SUPER MARIO MAKER 2 LAUNCHES FOR NINTENDO SWITCH ON 28^TH JUNE WITH LIMITED EDITION BUNDLE

Customers who buy the game at launch can receive a special Nintendo Switch stylus, while stocks last

26^th April, 2019 –Nintendo Switch owners can prepare to play and create the Super Mario courses of their dreams this winter, as Super Mario Maker 2 launches exclusively for Nintendo Switch on 28^th June. In keeping with the game’s wide number of ways to create wildly imaginative courses, players will also have a range of purchase options to choose from, including a limited edition bundle and a selection of physical pre-order items.

Available for a limited time, the Super Mario Maker 2 Limited Edition* bundle includes the game and a 12-month Individual Membership for Nintendo Switch Online, Nintendo’s online gaming service that allows members to play against each other in compatible titles, access a growing library of NES games, and much more. In addition, a special Super Mario Maker 2-themed Nintendo Switch stylus*, perfect for editing courses in handheld mode, will be available as a bonus (while stocks last) for players who buy the game at launch*.

Anyone who prefers the convenience of having the game installed on their Nintendo Switch console at all times will also be able to pre-order the game in Nintendo eShop in the near future, either as a standard game, or a digital bundle including the game and a 12-month Nintendo Switch Online Individual Membership. Players who pre-order the bundle digitally will also be eligible to receive a stylus*.

Super Mario Maker 2 lets players’ imagination run wild as they make and play their own Super Mario courses using new tools, items and features, creating an ever-growing supply of new challenges created by players from around the world. With a massive intuitive toolset ready to be explored and experimented with, including the new ability to create slopes for the first time, nearly anything is possible in Super Mario Maker 2.

Coming exclusively to Nintendo Switch on 28^th June, Super Mario Maker 2 will be available to purchase in a number of convenient ways, including a limited edition bundle with a 12-month Individual Membership for Nintendo Switch Online, available at selected retailers while stocks last and in Nintendo eShop.

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Gensokyo Defenders Deploys Fairy Units on Steam Today

Nintendo Switch DLC Accompanies Battalion, 30% Base Game Discount

TOKYO, JAPAN – 25 April 2019 – Gensokyo Defenders, the blistering shoot-em-up tower defense game from Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) publishing label UNTIES and developer Neetpia, annihilates enemy threats on Steam today. The Nintendo Switch version simultaneously arms itself with a DLC. Gensokyo Defenders’ base game is 30% off on both platforms to celebrate the Steam launch until 8 May.

The DLC includes three new stages, traps and playable characters: Toyosatomimi no Miko, an immortal hermit and Buddhist saint; Byakuren Hijiri, a peace-loving nun who wields her magic for good; and Yakumo Yukari, who can manipulate boundaries physical and intangible. It costs $6.99 and is available today for both Nintendo Switch and Steam.

Battle through more than 25 stages brimming with enemy hordes trying to destroy the base with bullet showers and catastrophic magic spells. Collect power-ups and place strategic traps including watchtowers equipped with powerful machine guns, deadly spikes and ramps to send enemies running, then conquer 19 bosses. Invite a friend to join the action in online co-op.

Gensokyo Defenders is a fan-made entry in the Touhou Project, recognized by the Guinness World Records as the “most prolific fan-made shooter series.” With 20 playable Touhou witches, each equipped with a personalized set of three abilities, Gensokyo Defenders brings an epic battle to Steam.

“Gensokyo Defenders is an action-packed game mixing the best of Touhou Project with a genre new to the franchise: tower defense,” said John Davis, G&R Representative, UNTIES. “Gensokyo Defenders retains the core Touhou fans all know and love: tons of bullets. Now the added layer of strategic gameplay.”

It is now available on Steam for 30% off the regular price of $19.99 USD with English text localization and full audio and text available in Japanese. Nintendo Switch owners can get Gensokyo Defenders for the same price. Both platforms carry the DLC for $6.99.

For more information, please visit the UNTIES official website or follow @UNTIESWORLD on Twitter.

