GUNNER CLASS NOW AVAILABLE FOR TERA ON PLAYSTATION 4 AND XBOX ONE

Big Ass Monsters, Meet Big Ass Guns in this Major Update for TERA

Seattle, WA – June 26, 2018 – En Masse Entertainment announced today that the gunner, a new playable class is now available for TERA on Xbox One and PlayStation®4 as a free update. The gunner is a high damage class who wields a massive arcannon to mow down mobs of enemies.

The team at En Masse is celebrating the launch of the gunner with some special events and challenges:

• Starting today and going through July 8, players will receive one free additional Character Slot upon their first-time log in to TERA which they can use to create a gunner (or any of TERA’s eleven character classes).
• Through July 22, gunners unlock special rewards as they level-up. If players manage to get all the way to level 65, they’ll unlock an exclusive costume and weapon skin for their gunner!
• The first gunner to reach level 65 on each server will also earn a special achievement and “Cutting Edge” title.

The gunner has one EXPLOSIVE personality.

The gunner is the first new class to come to TERA on consoles and is available to the female castanic and high-elf races at character creation. At first glance, the massive guns make this class seem limited to long-range combat; however, the gunner is surprisingly versatile, making her an excellent choice for utility players who want to be effective in a variety of situations. Tough, deadly, and crafty, the gunner comes fully loaded with abilities that help her stand apart on the battlefield.

• Battlefield-Clearing Attacks: Powerful area-of-effect attacks, including the visually-stunning Balder’s Vengeance, let the gunner mow down hordes of enemies without breaking a sweat.
• Big-Ass Guns: This class is defined by the arcannon—a huge weapon with huge damage potential. Why settle on small when you can go big?
• Summoned Constructs: With her ability to place turrets and constructs around the battlefield, the gunner never has to fight alone. It’s like having a party with you wherever you go!
• Heavy Armor: With huge guns and heavy armor, the gunner is a tank. Fight with ranged attacks or hit hard from up close. The ability to mix up attacks keeps enemies guessing until they’re blown away.

The gunner is now available for TERA console players and is 100% free. For more details on the new class please visit tera.enmasse.com, and follow the game on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

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ABOUT EN MASSE ENTERTAINMENT
Based in Seattle, Washington, En Masse Entertainment embodies the evolution of modern game publishing. The company’s mission is to publish great games and provide great service. Beginning with its inaugural title, TERA, and continuing with Kritika Online and Closers, En Masse Entertainment has built a track record of excellence and innovation. The team at En Masse includes experts in online technology, live service, branding, community, and player support, allowing them to thrive as a publisher in the digital era. For more information, visit enmasse.com.

Aksys Games Bestows Video Gaming Goodness on A/X 2018

Legendary game creator Yasuhiro Wada to be featured at panel and autograph sessions

LOS ANGELES – June 26, 2018 – Are you ready to solve mysteries, find love, kick some butt and raise a dragon? (Not all at once, of course… unless you’re great at multitasking.) You can do all of that and more at the Aksys Games booth at this year’s Anime Expo, taking place from July 5-8 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Aksys will be showcasing their latest titles, including the highly anticipated Little Dragons Café, at South Hall Booth #3011.

Fans will have the opportunity to get hands-on with Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly, 7’scarlet, Psychedelica of the Ashen Hawk, Guilty Gear Xrd REV 2, BlazBlue: Central Fiction, Under Night In-Birth Exe:Late[st], Jake Hunter Detective Story: Ghost of the Dusk, and, of course, Little Dragons Café.

