KOEI TECMO DETAILS CHARACTER BOND SYSTEM AND EXTENSIVE SIMULATION ELEMENTS FOR UPCOMING JRPG BLUE REFLECTION

Spend Time with Friends, Join After-School Clubs, Or Just Kick Back After A Hard Day Of Battling Demons In A Parallel Dimension

Hertfordshire, 17^th August 2017 – Today KOEI TECMO Europe shared further information on how character relationships can affect the course of the narrative in GUST studio’s upcoming title, Blue Reflection, slated for release on the 29^th September 2017 for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, and digitally on Windows PC via Steam®.

With the player embedded in the role of high-school student-turned-magical-Reflector, Hinako Shirai, Blue Reflection combines impressive battles with extensive simulation elements; including making new friends or hanging out with old ones, surfing the school’s online social network, joining after-school clubs, or spending some much-needed alone time!

Relationships are a key part of the game, and the closer Hinako gets with her friends the stronger their Bond becomes. This is extremely important, as Hinako will have to rely on their support when she fights the devastating Sephira. These friendships can be cultivated further via individual Bond Episodes, which take place on the school premises after class ends, or Date Events, which occur in locations such as the movie theatre, the culture festival, the general store etc., each of which represent a particular character’s unique and quirky personality. Socialising in this way will open up a selection of options for Hinako, including Essential Missions, which progress the narrative; Important Missions, which focus on character interaction; and Common Exploration. Successfully completing a mission forges a stronger link with particular characters, and grants experience which unlocks powerful new abilities.

Outside of personal contact, players can also choose to return home and relax before another challenging day. There, they can spend time around the house and learn more about Hinako’s past, as well as browse in the popular FreeSpace! App, an indispensable tool for connecting with friends and planning activities which has become commonplace at Hoshinomiya Girl’s School.

To showcase the deep character interaction systems introduced in today’s announcement, a gripping new trailer, screenshots and artwork have been released alongside images for a handful of Hinako’s classmates: the young tennis player Rin Sanada, the meddlesome, yet ditsy, Kei Narimiya, the pianist Fumio Taya, the free-spirited Kaori Mitsui, and the track team member Rika Yoshimura.

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About Blue Reflection

Blue Reflection follows the life of Hinako Shirai as she takes her first steps into an ordinary school life after a tragic accident ends her ballet career. Her injury causes her to close off her heart from the rest of the world, but her life changes when she meets her new best friends, the magical Shijou sisters Yuzu and Lime, who bestow her with the powers of a Reflector. As she comes to terms with her new abilities and traverses between her ordinary school life and The Common, Hinako starts to understand the very real perils that await not only her friends, but humanity itself.

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. TECMO is best known for the Dead or Alive® and Ninja Gaiden®series. KOEI is best known for its Dynasty Warriors® and Samurai Warriors® franchises. On April 1, 2009, KOEI TECMO HOLDINGS CO., LTD was established as a result of the TECMO, LTD. and KOEI Co., Ltd. merger. More information about KOEI TECMO EUROPE LTD and its products can be found at www.koeitecmoeurope.com

MetaArcade Brings Iconic RPG Quests to Mobile with Tunnels & Trolls Adventures

Developer Ships Inaugural Title for “Adventure Creator” Platform for iOS and Android Devices; Players Will Be Able to Create their Own Adventures with Follow-on Product

SEATTLE, WA – (August 17, 2017) – MetaArcade, the indie developer building a platform where players can create and publish their own RPG adventures, announced it has launched Tunnels & Trolls™ Adventures on the App Store and Google Play. Tunnels & Trolls Adventures, which is also planned for release on PC, Mac and Steam later this year, is a dungeon crawling RPG experience that brings to life new and classic quests from Tunnels & Trolls, the second RPG ever published. The game represents the first component of MetaArcade’s new platform, with the other being the upcoming Adventure Creator software that will allow players to create their own quests for the game.

“Tunnels & Trolls Adventures kicks off our Adventure Creator platform by immersing players in story-driven, choose your adventure-style quests where a dice roll can determine your character’s fate,” said David Reid, Founder and CEO of MetaArcade. “There’s more to come, including the launch of Adventure Creator, our software for creating and publishing your own adventures with text, art and audio—stay tuned!”

