LONG-AWAITED
FINAL FANTASY VIII REMASTERED ARRIVES LATER THIS YEAR
SYDNEY, 11th June 2019 – Square Enix Ltd., today revealed that the hugely anticipated FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered is coming to the Nintendo Switch™ system, PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One family of devices and PC (Steam) later this year.
Debuted during the SQUARE ENIX E3
Live event earlier today, FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered brings
the game’s classic story to modern platforms now with newly rendered visuals
that bring the world to life like never before.
In FINAL FANTASY VIII,
the military nation of Galbadia has allied with Sorceress Edea for world
domination. Squall, a member of Balamb Garden’s mercenary force SeeD, together
with his friends and Rinoa, a member of a resistance group, are shipped off to
war, unaware of their fated task to save the world.
FINAL FANTASY VIII
Remastered will
be available for the Nintendo Switch™ system, PlayStation®4 system, Xbox One
family of devices and PC (Steam) in 2019.
New
AAA Original IP from People Can Fly and Square Enix External Studios to Debut
in Winter 2020
SYDNEY, 11th
June 2019 – SQUARE
ENIX®, creators of the iconic FINAL FANTASY® and TOMB RAIDER®
franchises, today
unveiled OUTRIDERS™. From the developers of Gears of War Judgement and
Bulletstorm, People Can Fly, OUTRIDERS will release on XBOX ONE®, the all-in-one games and entertainment
system from Microsoft, PlayStation 4® Entertainment System, and PC in Winter (ANZ)
2020, marking a key release for the company.Square Enix External
Studios, the minds behind SLEEPING DOGS® and JUST CAUSE®, delivers OUTRIDERS, a 1-3 player, drop-in-drop-out, co-op shooter, set in an
original dark and desperate sci-fi universe.
“OUTRIDERS is
the game that we have been wanting to make for years,” said Sebastian
Wojciechowski, Studio Head of People Can Fly. “We’re very happy to be working
with Square Enix on this project, it’s a big undertaking for us and the team
has grown considerably to work on the OUTRIDERS project. We now have
over 200 developers at four international studios working on this project to
make it our most ambitious shooter to date. We’re very excited to finally
unveil OUTRIDERS to the world, and we can’t wait to show you more of the
game.”
“People Can Fly is the
perfect partner for us to create a game like OUTRIDERS. They have a
great history of creating high-quality shooters, plus an unmatched level of
experience and expertise in the Unreal game engine, unrivalled in the gaming
industry,” Said Lee Singleton, Co-Head of Studio at Square Enix External
Studios.
“OUTRIDERS is a very exciting project for us at Square Enix External
Studios. We’re focusing on giving players a true AAA co-op shooter with a deep
feature set and strong narrative,” said Jon Brooke, Co-Head of Studio at Square
Enix External Studios. “The team at People Can Fly really know how to make
gunplay feel tight and powerful and we can’t wait to show you more later this
summer.”
CLASSIC SaGa
SERIES MAKES A COMEBACK WITH TWO NEW
TITLES
SYDNEY, 11th June 2019 – During its E3 live event 2019, Square Enix Ltd.,
announced that the legendary RPG masterpiece Romancing SaGa™ 3 will
soon make its official debut in the West with an HD remastered coming to
consoles and mobile devices. SQUARE ENIX also revealed that SaGa SCARLET
GRACE: AMBITIONS™ is also in development for Europe, North America, and
Australasia.
Developed by industry veterans including legendary developer Akitoshi Kawazu, director of Romancing SaGa, SaGa Frontier and THE FINAL FANTASY LEGEND, Romancing SaGa™ 3 originally released in Japan in 1995. This brand-new HD remaster introduces optimized graphics, new dungeons to explore, new scenarios and a new game+ function. View the Romancing SaGa 3 trailer here now:
SQUARE ENIX also announced SaGa
SCARLET GRACE: AMBITIONS, an enhanced version of SaGa SCARLET GRACE,
whichoriginally released only in Japan in 2016. Newcomers and long-time
fans of the franchise can shape their own adventures with one of four
protagonists, Urpina, Taria, Balmant, and Leonard, each with their own unique
storyline, allowing players to enjoy four different RPGs in one title.