Yasuhiro Wada Comes to A/X
Interested in what the panels have to offer at A/X? This year, Yasuhiro Wada—creator of the popular Bokujō Monogatari series (published under the names Harvest Moon and Story of Seasons outside of Japan)—will be answering all of your burning questions at his panel, “Yasuhiro Wada: Little Dragons Café and Beyond.” The panel will be held Saturday, July 7 from 3:30pm to 4:30pm in Live Programming Room 4 (LACC 411). If you’re looking to get a little more face time with Mr. Wada, he will be holding autograph sessions at Table 5 on July 6 and July 7 at 12:30pm. For more information about Mr. Wada’s appearances at AX 2018, visit www.anime-expo.org/guest/yasuhiro-wada/

 
About Little Dragons Café
Named Best of E3 by PS Nation, Yasuhiro Wada’s latest adorable adventure, Little Dragons Café, will soon be roaring onto the Nintendo Switch™ and the PlayStation®4—but first it’s stopping by Anime Expo! The story opens with a twin brother and sister learning to cook and manage a small café under their mother’s tutelage. All was peaceful and routine until one morning when the twins discover that their mother has fallen into a deep sleep and won’t wake up. Suddenly, a strange old man appears to inform them that they must raise a dragon in order to save her. Working together with three quirky café employees, the two siblings must figure out how to a wrangle a dragon and manage the family business while finding a way to save their mother. For more information about Little Dragons Café, please visit littledragonscafe.com

About Aksys Games
Founded in 2006 in Torrance, California, Aksys Games Localization, Inc. is a visionary video game publisher committed to publishing unique and high-quality interactive content for all current-generation platforms. Its lineup of games includes the critically acclaimed Zero Escape series (Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors, Virtue’s Last Reward, Zero Time Dilemma) as well as the wildly successful BlazBlue and Guilty Gear franchises. More information about Aksys Games and its unique products can be found on the company’s website, www.aksysgames.com.

SOEDESCO reveals Truck Driver, coming to PlayStation®4, Xbox One and PC

Truck Driver aims to deliver a fresh, career-driven trucking experience

Rotterdam, The Netherlands – June 26, 2018 – Today SOEDESCO and Triangle Studios announced that gamers can soon hit the road in trucking experience Truck Driver! Unlike any other trucking experience, Truck Driver is completely focused on the career mode. By valuing the ‘game’ aspects over the ‘simulation’ aspects, SOEDESCO aspires to bring the fun-factor back into the trucking genre. The game will be available both digitally and physically, for the Xbox One family of devices including Xbox One X, PlayStation®4 as well as PS4 Pro, and Steam®.

The story behind Truck Driver

SOEDESCO released a video today in which they give a look behind the scenes at developer Triangle Studios and show some of the first Truck Driver gameplay footage. In the video they explain that Truck Driver focuses on the player’s experience as a truck driver and their interaction with the local community. Players get to meet all sorts of unique characters and build relationships with them by successfully completing transport jobs, to fully experience the eventful career life of a trucker.

Additionally, CEO of developer Triangle Studios Remco de Rooij shares that they gained a lot of experience from their previous collaboration with SOEDESCO, which inspires them to approach the process a bit differently this time. For example, they promise to involve the community more closely in the development process and point out that they will invite field experts to help them create a great truck driving experience.

Truck Driver features:

• Enjoy a trucking experience focused on your career as a truck driver
• Build stronger relationships with the local community with each job
• Customize your truck with tons of parts and tune it to your liking
• Explore a vast open world and watch it progress with you
• Navigate through beautiful landscapes and fully explorable cities

More information can be found on the Truck Diver website: https://truckdriver.soedesco.com/

About SOEDESCO
SOEDESCO® is a worldwide publisher of both digital and boxed games on multiple platforms. Our portfolio includes third party titles like Wuppo, Owlboy, Tricky Towers, Among the Sleep and N.E.R.O. SOEDESCO also publishes their own IPs including Adam’s Venture® and Real Farm.

