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Multiplayer Survival RPG CryoFall Lands on Steam Early Access Today

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Multiplayer Survival RPG CryoFall Lands on Steam Early Access Today

Build, hunt, farm, craft, cooperate, trade, and survive online on a harsh alien world in Daedalic Entertainment and AtomicTorch Studio’s new game

HAMBURG, Germany: April 3, 2019 – CryoFall, the multiplayer survival RPG from publisher Daedalic Entertainment and developer AtomicTorch Studio, is now available for Windows PC via Steam Early Access. This unique multiplayer sci-fi experience challenges players to survive on a harsh, alien planet with a variety of official and community servers hosting persistent worlds for up to 200 players each.

CryoFall delivers a complex survival experience with unlimited opportunities for players to make their own mark on their world. Discover new ways of farming, hunting, cooking, crafting, mining, building and trading, with multiple specializations available per character. The challenges of staying alive push players to choose between working collaboratively with each other to build a functional new society in an effort to learn the secrets of this hostile alien world, or succumb to the most basic of urges and try to take what others have worked so hard to build.

But exploration is also critical. Ensuring the survival of your newfound society rests not only on you and your fellow players, but on the strange new world around you: a dangerous landscape full of hidden labs to unearth and exotic alien lifeforms to harvest and fight.

Features:

  • Complex crafting and industrial system, including oil refining and lithium extraction.
  • Various stages of technological progress (primitive, industrial, modern, post-modern, sci-fi).
  • Farming with complex crop growth simulation, fertilizers, etc., and diverse cooking options.
  • Wide range of player interactions and roles with specialization options emphasizing meaningful interactions, rather than just combat.
  • Fully functional economy simulation with coin minting, trading and automated vending machines managed by players.
  • Carefully handcrafted maps and locations (plus map editor).
  • Storyline elements discovered through exploration.
  • Diverse environments with several biomes (temperate, desert, tropical, boreal, wasteland, etc.).
  • In-house developed Renkei Engine™, allowing hundreds of players on the same server.
  • Complex character simulation with several dozens of status effects (e.g., bleeding, poisoning, radiation, etc.).
  • Extensive modding capabilities, including real-time code editing.

CryoFall is available now on Steam Early Access, priced at $19.99/£15.99/€19.99, with regular updates planned for the future. AtomicTorch Studio has laid out details of currently planned updates in a roadmap that will be continuously expanded based on community feedback.

To stay up to date with CryoFall’s latest developments, please visit http://cryofall.com/.

About Daedalic Entertainment

Daedalic Entertainment publishes and develops high-quality games for all platforms. The company has a diverse line-up and offers a variety of high-quality titles, from classic adventures to strategy games, multiplayer games and RPGs. Since May 2014, Daedalic is part of the Bastei Lübbe group of companies.

Based in Hamburg, Germany, Daedalic is one of Europe’s most acclaimed publishers and developers. With a total of 32 awards in the German Developers Award (including multiple accolades for “Studio of the Year”) and 11 German Computer Game Awards for genre-defining games such as Deponia, Edna & Harvey, Silence, Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, Ken Follett’s The Pillars of the Earth, The Long Journey Home, and State of Mind, Daedalic is record holder for the two most prestigious games awards in Germany.

With more than 80 employees, Daedalic is currently developing a new line-up of innovative games across consoles, PC and mobile platforms.

About AtomicTorch Studio

Founded in 2013, AtomicTorch Studio is an independent game development company based in Singapore. Their goal is to develop innovative, fun and accessible games that fuse gameplay and visuals from classic old-school titles with modern technologies and novel ideas. CryoFall marks the third and most ambitious game by the studio.

Award-Winning Noir Puzzler Bear With Me to Receive New Episode, Complete Collection on Console and PC

Philip Federico
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Award-Winning Noir Puzzler Bear With Me to Receive New Episode,
Complete Collection on Console and PC

Bear With Me: The Lost Robots to Arrive Alongside The Complete Collection on July 9th

Walnut Creek, Calif. – April 2, 2019 – Indie publisher Modus Games and developer Exordium Games are excited to announce Bear With Me: The Lost Robots, a new prologue to the successful, award-winning Bear With Me series, is set to arrive on PlayStationÒ4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and Steam July 9, 2019. The game will also see a mobile release this year.

