Zen Studios Announces Williams™ Pinball Volume 2

New Three-Pack Adds Bally Favorites The Party Zone™, Black Rose™ and Attack from Mars™

San Francisco, CA – November 15, 2018 – Zen Studios is happy to announce that The Party Zone™, Black Rose™ and Attack from Mars™ will soon join the quickly growing Williams™ Pinball collection for Pinball FX3 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Windows 10, Steam and Nintendo Switch. Coming December 4, 2018 for $9.99, the Williams™ Pinball Volume 2 three-pack once again includes classic simulations and remastered versions of each table.

Just as Williams Pinball Volume 1 featured a dragon bursting to life and a fisherman reeling ‘em in, the remastered 1990s classics in Williams Pinball Volume 2 are enhanced in similar ways. In The Party Zone, host Captain B. Zarr comes to life as a 3D interactive character parading around on a giant rocket, while Attack from Mars fires missiles upon a flying saucer circling the playfield, thanks to the orders barked by a 3D-animated general. At the same time, Black Rose, Queen of the High Seas, captains her fully 3D-animated ship across a spinning globe as you loot a treasure chest and fire an interactive cannon. Of course, classic simulations are still available for anyone craving the most authentic arcade experience.

“The overwhelmingly positive response from the pinball community since the launch of Williams Pinball Volume 1 has resulted in people of all ages and skill levels experiencing classic premium pinball in exciting new ways,” said Mel Kirk, Vice President of Publishing at Zen Studios. “Williams Pinball Volume 2 brings players a set of classic Bally tables – with themes everyone loves, like alien invasions, pirates and…well, partying – and I am thrilled that these games have found a home in Pinball FX3.”

All ® notices signify marks registered in the United States. Bally is a trademark of Caesars License Company, LLC. Attack from Mars, Black Rose, The Party Zone and Williams are trademarks of Williams Electronics Games, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

About Zen Studios

Zen Studios is a leading global producer and publisher of interactive entertainment software for all major digital game platforms. Recognized as one of the premier independent gaming studios in the world. Zen Studios has worked with some of the most iconic entertainment studios, including NBC Universal, FOX Digital Entertainment, Marvel Entertainment, South Park Studios and Lucasfilm, as well as revered gaming properties like Valve’s Portal and Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead. Zen Studios’ CastleStorm franchise has also won the developer critical acclaim and commercial success, including the coveted Editor’s Choice awards from both the Apple App Store and Google Play, and its Pinball FX franchise has defined video game pinball excellence since 2007.

Ready for Festive Fun: Party word game Wordhunters™ hits PlayLink™ for PlayStation®4 today

Take on your friends and family on PS4 using your smartphone!

Thursday 15th November, Manchester, UK: Just in time for festive gatherings with friends and family alike, Thumbfood is excited to announce that PlayLink enabled party game Wordhunters™  is available on PlayStation®4 from today.

Wordhunters™ is the party game that pushes people’s word-play prowess to the limit, challenging up to six players to take each other on in a series of entertaining, brain teasing word games. Using their smartphones as game controllers to outsmart opponents as they look to be crowned as the word champion, play is perfectly pitched to bring friends and family together over the festive period and beyond.

The world of Wordhunters™ is hosted by Amy the Aviator – your enthusiastic and quick-witted pilot as you travel the globe in a retro air-liner, complete with your own selfies displayed in the plane’s windows! Flying to some of the world’s most famous cities complete with their most iconic landmarks – from London and Paris to New York and Tokyo – take on your rivals in mini word games to piece together your secret word before anyone else and claim victory!

Wordhunters features:

•      15 party word games suitable for the whole family
•      Take off to 20 global destinations from London to Tokyo and beyond
•      Play in front of famous landmarks including the Eiffel Tower, Sydney Opera House, and Empire State building
•      Drop-in/drop-out multiplayer for 2-6 Wordhunters™
•      Easily change language within the game and practice your foreign vocabulary in French, Italian, German, and Spanish

“Wordhunters™ is a game designed as a shared experience. When developing the game, we specifically had times like Christmas holidays, family days, and parties in mind. It makes our day to watch people take each other on and it all gets very competitive,” says Thumbfood founder and Game Director Simon Smith. “Each contest is a close one because of the variety of games on offer, so it remains tight and tense all the way through. I’ve watched as people have come from the back of the pack to take the title right at the end.”

