Ride the Wave in TERA PC’s ‘Crescent Sea’ Update in February

En Masse Entertainment Announces Latest Free Update Including High Seas Adventures and Elin Valkyrie

SEATTLE, January 30, 2020 — En Masse Entertainment, a player-driven publisher focused on delivering great games and great service, today revealed early details for the publishers first free content update of the year coming to their True Action Combat MMORPG on PC, TERA. Launching in February, the ‘Crescent Sea’ update introduces the elin valkyrie class combination to join her castanic counterpart, wielding a massive runeglaive with deadly precision despite their shorter stature. To make room for this new combination, En Masse increased the total number of characters slots to 23.

This update also takes max-level players to the open ocean in the Sea of Honor five-player dungeon. Having already taken to the skies and defeated enemies on soaring sky ships, the Sea of Honor dungeon brings players to the high seas of TERA aboard the Goldenscale treasure ship, where players must battle against monsters and other seafaring vessels and avoid falling into the briny deep. Navigating these open waters requires special attention: Players can only enter this dungeon after acquiring a Sea of Honor Voyage Map held by both dungeon and field bosses. Only one player in the group needs the map to begin the dungeon, with maps determining the difficulty and rewards contained within.

Additional details about ‘Crescent Sea’ update TERA on PC, including a release date for the update, will be posted on the En Masse website in the coming week.

Stay up to date on all the latest information for TERA by following the game on Twitter, Facebook and Discord, or check out the TERA web page.

About En Masse Entertainment

Based in Seattle, Washington, En Masse Entertainment embodies the evolution of modern game publishing. The company’s mission is to publish great games and provide great service. Beginning in 2012 with their inaugural MMORPG title, TERA, continuing with the anime-action fighter, Closers, and now with the turn-based strategy game, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics, En Masse Entertainment has built a track record of excellence and innovation. The team at En Masse includes experts in online technology, live service, branding, community, and player support, allowing them to thrive as a publisher in the digital era. For more information, visit enmasse.com.

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Infiltrate Humanity as an Anxious Android in Speaking Simulator Today

Available Now on Nintendo Switch and Steam

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA – 31 January, 2020 – Speaking Simulator, the hilarious game about an android struggling to infiltrate human society, dominates social situations with perfect pronunciation on Nintendo Switch and Steam today.

Create an android with the goal of living among and eventually subjugating the good people of Earth. Learn their mannerisms, their customs, their pastimes, and their way of speaking. Equipped with advanced speech emulation technology, it should be no problem at all. And yet…

Talking is not always easy for humans. This “human” tends towards awkward pauses, excessive eye contact, and inappropriate mouth noises. Wield tricky QWOP-style controls to manipulate the android’s lips and tongue to form accurate meat noises that hopefully sound something like words. Execute perfect gesticulation and the world will not stand a chance.

Scenarios start off as basic watercooler chat but quickly become more complicated. Challenges like shoveling peas into the android’s mouth mid-sentence make the inherent pain of human interaction even more apparent. The poor robot has an adverse reaction to people becoming suspicious of it: as it flubs more words, its face gradually starts to smoke and eventually explode. Emulating and infiltrating humanity with half a face might be…difficult.

The smoother the speech, the higher the score, allowing for more upgrades to ramp up the difficulty and the score threshold. Optimize Socio-Optic Dynamics to adjust eye contact with suspicious humans. Choose to install some new Expressive Facial Pistons to activate eyebrow wiggling to express intricate human face emotions. PC players can use their own faces to manipulate the android by enabling the webcam controller option in the control settings.

“01000100 01101111 00100000 01101110 01101111 01110100 00100000 01110001 01110101 01100101 01110011 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 00100000 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01101000 01110101 01101101 01100001 01101110 01101001 01110100 01111001,” said Jed Dawson, co-founder at Affable Games. “Making words is hard, but making words in front of humans is harderer. That is why we made Speaking Simulator. So humans like us can speak to other humans.”

Speaking Simulator is available in English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Russian, Korean and Traditional and Simplified Chinese today on PC/Mac via Steam. Korean, Russian and Simplified and Traditional Chinese will be available on Switch at a later date, with all other languages available at launch.

To learn more, please visit the game’s official site and Discord or follow the game on Twitter and Facebook.

