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CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE MULTIPLAYER UNIVERSE TO BE REVEALED AUGUST 1

CALL OF DUTY: MODERN WARFARE MULTIPLAYER UNIVERSE TO BE REVEALED AUGUST 1

Gameplay Reveal Coming for New Call of Duty Multiplayer

SANTA MONICA, Calif. – July 11, 2019 – A new generation of Call of Duty® multiplayer is coming. Mark your calendars for Thursday, August 1, when Activision and Infinity Ward will reveal the multiplayer universe of Call of Duty®: Modern Warfare®. Recently named “Best Online Multiplayer” by Game Critics Awards Best of E3 2019, Modern Warfare multiplayer delivers a game-changing online experience. 

As players enlist in the heart-racing Modern Warfare story, multiplayer continues the experience as players head online into the ultimate playground for the global balance of power. Featuring unified progression across modes, Modern Warfare seeks to unite the community with plans to support cross-play across platforms and the removal of the traditional season pass in order to deliver a greater mix of more free maps, content and community events post-launch.

Moments ago, fans got the first glimpse of the game’s new 2 vs. 2 Gunfight mode, which is only a fraction of the full, online multiplayer experience in Modern Warfare. Shown live on Twitch, Gunfight delivers a new level of quick-action, close-quarters duo-based combat that is a blast to play and to watch.

Tune-in August 1st to Twitch.tv/CallofDuty for the full reveal of the Modern Warfare Multiplayer Universe and deep look at gameplay coming to fans at launch. In the meantime, fans can follow latest information on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’s multiplayer on @CallofDuty and @InfinityWard on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is scheduled for release globally October 25th on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is published by Activision, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) with development led by award-winning developer, Infinity Ward.

About Activision

Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision is a leading global producer and publisher of interactive entertainment. Activision maintains operations throughout the world and is a division of Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), an S&P 500 company. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company’s website, www.activision.com or by following @Activision.

NETMARBLE AND ROOSTER TEETH TEAM UP FOR ALL-NEW RWBY CROSSOVER WITH KNIGHTS CHRONICLE

NETMARBLE AND ROOSTER TEETH TEAM UP FOR ALL-NEW RWBY CROSSOVER WITH KNIGHTS CHRONICLE 

Fan Favorite RWBY Characters Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, Yang Xiao Long and Cinder Fall Join Knights Chronicle Heroes

LOS ANGELES (July 11, 2019) – Previously revealed during the RWBY panel at RTX on July 5, Netmarble is officially launching its all-new collaboration with the media and entertainment company Rooster Teeth to bring the widely beloved anime-style series RWBY (pronounced as “Ruby”) into the anime-inspired mobile role-playing game (RPG) Knights Chronicle.

Starting now through July 31, players and RWBY fans alike will be able to attract the powerful members of Team RWBY – Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna and Yang Xiao Long – and the deadly Maiden of Fall, Cinder Fall, from the world of Remnant into their roster of powerful heroes through Knights Chronicle’s Summon Shop. These updates include:

  • An all-new Advent Dungeon where fans can win over Cinder Fall into their party and learn how the worlds of Knights Chronicle and RWBY come together in an all-new story.
  • All-new costumes for Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, Yang Xiao Long and Cinder Fall themed after their Beacon Academy uniforms.
  • A limited-time check-in event where players can simply log-in and earn a free 4★ SSR RWBY hero.

Knights Chronicle features classic turn-based role-playing gameplay, a beautiful Japanese animation-inspired art style and a compelling story showing the same standard of quality as console and PC RPGs. The game also sports standout features, including real-time party play where fans can form parties of up to five members to challenge multiplayer dungeons, explosive 3D-animated skills that demonstrate the game’s flashy and gorgeously detailed visuals, and over 160 heroes for players to choose from.

Knights Chronicle is available in 140 countries. For more information, please visit http://knightsgbweb.netmarble.com/.

