A BLOOD-MOON IS RISING! ARK “FEAR EVOLVED 3” EVENT FEATURES JACK O’ LANTERNS, GIGANTIC CANDY CORN, SPOOKY EMOTES & THE RETURN OF DODOREX!

All Hallows’ Eve is upon us, creating a chaotic world teeming with spooky surprises to scare and thrill all Survivors! The ARK: Fear Evolved 3 in-game event is on its way down your street, delivering candy corn themed supply drops and randomly spawning gravestones and pumpkin patches. From October 22nd to November 5th, the community’s most requested event will be active for ARK Survivors on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam.

Watch the Fear Evolved 3 Halloween video where Survivors run from hack ‘n slashers and headless pumpkin men boogie down:

The ghoulish graves and skeletal dinos have returned, but fear not! There are new items to collect, cool skin costumes to try out and a Blood Moon casting a pale shadow over it all. The ARK Fear Evolved 3 event features increased rates to 2X Player XP, 2X Harvesting and 2X Breeding (mating interval, egg hatch speed, and maturation), as well as:

• New cosmetic items: Jack O’ Lantern Mask, Hockey Mask, Headless Neck Stump, Halloween-inspired Dino Colorization Candy and event-themed undergarments (tops and bottoms)
• New emotes: Panic, Spooky Dance and Zombie
• Event-themed wild dinosaur spawns
• Randomly spawning gravestones, scarecrows and pumpkin patches
• A candy corn-themed supply drop brings an abundance of useful Halloween treats for players, surprises like berries, cooked meats, heal brews, veggie cakes, consumable buffing soups, dino Halloween candy and dino skins from past Halloween events.
• The environment and trees to be Halloween themed

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YAGER LAUNCHES THE CYCLE’S FIRST SEASON OF CONTENT

The competitive quest shooter’s new season pass adds tons of free and premium unlockable content

BERLIN – Oct. 22, 2019 – The first season of The Cycle, YAGER’s free-to-play competitive quest shooter, is here! “The Lost Prospector” update introduces the game’s first season pass, featuring over 100 levels that players can hit to unlock new, exclusive content.

The Cycle’s first season pass — the Fortuna Pass — is available for the next three months in two tiers, each with its own unique rewards:

• The Silver pass (free for all players) includes 30 unlockable rewards.
• The Gold pass (premium, available for 950 Aurum) is packed with over 120 unlockable rewards, including two new archetypes (the Thrill Seeker and the Veteran), new weapon skins and coatings, melee weapons, emotes, and banners that can be planted during a match to mark territory.
• Gold players can still level up the free Silver Fortuna Pass, giving them access to over 150 unlockable rewards in all.
• Players can also complete daily and weekly challenges to speed up their Fortuna Pass progress.

Over half a million players have battled across the alien frontier of Fortuna III since launch, and YAGER remains committed to continually improving and enhancing the experience. The team recently launched a brand-new item shop with daily and weekly item offers for purchase. And players can look forward to even greater surprises in the future, including a ranked matchmaking mode and all-new story missions offering insight into this mysterious world.

You can keep up with future updates by following YAGER’s new content development roadmap for The Cycle: https://trello.com/b/6LuxGQiP/the-cycle.

The Cycle is a match-based first-person shooter with a focus on PvEvP action: complete jobs, defeat hostile lifeforms, gear up with new weapons and powers, out-score other prospectors, and make it off the planet alive before it kills you. The Cycle delivers a competitive multiplayer experience where everyone can survive, but how you choose to stake your claim can make all the difference — form squads with friends, make uneasy alliances with strangers, or go it alone.

The Cycle is free to play in early access for Windows PC via the Epic Games Store. For more information, visit www.TheCycle.game.

About YAGER

YAGER is an independent developer of computer and video games based in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1999 by five dedicated developers and artists, our focus is the creation of vivid and meaningful high-quality gaming experiences. Today, 20 years after its foundation, a strong, international team of game-loving developers is busy at work bringing YAGER’s vision of gaming to life as an independent self-publishing studio. www.yager.de

STREET OUTLAWS: THE LIST RACES ONTO GAMING CONSOLES AND PC TODAY!

Join the exciting world of the top-rated American automotive racing lifestyle series on PlayStation®4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch and Windows PC

MINNEAPOLIS – Oct. 22, 2019 – Street Outlaws: The List, the new lifestyle racing and tuning video game inspired by the high-speed cars and attitude of Discovery Channel’s Street Outlaws, one of cable television’s most highly rated unscripted series, is officially out now on gaming consoles and Windows PC. The game is available digitally and at major retailers today for $39.99 on PlayStation®4, Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, as well as on PC via Steam.