With its first Western release, AMBITIONS
builds upon the original Japanese release with a variety of improvements
and additions to the original, including new and improved graphics, character
voiceovers, weapons, skills and more. In addition, players will have access to
more than 70 allies to potentially add to their party and test out different
battle strategies with the new turn-based timeline system as they conquer new
scenarios, monsters and bosses on their journey.
Romancing SaGa 3 will be available on the Nintendo
Switch™ system, PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, PlayStation®Vita
handheld entertainment system, the Xbox One family of devices, including Xbox
One X, Windows 10, STEAM®, the App Store® and Google Play®. SaGa SCARLET
GRACE: AMBITIONS will be available on the Nintendo Switch system,
PlayStation®4 system, STEAM, the App Store and Google Play.
SQUARE
ENIX MUSIC LIBRARY COMING TO GLOBAL
STREAMING PLATFORMS
Music
from FINAL FANTASY Series Available Now on Apple Music, Spotify and More
SYDNEY, 11th June 2019 – During the SQUARE ENIX E3 live
event earlier today, Square
Enix Ltd., announced the arrival of its music catalogue, beginning with
music from the FINAL FANTASY, on music streaming services.
Music from the legendary FINAL FANTASY series marks the first of the SQUARE ENIX MUSIC catalogue to arrive on streaming platforms. Starting today, listeners around the world can press play on the full original soundtrack and arrangement albums for games in the beloved series at any time and on the go. To watch the announcement trailer now:
Surpassing over 144 million sales
worldwide since the release of its first title in 1987, the FINAL FANTASY
series has received critical acclaim from fans around the globe for its
cutting-edge visuals, reinvention and unique worlds and stories for players to
immerse themselves in.
FINAL FANTASY series original
soundtracks and arrangement compilations are available now on major music
streaming platforms including Apple Musicsm, Spotify and Amazon
Music*.
More music from other SQUARE ENIX
games will follow in the coming months. To keep up to date on the latest
updates, follow SQUARE ENIX on Twitter,
Facebook,Instagram and YouTube. The official SQUARE
ENIX MUSIC Discord server is also now open for fans around the world at: https://discord.gg/sqexmusic.
EXPLORE, BUILD AND
CREATE FROM JUNE 27 IN DRAGON QUEST
BUILDERS 2 DOWNLOADABLE DEMO
SYDNEY, 11th June 2019 – Square Enix Ltd., today
announced that a free demo will be available to download for DRAGON QUEST
BUILDERS™2 on the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system from 27th
June. The demo will give builders a taste of the gameplay while introducing the
brand new story and characters, as they prepare in their battle against the
Children of Hargon to bring the power of creation back to the land.
SQUARE ENIX also revealed a new “World of DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS 2” trailer, highlighting new building mechanics and tools for players to build and harvest, a variety of locations to explore underwater and above ground, and powerful attacks builders can use on the battlefield to defeat monstrous beasts. To view the trailer:
DRAGON QUEST BUILDERS 2 will be available for the
PlayStation®4 system on 12th July 2019. For more information, visit:
https://dqbuilders2.com/
Recalibrate your scope – it’s time to see
what’s new in Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts!
WARSAW, Poland (June 10, 2019) — Today, CI Games hosted the world-exclusive debut of in-engine gameplay for Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts on-stage as part of IGN’s E3 live show. Showing off an array of brand new features and further innovation on the series’ trademark sniping, CI Games is kicking things into high gear as they set their sights on a launch later this year across PC, PS4 and Xbox One.
As the latest game in the acclaimed tactical shooter series, Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts drops players into the middle of the unforgiving Siberian wilderness, forcing them to contend with their toughest challenges yet – both natural and contractual. In addition to getting a first look at its contract-based mission structure, a wide range of locales and the flexibility with which players can approach mission engagements, the debut gameplay shines a spotlight on the brand new Rivals system.
