Focus Home Interactive & Blackbird
Interactive Announce Hardspace: Shipbreaker
Unique sandbox space sim hits Steam Early
Access this summer — find out more in tomorrow’s first developer livestream
PARIS — Feb. 19, 2020 —Focus Home Interactive and Blackbird Interactive, the studio behind Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak and the upcoming Homeworld 3, have revealed Hardspace: Shipbreaker, a new sandbox space sim coming to Steam Early Access this summer. As a salvager armed with cutting-edge tech, you’ll carve up massive spaceships piece by piece in zero G for cold hard loot. Get your first look at the game’s creative demolition and true-to-life physics:
Early access will launch with a variety of
exciting features to discover, including the first act of the story campaign,
two classes of spaceship to salvage, and multiple upgradeable tools and perks.
Throughout early access, the team plans on releasing new spaceship classes,
missions, challenges, leaderboards, modding support and much more based on
feedback from the community.
Focus Home Interactive and Blackbird Interactive
will host a live Hardspace:
Shipbreaker reveal stream on Twitch
tomorrow, February 20, at 5 p.m. CET/11 a.m. ET. The game will also be
showcased at PAX East, February 27 to March 1, at both Focus Home Interactive’s
booth (#29017) and Blackbird Interactive’s booth (#28071).
Deliver Us The Moon Rockets Toward PlayStation®4 and Xbox One
Wired Productions Readies Sci-Fi Adventure Game
for Global Release on April 24; Nintendo Switch Edition Confirmed for Summer
Release
Watford, UK – February 19, 2020 – Award-winning publisher, Wired Productions and pioneering Dutch game studio, KeokeN Interactive, are delighted to confirm that acclaimed Sci-Fi epic, Deliver Us The Moon, is set to touch down worldwide on April 24 for PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and the Xbox One family of devices including the Xbox One X. Fans of the Nintendo Switch™ system can expect this to launch later in summer 2020. Available now to pre-order, and arriving on console for the first time, Deliver Us The Moon will be available in both Standard and Deluxe Editions -with the Deluxe Edition set to include the game’s epic and spine-tingling original soundtrack and a stunning 100 page digital artbook, and receiving both a physical and digital release.
Powered by Unreal® Engine 4, Deliver Us The Moon is
set in an apocalyptic near-future where the Earth’s resources have been
depleted and humanity looks to the stars. Nations band together to create the
World Space Agency – an organization tasked with solving the extreme energy
crisis. The solution: colonization and exploitation of the moon’s natural
reserves of Helium-3 to serve the energy needs of a growing Earth population.
Suddenly, and without warning, communications with the Moon cease, and the
energy source is lost. Plunged into darkness and without power, years pass as
world governments come together once more to embark on a new mission – to
re-establish the energy supply and with it hope for the human race.
Released for Windows PC in October 2019, Deliver Us The Moon
has been highly praised by both critics and fans alike. In December 2019, the
game was upgraded to support GeForce RTX real-time ray tracing, making it one
of the first independent titles to utilise the technology alongside the latest
version of Nvidia’s Deep Learning Super Sampling (DLSS) technology. The
resultant upgrade delivered one of the most graphically immersive worlds ever
seen from an independent studio.
Deliver Us The Moon is out now on Steam and GOG.com for Windows PC and will
release for PlayStation®4 and Xbox One on April 24, 2020. The Nintendo Switch™
version is in development and planned for release in summer 2020. Deliver
Us The Moon: Deluxe Edition will launch with an SRP of
$29.99/€29.99/£24.99. For a list of retailers, visit www.deliverusthemoon.com.
Wired Productions is an
award-winning video games publisher based in Watford, UK. Wired has produced
and published award-winning titles across all major platforms. Bringing games
to market in both physical and digital media, notable launches to date include
Close to the Sun, GRIP: Combat Racing, Victor Vran: Overkill Edition, Max: The
Curse of Brotherhood and The Town of Light. #GETWired reflects the active and
ever-growing number of fans and consumers who support us.