About Neetpia

Based out of Japan, Neetpia is a “doujin” studio composed of three friends who develop games for fun in their spare time. Their previous work includes Touhou Project fan game Age of Ethanols. Learn more at the Neetpia official website (Japanese only) or follow @neetpia_ on Twitter.

About UNTIESBased out of Tokyo, Japan, Sony Music’s video game publishing label UNTIES is dedicated to expanding the reach of Japan’s best indie developers. Their name derives from their goal of untying games from specific platforms and sharing them worldwide. For more information, visit the UNTIES website or follow @UNTIESWORLD on Twitter

BnB M X LINE FRIENDS COLLABORATION SOAKS PLAYERS WITH IMMERSIVE ARCADE ACTION

The Crazy Arcade series’ latest installment delivers even more LINE FRIENDS content in new update for iPhone and Android

Seoul – April 25, 2019 – The Crazy Arcade crew teams up with LINE FRIENDS for an all-new content update in BnB M, the mobile arcade game from NEXON Korea Corporation, subsidiary of NEXON Co., Ltd. (“Nexon”) (3659.TO), a worldwide leader in free-to-play online and mobile games. Players in Australia, New Zealand, and select regions of Southeast Asia and Latin America can dive into the latest update today on the App Store and Google Play.  

Earlier this month, the renowned Crazy Arcade franchise debuted an unprecedented collaboration with LINE FRIENDS, one of the world’s fastest growing global character brands. Today, BnB M furthers the comical 3-D mobile action with even more BROWN & FRIENDS characters drawn from the popular LINE FRIENDS. Full details of the latest BnB M x LINE FRIENDS collaboration update include:

• Zanier Characters – The loveable CONY and BOSS from LINE FRIENDS arrive as all-new playable characters in each of BnB M’s wacky game modes;
• Ridiculous Costumes – Players can unlock three exclusive costumes for each of the new characters for even more customization;
• Super-Soaked Emoticons – Today’s update adds 10 additional emoticons for CONY and BOSS to taunt, congratulate, celebrate and more;
• New LINE FRIENDS Map – The adorable characters of LINE FRIENDS bring part of their world into BnB M with a themed map for comical competition;
• Ferocious Super Skill – Players can utilize the awesome power of the new Team Needle Super Skill, along with two additional booster items and accessories.

Today’s BnB M content update is available now to download for free on the App Store and Google Play in Australia, New Zealand and select regions in Southeast Asia and Latin America. Additional information for members of the press:

• Check out the official Facebook page here
• Visit the official website here

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.

About LINE FRIENDS

LINE FRIENDS is a global character brand featuring 11 characters which were originally created for use as stickers for leading mobile messenger application LINE and its 200 million active worldwide users. The company has emerged as a global creator by introducing new Intellectual Property (IP) like BT21, characters created together with global boy band BTS, in addition to Animation Running Man and Usamaru. LINE FRIENDS also has collaborated with a number of renowned brands including LAMY, Bang&Olufsen and Brompton, all aligned with the company’s philosophy and values to showcase premium character products. More recently, LINE FRIENDS has operated more than 140 stores globally in a total of 12 markets worldwide, in trend-leading cities such as Seoul, Tokyo, New York, and Shanghai, and became an independent company in January 2015. For more information please visit www.LINEFRIENDS.com.

BioWare Veterans Reveal Hindsight 20/20

Choice-Based Action-Adventure Explores Morality in 2020

AUSTIN, Texas – April 24, 2019 – Hindsight 20/20, the single-player action-adventure game with morality-based decisions from BioWare, ArenaNet, and Sucker Punch veterans at Triple-I Games, releases on Nintendo Switch™, PlayStation®4, Xbox One, PC and Mac in 2020.

The peaceful town of Champaner holds life sacred above all else. A calamitous virus capable of turning people into blood-thirsty beasts called Raakshasas threatens Champaner’s harmonious ways. In response, King Marcos orders the kidnapping and execution of all Raakshasas including Seth, the leader of the beasts. Seth flees and forms a rival town called Gibsonia, a safe haven for anyone who has or could turn into a Raakshasa. He then opens a powerful rift over Champaner, capable of destroying the kingdom at any time.