More information about SOEDESCO® and its products can be found on the company’s website, www.soedesco.com or by following @SOEDESCO on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

DISCOVER A NEW WAY TO PLAY MARIO KART 8 DELUXE WITH NINTENDO LABO

The search for Australia and New Zealand’s greatest Nintendo Labo creations begins on 19^th July with the Nintendo Labo Creators Contest – with a special Nintendo Switch system prize

26^th June, 2018 – Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for Nintendo Switch is now compatible with Nintendo Labo, Nintendo’s new line of interactive make, play, and discover experiences. Grab the handlebars and race your way to victory using the Toy-Con Motorbike from the Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 01: Variety Kit*. After installing a free software update** for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, available today, you’ll be able to select the Motorbike as a compatible controller from the main menu. You can watch the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – now compatible with Nintendo Labo! trailer on the official Nintendo Australia YouTube channel.

Players can now play Mario Kart 8 Deluxe in TV mode using the Toy-Con Motorbike, or insert the Nintendo Switch console directly into the Motorbike’s dashboard to play it on-the-go. Whether using Toy-Con Motorbike or any of the other supported controllers, additional driving options such as Smart Steering and auto-accelerate are available to help newcomers get back on track. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe is the first game outside of Nintendo Labo software to receive Toy-Con support, and more titles will be compatible with Nintendo Labo in the future.

In Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, familiar characters from the Super Mario series compete in races set around the world of the Mushroom Kingdom and beyond. Start your engines, put the pedal to the metal, and get ready for the kind of thrilling racing action that only Mario Kart can provide. Find out more at the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe website.

Meanwhile, the search for Australia and New Zealand’s greatest Nintendo Labo creations and customisations has begun with the launch of the Nintendo Labo Creators Contest for Australia and New Zealand. Whether you’re a master inventor or a creative spirit, anyone can take part and have a chance to win some amazing prizes, including a special Nintendo Switch system. For this contest, entrants can submit their creations in two different age categories:

• Kids: In this category, children aged 11 and under can submit an original Toy-Con creation or customisation. You can even get some help from a parent or guardian.
• Teens / Adults: For kids at heart, aspiring Toy-Con creators and decorators aged 12 and above can submit their creations in this category.

Creators in either category are tasked with either submitting a new, original Toy-Con project using Toy-Con Garage, a mod of an existing Toy-Con, or your own uniquely decorated Toy-Con. All submissions will be reviewed based on spirit, creativity and construction quality. Got an idea for your own original Toy-Con creation? Grab some cardboard sheets, dive into Toy-Con Garage and see where your creativity takes you. Or break out the pens, paints, stickers, stencils and anything you can find, and show us your one-of-a-kind customised Toy-Con designs.

Submissions will start on the Nintendo Labo website on 19^th July and close on 7^th September, but entrants can start preparing right now. The overall winner in each category will receive a very special prize: a special Nintendo Switch system designed to look like cardboard. Finalists will receive a Joy-Con Pair customised with the same design. More details can be found on the Nintendo Labo website.

Nintendo Labo is a new line of interactive make, play and discover experiences designed to inspire creative minds and playful hearts alike. Together with the Nintendo Switch system, the Nintendo Labo kits provide the tools and technology to make fun DIY creations, play games with your creations, and discover how Nintendo Switch technology shapes ideas into reality.*** Find out more at the Nintendo Labo website.

After installing a free software update for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe for Nintendo Switch, available today, players can select the Motorbike as a compatible controller from the main menu and use the Toy-Con Motorbike from the Nintendo Labo Toy-Con 01: Variety Kit. The search for Australia and New Zealand’s greatest Nintendo Labo creations and customisations has begun with the launch of the Nintendo Labo Creators Contest. The overall winners in each of two age categories will receive a very special prize.

Additional Links:
Nintendo Switch website: http://www.nintendo.com.au/nintendo-switch/
Nintendo Labo website: http://www.nintendo.com.au/labo
Nintendo Australia website: http://www.nintendo.com.au/
Nintendo Australia Twitter: https://twitter.com/NintendoAUNZ
Nintendo Australia Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NintendoAUNZ
Nintendo AU on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/nintendoau

FINAL FANTASY BRAVE EXVIUS LAUNCHES JUST CAUSE 3 COLLABORATION EVENT

Hit Mobile RPG Commemorates Second Year Milestone with Limited-Time Events and In-Game Rewards

SYDNEY, 25^th June 2018 –Square Enix Ltd., today announced that FINAL FANTASY® BRAVE EXVIUS®, the hit mobile RPG that has been downloaded more than 30 million times worldwide, celebrates its second successful year with a new Just Cause® 3 collaboration. This limited-time event introduces numerous characters and a Just Cause 3-themed event to FINAL FANTASY BRAVE EXVIUS.  