About Affable Games

With a total of ten years of experience working at Halfbrick Studios on titles like Fruit Ninja, Jetpack Joyride, and Age of Zombies, Jordan Comino and Jed Dawson set out to make their own company. Their philosophy is to make amazing games with innovative, intuitive controls, and be great to people.

To learn more about Affable Games please visit the studio’s official website.

Embark on an All-New Puzzle Popping Vacation Adventure: Disney Getaway Blast Now Available on App Store, Google Play, and Microsoft Store

Take a Break Blasting Puzzles with Beloved Disney and Pixar Pals on an Island Vacation Like No Other

Paris, January 30^th, 2020 – Gameloft, leader in the development and publishing of games, announced today that Disney Getaway Blast is now available on the App Store, Google Play, and Microsoft Store. The holiday never ends as Disney Getaway Blast takes players along with beloved Disney and Pixar characters to an enchanted island paradise, home to a wide variety of locales and challenges. Relax on tropical Lowkey Beach, climb to the Ski Lift at Snowpeak Pass or explore the Treasure Lagoon at Smuggler’s Dunes – and much, much more.

Players also restore island locations through hundreds of physics-based, bubble popping puzzles with the help of adorably designed Disney and Pixar pals. This quirky take on iconic Disney and Pixar characters adds to the playful, relaxed mood of the game.

In Disney Getaway Blast, players pop groupings of matched bubbles and use unique, vacation-tailored game mechanics to complete various objectives. They can collect over thirty characters such as Stitch, Belle, Mrs. Incredible, Minnie Mouse, Anna, Buzz Lightyear, Aladdin and many more, each providing special abilities like Elsa’s ice magic to recolor puzzle tiles or the Genie’s power-up generator skill to tackle the trickiest puzzles. In between rounds, players unwind by decorating their islands with themes inspired by unlocked Disney and Pixar characters, and can even pose the busy characters to snap photos for their vacation album collection.

“It has been such a joy creating Disney Getaway Blast,” said Thomas Aurick, VP of Creation at Gameloft. “It all started by wondering how all those characters unwind when they are not going on epic adventures, and working with Disney to tell that story and even create our own quirky interpretations of their characters has been a total gift. Seeing everyone from Mickey Mouse to Stitch to the gang from Toy Story all coming together in this game is a dream come true, and we hope players feel the same and enjoy creating their own vacation islands.”

Download Disney Getaway Blast here.

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About Gameloft

Leader in the development and publishing of games, Gameloft® has established itself as one of the top innovators in its field since 2000. Gameloft creates games for all digital platforms, two of which are featured in the “Top 10 iOS Games by All-Time Worldwide Downloads” from App Annie. Gameloft operates its own established franchises such as Asphalt®, Dragon Mania Legends, Modern Combat and Dungeon Hunter and also partners with major rights holders including Disney®, LEGO®, Universal, Illumination Entertainment, Hasbro®, Fox Digital Entertainment, Mattel®, Lamborghini® and Ferrari®. Gameloft distributes its games in over 100 countries and employs 4,600 people worldwide. Every month, 80 million unique users can be reached by advertisers in Gameloft games with Gameloft Advertising Solutions, a leading B2B offering dedicated to brands and agencies. Gameloft is a Vivendi company.

All trademarks referenced above are owned by their respective trademark owners.

First Project Announced Under the New Group Company is EvilvEvil, a New Vampire Shooter Game, from Toadman Studios, Sold Out and PETROL

STOCKHOLM – January 30, 2020 – Enad Global 7 (EG7), a new global interactive entertainment group, today unveiled itself in conjunction with the announcement of the first project to fully benefit from the diverse skill set of the group, EvilvEvil, developed by Toadman Studios (formerly Toadman Interactive). EG7 is comprised of established companies from around the world that specialize in interactive entertainment. Its mission is to provide a platform of services through its group companies to create leading game IP and deliver games to audiences around the world. The new family of companies aims to create a clear distinction between the parent EG7 and the game developer Toadman Studios (formerly Toadman Interactive).

The first project from Toadman Studios of the EG7 group is EvilvEvil, a slick vampire shooter, and will be supported by publisher Sold Out, and creative agency Petrol Advertising (PETROL). EvilvEvil will serve as the inaugural EG7 project that reflects the cross functional approach of bringing together separate companies across the video game and entertainment space, to produce a true unison of development, marketing, and branding.

