PAYLOAD MODE EXPLODES INTO PUBG MOBILE LITE FOR HIGH-OCTANE CHICKEN DINNERS

Massive 0.17.0 update delivers new game modes, map changes, items and more in streamlined version of blockbuster mobile game  

LOS ANGELES – May 13, 2020 – Smash-hit Payload Mode arrives today in PUBG MOBILE LITE, the lighter and faster variant of the mobile tactical tournament phenomenon PUBG MOBILE. Players on a wide range of devices can now experience Payload Mode – one of PUBG MOBILE’smost popular modes, complete with new weapons and vehicles, in PUBG MOBILE LITE’s version 0.17.0 content update, now available free on Google Play in select regions around the globe.

Today’s content update delivers Payload Mode, where players can play solo or in teams of up to four to duke it out in fast-paced tactical competition. Payload Mode introduces multiple new features that elevate PUBG MOBILE LITE’s action-packed gameplay, including the all-new Grenade Launcher, Surface-to-Air Missile and other lootable Super Weapons. Payload Mode also offers two new powerful vehicles, the armored and amphibious BRDM-2 tank, and Helicopter.

In addition to the new Payload Mode, several features have been added to improve upon PUBG MOBILE LITE’s gameplay experience. New features include:

• Map Changes – A new spawn island has been added to Varenga for players to have fun while their games load, along with mysterious Archaeological Sites around the map. The Spring Festival contents like Cherry Blossom trees and Picnic Baskets have also been removed
• Combat Improvements – The BRDM-2 tank can now be summoned in Classic Mode with Flare Guns. Similarly, the Desert Eagle pistol has been added, and SMG and pistol damage have been rebalanced
• Fresh Winner Pass – PUBG MOBILE LITE’s in-game reward system has been updated to the new themes of Summer Beach and Ramadan. New Pass earners will also receive extra Point Cards when purchasing it for the first time
• Synergy Function – Players can now access new functions for BFF, Buddy and Bromance to emote to friends and team members. More emotes can also be unlocked as synergy increases
• Miscellaneous Balances – Additional features adjustments and bug fixes have been added, including Bonus Challenges, Companion System, Main Menu UI, Player Return Event and more.

PUBG MOBILE LITE is now available to download and play on the Google Play Store in several regions of South Asia, Africa and East Europe. PUBG MOBILE LITE boasts a smaller download size and supports more mobile devices with less RAM without compromising the gameplay experience. PUBG MOBILE LITE features a smaller map made for 60 players, which means a faster-paced game that keeps the traditional PUBG style of play.

Stay tuned for more details about hidden updates coming to PUBG MOBILE LITE in June and onwards.

About PUBG MOBILE LITE

PUBG MOBILE LITE is developed by Tencent Games and PUBG Corp. following the success of PUBG MOBILE and is based on PLAYERUNKNOWN’S BATTLEGROUNDS, the original PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4 gaming phenomenon that took the world of interactive entertainment by storm in 2017. Up to 60 players parachute onto a remote island to do 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 MOBILE LITE accounts on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, and the official PUBG MOBILEaccounts on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

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WWE SUPERSTARS TO BE FEATURED IN THE KING OF FIGHTERS ALLSTAR IN ALL-NEW CROSSOVER

LOS ANGELES – MAY 13, 2020 – Netmarble Corp., one of the fastest-growing mobile game companies worldwide, is proud to reveal an official collaboration with WWE to bring its roster of larger-than-life Superstars to the world of THE KING OF FIGHTERS ALLSTAR. Beginning tomorrow, fans can collect and add WWE Superstars The Rock, John Cena, Undertaker, Becky Lynch, Seth Rollins, and Kofi Kingston to their respective rosters. Different versions of The Rock and Kingston will also be available for free to anybody who downloads the game through Wednesday, June 3. 


“WWE and The King of Fighters have been entertaining people around the world for decades, so this is something truly special for us and the players,” said Shin Hwa Cho, Executive Producer of Netmarble. “We worked closely with WWE to provide a truly authentic experience, bringing the likeness and moves of each Superstar to our game. We know our players are going to love the experience.” 

“Partnering with an industry leader like Netmarble Corp. and bringing together two iconic brands made this collaboration a natural fit,” said Brian Flinn, WWE Chief Marketing & Communications Officer. “Integrating WWE Superstars into THE KING OF FIGHTERS ALLSTAR franchisewill provide our fans with another opportunity to connect with their favorite Superstars and introduce new audiences to our action-packed entertainment.” 