View the Bear With Me: The Lost Robots announcement trailer here.

Point-and-click adventure fans who previously missed Bear With Me’s episodic series will also have a chance to pick up Bear With Me: The Complete Collection, bundling episodes 1-4 for newcomers to the franchise, via console, PC and mobile digital storefronts for $14.99. Bear With Me: The Complete Collection will also contain, on Steam only, a digital artbook containing development visuals and concepts, as well as the full original soundtrack for the series.

Bear With Me: The Lost Robotsjoins Flint, the brother whose mysterious disappearance is key to Bear With Me’s central episodes, for a journey where he encounters new and memorable characters and unveils locales distinct from the rest of the series. The events of Lost Robots lead into the episodes 1-3 and will shed light on the series as a whole. The new prequel episode will be available for $4.99.

Bear With Me’s central installments see leading detectives Amber and Ted E. Bear exchanging sharp banter while searching for clues, solving environmental puzzles, and cross-examining potential suspects in their investigation into Flint’s vanishing. The aspiring duo face more than just a mystery and witty comebacks, however; rumors swirl about a mysterious ‘man in red’ responsible for an outbreak of recent fires, and Amber will face surreal, grim dangers during her brave attempt to reunite with Flint.

For the latest on Bear With Me, search the game’s official website for clues (http://www.bearwithmegame.com/), follow Modus on Twitter @modusgames, and Discord (https://discordapp.com/invite/NvX9vfW), and like them on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ModusGames/.

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About Exordium Games
Exordium Games is a Croatian-based studio which has been championing original independent games since its 2014 formation. For more information on the team’s library of titles and releases to come, please visit the studio’s official site (https://exordiumgames.com/).

About Modus Games
Modus is a premier global publisher of video games across all major physical and digital entertainment platforms. The label prides itself on collaborating with talented developers around the world to bring innovative games to the masses. For more information, please visit www.modusgames.com.

EA Cutting Jobs and Winding Down Presence in Japan and Russia

Jamie Laike Tsui
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EA Cutting Jobs and Winding Down Presence in Japan and Russia

EA CEO Andrew Wilson shared some difficult news today, announcing major organizational changes at EA that will result in the loss of 350 jobs. Currently, EA employs approximately 9000 people in the company. Wilson did not provide details on which positions will be affected, but revealed organizational changes are coming to marketing, publishing, and operations. Wilson also announced EA will be downsizing their presence in Russia and Japan, including shuttering the EA Japan studio.

The news follows a difficult third quarter for EA, with big titles like Battlefield V and FIFA 19 failing to meet sales goals. While Apex Legends became a surprise hit since the release of the third quarter report, EA’s outlook for the fourth quarter were pessimistic at the time of the report’s publishing.

IGNITE THE REVOLUTION IN ASSASSIN’S CREED® III REMASTERED, AVAILABLE NOW

Philip Federico
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IGNITE THE REVOLUTION IN ASSASSIN’S CREED® III REMASTERED, AVAILABLE NOW

Relive the Beauty and the Brutality of 18th– Century America

Sydney, Australia — April 1, 2019 —, Ubisoft has announced that Assassin’s Creed® III Remastered, including Assassin’s Creed® Liberation Remastered, is now available on the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, the Xbox One family of devices including Xbox One X, and Windows PC. Additionally, all solo DLCs from the original game will be included: Benedict Arnold Missions, Hidden Secrets and Tyranny of King Washington.

Developed by Ubisoft Barcelona, Assassin’s Creed® III Remastered features single-player content in 4K and HDR on PlayStation®4 Pro, Xbox One X and Windows PC. The vision was to bring this classic game to match the quality of the current Assassin’s Creed games by taking advantage of newer technology. With increased model improvements and Physically-Based Rendering (PBR), Assassin’s Creed III Remastered displays more visually accurate images using real world light and material properties that make the world feel more alive.

