveal the Steam release of Towaga: Among Shadows is getting a demo from June 16th-22nd as part of the Steam Game Festival. During this time you’ll be able to play through the game’s first chapter, experiencing Towaga: Among Shadows‘ unique blend of twin-stick shooting and frantic defensive gameplay.

In Towaga: Among Shadows players take on the role of Chimù who needs to harness the power of light to save his island from the nefarious Metnal the Voidmonger and his Legion of Darkness. This plays out in a unique take on the twin-stick shooter where ground-based combat sees you planted in a fixed position, aiming an endless beam of light to vaporize your opponents. Take to the skies, however, and you’ll have full control over Chimu as you fly between opponents.

Explore an enchanted land with graphics and cinematics inspired by animation great Genndy Tartakovsky, all the while enjoying an immersive soundtrack accompanying your every move in this mystical world where defeat is simply not an option.

As you battle through more than 70 unique stages you’ll unlock new spells, gear, outfits and lore diaries. Gain XP to to deal more damage, increase your magic potency, and expand your HP. Towaga: Among Shadows includes four single-player game modes, including the narrative-based Story Mode, bite-sized Trial challenges, and Endless Mode where you survive as long as you can to attain a high high-score. With over 60 unlockables, 50 Achievements, and online leaderboards, there’s always something to come back to in Towaga: Among Shadows. Will you be the one to vanquish the shadows and return peace to the island?

“We wanted to make a fluid arcade action game that made players feel simultaneously powerful and vulnerable,” said Ryan Granville, Producer at Sunnyside Games. “Towaga: Among Shadows‘ unique blend of giving you an all powerful superweapon, but then locking you into position with it, captured that feeling of an epic last stand. We then implemented the free-wheeling flight sections to give players a sense of variety and freedom as they switch between these modes. You’ll get a taste for all of it when you try this demo.”

Key Features:

• Immersive 2D graphics
• Intense modes made for scoring
• Challenging difficulty
• Local multiplayer mode
• Items, relics and spells to unlock
• Various game modes
• Mysterious back-story
• Original blend between genres
• Runs smoothly in 60 FPS

Wishlist Towaga: Among Shadows on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/907600/Towaga_Among_Shadows/
Noodlecake Studios website: https://noodlecake.com/
Sunnyside Games website: https://www.sunnysidegames.ch/

About Sunnyside Games
Sunnyside Games is a Swiss-based company founded in 2013 and composed of sorcerers, artists and engineers that are working hand-in-hand to create challenging, immersive and well hand-crafted 2D games for mobile devices, PCs and consoles. 

About Noodlecake Studios
Noodlecake Studios is a small indie game studio based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. Founded in early 2011, Noodlecake found success with its first game, Super Stickman Golf, and has since expanded into publishing, releasing games on multiple platforms.

Superbright – former Dying Light, Dead Island and Cyberpunk 2077 devs – fill the rogue-lite void on the Oculus Quest with their platform debut | Coming July 2020

16 June 2020 | Wroclaw, Poland – Today during the UploadVR Summer Showcase, Superbright announced their debut Oculus Quest title – In Death: Unchained.

In Death: Unchained brings the rogue-lite experience screaming onto the Oculus Quest as few other games have done before for the platform. Grab your longbow and rain down arrows against the forsaken souls, angelic creatures and demons that have taken over the afterlife as you battle through the procedurally generated levels of Heaven, Purgatory and Hell. 

Initially created by Solfar Studios as In Death, Superbright develops the IP further to give Oculus Quest the rogue-lite the platform needs. The game is thoroughly extended with a new content, experience, and love that the title deserves.

A Medieval VR Shooter with a Rogue-lite Twist:

In Death: Unchained takes the classic rogue-lite experience and finally puts it into the highly responsive and immersive world of VR. Procedural generation randomizes the map layout, enemy spawn points and loot locations, while modifiers based on your previous run ensure each new attempt is different. 

Fight Like Hell

Manoeuvre and outthink your enemies to gain the upper hand. Muster precise accuracy for long range longbow attacks. Tap into your reflexes to dodge incoming arrows or use your shield to block ranged and melee threats. Upgrade your bow with a host of special arrows gained by looting monsters, finding pick-ups or by visiting in-level Reliquaries where you can power up with a range of special arrows to help you blast through ever harsher enemy encounters.

