Koei Tecmo and Gust have officially announced that the next game in the Atelier series will be called Atelier Ryza: The Queen of Eternal Darkness and Secret Hideout and they have released a few details and some images of the game which is set to be released in Japan sometime this fall for the PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, and PC.
The main character in this entry is named Reisalin Stout whose nickname is Ryza and while she may seem like an ordinary girl she is a bit reckless and can be a bit of a tomboy with a strong sense of justice who does not change her mind when she thinks she is in the right. A certain “encounter” will change her everyday life and set her on her journey where a new “creation” system that hasn’t appeared in previous Atelier games will be used.
Paradox Interactive to Join the Xbox Game Pass for PC
Titles from Global Publisher to Become Available via New Membership Program
STOCKHOLM – May 31, 2019 – Paradox Interactive, a publisher and developer of games for worldwide audiences, today announced their participation in Xbox Game Pass for PC, an upcoming monthly gaming membership program from Microsoft. Xbox Game Pass for PC will offer unlimited access to new releases and classic titles on PC for members, including a selection of games from Paradox Interactive.
Xbox Game Pass for PC will launch in select markets, with titles from Paradox Interactive included on day one.
For more information about Xbox Game Pass for PC, check out the announcement on Xbox Wire and watch the Xbox E3 2019 Briefing on Sunday, June 9 at 1pm PDT.
After trying a few different things it appears that Activision is going back to the old well as the company has announced that the next Call of Duty will be a reimagined version of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare that will be developed by Infinity Ward and be released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on October 25th with the PlayStation 4 version getting first dibs on pieces of DLC.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare will feature a unified narrative experience and progression across a heart racing, epic single-player story, an action-packed multiplayer playground, and new cooperative gameplay. Players will join a varied cast of international special forces and freedom fighters in gripping and heart-pounding missions through iconic European cities and volatile expanses of the Middle East. The game will feature cross-play support and eliminate the standard season pass in an effort to offer free maps and content to all players.
AtGames® Announces the Legends Ultimate Arcade Machine
Full-Size Arcade Machine Features Legendary Video Games, Cloud
Connectivity, and other Amazing Features
Los Angeles – May 31,
2019 – AtGames® Digital Media Inc., a leader in interactive entertainment
products today announced the Legends
Ultimate arcade machine.
Among the hundreds of
games that will appear on this full-size arcade unit is a large selection of
classic arcade and home video games from licensors like Atari, ColecoVision,
Data East, The Tetris Company, and more. Top game properties include Asteroids, BurgerTime, Centipede, Fighter’s History, Pong, and Tetris®,
to name just a few. These favorites can be enjoyed from the authentic
arcade-style control panel, which includes two joysticks, six action buttons
per player, a high-performance trackball, and two spinners.
Among the Legends Ultimate arcade’s
many exciting features are a modern user interface, intuitive and customizable
menu themes, network play, Internet connectivity, leaderboards, and cloud
gaming streaming. The included ArcadeNet™ connectivity features free DLC,
remote play, tournaments, subscription game library, and BYOG functionality,
where you can access PC game libraries. The Legends
Ultimate arcade is also expandable, with Bluetooth accessories,
cabinet art, light guns, and more, making it the ultimate entertainment
platform.
The Legends Ultimate arcade will
take limited pre-orders at your favorite retailers starting July 2019.
Additional product information will be announced during the Electronic
Entertainment Expo (E3) 2019 in June at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
About AtGames: AtGames Digital Media Inc. (http://www.atgames.net)
is a leader in innovative consumer-oriented interactive entertainment products.
The company leverages the latest technology to develop and publish its
best-selling classic videogame products for worldwide distribution. AtGames is
based in Los Angeles, with international offices in Taipei and Shenzhen.
Kerbal Space Program: Breaking Ground Expansion now Available for PC
New robotic parts, deployed science,
surface features, and more provide exciting ways to explore space
Private
Division and Squad today
announced that Kerbal Space
Program: Breaking GroundExpansionis now
available for PC. Kerbal Space Program: Breaking Ground Expansion,
the second expansion for the critically acclaimed space sim, is an engaging,
feature-rich content pack. This expansion increases the objective possibilities
once celestial bodies have been reached by adding more interesting scientific
endeavors and expanding the toolset.
With Kerbal Space Program:Breaking GroundExpansion players will have all new robotic parts that include hinges, rotors, pistons, and more in a variety of different sizes. These parts encourage the invention of deeply creative vehicles with further advanced functionality than ever before.
