NBA 2K19 Welcomes Ben Simmons as the first ever Australian Cover Star

Rookie of the year Ben Simmons will join an illustrious list of cover stars when he adorns the Australian & New Zealand editions of NBA 2K19 upon release on September 11

Sydney – July 5, 2018 – 2K today announced that NBA 2K will feature Rookie of the Year and ardent gamer Ben Simmons on the cover of NBA 2K19 in Australia and New Zealand. The ground-breaking cover features Australia’s latest global sporting superstar alongside a selection of words chosen by Simmons. Each term contains special meaning to Ben, including “Loyalty,” “Family,” and his signature “Triple Double.”

“It’s a huge honour to be recognised on the first-ever Australian cover for NBA 2K and represent the 76ers,” said Ben Simmons. “The Aussie fans are super passionate about basketball and specifically NBA 2K, so it’s very cool to be an ambassador for both”

“Ben is the future of the NBA and his drive and versatility have made him an undeniable force in the league,” said Alfie Brody, Vice President of Marketing for NBA 2K. “He’s the perfect cover athlete and we’re excited to feature him as our very first Australian cover star.”

During his debut season in the NBA Simmons set a host of records. He joined Oscar Robertson and Magic Johnson as only the third rookie in NBA history to reach 1,000 points, 500 rebounds and 500 assists and he was second only to Robertson for most triple-doubles in a rookie season. He beat Allen Iverson’s record of 567 assists to set the team rookie record and helped the Philadelphia 76ers qualify for the Eastern Conference playoffs with a record of 52–30, the best team performance since 2001. During the playoffs he became the first rookie since Magic Johnson in 1980 to have a triple-double, and only the fifth rookie in history to achieve this feat.

Developed by Visual Concepts, the NBA 2K19 Standard Edition will be available in Australia and New Zealand for Xbox One, PlayStation®4 system, Nintendo Switch and Windows PC platforms in both digital and physical formats on September 11, 2018.

NBA 2K19 will feature a double sided inlay in Australia & New Zealand which will display the Ben Simmons cover and the Giannis Antetokounmpo cover on either side.

Players looking to get a head start on NBA 2K19’s MyCAREER can download the all-new NBA 2K19: The Prelude beginning on August 31, 2018 available on Xbox One and PlayStation 4.

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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 new Private Division label. In addition, Take-Two owns 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 2K

Founded in 2005, 2K develops and publishes interactive entertainment globally for console systems, handheld gaming systems and personal computers, including smartphones and tablets, which are delivered through physical retail, digital download, online platforms and cloud streaming services. 2K publishes titles in today’s most popular gaming genres, including shooters, action, role-playing, strategy, sports, casual, and family entertainment. The 2K label has some of the most talented development studios in the world today, including Firaxis Games, Visual Concepts, Hangar 13, Cat Daddy Games and 2K China. 2K’s stable of high quality titles includes the critically acclaimed BioShock®, Borderlands™, Mafia, and XCOM® franchises, the beloved Sid Meier’s Civilization series, Evolve™, Battleborn®, the popular WWE 2K franchise and NBA 2K, the highest rated* annual sports title of this console generation.

AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND RAINBOW SIX TEAMS ARE OFF TO TOKYO FOR THE APAC PRO LEAGUE FINALS

Live streaming will be available in English on multiple platforms

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – July 4^th, 2018 – Ubisoft has announced that the 8 best teams of the Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Pro League Asia-Pacific (APAC) region will compete against each other in the Pro League Season 8 APAC Finals taking place at the Belle Salle Akihabara in Tokyo, Japan, on October 13^th and 14^th.

These finals will include 2 teams from each of the 4 sub-regions of the APAC zone: Australia-New Zealand, Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia. Teams will compete for the Season 8 APAC Champion title, and the two finalists will qualify for the Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Pro League Season 8 Finals in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on November 17^th and 18^th, an event offering a total prize pool of $275,000 USD.

In addition to spectator seating available at the Belle Salle Akihabara, public viewing will also be available during the event at the Akihabara UDX THEATER.