At the center of this developing war is a fated one-armed man named Jehan who lived in Champaner, until his father was killed. Jehan’s malleability and freedom of choice form the crux of Hindsight 20/20. Will he uphold the values of his hometown by avoiding bloodshed? Or will the murder of his father fuel him with a rage that can only be quelled with the death of those responsible? Perhaps there is a middle ground, where violence justifies a peaceful end. Survive in a world of grey by deciding who Jehan really is and what motivates him.

Before every battle, choose whether Jehan will be merciful or relentless by wielding either a baton to stun enemies or a blade to cut them down. Conflict is unavoidable in tumultuous times, but using the stun baton convinces residents of Champaner that Jehan respects their beliefs, even if he still resorts to combat. Enemy behavior changes based on weapon choice. Soldiers fight desperately when they believe their lives might be in danger. Earn fearsome, violent abilities by killing, or resourceful skills based on pacifism by choosing the high road.

Decisions have long-lasting repercussions. When a best friend considers suicide due to Raakshasa infection, talking him down may seem like the “right” thing to do. But if he turns and kills, who is at fault? Sparing Jehan’s father’s killer preserves Champaner’s values, but he may return, stronger and more ruthless than before. Hindsight 20/20 explores themes of morality at times of crisis, segregation, regret, peace, and self-criticism. Sometimes the smallest actions have the largest consequences. Drastically different endings inspire multiple playthroughs.

Resolve conflict through ruthless or merciful means, solve environmental puzzles, complete side quests and forge Jehan’s personal path in a fantastical world that merges technology and magic. The stylized aesthetic inspired by classic Zelda games is punctuated with a wide-ranging musical sweep of tragedy, majesty, and primal forces.

“Hindsight 20/20 was born when I really came to terms with what that phrase means as a philosophy,” said Hemanshu Chhabra, creative director at Triple-I Games. “So many of us look back on decisions they regret, so I wanted to make a game that encapsulates this feeling and allows players to go back and really see what differences they could have made.”

Hindsight 20/20 will be available in English on Nintendo Switch™, PlayStation®4, Xbox One, Windows and Mac in Q1/Q2 2020.

To learn more, please visit Hindsight 20/20’sofficial site, Twitter and Facebook page.

About Triple-I Games

Consisting of veterans from BioWare, ArenaNet, Sucker Punch Studios and Amazon Games Studios, Triple-I Games came together when Hemanshu Chhabra came to his friends with a vision: to make a game that would help a younger, self-critical version of himself understand what “hindsight 20/20” really means.

To learn more about Triple-I Games please visit the studio’s About Us page.

GOOD SHEPHERD ENTERTAINMENT AND URBAN GAMES REVEAL TYCOON SIM TRANSPORT FEVER 2

Build a Transportation Empire Over the Ages on Windows PC, Mac and Linux in Q4 2019

AMSTERDAM – April 24, 2019 – Good Shepherd Entertainment and independent developer Urban Games have announced Transport Fever 2, the new follow-up to the hit tycoon simulation and management games Transport Fever and Train Fever. Featuring three brand-new story mode campaigns and a vastly improved gameplay experience, feature set, user interface, modding capabilities and new dynamic environments, Transport Fever 2 is expected to launch later this year on Windows PC, Mac and Linux via Steam.

Transport Fever 2 gives you more than 150 years of real-world transportation technology and history to design and master your own transportation empire. As a transport tycoon, you’ll build critical infrastructure like railroads and stations, purchase vehicles, and manage a network of land, sea and air routes to optimize your company’s profits. Create and customize to your heart’s desire in free game mode’s giant sandbox maps, or challenge yourself with three distinct historical campaigns featuring unique missions, stories and goals.

