WRECK AND RIDE TO SAVE THE WORLD IN MOTORBIKE COMBAT RACER ‘STEEL RATS™’ LAUNCHING TODAY ON PLAYSTATION®4 AND PC

IT’S BIKERS VERSUS DEADLY JUNK ROBOTS IN BRAND-NEW LAUNCH TRAILER

London, November 7, 2018 – The alien junk robot invasion has begun and only you as part of the Steel Rats™ a ride or die, hi-tech biker gang can stop them. Today Tate Multimedia are revved up and ready to ride as Steel Rats, the long-awaited motorbike combat action game, launches on PlayStation®4 and PC. Alongside the game’s release, a brand-new launch trailer has been unleashed, and an Xbox One version of Steel Rats is also coming soon.

A visceral and groundbreaking evolution of the 2.5D action-arcade genre, Steel Rats fuses destructive, octane-fuelled, motorbike combat and death-defying stunt gameplay, all set in a visually stylised, retro-future world. Switch between four unique and upgradeable characters as you wreak havoc and defend your city from an invading armada of junk robots.

There are also only 24 hours left to bid in a very unique charity auction for the one-of-a-kind ‘Steel Rats: Super Turbo Ultimate Wreck & Ride Collector’s Edition’, which contains a full size 9-foot metal junk robot from the game with proceeds going to four charities from across the globe, including Special Effect, Make a Wish, AbleGamers and Gaming Aid: http://bit.ly/SteelRatsEbayAuction

Steel Rats can be purchased from the PlayStation®Store as the base game at $19.99 or the Deluxe Edition at $23.99, which includes the main game, a PlayStation®4 theme, the soundtrack and five PlayStation avatars. The soundtrack can also be purchased separately for $4.99

Steel Rats can be purchased from Steam as the base game at $19.99 and the soundtrack is also available separately for $4.99.

Download now on Steam: http://bit.ly/steelratssteam
And GOG.com: http://bit.ly/SteelRatsGoG

About Steel Rats:
A visceral and groundbreaking evolution of the 2.5D action-arcade genre, Steel Rats fuses destructive, octane-fuelled, motorbike combat and death-defying stunt gameplay, all set in a visually stylised, retro-future world. Switch between four unique and upgradeable characters as you wreak havoc and defend your city from an invading armada of junk robots.

Steel Rats is already lighting up the 2018 awards scene with eight nominations and one win for ‘Best Gameplay’ at the Game Connection Awards, a nomination for ‘Best Indie Game’ at the Digital Dragons Indie Showcase and winner of ‘Best Gameplay’ at Pixel Heaven in Poland earlier this month. The game has been touring the convention circuit over the past year, having been at EGX Rezzed, PAX East, Pixel Heaven, Gamescom, PAX West and most recently Tokyo Game Show, sometimes even playable on a giant 9-foot-tall robot demo station.

Steam page: http://bit.ly/steelratssteam
Official Steel Rats website: http://steelratsgame.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteelRatsGame/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MsVeronicaVance
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPZzXCAYz3-CfiO635GGPCQ
Discord: https://discord.gg/4tVMJxv

About Tate Multimedia:
Tate Multimedia S.A. is an independent games developer and publisher based in Poland (Warsaw-HQ), with successful operations that have spanned across Europe, North America, Japan and China since the year 2000.

The studio operates according to the “house of ideas” model on an everyday basis, which means no idea is off the table allowing developers to have the creative freedom to continually seek new, daring, and even risky projects, with a team of almost 40 creative professionals.

Beside the already announced ‘Urban Trial Playground’, Tate Multimedia also announced another game for 2018: Steel Rats – a 2,5D platform combat racing game set in a retro futuristic environment, to be released on PC, PlayStation® 4, and Xbox One®.

http://www.tatemultimedia.com/en/home/
http://www.facebook.com/TateMultimedia
http://www.youtube.com/user/TateMultimedia

About Special Effect:
SpecialEffect is an award-winning charity that helps people with disabilities to benefit from the fun, rehabilitation and therapy of video games. They support people of all ages through assessments, equipment loans and equipment modifications.

https://www.specialeffect.org.uk/

About AbleGamers:
The AbleGamers Foundation, also known as AbleGamers Charity, is a 501(C)(3) nonprofit public charity that aims to improve the overall quality of life for those with disabilities through the power of video games.