Wordhunters™ is part of a wave of second generation PlayLink games for PlayStation®4, designed to enable everyone to play from the comfort of their Apple or Android device, while all the main action takes place on the big screen.

Wordhunters™ launches exclusively today on PlayStation®4 for £15.99/€19.99/$19.99
on the PlayStation Store and at retail.

Wordhunters™ will be distributed to retail globally by Wired Productions.

About Thumbfood:
Based in Manchester, Thumbfood is a specialist in family-friendly games across multiple platforms, leading with forthcoming party word game Wordhunters™ for PlayLink™ on PlayStation®4.

Thumbfood is headed up by Simon Smith, who has spent the last 15 years working for some of the game’s industry’s biggest names – Sony, Codemasters and Blitz – bringing his talents to major family focused IP, such as the Buzz! quiz franchise, Taz: Wanted, Barbie Wild Horse Adventures, and many more.

PlayStation®4, PlayStation®Store and PlayStation®Plus are registered trademarks and PlayLink™ is a trademark of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. All other marks properties of their respective owners.

BETHESDA SOFTWORKS ANNOUNCES FALLOUT 76 AVAILABLE NOW WORLDWIDE

Experience a New Epic Online Survival RPG from Bethesda Game Studios

For immediate release – (Rockville, MD) – Bethesda Softworks^®, a ZeniMax® Media company, announced Fallout^® 76 is available now digitally and at retail stores worldwide for Xbox One, PlayStation^® 4 computer entertainment system, and PC.

From acclaimed developer Bethesda Game Studios^®, creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim^® and Fallout^® 4, Fallout 76 is the online prequel to the Fallout franchise where every surviving human is a real person. Discover a new and wild wasteland in the heart of West Virginia in what is the largest, most detailed open world in series history.

“Our passion has always been transporting players to new worlds and new experiences,” said Todd Howard, Executive Producer at Bethesda Game Studios. “And Fallout 76 is unlike anything else we’ve built or played. We can’t wait to experience it together with our fans.”

Explore post-nuclear Appalachia alone or with friends and embark on a quest to discover the fate of those who came before. Create, customize, and equip your character with hundreds of clothing, weapons, armor, and cosmetic items as you trek across six distinct regions with their own flora, fauna, and terrifying enemies inspired by local West Virginia legends and myths.

Along the way, build and craft anywhere in the world with the new Construction and Assembly Mobile Platform (C.A.M.P.) to provide much-needed shelter, supplies, and safety. With the power of the atom, take control of nuclear missiles to decide where and when to strike and create high-level areas. Harvest rare and valuable resources and crafting materials in the temporary blast zones formed in the wake of a nuclear fallout.

Fallout 76 is available now worldwide digitally and at retail.

For more information, visit: www.fallout.com

About ZeniMax Media Inc.
ZeniMax Media is a privately owned media organization headquartered outside Washington DC with international publishing offices in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Eindhoven, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Sydney and Moscow. Through its subsidiaries, ZeniMax Media creates and publishes original interactive entertainment content for consoles, PCs, and handheld/wireless devices. ZeniMax Media divisions include Bethesda Softworks, Bethesda Game Studios, Escalation Studios, id Software, Arkane Studios, Tango Gameworks, MachineGames, ZeniMax Online Studios, ZeniMax Europe Ltd., ZeniMax Asia K.K., ZeniMax Asia Pacific Limited, and ZeniMax Australia Pty Ltd. For more information on ZeniMax Media, visit www.zenimax.com.

About Bethesda Softworks
Bethesda Softworks, part of the ZeniMax Media Inc. family of companies, is a worldwide publisher of interactive entertainment software. Titles featured under the Bethesda label include such blockbuster franchises as The Elder Scrolls®, Fallout®, DOOM®,QUAKE®, Wolfenstein®, Dishonored®, The Evil Within™, Prey® and RAGE®. For more information on Bethesda Softworks’ products, visit www.bethsoft.com.