EvilvEvil is a co-op first-person vampire shooter with a player-directed, continuously updated storyline. Its cast of characters will bring ultracool vampires with a heavy dose of attitude and other monstrosities. The current release window is set to be end of 2020. More information on the game will be released at the Game Developers Conference (GDC) in San Francisco, March 16 – 20. “The unveiling of EG7 is an important step in clarifying our transformation from solely a developer into a group of companies that covers the entire gaming value chain.,” said Robin Flodin, CEO at EG7. “We are also happy to announce EvilvEvil as a super cool project that we have worked on for quite a while and it’s amazing seeing the results of the group coming together while working with different parts of the process.”

The EG7 family, to date, consists of Toadman Studios, Antimatter Games, PETROL Advertising and Sold Out Publishing, among others. With more than 200 employees, EG7 companies represent a global audience with offices located in six countries and will continue to provide the gaming industry with development, marketing, publishing and distribution services parallel to supporting internal group projects.

In addition to EvilvEvil and the previously announced games,the team at Sold Out will publish several more titles in 2020. More information about EG7 can be found on the company’s newly launched website: enadglobal7.com

About EG7

EG7 is a family of companies within the gaming industry that develops, markets, publishes and distributes PC, console and mobile games to the global gaming market. The company employs 100+ game developers and develops its own original IP:s, as well as act as consultants to other publishers around the world through its game development divisions Toadman Studios and Antimatter Games. In addition, the group’s marketing agency Petrol has contributed to the release of 1,500+ titles, of which many are world famous brands such as Call of Duty, Destiny, Dark Souls and Rage. The group’s publishing and distribution company Sold Out holds expertise in both physical and digital publishing and has previously worked with Team 17, Rebellion and Frontier Developments. The group is headquartered in Stockholm with 200 employees in 8 offices worldwide.

About Toadman Studios

Founded in 2013 as Toadman Interactive by industry veterans and based in Sweden, Toadman Studios is a video game developer with offices in Stockholm, Oslo, Berlin, and Tver. Synonymous with RPG expertise and driven by a desire to create unique experiences, Toadman now consists of over 80 passionate employees. Before joining Toadman, the company’s talented developers were involved in producing games such as Battlefield 4, Mad Max, and Just Cause. Toadman Studios has additional development studios in Norway, Germany, and Russia.For more information, visit toadmaninteractive.com.

About Sold Out

Sold Out combines a wealth of experience with youth to form its close-knit team. Publishing for physical and digital distribution, Sold Out has had the joy of working with Team 17, Rebellion, Frontier Developments, and other indie developers. For more information on Sold Out and its upcoming titles, visit the official website at soldout.uk.com.

About PETROL

PETROL is a creative marketing company comprising a team of experts in Creative Development, Campaign and Go-To Market Strategy as well as Media Planning/Buying across gaming, tech, and sports. PETROL was founded in 2003 by Alan J. Hunter and Benjamin A. Granados. PETROL has pioneered the business of creating iconic Visuals/Trailers/Content and Marketing Strategies for the global entertainment market, largely focused on the Gaming vertical. This approach has created incredible success for their clients and partner brands. For further information, please visit http://www.petrolad.com.

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Free Prologue Chapter Launches Today for Hit JRPG, Edge of Eternity

Chapter 0: The Seeds of Destruction brings a new beginning to the world of Heryon

Montpellier, France (January 30, 2020) – Developer Midgard Studio and publisher Dear Villagers today launched another free major update to their ambitious Early Access JRPG Edge of Eternity, which is currently available on Steam Early Access. The new update, titled Chapter 0: The Seeds of Destruction, is a prologue for the game, and will serve as a brand new story-rich introduction to the world of Edge of Eternity. Chapter 0 adds around 2 hours of new content to the beginning of the game, including new cutscenes, music and a brand new tutorial, as well as introducing random battle encounters and difficulty levels to the game for the first time.

In Chapter 0: The Seeds of Destruction players will explore the dark, complicated past of Edge of Eternity’s main characters, Daryon and Selene, find out more behind the nature of the all-consuming Corrosion and learn about the menace that threatens the world of Heryon. It will serve as the perfect introduction to Edge of Eternity for new players, as well as adding new depth to the story for all existing players.