Video games allow individuals with disabilities to experience situations that may be difficult or limited in the real world, provide social networking opportunities to maintain mental and emotional health, and participate in one of the world’s largest pastimes.

https://ablegamers.org/

About Gaming Aid:
Gaming Aid is a non-profit charity organisation within the Gaming-Industry who wants to do something good. Together with players and developers Gaming-Aid wants to support persons and their families in need.

Gaming-Aid is calling the millions of players all over the world, producers, publishers, developers and salespersons: “Let’s do something good together!”

https://gaming-aid.de/en/

About Make a Wish:
Make-A-Wish® France – Transforming lives, one wish at a time.

Founded in 2005, Make-A-Wish® France is a non-profit association that is affiliated to the Make-A-Wish® International foundation, an NGO that is recognised by the United Nations.

For more than 10 years, Make-A-Wish France has been granting the wishes of 3-17 years old children who suffer from critical illnesses. Wishes are tailored to every child’s personality and bring hope, joy, courage to all family members.

Wishes are carried out by our volunteers, all of whom embody the values of Make-A-Wish France, with a focus on supporting and respecting families and their privacy.

About The Ride Again Workshop:
Ride Again Workshop is a group of multi-skilled enthusiasts who focus on prop making, concept art, graphic design and product creation. We engage in projects from the earliest stages of technical analysis and creative design through to manufacturing. We prototype models and build full scale projects from concept through to delivery. From our team you will get prop model, 2D/3D graphic design, press packs and more.

We hope to help you realize project of any scale, single or multiple item. Feel free to contact us at www.ride-again.com

DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 TRIAL HEADING TO CONSOLE NEXT WEEK

Explore China and Battle Enemies in an Open-World Adventure

Hertfordshire, 7^th November 2018 – KOEI TECMO Europe is excited that DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Trial, a new version of the popular franchise, is set for a European release on the 14^th November 2018 for the PlayStation®4 Computer Entertainment System, 21^st November 2018 for the Xbox One family of devices including the Xbox One X, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft, and available now digitally on PC via Steam®.

DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Trial enables fans to choose up to three characters from the roster of 90 total playable characters in a small sampling of DYNASTY WARRIORS 9’s story mode as they set off to explore the open-world of China; with the fate of the Han Dynasty hanging in the balance. Online co-op will also be available for gamers to test out alongside other Trial members, or players who already own the full game; allowing them to experience the exhilarating the exhilarating action of this historic adventure.

In addition, a new DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Season Pass was recently announced, granting players a variety of additional weapons, costumes, scenarios, and a plethora of useful materials – including various types of coins; a book of Musou; and exploding arrows.

For more information about the DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 Trial please visit the official site at www.koeitecmoeurope.com/dw9, Like www.facebook.com/koeitecmogames, and Follow us on Twitter @koeitecmoeurope

ABOUT KOEI TECMO EUROPE LTD.

KOEI TECMO EUROPE LTD. is a publisher of interactive entertainment software for current generation consoles, handhelds and digital download content based in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, UK. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of KOEI TECMO HOLDINGS CO., LTD., headquartered in Yokohama, Japan. KOEI TECMO’s best known for their signature ‘one versus thousands’ Warriors series, the fan-favourite Ninja Gaiden and fighting entertainment title Dead or Alive. Through collaboration with strong existing franchises, such as A.O.T. Wings of Freedom (Attack on Titan), has brought fan-favourite shows to life in video game form. The company’s desire for innovation and diversity has seen the creation of the critically acclaimed dark-samurai action title Nioh, which takes on new and unique gameplay styles. The company’s acquisition of GUST, developer of a variety of heart-warming titles, has seen their flagship Atelier series span generations of consoles and fans alike. More information about KOEI TECMO EUROPE LTD and its products can be found at www.koeitecmoeurope.com

DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 ©2018 KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. DYNASTY WARRIORS 9 is a registered trademark of KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. The KT logo is a registered trademark of KOEI TECMO HOLDINGS CO., LTD.

HKBU and Tencent break world record for fast and accurate AI training

Researchers at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) have partnered with a team from Tencent Machine Learning to create a new technique for training Artificial Intelligence (AI) machines faster than ever before, while maintaining accuracy.

During the experiment the team succeeded in training two popular deep neural networks called AlexNet and ResNet-50 in just 4 minutes and 6.6 minutes respectively. Previously the fastest time was 11 minutes for AlexNet and 15 minutes for ResNet-50.