About Bethesda Game Studios
Bethesda Game Studios is the award-winning development team known around the world for its ground-breaking work on The Elder Scrolls series and the Fallout series. Creators of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion®, the 2006 ‘Game of the Year’; Fallout® 3, the 2008 ‘Game of the Year’; The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim®, the 2011 ‘Game of the Year’; Fallout® 4, the winner of more than 200 “Best Of” awards including the 2016 BAFTA and 2016 D.I.C.E. Game of the Year; and Fallout Shelter™, the award-winning mobile game with more than 100 million users. Bethesda Game Studios has earned its reputation as one of the industry’s most respected and accomplished game development studios. For more information on Bethesda Game Studios, visit www.bethesdagamestudios.com.

The Elder Scrolls, Skyrim, Oblivion, Bethesda Game Studios, Dishonored, Arkane, The Evil Within, PsychoBreak, Tango, Tango Gameworks, MachineGames, Prey, Nuka Cola, Bethesda Softworks, Bethesda, ZeniMax and their related logos are registered trademarks or trademarks of ZeniMax Media Inc. in the United States and/or in other countries. Fallout and its related logos (including Vault Boy) are registered trademarks or trademarks of Bethesda Softworks LLC in the United States and/or in other countries. id, id Software, id Tech, DOOM, QUAKE, Wolfenstein, RAGE and their related logos are registered trademarks or trademarks of id Software LLC in the United States and/or in other countries. Other product and company names referenced herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. All Rights Reserved.

Season 5 of WWE SuperCard, the action-packed collectible card-battling game, is available beginning today!

Packed with a bevy of changes to optimize and streamline the experience for new and veteran players alike in Season 5, WWE SuperCard lets players collect and level up thousands of cards featuring their favorite WWE and NXT Superstars, WWE Legends and WWE Hall of Famers before entering the virtual ring to climb the leaderboards and compete for big rewards.

WWE SuperCard – Season 5 includes the following features:

• Three Dynamic and Fun New Tiers: More than 250 new cards featuring fan-favorite WWE Superstars across Gothic, Neon and Shattered tiers, with each tier delivering unique card frames and new images. Additionally, NXT Superstars EC3, Ricochet, Candice LeRae and more will make their debut in Season 5;
• Faster Training and Improved New Player Experience: Players can reach a competitive state and train their cards up faster thanks to the Hardened tier becoming the new base off the Draft Board;
• Improved MyCards and Card Catalog: Spend less time in menus and more time playing the game thanks to a new MyCards menu that gets players to their most important cards quickly, a streamlined main menu and a reinvigorated card catalog to show off players’ collections;
• New Multi-Fusion Chamber: A new Multi-Fusion Chamber breaks out regular, Legacy and promotional fusion cards, giving players more freedom and progress, particularly during special events;
• New Inbound Event: Coming this December, an all-new event will join the likes of Ring Domination, Road to Glory and Last Man Standing.

WWE SuperCard has more than 18 million global downloads since its August 2014 debut and holds an average rating of 4.8/5 stars on the App Store, as well as a 4.4/5 rating on Google Play.

WWE SuperCard is available for free download on the App Store for iOS devices, as well as the Google Play Store and Amazon App Store for Android devices. In addition, players can enhance their free-to-play experiences through purchase of individual cards, card packs and more. For Cat Daddy’s thoughts on today’s Season 5 launch, please check out the team’s blog post here:

wwe.2k.com/supercard/news/season-5-is-now-live

For more information on the WWE SuperCard series and 2K, visit wwe.2k.com/supercard, become a fan on Facebook or follow the game on Twitter and Instagram.

NEXON SECURES GLOBAL PUBLISHING RIGHTS FOR POKELABO, SQUARE ENIX-DEVELOPED SINoALICE

Acclaimed dark fantasy RPG from legendary creative director Yoko Taro will launch globally under the Nexon banner

Seoul – Nov. 15, 2018 – Nexon will bring Snow White, Cinderella, The Nutcracker, The Three Little Pigs, Wonderland’s Alice and more to life with SINoALICE, the dark fantasy role-playing game (RPG) codeveloped by Square Enix and Pokelabo; and published for iPhone and Android by NEXON Korea Corporation, subsidiary of NEXON Co., Ltd. (“Nexon”) (3659.TO), a worldwide leader in free-to-play online and mobile games. The company announced today that Nexon reached a deal with Pokelabo that includes exclusive rights to globally distribute SINoALICE on mobile devices.

