Official ‘F1 Trading Card Game’ races onto iOS

VirtTrade partners with F1 to launch the first ever official digital F1® trading card game

London, UK – 20th June, 2018: VirtTrade in partnership with F1 has released, ‘F1® Trading Card Game’ ahead of British Grand Prix in Silverstone in July. Licensed by Formula 1® and now available as a free-to-play app on iOS and Android to be released in July, F1 Trading Card Game offers a unique experience that combines social game elements and collectible trading card mechanics for mobile gamers and F1 fans alike.

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F1 Trading Card Game includes collectible images of the drivers, tracks, teams and all the electrifying racing day action with specific updates from each and every race weekend. While the F1 race calendar will be the focus of most activity, ‘Head to Head’ racing and the in-app community will drive engagement in between races and during the off-season.

Collecting and trading are the heart of F1 Trading Card Game, with every card containing attributes to help build a winning deck and a scratch card area that reveal facts and trivia. Duplicates can be ‘fused’ to create ultra-rare cards that give an extra edge when racing. Much of the community action takes place in the ‘Pit Lane’ where fans can find friends to challenge and trade cards with.

Paul Mayze, Managing Director of VirtTrade said: “We’ve refined our digital collecting experience over the last few years, and we think F1 fans are going to love it. F1 are launching some great digital initiatives this year and it’s great to be a part of that.”

Adam Crothers, Head of Digital New Business at Formula 1 said: “VirtTrade offers F1 a new and alternative take on presenting our mix of content as well as a new entry point for fans. We think their unique take on collectibles gamification will be a hit.”

For more information about F1 Trading Card Game, please visit F1TCG.com and follow us on Facebook and on Twitter or hashtag #F1collect.

About VirtTrade
VirtTrade brings the joy of trading cards into the digital era, having championed innovations from real-time data and rapid content publishing, to head-to-head gameplay and fusion for duplicates. The VirtTrade platform allows fans around the world to pursue their passions by collecting cards, making trades, and competing in games.

To learn more please visit www.virttrade.com

About Formula 1®
Formula 1® racing began in 1950 and is the world’s most prestigious motor racing competition, as well as the world’s most popular annual sporting series. The 2018 FIA Formula One World Championship™ runs from March to November and spans 21 races in 21 countries across five continents. Formula One World Championship Limited is part of Formula 1, and holds the exclusive commercial rights to the FIA Formula One World Championship™.

Formula1 is a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation (NASDAQ: LSXMA, LSXMB, LSXMK, BATRA, BATRK, FWONA, FWONK) attributed to the Formula One Group tracking stock.

The F1 FORMULA 1 logo, FORMULA 1, F1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing BV, a Formula 1 company: All rights reserved.

THQ Nordic raises development resources for The Guild 3

THQ Nordic announces Purple Lamp Studios to lead development for The Guild 3

Vienna, Austria, June 20th 2018: To make sure The Guild 3 will leave Early Access in due course, an additional development Studio, Purple Lamp Studios, based in Vienna will add its expertise to the project. Purple Lamp is a newly formed studio consisting of veteran developers who previously worked on various titles at Austrian publisher/developer Sproing, among others.

Based on the work Golem Labs has done so far, Purple Lamp Studios will solve any problems as well as integrate planned features such as multiplayer, societies and the sovereign-mechanic into the game in the following months. Harald Riegler, CEO of Purple Lamp Studios, said, “The Guild is a fantastic franchise and we’re proud to contribute both our experience and our personal passion for strategy games to deliver the game that fans are hoping for.“

Jean-René Couture, CEO Golem Labs adds: “For the past few years, the folks here at GolemLabs had the huge honor to work on The Guild 3. However, the very last remaining stretch of development will be done under the care and reigns of THQ Nordic. So, from now on, GolemLabs will eagerly and proudly be waiting for the release of The Guild 3. For us here at GolemLabs, it is time to embark on new and exciting adventures.“

Check out The Guild 3 here:
https://www.gog.com/game/the_guild_3
http://store.steampowered.com/app/311260/The_Guild_3/

About The Guild 3
The Guild 3 is a fascinating trade and life simulation that takes place during the late Middle Ages. You can quite literally experience medieval Europe, step into the shoes of a single character or an entire dynasty, acquire businesses and properties, produce goods and trade them, involve yourself in politics and society, court women or men, love, hate, bribe, fight and live through good times as well as bad.
As The Guild 3 is still in development, some features are already part of the game and some are yet to come.