AlexNet and ResNet-50 are deep neural networks built on ImageNet, a large-scale dataset for visual recognition. Once trained, the system was able to recognise and label an object in a given photo. The result is significantly faster than previous records and outperforms all other existing systems.

Machine learning is a set of mathematical approaches which enables computers to “learn” from data, without explicitly being programmed by humans. The resulting algorithms can then be applied to a variety of data and visual recognition tasks used in AI.

The HKBU team is comprised of Professor Chu Xiaowen and PhD student Shi Shaohuai from the Department of Computer Science.

Professor Chu said: “We have proposed a new optimised training method that significantly improves the best output without losing accuracy. In AI training, researchers strive to train their networks faster, but this can lead to a decrease in accuracy. As a result, training machine-learning models at high speed while maintaining accuracy and precision is a vital goal for scientists.”

Professor Chu said the time required to train AI machines is affected by both computing time and communication time. The research team attained breakthroughs in both aspects to create this record-breaking achievement.

This included adopting a simpler computational method, known as FP16, to replace the more traditional one, FP32, making computation much faster without losing accuracy. As communication time is affected by the size of data blocks, the team came up with a communication technique named “tensor fusion”, which combines smaller pieces of data into larger ones, optimising the transmission pattern and thereby improving the efficiency of communication during AI training.

This new technique can be adopted in large-scale image classification, and it can also be applied to other AI applications, including machine translation; natural language processing (NLP) to enhance interactions between human language and computers; medical imaging analysis; and online multiplayer battle games.

THE EPIC JOURNEY OF ARK: SURVIVAL EVOLVED CULMINATES IN “EXTINCTION” AS EXPANSION PACK LAUNCHES WORLDWIDE TODAY ON STEAM

Survivors Return to Earth With Corrupted Dinosaurs, Rideable Gasbags and Massive Titans Roaming the Land!

REDMOND, WA – NOVEMBER 6, 2018 – Studio Wildcard today launched its third expansion pack for the dinosaur survival action-adventure ARK: Survival Evolved.  Available today on Steam, ARK: Extinction is an entirely new map that promises to deliver the long-awaited climax to the ARK storyline, returning to where the story began and now ends: on Earth itself! Visit the ruined world that’s rampant with Element-corrupted creatures, scour the land for Orbital Supply Drops, tame exotic creatures, and build a Mek powerful enough to defeat the colossal, tameable Titans dominating the landscape.

Tame a Mek then Take on a Corrupted T-Rex!

Haven’t yet explored the thrilling world of ARK? Jump into the adventure today during ARK’s Free Week on Steam, where the base game ARK: Survival Evolved is available to play for free now – Sunday, Nov 11th, paired with massive discounts to own ARK and its other expansion packs, Scorched Earth and Aberration.

ARK: Extinction will be available for PlayStation®4 and Xbox One starting November 13th.

ARK: Extinction Key Features

• With new mutated creatures to tame, players will have to rely on Extinction’s latest additions and use them in battle in order to stay alive and reap the rewards.
• As a veteran survivor who has conquered all previous obstacles, the ultimate challenge awaits: take on and TAME the massive roaming Titans, dungeon dwelling bosses that are powerful enough to make even the mightiest T-Rex whimper! Gather your friends, all of your dinos, and your entire arsenal of weapons if you want to survive and complete the ARK cycle to save Earth’s future.
• Launch through the air and leap great distances with air-inhaling Gasbags, freeze your enemies into icy statues with the majestic flying Snow Owl, unleash a barrage of spiny projectiles with the Velonasaur, and discover many more fantastic new creatures among the ruins of Earth!
• Store creatures in your inventory with Cryopods, capture them into small cubes then pop them out from your inventory unexpectedly at enemies, send your items back to home base using the new aerial item balloons, cross giant chasms with the extendable Tek Bridge, along with an arsenal of all-new items and weapons to aid your survival.
• Venture into the harsh Wasteland to intercept Orbital Supply Drops, filled with gear and resources – but watch out! Element-corrupted dinosaurs will try to stop you in this team-based defense challenge.
• The all new map has a long abandoned Metropolis to explore, humanity’s last bastion, now overgrown and decayed but still under surveillance by a protective force of Scouts and Enforcers.
• Proto-ARKs, prototype areas built as early simulations of the three predominant ecosystems: the Crater Forest, the Desert and the Tundra.
• Build and pilot advanced Meks loaded with customizable weaponry to take on the toughest enemies, including the gigantic End Boss guarding the ultimate secret of the ARK!