Deployed science is another major addition of this expansion,
which enhances the experiments and data-collection objectives that have gone
hand-in-hand with space exploration. Players will be able to utilize a storage
container in their craft that can hold various pieces of science equipment.
Upon reaching their destination, players can deploy equipment to monitor and
collect data through assorted methods and relay it back to Kerbin, the Kerbals’
home planet. One scientific instrument, the active seismometer, even tasks
players to deliberately crash contraptions into a celestial body to gather
seismic data!
Kerbal Space Program: Breaking Ground Expansion also
changes the experience players have when exploring celestial bodies. New
surface features are scattered across planets throughout the solar system and
can be scanned utilizing a new robotic arm attached to rovers. These surface
features include cryovolcanoes, meteors, craters, and many more mysterious
objects for players to investigate. Additionally, the expansionincludes
a new futuristic space suit for the Kerbals so they can travel space in style.
“We are always listening closely to the ever-expanding Kerbal
Space Program Community, and Breaking Ground addresses a
long-requested aspect of the game that we have been working hard to fulfill:
compelling reasons to explore and research planets,” said Nestor Gomez, Lead
Producer at Squad. “Players now have even more reasons to explore the celestial
bodies of the solar system.”
“The creativity of the KSP community is something that never
ceases to amaze us,” said Michael Cook, Executive Producer at Private Division.
“Kerbal Space Program: Breaking Ground Expansion is packed with
content that we believe will add countless hours of fresh gameplay, as well as
generate some incredible new craft designs from players. We can’t wait to see
what they come up with”.
About Kerbal Space Program
In Kerbal Space Program, players take charge of the
space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals, and have access to an
array of parts to assemble a fully functional spacecraft that flies (or
doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics. Launch your Kerbal
crew into orbit and beyond (while keeping them alive) to explore moons and
planets in the Kerbol solar system, constructing bases and space stations to
expand the reach of your expedition.
Kerbal Space Program features three gameplay modes. In
Science Mode, players can perform space experiments to unlock new technology
and advance the knowledge of Kerbalkind. In Career Mode, you can oversee every
aspect of the space program, including construction, strategy, funding,
upgrades, and more. In Sandbox, players can build any spacecraft that they can
think of, with all parts and technology in the game.
Kerbal Space Program: Breaking Ground Expansion is now
available on PC for $14.99 USD (MSRP). Kerbal Space Program is
rated E for Everyone by the ESRB. For more information on Kerbal Space
Program, subscribe on YouTube, follow us
on Twitter, become a
fan on Facebook, and visit
www.KerbalSpaceProgram.com.
Private Division is a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive
Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO).
About Squad
Based in Mexico City, Squad are the developers of the critically
acclaimed space simulation game, Kerbal Space Program. Comprised of an
international team of talented, passionate and ambitious individuals that love
videogames, space, and science, they have reinvented themselves into full-time
video game development.
About
Take-Two Interactive Software
Headquartered in New York City,
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. is a leading developer, publisher and
marketer of interactive entertainment for consumers around the globe. The
Company develops and publishes products principally through its wholly-owned
labels Rockstar Games and 2K, as well as its Private Division label and Social
Point, a leading developer of mobile games. Our products are designed for
console systems and personal computers, including smartphones and tablets, and
are delivered through physical retail, digital download, online platforms and
cloud streaming services. The Company’s common stock is publicly traded
on NASDAQ under the symbol TTWO. For more corporate and product
information please visit our website at http://www.take2games.com.
About Private Division
Private Division is a developer-focused publisher that empowers
independent studios to develop the games that they are passionate about
creating, while providing the support that they need to make their titles
critically and commercially successful on a global scale. The label publishes Kerbal
Space Program and will publish upcoming titles with renowned creative
talent at studios including The Outer Worlds from Obsidian
Entertainment, Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey from Panache Digital
Games, an unannounced title from V1 Interactive, and more. Private Division is
headquartered in New York City with offices in Seattle, Las Vegas, and Munich.
For more information, please visit www.privatedivision.com.
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We believe the player should be at the center of their gaming experience
and be able to harness the unique benefits of the devices they choose to play
on.
Nowhere is that belief more important than on the PC. As the creators of
Windows, we have a unique responsibility to ensure we’re investing in
experiences that benefit players everywhere, while respecting the PC
community’s preference for an open, highly customisable platform.
We’ve not always lived up to our aspiration of keeping gamers at the
center of everything we do when it comes to the experience they’ve had on
Windows.