For more information, or
to join the Wired community, please visit:
KeokeN Interactive is a
young Dutch Indie game development studio, founded by Koen Deetman, Paul
Deetman and Johan Terink in 2013. Envisioning the games industry as a platform
to go beyond traditional gaming and create immersive experiences, KeokeN Interactive
aim to develop rich and believable worlds that will make you forget your
surroundings and push the boundaries of your reality.
Deliver Us The Moonuses the Unreal® Engine. Unreal® is a trademark or registered
trademark of Epic Games, Inc. in the United States of America and elsewhere.
and “Unreal® Engine, Copyright 1998 – 2019, Epic Games, Inc. All rights
reserved.
Hunt: Showdown out now on PlayStation® 4 and Microsoft
Xbox®
Sydney, Australia, 19 February 2020 – Crytek and Koch Media happily announce that the highly acclaimed online multi-player bounty hunting game Hunt: Showdown is now available physically and digitally for PlayStation®4 and physically forMicrosoft Xbox®.
About Hunt:
Showdown
Hunt: Showdown is a competitive
first-person bounty hunting game that packs the thrill of survival games into a
match-based format. Set in Louisiana in 1895, the game boasts a mixture of PvP
and PvE elements that creates a uniquely tense experience. It’s not just the
creatures who are a threat—it’s every Hunter on the map. In the classic game
mode, a match of Hunt pits ten players—playing solo or in teams of two—against
each other as they race to take out gruesome beasts for a bounty they must
collect and get off of the map, while Hunt’s quickplay mode offers a shorter
match for solo players to scavenge for weapons as they compete for a
diminishing pool of bounty. The higher the risk, the higher the reward–but a
single mistake could cost everything.
About Koch Media
Koch Media is a leading producer and distributor of
digital entertainment products (games, films and software). The company’s own
publishing activities, marketing and distribution extend throughout Europe,
North America and Australia. The Koch Media group has more than 25 years of
experience in the digital media business, and has risen to become the number
one publishing partner in Europe. It has also formed strategic alliances with
numerous games and software publishers: Bethesda, Capcom, Codemasters,
Kaspersky Labs, Konami, Koei Tecmo, Milestone, Sega, Square Enix, etc. in
various European countries. With Headquarter in Höfen, Austria Koch Media owns
branches in Germany, England, France, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, the
Nordic regions, Benelux, Australia, Czech Republic, Poland, and the United
States.
All product titles, publisher names,
trademarks, artwork and associated imagery are trademarks, registered
trademarks and/or copyright material of the respective owners. All rights
reserved.
About Crytek
Crytek is an independent videogame developer, publisher, and technology
provider dedicated to pushing the boundaries of gaming with its cutting-edge 3D
game development solution CRYENGINE. With headquarters in Frankfurt am Main
(Germany) and studios in Kiev (Ukraine), and Istanbul (Turkey), Crytek has
created multiple award-winning titles, including the original Far Cry, the
Crysis series, Ryse: Son of Rome, Warface, The Climb, Robinson: The Journey and
Hunt: Showdown. Crytek delivers fun and innovative gaming experiences for PC,
consoles, and VR and continues to grow its reach in the games-as-a-service
market. Every Crytek game is created with CRYENGINE, which can be used by
anyone to create games.
MAGICAL MOBILE MMORPG SPIRITWISH
EARNS MASSIVE GUILD CLASH MODE IN LATEST UPDATE
Nexon’s hit fantasy-adventure
game earns new modes, events and more for iOS and Android
SEOUL –
Feb. 18, 2020 – An
all-new massive player vs. player (PvP) battle mode arrives today in the
beautiful world of Spiritwish, the hit massive multiplayer online
role-playing game (MMORPG) from NEXON Korea Corporation, subsidiary of NEXON
Co., Ltd. (“Nexon”) (3659.TO), a worldwide leader in free-to-play online and
mobile games. Today mobile players around the world can experience Spiritwish’s
latest content update for free on the App Store and Google Play.