Assets on the new RWBY collaboration can be found here: https://www.webcargo.net/l/sKKp69bqfN/

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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, 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.

About Rooster Teeth

Rooster Teeth is a pioneering media and entertainment company responsible for some of the biggest online series in history, such as the award-winning and longest-running web series, Red vs. Blue. They also produce the globally acclaimed animated series RWBY, the first western anime series to be distributed in Japan; the award-winning Rooster Teeth Podcast; and Immersion, a reality format that brings video game theory to the real world. Rooster Teeth has a massive global footprint of more than 45 million subscribers to its YouTube Network, 5 million unique monthly visitors to its RoosterTeeth.com hub and 3 million registered community members. The company was founded in 2003, and is now a subsidiary of Otter Media, a WarnerMedia company. Discover more at RoosterTeeth.com.

GreedFall Announces September 10 Release Date With Swashbuckling New Gameplay Trailer

GreedFall Announces September 10 Release Date With Swashbuckling New Gameplay Trailer

Pre-order the upcoming fantasy RPG today and prepare for adventure on PlayStation®4, Xbox One and Windows PC

PARIS July 11, 2019GreedFall, the new open-world fantasy RPG from indie studio Spiders, invites you to forge your destiny on the uncharted island of Teer Fradee when the game launches on Sept. 10, 2019, on PlayStation®4, Xbox One and Windows PC.

Get a glimpse of GreedFall’s mesmerizing world, characters and secrets in the new release date announcement trailer:

The old world is dying, and its weary population is plagued by a seemingly unstoppable disease. The only glimmer of hope lies in rumors that a cure may be found on the recently discovered island of Teer Fradee. Join your cousin, governor Constantin D’Orsay, alongside various factions with their own directives and hidden agendas, and journey into a new world seeping with magic. Will you align yourself with one of the new colonies, or join the natives in their struggle for liberty?

Player freedom and choice are at the heart of GreedFall, as your decisions will build friendships, break alliances, diffuse conflicts and shape the future of the island. Exploring a brave new frontier, your search for lost secrets will rely on more than just skill in combat. Everything, whether a dialogue option, a stealthy approach, or even your choice of companion in a given situation may alter the outcome.

GreedFall is available to pre-order now on Steam and at major retailers for $49.99. For more information, visit www.GreedFall.com.

About Spiders

Spiders is an independent video game development studio producing its own creations as well as offering full productions for third parties. Based on original ideas, both in terms of the universe and gameplay, we develop our own creations and also work on others’ IPs. www.spiders-games.com

About Focus Home Interactive

Focus Home Interactive is a French publisher based in Paris, France. Known for the quality, diversity and originality of its catalogue, Focus has published and distributed original titles (A Plague Tale: Innocence, Vampyr, Farming Simulator, Call of Cthulhu, Insurgency: Sandstorm) that have become benchmark titles worldwide, available both in store and for download across the world. Focus publishes games on all major platforms, consoles and PC. The publisher’s catalogue will get even richer in the coming months and years with eagerly awaited games such as The Surge 2, MudRunner 2, GreedFall and many more.

About Maximum Games

Maximum Games ranks as a top 15 global video game publisher of interactive digital entertainment spanning all genres and supporting multi-platforms. The company’s mission is to provide a proven and strong hands-on approach to publishing, marketing and distribution. Established in 2009, the company is led by female entrepreneur Christina Seelye, a seasoned executive of digital consumer products and channel marketing. Under Seelye’s leadership, the company has been recognized with numerous awards such as “Fastest Growing Tech Company” by American Business Awards, and has made the Inc. 5000 list of Fastest Growing Private Companies for the past two years. Maximum Games has offices in both the US and UK, and continues to expand its scope of global publishing and distribution via direct reach and strategic partnerships.