Free major updates will continue to expand the game world (which already offers more than 25 hours of gripping gameplay), improve existing content, and adding major new story chapters throughout the Early Access period, ahead of the full launch on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation®4.

Edge of Eternity was made possible by over 4,000 fans who made the game a reality via a successful Kickstarter campaign. The crowdfunding was so successful that Midgard Studio were able to work with the legendary JRPG composer of Chrono Trigger Yasunori Mitsuda. You can hear the result of that partnership on the latest trailer on the Steam Store Page.

About Edge of Eternity:

• Ambitious new JRPG adventure being developed by 9-person indie studio, taking influences from both Japanese & Western RPGs
• On Steam Early Access now, with the game world expanding and major new story chapters added throughout the Early Access period
• Full launch will be coming to PlayStation 4 & Xbox One, as well as PC
• Successfully Kickstarted by fans in 2015, reaching almost 4x the campaign goal
• A stunning soundtrack including contributions from Chrono Trigger & Xenoblade Chronicles composer Yasunori Mitsuda

LINKS:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/eoegame

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EoeGame/

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CLOSED BETA TESTING SIGN-UPS NOW OPEN FOR NEW BATTLE ROYALE-MOBA-RPG HUNTER’S ARENA: LEGENDS

As revealed during WWE Royal Rumble, 30,000 players from around the world will be among the first to experience the stylish, beautifully-rendered worlds of Hunter’s Arena: Legends during CBT from Feb. 20 – 23

SEOUL – Jan. 30, 2020 – Steam players in select regions around the world today can get ready to rumble in Hunter’s Arena: Legends, the highly-anticipated battle royale, MOBA and Action RPG hybrid from breakout development studio Mantisco. Players can register through the Mantisco portal for a chance to participate in the official Closed Beta Test. Specific dates and times for each region include:

• America: Thursday, Feb. 20 to Sunday, Feb. 23 from 6 p.m. to 12 p.m. (GMT -7)
• Europe: Thursday, Feb. 20 to Sunday, Feb. 23 from 6 p.m. to 12 p.m. (GMT +1)
• Asia: Thursday, Feb. 20 to Sunday, Feb. 23 from 6 p.m. to 12 p.m. (GMT +9)

Among the players who sign up for the official Hunter’s Arena: Legends Closed Beta Test, 10,000 lucky players will be selected from each America, Europe and Asia to participate.

Players can also tune in during the Closed Beta Test period to check out more than 150 popular streamers and content creators playing Hunter’s Arena: Legends. Community members can also watch the latest never-before-seen Hunter’s Arena: Legends trailer that debuted during WWE Royal Rumble on Sunday, Jan. 26 here.

In Hunter’s Arena: Legends,magical yet dark landscapes beckon combatants into an enchanted realm where 60 players enter and only one leaves. From snowy mountains to dense forest to dangerous lava fields, detailed and semi-realistic terrain impacts how players do battle. Special dungeon areas allow players the choice to work together to fight boss monsters for powerful rewards. Additional Hunter’s Arena: Legends features include:

• Unique Character Classes – Classic MOBA-inspired character classes offer players unique ways to compete for glory. Every player class offers different strengths and weaknesses, along with countless skill and equipment upgrades;
• Solo and Team Play – Players must balance aggressive and strategic game styles by going head-to-head or by teaming up to take down daunting computer-generated bosses;
• Lightning-Quick Combat – A unique fighting system allows for strategic combos including parrying, a counter system and more for smooth online tournaments;
• Gorgeous Arenas – Hunter’s Arena: Legends utilizes Unreal Engine technology to create detailed character models and an immersive world.

More information about Hunter’s Arena: Legends for members of the press:

• Official Steam page
• Official Twitter page
• Official in-game trailer

ABOUT MANTISCO

Mantisco is an independent game studio based in Seoul, Korea. The team is composed of industry veterans that worked on such games as Street Fighter 3, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Lineage 2, Counter-Strike Online, Blade & Soul and more.