Today I’d like to share three steps we are taking to contribute to the
thriving PC gaming ecosystem:
Introducing Xbox Game Pass Designed for PC Players
Two years ago, we launched Xbox Game Pass on Xbox One, and since then
we’ve seen how valuable a curated library of high-quality games can be for
players and game developers alike. It offers a great way to discover and play
your next favorite game. We researched whether a similar opportunity exists for
PC players and PC game developers, and we believe that it does. We also
considered the importance of bringing something new and additive to the PC
gaming ecosystem, and we believe that we can. So, we designed a service
specifically for the needs of PC gamers and PC game developers. It’s called
Xbox Game Pass, just like the original, but it’s a new experience that we are
building together with the PC community.
Xbox Game Pass for PC will give players unlimited access to a curated
library of over 100 high-quality PC games on Windows 10, from well-known PC
game developers and publishers such as Bethesda, Deep Silver, Devolver Digital,
Paradox Interactive, SEGA, and more. And just as we committed on the console,
it is our intent to include new games from Xbox Game Studios in Xbox Game Pass
for PC the same day as their global release, including titles from newly
acquired studios like Obsidian and inXile. We’re working with over 75
developers and publishers to bring PC content to the service and we’ll ensure
the library remains curated and full of great PC titles across a variety of
genres, with new games added every month.
Xbox Game Pass for PC members will also receive discounts in the
Microsoft Store on Windows of up to 20% on games currently in the library
and up to 10% off related game DLC and add-ons.
We look forward to sharing more at E3, including the great games coming
to the library, as well as more details on when and how you’ll experience the
new Xbox Game Pass service for PC gamers.
More Choice in Where to Buy Xbox Game Studios Titles
Enabling gamers to play together, through cross-platform play and
cross-network play across Windows 10 PCs and console, is vitally important.
Building communities across all of those players, regardless of the store or
platform they’ve chosen (console or PC), is also vitally important because it
helps bring players together, allows games to find their largest audience and
allows gaming to deliver its true potential of uniting people around the power
of play.
With that in mind, our intent is to make our Xbox Game Studios PC games
available in multiple stores, including our own Microsoft Store on Windows, at
their launch. We believe you should have choice in where you buy your PC games.
In March, we announced that Halo: The Master Chief Collection
will come to PC later this year, launching on Steam in addition to the
Microsoft Store on Windows. We will continue to add to the more than 20 Xbox
Game Studios titles on Steam, starting with Gears 5 and all Age of
Empires I, II & III: Definitive Editions. We know millions of PC gamers
trust Steam as a great source to buy PC games and we’ve heard the feedback that
PC gamers would like choice. We also know that there are other stores on PC,
and we are working to enable more choice in which store you can find our Xbox
Game Studios titles in the future.
We want to bring players together to create a shared player community
regardless of where they play, so it’s our intent that new Xbox Game Studios
titles include features such as voice and text chat, LFG, friends lists and
cross-play across PC and console. On Windows 10 you’ll find this functionality
in the Xbox Game
Bar, which we’ll
continue to evolve and expand.
Supporting Win32 Games on Windows 10
We want creators to be inspired to bring their best content to Windows
10, and we want Windows 10 to be the place where gamers come to discover their
next favorite PC game. We recognise that Win32 is the app format that game
developers love to use and gamers love to play, so we are excited to share that
we will be enabling full support for native Win32 games to the Microsoft Store
on Windows. This will unlock more options for developers and gamers alike,
allowing for the customisation and control they’ve come to expect from the open
Windows gaming ecosystem.
When I think about the role we play as a company to support and evolve
gaming on Windows, it’s critical that we make decisions that reinforce the open
nature of the PC, focusing on how best to unite players on all devices around
the games they love. That philosophy will guide us as we introduce new ways to
discover and play games on Windows.
These are just a few of our steps in a journey to contribute to gaming
on Windows 10. We know that PC gamers want to see games, so I hope you’ll join
us at our annual Xbox E3 2019 Briefing on Sunday, June 9 to hear more,
including the amazing lineup of new games and offers coming to PC players.
MapleStory
2 Awakens the Summer Season with Biggest
Update Since Launch!
Action-packed
expansion brings new class, increased level cap, dungeons, and more since
Project New Leaf
May 31, 2019 – Critically-acclaimed MMORPG MapleStory 2,has rolled out its eagerly anticipated Awakening Expansion Update today via the Nexon Launcher and Steam. The massive content update gives players the new melee-focused Striker class, increases the level cap, adds a second job rank for all classes, introduces new Chaos Raids and Hard Dungeons and unlocks the Eye of Lapenta, including Ascendant tier weapons, the strongest gear in the game!