Experience the Assassin’s Creed universe on the eve of the American Revolution and play as Connor, the warrior son of a Native American mother and British father. As the bloody revolution draws near, your clan is threatened by a powerful group seeking to crush the American Revolution and control the thirteen colonies. After the devastation of your village, you pledge your life to preserve freedom. Unleash your deadly skills in a decades-long quest that will take you from the chaotic city streets to blood-soaked battlefields in the hostile American wilderness and beyond. Explore colonial Boston, New York, the frontier and various epic naval missions, meeting legendary American heroes as you conspire to annihilate all those who threaten Liberty.

Assassin’s Creed III Remastered includes Assassin’s Creed Liberation Remastered, which tells the unforgettable journey that takes Aveline from the crowded streets of New Orleans to voodoo-haunted swamps and ancient Mayan ruins. Assassin’s Creed III Remastered will be available on the Nintendo Switch™ system starting May 21.

For more information on Assassin’s Creed, please visit: assassinscreed.com.

For the latest on Assassin’s Creed III Remastered and other Ubisoft games, visit news.ubisoft.com.

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 2017–18 fiscal year Ubisoft generated sales of €1,732 million. To learn more, please visit www.ubisoft.com.

© 2018–2019 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Assassin’s Creed, Ubisoft, and the Ubisoft logo are registered or unregistered trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the US and/or other countries.

Deep Silver Disables a Batch of Stolen Metro Exodus Steam Keys

Admir Brkic
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Deep Silver Disables a Batch of Stolen Metro Exodus Steam Keys

Metro Exodus publisher Deep Silver has disabled a good number of Steam keys that were stolen from a factory and sold by an unofficial key reseller.

The release of Metro Exodus on PC had a turbulent history. Initially, the game could be preordered on Steam and physical copies were also being sold with a Steam code inside. All of that came to a stop when Deep Silver announced that the game would only release on Epic Game Store. No more Steam preorders and no more Steam keys to get from authorized key resellers. If you managed to preorder a game or buy it from an official key reseller before the announcement, you were safe and your order would still be honored. And if you bought the game from any other place that Steam, Humble Store or Razer Store, you might have a bad surprise waiting for you upon starting a Steam client and not seeing Metro Exodus in your library.

Deep Silver notified everyone in a Steam post on Thursday:

These keys have been obtained illegally from the factory where physical key printing had taken place prior to the announcement of exclusivity with Epic Games, due to the criminal nature of these keys, all unlicensed keys have been deactivated and activation/download of Metro Exodus without the executable file is no longer possible,” it said.

“In addition, the software will be removed from the Steam library of any players using an unauthorized code. The keys being sold on this platform are stolen goods and are therefore illegal.

“If you have been affected we strongly recommend you contact the seller who sold you the unlicensed key and demand a refund.” The only supported key sellers for Metro Exodus were Humble Bundle and the Razer store, Deep Silver said.

“We were not aware that [the stolen keys] had gotten into the wrong hands,” it added. “The binaries were disabled on these keys from the beginning, the community brought it to our attention that the games they had from the reseller were not updating. After an investigation, we have become aware that they were stolen.”

What’s that saying? “If something sounds too good to be true, it probably isn’t’. Or in this case, if you find a shady store selling games/keys for half of the price compared to everywhere else, you should think twice before buying anything.

The Princess Guide Review

Travis Bruno
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The Princess Guide Review

The Princess Guide

Developer: Nippon Ichi Software
Publisher: NIS America
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Switch (Reviewed)
Release Date: Available Now
Price: $39.99 USD – Available Here $59.95 AUD – Available Here

Overview

Among the well known Japanese developers there are a few lesser known companies that are willing to take risks with unique ideas and few take as many chances as Nippon Ichi Software. While they have their mainstay franchise the developer has been experimenting with a number of fun takes on different genre over the years and now with The Princess Guide offering a unique take on a hack and slasher with a dash of RPG mechanics, is the game worth your time?