Starting today, Just Cause 3’s protagonist, Rico Rodriguez, and two additional characters, Mario Frigo and Annika Svennson, will be available through a featured summon, while a fourth character, Teo, will be available through a raid summon. Players can face off against Golden URGA Mstitel to obtain raid points to unlock various rewards.

Additionally, during June and July, a variety of in-game bonuses and rewards will be made available to players in celebration of the second anniversary:

• Login Bonuses – From 29^th June – 11^th July and 12^th July to 31^st July, players will be treated to generous second-anniversary rewards in addition to standard daily bonuses, including special 10+1 Summon Tickets that will guarantee at least one 5-star unit and 5-star Guaranteed EX ticket.
• Free Daily Summon – From 29^th June – 26^th July, players may summon one character for free per day.
• Players’ Vote Campaign – From 29^th June – 11^th July, all players may vote in-game to select one of four generous promotions, such as a daily free summon. The promotion that receives the most votes will be implemented in-game during the month of August.
• Weapon Enhancements – Starting in mid-July, players may upgrade previously obtained weapons through a new limited-time stage, which will be a recurring event moving forward.
• Half off stamina for story missions and trial battles, increased chances for bonus EXP when enhancing units, increased rank limits and much more.

Fans can also celebrate the game’s second anniversary from 8^th – 9^th December 2018 with fellow players at the FINAL FANTASY BRAVE EXVIUS Fan Festa 2018 at the Long Beach Convention Center in California, USA. Event updates and information on how to purchase tickets will be available here: https://ffbefanfesta.com

FINAL FANTASY BRAVE EXVIUS is available now through the App Store®, and Google Play™. The game is available in six languages: English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese (traditional) and Korean.

Related Links:
Official Website: http://finalfantasyexvius.com/
Official FFBE Fan Festa Website: https://ffbefanfesta.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FFBE_EN
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ffbeen

BUILD YOUR OWN GUNPLA AND JOIN THE FIGHT: NEW GUNDAM BREAKER AVAILABLE TODAY

JUNE 22^nd, 2018 – Today, NEW GUNDAM BREAKER, the latest game of the iconic mecha franchise officially launches on PlayStation Network for PlayStation®4. To celebrate this milestone, BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe released its launch trailer.

Each player of NEW GUNDAM BREAKER will be gifted a certain amount of in-game currency with a day one patch on June 22^nd. Players are free to spend 100,000 GP to their heart’s content and acquire new parts for their Gunpla. Moreover, the day one patch provides improved stability for the online mode which is going to ensure smooth interaction with other players.

Customization is one of the main features of NEW GUNDAM BREAKER as players have the chance to create their own model based on their favorite Mechs. Build your dream Gunpla, personalize it and jump into battle!

NEW GUNDAM BREAKER is available on PlayStation 4 now and will be released on STEAM for PC and other distributors in summer 2018. For more information about the game and other products from BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe please visit: https://www.bandainamcoent.com, follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/BandaiNamcoEU, or join the conversation at https://www.twitter.com/BandaiNamcoEU.