Put simply, players will never truly be alone as they take on
contracts, as they encounter rival contract killers. While players will need to
carefully plan out and execute the perfect kill and exfiltration from a given
encounter, they must also contend with the tension of an AI-controlled taking
on the same contract in tandem. Whether this involved removing a rival from the
equation or being quick enough to beat them to the punch, players will have
more variables to consider than ever before, ensuring that no two missions go
down the same, all the while ratcheting up the tension.
From its in-depth single-player campaign and range of multiplayer
options, to its return-to-form, intense mission-based contracts system, Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts seeks
to perfect the feeling of staring down a scope and planning your approach. Get
ready to tackle the Siberian wilderness and all the unique environmental obstacles
it brings with it, because Sniper
Ghost Warrior Contracts is taking aim.
Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts will launch
in 2019 on PS4, Xbox One and PC. For more information about the Sniper Ghost Warrior series,
head to SGWContracts.com, follow
the team on Facebook, or join
the conversation on Twitter.
CastleStorm II Evolves Zen Studios’
Hit Fortress-Felling Franchise
Zen Amps Up the Castle-Bashing Destruction – and the Tactical Strategy and Story – for the Newly Announced Next Installment of Its Secretly Huge Intellectual Property
Los Angeles, CA – June 10, 2019– Zen Studios continues its biggest year in company history with the announcement of CastleStorm II, the sequel to gaming’s most charming mix of ballista-based castle-bashing, tower defense, and hack-n-slash ferocity. CastleStorm II doesn’t just enhance this lauded gameplay formula – its new randomly generated world map adds a considerable new focus on strategic conquest. Players can experience this ultimate multigenre mashup when it arrives to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation®4, Xbox One and the Epic Games store in late 2019.
With
an elevated emphasis on storytelling, CastleStorm
II returns us to a classic fantasy land of medieval madness, rife
with heroic knights, enchanting sorceresses, glorious griffins and more. But a
new threat rises – literally…as in, from the grave. Killer zombies. Headless
horsemen. All-around nasty necromancy. You get the picture.
Each
of six distinct campaign modes are represented by delightfully memorable heroic
characters, as players strive to conquer an overworld map through a mix of
turn-based strategy and skill in an upgraded take on traditional CastleStorm combat.
They’ll build castles and fortresses – and eventually an entire empire –
through gameplay structured to engage hardcore strategy fans while also proving
accessible to a wide player base. And as the castles get bigger, they fall
much, much harder – the destruction powered by the Unreal 4 engine enhances the
visceral action.
“It
would have been enough to just make more of the same – something over 2 million
people have enjoyed playing over the past six years – but we just felt we had
to do way more for CastleStorm
II,” says Mel Kirk, Vice President of Publishing. “The ‘4X’
strategy element adds a whole new layer, and it could be a full game on its
own, all while being every bit as accessible as the more traditional CastleStorm gameplay. And
when you do add in that awesome genre-mashing gameplay that defined the first
game – itself leveled up, and complemented by an even greater emphasis on story
and character – CastleStorm II
really becomes something unique and special. We can’t wait for everyone to
start commanding and clobbering later this year.”
Much
more information about CastleStorm
II will be revealed as the game nears release. Please visit www.CastleStorm.com and @CastleStorm2 through Facebook, Twitter and Instagram for more information as it is made
available. Play the original CastleStorm
today on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, Xbox One, Steam,
PlayStation®Vita, Nintendo Wii U, PlayStation®3, Xbox 360, iOS and Android.
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, the developer has defined video game
pinball excellence since 2007 with its Pinball
FX franchise, and has gone on to publish acclaimed titles such as Operencia: The Stolen Sun (Metacritic
83 on Xbox One), CastleStorm
(Editor’s Choice awards from both the Apple App Store and Google Play) and
more. Zen has worked with some of the most iconic entertainment studios,
including Lucasfilm, Marvel, NBC Universal, FOX Digital Entertainment and South
Park Studios, as well as revered gaming properties like Valve’s Portal, Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead, and
Bethesda Studios’ Fallout,
Skyrim and DOOM.