Tune in October 13^th and 14^th starting at 12:00PM AEDT on any of our official streaming platforms to follow the competition live: twitch.tv/rainbow6anz

About Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege

Inspired by real-world counter-terrorist organisations, Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege puts players in the middle of lethal close-quarter confrontations. For the first time in a Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six game, players will engage in sieges, a new style of assault where enemies have the means to transform their environments into modern strongholds while Rainbow Six teams lead the assault to breach the enemy’s position. Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege gives players unprecedented control over their ability to fortify their position by reinforcing walls and floors, using barbed wire and deployable shields, laying mines and more, or to breach the enemies’ position using observation drones, setting charges, rappelling and more. The fast pace and uniqueness of each siege sets a new bar for intense firefights, strategic gameplay and competitive gaming.

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.

Ant-Man and the Wasp Team-Up to Foil Egghead’s Evil Plot

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment announced today the release of Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp Character and Level Pack, the new DLC for LEGO® Marvel Super Heroes 2. The pack, available at $4.95 RRP, adds a level and characters inspired by the classic comic series, in celebration of the upcoming film, Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and the Wasp, in theaters nationwide July 5th.

The all-new action-packed original game level takes Ant-Man and the Wasp to Hank Pym’s forgotten research lab, where his old adversary Egghead is hatching a fiendish plan. Players are tasked with battling Egghead’s goons and a giant chicken mech, in an unforgettable adventure. New unlockable characters Ant-Man (Ant-Man and the Wasp), Wasp (Hope van Dyne), Egghead, Crossfire, Stinger (Cassie Lang), The Human Fly, Giant-Man (Raz Malhotra), and Ghost add to the main game’s roster of over 200 Super Heroes and Super Villains.

LEGO® Marvel Super Heroes 2 is an all-new, epic adventure and sequel to the smash hit, LEGO® Marvel Super Heroes. This original branching storyline, co-written by award-winning comics writer Kurt Busiek, transports players into a cosmic battle across a myriad of Marvel locations ripped from time and space into the incredible Open Hub World of Chronopolis. Packed with signature LEGO® humour for fans of all ages, gamers will go head-to-head with the time-travelling Kang the Conqueror in this fun-filled journey spanning the Marvel Universe.

The Ant-Man and the Wasp character and level pack can be purchased separately or as part of the Season Pass which includes six Level Packs and four Character Packs, including the previously released Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Black Panther, Runaways, Cloak & Dagger and Infinity War content, and the Champions, Out of Time, and Agents of Atlas Character Packs. The Season Pass is available for $22.95 suggested retail price or as part of the LEGO® Marvel Super Heroes 2 Deluxe Edition on digital stores.

LEGO® Marvel Super Heroes 2 is available on PlayStation®4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch™, and Windows PC.

Follow LEGO® Marvel Super Heroes 2 at:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LEGOMarvelVideoGame
Twitter: https://twitter.com/LEGOMarvelGame
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/LEGOMarvelGame
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/LEGOMarvelVideoGame

About Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

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

About TT Games

TT Games, an affiliate of Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., is the developer behind numerous hit LEGO® videogame franchises such as LEGO® Batman™, LEGO® Star Wars™, LEGO® Harry Potter™, LEGO® Marvel Super Heroes and LEGO® Indiana Jones™, as well as popular titles LEGO® Marvel’s Avengers, LEGO® Jurassic World™, LEGO® Worlds and many others, which combined have sold over 180 million units worldwide to date. Incorporating UK developers Traveller’s Tales, TT Fusion, TT Games Brighton and Playdemic, TT Games has a distinctive focus on console, handheld, mobile and PC games of the highest quality, aimed at young gamers and their families. Additional information about TT Games can be found at www.ttgames.com.

About Marvel Entertainment

Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy-five years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing and publishing. For more information visit marvel.com. © 2018 MARVEL

About Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and The Wasp
From the Marvel Cinematic Universe comes “Ant-Man & the Wasp,” a new chapter featuring heroes with the astonishing ability to shrink. In the aftermath of “Captain America: Civil War,” Scott Lang grapples with the consequences of his choices as both a Super Hero and a father. As he struggles to rebalance his home life with his responsibilities as Ant-Man, he’s confronted by Hope van Dyne and Dr. Hank Pym with an urgent new mission. Scott must once again put on the suit and learn to fight alongside the Wasp as the team works together to uncover secrets from the past.