Tunnels & Trolls Adventures is the first salvo in MetaArcade’s ambitious plans to bring narrative adventures to multiple platforms. The roleplaying game brings new and classic Tunnels & Trolls quests to life with player characters, choose your adventure-style decisions, thrilling die rolls, iconic imagery, sweet loot, immersive audio and more. In the free-to-play title, players will make choices and see how dice rolls affect their character’s success—or failure. Multiple unique characters can be created in the game, with experience and loot carrying through as players complete the various adventure modules. The game includes five quests on day one, and more adventures will be available after launch. The ability to add hearts to play every adventure as many times as you want is available via in-game purchase or by watching videos. Through the purchase of gems, players can also permanently unlock any adventure for unlimited play without using up hearts.

Adventures in the base game include Naked Doom and Grimtina’s Guard from Tunnels & Trolls creator, Ken St. Andre, Golden Dust, Red Death by RPG designer and Star Wars author, Michael Stackpole, and Buffalo Castle, the first solo adventure created for any RPG. More adventures will be added via game updates. The game features art from well-known fantasy artists, including Liz Danforth, artist and co-designer of Deluxe Tunnels & Trolls, and the late Josh Kirby, best known for creating the cover art for Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels.

Currently in development, the company’s Adventure Creator software will complement Tunnels & Trolls Adventures by allowing players to create, share and publish their own adventures on multiple platforms without any special technical knowledge—and for free. The software is currently being demoed for media at Gen Con 50, and will be shown at PAX West from September 1–4.

The MetaArcade Adventure Creator platform and Tunnels & Trolls Adventures game are developed and published by MetaArcade. Tunnels & Trolls Adventures is now available for iOS and Android as a free download with in-app purchases. Keep in touch with the latest MetaArcade news by following @MetaArcade and facebook.com/MetaArcade.

About MetaArcade
Launched in 2016, MetaArcade is a Seattle area independent game company building a platform to allow players to create and publish their own RPG adventures – with no technical experience required – for free. The company was founded by lifelong RPG fan and seasoned vet David Reid, who previously held high profile roles at Microsoft, NCsoft, Trion Worlds, and CCP Games. MetaArcade launched Tunnels & Trolls Adventures, the first title under its RPG platform, at Gen Con 50 in August 2017 for Android and iOS mobile devices initially, with Windows PC, Mac, and Steam versions to follow at a later date alongside the company’s content creation component, Adventure Creator. For more information, visit www.MetaArcade.com.

2017 Summoners War World Arena Championship registration now open for Europe finals to be held on October 7, 2017 in Paris

Berlin, August 16, 2017: The European finals for the 2017 Summoners War World Arena Championship will be held on October 7, 2017 in Paris. Players can now go to www.summonerswar.com and sign up for the event. Sign-ups close September 14 and participants will then be selected based on their ranking in Summoners War’s in-game World Arena.

A total of 16 players will be invited to play at Le Comedia, a theatre and cinema in central Paris, to play live in front of an audience. Games will also be streamed in different European languages, and players will compete for a total prize pool of $5.000 USD, limited edition figurines and two tickets to the grand final in the United States in November.

The Paris tournament is one of nine regional preliminaries to prepare for the U. S. grand final in November. Other tournaments will take place in Seoul, Hongkong, Bangkok, Tokyo and Los Angeles. Players from the Middle East, Latin America and Australia can qualify through an online-tournament. The total prize pool for this tournament series will be USD $100,000, with $50,000 of that prize amount to be won at the World Finals in the United States in November 2017.

Com2uS will fly in the participants to each regional final, and cover all travel expenses.

The venue for the European tournament will be Le Comedia, a theatre and cinema in the heart of Paris. Fans can attend the event for free, but registration is required as seats are limited. Details for schedule and registration will be announced together with the names of the 16 tournament participants. For those unable to attend the event in Paris, there will be live-streams in English, German, French, Russian and Italian.

Participants as well as users who signed up for the tournament will be given a small gift as a show of gratitude, while regional champions will win prize money, a rare figurine and a trip to the world finals in the United States.