Street Outlaws: The List takes you inside the winner-take-all world of American street racing. Drive the coolest cars from the hit series, customizable with hundreds of authentic parts to match your style. Compete and win against your rivals across multiple game modes, featuring two-player head-to-head drag races and challenges.

Street Outlaws: The List is published by GameMill Entertainment and rated E10+ by the ESRB. For more information, visit streetoutlawsgame.com.

About GameMill Entertainment

GameMill Entertainment, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a third-party publisher of casual games for the mass market consumer. Development platforms include PC, Nintendo Switch™, Microsoft consoles including the Xbox One video game and entertainment system, XBLA, Microsoft Games On Demand, and Sony consoles including the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and mobile devices. With development across the globe, GameMill is a source of entertaining and fun games for all ages. For more information, please visit https://gamemill.com.

About Discovery Channel

Discovery Channel is dedicated to creating the highest quality non-fiction content that informs and entertains its consumers about the world in all its wonder, diversity and amazement. The network, which is distributed to 100.8 million U.S. homes, can be seen in 224 countries and territories, offering a signature mix of compelling, high-end production values and vivid cinematography across genres including, science and technology, exploration, adventure, history and in-depth, behind-the-scenes glimpses at the people, places and organizations that shape and share our world. For more information, please visit www.discovery.com.

About Discovery, Inc

Discovery, Inc. (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK) is a global leader in real life entertainment, serving a passionate audience of superfans around the world with content that inspires, informs and entertains. Discovery delivers over 8,000 hours of original programming each year and has category leadership across deeply loved content genres around the world. Available in 220 countries and territories and nearly 50 languages, Discovery is a platform innovator, reaching viewers on all screens, including TV Everywhere products such as the GO portfolio of apps; direct-to-consumer streaming services such as Eurosport Player and MotorTrend OnDemand; digital-first and social content from Group Nine Media; a landmark natural history and factual content partnership with the BBC; and a strategic alliance with PGA TOUR to create the international home of golf. Discovery’s portfolio of premium brands includes Discovery Channel, HGTV, Food Network, TLC, Investigation Discovery, Travel Channel, MotorTrend, Animal Planet, and Science Channel, as well as OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network in the U.S., Discovery Kids in Latin America, and Eurosport, the leading provider of locally relevant, premium sports and Home of the Olympic Games across Europe. For more information, please visit corporate.discovery.com and follow @DiscoveryIncTV across social platforms.

Watch Strife and Malgros the Defiler Face-off in new CGI trailer

PC/Stadia: December 5, 2019
All Consoles: February 14, 2020, Valentine’s Day
Darksiders Genesis PC Pre-Order Kicks Off with a 15% Discount

Vienna, Austria and Austin, Texas, October 22, 2019 – THQ Nordic and Airship Syndicate today kicked off the PC pre-order campaign for the highly anticipated Darksiders Genesis, the first top-down action adventure in Darksiders franchise history featuring couch co-op and online co-op #togetherthroughhell #GunsNHorses #notalone

Watch Strife having a good old scuffle with Malgros the Defiler here

Pre-Order on PC here: https://darksiders.com/order-here/

Darksiders Genesis features the debut of the fourth and final horsemen – STRIFE – who can battle alongside his brother and fellow horsemen WAR in the first ever Darksiders two-player co-op mode. Solo players will be able to alternate between STRIFE and WAR on the fly, taking advantage of STRIFE’s ranged and WAR’s melee style attacks. Both characters can build up a special attack meter that, when activated, temporarily turns them into a colossal creature that leaves epic destruction in its wake.    

Darksiders Genesis is currently in development for PC, Google Stadia and all current-gen console platforms. The PC and Google Stadia versions of Darksiders Genesis will release on December 5, 2019. The console versions will release on Valentine’s Day, February 14, 2020. More information about Darksiders Genesis here www.darksiders.com. For the latest news and updates, follow @darksiders on Facebook/Twitter or @thqnordic on Instagram.

About Darksiders Genesis

Darksiders Genesis is an action/adventure that tears its way through hordes of demons, angels, and everything in-between on its way to Hell and back with guns blazing and swords swinging. Genesis gives players their first look at the world of Darksiders before the events of the original game, as well as introduces the horseman Strife.

