Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD Now Available in Australia!

Oddworld, CA & Sydney, Australia – May 28th, 2020 – Oddworld Inhabitants Inc. and Microids announce that Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD is now available physically for Nintendo Switch in Australia. Launching in New Zealand shortly after on Friday, May 29^th.

About Oddworld Stranger’s Wrath HD:

Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath offers a potent mix of unique gameplay, engrossing storytelling and universal philosophical themes. The HD version for Nintendo Switch offers the same innovative mix of shooter, platformer and puzzle genres with a hybrid viewpoint that allows the player to switch between 1st person action with 3rd person exploration.

Complete with new graphical and performance upgrades, Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD offers dramatically improved audio and full 1080 HD graphics at 60 fps, super tight gyro-aiming for fine adjustments and blazing-fast load times.

The subtitles are available in the following languages: French, German, English, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Polish, Swedish, Finish and simplified Chinese.

Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath HD Storyline:

Stranger is a mysterious bounty hunter in poor health who refuses to use guns. Needing an exorbitant amount of Moolah to buy the lifesaving surgery he desperately needs; Stranger decides to help the local town folk capture wanted outlaws and scoundrels before accepting the ultimate bounty. Rather than traditional shooters with bullets and bombs, Stranger takes a more organic approach to ammunition, using various critters (Live Ammo) to launch at enemies from his crossbow.

FAR CRY 5^® ANNOUNCES FREE WEEKEND ON UPLAY PC FROM MAY 29- JUNE 1

Sydney, Australia — May 28, 2020 — Far Cry 5 will kick off a free weekend on Uplay PC from May 29, 11PM AEST to June 1, 2AM AEST. All players will have full access to the base game’s content for the duration of the free weekend and be able to play in co-op with any Far Cry 5 owner. New players can start pre-loading the game from today.

In conjunction with this free weekend, there will be discounts up to 75% on all Far Cry games’ PC Standard and Gold Editions until June 2 on the Ubisoft Store. Additionally, players who purchase the game during the free weekend will see all their progress carry over. Please visit http://farcry.com/freeweekend to register, start pre-loading the game and get all detailed information about the Far Cry 5 PC free weekend.

Set in America, Far Cry 5 offers players total freedom to navigate a serene-looking yet deeply twisted world as the new junior deputy of fictional Hope County, Montana. Players will find that their arrival accelerates a years-long silent coup by a fanatical doomsday cult, the Project at Eden’s Gate, igniting a violent takeover of the county. Under siege and cut off from the rest of the world, players will join forces with residents of Hope County and form the Resistance.

For the latest news on Far Cry, please visit: farcry.com.

About Ubisoft

Ubisoft is a leading creator, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and services, with a rich portfolio of world-renowned brands, including Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry, For Honor, Just Dance, Watch Dogs, Tom Clancy’s video game series including Ghost Recon, Rainbow Six and The Division. The teams throughout Ubisoft’s worldwide network of studios and business offices are committed to delivering original and memorable gaming experiences across all popular platforms, including consoles, mobile phones, tablets and PCs. For the 2018-19 fiscal year, Ubisoft generated net bookings of €2,029 million. To learn more, please visit www.ubisoftgroup.com/.

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Sea of Thieves’ Free Lost Treasures Update Available Now

by Joe Neate, Executive Producer at Rare

Summary

• Lost Treasures is the latest Sea of Thieves monthly update, available now free for all players across Xbox One, Windows 10 and Xbox Game Pass.
• Players are invited to revisit Tall Tales, Sea of Thieves’ story-driven adventures, now fitted out with tooltips, checkpoints and new time-limited rewards.
• An expansive array of Daily Bounties, weekly events and one-off promotions ensures players have a choice of goals to pursue and rewards to earn, making good use of Sea of Thieves’ established characters and locations.

The Sea of Thieves is a place full of tales to be told and challenges to be faced, never more so than in May’s free monthly update Lost Treasures – available now for all Sea of Thieves players on Xbox One, Windows 10 PC and Xbox Game Pass! With a brand new checkpoint system to help all pirates progress through our Tall Tales, plus Daily Bounties and events to rally the most resourceful crews on the seas, there’s a packed month of activity ahead.

Take Up the Tall Tales

Tall Tales in Sea of Thieves are exciting narrative-driven adventures that delve into the stories behind some of its prominent people and places. Nine of these Tales make up the Shores of Gold sequence, while another two arrived in recent monthly content updates The Seabound Soul and Heart of Fire.

Tall Tales can be played at any time, and this month’s update introduces new features to make them easier than ever to seek out and enjoy: tooltips on the map now show you where to begin and help set the scene for each Tale, while newly implemented checkpoints mean you can play through at your own pace and never have to worry about starting from scratch! As a bonus, take part in our Tall Tales Retold time-limited events in June and there may be new rewards for travelers who thought they’d earned everything…

Get Rich with Daily Bounties

Expect something new to do on every day of the Lost Treasures update as our Daily Bounties come into effect. Check the What’s New messages when you jump into the game to see what challenge awaits you that day, and tackle it head-on to keep this new income stream of gold and Doubloons flowing.