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About Summoners War

Summoners War is the flagship mobile action-RPG developed by Com2us. Launched globally in 2014, the game has ranked #1 grossing in RPG games in 98 countries (App Store) and in 95 countries (Google Play). Summoners War features over 1000 unique characters and provides a premium mobile RPG experience gamers are able to enjoy anytime and anywhere.

About Com2us

Com2us is a leading developer and publisher of mobile games that span across all genres. Our mission is simple. We thrive to create games with a level of depth and engagement rarely experienced on mobile platforms. Our dedication to build a robust gaming community through active engagement with our players has made this possible. Established in 1998, we’re headquartered in Korea with international offices in China, Japan, Taiwan and the United States. For more information about Com2us and our portfolio of groundbreaking mobile games, visit us.com2us.com.

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FIGHT FOR GRUDGE & GLORY IN FOR HONOR^® SEASON THREE, AVAILABLE NOW

To download all assets please visit the press extranet: ubisoft-press.com

SYDNEY, Australia — August 17, 2017 —Ubisoft^® has announced that For Honor™ Season Three, “Grudge & Glory” is now available on all platforms. “Grudge & Glory” will bring the largest update to For Honor to date and includes two additional heroes, two extra maps, ranked play, new customization items for all heroes and gameplay updates. Maps and ranked play will be free for all players at the start of Season Three. Available tomorrow for season pass holders, the new heroes, the proud Highlander and the deadly Gladiator, will be available for all players on August 22 for 15,000 Steel each.

Click below to view Gladiator trailer.                              

Click below to view Highlander trailer.

With the launch of Season Three, there has never been a better time to step onto the battlefield. Season Three’s offerings include:

• Highlander (Viking Hybrid): Highlanders are patient heroes capable of switching between two different fighting forms. Their defensive form allows for counter-attacking and trading blows, while their offensive form empowers them to unleash their deadliest attacks at the expense of being able to block. Wielding the heaviest and longest sword in the game, the Highlander’s massive claymore gives them a deadly combination of strength and range.
• Gladiator (Knight Assassin): Wielding a trident and shield, Gladiators have made a living off of killing for sport, and now bring their ruthlessness and skill to war. Equipped with little armor, they can punch their opponents to create separation to set up attacks and stuns. Their larger stamina meter and reduced cool down times make them extremely agile and dangerous opponents.
• New Maps: Sentinel (view preview) and Viking Village (view preview) join the selection of multiplayer maps. Each map holds unique and deadly hazards never before seen in For Honor adding a new dynamic to multiplayer matches. Viking Village’s massive rolling barrel is a dynamic hazard able to squash heroes, while a ballista gives players the opportunity to take down even the mightiest heroes from above on Sentinel.
• New Gear and Expanded Gear Rarity: A new level of gear rarity, legendary gear, will increase the maximum gear score from 144 to 180. Additionally, the max reputation for all heroes will increase from 30 to 40. New gear will also be added for all heroes, giving players more customization options.
• Duel Ranked Tournament: The introduction of the 1v1 duel tournament feature will bring competitive ranked play to For Honor for all platforms. As players compete in tournaments, they will rise up the league rankings based on their performance and will receive in-game rewards.

Please note we have recently discovered a bug with our duel tournament feature that will require a fix. The good news is that we already have a fix in the testing stages, but the bad news is that we will need to delay release of the tournament feature until the fix has been finalized. The feature could go live as early as next week, but we are still waiting for confirmation on testing and certification. We will keep you updated via Twitter and our forums. You can find the full patch notes at http://ubi.li/tv4y6.

For Honor Season Three “Grudge & Glory” represents the beginning of large game-changing updates currently planned in the development schedule. Additional updates include a season launching in November to introduce new features, game modes and updates as well as plans to implement dedicated servers to the game further down the road.

Developed by Ubisoft Montreal in collaboration with other Ubisoft studios,* For Honor offers an engaging campaign and thrilling multiplayer modes. Players embody warriors of the three Great Factions – the bold Knights, the brutal Vikings and the deadly Samurai – fighting to the death on intense and believable melee battlefields. The Art of Battle, the game’s innovative combat system that puts players in total control of their warriors, allows them to utilize the unique skills and combat style of each hero to vanquish all enemies who stand in their way.