Features (existing)

• AI System: The new AI system is learning from own its activities as well from the behavior from other players.
• Huge Replay-Value: The AI as well as the different and unique scenario settings make every map look, feel and play differently.
• Scenarios: The player can choose between 8 scenarios: Augsburg, Barony of Birmingham, Archbishopric of Magdeburg, The mighty City of London, Vienna and Presporok, Hanseatic city of Visby, Paris and Mazovia.

Features (planned)

• Societies: In The Guild 3 the societies can be compared to very powerful social clubs. Some of them, like the freemasons or the craftmans’ guild, are publicly known, others, such as the thieves’ guild or the brotherhood of light, are kept secret.
• Multiplayer with up to 16 Players via Internet and/or LAN: Custom multiplayer and connection to other The Guild 3 players, no matter where they bought the game.
• Scenario Editor: Players will be able to create their own maps and create specific rules for them – change ranks and privileges, production chains or societies. These scenarios can be shared with the community.
• More Scenarios: 4 new scenarios will make their way into The Guild 3: Kingdom of Bohemia, The Netherlands, Duchy of Burgundy and The Hanseatic League.

About THQ Nordic
Founded in 2011, THQ Nordic is a global video game publisher and developer. Based in Vienna (Austria) and Karlstad (Sweden), with subsidiaries in Germany, Sweden, and the USA. THQ Nordic brands include Darksiders, MX vs. ATV, Red Faction, Titan Quest, Biomutant, and many more.

THQ Nordic is meant to represent a core approach of doing much more than “owning” a highly competitive portfolio of IPs. It revolves around cherishing them, and aligning them with the very best development resources to expand upon them with the level of experience that communities and established fan bases expect and deserve.

The company’s internal development studios are:

• Grimlore Games GmbH based in Munich (Germany)
• Rainbow Studios Inc. based in Phoenix, Arizona (United States of America)
• Mirage Game Studios AB based in Karlstad (Sweden)
• Foxglove Studios AB based in Stockholm (Sweden)
• Black Forest Games GmbH based in Offenburg (Germany)
• Pieces Interactive AB based in Skoevde (Sweden)
• Experiment 101 AB based in Stockholm (Sweden)

THQ Nordic shares are publicly listed on Nasdaq First North Stockholm under the ticker THQNB:SS with FNCA Sweden AB as its Certified Adviser. For more investor-related information, please visit: http://www.thqnordic-investors.com/en/

About Purple Lamp Studios
Purple Lamp was founded by industry veterans to pursue their passion in PC and Console gaming. A love for community driven strategy, management and light RPG games unites a team that has spent many years working together, where everyone knows what they’re doing and loves the games we’re working on.

PLAYSTATION INTRODUCES PLAYSTATION HITS; THE BEST OF PLAYSTATION®4

The PlayStation Hits range lets players get their hands on the best of PlayStation®4 games for just AUD $24.95

Sydney, 20^th June 2018 – Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) introduces PlayStation Hits; a selection of incredible PlayStation®4 (PS4) games that will be available at a great price. Launching on 18^th July 2018, the range includes some of the best games for PS4, all available to buy for just AUD $24.95 on PlayStation™Store (PS Store), with great deals also available from select retailers.