ARK: Extinction colossal creatures will have Pacific Rim fans salivating.

ARK: Extinction is available today on Steam as a standalone expansion pack ($19.99) and as part of the ARK: Explorer’s Edition (Game + Season Pass), joining the desert-themed Scorched Earth and the underground, derelict biome Aberration, in continuing to unravel the mysteries in this final chapter of ARK’s story.

For the latest updates follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, subscribe to us on YouTube, visit the Website at playark.com and watch us tame and train leviathan dinosaurs on Twitch.TV.

ARK: Survival Evolved is rated “T” for Teen (Violence, Blood, Crude Humor, Use of Alcohol) by the ESRB.

Feel like riding a dinosaur? Join the ARK growing band of survivors in the community forums HERE: https://survivetheark.com/forums/

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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!

DISCOVER A WONDERFUL WORLD OF ADVENTURE IN WORLD OF FINAL FANTASY MAXIMA TODAY

 SYDNEY, 6^th November 2018 –   Square Enix Ltd., today welcomes new adventurers to discover the magical world of Grymoire in WORLD OF FINAL FANTASY® MAXIMA, which is now available on the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, STEAM and PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system.

WORLD OF FINAL FANTASY MAXIMA is an enhanced version of the beloved 2016 RPG WORLD OF FINAL FANTASY, complete with a host of new and exciting features. Using the Avatar Change System, players can transform into legendary FINAL FANTASY heroes such as Cloud (FINAL FANTASY VII), Yuna (FINAL FANTASY X), Noctis (FINAL FANTASY XV) and many more. Additional Mirages (monsters), champions (characters), side quests, boss battles, mini-games and more await players in the game, including the option to carry over progress after finishing the story into a new save game to overcome the challenging new Nightmare difficulty mode.

WORLD OF FINAL FANTASY MAXIMA is now available digitally for the Nintendo Switch and Xbox One. Additionally, the new content of WORLD OF FINAL FANTASY MAXIMA is available on PlayStation®4 or STEAM as downloadable content.

Related Links:
Official Homepage: www.worldoffinalfantasy.com
Official Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/FinalFantasy
Official Twitter: @FinalFantasy
Official Instagram: @FinalFantasy
Official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/FinalFantasyOfficial
FINAL FANTASY Portal Site: https://eu.finalfantasy.com/

The Game Awards Welcomes Tencent’s Steven Ma to Advisory Board

Los Angeles, CA, Nov. 6, 2018 — The Game Awards announced today that it has appointed Steven Ma, Senior Vice President for Tencent’s interactive entertainment division, to its advisory board, effective November 6, 2018.

Ma joined Tencent in 2007 and currently serves as Senior Vice President. He is responsible for international publishing and distribution of Tencent Games, overseeing the company’s long-term business partnerships.

“We are thrilled to have Steven Ma join our advisory board, which plays an important role in setting the strategic direction for The Game Awards,” said Geoff Keighley, executive producer and creator, The Game Awards. “Tencent is one of the world’s leading gaming companies and has assisted our live broadcast in China the past two years. Steven’s deep experience in gaming will help us shape the future of The Game Awards as we grow our global distribution.”

The Game Awards advisory board helps guide and advance the mission of The Game Awards. The Game Awards’ advisory board also includes executives from Activision, AMD, Electronic Arts, Microsoft, Nintendo of America, Rockstar Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment, Ubisoft, Valve and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.

“I am honored to be a part of the illustrious advisory board for the Game Awards,” said Steven Ma. “Their awards are a celebration of the gaming industry and players around the globe, and have been a key voice in both recognizing achievements and understanding future trends.”

The Advisory Board is not involved in the selection of award nominees or winners, and learns the results of jury voting at the same time as the general public.

The Game Awards will be held again at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles, California on December 6, 2018 (Friday, December 7, China Time). The award ceremony will include awards presentations, exclusive game world premieres and announcements, and musical performances.