Netmarble has recreated each Superstars’ mannerisms and move-sets for players to experience. Beyond securing WWE Superstars for the player’s roster, fans also have several WWE-themed events, and much more to experience, including:

• Time Attack Mode: Players compete by taking control of WWE Superstars and clearing three powerful bosses in a row.
• WWE-Themed Summon Banner: Players can obtain Superstars via two new Banners
• Super Mission: Players can obtain ‘The Rock’ by completing a new Super Mission
• WWE-Themed Dungeons: Kofi Kingston is obtainable by gathering rewards from a Rush Event Dungeon; there is a WWE-themed Mini-Dungeon to get various rewards
• WWE-Themed Roulette:  Players can spin a new Roulette Wheel for a chance to unlock ‘The Doctor of Thuganomics’ John Cena.

THE KING OF FIGHTERS ALLSTAR boasts fast-paced fighting action as players battle through waves of enemies, giant bosses, and rival fighter teams. The excitement is paired with cutting edge graphics, bold colors, and lightning-fast animations. In addition, this game features all of KOF’s classic fighters from ’94 to XIV, with more than 130 fighters available to collect, along with more to come with seasonal events, collaborations with popular IP such as TEKKEN 7 and SAMURAI SHODOWN, and additional content updates for players to enjoy.

THE KING OF FIGHTERS ALLSTAR is available to download on Google Play and the App Store in more than 175 countries and comes with support for English, Taiwanese, Indonesian, Thai, Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, Russian, and German languages. 

For more information, please visit THE KING OF FIGHTERS ALLSTAR’s website. Also, please follow THE KING OF FIGHTERS ALLSTAR on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Discord, Reddit, and forum on Netmarble.com.

About Netmarble Corporation
Netmarble Corporation strives to entertain audiences of all ages around the world by providing great mobile gaming experiences. Established in Korea in 2000, Netmarble is one of the fastest-growing mobile game companies and consistently ranks as a top mobile developer and publisher worldwide. With more than 6,000 employees, Netmarble has been producing and servicing some of the most successful mobile games including Lineage 2: Revolution, Blade & Soul Revolution, MARVEL Future Fight, BTS WORLD, Everybody’s Marble, and Seven Knights. As a parent company to Kabam, a top mobile game developer in massively multiplayer free-to-play games, the largest shareholder to Jam City, a leading casual social game developer and a major shareholder of BigHit Entertainment, a music production and artist management company, Netmarble has a strategic partnership with CJ ENM Corporation, Asia’s largest entertainment company, Tencent Holdings, Asia’s largest internet company, and NCsoft, a prominent MMORPG company. More information can be found at http://company.netmarble.com

About WWE

WWE, a publicly traded company (NYSE: WWE), is an integrated media organization and recognized leader in global entertainment. The Company consists of a portfolio of businesses that create and deliver original content 52 weeks a year to a global audience. WWE is committed to family friendly entertainment on its television programming, pay-per-view, digital media and publishing platforms. WWE’s TV-PG, family-friendly programming can be seen in more than 800 million homes worldwide in 28 languages. WWE Network, the first-ever 24/7 over-the-top premium network that includes all live pay-per-views, scheduled programming and a massive video-on-demand library, is currently available in more than 180 countries. The Company is headquartered in Stamford, Conn., with offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, Mexico City, Mumbai, Shanghai, Singapore, Dubai, Munich and Tokyo.

Additional information on WWE (NYSE: WWE) can be found at wwe.com and corporate.wwe.com. For information on our global activities, go to wwe.com/worldwide

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Desktops Now Powered by 10th Gen Intel Core Processors

New CPUs and Intel 400 Series chipset now available for desktops

Miami, FL – May 13th, 2020, 9:00 A.M. EDT— ORIGIN PC has announced the availability of 10th generation Intel Core processors on their desktop lineup on ORIGINPC.com. 10th gen Intel Core desktop processors will be available for all ORIGIN PC gaming and workstation desktops. Play, create, work, and accomplish more using an ORIGIN PC desktop powered by a 10th gen Intel Core processor.

The Intel Core i9-10900K processor can reach a single-core clock speed of 5.3GHz and include up to 10 cores and 20 threads. Customers can also add optional professional overclocking that is backed by the ORIGIN PC warranty.

ORIGIN PC desktops will also offer the Intel 400 Series chipset to support the 10th gen Intel Core processors.

The 10th gen Intel Core processors are now available on ORIGIN PC desktops on ORIGINPC.com.

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Modus Games Announces Skully for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC

The adventure platformer will launch August 4, 2020

Walnut Creek, Calif. (May 13, 2020) – Indie publishing label Modus Games and developer Finish Line Games today shared a first look at Skully, the story of a reanimated skull’s second chance at life. The action-adventure platformer that sees Skully on a quest to stop a simmering war between feuding siblings, rolls onto Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Steam and Xbox One on August 4, 2020.