The PlayStation Hits launch lineup includes:

• Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End
• LittleBigPlanet™ 3
• DRIVECLUB™
• Ratchet & Clank™
• Killzone™ Shadow Fall
• Bloodborne
• inFAMOUS: Second Son™
• The Last of Us™ Remastered
• Project CARS™
• Dragon Ball® XENOVERSE
• DYNASTY WARRIORS 8: Xtreme Legends Complete Edition
• Watch_Dogs
• Assassin’s Creed® IV Black Flag™
• Rayman® Legends
• Mortal Kombat X
• Batman™: Arkham Knight
• Middle-Earth™: Shadow of Mordor™
• Need For Speed™
• Need For Speed™ Rivals
• EA SPORTS™ UFC® 2
• Yakuza 0
• Earth Defense Force 4.1: The Shadow Of New Despair

PlayStation Hits is here to stay, with more games set to be added to the range.

We’ll continue to add to the PlayStation Hits line up, so stay tuned to https://blog.eu.playstation.com/ for more and to check out all the deals..

About Sony Interactive Entertainment

Recognised as a global leader in interactive and digital entertainment, Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) is responsible for the PlayStation® brand and family of products and services. PlayStation has delivered innovation to the market since the launch of the original PlayStation in Japan in 1994. The PlayStation family of products and services include PlayStation®4, PlayStation®VR, PlayStation®Vita, PlayStation®3, PlayStation™Store, PlayStation®Plus, PlayStation™Video, PlayStation™Music, PlayStation™Now, PlayStation™Vue, and acclaimed PlayStation software titles from SIE Worldwide Studios. Headquartered in San Mateo, California, SIE is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation and has global functions in California, London and Tokyo.

Handmade Aquatic Adventure ‘Harold Halibut’ Coming to PC and Consoles in 2019

Curve Digital partners with Slow Bros. on narrative exploration game that merges analogue crafts with digital art

London, United Kingdom – June 19th, 2018 – Cologne-based developer Slow Bros. has partnered with publisher Curve Digital on its hand-crafted subterranean adventure Harold Halibut. Targeting a 2019 release on PC and consoles, Harold Halibut is a narrative exploration game that combines underwater atmosphere and self-reflective humour with a unique art style.

Comprised entirely of real world supplies and made in Unity, Harold Halibut aims to bridge analogue and digital art. Slow Bros. sculpts, paints, and glues together the models and puppets that make up the world of Harold Halibut, while a team of digital artists renders these objects into the virtual space.

Harold Halibut tells the tale of a clumsy lab-assistant and janitor who was born on a submerged spaceship that crash-landed on an alien planet made entirely of water. Never knowing what life was like on Earth, Harold spends much of his time daydreaming about what’s beyond the subterranean vessel in which he is bound. After spotting an unidentified swimming object, Harold becomes obsessed with uncovering the mystery behind this aquatic planet.

“Harold Halibut started out as a dinner table conversation about the adventure games we played as children,” said Slow Bros. designer, writer, and composer Onat Hekimoglu. “We soon started building dollhouse sized sets and puppets in our bedrooms. The result works like a game but it looks like a stop motion film. Welded metal, carefully sewn textiles against tiny wooden floorboards, and clay faces the size of walnuts pull the player into Harold’s world.”

“We are beyond excited to be partnering with Slow Bros. on Harold Halibut,” said Simon Byron, Publishing Director at Curve Digital. “The sheer amount of work and intricate detail that Harold Halibut brings blew us away, and we can’t wait to show you all more.”

About Slow Bros.
Slow Bros. was founded in 2015 by long time friends Onat Hekimoglu, Ole Tillmann, Fabian Preuschoff and Daniel Beckmann. The studio member’s diverse backgrounds including video game production, filmmaking, carpentry, apparel, and illustration give them a unique skill set with various applications, from games, over VR-experiences to art installations. Currently the studio is producing their first full-length video game, Harold Halibut. Learn more at http://haroldhalibut.com