Features

• Blast angels and demons as the gunslinging Horseman Strife, playable for the first time
• Swap between the powerful swordsman War and Strife instantly in frenetic, single-player gameplay
• Explore the epic world of Darksiders and wreak havoc with a friend in two-player cooperative mode
• Experience a brand new story campaign that takes place before the original Darksiders, exploring the origin of the Seven Seals
• Grow in strength and power as you collect items, abilities, weapon enhancements, creature cores and more

About THQ Nordic
Our official boiler plate can be found on our website:THQ Nordic Website

LONDON — Oct. 22, 2019 — Developer SFB Games is happy to announce that the thrilling mystery game Tangle Tower has launched today on Nintendo Switch and Windows PC/Mac via Steam. Starring detective duo Grimoire and sass-giving Sally, Tangle Tower takes you to a strange and twisted mansion where a murder has taken place. The problem? The key suspect is… a painting?!

Nothing that Detective Grimoire hasn’t seen before! Investigate this bizarre murder case and solve the mystery clouding Tangle Tower. Hunt for clues, interrogate eccentric suspects and untangle many brain-twisting puzzles. Explore a beautiful, digitally-painted world brought to you by the creative vision behind titles such as Detective Grimoire, Haunt the House, and Snipperclips. Cross-examine the fully voiced and animated cast of quirky characters and solve the strangest murder mystery of all time.

Tangle Tower is now available on Nintendo Switch and Steam for $19.99/£15.49/€16.79, with a 20% launch discount until October 28.

For more information, please visit the game on the Nintendo eShop and Steam. You can also play Tangle Tower on Apple Arcade.

About SFB Games

SFB Games is a British independent game studio founded by brothers Tom and Adam Vian, who have been making games together since 2003. They’re passionate about designing unique games with a focus on fun, color, artistry and innovation. These particular design philosophies lined up well with Nintendo, when the two companies worked closely together to create the Nintendo Switch launch title Snipperclips – Cut it out, together!

SFB Games often collaborate with game artist/illustrator Catherine Unger, who has provided art for most of their games since 2014.

The highly stylized acclaimed brawler comes to Switch with tons of characters, content, features and more

Oct. 22, 2019 (LOS ANGELES, Calif.) – Skullgirls 2^nd Encore, the fast-paced 2D fighting game featuring fierce warriors in an extraordinary Dark Deco world, is out now on Nintendo Switch. Developed by Lab Zero Games and published by Skybound Games, Skullgirls 2^nd Encore is available today by digital download via the Nintendo eShop for $24.99: https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/skullgirls-2nd-encore-switch/

Skullgirls 2^nd Encore delivers a modern take on classic arcade fighters with a high-definition, hand-drawn twist. Unique gameplay mechanics, gorgeous animations, and creative characters with tons of personality make it a blast for both hardcore fighting game fans and newcomers alike.

Originally released in 2012, Skullgirls has amassed a dedicated fanbase over the years, releasing across multiple platforms, but never before on a Nintendo system. Skullgirls 2^nd Encore on Switch supports two players, both online and locally, and features all the extra DLC the game has received on other platforms, including new characters, a fully voiced Story Mode, unique challenges, helpful trials, color options and an endless Survival Mode.

Skullgirls 2^nd Encore is rated T (Teen) by the ESRB. For more information about Skullgirls, visit https://www.skybound.com/skullgirls.

About Skybound Games

Skybound Games is a division of Skybound Entertainment with the capability produce tabletop and video games. The team works closely with creators to expand their unique and exceptional IP to new platforms. Skybound Games’ slate across video games includes Telltale’s The Walking Dead, Baldur’s Gate, and Slime Rancher. The tabletop slate includes Pitchstorm, Superfight, and The Walking Dead: Something to Fear. Skybound Games can be found on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

GET READY TO FIGHT ON-THE-GO WITH THE GLOBAL LAUNCH OF NETMARBLE’S THE KING OF FIGHTERS ALLSTAR

Relive the Legacy of SNK’s THE KING OF FIGHTERS through Intense Fighting Action and Beat-em-up Gameplay with Every Iconic Fighter from KOF’94 to KOFXIV

SEOUL, KOREA – OCT. 22, 2019 – Step into the arena with Netmarble! The company, in collaboration with SNK, has announced that its long-awaited and latest mobile action role-playing game (RPG) THE KING OF FIGHTERS ALLSTAR is now available for download on Google Play and the App Store. Based on the famous fighting game series THE KING OF FIGHTERS (KOF), players will collect and train their favorite fighters from across the entirety of the franchise from KOF’94 to KOFXIV, and experience the rich history of KOF on mobile platforms.