Story

After fighting countless battles and coming out as a heroic warrior capable of winning almost any battle, players step into the shoes of a retired soldier who can be named and customized as either a male or female with a handful of different personality traits that slightly alter dialogue from time to time. Through their exploits the warrior has managed to become known far and wide both on the battlefield for their skills but also from their knowledge as numerous books and articles have been written before the plot begins about the player’s capabilities as a soldier. As such when four different princesses put in a request asking to be trained by this soldier, it is up to the player on who they want to train.

The four princesses players have to choose from are not only extremely lively and unique feeling from one another but also have a different feeling to them. From the way they address the player character, such as Hero, Boss, or simply Teach their personalities really shine through thanks to the localization efforts from the team. The four girls happen to be the dragon priestess Alpana who is rather demure and is highly religious, the ever hungry and energetic Liliaretie that manages her own personal king’s guard, a child prodigy named Veronica whose magical powers have catapulted her to the top of her guild and left her with a cocky attitude, and Monomaria who has fallen into mercenary work to survive her family’s fall from grace.

Now it is worth noting that while you may start training only one princess players will still eventually be able to work with them all throughout the game before putting more of their focus into finishing off the game’s storyline with a specific princess. This means that players will still be able to see a bit of what each girl has to offer and their personality before delving deeper into a certain storyline which is a nice touch. That being said, some storylines do play out in a more entertaining fashion than others though this can come down to personal preference depending on who you end up taking a shining to the most, though even the lesser stories still hold up rather well thanks to some strong writing for these girls.

Gameplay

After selecting which one of the four princesses players will want to start with they will find themselves placed in an overworld where they can command either their own hero, the princess, or hired commanders, to move around the map. The world map will feature a number of little nodes as well as enemy units that move around the map but for the most part moving between these nodes is a simple affair with some containing treasure chests and others starting either main missions, side missions, or simply dropping the current unit into a fight for grinding purposes.

Once an enemy is encountered that commander will enter the battle alongside a small collection of soldiers that accompany them in every mission. These fights will take up the majority of your time in the game as players must travel through a dungeon area and defeat foes along the way to reach the end or simply survive against waves of foes by using hack and slash combat techniques. Every princess plays in a different manner with their special abilities while other units mostly fall into standard hack and slash style with certain skills being derived from the current weapon they have equipped.

Fighting against the waves of enemies in The Princess Guide can be both fun and frustrating at the same time depending on the layout of a stage and the enemies you happen to be facing off against. Players have no ability to actually block incoming attacks and depending on how many enemy types spawn at a time and the layout of the map, a quick loss can be ensured no matter how prepared you might be. This is partially due to the fact that healing units in this game is fairly limited when not controlling the princess as you must either take possession of limited mana tower relics scattered throughout the area and receive healing from them or acquire a high enough dominance level for that stage that you can initiate a “triage” strategy. Relics generally can be used as traps that can be triggered to deal damage to enemies while strategies provide various boosts to the commander’s soldiers though you will want to be prepared beforehand as enacting a strategy requires an annoying number of button inputs if done in the middle of a fight. Unfortunately even the fun aspect does begin to fall by the wayside after you’ve spent enough time grinding that the combat begins to feel a bit monotonous but more on that in a bit.

With the princess players will at least have one additional maneuver to fall back on and that is the “Direct Guidance” mechanic. Players can use this mechanic three times every stage to either praise or scold the princess and provide a number of buffs to her. This generally can be used to restore her health or give a boost to various stats and it can really help turn the tides of a losing battle, especially since you can even guide the princess from the clutches of defeat and potentially revive her. This guidance also comes into play with Materia that will be used to actually power up the princess’ various stats. By defeating specific enemies, claiming relics, simply winning battles, or being praised and scolded enough times various Knowledge Materia can be earned and then applied to the girl back at base. These various boosts do help strengthen the character and even unlock additional skill points that can be used to power up the teacher commander as well, though you will need to do some needless digging to actually find out how to properly boost their stats.

Properly boosting both the teacher and the princess’ abilities is essential to properly beating the game as there will need to be some grinding involved to complete some later battles in the game. Unfortunately these difficulty spikes often feel like they arose more of the game’s design choices rather than being unprepared for a fight so it usually ends up falling down to making sure you can and power through these spikes more than anything else.