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About BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe S.A.S.
BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe S.A.S., part of BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc., is a leading global publisher and developer of interactive entertainment for all major video game consoles, iOS, Android, and online platforms. The company is known for creating and publishing many of the industry’s top video game franchises including PAC-MAN™, GALAGA™,TEKKEN™, SOULCALIBUR™, ACE COMBAT™ and DARK SOULS™. BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe is the premier publisher for anime based video games including NARUTO SHIPPUDEN™, DRAGON BALL™, and ONE PIECE™. More information about the company and its products can be found at http://www.bandainamcoent.eu or www.facebook.com/BandaiNamcoEU

RED BULL MEDIA HOUSE AND UBISOFT KICK THEIR PARTNERSHIP INTO HIGH GEAR WITH THE CREW 2

Perform Crazy Stunts in The Crew 2^® Open Beta and Get a Chance to Face Your Ride with Red Bull Pilot Bryce Menzies

SYDNEY, Australia — June 21, 2018 — Ubisoft and Red Bull Media House have announced a new event called “Face Your Ride” that gives players the chance to experience in real life the crazy rides they perform in The Crew 2, the newest iteration in the revolutionary open-world driving franchise. To celebrate the game’s upcoming Open Beta taking place from June 21-25 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC, players will be able to submit their best stunts on faceyourride.com for a chance to live it for real with Bryce Menzies, Red Bull’s Trophy Truck driver.* Players can pre-load the beta now at http://thecrewgame.com/beta.

Ubisoft and Red Bull first collaborated in 2016 at the occasion of the launch of Steep^TM, an open world action sports game featuring ski, snowboard, and a wide range of extreme mountain sports. With its longstanding and deep involvement within motorsports, Red Bull was the most credible partner for The Crew 2, the second installment of a franchise that embodies the passion for motorsports, for thrilling experiences, and the desire to share those experiences with the world.

“On The Crew 2, we have been collaborating with more than 50 prestigious brands, making our world more realistic than ever before,” said Stéphane Jankowski, Producer at Ubisoft Ivory Tower. “With Red Bull Media House, we were able to take the collaboration even further and go beyond video game play to real-life experiences. Face Your Ride is a perfect way for us to further connect our game with the reality of today’s motorsports scene.”

In addition, all The Crew 2 Open Beta players will have the opportunity to compete in one of the game’s 4 Red Bull Drift Shifters events and drive several official Red Bull vehicles in the game’s massive open world, including the Formula 1 RB13, a Red Bull buggy, Bryce Menzies pre-runner truck and more. Players will see more Red Bull content in the game in the months ahead.

The Crew 2 will release on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on June 29 and is available for pre order now on all digital stores. Players pre ordering the game Gold Edition now will get three days of early access starting June 26.**

Developed by Ubisoft Ivory Tower,*** a studio based in Lyon, France, The Crew 2 will let players experience the thrill of the American motorsports spirit inside a fully redesigned USA. The game’s playground pushes physical boundaries to let driving and open world fans test their skills, solo or with friends, in nonstop competition and exploration. From coast to coast, drivers will explore America and compete to become the greatest motorsports champion by collecting a wide variety of exotic cars, bikes, boats and planes, and dominating the motorsports scene on the land, on the water and in the air. They will find challenges and inspiration among four different motorsports families: street racing, off-road, pro racing and freestyle, and will be given a broad set of options among a wide selection of vehicle types.

For the latest news on The Crew and other Ubisoft games, please visit news.ubisoft.com.

For more information about The Crew 2, please visit thecrewgame.com and follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/thecrewgame/ and on Twitter at twitter.com/thecrewgame using hashtag #TheCrew2.

*Please visit faceyourride.com/rules to check the Official Rules of the Face Your Ride contest, including details regarding the eligibility criteria.

**Pre-order The Crew 2 Gold Edition at participating retailers before 26/06/2018 to obtain your copy up to three days earlier than the standard release date – 29/06/2018. Check with your retailer for early access distribution details and pick-up time. This early access offer expires upon release of The Crew 2. Subject to availability. While supply lasts. This is a promotional offer which may not be substituted, exchanged, sold or redeemed for cash. Void where prohibited. May be subject to additional restrictions from retailers; check retailer restrictions prior to purchase.