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XP ESPORTS LAUNCHES RAINBOW SIX SIEGE ANZ WOMEN’S LEAGUE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH UBISOFT

Registrations are open for the $3,000 tournament

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – January 30, 2020 – Today, Ubisoft announced it will be partnering with XP Esports to launch the first ANZ Rainbow Six Siege Women’s League. Open to all women across Australia and New Zealand who have a passion for video game culture and esports, the season will kick off on the 4^th of March 2020, and will provide an exciting and sustainable tournament for aspiring players to prove their skills.

Brodie Fisher, Director of XP Esports, said, “As Director of Events for XP Esports, I am extremely pleased to announce the creation of an exciting, women’s esports competition for both online and offline professional events. We want to grow and develop the competitive women’s scene, as well as nurture new talent of all ages in professional and fun environments..”

Tegan Whitehead, Women’s League Director, said “I am very excited to be working with XP Esports and Ubisoft on this league. We hope to see content creators, gamers of all levels and spectators fully support this event to ensure we are creating a fantastic future and opportunities for women in gaming.”

The tournament will begin Sunday 1^st March and players can register on the XP Esports website here. Entry is free and the $3,000 AUD prize pool is as follows:

1st: $1,500 AUD

2nd: $1,000 AUD

3rd: $500 AUD

For more information about Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six esports, please visit http://www.rainbow6.com/esports and follow us at https://twitter.com/Rainbow6ANZ.

About Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege

Alongside a thriving professional esports scene and a community of over 50 million registered players, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege puts players in the middle of a fast-paced, ever-evolving multiplayer experience grounded in the selection of unique Operators. Using the right mix of tactics and destruction, Rainbow Six teams engage their enemies in sieges, where both sides have exclusive skills and gadgets at their disposal. Defenders prepare by transforming the environments around them into modern strongholds, while attackers use recon drones to gain intel for carefully planning their assault. With access to dozens of Operators inspired by real world counter-intelligence agents from around the globe, players can choose exactly how they want to approach each challenge they encounter. Through the constant addition of new Operators and maps that add to the depth of both strategy and combat, the unpredictability of each round of Rainbow Six Siege sets a new bar for intensity and competition in gaming.

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, Just Dance, Tom Clancy’s video game series, Rayman, Far Cry and Watch Dogs. 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.ubisoft.com.

Dungeon Defenders: Awakened Advances Toward Early Access on Feb. 21

Nintendo Switch to launch with PC 1.0, PlayStation 4, Xbox One to follow later this year

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – 30 Jan. 2020 – Dungeon Defenders: Awakened, the epic return of Chromatic Games’ multimillion-selling co-op tower defense action RPG series, fortifies Windows PC with its Steam Early Access debut on 21 Feb. 2020 ahead of a 1.0 release alongside the Nintendo Switch version in Q2 2020. During the Early Access period, the team will incorporate community feedback to ensure the best possible experience across all platforms.

The Early Access build will contain nearly everything in the full base game, including 12 levels, four playable heroes, and virtually endless enemies to defeat. Throughout Early Access, Chromatic Games will implement emergent community feedback, polish, and other surprises for dedicated Defenders to enjoy.

As the despicable Old Ones hatch a time-traveling plot to rewrite history and undo the events of the original Dungeon Defenders, the young heroes of Etheria must reunite once again to ward off the forces of evil. Return to this vibrant fantasy world, take up arms, and battle waves of enemies across a collection of all-new arenas and reimagined fan favorites.

Join the fray by forming a team of up to four champions and choose between as many playable characters (with more to come after launch). Each hero possesses their own distinct combat style and special abilities. Harness these powers and work together to protect the legendary Eternia Crystals while building defensive fortifications to repel even the most imposing of foes.

Construct strongholds to slow the approaching hordes of orcs, goblins, dark elves, and other monstrosities while unleashing mighty attacks and devastating spells to turn the tide of battle. Survive the onslaught to earn new loot, reliable pet companions, and more customization options to prepare for the fights to come and epic showdowns with new larger-than-life bosses.

Forge a unique arsenal and enjoy countless hours of fast-paced medieval fantasy action across online and local co-op multiplayer matches spanning a legendary campaign with a new story, the progressively challenging Survival Mode, a tactical Pure Strategy Mode, the no-respawns Hardcore Mode, and a chaotic Mixed Mode sure to keep even veteran players on their toes.