Summoned by a local deity desperate for peace among his kin, Skully can sculpt new abilities from pools of magical clay found throughout the lush island he has washed up on. Gameplay in Skully’s debut trailer shows just a few ways the headstrong hero’s clay-boosted forms can open up new areas of the unpredictable landscape. Get a peek of the challenges ahead by viewing the full trailer here

“We fell in love with the story and the madcap mechanics behind it,” said Shane Bierwith, EVP of global marketing at Modus Games. Followed Christina Seelye, CEO of Modus: “To say this game is unique is an understatement.”

“We’re really excited to share Skully with the world,” said Daniel Posner, CEO of Finish Line Games. “We think a lot of people will connect with the game, and its heroic journey of a seemingly unimposing character destined to accomplish great things.”

For the latest on Skully, be sure to visit the official site (SkullyTheGame.com) and wishlist the game on Steam (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1249110). To keep up with Modus Games’ full lineup of titles, head over to https://modusgames.com/, join the Discord channel (modus.games/discord), and follow @Modus_Games on Twitter.

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About Modus Games

Modus Games is one of the fastest-growing video game publishers in the world. The label prides itself on providing AAA publishing services to talented independent developers across the globe. Modus Studios Brazil is a full-service development studio supporting creators of inspired interactive entertainment. For more information, visit www.modusgames.com.

About Finish Line Games Finish Line Games is an independent video game studio based in Toronto, Canada. Founded in 2013 by a team of veteran game developers, Finish Line Games’ mission is to create fun and compelling games that appeal to a variety of gamers. Please visit us at finishlinegames.com. 

Victoria, British Columbia – May 13, 2020 – Today Metalhead Software launches the highly-anticipated baseball game Super Mega Baseball 3 on Nintendo Switch™, Xbox One, PlayStation®4, and Steam for $44.99 USD at 9 a.m. PDT. Super Mega Baseball 3 offers the deepest on-field simulation yet and vastly refined graphics in the comprehensive online and offline game modes, including a brand new Franchise mode as well as cross-platform Pennant Race mode.

Super Mega Baseball 3‘s free demo and trial versions will be available on launch day on all platforms, allowing users to play an unlimited number of games in the competitive online Pennant Race mode, plus more.

“Super Mega Baseball 3 is a deeper and more refined game across the board compared to its predecessors, and we are stoked to get it into the hands of the community and get some feedback,” said Metalhead co-founder Scott Drader. “Franchise mode opens up a whole new avenue for an immersive and emergent gameplay experience, and the Custom Pennant Race mode we’re pushing out in the summer is going to be a game changer for the way the game is played online and the online communities surrounding the game.”
Metalhead Software has previously announced two features coming in free post-launch updates. The SMB2 Team Import tool will allow users to import their custom rosters from SMB2 to use in SMB3, coming at launch or soon after on all platforms. Custom Pennant Race builds upon the existing Pennant Race mode by allowing players to organize a private cross-platform Pennant Race and invite their friends to participate (up to 32 total players), coming in early Summer 2020.

New Features Available in Super Mega Baseball 3 include:
 

• Challenge your hand-eye coordination or relax and hit dingers with fluid gameplay that scales seamlessly from novice to beyond-expert levels of difficulty.
• Apply and refine your baseball instincts with a sophisticated baseball simulation featuring new pickoff and stealing mechanics, wild pitches/passed balls, designated hitters, and situational player traits.
• Take in the sights and sounds of 14 richly detailed ballparks, each featuring unique day, night and alternate lighting conditions.
• Guide an evolving team to greatness over multiple seasons in the all new Franchise mode featuring player development, aging, retirement and signing/releasing of free agents.
• Compete online to win pennants and climb to higher divisions in the cross-platform Pennant Race mode.
• Create your ideal league with a comprehensive customization suite that includes season length/structure, team names/uniforms/logos, and player names/appearance/attributes.
• Play or simulate any combination of games/teams in customized Seasons and Elimination brackets, solo or with friends.
• An SMB2 Team Import tool will allow users to import their custom rosters from SMB2 to use in SMB3. This feature will come in an update soon after launch.
• A Custom Pennant Race mode that allows players to organize a private Pennant Race and invite their friends to participate in it, regardless of platform.

For more information, including access to the Super Mega Baseball 3 press kit, please visit the game’s website, or the Facebook and Twitter pages. Check out the game’s action in the announce trailer.

About Metalhead Software

Metalhead Software is an independent Canadian game developer in Victoria, British Columbia. The studio has focused on its Super Mega Baseball series since inception, now 10 years in the making. All trademarks are property of their respective owners.