Death is Not Defeat

Game progression is driven by an achievement system that persists across each run and scales the difficulty level of the game to players as they master the game. But death does not mean defeat as each run earns you special abilities or modifiers that carry over to the start of your next run.

Custom Forged for the Oculus Quest

In Death: Unchained has been purposefully built to use all the features of the Oculus Quest and take full advantage of a VR experience that is unchained and untethered to a PC. Locomotion, aiming, shooting, dodging incoming fire, using the environment for cover, head and arm tracking etc are all tweaked and tuned to work fully in tandem with the freedom the Quest offers. 

Just who exactly are Superbright?

Superbright is a collective of veteran AAA and Silicon Valley developers whose previous work includes Dead Island, Dying Light and Cyberpunk 2077. Launched in 2016 with a sole focus on VR, Superbright has a history of launch projects and cooperation with companies like Oculus, Google, Sony, or Varjo. 

In Death: Unchained will launch in July 2020 and is Superbright’s first exclusive title for the Oculus Quest joining the few games to be approved for the platform this year as Oculus continues with their carefully curated, quality games only, approach.

Blackbird Interactive & Focus Home Interactive’s zero-g sandbox game debuts on PC with multiple ships, tools and Act I of the story campaign

PARIS — June 16, 2020 — Blackbird Interactive and Focus Home Interactive’s sandbox spaceship salvaging game Hardspace: Shipbreaker is now available for PC on Steam Early Access. Equipped with cutting-edge, zero-g, physics-based salvaging tech, you’ll carve up massive vessels — each a puzzle for you to take apart how you choose — for the bounty of materials inside. But watch out: one wrong cut can blow it all up in your face spectacularly!

Hardspace: Shipbreaker arrives in early access with plenty of features to discover, including two classes of spaceship to salvage, multiple upgradable tools and perks, and the first act of the story campaign. Over the course of early access, the team is committed to releasing additional ship classes, missions, game modes, leaderboards, modding support and more with feedback from the community.

Hardspace: Shipbreaker is also in development for PlayStation®4 and Xbox One for future release.

Lightning Max, the A-Class Rank 19 hero, is joining the roster of characters in ONE PUNCH MAN: A HERO NOBODY KNOWS via the game’s second DLC, available today. 

Lightning Max is a prodigiously powerful fighter with slick blond hair and a matching yellow lightning bolt on his left cheek. Originally coming to City Z to battle a notorious monster, he now focuses his attention on exhibiting his martial arts prowess and reigning supreme at the Super Fight Tournament. 

Lightning Max’ DLC Pack also includes new customization items, special moves and missions. The available DLC Packs can be purchased through the Character Pass or individually. A trailer showcasing Lightning Max’s blistering moves can be viewed here:

ONE PUNCH MAN: A HERO NOBODY KNOWS is currently available for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC via STEAM.

Sydney, Australia, June 16^th,  2020 – Desperados III is launching today on PC, Xbox One™ and PlayStation®4 – and the international press can’t stop singing its praises: With a strong score of 86 on Metacritic, Desperados III is one of the best rated real-time tactical games in years.

But developer Mimimi Games won’t stop there, not only will they be releasing the season pass with three additional missions later this year, the team will also release two free content updates in July and August, each featuring 4 new Baron’s challenge bonus missions. Additionally, there will be an update this summer, adding Mac & Linux support.

Start your journey with John Cooper and his fellow Desperados now, to stop the greedy and power-hungry DeVitt Company. While you are waiting for the Download to complete or the installation to be finished, have a look at the live-action release trailer, which gives you a quick peek into the wild west tale you are about to witness.

Free Demo available!
You can’t wait to try Desperados III for yourself? Well, here is your chance: A free demo with one level from our story-driven, hardcore tactical stealth game is now available on Steam, for Xbox and on GOG.com. The free demo for PS4 will follow soon. Check it out and see if Desperados III will become your favourite game of the summer.

Get the demo on Steam
Get the demo on Gog.com

Desperados III is available now on PC, Xbox One™ and PlayStation®4

The physical side of things always gets some love from everyone here at THQ Nordic and has been up and running for quite some time. The Collector’s Edition is available for pre-order now and comes in hot at an SRP of $199.95.