These Daily Bounties don’t just involve taking down named targets – they’re mini-objectives that cover goals as diverse as handing in specific types of treasure, finding your way to a far-flung location or disposing of enemy mobs with a particular flourish. Get ready to flex a whole range of Sea of Thieves skills!

Fill Your Pirate Event Planner

If daily commitments are too rich for your blood or, conversely, you want more activities to keep you on the seas, Lost Treasures backs up the Bounties with additional weekly and one-off events. Every Friday during this update, players are invited to end the working week with a boost from the Fort Night event, which increases the returns on all Stronghold treasure taken from Skeleton Forts.

Meanwhile, the Reaper’s Rewards event offers prizes of new emotes to pirates who double down on their Reaper duties – all you have to do is fill quotas of Reaper’s Chests, Reaper’s Bounties and Reaper’s Bones Emissary Flags delivered to The Reaper’s Hideout. Or go darker still and give your ship an undead makeover when the Blighted Bonus breaks cover: a promotion that brings some State of Decay sensibilities to Sea of Thieves’ world, tempting pirates to take possession of the Blighted Flag, Sails, Hull and Figurehead!

The Hunter’s Haul fishing event will also make a return during the Lost Treasures update, so make sure your rod and line skills are on point as there are Ancient Coins up for grabs to spend in the Pirate Emporium. What wonders can be found in the Emporium this month? A full Ruby Splashtail Ship Set and Splashtail Monarch cosmetics! Perfect.

You can even capitalise on your extra earnings by cashing in during the fixed Gold Rush windows each day, two separate hour-long slots that ensure even more bang for your booty. So whether you’ll be gathering goods from Tall Tales, picking apart Forts for profit or filling your boots with the spoils of Daily Bounties, get this latest free Sea of Thieves update and claim your share of Lost Treasures!

Find Out More

For more information on the Lost Treasures update, including full release notes, visit the Sea of Thieves website. The update is available for free to all Sea of Thieves players who have bought the game on Xbox One or on Windows 10 PC, or players who have access to it with Xbox Game Pass.

Simply download and install the latest Sea of Thieves update to get access. New to Sea of Thieves? Join the fun with our Maiden Voyage, a narrative-driven tutorial experience separate from Adventure and Arena modes. New Sea of Thieves players will begin their travels within this scenario, which provides guidance and information to fledgling sailors.

What’s more, we’re officially coming to Steam June 3! Learn more about Sea of Thieves at http://www.xbox.com/seaofthieves, or join the ongoing adventure at http://www.seaofthieves.com/ where you can embark on an epic journey with one of gaming’s most welcoming communities!

Apex Legends and a Summer of New Esports Tournaments

Today, EA and Respawn Entertainment announced a new Summer Circuit in the Apex Legends Global Series (ALGS), a four-month series of online competition boasting $500,000 in prize money and bringing the Apex competitive community together. The ALGS Summer Circuit gives competitors more opportunities to compete while ensuring the safety of everyone involved as the competition and broadcasts will be produced with EA’s cloud-based broadcast production technology.

Over the past couple of months, the ALGS has averaged more than 600 teams across its five Online Tournaments and EA will continue to invite competition from around the world when the Summer Circuit begins on June 20. The ALGS Summer Circuit will culminate with the September Playoffs which will feature “Super Regional” gameplay, pairing the best across regions in the following contests: Europe with the Middle East & Africa, North America with South America, Greater Southeast Asia with Australia & New Zealand, and Japan with Korea.

You can read the full details and schedule on the Apex Legends blog here.

EA will broadcast these games across its channels including Twitch and YouTube on Sundays throughout the Summer for fans to catch their favorite teams, including ad hoc gaming, Team SoloMid, Made in Thailand 2, SCARZ White, Team Fearow and more.

The Apex Legends Global Series has seen significant growth in tournament viewership, tripling reported Average Minute Audience (on the Apex Twitch and YouTube channels) from Online Tournament (OT) #2 to OT #3 in just 14 days. OT #6 is set to begin on Friday, May 29, and is shaping up to continue the action.

– Available now on PC/Mac –

Set more than 900 years before the events of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Western Skyrim is both new and familiar in ZeniMax Online Studios’ award-winning online RPG The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor. Starting today, PC and Mac players can explore the snow-capped peaks of Western Skyrim and the cavernous depths of Blackreach. Players on Xbox One and PS4 can look forward to Greymoor’s launch on June 9, and Stadia on June 16. Alongside ESO’s launch on Stadia, ESO’s base game and Morrowind Chapter will be free to Stadia Pro members on June 16
 
As the second update in the year-long interconnected adventure, Dark Heart of Skyrim, the Greymoor Chapter brings a massive new Antiquities system that digs into Elder Scrolls lore and offers rewards for all types of players, Harrowstorm world events, performance updates, and much more. With around 30 hours of new story content to experience, The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor brings entirely new experiences to ESO, presenting veterans and those new to the game with astounding new stories and content.