SINoALICE is a chilling retelling of classic fairy tale within an unsettling dark fantasy world inspired by the game’s creative director, Yoko Taro (NieR: Automata). The game follows several popular fairy tale heroes as they work together to navigate perilous lands, battle menacing enemies and solve mind-bending puzzles to resurrect the storytellers that created them.

More details about SINoALICE will be revealed in coming months, including pre-registration information, launch features and more. Additional information for members of the press:

• Check out the official SINoALICE website
• Watch the official Gstar video 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.

WB Games and Niantic Debut Trailer for Highly Anticipated Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Augmented Reality Mobile Game

Niantic and WB Games have unveiled the first teaser trailer for Harry Potter: Wizards Unite™,  the upcoming augmented reality (AR) mobile game that will put magic in the hands of players worldwide. The highly anticipated game will launch in 2019.

Co-published and co-developed by Niantic and WB Games, Harry Potter: Wizards Unite is part of Portkey Games, a games label dedicated to creating video game and mobile experiences inspired by the Wizarding World.

In Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, players will be able to explore real-world surroundings to unravel a global mystery, cast spells, and encounter fantastic beasts and iconic characters along the way.

Watch the official Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Teaser Trailer

To stay up to date on Harry Potter: Wizards Unite, please visit and sign-up to receive the latest information at www.wizardsunite.com and follow the game on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

About Portkey Games
Portkey Games, from Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, is the games label dedicated to creating new Wizarding World mobile and videogame experiences that place the player at the centre of their own adventure, inspired by J.K. Rowling’s original stories.  Portkey Games offers players the opportunity to make their own narrative choices and engage with the Wizarding World setting to create new and unique experiences.  The label was created to bring gamers and fans new gaming experiences that allow them to delve into the magic of the Wizarding World in immersive ways where they can define their own Wizarding World story.

About Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, a division of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, Inc., is a premier worldwide publisher, developer, licensor and distributor of entertainment content for the interactive space across all platforms, including console, handheld, mobile and PC-based gaming for both internal and third-party game titles.

About Niantic, Inc.
Niantic, Inc., builds mobile real-world experiences that foster fun, exploration, discovery and social interaction. Originally incubated within Google, Niantic, Inc. spun out in 2015 with investments from Google, The Pokémon Company, and Nintendo, and raised an additional $200 million in financing in 2017 from Spark Capital, Founders Fund, Meritech, Javelin Venture Partners, You & Mr. Jones and NetEase, Inc.. The company’s immersive Real World Games Platform powers the ground-breaking augmented reality games Pokémon GO and Ingress, which are available on the App Store and Google Play. Harry Potter: Wizard’s Unite is Niantic, Inc.’s third game and is being co-developed with Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. For more information on Niantic, visit www.nianticlabs.com.

Astroneer Terraforms Xbox One, PC 6 Feb. 2019

More Than 2 Million Downloads to Date

SEATTLE – 14 Nov., 2018 – Astroneer, the accessible interplanetary survival sandbox played by more than 2 million space explorers while in Early Access, will reshape the landscapes of Xbox One and Windows 10 when it officially launches on 6 Feb., 2019 with a solar system’s worth of new content.

Liftoff will debut a new exploration-focused adventure that will take you to seven brand new planets while facing challenges like dangerous flora, treacherous terrain and immense, mysterious structures. Increased character customization options empower every astronaut to showcase their personality as they explore new narrative elements. Dedicated servers will enable intrepid adventurers to build their bases asynchronously through Xbox One and PC cross-play, fulfilling the developer’s intended vision.

System Era Softworks is composed of senior AAA veterans from companies including Bungie, Ubisoft, Disney, Valve and many more. Through their collective vision of interplanetary exploration, the team has set out to develop an experience where creativity is the only limit.

Grab friends for online multiplayer and blast off to explore uncharted planets, unearth rare materials and unlock the mysteries of the universe. Reshape colorful terrain, molding the stylized minimalist landscape to create mountains or chasms all while immersed in the meditative sounds of the sci-fi synth soundtrack.

Gather resources to craft new tools and modules at fully customizable bases, then pack those bases onto vehicles and shuttles to fuel further forays into the unknown. Harness the ingenuity of an intrepid Astroneer to take on the final frontier as one of the forerunners of a new age of space expansion, propelling humanity into the future.