About Desperados III

Desperados III is a story-driven, hardcore tactical stealth game, set in a ruthless Wild West scenario. In this long-awaited prequel to the beloved classic Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive, John Cooper will join forces with the runaway bride Kate, the shady hitman Doc McCoy, the giant trapper Hector, and Isabelle, a mysterious lady from New Orleans. On Cooper’s quest for redemption, his adventures lead him and his gang from rural towns, over swamps and riverbanks, and finally to a dramatic showdown worthy of Wild West legends.

Play smart if you want to succeed. A good plan can make the difference between survival and finding yourself at the business end of a pistol. Combine your team’s special skills to overcome each tough challenge in your own style.

Features

• Play five unique characters, each with a very particular set of skills
• Experience true freedom of choice with countless different ways to overcome any obstacle
• Defeat large groups of enemies with careful planning and execution
• Witness the glory of classic Wild West scenarios like frontier towns, mysterious swamps, sprawling modern cities, and many more
• Choose between non-lethal and deadly attacks, stealth and blazing guns
• Adjust the game to your playstyle with various difficulty settings and special replay challenges
• The Showdown mode allows you to pause the game anytime and react to ambushes or surprise attacks

For more information on the game, please visit: https://desperadosgame.com/

Notes for Editors:

About Mimimi Games
Mimimi Games was founded by Dominik Abé and Johannes Roth in 2008. The independent, award-winning development studio consists of about 25 employees and is based in Munich. As core studio Mimimi develops for PC as well as consoles and breathed new life into the real-time tactics genre with their title Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun in 2016. Currently, Mimimi is working on Desperados III.

For more information: https://www.mimimi.games/

About THQ Nordic

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

A Gameplay Trailer was Shown at the Escapist Indie Showcase, Gameplay Video at the Future Games Show and a Demo will be Available Soon on Steam

Krakow, Poland – June 16, 2020. All in! Games is excited to announce that Paradise Lost, a game by PolyAmorous, is has received new videos! The first gameplay trailer was shown at the Escapist Indie Showcase and a second, new gameplay commentary video was shown at the Future Games Show. Moreover, a free demo will be available soon on Steam during the Steam Games Festival, Summer Edition.

If you missed the chance to take part in the events, you can see both the gameplay trailer and the gameplay video here:

For those who wish to explore the bunker themselves, the demo will be available on Steam for the Steam Games Festival: Summer Edition from June 16 to June 22. 

About Paradise Lost

The Last Story on Earth

WWII never ended. After twenty years of war, the Nazis carried out a nuclear attack, which changed the face of occupied Poland forever. Can a new world be born from the ashes of the old one?

Take on the role of a 12-year-old boy who finds a mysterious Nazi bunker while roaming a post-nuclear wasteland. Will he find what he seeks there? Can he cope with the loss he’s suffered?

Explore a vast, underground world in which unusual and advanced technology is mixed with Slavic folklore and myths. Are you ready to learn what fate its inhabitants met?

Discover the past, shape the future. The decisions you make while learning the history of the bunker will affect what you will see on your journey.

Wishlist on Steam:

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Players Can Collect Up to Five Pets to Personalize and Level Up In This Free Update Available Today

MONTREAL – JUNE 16, 2020 – After being open for business for an entire year, Kabam is celebrating the first year anniversary of its award-winning free-to-play simulation role-playing game Shop Titans by introducing adorable pets for players to collect, raise, and nurture. Daily Gem giftswill also be awarded to all players who log in between June 18-25. 

Shop Titans’ new pets will instantly make stores friendlier and add some extra loving personality with their presence. Starting today, players choose either a pet cat or dog to start, with hamsters, chickens, and unicorns available to unlock. Pets can be personalized and level up to gain more prestige and energy when shopkeepers and customers give them food and affection. Pets will also follow players when they visit other guild member’s shops.

“We could not be more impressed by the millions of players who have enjoyed opening their own shop and are amazed by the enthusiastic and thriving community that has grown around the game throughout its first year,” said Johan Eile, General Manager of Kabam Montreal. “We can’t wait for players to experience all of our content planned for Shop Titans still to come this year and beyond.”