***Associate Ubisoft studios are Bucharest, Paris, Shanghai and Massive.

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 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. The Crew logo, Ubisoft, and the Ubisoft logo are registered or unregistered trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the US and/or other countries.

Flagship Microsoft Store Sydney partners with Code Like a Girl to offer free coding workshops these July school holidays

The Flagship Microsoft Store Sydney has today announced it is partnering with Code Like a Girl to bring a series of free coding workshops to girls aged 6-15 years old from Monday 9^th July to Sunday 15^th July 2018. The workshops aim to address the need for skilled female information communications technology (ICT) specialists, working to empower and inspire young girls to get involved in coding and encourage this skill for potential future careers in IT industries.

According to recent industry research, in the last 2 years over 40,000 ICT jobs have been created in Australia – but only 13% of girls study STEM in grades eleven and twelve, and just 1 in 10 enrolments to IT based degrees are girls. Combined, women account for less than 24% of the current IT workforce.

The Code Like a Girl workshops are the latest addition to the line-up of free educational workshops available at Microsoft Store. These range from Academy to Creative illustration and design to Xbox game design and Minecraft coding. The Code Like a Girl workshops address the growing need for skilled ICT workers in Australia and Microsoft’s commitment to improving diversity in the tech industry.

Code Like a Girl is an Australian organisation with the goal to reimagine the future for girls and women in the technology industry. The workshops at flagship Microsoft Store Sydney will be conducted by instructors with practical experience in the field, giving girls the opportunity to get hands on with technology, learning an array of skills from how to build websites, to how to create digital art and games, all using coding techniques and programs.

Jessica Erhart, Community Development Specialist at the flagship Microsoft Store Sydney commented on the partnership saying, “By providing young girls an opportunity to develop an active interest in coding, we can help deliver real impact to the future of the Australian technology industry. We see from our customers every day that there is a strong desire from girls to learn how to code and Microsoft Store is committed to creating an innovative learning environment where every young girl from any background, feels included, inspired, supported and empowered.”

Key details for the Code Like a Girl workshops below:

When: Monday July 9^th to Sunday July 15^th at various times throughout each day
Where: Flagship Microsoft Store Sydney (Pitt St Mall, 188 Pitt St, Sydney)
Duration: the workshops run for two and a half hours
Recommended age: varies per workshop type, approx. 6-15 years old
Skill level: beginners no prior learning needed

Workshop types:

1. Design and Build a Website: this workshop will cover how to create and edit your own website from start to finish including HTML coding and styling using CSS3
2. Girls and Games: in this beginner coding tutorial participants will learn how to create their own personalised game from scratch
3. Coding Up a Storm: in this workshop participants will mix playing with learning and use Lego Mindstorms to learn core computational logic and concept
4. Creative Coding: this workshop will allow participants to draw and decorate their own digital art using data structures, selections and loops

Code Like a Girl CEO and Co-Founder, Ally Watson commented on the workshops stating, “It’s great to see a retailer like Microsoft Store supporting young girls as these type of opportunities aren’t regularly offered for free. It’s important that brands like Microsoft actively support the education of young girls in STEM, as it gives the next generation a chance to experience the amazing world of coding and tech.”

Whether you are a whizz kid with technology, a complete novice, or you’re just interested in learning more about coding, Code Like a Girl workshops are a great way to meet likeminded girls, learn from some leading industry talent and have fun.

Register to come along to the Code Like a Girl workshops at www.microsoft.com.au/codelikeagirl. For more information and to check out the latest events at the flagship Microsoft Store in Sydney, please see the events page on the Microsoft Store website.

505 Games Announces the Launch of Objects in Space

Calabasas, 21st June, 2018 – 505 Games proudly announces the launch of Objects in Space (PAX Australia Indie Showcase winner and alt.ctrl GDC finalist), out now at $19.99 on Steam and GOG Early Access for PC and Mac.