As part of
today’s update Spiritwish earns the unprecedented epic Guild Clash mode.
Every day at exactly 10 p.m. local time, players can log in and duke it out in
this frenetic new battle. Each season, every player will receive a special buff
called “#1 Guild’s Protection” that offers an additional three percent ATK in
fields and dungeons. Similarly, the top 20 guilds will earn border reward
nicknames.
In Spiritwish, players are invited to command a ragtag team of heroes as
they follow in the footsteps of the Three Gods for control of the ancient
relics and to protect the land of Kaleva against looming evil. Spiritwish boasts
an impressive array of features to seamlessly deliver a unique MMORPG
experience to mobile players.
In addition
to Guild Clash, Spiritwish’s enchanted gameplay grows with a myriad of
new features including:
Fresh Field Boss Monsters – Players can test their merits against
new monsters in all channels. The player who deals the most damage will
obtain the kill reward
New Characters – Two powerful Rare heroes join the fray, with Valkyrie, a
melee-wielder who uses a light spear and shield to subdue enemies, and Marauder,
a combatant who’s crossbows and light spears slow enemies
Recruitment Quests – The Spearman and Thief now offer two new quests for players to
unlock their respective character cards and learn who they are and where
they came from
Rose Event – From today onwards, players can obtain roses in Daily Dungeons,
Co-Op Raids, Weekly Raids and the Premium Shop to exchange for necklaces
and rings
Kaleva Journey – Missions One, Two and Three are now available for players to
complete for Blue Diamonds, Gold and 50 percent Experience Points.
Spiritwish
is the latest
project from the developers at NEON Studio, best known for their work on Ragnarok,
Granado, Espada and Tree of Savior.
About NEXON Co. Ltd. NEXON Co., Ltd. (“Nexon”) (3659.TO) is a
worldwide leader in free-to-play online and mobile games. Founded in Korea in
1994, Nexon developed one of the world’s first graphics-based massively
multiplayer online games. Nexon also pioneered the concept of microtransactions
and the free-to-play business model, setting a new standard in which play is
free, and users have the option to purchase in-game items to enhance their
experience. Nexon currently services nearly 100 titles in more than 190 countries. The
Company is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and its shares are listed on the Tokyo
Stock Exchange.
Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One Join
the Band in 2020
TOKYO – 18 Feb. 2020 – Giraffe and
Annika, a musically charged 3D
adventure from publisher PLAYISM and developer Atelier Mimina, warms hearts on PCs via Steam today with
Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One versions taking a half-rest until
later in 2020.
Annika, a bright-eyed girl with cat ears, works with Giraffe, a cat-boy with an old soul, to recover her memories. Follow a manga-style comic narrative and help the duo collect three shimmering star fragments housed deep in the vivid dungeons of the curious and calm Spica Island. Each glittering gem gives Annika a new power, unlocking previously unreachable areas, opportunities to collect additional outfits, and cat-tastic meow-sterpieces of art to view at the local museum.
From the lead designer
of Osu! Tatakae!
Ouendan, Giraffe and Annika
features handcrafted rhythm boss battles against operatic opposition, like the
colossal crustacean called the Crab King, and Lily, wily witch of the forbidden
forest. Defeat these formidable foes to the beat, synchronizing attacks to each
boss’ custom track.
“Giraffe and Annika
has been a passion project with rhythm sections inspired by Elite Beat Agents,
which was in turn influenced by my team’s work on Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan!”
Atsushi Saito, sole developer, Atelier Mimina. “Creating the adventures players
will have with Annika has really been an adventure in itself. I hope players
enjoy how her journey with Giraffe unfolds, punctuated by the rhythm boss
fights, which were so much fun to make.”
Giraffe & Annika will be available on Steam in English, Japanese,
and Chinese (simplified and traditional) for $19.99 USD.
Based out of Tokyo,
Japan, Atelier Mimina is a one-man game studio founded by Osu! Tatakae!
Ouendan lead designer Atsushi
Saito. Atelier Mimina’s first published title is Giraffe and Annika.