More information on the website: www.maximumgames.com

Commence “Operation Sweep Giant Insects” as EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5 Deploys Today onto Steam

Commence “Operation Sweep Giant Insects” as EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5 Deploys Today onto Steam 

D3PUBLISHER Calls for PC Players to Join the Fight Within the Most Highly Regarded Installment Within the Beloved EDF Series 

Oakland, CA — July 11, 2019 — D3PUBLISHER Inc., a leading Japanese games publisher, is excited to announce today’s global launch of EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5 for Windows PC on Steam. To celebrate the global PC launch, D3PUBLISHER is excited to announce that EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5 will be available for a generous discount of 20% off the usual $59.99 / €49.99 for the first week following its PC release beginning today.

Since the last EDF game in the core series, EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 4.1 The Shadow of New Despair, currently rated as overwhelmingly positive with over 3,000 user reviews and launched on PC via Steam almost three years ago, EDF has been a fan favorite on PC. With EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5’s recent Western release on December 11th, 2018 for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, it has received critical praise from reviewers and consumers alike, and currently has a MetaCritic score of 72 for PlayStation®4.

Developed by SANDLOT, EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5 continues traditions set by the wildly popular series. Since it first launched in 2003 for the PlayStation®2 console, the EDF series has earned a reputation for its relentless third-person wave shooter gameplay with tons of enemies on-screen, its wide array of unique classes, weapons, loadout combinations, and its charming B-movie dialogue and settings with cities under siege by giant, out of the world creatures. This focus on delivering an overwhelming scale of enemies and a sense of exhilaration continues with EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5, featuring the most detailed enemy models featured in the series to-date with breakable limbs and body parts and more advanced AI behavior.

Packed with tons of content and high replay value, EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5 delivers over 100 missions with five levels of difficulties to choose from for each mission. Including more than 1,000 weapons and armaments to unlock, it also offers players four unique classes to master, allowing players to approach mission goals and objectives in a variety of ways. Classes include the Ranger, a well-rounded infantry soldier, the Wing Diver, a highly mobile air unit, the Fencer, a heavy weapons unit with thick armor, and the Air Raider, a support focused class with the ability to call in various air support types like vehicles, orbital air strikes, and missile barrages. With multiple options for multiplayer, EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5 also offers up to four-player online co-op as well as offline couch co-op, supporting up to two players via split-screen.

To stay up to date on the latest regarding EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5, please visit the official website, official YouTube channel, and follow the EDF team on Twitter @EDF_OFFICIAL_EN

About D3PUBLISHER, Inc.

D3PUBLISHER, a member of BANDAI NAMCO group, is a Japanese video game publisher. Established in 1992, the company has published console and mobile/online games from some of the industries most beloved franchises and series, including EARTH DEFENSE FORCE 5, Onechanbara, the Simple series, and more. For more information, visit https://www.d3p.co.jp.

©2019 SANDLOT ©2019 D3 PUBLISHER

Monster Hunter World: Iceborne Dev Diary and Glavenus Trailer

Fans have been eager to learn more about the various enhancements that are coming in Monster Hunter World: Iceborne and now Capcom has opened the doors a bit as they have released a twenty minute long developer diary that introduces everything from the new gathering hub, to new areas that players can explore, and even monster subspecies.

The company even released a trailer focusing specifically on one of the new creatures named Glavenus and you can find both of those videos below. Monster Hunter World: Iceborne is currently set to be released on Septmeber 6th for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One with a PC version arriving sometime this winter.

Glavenus Trailer
Developer Diary

New Free Content for Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2: Episode 1 – D.C. Outskirts: Expeditions Will Release July 23rd

New Free Content for Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2:
Episode 1 – D.C. Outskirts: Expeditions Will Release July 23rd

Along with free updates, including the awaited Raid Discovery difficulty

Episode 1 will be available July 23rd for Year 1 Pass holders and July 30th for all players
To download all assets please visit the press extranet: ubisoft-press.com

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — July 11, 2019 — Ubisoft has announced new details and the release date of its first episode and latest major update for Tom Clancy’s The Division® 2, available on the Xbox One family of devices including the Xbox One X, PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and Windows PC. Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 will also launch on the new generation gaming platform Stadia and on Uplay+, Ubisoft’s subscription service.  