At launch, players can join in the fast-paced fighting and beat-em up action by battling through enemy waves, larger-than-life bosses, and rival teams across many game modes, including Story Mode, Time Attack Mode, Player vs. Player (PvP), and a real-time Tournament Mode. The intense action is paired with cutting-edge graphics, bold colors, lightning-fast actions, and over 130 collectible fighters to collect & upgrade at launch, with more characters to be added over time. THE KING OF FIGHTERS ALLSTAR delivers a wealth of content and nostalgia, providing hours of fun for franchise fans and gamers who are new to KOF.

“High-quality presentation, intense fighting gameplay, and stand-out characters are some of many reasons why THE KING OF FIGHTERS is popular with players. As KOF fans ourselves, we truly enjoyed working closely with SNK in creating THE KING OF FIGHTERS ALLSTAR, and we are eager to see how this game evolves with KOF over time,” said Shin Hwa Cho, Executive Producer of Netmarble.

THE KING OF FIGHTERS ALLSTAR lets players become the hero of the KOF series as they take on the role of an amnesiac person who is saved by a spirited woman named Noah, who then needs rescuing herself. After discovering the power to fight as any KOF fighter with signature moves at their disposal, players enter the King of Fighters tournaments to uncover their memory, become even stronger, and re-experience KOF’s fast-paced fighting history.

Players can also look forward to the following after launch:

• Pre-Registration Rewards – For reaching one million pre-registrations, players can look forward to special rewards, including:
  • 1x 5★ Fighter Selector
  • 500 Rubies
  • 1x Baseball Yuri Character
  • 1x Baseball Yuri Battle Card
  • 10x Plus Capsule Boxes and 10x Rare EXP Capsules
  • 1x Kusanagi Kyo Battle Cards for Google Play users, or 1x Yagami Iori Battle Card for App Store users.

• Launch Events – Additional events for players to experience include:
  • [Orochi Iori] / [Orochi Leona] Special Gacha Event – Players will have 28 days to acquire some of KOF’s most popular characters in celebration of the launch.
  • Special Roulette Event – Players will earn free roulette tickets during gameplay, which can be used to acquire various Character Growth Materials.
  • Special Login Bonus – By logging in for seven days, players can earn rewards, such as a Fighter/Battle Card Gacha Ticket, 400 Rubies, and Growth Materials.
  • Festival Events – After completing special missions, including the ‘Welcome Super Mission’ and the ‘Elements Festival’, players will earn popular fighters to add to their roster of KOF characters.

“Netmarble is a fantastic partner to work with as their expertise on developing thrilling mobile games, and their reverence for THE KING OF FIGHTERS franchise, resulted in a truly unique and fun way to experience KOF,” said Yasuyuki Oda, Game division studio producer at SNK. “KOF and fighting game fans can look forward to taking their favorite characters on-the-go while new players can learn more about what makes KOF special with THE KING OF FIGHTERS ALLSTAR.”

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

Prior to its global launch, THE KING OF FIGHTERS ALLSTAR was the #1 downloaded title in Korea and Japan. It was #2 in revenue generated on Google Play in Korea, #1 in revenue generated on the App Store in Korea, and #7 in revenue earned in Japan across both platforms.  The game currently has 100 million fighters collected, with 14 million cumulative players for Korea and Japan alone.

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, and the largest shareholder to Jam City, a leading casual social game developer, 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 SNK

SNK is a game maker based in Osaka, Japan. It has the world’s most popular fighting games including ‘The King of Fighters’, ‘Samurai Showdown’ and ‘Fatal Fury’ series, and action games such as ‘Metal Slug’ series in console and smartphone platform. ‘THE KING OF FIGHTERS XIV’ was released in 2016. In celebration of the 40th anniversary of the SNK brand in 2018, it released ‘NEOGEO mini’, a game machine containing its popular games. It released the latest game title, ‘SAMURAI SHODOWN’ in 2019.

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BRAND-NEW LAUNCH TRAILER! Delve into a world of fear, conspiracy and insanity, as cosmic horror game Moons of Madness has now been released on PC.

OSLO, Norway – Oct 22nd, 2019 – You are about to find out why the moons orbiting Mars are named after the Greek words for terror (deimos) and fear (phobos), as developer Rock Pocket Games and publisher Funcom today released cosmic horror game Moons of Madness on PC.