For more information about For Honor, please visit forhonorgame.com and please follow us on Facebook at facebook.com/ForHonorGame and on Twitter at twitter.com/ForHonorGame.

For the latest on For Honor and all Ubisoft games, please visit ubiblog.com.

*Associate Ubisoft studios are Quebec, Toronto and Blue Byte.

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 2016–17 fiscal year Ubisoft generated sales of €1,460 million. To learn more, please visit www.ubisoftgroup.com.

© 2017 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. The For Honor logo, Ubisoft, and the Ubisoft logo are trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the US and/or other countries.

STUDIO WILDCARD ANNOUNCES AVAILABILITY OF RENTABLE PRIVATE GAME SERVERS FOR ARK: SURVIVAL EVOLVED ON PLAYSTATION 4

Grab a Console ARK Server Today via Nitrado Before the August 29 Launch; Xbox One Servers Coming in Early September

Seattle, WA – August 16, 2017 –  Studio Wildcard, developers of the multi-million selling dinosaur-themed survival game — ARK: Survival Evolved have today announced that rentable private dedicated servers for players of the PlayStation 4 version of the game are now available, with Xbox One rentable servers coming in September. These servers offer ARK survivors the opportunity to host private, player-run worlds for themselves and their console friends with up to 100 players per server, setting their own in-depth parameters and custom rules for games on their server. To host your own ARK private dedicated server for PlayStation 4, head to https://nitra.do/arkps4

ARK: Survival Evolved will launch worldwide in retail stores and complete on digital platforms on August 29, 2017, for PlayStation^®4, Xbox One and Steam PC. Visit www.playark.com for more information on the game, the season pass and the limited Collector’s Edition!

Nitrado is the first server provider ready to offer the ARK private console dedicated servers, with other companies joining the party soon. The servers will be offered at a low monthly cost, with the goal of making them available to the widest group of players possible. Studio Wildcard has worked with the hosting companies to make the service available, with the costs going only to the server hosting companies.

A key feature offered is “Cross ARK”, which allows players to connect multiple custom private servers together to create a large cluster and jump seamlessly between different servers/worlds. All server settings can be adapted to the player’s preference by editing the settings through the web portal.

Powered by Unreal Engine 4, ARK: Survival Evolved takes on the survival genre with a unique blend of emergent multiplayer cooperation and competition. Players awake stranded and starving on the beach of a mysterious island among a herd of other confused humans. On ARK, they must then hunt, harvest, craft, research technology, and build shelters to protect against scorching days, freezing nights, volatile weather systems, dangerous wildlife, and potential enemies. Tame, train, ride and breed one of 100 amazing dinosaurs and other prehistoric beasts, including gargantuan creatures on a scale never before seen in video games! Fly a Pteranodon squadron over the snow-capped mountains, race through the deep jungle with your pack of trained Raptors, tromp through a fortified enemy base along a convoy of gigantic Brontosaurus, or chase down prey on the back of a raging T-Rex.

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/

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.
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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!

DIGITAL EXTREMES ANNOUNCES FOUNDERS PROGRAM, REVEALS FIRST GAMEPLAY FOR THE AMAZING ETERNALS (FORMERLY KEYSTONE)

Sign up Free or Join the Founders Program to get Exclusive Gear and Instant Access to Closed Beta Starting August 29

LONDON, ON – August 16, 2017 – Building from its Closed Alpha test with thousands of enthusiastic new players, free-to-play Canadian developer and publisher Digital Extremes will launch the Founders Program for The Amazing Eternals (formerly codenamed Keystone) Tuesday, August 29. Using the community-driven model that helped grow Warframe to great success, The Amazing Eternals Founders Program rewards early adopters with direct development team collaboration, exclusive in-game gear, instant access to the Closed Beta, and more. Join the Multiverse by signing up free for a chance to get into The Amazing Eternals Closed Beta or enter the game instantly with the Founders Program launch on Tuesday, August 29! Sign up here: www.amazingeternals.com/

www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FW-0kIxyfw

Ray boosts above his opponents to get the upper hand.