Part of the game’s Year 1 free content plan, Episode 1 – D.C. Outskirts: Expeditions takes the fight outside the streets of Washington D.C. The fresh content for Episode 1 features new locations to explore and picks up where the story leaves off after the final boss at Tidal Basin. Episode 1, along with the new Expeditions experience, will release July 23rd for all Year 1 Pass holders and July 30th for all players.

Episode 1 – D.C. Outskirts: Expeditions takes players to the surrounding areas of Washington D.C. in two new main missions and a new game experience where players will investigate the fate of a lost convoy, encountering unexpected threats along the way. Players can look forward to the following content in Episode 1 – D.C. Outskirts: Expeditions:

  • Two New Main Missions
    • Camp White Oak: Division Agents stage a well-planned attack into the presidential compound, as they seek to bring the now-traitor President Andrew Ellis to justice.
    • Manning National Zoo: Emeline Shaw, leader of the Outcasts, fled after her defeat in D.C. and is now held up at the Zoo regaining strength. Agents are on the hunt to eliminate Shaw, nipping the Outcasts’ reawakening in the bud.
  • New experience: Expeditions
    • In this new experience, players enter Kenly College, where contact has been lost with a military convoy full of vital supplies. When they receive what appears to be a final broadcast, they form an expedition to find any surviving members in need of rescue. Expeditions will be split in three different wings for players to complete. Each wing will have a specific theme and tone, to be released on a week-by-week basis. Completing all three wings grants access to an exclusive treasure room full of rewards.
  • New Weapons and Gear: Players can obtain:
    • One exotic weapon: Diamondback Rifle
    • One exotic gear: BTSU Datagloves
    • Two weapons: Stoner LMG and Carbine 7
  • Classified Assignments: Agents can take on two new classified assignments in Washington’s Central Aquarium and NSA Site B13 (Exclusive only to Year 1 Pass holders).

Alongside content, Episode 1 will also bring game updates based on player feedback:

  • New Discovery Difficulty setting for the “Operation Dark Hours” Raid
    • The new Discovery Difficulty, along with its corresponding matchmaking option, will allow more players to experience The Division 2 in its entirety. While Operation Dark Hours Exotic loot remains exclusive to the Normal difficulty, Agents playing the Discovery Difficulty can expect a variety of great rewards, while training for the Normal Difficulty.
  • Crafting improvements
  • Players can now craft their gear up until Gear Score 500 and share blueprints across characters (available after reaching World Tier 1). Additionally, crafted weapons can now be recalibrated.
  • Weapons balancing and skills buff

As part of the ongoing updates to answer community feedback, awaited balance and buffs will be added to the next title update. This update will include an overhaul of Skills, as each Skill power will be fine-tuned, adding more to agents’ build.

The Year 1 Pass gives players even more content to The Division 2. Click here for full details on what’s included with the Year 1 Pass. You can also purchase your Year 1 Pass for Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 to get early access to Episode 1 content. More details on Uplay+ can be found on Uplay.com**.

Led by Massive Entertainment in collaboration with seven other studios around the world*, Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 is the next evolution in the open-world online shooter RPG genre that the first game helped establish. Set seven months after a deadly virus was released in New York City, Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 brings players into a fractured and collapsing Washington D.C. The world is on the brink, its people living through the biggest crisis ever faced in human history. As veteran Division agents, players are the last hope against the complete fall of society as enemy factions vie for control of the city. If Washington D.C. is lost, the entire nation falls. Building upon more than two years of listening to and learnings from The Division community, Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 will offer a substantial campaign that organically flows into a robust endgame, to create a cohesive and meaningful experience for all types of players, helping players emphasize their freedom to make strategic choices and hone their own approach.

For more information on Tom Clancy’s The Division 2, please visit: tomclancy-thedivision.ubisoft.com. For the latest news on Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 and all of Ubisoft’s games, visit Ubisoft News: news.ubisoft.com.