About The Game Awards
The Game Awards, created by Geoff Keighley in 2014, is an annual awards ceremony that honors video game creators and gamers across console, mobile and PC gaming, as well as eSports. The program is both an awards show and a first look at the future of the video game industry. Built from the group up to air exclusively on gaming and streaming platforms, The Game Awards is guided by an advisory board that includes the executive leadership teams from Activision, AMD (Dr. Lisa Su, CEO), Electronic Arts (Laura Miele, Chief Studios Officer), Microsoft (Phil Spencer, EVP of Gaming), Nintendo of America (Reggie Fils-Aime, President), Rockstar Games, Sony Interactive Entertainment (Shawn Layden, Chairman, SIE Worldwide Studios), Ubisoft (Yves Guillemot, CEO), Valve, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (David Haddad, President) and Tencent (Steven Ma, Senior Vice President)

About Tencent
Tencent uses technology to enrich the lives of Internet users. Its social products Weixin and QQ link our users to a rich digital content catalogue including games, video, music and books. Tencent’s proprietary targeting technology helps advertisers reach out to hundreds of millions of consumers in China.   Its infrastructure services including payment, security, cloud and artificial intelligence create differentiated offerings and support our partners’ business growth. Tencent invests heavily in people and innovation, enabling the company to evolve with the Internet. Tencent was founded in Shenzhen, China, in 1998. Shares of Tencent (00700.HK) are traded on the Main Board of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong.

PLANET ENTERTAINMENT AND FARSIGHT STUDIOS RELEASE PARTY ARCADE ON NINTENDO SWITCH™

Make Any Get-Together a Blast With This New Collection of Hit Party Games!

NORTH AMERICA – Nov. 6, 2018 – Planet Entertainment and developer FarSight Studios have launched Party Arcade, a new collection of some of the world’s top party games for Nintendo Switch™. Perfect for all ages, Party Arcade is available today for $29.99 at GameStop and Target.

The sequel to the hit Game Party franchise, Party Arcade delivers an electrifying line-up of classic arcade games, including air hockey, billiards, darts, cornhole, cup pong, ping pong, puck bowling and hoop shoot, designed for players of all ages. Take on friends or players around the world in four-player online and local multiplayer, and claim the top spot as undisputed champion on the global leaderboards.

Party Arcade features support for classic controls as well as quick and easy Joy-Con™ gameplay, making it a breeze to throw darts, hit balls and slap pucks with the flick of a wrist. There are also tons of in-game challenges and a prize shop with over 60 items you can use in-game.

Party Arcade is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB. For more information, visit http://partyarcadegame.com.

About Planet Entertainment

Planet Entertainment is a leading publisher of entertainment software with a high-quality portfolio of multi-platform games for the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation®4, PC and mobile. Planet Entertainment has publishing operations across North America, Europe (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, UK) and Australia.

About FarSight Studios

Based in Big Bear Lake, California, FarSight Studios has been developing videogames since 1989. Among their titles are multi-million unit selling NFL football games, casual mass-market games, kid-friendly sports games, and plug-and-play toys. They have made games for every major console from the original NES to the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and virtual reality devices. FarSight’s games have been honored as Mobile Game of the Year, Greatest Hits, Toy of the Year nominee, and Editor’s Choice on multiple platforms.

CABELA’S® THE HUNT AND BASS PRO SHOPS® THE STRIKE CHAMPIONSHIP EDITIONS OUT NOW ON NINTENDO SWITCH™

Hunt and fish across North America’s top sporting grounds in two new competitive arcade-action adventures

NORTH AMERICA – Nov. 6, 2018 – Planet Entertainment has released a new pair of competitive arcade-action games from two of the top names in outdoor sports and recreation. Cabela’s® The Hunt: Championship Edition and Bass Pro Shops® The Strike: Championship Edition are available today on Nintendo Switch™ at GameStop, Walmart, Target and EB Games, as well as digitally via the Nintendo eShop, for $39.99 each.

In addition, either title can be purchased as part of a bundle for $49.99 each featuring the full game plus a special peripheral controller* designed to enhance the core gameplay experience.

Cabela’s® The Hunt: Championship Edition brings the #1 hunting adventure series back with a bang, featuring 10 of North America’s most famous hunting regions. Track and take down impressive trophy prey with realistic techniques like scent, stalking, calls, decoy and GPS mapping while surviving dangerous animal encounters and scoring big across a variety of arcade-style mini-games.

Made for fishing pros and newcomers alike, Bass Pro Shops® The Strike: Championship Edition takes you to 10 unique lakes to compete in special bass boat challenges, casting contests and an assortment of fun mini-games. Use over 100 authentic Bass Pro Shops lures to land 11 different species of fish, including legendary fish in each area, and make your mark as an angling master.

Both games will feature special tournaments where players can compete for real prizes beginning in January 2019.