“Dungeon Defenders: Awakened is the culmination of our work on the Dungeon Defenders franchise. Pushing our 1.0 launch allows us to work with our community during Steam Early Access, implementing valuable player-driven changes and feedback accrued from over thousands of Beta surveys,” said Augi Lye, co-founder, Chromatic Games. “Our amazing community comes first! We feel it’s important that Awakened is the best game during its full release to do right by our players. We’re excited to bring seasoned Defenders and newcomers alike into the world of Dungeon Defenders: Awakened on Steam for our PC Early Access coming 21 Feb., with the full release for PC and Nintendo Switch in Q2 2020!”

Dungeon Defenders: Awakened features English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese language options. After arriving on Steam Early Access, Dungeon Defenders: Awakened will launch for PC and Nintendo Switch in Q2 2020 with cross-save functionality followed by PlayStation 4 and Xbox One shortly thereafter.

For more information about Dungeon Defenders: Awakened, please visit the official website, follow the development team on Twitter and Facebook, and join the community on Discord.

About Chromatic Games

Chromatic Games is a new independent game studio based in Gainesville, Florida comprised of key original Dungeon Defenders developers, industry veterans, and fresh talent. Dedicated to forging player-first experiences in a fun, supportive environment, the team aims to revisit its roots with a rejuvenated mindset, building this beloved franchise up to reach new heights.

To learn more about Chromatic Games, please visit the studio’s website.

ALL-NEW REAL-TIME PVP MOBILE GAME MAGIC: MANASTRIKE OFFICIALLY LAUNCHES WORLDWIDE FOR MOBILE DEVICES

Send Your Planeswalkers into the Heart of the Battle with Customized Decks and

Powerful Combos through Epic Real-Time Strategy Combat

LOS ANGELES – JANUARY 30, 2020 – Today, Netmarble Corp. is officially summoning Magic: ManaStrike worldwide, its first-ever game for the Wizards of the Coast franchise Magic: The Gathering. Players can now bring Magic to life by downloading the game on the App Store and Google Play.

Magic: ManaStrike is an all-new game that takes the excitement of Magic: The Gathering’s vast lore in a whole new direction with a fast-paced PVP strategy game. After losing a war with the Planeswalkers, Magic: The Gathering’s most powerful villain Nicol Bolas creates a parallel universe to find the Planeswalkers’ weaknesses. Players enter a contract with Nicol Bolas to provide combat data by controlling Planeswalkers and units in his universe.

“Netmarble and Wizards of the Coast worked closely for a long time to ensure Magic: ManaStrike is a new gameplay style that will be enjoyable for all players, but stays true to Magic: The Gathering’s roots and is authentic and enjoyable to fans,” said Joe Lee, Executive Producer at Netmarble. “Thanks to our partnership, we are excited to deliver a Magic: The Gathering experience that introduces real-time battles for mobile players, yet maintains core features from the original IP for fans.”

Fast-paced and easy to learn, fans can experience dynamic real-time battles with anyone from around the world in three-minute matches. During battle, players will be able to summon units, cast spells, and command powerful Planeswalkers with simple tap and drag gameplay and iconic Magic: The Gathering cards re-envisioned through high-quality 3D. By collecting new cards from Magic’s five unique Mana colors – White, Blue, Black, Red and Green, players will learn to understand each color’s traits, and create unique strategies that lead the way to victory.

“With Magic: ManaStrike, we were impressed with Netmarble’s ability to encapsulate Magic: The Gathering‘s 25-year history into a mobile game that stays true to what Magic fans want in other mediums,” said Eugene Evans, VP of Business Development and Strategy at Wizards of the Coast. “Seeing our cards and Planeswalkers stepping into the 3D battlefield, along with our card effects translated from strategic turn-based gameplay into real-time combat, is a delight to see and we can’t wait to see how Magic: ManaStrike develops over time.”

At launch, players that pre-registered to download Magic: ManaStrike can look forward to receiving rewards like Gold (in-game currency), Gems (premium currency), one Player Icon, and ten emoji themed after Magic: The Gathering’s Planeswalkers. Other events and rewards awaiting players include:

• Seven Days Check-In Event: Gold, Gems, and Card Packs will be given to players for seven days
• New Planeswalkers
  • Ob Nixilis: Players can achieve this Planeswalker through Magic Pass upgrade
  • Calix: Available for purchase regardless of Magic Pass
• An all-new Gideon skin
• Theros-Themed Map: In celebration of Magic: The Gathering’s new Theros Beyond Death expansion, an all-new Theros-themed map is available for players over Rank 5 to experience.