Invent your own strategy for success with a fleet of realistically modeled trains, trams, aircraft, ships, buses and trucks from around the world, as well as modular, upgradeable stations, ports and harbors. Your booming empire comes to life in beautiful detail with easy-to-use railroad track construction tools, plus dynamically evolving economy, environment, town and traffic simulation systems. You can even create and share your own worlds, missions, vehicles, stations, buildings and more with Transport Fever 2’s in-game map editor and extensive modding tools and support via Steam Workshop.

For more information, visit www.transportfever2.com, and follow @GoodShepherdEnt and @TransportFever 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 Urban Games

Urban Games is an independent video game developer based in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. Established in 2013, the company shipped the debut title Train Fever in 2014 and the second game, Transport Fever, in 2016. Both games became profitable within the first weeks after launch, and with more than half a million units sold, Transport Fever enabled the company to continue its strong growth. Urban Games’ third title, Transport Fever 2, will be released in Q4 2019.

AVENGE THE FALLEN WITH MARVEL FUTURE FIGHT’S ‘MARVEL STUDIOS’ AVENGERS: ENDGAME’ EVENT UPDATE

Prepare for the Upcoming Blockbuster Film with New Uniforms, Legendary Battle, and

All-New Content and Improvements

LOS ANGELES (April 24, 2019) – Netmarble Corp. Issued a massive update that adds highly anticipated content inspired by the upcoming Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame film to its worldwide hit Super Hero mobile game, MARVEL Future Fight. Starting today, players can get a taste of the blockbuster movie through the newly themed gameplay.

Several new updates are now live in MARVEL Future Fight as players can jump into the action depicted in Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame through the game’s new Legendary Battle. Three new stages will consist of backgrounds and characters from the new film for fans to enjoy. The huge update also allows the infamous Super Villain Thanos to advance to Tier-3, while gaining a new Ultimate Skill that fans have looked forward to.

All-new Marvel Studios’ Avengers: Endgame themed uniforms for MARVEL Future Fight’s fan-favorite characters, including Iron Man, Captain America, Black Widow, Hulk, War Machine, Nebula, Rocket Raccoon, Ant-Man, Ronin and Thanos, are available to earn. New ‘Team Suit’ uniforms for these characters, with the exception of Ronin and Thanos, are also available. To celebrate the new uniforms, some of the old uniforms’ growth material is now at half its original price and is available for purchase with Gold. Hawkeye and Nebula can become even stronger as the ‘Unleash Potential’ function is now unlocked for both characters.

Other additions to MARVEL Future Fight include:

• World Events – These events allow players to play on the same team the event provides at certain times of the day. By earning points and eliminating enemies, players are rewarded according to the team’s average score at the end of the event.
• Agent Levels – Agent Level, which consist of both Growth Level and Strength Level, will rise as players grow their Super Heroes and expend specified items. As the player Agent Level increases, stat points are provided to the player who can utilize them to gain special effects.
• Synergy Uniforms – When players purchase two uniforms in a group, additional effects are granted. Uniforms grouped together can also grow at the same time even if players only develop one uniform.

“This is it, this is the big one. In culmination of celebrating and being inspired by Marvel Studios films over the past four years, MARVEL Future Fight has now released their most impressive update ever,” said Marvel Games VP & Creative Director Bill Rosemann. “The teams at Netmarble and Marvel Games have been collaborating for many months to deliver our best event yet, and we are so happy and grateful to share it with True Believers around the world.”

MARVEL Future Fight is currently available worldwide in the App Store® and Google Play™.

For more information on MARVEL Future Fight, please visit http://marvelfuturefight.netmarble.com.

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About Netmarble Corporation

Netmarble Corp. strives to entertain audiences of all ages around the world by providing great mobile gaming experiences. Established in Korea in 2000, Netmarble is the fastest-growing mobile game company and consistently ranks as a top mobile developer and publisher worldwide. With more than 5,500 employees, Netmarble has been producing and servicing some of the most successful mobile games including Lineage 2: 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. More information can be found at www.netmarble.com.

About Marvel Entertainment

Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media over eighty years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing, publishing, games, and digital media.

For more information visit marvel.com. © 2019 MARVEL

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