Visuals & Audio

If there is one thing that The Princess Guide happens to excel at is being very colorful and featuring some nicely drawn character portraits even if they do animate like someone put them on fast forward. Every one of the four princesses’ unique personalities shines through in their design and even the chibi designs of the characters when they enter battle are nicely handled. That being said, players will notice that the text formatting in the dialogue segments can be rather rough at times with only a few words taking up an entire line, not something that is truly a problem but an odd choice.

With the release of this game NIS America has only provided the original Japanese voice track which works well enough as the characters are all handled well enough here with the soundtrack featuring a nice mix of music that fits for both battle and the many dialogue scenes throughout the game with special attention being given to each of the girls’ main themes.

Overall

The Princess Guide is an interesting little game that has quite a lot of charm to it. Almost every one of the four princesses that you can teach in the game are great in their own ways and the odd style of combat makes the game great for short bursts of play if you happen to be taking the Switch on the go. That being said, the amount of grinding you will need to do to overcome certain design choices and some frustrating menu designs drag down the experience.

Capsule Computers review guidelines can be found here.

Project Sakura Wars Announced for PlayStation 4

Travis Bruno
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Project Sakura Wars Announced for PlayStation 4

For many years fans of the Sakura Wars series were wondering whether or not Sega would ever revisit the series since, other than appearing in crossover games, the franchise has been left dormant for over ten years. Well now we know that not only is the series continuing with Project Sakura Wars but it is also already confirmed for western release. Sega has announced that the “dramatic 3D action adventure” will be released in the winter in Japan and in North America and Europe in spring 2020.

Project Sakura Wars will be set in a romanticized version of 1940s Imperial Tokyo. 10 years ago, a cataclysm resulted in the devastating loss of the Imperial Combat Revue of Tokyo, the capital’s global defense force operating out of the Imperial Theater. The theater has since fallen on hard times and risks closure. As captain of the new Tokyo revue, it’s up to you to mend the hearts of your troops and restore the Imperial Theater back to its former glory.

Sega Genesis Mini Western Release Detailed; First 10 Games Announced

Travis Bruno
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Sega Genesis Mini Western Release Detailed; First 10 Games Announced

Sega has announced plans to release the Sega Genesis Mini / Mega Drive Mini worldwide on September 19th where it will be launching with a total of forty games priced at $79.99. The full details about what games will be included when the Sega Genesis Mini will be released have not been released at this time but Sega has stated that the first ten games will be Sonic the Hedgehog, Ecco the Dolphin, Castlevania: Bloodlines, Space Harrier II, Shining Force, Dr. Robotnik’s Mean Bean Machine, ToeJam & Earl, Comix Zone, Altered Beast, and Gunstar Heroes.

It will also come with two replica three-button USB Genesis controllers, One USB to Micro-B power cable, One power adapter (North America only), and One HDMI cable. The mini’s design is based around the Model 1 Genesis that released in October 1988 in Japan and August 1989 in North America.



Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth Trailer Introduces the Phantom Thieves

Travis Bruno
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Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth Trailer Introduces the Phantom Thieves

Since Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth is going to focus heavily on the Persona 5 cast Atlus USA has released a new trailer that introduces every member of the cast, showing a little bit of their abilities in battle, and a sampling of how they will sound with the Japanese dub. While not focused on in this video, Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth will feature characters from Persona 3 as well as Persona 4 though it is worth noting that the heroine from Persona 3 Portable is said to have the biggest role of all the characters in the game.

You can check out the video below and keep an eye out for Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth when it is released on the 3DS in North America and Europe on June 4th.

Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition Arrives April 3

Travis Bruno
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Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition Arrives April 3

Those who may never have played the original game in the Borderlands series will soon have a new chance to as 2K Games and Gearbox have revealed that Borderlands: Game of the Year Editionwill be getting released next week on April 3rd where it will be available for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

This announcement follows the earlier reveal of Borderlands 3 and is going to be the perfect chance for people to re-discover, or perhaps discover for the first time, how the “shlooter” series began. Borderlands: Game of the Year Edition will contain a substantial visual upgrade, numerous quality of life improvements, brand new weapons, all DLC that was originally released for the game, and more.

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