The Surge 2 smashes
towards release with an incredible new E3 Trailer
The Surge 2 will
continue Deck13 and Focus Home Interactive’s excellent Action-RPG series on
PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on September 24. In a brand new, gorgeous E3 Trailer featuring The Day Is
My Enemy by The Prodigy, get a glimpse of all the new features, stories, and
enemies coming in this violent sci-fi sequel.
Inside the high walls of Jericho city, trapped in a technological apocalypse that threatens to consume everyone within, our hero fights to survive and uncover the truth of the disaster. Cult members hopped up on drugs, nanomachines, looters, and security forces will try to stop you wherever you go while a mysterious girl leads you to parts unknown.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khr4DMxWAq8
This plays out on a backdrop of a world on the brink of
simultaneous total collapse and technological ascendancy. Self-evolving
nanobeasts crush buildings with swipes of their massive claws while the
downtrodden, infatuated with machines through malfunctioning implants and
rising religion, roam the streets in packs. The rich and wealthy exist above it
all, while hunters try to capture their valuable nano-prey and what remains of
the military maintains a flimsy order.
This is the world of The Surge 2. Have a very safe day.The Surge 2 releases September 24 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Check out the new E3 Trailer now. Pre-orders are available now, including the Limited Edition – check the store page for more details.
About Deck13 Interactive
With more than 15 years of experience, Frankfurt-based Deck13 Interactive is one of Germany’s leading developers. Employing more than 60 and with studios located in Frankfurt and Hamburg, Deck13 Interactive has developed over 20 titles, including major releases such as The Surge and Lords of the Fallen. Currently the team is working on The Surge 2. More information on the website: www.deck13.de
About Maximum Games
Maximum Games ranks as a top 15 global video game publisher of interactive digital entertainment spanning all genres and supporting multi-platforms. The company’s mission is to provide a proven and strong hands-on approach to publishing, marketing and distribution. Established in 2009, the company is led by female entrepreneur Christina Seelye, a seasoned executive of digital consumer products and channel marketing. Under Seelye’s leadership, the company has been recognized with numerous awards such as “Fastest Growing Tech Company” by American Business Awards, and has made the Inc. 5000 list of Fastest Growing Private Companies for the past two years. Maximum Games has offices in both the US and UK, and continues to expand its scope of global publishing and distribution via direct reach and strategic partnerships. More information on the website: www.maximumgames.com
About Focus Home
Interactive
Focus Home Interactive is a French publisher based in Paris,
France. Known for the quality, diversity and originality of its catalogue,
Focus has published and distributed original titles (Vampyr, Farming Simulator,
Call of Cthulhu, Insurgency: Sandstorm,…) that have become benchmark titles
worldwide, available both in store and for download across the world. Focus
publishes games on all major platforms, consoles and PC. The publisher’s
catalogue will get even richer the coming months and years with eagerly awaited
games such as The Surge 2, MudRunner 2, GreedFall and many more.More information on
the website: www.focus-home.com
The Outer Worlds Launching October 25, 2019 forXbox One, PlayStation®4, and PC
Hero? Villain? Lunatic? Your decisions drive the outcome in this immersivesingle-player sci-fi RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division
Private Division and Obsidian Entertainment
today announced The Outer Worlds is now available for preorder and will launch on October 25, 2019
across the Xbox One family of devices, including Xbox One X, on the PlayStation®4
system, and on Windows PC*.
From the renowned RPG developer,
Obsidian Entertainment, comes The Outer Worlds, a dark and witty
player-driven story set in a colony at the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As
the cold, firm grasp of corporate bureaucracy starts to unravel due to one
unknown visitor – you – the character that you decide to become – will
determine how the story unfolds. Your choices will affect the way the story
develops, as well as your character progression, companion stories, and endgame
scenarios.
“When I found myself contractually
obligated to work with Leonard, we decided to make the game we always
wanted,” said Tim Cain, Co-Game Director at Obsidian. “A game where
player agency matters, and allows you to approach any situation however you’d
like. Because it’s your story. And, because we haven’t figured out how
to contractually oblige you to play how we want you to. Yet.”