25 playable game demos available today in the Digital Dragons Steam Indie Celebration

Play exclusive demos of upcoming indie titles and watch three days of developer interviews and gameplay features on the Indie Celebration Steam homepage

Kraków, Poland – 13 May 2020. Digital Dragons’ Steam Indie Celebration begins TODAY with three days of playable game demos, livestreams and developer interviews from 13-15 May.

Join the celebration on the Steam homepage HERE.

On the homepage you’ll find links to livestreams and game demos for fifty of 2020’s biggest indie titles selected by Digital Dragons and jury members Robert Purchese (Eurogamer), Brett Makedonski (Destructoid), Karol Zajączkowski (11bit studios), Jakub Rokosz (Fool’s Theory) and Jakub Wójcik (Indie Games Polska).

Playable game demos available during the Celebration include:

• Ars Fabulae (Punk Notion, Poland)
• Bonkies (Studio Gauntlet, Norway)
• Danger Scavenger (Star Drifters, Piotr Wolk, Poland)
• ELDERBORN (Hyperstrange, Poland)
• Eldest Souls (Fallen Flag Studio, UK / Poland)
• First Class Trouble (Invisible Walls, Denmark)
• For the People (Brezg Studio, Russia)
• For The Warp (Massive Galaxy Studios, Portugal)
• Ghostrunner (One More Level, Poland)
• Legends of Ethernal (Lucid Dreams Studio, Canada)
• Liberated (Atomic Wolf, Poland)
• Not For Broadcast (NotGames, UK)
• Overloop (George Kobyakov, UK)
• PositronX (Scorpius Games, Romania)
• Rhythm Fighter (Coconut Island Games / echo games, China)
• Röki (Polygon Treehouse, UK / Poland)
• Rustler (Jutsu Games, Poland)
• Shing! (Mass Creation, Poland)
• The Blind Prophet (Ars Goetia, France)
• There is No Light (Zelart, Cyprus)
• Tower Princess (AweKteaM, Cyprus)
• Tunche (LEAP Game Studios, Cyprus)
• Uragun (Kool2Play, Poland)
• Wanderlust: Transsiberian (Different Tales, Poland)
• Wingspan (Monster Couch, Poland)

Additional titles featured on stream include:

• Biped (NEXT Studios / META Publishing, Cyprus)
• Black Book (Morteshka, Russia)
• Book of Demons: HELLCARD (Thing Trunk, Poland)
• Causa, Voices of the Dusk (Niebla Games, Chile)
• Chernobylite (The Farm 51, Poland)
• Children of Silentown (Elf Games, Italy)
• Door Kickers: Task Force North (KillHouse Games, Romania)
• Dreadlands (Blackfox Studios, UK)
• Eastern Exorcist (wildfiregame, China)
• Encased (Dark Crystal Games, Russia)
• Enemy on Board (Windwalk Games, USA)
• Fort Triumph (Cookie Byte Entertainment, Poland)
• Gamedec (Anshar Studios, Poland)
• Gatewalkers (A2 Softworks, Poland)
• Last Oasis (Donkey Crew, Poland)
• Nanotale – Typing Chronicles (Fishing Cactus, Belgium)
• Quantum League (Nimble Giant, UK)
• Skul: The Hero Slayer (SouthPAW Games, South Korea)
• Stoneshard (Ink Stains Games, Cyprus)
• Tainted Grail (Awaken Realms Digital, Poland)
• The Riftbreaker (EXOR Studios, Poland)
• The Tenants (Ancient Forge, Poland)
• This is the Zodiac Speaking (Punch Punk Games, Poland)
• Those Who Remain (Camel 101, Portugal)
• Unto The End (2 Ton Studio, UK)

Check out the full livestreaming schedule here.

Digital Dragons will host both May’s Indie Celebration on Steam and its own regular Indie Showcase at the rescheduled Digital Dragons 2020 conference in Kraków on 14-15 September. To keep up to date with all things Digital Dragons go to digitaldragons.pl and follow Digital Dragons on Twitter.

About Digital Dragons
Digital Dragons is the leading game industry event in Central Europe. Each year it attracts specialists, professionals, developers to Kraków from all around the world. Last year Digital Dragons gathered 2000 participants from 650 companies coming from 48 countries. Over 100 speakers contributed 83 lectures full of insightful knowledge and case studies grounded in the expert know-how. The prestigious ICE Kraków Congress Center hosted 132 exhibitors who presented their games during the Indie Showcase, Students Talent Show, and the CEE Showcase. Moreover, 1700 business meetings were conducted at the event. This year’s Digital Dragons event is postponed to 14-15 September 2020.About Steam
Steam is a video game digital distribution service and a social networking service for gamers. Every day 18 million users log in into the platform, which makes Steam the biggest service for gamers, and a great opportunity for indie game developers to showcase their games and acquire new customers.