“Ant-Man and the Wasp” is directed by Peyton Reed and stars Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Pena, Walton Goggins, Bobby Cannavale, Judy Greer, Tip “T.I.” Harris, David Dastmalchian, Hannah John Kamen, Abby Ryder-Fortson, Randall Park, with Michelle Pfeiffer, with Laurence Fishburne, and Michael Douglas.

Kevin Feige and Stephen Broussard are producing with Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Charles Newirth and Stan Lee serving as executive producers. Chris McKenna & Erik Sommers, Paul Rudd, Andrew Barrer & Gabriel Ferrari wrote the screenplay. “Ant-Man and the Wasp” hits theaters on July 5.

LEGO MARVEL SUPER HEROES 2 software © 2017 TT Games Ltd. Produced by TT Games under license from the LEGO Group. LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Brick and the Knob configurations and the Minifigure are trademarks of the LEGO Group. © 2017 The LEGO Group. © 2017 MARVEL. All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners.  All rights reserved.  © 2017 Nintendo. Nintendo Switch and Joy-Con are trademarks of Nintendo. “”and “PlayStation” are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. “” is a trademark of the same company. All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective owners. All rights reserved.

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DAKAR 18 – Release Date Announced

Official Licensed Dakar Rally Game Coming to Consoles and PC

Larkspur, Calif. – July 3, 2018 – Portuguese development studio and rally enthusiasts BIGMOON Entertainment today announced the official release date for the upcoming rally raid simulation DAKAR 18. The anticipated cross-country rally racing game is coming to PlayStation®4, Xbox One and PC platforms on Sept. 11, 2018.

Based on the world famous annual rally raid organized by Amaury Sport Organization (A.S.O.) in South America, DAKAR 18 delivers all of the thrills, danger and realism of the biggest cross-country rally in the world. Race a variety of official vehicles across one of the biggest open worlds ever created. Players will have to use the real road books – provided by the pilots to the development team – to find the way across each of the 14 stages throughout Peru, Bolivia and Argentina.

Players will compete in fierce online multiplayer races as well as playing offline to harness and grow navigation and racing skills. DAKAR 18 is focused on realism and promises stunning visuals, which faithfully represent many of the official vehicles and pilots for each of the five racing categories (Cars, Bikes, Trucks, Quads and SxS) of the Dakar Rally 2018. In addition, the game will feature a single player, online and split screen multiplayer experience.

More information about DAKAR 18 can be found here on https://www.facebook.com/dakarthegame and http://www.dakarthegame.com, and information about the Dakar Rally is available here: http://www.dakar.com.

About BIGMOON Entertainment

Since its foundation, BIGMOON has set a simple goal: develop and publish the best games possible. The team loves great stories, fun characters, and innovative challenges. That’s why they put all their dedication and passion into creating and developing hardcore role-playing, action-adventure, horror and simulation games. Immersive worlds to discover and great characters are in their DNA. BIGMOON is an independent publisher and developer for all major platforms, including Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo. BIGMOON already developed other games such as Police Simulator 18, Demons Age, Syndrome, Trapped Dead: Lockdown, Jagged Alliance: Back in Action and produced art on some well-known racing games such WRC 5, WRC 3, MotoGP 13 and Flatout4.

For more information on BIGMOON, please visit: www.bigmoonstudios.com.

About A.S.O.

Amaury Sport Organisation is a company that owns, designs and organises top international sporting events. Specialised in the ‘non-stadia’ events, it has in-house knowledge of professions linked to organisation, media and sales of sports events.

A.S.O. organises 250 days of competition per year, with 80 events in 25 countries.

A.S.O. is involved in 5 major sports including cycling with Le Tour de France, motor sports with Le Dakar, sailing with Le Tour de France à la Voile, mass events with the Schneider Electric Marathon de Paris and golf with the Lacoste Ladies Open de France.

Amaury Sport Organisation is a subsidiary of the Amaury Group, media and sport group that owns the newspaper L’Equipe. More information: http://www.aso.fr/us/homepage.html

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

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

All product titles, publisher names, trademarks, artwork and associated imagery are trademarks, registered trademarks and/or copyright material of the respective owners. All rights reserved.