Known for bringing
popular indie games from Japan including Touhou Luna Nights, La-Mulana 2
and One Way Heroics, Playism was created with the global indie community
in mind. The company focuses on helping developers every step of the way, from
localization to distribution of their games.
BE THE LIFE OF
THE PARTY WITH NETMARBLE’S HUMOROUS QUIZ-DRAWING ENTERTAINMENT GAME KOONGYA
DRAW PARTY
Pre-Registrations for Art-Inspired
Creativity Quiz-Guessing Game
Now Open Ahead of 2020 Launch
LOS ANGELES – FEB. 18, 2020 – Following Netmarble Corp’s
successful Korean launch, the company is thrilled to announce that their
all-new real-time social quiz creativity game KOONGYA Draw Partyis
coming to the West as pre-registrations for the App Store
and Google
Play are now live.
Expected to launch in 2020, KOONGYA Draw Party draws up a
smorgasbord of humorous quiz-drawing fun where quirky pun drawings take center
stage for everyone to create, judge, and share among others. Players can earn
prizes and KOONGYAs – KOONGYA Draw Party’s mascots that give
skills which generate in-game boosters – in the game’s Tour Mode. Adventure
Mode allows players to explore their neighborhood and discover
location-based drawings. And Party Mode creates the ability to host a
playroomwhere up to eight players can take turns drawing and guessing each other’s Quiz.
“Sharing the creativity expressed between friends, humorously
understanding each person’s creative process, and delightfully discovering the
right answer is what led KOONGYA Draw Party’s development and its South Korean
success,” said Jung Ho Lee, Executive Producer of Netmarble.
“Everyone at Netmarble is excited to see how Western players join our Draw
Party by coming up with their own hilarious takes on our quizzes in 2020.”
Previously, KOONGYA Draw Party was No. 1 in total downloads in
both the App
Store and Google
Play two weeks after its South Korean launch. With 30 million quizzes
created by users since Aug. 8, 2018, KOONGYA Draw Party has expanded
widely through all types of social channels, resulting in the game sustaining a
huge amount of popularity with a peak of 500,000 daily active users, and
becoming the No. 1 popular new brand in South Korea among 20-year-old players
in 2018.
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
PUBG MOBILE CLUB OPEN 2020 SPRING
SPLIT REGIONAL FINALS TO BEGIN IN INDIA & SOUTH ASIA THIS WEEKEND
This weekend qualified teams from India and South Asia will compete in
the their PMCO Spring Split Regional Finals 2020, fighting for a chance to
continue their rise in the world’s largest mobile esports tournament
LOS ANGELES –
Feb. 18, 2020 – Earlier this month, 32 qualifying teams in multiple regions
were selected from over 42,000 squads to participate in the PUBG MOBILE Club
Open 2020 (PMCO 2020) Spring Split. With the Group Stages ongoing in
various regions, PUBG MOBILE today unveiled the scheduled dates
for the PMCO 2020 Spring Split Regional Finals, set to begin in South
Asia and India from Saturday, Feb. 22 to Sunday, Feb. 23.
After the intense competition in the Group Stage and Semifinals of PMCO
in India and South Asia, 16 teams have stood out and qualified for the Regional
Finals, where they have the chance to enter the next level of the
competition: The PUBG MOBILE Pro League
(PMPL). The top 15 will move on to PMPL South Asia
and fight for the 5 slots for the World League East.
The PMCO
schedules for different regions include:
South Asia and India: Finals from Saturday, Feb. 22 to Sunday, Feb.