The next big free-to-play offering from Digital Extremes that follows on the heels of its continued mega-hit Warframe, The Amazing Eternals is a competitive first-person shooter with a distinct blend of first-person action, deck-building strategies, and 1970s retro-pulp visuals. The Amazing Eternals will take players on a journey through a multiverse that begins on the starting square of a mystical board game. Players will wield unique decks of cards throughout the match offering handy benefits, amazing powers, and fearsome weapons. With timing and resourcefulness, personally customized decks give players the upper hand in battle both individually and when strategically coupled with teammates’ decks.

Following a fruitful, feedback-filled Closed Alpha test over the summer, The Amazing Eternals is now ready for a larger-bodied stress test moving into the Closed Beta phase. Closed Beta keys will be distributed through various key websites over the course of weeks starting Friday, September 1. However, for those interested in instant access to the Closed Beta, The Amazing Eternals Founders Program will offer new and existing players an opportunity to support the continued development and growth of the game starting August 29. Along with instant access, exclusive gear and items offered only in the Founders Program will be included in a range of Founders packs with full details to be revealed on launch day.

Follow our news, stay connected with The Amazing Eternals, and help us build the next great Digital Extremes game by visiting www.amazingeternals.com/.

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ABOUT DIGITAL EXTREMES
Founded in 1993 by James Schmalz, Digital Extremes ranks as one of the world’s top independent video game development studios. Originating with the co-creation of Epic Games’ multi-million unit selling Unreal® franchise including Unreal, Unreal Tournament – and all its iterations – Digital Extremes went on to develop Dark Sector®, BioShock® for the PlayStation®3, the BioShock 2 multi-player campaign, and The Darkness® II. The studio has reached its greatest critical and commercial success with the free-to-play action game, Warframe®, boasting a global community of more than 30 million registered players on PC, PS4™ and Xbox One. For more information about Digital Extremes, visit www.digitalextremes.com. To sign up for Warframe, visit www.warframe.com.

Empyre: Lords of the Sea Gates to Rise onto Steam on October 4

Neo-Victorian RPG from Coin Operated Games Reveals Author/Cartoonist Paul Noth as Story Writer 

Auburn, New Hampshire – August 16, 2017 – Coin Operated Games announces today that its upcoming Neo-Victorian RPG Empyre: Lords of the Sea Gates, will be coming to PC via Steam starting on October 4, 2017.  Developed by a team of industry veterans from such influential companies as Crytek, Creative Assembly, Codemasters and Digital Reality, Empyre: Lords of the Sea Gates is a top-down isometric RPG that takes place in an alternate industrial New York circa 1911.

… water is everywhere but none of it to drink…

Empyre: Lords of the Sea Gates depicts a troubled New York in which the entire city is flooded by rising oceans and the citizens now face a new threat: the fresh water pipes have stopped and there is no water to drink!

Empyre: Lords of the Sea Gates features an original story penned by renowned writer/comic artist Paul Noth, a staff cartoonist for The New Yorker magazine, where his work has appeared regularly since 2004. He created the Emmy-nominated animated series “Pale Force” for Late Night with Conan O’Brien and was animation consultant for Saturday Night Live. He’s also developed shows for Cartoon Network, Adult Swim and Nickelodeon, and his trilogy of middle-grade novels will be published by Bloomsbury, starting in April of 2018 with “How to Sell Your Family to the Aliens.”

“After writing for different media throughout my career, I’m very excited to be working with Coin Operated Games to write their video game script,” said Paul Noth. “The world that has been created in Empyre: Lords of the Sea Gates is amazing and truly unique, so I’m thrilled to be able to develop a story set in this new world.”

Although set in a fictional, alternate history, the game pays homage to historic accounts by adding authentic items such as patent medicines including poisons or tonics made from dangerous ingredients. Many of the games’ objectives and side quests will tie directly into the experiences that someone in the 19th century would have. The game’s authenticity reflects scenes from New York circa 1900, while tying the storyline to current day themes such as global warming and the rising of the oceans.