MARVEL FUTURE FIGHT INTRODUCES SUPERHERO DUO ANT-MAN AND THE WASP

New Marvel Cinematic Universe Characters, Uniforms, Stages and More Featured in Latest Content Update

LOS ANGELES (July 3, 2018) – Just ahead of the highly anticipated theatrical release of Marvel Studios’ Ant-Man and The Wasp on July 6, Netmarble Corp., the fastest growing mobile games company worldwide, today unveiled new Ant-Man and The Wasp in-game content coming to its action RPG game for mobile devices, MARVEL Future Fight.

Available on iOS and Android devices on July 3, the latest game update introduces three new characters straight from the pages of Marvel comics, plus four new uniforms:

• Goliath: Bill Foster, Hank Pym’s lab partner, who uses Pym Particles to enlarge his body and strength to become the hero Goliath.
• Ghost: A brilliant spy, inventor and explosives expert who wears a suit that allows him to become intangible at will.
• The Wasp: Nadia Van Dyne, the daughter of Hank Pym, who modified the Ant-Man suit to become the new Wasp. She can fire energy blasts, fly and shrink down in size.
• New uniforms: Ant-Man, Wasp and Ghost uniforms inspired by the upcoming feature film, plus a Giant-Man Ultron Pym uniform that combines the features of both Ultron and Hank Pym.

The game update also adds content inspired by Ant-Man and The Wasp to Legendary Battle mode, introducing two new stages. Break into Hank Pym’s lab as Ghost, or battle against Ghost as Ant-Man. Alliance Raids are also introduced for the first time, allowing players to work together to defeat powerful Raid Bosses for increased rewards.

Players can also keep an eye out for other changes, including Tier-3 upgrades and new ultimate skills for Thor and Ant-Man in this latest update.

MARVEL Future Fight recently celebrated its third anniversary, hosting special in-game events for its more than 84 million players around the world. The game is currently available worldwide in the App Store® and Google Play™.

App Store®: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/marvel-future-fight/id955705796
Google Play™: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.netmarble.mherosgb

For more information on MARVEL Future Fight, please visit http://marvelfuturefight.netmarble.com.

About Netmarble Corporation

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 the fastest-growing mobile game company and consistently ranks as a top mobile developer and publisher worldwide. With more than 4,000 employees, Netmarble has been producing and servicing some of the most successful mobile games including Lineage 2: 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 E&M Corporation, Asia’s largest entertainment company, Tencent Holdings, Asia’s largest internet company, and NCsoft, a prominent MMORPG company. More information can be found at http://company.netmarble.com

About Marvel Entertainment

Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world’s most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of more than 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy-five years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing and publishing. For more information visit marvel.com. © 2018 MARVEL

App Store is a trademark of Apple Inc., registered in the US and other countries.  App Store is a service mark of Apple Inc. Google Play is a trademark of Google Inc.

About Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Infinity War”

An unprecedented cinematic journey ten years in the making and spanning the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Infinity War” brings to the screen the ultimate, deadliest showdown of all time. The Avengers and their Super Hero allies must be willing to sacrifice all in an attempt to defeat the powerful Thanos before his blitz of devastation and ruin puts an end to the universe.

Anthony and Joe Russo direct the film, which is produced by Kevin Feige. Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Michael Grillo and Stan Lee are the executive producers. Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely wrote the screenplay. “Avengers: Infinity War” releases in U.S. theaters on April 27, 2018.

GOOD SHEPHERD ENTERTAINMENT AND NYAMAKOP TO RELEASE SEMBLANCE, THE WORLD’S FIRST TRUE PLAT-FORMER, ON JULY 24, 2018

Squish, squash and remold yourself through this world-busting and bouncing adventure on Nintendo Switch™, Windows PC and Mac

AMSTERDAM and SOUTH AFRICA – July 3, 2018 – Good Shepherd Entertainment has revealed that Semblance, the world-busting puzzle platformer from independent South African developer Nyamakop, will launch on July 24, 2018, on Nintendo Switch™ through the Nintendo eShop, as well as Windows PC and Mac via Steam.