To date, Shop Titans has seen over 6.5 billion items crafted, 23 million quests completed and over 107 million shop upgrades were performed from a pool of 152 trillion in-game gold generated from players.

In Shop Titans, players will build up and launch their very own fantasy shop with an extensive item crafting system, and one-on-one negotiation gameplay with customers to secure the best sale price and treasure-seeking quests – all supported with hysterical character-driven banter between your Champions and city Workers. By assembling a team of customizable heroes, players will vicariously explore dungeons and defeat powerful bosses in the pursuit of valuable crafting materials for their stores. On Steam, Shop Titans features enhanced 1080p resolution, smooth 60 frames-per-second (FPS) gameplay, proper mouse and keyboard support, and real time cross-platform play between PC and mobile.

Shop Titans is rated T for Teen by the ESRB and is available now as a free-to-play download through the App Store, Google Play and Steam for PC. For more information, please visit Shop Titan’s official website, Facebook and Twitter.

ABOUT KABAM

Kabam is a world leader of developing entertaining, immersive, and highly social multiplayer games for mobile devices. They merge consumer behavior with the art of game design to create experiences that are enjoyed by millions of players across the globe. Each game has raised the benchmark in mobile gaming, bringing high-quality graphics, next-generation technology and revolutionary gameplay to the console in every player’s pocket.

Kabam has partnered with leading entertainment brands like Disney, Hasbro and Universal to create mobile games based on some of the world’s most iconic franchises.

Kabam’s games have generated hundreds of millions of downloads including Fast & Furious 6: The Game, Fast & Furious: Legacy, Marvel Contest of Champions and Transformers: Forged to Fight. These games have also received multiple awards such as Apple’s Editors’ Choice and Google Play’s Best Game of the Year.

Founded in 2006, Kabam has studios and offices in Vancouver, Montreal, Charlottetown, San Francisco and Austin, Texas. Kabam is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Netmarble.

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

Experience new stories and challenges in the survival adventure game’s next chapter on PC, coming soon to PlayStation®4 and Xbox One

STOCKHOLM — June 16, 2020 — Systemic Reaction, a creative division of Avalanche Studios Group, has announced that FNIX Rising, the second expansion for the atmospheric first-person guerilla action game Generation Zero, will be available for $7.99 on June 23 for PC via Steam, with PlayStation®4 and Xbox One versions arriving later this summer.

FNIX Rising expands the narrative of Generation Zero while revamping the game world and introducing a number of new features and content. Six weeks have passed since the events of Alpine Unrest, and now players will have to grapple with the new landscape and strange structures the machines have built for unknown reasons. FNIX Rising includes 10 main missions with new NPCs, 10 additional side missions, and a new Harvester class. There’s also a new challenge tree, melee weapons, collectibles, and outfits.

“Over the past year and a half, we’ve consistently focused on community feedback and enhancing the experience for players across all platforms. With FNIX Rising, we’ve enriched the world of Generation Zero even further. We believe players will enjoy making new discoveries and going head-to-head with these exciting challenges,” said Paul Keslin, Product Owner at Systemic Reaction.

The FNIX Rising update also features free content for all players, including world revamps to the South Coast and Farmland regions, four new apparel crafting levels, two melee weapons, and an additional challenge tree. The Generation Zero team has consistently added new improvements and fixes based on player feedback since the game’s release in 2019, which continues with this latest expansion.

Set in 1980s Sweden, Generation Zero opens with a mystery: the population has gone missing and hostile machines now roam the landscape! Explore a huge open world, scavenge for gear, and take on challenging missions to unravel what’s happened. Combine weapons, skills, and equipment against enemies on your own or with up to three friends in co-op to strike back against the machines.

FNIX Rising is available to wishlist now on Steam. For more information, visit https://generationzero.com.

We Are Systemic Reaction

Small but fierce, we started as a group of veterans from within Avalanche Studios Group. Based in Stockholm and Malmö, we focus on crafting new and empowering games with unique settings. Drawing from our experiences within the industry, we want to create games that appeal both to us, and to you — our players. We want to play in a sandbox that lets your creativity thrive.

Our focus is freedom, exploration, and a drive to create games like the ones that kept us up at night as kids. So far, we’ve got Generation Zero launched and Second Extinction announced — with even more to come. Join us in the sandbox!