*Associate studios are Ubisoft Reflections, Red Storm Entertainment, Ubisoft Annecy, Ubisoft Leamington, Ubisoft Shanghai, Ubisoft Bucharest and Ubisoft Sofia.

**Terms and conditions apply, including platform, age and territorial restrictions.

About Ubisoft

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

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GreedFall Coming to PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on September 10

Spiders and Focus Home Interactive announced their upcoming fantasy RPG GreedFall will launch on the 10th of September for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows PC. The game is priced at $49.99 USD or $69.95 AUD, and is available for pre-orders at major retailers.

GreedFall is a fantasy version of the Golden Age of Piracy. The world is plagued by an unknown disease, and it appears the world will collapse if a cure is not found. Rumours takes players to the newly discovered island of Teer Fradee, where multiple factions are attempting to colonize the new world and push out the indigenous people.

GreedFall is an open world RPG where players have full freedom to make their own alliances, choose their approach to solve conflicts, and determine the fate of Teer Fradee. The extensive talent tree will allow players the flexibility to specialize in physical combat, magic, diplomacy, stealth, or deception.

The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan Multiplayer Modes Detailed

Few could expect that a horror based game would have a multiplayer mode but Bandai Namco and Supermassive Games have announced that The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan will have two different multiplayer modes for online and offline play. The online mode is called Shared Story Mode and will spread the story simultaneously with a friend in two-player online co-op. Both players explore the world, make choices and perform actions that affect the outcome of the story and the fate of their respective characters. Traverse scenes through a different perspective from the single-player experience sometimes together, sometimes apart in totally separate scenes revealing new information, locations and scares.

As for the offline mode, it is called Movie Night Mode and will feature a local group of up to five players using one controller with each player taking charge of the movement, decisions and choices of one of the five main characters. Players can choose between saving themselves, or trying to keep their friends’ characters alive. At the end of each playthrough, actions and impacts will be judged, with achievements & rewards for each player. A trailer introducing these multiplayer modes can be found below and as for the game itself, The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan is currently set to be released on August 30th for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

The Alliance Alive HD Remastered Characters Introduced in New Trailer

If you haven’t played the original release of The Alliance Alive HD Remastered then you may be a bit curious about the cast of characters that will be appearing in the game but now a new trailer has been released by NIS America that focuses on introducing these “Unlikely Heroes.” These nine characters, all from different races and possessing ideologies, have come together to unite a fractured world and reclaim it from the Daemons, invaders that caused darkness to envelop the sky.

The Alliance Alive HD Remastered is currently set to be released on the PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC on October 8th in North America and October 11th in Europe.

Senran Kagura: Peach Ball Launches on Switch with New Trailer

While the core Senran Kagura series is currently stuck in limbo due in part to Sony’s policies the spin-off Senran Kagura: Peach Ball is ready to thrive on the Nintendo Switch as it has been released digitally today in North America and Europe. As such to celebrate the launch of the game XSEED Games has released a launch trailer that you can check out below. For those unaware of what happens in this pinball game, Haruka, the mad scientist of Homura’s Crimson Squad, is up to her usual experiments again, brewing up mysterious concoctions with unknown effects. Unfortunately for her fellow shinobi, she’s chosen the local arcade she works at as her laboratory, storing her experiments in the bathroom.

After an accidental outbreak infects five of her shinobi friends, she learns that her latest concoction can transform those exposed it into animals, at least mentally.Now, with Asuka, Yumi, Yomi, Ryona, and Murasaki causing wild havoc in and around the arcade, Haruka has devised a way to return these shinobi to their senses – the mystical Peach Ball. Applied to a subject’s body repeatedly, with the proper vibrational force, it can undo the effects of her experiment. Conveniently, it’s just the right size for a pinball table. Now all Haruka needs is a skilled assistant to operate the table, bopping each shinobi girl with the ball until she comes around.