23
Pakistan and Wild Card: Semifinals from Friday, Feb. 28 to Wednesday,
March 4 and Finals from Saturday, March 7 to Sunday, March 8
Latin America: Semifinals from Monday, Feb. 17 to Saturday, Feb. 22 and Finals
from Saturday, Feb. 29 to Sunday, March 1
Brazil: Semifinals from Monday, Feb. 17 to Saturday, Feb. 22 and Finals
from Saturday, March 7 to Sunday, March 8
North America, Middle East and Africa: Group Stage from Tuesday, Feb. 18 to Sunday,
Feb. 23 and Finals from Tuesday, Feb. 25 to Sunday, March 1
CIS,
Germany and Iraq: Group Stage from Tuesday, March 3 to Sunday, March 8 and Finals from Tuesday, March
10 to Sunday, March 15
Europe,
Turkey and Saudi Arabia: Group Stage from Tuesday,
March 17 to Sunday, March 22 and Finals from Tuesday, March 24 to Sunday,
March 29
PUBG MOBILE fans
can follow all the action live via the official PUBG MOBILE esports
YouTube channel here.
The PMCO is an entry gate which offers all players from amateur,
semi-pro to professional levels a chance to start their esports path to
stardom. The tournaments are divided into Spring and Fall Split. The best teams
coming out of the various PMCOs will have the opportunity to qualify for the PUBG
MOBILE Pro Leagues (PMPL) and the PUBG
MOBILE World Leagues (PMWL), and
even fight their way up to the PUBG MOBILE World Championship (PMWC).
Besides great honor, the all-year esports tournaments feature an unprecedented
total prize pool of $5 million USD, which doubles the total prize money of last
year’s program.
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 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.
SnowRunner, the Sequel to the
Hit MudRunner, Coming April 28 to
PlayStation®4, Xbox One & PC
Preorder the ultimate off-road sim
experience now to receive the exclusive Navistar 5000-MV vehicle!
PARIS — Feb. 18, 2020 — Focus Home Interactive and Saber Interactive have revealed that SnowRunner, the highly anticipated sequel to the multi-million-selling off-road simulation game MudRunner, is coming April 28 to PlayStation®4, Xbox One, and PC via the Epic Games Store. Check out the extreme environmental sandbox action coming your way with SnowRunner‘s new release date gameplay video:
Powered by a new graphics engine and improved
physics simulation,SnowRunner puts you in the
driver’s seat of powerful vehicles as you conquer wild open environments with
the most advanced terrain simulation ever. Master 40 vehicles from brands
like Western Star, Ford, Chevrolet and Freightliner to leave
your mark on the untamed wilderness. SnowRunner‘s all-new
winter environments give you unique challenges to overcome: beyond
slippery mud and torrential waters, you’ll have to brave dangerous
snowbanks, ice fields and frozen lakes while taking on perilous contracts and
missions. Expand and customize your fleet of vehicles with countless upgrades
and accessories like intake snorkels, chain tires, bumpers, high suspensions,
floodlights and more to help you overcome the elements.
SnowRunner
can be played solo or with friends
in fully synchronous
4-player co-op. PC players can expect full mod support at
launch, allowing for near infinite off-road experiences created by the
community. Mod support for consoles is also in development.
SnowRunner
and SnowRunner – Premium Edition, featuring the
base game and its Season Pass, are available to pre-order now with a
special bonus vehicle on the Epic Games Store. SnowRunner is also available to pre-order on
consoles at major retailers.
Baldur’s Gate 3 Gameplay Reveal
Coming to PAX East 2020
An in-depth look at Baldur’s Gate 3 will be
streamed worldwide on February 27
DUBLIN – Feb. 18, 2020 – Larian Studios is excited to announce that the eagerly anticipated gameplay reveal of Baldur’s Gate 3is coming next week to PAX East! On February 27 at 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT, Larian Creative Director Swen Vincke will be live on stage with a very special guest to reveal more about the game’s story and mechanics. The show will offer seating for 1,000 people, and those in attendance can take part in a live Q&A with the developers, but don’t worry if you can’t make it in person – the action will also be streamed on YouTube.
Larian will also be bringing the excitement
to fans at PAX East all weekend with an all-new booth (#14309) dedicated to Baldur’s Gate 3, where the
team will be serving up live gameplay presentations starting after the big
reveal.