“We are very honored that Paul is working with us on the storyline for Empyre: Lords of the Sea Gates,” said John Randall, Creative Director of Empyre. “He is a world class writer, and has been invaluable to us with helping to shape the direction of our games’ signature Neo-Victorian story and experience.”

Currently in development by Coin Operated Games, Empyre: Lords of the Sea Gates will be available via Steam on October 4, 2017. More information will be shared in the coming weeks once the waters die down…

For more product information, visit www.empyrethegame.com,
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Twitter at https://twitter.com/EmpyreTheGame #nowatertodrink
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This October, there will be #nowatertodrink

About Coin Operated Games

Headquartered in New Hampshire with development partners located internationally, Coin Operated Games is an independent developer whose mission is to create an original series of games set in a New-Victorian era that spans multiple, unique locations. The core team is made up of industry veterans with a combined 60 years of experience from iconic organizations like Crytek, Codemasters, Creative Assembly, Stormregion, and Digital Reality. Empyre: Lords of the Sea Gates will be the inaugural project for Coin Operated Games, and is scheduled for release on October 4, 2017.

We Happy Few Reaching Grander Vision, Coming to Retail on Xbox One, PC, and PlayStation®4 April 13, 2018

Full-length story campaign, three playable characters, and more than 250 unique encounters expand upon the game’s initial debut

Frisco, Texas – August 16, 2017/ Gearbox Publishing has partnered with Compulsion Games to take We Happy Few, the eerie adventure about survival and paranoia, to new heights. On April 13, 2018, We Happy Few will launch worldwide with more content than ever―including a full-length story campaign played as three different characters and more than 250 unique encounters―realizing a much grander vision for the game. We Happy Few will be available both digitally and at retail for Xbox One, Windows 10 Store, PC, and PlayStation®4. Compulsion Games continues to retain all creative control over We Happy Few as it evolves from a crowdfunding digital success to a worldwide multi-platform retail launch.

Early Access and Game Preview Program owners of We Happy Few have been able to explore a portion of the procedurally generated world, collect and craft items, and interact with the Joy-obsessed society of Wellington Wells through stealth, combat, and conformity. When the game launches in full with the help of Gearbox Publishing, players will experience how these improved mechanics come together and give rise to three protagonists, each with their own reason for giving up artificial happiness.

Each of these three playable characters has their own particular strengths―and their own dark secrets. As they attempt to survive encounters with their drug-addled former neighbors, old friends, ex-lovers, and even each other, they may dig up some long-buried secrets of Wellington Wells itself.

“Our team was humbled by the initial public reception to We Happy Few, and delighted to have this chance to make it bigger. We’re longtime fans of Borderlands, and we’re excited to be part of a line-up that also includes games like Homeworld and Fortnite. Gearbox believed in us from the very beginning, and we think this partnership will make it possible to create the game that our community expects,” said Guillaume Provost, Studio Head of Compulsion Games

“Compulsion Games has an amazing game vision and it’s an honor for Gearbox Publishing to contribute to the effort,” said Steve Gibson, Head of Gearbox Publishing.

Pre-order your digital or physical copy of We Happy Few for $59.99, with a 15% discount at participating retailers, and receive the in-game Jolly Brolly parasol weapon. Microsoft Store, Steam, GOG.com, and Humble Store customers will also gain access to the alpha version of the game at the time of pre-order. Windows 10 Store customers will also gain access to the alpha version when it is available for pre-order this fall. PlayStation®Store customers will receive an exclusive theme. Early Access and Game Preview Program owners of We Happy Few will receive the full game on April 13, 2018 at no extra cost.

The limited We Happy Few Collector’s Set, priced at $149.99, contains 60s-themed goodies like a replica Bobby mask, “You Look Smashing” Lamp, the We Happy Few soundtrack on vinyl, a Joy alarm clock, and more. It does not include a copy of the game so that Early Access players can purchase it separately.

Life in Technicolour Update

Today marks the release of the major Life in Technicolour update on Steam and Xbox One. Life in Technicolour brings new Joy effects, improved user interface, reworked AI, and more. This is the final major update We Happy Few will receive while in Early Access as Compulsion Games sets its sights on the full release.