About Curve Digital
Curve Digital is one of the world’s leading publishers of games on PC and consoles. Since 2013, the company has been working with some of the world’s best game developers to help bring their games – from indie hits like Dear Esther to the likes of the million-selling Human: Fall Flat – to the broadest possible audiences all over the world. In 2017 Curve Digital was recognised by the celebrated Develop Industry Excellence Awards as ‘Publishing Hero’ and in 2018 was crowned the ‘Indie Games Publisher of the Year’ at the MCV Awards.   Most recently, Curve Digital has been shortlisted for the ‘Publishing Hero’ at the 2018 Develop Industry Excellence Awards
www.curve-digital.com

DEATHGARDEN™: CLOSED BETA LIVE TODAY, EARLY ACCESS IN AUGUST!

MONTREAL, Canada — June 19, 2018 — Behaviour® Digital announced today two major releases for Deathgarden™, an asymmetrical multiplayer action game where an overpowered Hunter attempts to track down and execute five limber Runners. The next phase of live-testing commences today, June 19, when closed beta launches for a period of one week on Steam. Following closed beta, Deathgarden will move into Steam Early Access in August.

NEW CONTENT FOR THE CLOSED BETA

Players are invited to the Garden from June 19 at 3pm ET – June 26 at 9am ET to embody the Hunter or Runners and help test the robustness of Deathgarden’s dedicated servers and game balance. New players may request a beta key by registering at deathgardengame.com. Those who participated in the closed alpha are guaranteed beta access.

The development team has worked hard to integrate the feedback received during the alpha and continue to improve the core gameplay and balancing. Players can expect the following new content in the beta:

• New weather (daytime)
• Improved party system
• 3 new Runner powers
• 2 new Runner perks
• 1 new Hunter weapon
• 1 new Hunter power
• 2 new Hunter perks

STEAM EARLY ACCESS IN AUGUST

Behaviour Digital is also excited to announce Deathgarden will launch on Steam Early Access in August. “The goal of this final phase prior to the official release is to establish the post-launch content delivery cadence while better integrating community feedback and implementing further improvements,” explained Matt Jackson, Design Director.

PRE-ORDER OFFER

Players who pre-order Deathgarden before August will automatically be upgraded to the game’s Deluxe Edition, which includes: guaranteed access to the closed beta and soft launch, exclusive Origin cosmetics sets, a digital game soundtrack, and a digital art book (a combined value of $49.99) for $29.99.

Behaviour Digital will discuss and showcase the Deathgarden beta during the game’s second Twitch livestream on June 19 at 2pm ET at www.twitch.tv/deathgardengame.

About Behaviour Interactive

Established in Montreal, Behaviour Interactive is Canada’s largest independent game developer, employing over 400 talented people. The studio has sold more than 60 million games on every platform since their beginnings in 1992, such as the award-winning original IP Dead by Daylight, which has sold over 4 million copies to date. Over 200 million people have played Behaviour’s mobile games. The company’s activities are divided within four business units: Digital, Studios, Mobile Publishing and Business Solutions. They collaborate with many of the world’s top brands and corporations among which Activision Blizzard, Air Canada, Bombardier, Codemasters, Double Down, Disney, DreamWorks, EA, GAEA, HBO, La Capitale, Microsoft, NBCUniversal, Pixar, Sony, Ubisoft, and WB Games. For more information, please visit bhvr.com.

About Behaviour Digital

Deathgarden™ is produced by Behaviour Digital Inc., the studio behind the creation of Dead by Daylight®, a multiplayer horror action game released in 2016 and still growing. Behaviour Digital Inc. is a subsidiary of Behaviour Interactive Inc., whose mission is to “create remarkable games we would play, our way.”