“There is no better time of year to release Moons of Madness than for Halloween,” says Joel Bylos, Chief Creative Officer of Funcom. “The dark atmosphere of the game, the eerie sounds and creatures you will encounter, the terror you must overcome should all contribute to make Moons of Madness a perfect fit.”

The Norwegian game developer studio Rock Pocket Games has had Moons of Madness as a passion project for a long time, even before Funcom started supporting the game. 

“We wanted to make a game that touches on your inner struggles, as well as the threats you face from the outside, in true Lovecraftian manner,” says Ivan Moen, CEO of Rock Pocket Games. “Now that the game is finally out, we can’t wait to see how players will react.”

The highly anticipated game couples Lovecraftian horror with Mars exploration, and lets you assume the role of Shane Newehart, chief engineer on a research facility 140 million miles away from home. Your job is to make sure all systems run as they should on the Mars base, but after awakening from a disconcerting dream – you begin to realize that you may be in over your head. You’re quickly going to have to rely on your calm, your problem-solving skills and your ability to outrun terrifying creatures, as you delve deeper and deeper into a world of fear, conspiracy and madness.

Moons of Madness is set in the same thematic universe as Funcom’s The Secret World, where conspiracies and dark secrets are commonplace. And although The Secret World-players will recognize certain names and themes, playing one is by no means a prerequisite to enjoy the other.

Moons of Madness is available on Steam for $24.99/€24.99 (pricing may differ across territories). 

The game is also, starting today, available for pre-orders on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 for $29.99/€29.99. The game will be released on console January 21st, 2020.

For more information, please visit www.moonsofmadness.com.

About Funcom
Funcom is an independent developer and publisher of online games for PC and consoles. Funcom has provided outstanding entertainment since 1993 and continues to expand its track-record of more than twenty released games. Titles include ‘Conan Exiles‘, ‘Secret World Legends, ‘Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures’, ‘The Longest Journey’, ‘Anarchy Online’, ‘The Park’, and ‘Dreamfall: The Longest Journey’. For corporate information please visit www.funcom.com. For information about Funcom games visit www.conanexiles.com, www.secretworldlegends.com, www.anarchy-online.com, www.dreamfall.com, www.theparkgame.com, www.conanexiles.com, or www.ageofconan.com. Funcom is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange under the ticker FUNCOM.

The first in a new series of dev diaries goes behind the scenes with Narrative Designer Benjamin Kuhn and Art Director Michael Teske

HAMBURG, Germany — Oct. 22, 2019 — Daedalic Entertainment has published the first in a new series of developer diaries about its upcoming team-based real-time strategy game, A Year Of Rain. Narrative Designer Benjamin Kuhn and Art Director Michael Teske discuss the freedom the fantasy genre allows them, the ways in which two-player co-op can shape storytelling, and how each faction plays a unique part in the game’s rich world.

This dev diary also introduces for the first time A Year Of Rain’s third playable faction — the Wild Banners. As the name suggests, this faction is an amalgam of reclusive nomads, tribes, and monstrous humanoids. They are fierce survivalists ready to fight for every scrap of this harsh world.

The heroes leading the Wild Banner armies are every bit as diverse as the faction itself. The Gnoll Chieftain boosts and heals his allies while unleashing a barrage of arrows on his foes. The stealthy and mobile hellspawn Shadowdancer is extremely lethal against single enemies. And the fungal creature known as The Myconid controls the battlefield with spores and minions while supporting allies with symbiotic boosts.

A Year Of Rain will launch on Steam Early Access on Nov. 6, 2019. Wishlist the game on Steam, and for more information, please visit: Official website: https://www.ayearofrain.com

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Do you feel that chill running up your spine, Vault Hunter? It must be the call of Bloody Harvest, the first free seasonal event for Borderlands 3!Today we’re excited to announce that Bloody Harvest will run from October 24 through December 5.

If you haven’t already heard, this supremely spooky in-game event features tons of fresh content, including Haunted enemy types, the Terror combat mechanic, a new unique Legendary weapon, and a new boss fight against the fearsome Captain Haunt. If you manage to survive the creepy challenges of Bloody Harvest, you can earn cosmetic rewards, including Vault Hunter skins, a weapon trinket, and more.

For new details on how Bloody Harvest will work, as well as additional information about the terrors, challenges, and rewards that await you, please refer to this blog. You can also download Bloody Harvest screenshots by clicking here. And to check out some spooky jack-o’-lantern stencils, cosplay guides, and other festive, community-focused content, check out this post.