About We Happy Few

We Happy Few is the tale of a plucky bunch of moderately terrible people trying to escape from a lifetime of cheerful denial in the city of Wellington Wells. In this alternative 1960s England, conformity is key. You’ll have to fight or blend in with the drug-addled inhabitants, most of whom don’t take kindly to people who won’t abide by their not-so-normal rules. Discover the retrofuturistic city’s dark history as you play through the intertwined narratives of three quietly rebellious citizens of Wellington Wells, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, as they face their pasts, prepare for the future, and engage in activities that aren’t exactly status quo in the artificially enthused society.

For the latest updates, visit the official website or follow Compulsion Games on Facebook and Twitter.

About Gearbox Publishing

Founded in 2016, Gearbox Publishing was established with the goal of helping developers around the world bring their products to market while retaining their unique creative visions. The mission began with the critically-acclaimed Homeworld Remastered Collection for PC, followed by Homeworld: Deserts of Kharak, developed by Blackbird Interactive. Gearbox went on to publish Duke Nukem 3D: 20th Anniversary World Tour in celebration of the 20-year anniversary of the iconic FPS title. With the release of 2017’s Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition, developed by People Can Fly, and most recently delivering Epic’s Fortnite to retail stores worldwide, Gearbox Publishing remains committed to its promise to entertain the world and become the most developer-friendly publisher in the industry, Learn more at http://www.gearboxpublishing.com.

About Compulsion Games

Founded in 2009, Compulsion Games is a small studio based in an old gramophone factory in Montreal. Compulsion is dedicated to crafting games with surreal worlds, emotionally truthful characters, and a rockin’ art style. They shipped their first title, Contrast, in 2013.

MARVEL Future Fight Adds Three Characters in New Update

Additional content includes four new uniforms, new battle modes, increased difficulty in challenges, and more

Seoul, Korea (August 9, 2017)  – Netmarble Games Corp., the fastest-growing mobile game company in Asia, today released a new update for its hit mobile title MARVEL Future Fight that includes three new characters: SPIDER-MAN 2099, ABSORBING MAN and TITANIA. In addition, four new uniforms have debuted: Yondu now has a uniform based on Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Kid Kaiju has a MONSTERS UNLEASHED! (MFF VARIANT) comic cover uniform, Spider-Gwen has received a GWENDOLYNE STACY uniform, and Thanos has a uniform from the SECRET WARS: INFINITY comics.

MARVEL Future Fight has additionally made various improvements to the end-game “Shadowland” content, such as adding five additional stages after the 25th floor, increasing the overall difficulty level, and adding a new battle mode with a manual combat system. In this new battle mode, players will form two teams with up to six characters and play a first half, a second half, and overtime. The first team to conquer two rounds wins the game.

Players will also receive customized challenge options every day that vary in difficulty depending on their combat power. The stronger power that their characters boast, the more difficult their challenges will be. This gives every player the fun of carrying out demanding missions, no matter how strong they are.

“We’re always making it a point to make the player experience as enjoyable as possible,” said Seungwon Lee, Chief Global officer at Netmarble Games. “With this update, we not only introduced new characters, uniforms, and battle modes, but we also made various improvements to make the gameplay more engaging and accessible.”

Players will encounter the Mad Titan, Thanos, one of the game’s most challenging villains, in World Boss Ultimate mode.

Additionally, MARVEL Future Fight has increased convenience by combining the two guide quests for new players—called Journey of Growth and Hero’s Journey—into one quest. In addition, players now can directly collect rewards from the alarm that notifies them of the successful completion of guide quests.

The full list of characters joining MARVEL Future Fight includes:

• SPIDER-MAN 2099 – A Spider-Man from the year 2099. He has the same physical abilities as Spider-Man, but wears a suit equipped with all kinds of futuristic gear.
• ABSORBING MAN – A frequent Marvel villain with a long history. His weapon is a ball and chain, and he is able to absorb the properties of any object that he touches to alter his own body.
• TITANIA – Married to ABSORBING MAN, she has powerful physical strength and is adept at hand-to-hand combat.