Skyrim Like You’ve Never Seen Before
In Western Skyrim, new to ESO, players will travel across the unforgiving lands of the Nords, as well as delve into the deepest depths of Blackreach—expanded from what players originally explored in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim—to fight sinister monsters while unlocking the secret of the Dark Heart of Skyrim. Players will explore familiar and recognizable Western Skyrim locations including Solitude, Morthal, Labyrinthian, Dragon Bridge, and more.

An Ancient Evil Rises
A terrible army of monsters led by a Vampire Lord rises from the depths of Blackreach. Intent on devouring souls to fuel their fiendish plans, it’s up to Skyrim’s heroes—such as Lyris Titanborn, a fan-favourite from the base game—to restore the light and uncover the Dark Heart of Skyrim.

Uncover Tamriel’s Hidden History
With Greymoor comes the all-new Antiquities system that gives players the tools to uncover Tamriel’s hidden history by unlocking unique collectibles, treasure, and even powerful Mythic items, providing rewards for all types of players. As part of this extensive non-combat system, players will travel beyond Western Skyrim and across Tamriel to scry the location of ancient relics and excavate them to become a world-renowned archaeologist.

New World Events
The Greymoor Chapter also brings new world events in the form of Harrowstorms, horrifying supernatural storms that plague the people of Western Skyrim. Players must work together to quell the Harrowstorms terrorizing the land and put a stop to the vampire menace threatening Tamriel.

Existing players can purchase The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor digital upgrade for AU$59.95 (US$39.99) while new players can purchase the complete The Elder Scrolls Online: Greymoor, a package that includes the base ESO game, as well as the Morrowind, Summerset, and Elsweyr Chapters, for AU$99.95 (US$59.99). More details on purchase options are available here: https://www.elderscrollsonline.com/en-us/updates/chapter/greymoor.

PUBG MOBILE ADVOCATES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS WITH IN-GAME SANDSTORM AND #FIGHT4THEPLANET CAMPAIGN

Blockbuster mobile game concludes map update with initiative of protecting the planet in real-life with support for non-profit organization Global Green

LOS ANGELES – May 27, 2020 – Early this month, social media Morse Code clues and mysterious in-game changes culminated in a ferocious sandstorm on PUBG MOBILE’s updated Miramar map. On the day of the sandstorm, players faced the difficult challenge of competing for Chicken Dinners with limited visibility and navigational tools. At the end of the official 24-hour live stream for the event, PUBG MOBILE left community members with a reworked map – and a powerful message about the importance of protecting the Earth.

Moreover, in some scenes of the updated map, players found the message “MORE GREEN, MORE OXYGEN” which was designed to help raise the environmental awareness.

PUBG MOBILE has partnered with world-renowned non-profit organization Global Green and multi-platinum recording artist, actor, dancer and humanitarian Jason Derulo for the #FIGHT4THEPLANET campaign to fight against climate change. PUBG MOBILE has pledged a $100,000 donation to Global Green, which will help rebuild underserved communities and ecosystems around the world by providing them with renewable energy, clean drinking water and climate rescue hubs after a climate change disaster takes place. More details about the campaign can be found in the website here.

“We hope to encourage more of our players to join in the ranks of protecting the earth together,” said Vincent Wang, General Manager of Global Publishing Department, Tencent Games. “With such a powerful community behind PUBG MOBILE, we have the opportunity to make a real difference in helping the environment. We hope that our recent in-game sandstorm and #FIGHT4THEPLANET campaign has helped shed light on the on the importance of protecting the world’s current climate.”

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

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.

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INTERSTELLAR HEROES THE GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY PREPARE FOR BATTLE IN MARVEL FUTURE FIGHT’S NEW UPDATE

New Characters, Uniforms, and a New Epic Quest Now Available for Agents

LOS ANGELES, May 27, 2020 – Netmarble revealed a new update today inspired by Marvel’s “New Guardians of the Galaxy” Super Hero team for their popular mobile game MARVEL Future Fight. All-new Guardians of the Galaxy characters, quests, and uniforms are now available for Agents to collect and experience.

Five new characters affiliated with the Guardians of the Galaxy team have been added to the game: Beta Ray Bill, Phyla-Vell, Darkhawk, Nova (Richard Rider), and Gladiator. New uniforms, including a Grounded uniform for Star-Lord and a Cosmic Ghost Rider uniform for Punisher, have also been added to the game for players to collect.