The astounding Striker class uses a fearless combination
of kicks and punches in close quarter combat brawling. All players will receive
a free character slot to begin using Striker! In addition, MapleStory 2
is increasing the level cap from 60 to 70 for players to further hone
their skills. All players will also have the ability to unlock Rank 2 job
skills that expand the robust experiences of all classes.
With more skills come more challenges. The expansive content
update will thrust players into new Hard Dungeons and Chaos Raids, both in
Normal and Hard variants. The update features six new Hard Dungeons that
give players the chance to earn the Frontier, Tidemaster, and Demonwing epic
gear sets. With three new Chaos Raids, players can challenge Pink
Bean for the first time in MapleStory 2 and earn legendary gear sets such
as Enigma, Behemoth, and Dark Vanguard. There’s a lot to earn in this update!
Last and most exciting comes Eye of Lapenta, a new area with a riveting
and engaging storyline containing four Dungeons more challenging than
Chaos Raids. Along with the new area comes a new customizable skill system that
uses Lapenshards. Lapenshards are unique gems in one of three colors
that introduce a new set of passive and active skills players can customize to
unlock their full powers. Players will also be able to obtain the new level 60
Ascendant gear by clearing the last dungeon in Eye of Lapenta.
In
addition, players who login before June 26, will receive a Striker Daily
Wonder on the first character they log in with. Players who log-in everyday
will receive even more items including a Canola Bonito ground mount, a Floating
Lotus air mount, a specially made Iron Fist Knuckles weapon skin for a Striker
class, and a full Hysteria Outfit skin.
Through
June 26, Maplers with designated new characters will also be able to earn 3
levels every time they level up through the Summer Burning Event and
earn new gear at level 60 to prepare for the challenges ahead.
The latest addition to the MapleStory universe, MapleStory 2
takes players to colourful new dimensions with vibrant 3D block graphics, a
robust set of playable characters, a vast skill progression system, refined
customisation, and world-building mechanics. MapleStory 2 is an expansive and
player-centric MMORPG that offers challenging new adventures with a charmingly
charismatic MapleStory twist. For more information about the game, please visit
http://maplestory2.nexon.net/.
Nexon America, a subsidiary of
NEXON Co., Ltd. (“Nexon”) (3659.TO) is a global leader in online games with
more than 80 live games operated across more than 190 countries. Nexon America
introduced micro-transactions and the free-to-play business model in 2005 and
is widely credited with unmatched global expertise in sophisticated live game
operations, nurturing player communities, and for sustaining titles for years,
even decades. Nexon is listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and the company was
placed on the Nikkei Stock Index 300 in 2017.
Winter Fury: Longest Road Forays into Steam
Early Access Today
DALLAS — May 30, 2019 —Winter Fury: Longest Road, the VR tank action and first-person shooter from former Activision and THQ veteran developers at SpiderMonk Entertainment and publisher 10th Reality, blasts its way onto Steam Early Access on Vive and Oculus Rift today.
The Germans are mounting
a Blitzkrieg on the Allied war front as it advances into rural Germany. Survive
in enemy territory with a classified, experimental M-4 Sherman tank as its
battle-hardened commander. Push back the line with American steel and
devastating destructive power.
Rip open enemy bases
with cannon shells or dish out .50 caliber machine gun fire on anything
standing in the way. Pilot the tank from a third-person perspective or open the
hatch to enter first-person gun battles.
Take to the field and
wield everything from pistols, rifles and machine guns to a deadly sniper
rifle. Zoom in with the sniper rifle and the UI changes so the whole headset
becomes the sights, making accurate aiming intuitive and interactive. With
heavy machine guns, grenades and more unlockable weapons even heavily armored
bosses will not stand a chance.
Tiger tanks, weaponized
steam trains, and Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter planes promise explosive and
challenging battles. The Germans will do anything to stop the Allies’ advance,
including deploying destroyers down the coast. Experience brutal cannon fire and
destructive close-quarters combat up close and personal in action-packed
missions.
“VR is the perfect
platform for epic WW2 tank action,” said Scott March, founder of SpiderMonk
Entertainment. “There are deadly enemies waiting to take out the Sherman tank,
but they aren’t prepared to deal with the destructive force of the Allies’
latest weapon.”