Magic: ManaStrike is available to download on the App Store and Google Play and is globally launched, and supports 13 languages including English, Korean, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Japanese, Indonesian, Thai, Russian and Portuguese.

For more information, please visit Magic: ManaStrike’s official website and forum. Also, please follow Magic: ManaStrike on Facebook and Twitter.

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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, artist management and publishing 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 Magic: The Gathering

Magic: The Gathering’s compelling characters, fantastic worlds, and deep strategic gameplay have entertained and delighted fans for more than 25 years. Fans can experience Magic through the tabletop trading card game, the new digital game Magic: The Gathering Arena, a New York Times bestselling novel, critically acclaimed comic book series, and professional esports league. With over 40 million fans to date, Magic is a worldwide phenomenon published in eleven languages in over 70 countries.

About Wizards of the Coast

Wizards of the Coast, a subsidiary of Hasbro, Inc., is an award-winning developer and publisher of tabletop and digital games that ignite a sense of adventure in passionate players around the globe. Best known for publishing groundbreaking fantasy franchises, MAGIC: THE GATHERING® and DUNGEONS & DRAGONS®, Wizards is dedicated to bringing together world-class talent to create unforgettable play experiences at its headquarters in Washington and studios in Austin and Montreal. Learn more at www.wizards.com. 

GOOD SHEPHERD ENTERTAINMENT AND SHINY SHOE REVEAL MONSTER TRAIN, A NEW TAKE ON ROGUELIKE DECK-BUILDING CARD GAMES

Fight Your Way Into Hell in the PC Closed Beta, Coming Next Month

AMSTERDAM & SAN FRANCISCO – Jan. 29, 2020 – Good Shepherd Entertainment and independent developer Shiny Shoe have announced Monster Train, a new strategic roguelike deck-building game set on a train to Hell. With multiple ways to customize your tactics, online multiplayer, and an array of unique gameplay possibilities, Monster Train is expected to release in Q2 2020 on Windows PC.

Hell has frozen over, and it’s up to you to protect the last Pyre from the forces of Heaven and make Hell burn once more. Monster Train adds an extra strategic element to roguelike deck-builders with three vertical play fields that must be defended at a time. Build a deck of spells and minions from over 200 cards, and position your champions on each level to protect the train and your Pyre from invaders. With five clans to combine and fight for, challenging enemies to balance your deck against, and multiple routes to take through Hell, no playthrough is ever the same.

Monster Train’s unique time-based online multiplayer mode “Hell Rush” lets up to 8 players compete against one another in time-based challenges for an exciting experience under intense pressure. Create your own custom challenges and share them with the world to see who can top the custom challenge leaderboards.

Players can sign up for a chance to experience Hell’s revolution this February with the Monster Train PC closed beta at www.TheMonsterTrain.com.

For more information, visit www.TheMonsterTrain.com, and follow @GoodShepherdEnt on Twitter.

About Good Shepherd Entertainment

Good Shepherd Entertainment publishes video games from independent artists worldwide and operates a proprietary investment platform for a growing global network of qualified investors seeking risk-mitigated participation in the $130B video game industry. Originally established in the Netherlands in 2011, operating under the name Gambitious, the Company became a full-featured publisher in 2014. Good Shepherd Entertainment is backed by some of the industry’s most notable names, including Devolver Digital, Croteam and Perfect World, all successful companies in independent game development and publishing. www.GoodShepherd.games

About Shiny Shoe

Shiny Shoe is an independent video game development studio dedicated to creating fun and polished experiences for consoles, PC, mobile and online/social streaming environments. Founded in 2011 and based in San Francisco, Shiny Shoe has collaborated with partners including Double Fine, Stoic, Oculus, and Telltale. In addition to traditional games, Shiny Shoe is introducing new types of massively multiplayer experiences like its original titles Death’s Door and the follow-up, community-driven, Mixer streaming-only game, Death’s Door: Aftermath. https://shinyshoe.com