STUDIO WILDCARD REVEALS FIRST TRAILER & GAMEPLAY DETAILS FOR ITS UPCOMING EXPANSION PACK, ARK: EXTINCTION

Seattle, WA – June 19, 2018 – Today, Studio Wildcard released into the wild its first trailer for ARK: Extinction, the upcoming expansion pack of its dinosaur action-adventure game ARK: Survival Evolved! Finish your journey through the worlds of ARK in ‘Extinction’, where the story began and ends: on Earth itself! An Element-infested, ravaged planet filled with fantastical creatures both organic and technological, Earth holds both the secrets of the past and the keys to its salvation. As a veteran Survivor who has conquered all previous obstacles, the ultimate challenge awaits: can you defeat the gigantic roaming Titans which dominate the planet and complete the ARK cycle to save Earth’s future?

In the months leading up to Extinction, there will be regular drops of Extinction-related Explorer Notes within ARK and its already released expansion packs, which once collected will unlock new skins, as well as the appearance of powerful Tek-themed Dinosaur variants within the ARKs. Studio Wildcard released the first set of these Explorer Notes last Friday, along with the first Extinction related skin ‘Corrupted Helm’. ARK: Extinction will release worldwide November 6, 2018, for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Steam, joining the desert-themed Scorched Earth and the underground, derelict biome Aberration, in continuing to unravel the mysteries of ARK!

ARK Survivors who own the Explorer’s Pack or Season Pass will automatically receive Extinction for no additional cost, it will also be available as a standalone expansion pack and upgrade.

Haven’t yet explored the island of ARK? The massive hit survival game has 100+ prehistoric creatures, from dinos to mega-sharks, has huge discounts happening on all platforms (PlayStation, Xbox and Steam) during the month of June. Score this fantastically huge Jurassic-themed survival-adventure at a fantastic price!

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ABOUT STUDIO WILDCARD
Studio Wildcard was co-founded in 2014 by industry veteran Jeremy Stieglitz and Jesse Rapczak, former Technical Art Director at Microsoft Game Studios, with the mission of bringing AAA quality to ambitious indie productions that are designed for core gamers. With combined 25 years of industry experience across multiple independent and studio-backed titles, Jeremy and Jesse have teamed up with other veteran developers for Seattle, WA-based and Gainesville, FL-based development studios that also include distributed team members across multiple continents. Wherever talented, driven developers may reside, Studio Wildcard intends to seek out and work with them!

BAFTA YGD Award Winner Dan Smith Launching ‘The Spectrum Retreat’ This July

Pre-order available now for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One with a 10% discount

London, United Kingdom – June 19th, 2018 – BAFTA Young Game Designer winner, Dan Smith, and publisher, Ripstone Games, are proud to share the release date for The Spectrum Retreat for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. The upcoming first-person narrative puzzler will come to PlayStation 4 from July 10th. The game will launch globally for Xbox One and PC on July 13th with Nintendo Switch following later this summer. In The Spectrum Retreat players must explore the pristine and uncanny hotel, The Penrose, solving a series of ingenious colour-coded puzzles, all the while uncovering the reasons behind their seemingly never-ending stay. To celebrate the news, Ripstone Games has produced an all-new launch trailer, showing never seen before footage. The Spectrum Retreat will launch for £9.99 / €12.99 / $12.99.*

Having won the BAFTA Young Game Designers Award (YGD) 2016 for the prototype when he was only 18 years old, Dan Smith has subsequently developed The Spectrum Retreat with the support of Ripstone, building an intriguing narrative around the intuitive first-person puzzle action. Putting players in the role of a guest at a peculiar, pristine hotel where nothing is as it seems, The Spectrum Retreat is a trippy, art deco-inspired sci-fi adventure, albeit grounded in the possibility of current technology.

“I can’t wait for people to finally play The Spectrum Retreat now that we’re only a few weeks away from launch,” said Dan Smith, Designer of The Spectrum Retreat. “The game has been a part of my life for the last five years and to get to this stage is hugely exciting. I’m really proud of the game, and working with Ripstone I’ve been able to create something that looks and plays great, with an intriguing story and new mechanics.”