Winter Fury: Longest
Road is available in English
on Steam Early Access for $19.99 today and will be compatible with HTC Vive and
Oculus Rift.
About SpiderMonk
Entertainment
Home to industry
veterans from Activision, 3D Realms, THQ and multiple game awards, SpiderMonk
Entertainment was founded to create games where every team member has creative
input and is free from the crunch that the industry is used to. They aim to
deliver games with creativity where players have fun.
For more information,
please visit their website and follow them on Twitter.
Summer Of Pride Celebrates Queerness in Gaming
on Twitch
SAN FRANCISCO – 31 May,
2019 –Summer of Pride, a season-long streaming celebration of
LGBTQIA+ games, developers, and streamers, kicks off tomorrow on the MidBoss Twitch
channel.
MidBoss, developer of the inclusive cyberpunk adventure
2064: Read Only Memories, will host a month-long festival putting the
spotlight on queer games and content creators. Throughout the month, streamers
will play games with LGBTQIA+ themes and storylines, sharing and celebrating
queer narratives through the lens their own personal experiences as members of
the LGBT community.
Nikatine, Deere and SuperxInvader will join popular content creator 8-Bit Dylan in streaming the games. These and other LGBT
streamers will share their perspectives, discussing queer and other diverse
content creators’ place in the gaming community alongside the importance of
diverse representation in media.
“We’ve been able to
organize an amazing event by working with people and companies who are just as
passionate about promoting LGBT voices and stories as we are,” said Cade
Peterson, interim CEO, MidBoss. “Now that summer and Pride season have finally
arrived, we hope to see a big turnout for the celebration.”
Based out of San
Francisco (although not the Neo kind), MidBoss aims to make the world better,
safer and more inclusive for marginalized people, especially those across the
gender and sexuality spectrum, by creating cool experiences through games and
other forms of media which diversify representation, as well as becoming a
platform for queer content around the world.
NETMARBLE’S
MOBILE MMO STRATEGY GAME IRON THRONE CELEBRATES FIRST ANNIVERSARY
Major Updates Include New Kingdoms,
Brand New RTS Mode, a New Skill Growth System for Heroes, and the Fourth and
Final Season to Iron Throne’s Story Mode
LOS ANGELES – MAY 30, 2019 – Netmarble’s
immersive MMO strategy mobile game Iron Throneis
celebrating its one-year anniversary with an extensive new update for players
to experience and enjoy the game. Starting today, players will have more
opportunities to flaunt their strength, empower their trusted Heroes even
further, and see what is next in store with Iron Throne’s story mode.
Iron Throne’s first
anniversary update introduces renewed Dimensional Battle, a real-time
strategy (RTS) mode that Lords can directly involve themselves on the
battlefield.This new update now improves upon existing Player vs. Everyone
(PvE) content by adding a real-time duel system to Iron Throne that
allows Lords can use advanced strategical placement of their troops, add
special soldiers such as Ogres, Death Knights, and Dragons to the front line,
and unleash all-new Hero Skills to defeat their opponents, including enemy
combatants and other Lords.
The new update also gives player Heroes the potential
to become even stronger with the introduction of Iron Throne’s ‘Skill
Growth’ system. Layered on top of the current equipment-oriented growth
system, Lords can strengthen the personality and strategy of their favorite
heroes by adding new Hero Skills – all of which can be further enhanced with
the new Skill Enhancement system also introduced in the anniversary
update.
To complement these new features, Iron Throne’s anticipated
fourth season of Town Mode, Iron Throne‘s story mode, is now
available for players to experience and earn epic rewards. Upon completion of
Season 4, players can earn the following rewards:
New Hero – Players now can unlock the Viking-inspired Hero from
Nordenth…the mysterious sorcerer Hakkon. The new hero is one of the
leading characters of Town Mode’s fourth season and can be recruited once
players complete Epic Quest of third season.
New Equipment Set – In addition to Hakkon, players will earn the Viking-inspired
Helga Set to equip to their heroes. The new set of equipment adds
additional capability of gathering resources to heroes.
In Iron Throne, players can create their own story to become the
King of their very own kingdom by cooperation with each other to build strong
alliances and competition against other users. Lords can also experience a
completely new strategy game experience through a variety of game modes
offering extreme delight of battle, fun of recruiting and nurturing own heroes
and, fascinate story of the mystic continent – all delivered through an
astonishing and realistic world powered by high-resolution 3D graphics.
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. More information can be found athttp://company.netmarble.com