Cabela’s® The Hunt: Championship Edition is rated T for Teen by the ESRB. Bass Pro Shops® The Strike: Championship Edition is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB.

*The Cabela’s® The Hunt: Championship Edition bundle features the Bullseye Pro controller, while the Bass Pro Shops® The Strike: Championship Edition bundle includes the Power Cast Rod & Reel controller. These special peripherals are optional and not required to play either game.

About Planet Entertainment

Planet Entertainment is a leading publisher of entertainment software with a high-quality portfolio of multi-platform games for the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, PlayStation®4, PC and mobile. Planet Entertainment has publishing operations across North America, Europe (France, Italy, Germany, Spain, UK) and Australia.

About Bass Pro Shops

Bass Pro Shops is North America’s premier outdoor and conservation company. Founded in 1972 when avid young angler Johnny Morris began selling tackle out of his father’s liquor store in Springfield, Missouri, today the company provides customers with unmatched offerings spanning premier destination retail, outdoor equipment manufacturing, world-class resort destinations and more. In 2017 Bass Pro Shops acquired Cabela’s to create a “best-of-the-best” experience with superior products, dynamic locations and outstanding customer service. Bass Pro Shops also operates White River Marine Group, offering an unsurpassed collection of industry-leading boat brands, and Big Cedar Lodge, America’s Premier Wilderness Resort. Under the visionary conservation leadership of Johnny Morris, Bass Pro Shops is a national leader in protecting habitat and introducing families to the outdoors and has been named by Forbes as “one of America’s Best Employers.”

Road Redemption Brings Motorcycle Mayhem to Nintendo Switch and PlayStation®4 Today

Tripwire Interactive Expands Role as Publisher with Highly Anticipated Road Redemption Console Launch

ROSWELL, GA — Nov. 6, 2018 — Tripwire Interactive, developers of the award-winning Killing Floor and Red Orchestra franchises – and publisher for Road Redemption in partnership with developers at EQ-Games and Pixel Dash Studios – announced today that Road Redemption, the beloved spiritual successor to Road Rash, launches today for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and Nintendo Switch system with a version for Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft coming soon. Following a successful crowdfunding campaign and Steam launch with overwhelmingly positive user, Steam Curator, and critic reviews, Tripwire Interactive is ready to bring Road Redemption’s unique brand of driving combat and motorcycle mayhem to console systems.

Available to purchase today on the official Road Redemption launch day microsite, PlayStation Store and Nintendo eShop for $19.99 USD, Road Redemption finds players leading a biker gang on an epic journey across the United States in a driving combat road rage adventure. Earn money by completing races, assassinations, robberies, and other challenges. As you collect loot, players will be able to upgrade their character, bike, and weapons to build up the ultimate road warrior. Complete with a huge single-player campaign, dozens of weapons, full 4-player co-op split-screen, and online multiplayer, Road Redemption marks a return to those halcyon days of brutal, arcade-style, action racing.

Road Redemption Key Features:

• Singleplayer campaign
• Online Multiplayer
• Local Multiplayer + Co-op
• Shared/Splitscreen
• Brutal weapons
• Deep motorcycle combat system complete with grabs, kicks, counters, critical strikes, and more
• Rooftop racing and non-stop emergent action

Today’s announcement follows recent news about the first ever in-game crossover event for Killing Floor 2 and Road Redemption on Steam. Players with both titles in their Steam library recently saw the addition of the Road Redeemer chained bat melee weapon from Road Redemption in Killing Floor 2 – and two new riders in Road Redemption from the Killing Floor 2 universe: DJ Skully and Hans Volter. PlayStation 4 and Xbox One players can also look forward to this ultra awesome crossover later this year with the upcoming launch of Killing Floor 2’s yearly winter update.

To keep up with the latest about the Road Redemption, be sure to visit the official Road Redemption launch day microsite and website – and follow the Road Redemption development team on Twitter and Facebook.

You can also keep track of Road Redemption publisher Tripwire Interactive on any of these channels: www.tripwireinteractive.com, on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/tripwireinteractive, Twitter at https://twitter.com/TripwireInt, Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/tripwireinteractive/ and on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/user/tripwireinteractive.