Semblance is a puzzle platformer where your soft, bouncy character and its soft, bouncy world are almost entirely deformable. An infestation of hard material has spread throughout the land. Squish, squash, mold and deform yourself and the environment to solve challenging puzzles, squeeze through tight spots and bring your delicate home back to life!

A winner of multiple special honors from gaming shows throughout development for its unique gameplay and aesthetic, Semblance bubbles with colorfully stylish art design, atmospheric audio effects and an engaging storyline that unravels organically as you explore.

Semblance is rated E (Everyone) by the ESRB. For more information, visit http://semblance-game.com, and follow @GoodShepherdEnt and @Nyamakop on Twitter.

Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/700160/Semblance/

About Good Shepherd Entertainment

Good Shepherd Entertainment publishes video games from independent artists worldwide and operates a proprietary investment platform for a growing global network of qualified investors seeking risk-mitigated participation in the $130B video game industry. Originally established in the Netherlands in 2011 as an equity crowdfunding platform under the name Gambitious BV, the Company became a publisher in 2014 with the release of Train Fever, which was the first game ever successfully published with equity crowdfunding. The Company has since funded and released over a dozen original games across eight digital platforms. The founders of Devolver Digital and Croteam, two very successful companies in independent game development and publishing, invested in the Company and joined its management in 2012. The Company rebranded in 2017 as Good Shepherd Entertainment following an investment by Advance/Newhouse, having established a track record of success with both independent developers and investors. www.GoodShepherd.games

About Nyamakop

Since forming Nyamakop in 2015, co-founders Kimani and Myres have built their studio into one of the most promising emerging creators in African game development. Their debut game, Semblance, has been exhibited all over the world at consumer shows such as E3, PAX East, gamescom and EGX, in addition to more than a dozen intimate arts festivals such as Slamdance Film Festival, South by South West (SXSW), A MAZE and Out of Index. They have also participated in prestigious residencies such as the Stugan retreat and ‘Train Jam,’ and were listed on Forbes Africa’s ‘30 under 30’ list for 2018. http://nyamakop.co.za/

CLOSERS ‘SEASON OF WOLVES’ UPDATE LAUNCHES TODAY DELIVERING FINAL WOLF DOGS MEMBER VIOLET AND NO FATIGUE GAMEPLAY

Closers gather together! En Masse Entertainment announced today the exciting ‘Season of Wolves’ is now available for the anime-inspired, online RPG beat’em up, Closers. Violet, the greatsword-wielding fighter, has been added to the selectable roster of characters and completes the Wolf Dogs team. In addition to the new playable character, the new Closers ‘Season of Wolves’ update greatly improves the quality of life playability in the game. UI improvements, overall gameplay balance, and, most of all, the removal of the Fatigue System ensures a fresh and engaging Closers experience to new players as well as seasoned veterans.

Behold the tremendous power of Violet in Closers!

Wielding a greatsword with lethal power and speed, Violet utilizes her newfound Phase Force abilities in combination with her swordswoman skills with devastating results. Aided by Hyde, her shadowy personal assistant, Violet joins the Wolf Dogs to fight back the alien invasion while secretly investigating the murder of her father to bring the criminals to justice.

In additional to the new playable character Violet, the Closers ‘Season of Wolves’ update includes the following features:

• Removal of Fatigue System
• Improved early gameplay pacing
• Enhanced User Interface
• Two complete teams (Black Lambs and Wolf Dogs)
• Level 80 Cap with new raid content

Closers is a multiplayer online action RPG (MOARPG) infused with arcade beat’ em up mechanics and anime-styled artwork. Players take the role of a “Closer,” a group of psychic teenagers chosen by the world government to stop an alien invasion by closing interdimensional gates to thwart the invaders and their evil incursion. Fast, intense, and eye-poppingly beautiful, the game masterfully combines the frenetic action of old school arcade 2D beat ‘em ups with the engaging combo mechanics of fighting games, and the vivid art style and drama of an episodic anime.

Published by En Masse Entertainment, Closers is available on Steam and on the En Masse digital store. For more information on Closers, please visit the official site closers.enmasse.com and follow the progress of the game on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.