“Announcing the release date today makes us realise how close we are to the culmination of such focused hard work,” said Matt Southern, Head of Development at Ripstone Games. “Dan’s puzzle design has got stronger as we’ve worked with him, and the game is now a must-play for fans of elegant first-person puzzle design. But remarkably it’s also a milestone in emotional, intelligent narrative adventure, especially for anyone interested in how new technologies might impact our lives very soon.”

The Spectrum Retreat takes place in the near future at The Penrose hotel, a peaceful yet unsettling refuge from the outside world. As a valued guest, your existence is embedded into the corridors and guest rooms of The Penrose. Through exploration of the striking art-deco hotel you will begin to uncover the mysteries of both The Penrose and the uncertainties surrounding your current stay. Your desire to unearth the truth is obstructed by an array of colour coded first-person puzzles, mind-bending physics challenges and the growing fear of exposing your true intentions.

*Price liable to change depending on platform.

To pre-order the game on PlayStation 4 please visit: https://store.playstation.com/en-us/product/UP2070-CUSA11954_00-0000000000000000
To pre-order the game on Xbox One please visit: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/p/the-spectrum-retreat/c1wrvqg6430c
Visit The Spectrum Retreat webpage on the Ripstone website: https://ripstone.com/game/the-spectrum-retreat
For more information about the BAFTA Young Game Designers please check out http://ygd.bafta.org

About Dan Smith
Dan Smith Studios is an independent game development studio, represented by Dan Smith. Founded in 2016, its first focus has been on the development of first person puzzle game ‘The Spectrum Retreat’, which is due for a 2018 release for PC and consoles. Dan Smith is a BAFTA YGD Game Making Award winner and Computer Science student at the University of Leeds. He is based mainly in Newcastle and Leeds, England.

About Ripstone Games
Ripstone is an independent games label that fully fund the development, distribution, marketing and sales of games made by indie teams worldwide. Founded in 2011 by publishing and film industry veterans, to date they have financed and published 15 games across 14 platforms and have worldwide sales in excess of 10 million units. Their focus is on supporting indie developers to make games for PC and home consoles, making sure gamers know about them, and rewarding the talent for it.

Ripstone’s back catalogue includes Ironcast, Stick It To The Man, Pure Pool and Extreme Exorcism. At their home in Liverpool, England they also have a first-party development studio, and their stunning first title Chess Ultra launched in Summer 2017. www.ripstone.com

’39 Days to Mars: Additional Victorian Adventures’ Free Content Update Arrives July 23rd for Windows, Mac and Linux

New puzzles coming soon for acclaimed co-op adventure game

June 19th, 2018 — Developer It’s Anecdotal is excited to announce a new and free content release for its PC puzzle-adventure game 39 Days to Mars is set to launch July 23rd on Steam, Humble Store and itch.io!

Dubbed ‘Additional Victorian Adventures’ and free for all current owners of 39 Days to Mars, the update will contain a variety of new puzzles cleverly-devised for co-op play — join Sir Albert Wickes and The Right Honourable Clarence Baxter once again for another set of exciting 19th century adventures!

39 Days to Mars is a 1-2 player co-operative adventure game set in an alternate reality some 150 years in the past. You’re tasked with piloting the HMS Fearful — a masterpiece of unreliable engineering — on its maiden voyage to Mars. When the steam engine runs out of coal, the ship’s cat shreds the navigation chart, and the tea gets cold, it becomes clear that interstellar transportation isn’t a walk in the park. It will take the talents of two working together on a mix of puzzles and action sequences to get to Mars in one piece (let alone in 39 days).

39 Days to Mars is available on Windows, Mac and Linux platforms. A console release is also in the works for later this year.

To find out more, visit: http://www.itsanecdotal.com/

About It’s Anecdotal

It’s Anecdotal is the one-person indie development studio of Philip Buchanan. Having previously worked on titles such as Lara Croft GO and Hitman GO, Philip is now focused on bringing small indie titles to life. Working out of Montreal, Canada; and Christchurch, New Zealand, his aim is to produce concise games that give memorable experiences and have strong atmosphere.