“Astroneer reflects on the legacy of human space exploration and imagines the future,” says System Era Softworks communications director Joe Tirado. “We want to inspire a sense of wonder and reverence for the beautiful universe we live in, while promoting ideals such as creativity, tackling adversity and outside-the-box thinking.”

Astroneer is currently available on Steam Early Access and Xbox One Game Preview for $19.99, but will rise to its final launch price of $29.99 on Nov. 16, 2018 and include a brand new “Retro” suit exclusively for Early Access supporters. Astroneer supports the English, French, Italian, Spanish (Spain), Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Brazilian Portuguese and Turkish languages.

For more information, visit the official website or follow Astroneer on Twitter and Facebook.

About System Era Softworks

System Era Softworks is an independent game development studio based out of Seattle, Washington. Inspired by space-exploration and possessing an optimistic view of space-age futurism, the System Era Softworks team strives to build games that motivate future generations of spacefarers.

For more information, please visit the System Era Softworks website..

HONOUR, REVENGE AND DESPAIR – THE HALLMARKS OF LEFT ALIVE’S NARRATIVE

Main Characters’ Backstories and Motivations Showcased in New Trailer

 SYDNEY, 15^th November 2018 – Showcasing the interwoven narrative of the game’s main characters, Square Enix Ltd., today released a new trailer providing a deeper look at their dark and gritty stories of survival.

Famed illustrator Yoji Shinkawa of the METAL GEAR series from KOJIMA PRODUCTIONS designed each playable character, from the young Ruthenian staff sergeant Mikhail, to confident Nova Slava police force captain Olga, and ex-member of the rebel movement Leonid, who was framed for murder and sentenced to death.

The game features a variety of action-packed playstyles in the war-torn city of Novo Slava, filled with pulse-pounding battles, stealth manoeuvres and much more.

LEFT ALIVE will be available for the PlayStation®4 system and STEAM® on 5^th March 2019.

For more information, visit: http://www.left-alive.com

Related Links:
Official Homepage: http://www.left-alive.com
Twitter: @LeftAliveGame
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/leftalivegame

DiRT RALLY 2.0™ DAY ONE RETAIL EDITION AND PRE-ORDER CONTENT ANNOUNCED

Larkspur, Calif. – Nov. 14, 2018 – Codemasters today revealed the additional content that players will receive in the retail versions of the DiRT Rally 2.0 Day One Edition.

Day One Edition owners will get early access to different cars within the game plus exclusive pre-order incentives when the forthcoming off road racer releases worldwide on the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, the Xbox One family of devices including the Xbox One X, and Windows PC on Feb. 26, 2019.

DiRT Rally 2.0 – Day One Edition (market wide while stocks last)
Includes the stunning Porsche 911 RGT Rally Spec along with early unlocks for the Fiat 131 Abarth Rally and Alpine Renault A110 1600 S.

Exclusive Pre-order Incentives
Available at selected retailers, players who preorder the game will receive the Opel Kadett C GT/E.

DiRT Rally 2.0 will offer gamers the most authentic rally and rallycross experience available in gaming. With more news to come on the forthcoming release of DiRT Rally 2.0, you can keep up with all the news and follow updates from the studio on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/codemasters/) and Twitter (https://twitter.com/Codemasters).

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About Codemasters
Codemasters (AIM:CDM) is an award winning British video game developer and publisher with over 30 years of heritage. The company specialises in high quality racing games including DiRT, GRID, ONRUSH and the BAFTA award-winning official F1® series of videogames.

For more information on Codemasters’ product portfolio, please visit www.codemasters.com. Join in the conversation with @codemasters on Twitter or Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/codemasters.

About Deep Silver
Deep Silver develops and distributes interactive games for all platforms. The Deep Silver label means to captivate all gamers who have a passion for thrilling gameplay in exciting game worlds. Deep Silver works with its partners to achieve a maximum of success while maintaining the highest possible quality, always focusing on what the customer desires.

Deep Silver has published more than 200 games since 2003, including its own brands like the open world extravaganza Saints Row, the zombie action franchise Dead Island, and the grim post-apocalyptic future of the Metro series. Deep Silver also owns the development studios Deep Silver Dambuster Studios in Nottingham, UK; Deep Silver Fishlabs in Hamburg, Germany, and Deep Silver Volition based in Champaign, IL, USA. For more information please visit www.deepsilver.com.