The Outer Worldspresents you with a variety of options to play through
the game. With an array of ranged and melee sci-fi weaponry at your disposal,
you can also solve issues with good, old-fashioned spoken diplomacy, or even
leadership-driven delegation to your companions.
“All kidding aside,” said
Leonard Boyarsky, Co-Game Director at Obsidian, “Tim is truly honored to
be working with me again on a game that focuses not only on a player-driven
story, but also on establishing a new universe that is fun for players to explore
with depth, humor, and corporate approved action.”
“Obsidian has such a great history
when it comes to creating exceptional single-player RPGs,” said Allen Murray,
Vice President of Production. “The Outer Worlds is unmistakably
an Obsidian game, delivering an experience rich with dark humor, interesting
characters, and plenty of player agency.”
Watch the E3 trailer for The Outer Worlds on YouTube now.
The Outer Worlds will be available on October 25, 2019 for Xbox One, PS4™ system, and
Windows PC*. Fans excited for The Outer Worlds can pre-order the game now. The Outer Worldsis not yet rated by the ESRB. For more
information, subscribe on YouTube, follow on Twitter,
become a fan on Facebook,
and visit www.TheOuterWorlds.com.
*The Outer Worlds is
available on Windows PC through the Microsoft Windows Store and Epic Games
store for the first year, at which point it will come to additional digital PC
retailers.
Private Division is a publishing
label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ:TTWO).
About Obsidian
Obsidian
Entertainment specializes in creating the world’s most engrossing interactive
RPGs including Fallout: New Vegas, South Park: The Stick of Truth,
Alpha Protocol, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith
Lords, and the Pillars of Eternity franchise. Founded by veterans of
Black Isle Studios, with roots in Icewind Dale, Planescape: Torment,
Fallout, and Fallout 2. Obsidian continues its commitment to
deliver fans and newcomers alike the most compelling RPGs they can imagine.
Currently, Obsidian is hard at work on a host of new projects, including the
upcoming expansion to Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, The Outer
Worlds,and unannounced titles.
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.
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.
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contained herein are the property of their respective holders.
SNAPSHOT GAMES’ PHOENIX POINT LAUNCHES SEPTEMBER 3
ON
WINDOWS PC, MAC AND XBOX
ONE
New cinematic E3 trailer teases the mutating
face of good and evil in the hotly anticipated sci-fi strategy game from the
creator of X-COM
LOS ANGELES — June 10, 2019 — Snapshot Games announced today as part of Microsoft’s Inside Xbox presentation that Phoenix Point, the upcoming sci-fi strategy game from the creator of the original X-COM series, is expected to launch on Sept. 3, 2019, on the Microsoft Store and with Xbox Game Pass for console and PC, as well as the Epic Games store for PC and Mac.
A new cinematic trailer titled “Next Life”
sets the stage for the changing face of war in Phoenix Point. Led by a massive Alien Queen,
the game’s enemies transform and evolve according to the choices players make
over time. Given the power to mutate their own troops to gain an advantage,
Earth’s last desperate defenders will have to decide how much humanity they’re
willing to sacrifice to save mankind from this ever-changing extraterrestrial
threat.
Phoenix
Point is a new take on strategy and
tactics. Plan operations, research new technologies, and build alliances to
unite the planet or destroy your rivals, then customize your squad and deploy
into conflict zones around the globe with dynamic objectives and destructible
environments. Procedurally generated maps and branching storylines mean no two
playthroughs are the same.
Snapshot Games is a video game developer and
publisher based in Sofia, Bulgaria, and Los Angeles, California. Founded by
Julian Gollop and David Kaye, Snapshot’s first game was the crowdfunded and
critically praised Chaos
Reborn. Snapshot’s latest title, Phoenix
Point, is a sci-fi strategy and tactical combat game, putting
players in control of the remnants of humanity as they take on an apocalyptic
alien threat.