Developed by Sydney-based indie developer Flat Earth Games, Objects in Space is a retro open-world stealth-action space game in which starships are modelled on Cold War era submarines rather than on WWII dogfighters, and has an option for players to build custom starship bridges at home using physical hardware.

In the game, players have their own ship and must make their way in the Apollo cluster – a new home disconnected from our solar system for almost fifty years – an uncaring place alone in the universe where a new era for humanity has manifested and we thrive in bleak conditions.

Objects is a time-based open world, where the game takes place over three months and player choices matter on an entirely new dimension.

The team at Flat Earth Games have gone to great lengths to make it a different kind of open world – one in which players ‘exist’ for a time but aren’t guided through a main storyline or given chances to collect every available piece of the game world. The worlds of Apollo move on – the player just lives there for a while.

“This is a massive and complicated open world game,” said Leigh Harris, co-founder of Flat Earth Games. “But we created it to harken back to some of the early open world space games of the 80s and 90s. It lends itself very heavily towards sandbox play – players can engage with whatever parts of the world interest them the most and will be equally rewarded regardless of where their focus may lie.”

“One of our main drives was to get around the reflex-based combat gameplay present in a lot of other space games, and replace it with more tactical, decision-based stealth combat,” said Elissa Harris, co-founder of Flat Earth Games. “We wanted to offer players the choice to engage in combat or avoid it in lieu of a more creative solutions to problem, especially by making the act of avoiding combat – a form of cat and mouse stealth play – enjoyable in its own right.”

Objects in Space was produced with support from Screen New South Wales.

Features List:

•  Massive open world to explore full of NPCs to interact with
  •    Complex contract-based economic system with over 50 employers
  •    Time-based open world – opportunities, stories and events happen at certain times as     well as certain places, so each play through will be different
  •    Tense submarine-influenced combat
  •    Fully customisable ships – design your vessel for combat, shipping, stealth and more
  •    Mostly avoidable combat for more pacifistic players
  •    A world of side quests – no single linear story players are required to follow
  •    Explore 12 hand-crafted populated star and 20 uncharted systems full of unknown threats and treasures
  •    Find derelict ships, wreckages, cargo pods and communication beacons adrift in space
  •    Be a trader, bounty hunter, explorer, pirate or all of them at the same time
  •    Sandbox mode – play the game without narrative content in an endless version of the game (coming soon)
  •    Scenarios – tense combat scenarios task the player with overcoming impossible odds and testing their skill (coming soon)
  •    Multi-player Scenarios – compete or cooperate in a variety of multiplayer modes and situations (coming soon)
  •    Build your own DIY controllers at home using Arduinos – anyone can construct their own ship bridge with physical switches and buttons with just a little bit of soldering know-how. Easy to learn and fun to do!

About 505 Games:

505 Games is a global video game publisher focused on offering a broad selection of titles for players of all ages and levels. The company publishes and distributes premium and free-to-play games on leading console, PC and handheld platforms as well as for mobile devices and social networks.

Publishing highlights in premium games include PAYDAY 2, Terraria, Portal Knights, Assetto Corsa, ABZÛ, Virginia, Brothers – A Tale of Two Sons and How to Survive. Free-to-play publishing highlights include Battle Islands, Gems of War and Hawken. Distribution highlights include Rocket League, Stardew Valley, Dead by Daylight and Don’t Starve. Upcoming titles include Indivisible (from the development team behind Skullgirls), and Koji Igarashi’s next project, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night.

505 Games has offices in California, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and China. It works with a network of distribution and sub-licensing partners in all other markets. For more information on 505 Games and its products please visit www.505games.com.

About Flat Earth Games:

Siblings Elissa and Leigh Harris started Flat Earth in early 2012 in Sydney, Australia. Following the release of their first game TownCraft (iOS/PC/Mac), they released the top-down cyberpunk hitman game Metrocide (PC/Mac). TownCraft reached #2 in the paid app charts in Australia, and the team still continues to create original games for various platforms which aim squarely at bringing a love of 90s gaming into a contemporary setting.