Baldur’s
Gate 3 was announced at E3 last
year, and since then Larian has grown to nearly 350 people. The
studio continues working on new technology to create a truly
next-generation RPG, spanning over 100 hours of content with all the
depth you’d expect, and many surprises along the way that even fans of the
critically acclaimed Divinity
Original Sin 2 won’t expect.
You are burdened with a great power devouring
you from within.
How far down the path of
darkness will you let it take you?
The fate of Faerûn is on
your party’s shoulders.
Will you carry it to
salvation, or descend with it to hell?
Tune in on Thursday, February 27, at 3:30
p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT to discover what Larian has been up to and
what direction the studio is heading.
About
Larian Studios
Larian Studios is an independent RPG developer founded in 1996 in Ghent,
Belgium. Over 200 people work between the five worldwide studios in Ghent, St.
Petersburg, Quebec, Dublin and Malaysia. Larian is best known for the Divinity
universe, which they introduced to the world with Divine Divinity in 2002. In 2014, Larian
launched Divinity: Original
Sin, a classic CRPG that won over 150 awards and nominations. The
company released its critically acclaimed sequel Divinity: Original Sin 2 on September 14,
2017, followed by the Definitive Edition in August 2018 for PlayStation®4 and
Xbox One to a 93 Metacritic rating. The Nintendo Switch version released in
September 2019 featuring cross-save progression between Nintendo Switch and
Steam. Divinity:Original Sin
2 won a BAFTA for Best Multiplayer Game. In June 2019, Larian
Studios announced the development of Baldur’s
Gate 3.
WUBBA LUBBA DUB
DUB!KRISPY KREME DROPS OFFICIAL RICK
AND MORTY RANGE
Fans can say hello to three new mouth-watering flavours, a
Fleeb Juice shake and score a collector’s bucket hat, if they’re lucky.
In a collaboration
out of this multiverse, Krispy Kreme announces that an official Rick and Morty
range will launch in Australian stores on 18 February.
Krispy Kreme has conjured
up three sweet new doughnut flavours and a shake inspired by the cult animated Netflix
series from Adult Swim.
Fans can rub their tongues against Pickle
Rick, Strawberry Smiggles & Simple Rick’s Wafer Cookie
doughnuts and slurp a Fleeb Juice shake – which tastes berry-tasty and not at all like Fleeb excretion. We
promise.
And there’s more,
friends. Krispy Kreme is giving away 100 collector’s edition Rick & Morty bucket
hats, so you can proclaim your ultimate fandom. Jump onto Krispy Kreme
Australia’s Instagram or Facebook page, tag a friend on the competition post
and comment with your favourite Rick and Morty catchphrase**.
Pickle Rick Doughnut Filled with lemon crème and topped with a white
choc ‘Pickle Rick’.
Simple
Rick’s Wafer Cookie
Filled with vanilla crème, dipped in strawberry truffle and topped with a
white choc wafer disc.
Strawberry
Smiggles
An iconic Original Glazed® doughnut with strawberry filling topped with mini
marshmallows, crunchy meringue pieces and confetti.
Fleeb Juice
shake
Our delicious milkshake combined with raspberry and
blue heaven flavours
RRP: AU$4.95
(regular) / $5.95 (large)
And
that’s the wayyyyyy the news goes!
Rick and Morty doughnuts are $3.60 each / $12.95 4x pack / $27.95 dozen
Catch the range
in-store*, via click and collect and on UberEats until 16 March 2020.
*Not available in SA, NT,
TAS or in 7-Eleven, BP
or Jesters (WA) stores.
**Terms and
conditions apply. The competition is a game of skill where winners will be
selected based on the humour, novelty and uniqueness of their comment.
Competition runs from 12pm, 19 February to 12pm, 28 February 2020.
About Krispy Kreme Australia Krispy Kreme originated in 1937 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina USA where the first Original Glazed® doughnut recipe was created. Krispy Kreme Australia launched in 2003 and there are currently 30 stores across NSW, VIC, WA, and QLD. Krispy Kreme is also available nationally in 7-Eleven, BP and Jesters (WA) stores.