Today’s update also introduces a new Guardians of the Galaxy Epic Quest to MARVEL Future Fight. The new story-driven campaign focuses on Star-Lord and the new Guardians in their fight to save the universe. Agents can train Star-Lord and Beta Ray Bill as they play through quests and earn new heroes.

Other additions to MARVEL Future Fight include:

• Star-Lord is now upgradable to Tier-3 and a new ultimate skill has been added.
• The ‘Realize Potential’ feature is unlocked for Beta Ray Bill, Phyla-Vell, Darkhawk, Nova (Richard Rider), and Gladiator.
• The ‘Awaken Potential feature’ and new awakening skills for Beta Ray Bill are now unlocked.
• Improved hero growth points and enhanced convenience of the content status board, world boss, and main icons.

MARVEL Future Fight celebrated its fifth anniversary with over 120 million players across the world. The game is currently available worldwide in the App Store® and Google Play™.

For more information, please visit http://marvelfuturefight.netmarble.com.

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About Netmarble Corporation

Established in Korea in 2000, Netmarble Corporation is a top developer and publisher pushing the boundaries of the mobile gaming experience with highly innovative games including Lineage 2: Revolution, The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross, Blade & Soul Revolution and MARVEL Future Fight. As a parent company of Kabam, and a major shareholder of Jam City and BigHit 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 Marvel Entertainment

Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media for over eighty years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing, publishing, games, and digital media.

For more information visit marvel.com. © 2020 MARVEL

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Today, Ubisoft announced that a new game feature, Hobbies, has been added to Inner Drive, The Crew^® 2’s latest free major update for PlayStation^®4 computer entertainment system, the Xbox One family of devices including Xbox One X and Windows PC. The Crew 2 Inner Drive Part 2 is also available on Stadia, the new generation gaming platform from Google.   

Hobbies are a new feature which reward players for completing activities in three distinct playstyles, and unlocks exclusive rewards such as new vehicles, avatar outfits, and more. Players can unlock rewards from three Hobbies:

• The Collector: From fame to performance parts, players can collect all of the items The Crew 2 offers
• The Explorer: Drivers trek from coast to coast, visiting attractions, and discovering secrets all over the United States
• The Racer: Players must find the perfect path, outpace their opponents and reach the top of the leaderboards

Additionally, Touring Bikes, a new vehicle category, has been added to the Touring discipline, and will give players the opportunity to discover a new way to master their favorite Touring events.

For more information about The Crew^® 2, please visit thecrewgame.com and please follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/thecrewgame.usa and on Twitter at twitter.com/TheCrewGame or #TheCrew2.

ABOUT THE CREW 2

Developed by Ubisoft Ivory Tower,* a studio based in Lyon, France, The Crew^® 2 lets players experience the thrill of the American motorsports spirit inside a fully redesigned USA. The game’s playground pushes physical boundaries to let driving and open world fans test their skills in nonstop competition and exploration. From coast to coast, drivers can explore America and compete to become the greatest motorsports champion by collecting a wide variety of exotic cars, bikes, boats and planes, and dominating the motorsports scene on the land, on the water and in the air. They can find challenges and inspiration among four different motorsports families: street racing, off-road, pro-racing and freestyle, and will be given a broad set of options among a wide selection of vehicle types.

*Associate studios include Ubisoft Bucharest / Paris / Shanghai and Massive Entertainment

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FIRST GAMEPLAY OF FAST & FURIOUS CROSSROADS REVEALED 

 Game Set to Launch on August 7, 2020

SANTA CLARA, Calif., (May 27, 2020) – BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc., Universal Games and Digital Platforms, and Slightly Mad Studios today revealed the first gameplay showcasing the single player story mode of Fast & Furious Crossroads, a team-based, vehicular-heist action game set in the adrenaline-fueled Fast & Furious universe. The brand-new gameplay video can be viewed here:

The Fast & Furious Crossroads story mode expands the Fast & Furious universe—with Vin Diesel, Michelle Rodriguez and Tyrese Gibson reprising their roles as Dom, Letty, and Roman in an action-packed adventure set across stunning global locations, including Athens, Barcelona and Morocco. Joining the cast are Sonequa Martin-Green (Star Trek: Discovery, The Walking Dead) and Asia Kate Dillon (Billions, John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum).

Fast & Furious Crossroads puts players in the driver’s seat of the non-stop cinematic-style action of the Fast & Furious franchise. Packed with gadgets, death defying heists and iconic vehicles, Fast & Furious Crossroads will be available for PlayStation® 4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One and PC via STEAM® on August 7, 2020. The game will provide fans with an exciting story-driven experience, and an unprecedented three-way multiplayer mode, on which more information will be shared in the coming weeks.

For more information, or to keep up with the latest news, please visit: 

Website: www.fastandfuriouscrossroads.com 
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