About Tripwire Interactive

Gamers want games that grab their attention and will keep them coming back for more. Tripwire has been producing those types of games since the first Red Orchestra mod that won the “Make Something Unreal” competition in 2004. Since then Tripwire has won numerous Multiplayer and FPS Game of the Year awards from top editorial sites—and millions have played a Red Orchestra or Killing Floor game, with an average play time of over 40 hours, per player, per game! Since it first launched for PC in 2009, Killing Floor has sold over five million units worldwide. Tripwire has published select 3rd-party titles (The Ball, Zeno Clash, Dwarfs?!), supported each title with free extra content and taken their brand of winning gaming to console, to continuously expand that base. Tripwire will continue to offer new and exciting gaming experiences both to their millions of fans and to new gamers alike—including Killing Floor 2 for PC, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®4 Pro, Xbox One, and Xbox One X, Rising Storm 2: Vietnam for PC, Killing Floor: Incursion for Oculus Touch and HTC VIVE in 2017—along with PlayStation®VR and Windows Mixed Reality in 2018. In addition to developing their own games Tripwire announced a new publishing division at E3 2018 designed to help other independent studios bring their games to market through a truly collaborative publishing model. Road Redemption by EQ Games and Pixel Dash Studios for PC, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®4 Pro, Xbox One, Xbox One X, and Nintendo Switch will be the first game to come from the new publishing arm in Fall 2018 and Maneater for PC will be coming in 2019. Tripwire also recently announced a partnership with Digital Lode to bring Espire 1: VR Operative to VR platforms in 2019. To find out why millions of gamers spend so much time playing Tripwire games and getting involved with Tripwire’s special events for existing games, visit the website at www.tripwireinteractive.com for all the latest news direct from the studio.

About EQ-Games
EQ-Games, founded by Ian Fisch and Paul Fisch, based in Atlanta, began conceptualizing Road Redemption in 2009, while they were finishing their premiere title as an independent studio: Defy Gravity for PC and Xbox 360. EQ-Games is currently working on a number of different PC and console titles including Titan Fighters, Road Redemption: Gamblit Edition, and Dragon Master Arcade.

About Pixel Dash Studios
Pixel Dash Studios is an award-winning development studio based in Louisiana specializing in video games and e-learning software development. In addition to developing Road Redemption, Pixel Dash has developed games and apps for over 25 clients on multiple platforms including Vive, PlayStation VR, PC, web, and mobile. Pixel Dash Studios works closely with the community providing career shadowing and internship opportunities for students and leading the local chapter of the International Game Developer’s Association (IGDA).

FROSTKEEP STUDIOS UNVEILS NEW GAME MODES FOR REND

Classic and Exploration Modes Debut for Early Testing on the Public Test Realm (PTR)

IRVINE, CALIF. – Nov. 6, 2018 – Frostkeep Studios announced today the debut of two new game modes for Rend – Classic and Exploration – on its Public Test Realm (PTR). Both game modes came highly-requested from players and include changes to Research Sparks and Ascension Points. The new game modes were developed in parallel with Rend’s Early Access roadmap features for Fall-Winter and will officially go live this month once initial testing is completed on the PTR.

The new modes, Classic and Exploration, will unshackle the world of Rend for players, delivering open-ended gameplay free from pre-established factions and shielded strongholds. Players will be free to weave their own solitary tale in Rend as they encounter other players, deciding whether to remain independent or work collaboratively.

Unlike the original game mode – now called Faction War – Ascension through spirit collection will not be a win condition and Reckonings will not occur in the new modes – promoting uninterrupted gameplay on persistent 60-player servers.

In Classic, players will be able to battle for supremacy by laying siege to each others’ bases, waging PvP wars, capturing Control Points, and collecting player bounties. While Exploration offers a purely PvE experience, without the ability to attack other players or their bases.

Both modes allow players to band together in clans, and all progression is per-character and there will be no reputation system. Spirits remain harvestable, rewarding XP and Spirit Residue – though Yggdrasil’s spirit totals will remain unchanged.

The latest update also sees Research Sparks undergo significant changes to facilitate the new modes, but also to improve Faction War’s current format. Sparks will now drop from creatures – with each family offering one of the four types.

Ascension Point management will also be updated, moving from a per-server basis to a global tally tied to each player’s account. Ascension Points earned from gameplay in any of the three game modes and Ascension Perk unlocks will now count for all servers.

For further details on the new game modes, please visit:  https://www.rendgame.com/news/article/rend-roadmap-survival-game-modes. Or for more information on Rend’s Early Access Roadmap, visit: https://www.rendgame.com/roadmap.

For more information about Rend, please visit the game’s official Steam page or www.RendGame.com.