MARVEL Future Fight is available worldwide on 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 Games Corporation

Netmarble Games Corp. strives to entertain audiences of all ages, and around the world, by providing great mobile gaming experiences. Established in Korea in 2000, Netmarble is the fastest-growing mobile game company in Asia and consistently ranks as a top mobile developer and publisher worldwide. With more than 3,500 employees, Netmarble has been producing and servicing some of the most successful mobile games, including Lineage2 Revolution, STAR WARS™: Force Arena, MARVEL Future Fight, Everybody’s Marble, and Seven Knights. The largest shareholder to Jam City, a leading casual game developer, and parent company to Kabam, a top global game developer in massively multiplayer free-to-play games, 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 MMO company. More information can be found at www.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. © 2017 MARVEL

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GET READY TO MAKE HISTORY IN F1™ 2017 

New Gameplay Trailer and Full Feature List Released 

LARKSPUR, Calif. – August 16^th, 2017 – With the impending release of F1 2017, the official videogame of the 2017 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP™, Codemasters® and Deep Silver have today released a new trailer highlighting the thrilling racing that fans will soon be enjoying.

Releasing worldwide on PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One, the all-in-one entertainment system by Microsoft, and Windows PC via Steam on August 25^th, F1 2017 is the most feature-rich game in the franchise’s history.

Lee Mather, Creative Director for F1 2017 commented, “We cannot wait for fans to play F1 2017. This is the biggest F1 game we have ever created. Not only do we have the addition of classic cars and a greatly expanded career mode but we have made a number of improvements to the online experience, including introducing spectator spots which should be great for league play.

“We also think that Championships is going to be a real hit with fans as it offers new ways to play the game with different rule sets and structures compared to the normal World Championship. It really adds to the variety in the game.”

MASSIVELY EXPANDED CAREER:

Players can make history as they hone their skills and develop their car over multiple seasons in the Career. First, they create their driver by selecting from a range of avatars, including female drivers for the first time, helmet design (including community created versions), race number and then the team they want to begin their career with. The Research & Development system is heavily expanded, with 115 upgrades now available, while the player also has to manage their engine and gearbox. Earn resource points by taking part in new Practice Programmes including ‘Fuel Management’ and ‘Race Pace’. The classic cars also take centre stage in the enhanced career mode as players are invited to race them in the new Invitational events.

NEW ‘CHAMPIONSHIPS’ MODE AND GAMEPLAY TYPES:

Championship mode allows players to experience unique race events following different rules and structures from the official Championship in both modern and classic cars. For example, the Classic Street Series sees you race the iconic cars around the six streets circuits on the calendar.

NEW CLASSIC F1 CARS:

Get behind the wheel of 12* iconic F1 cars from the history of the sport. The classic cars are also integrated into the career mode, and can be raced in both Single Class and Multi Class Races. Players can race the following cars:

1995 Ferrari 412 T2
2002 Ferrari F2002
2004 Ferrari F2004
2007 Ferrari F2007
1988 McLaren MP4/4* – (DLC car in F1 2017 Special Edition)
1991 McLaren MP4/6
1998 McLaren MP4-13
2008 McLaren MP4 -23
1992 Williams FW14B
1996 Williams FW18
2006 Renault R26
2010 Red Bull Racing RB6 

ALTERNATIVE TRACK LAYOUTS:

As well as the 20 official 2017 circuits, there are four additional shortened track layouts in the game for the first time: Britain, Bahrain, USA and Japan. Players can also race the stunning Monaco circuit at night.

ENHANCED MULTIPLAYER:

Race either the modern or classic cars online with a full grid of 20 players in both public and private sessions. The game now offers two dedicated “spectator” spots as well as improved multiplayer matchmaking, new online stats and levelling system, and all multiplayer session types.

Consumers who pre-order or purchase ‘Day One’ copies of F1 2017 will have access to the iconic 1988 McLaren MP4/4, as part of the ‘F1 2017 Special Edition.’ Alternatively, the McLaren MP4/4 car will be available to be purchased at a later date. The eleven other classic cars are available in all editions of the game.

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About Codemasters

Codemasters, the award-winning videogame developer and publisher, has a 30-year heritage. With titles distributed globally, Codemasters is a leading developer and publisher of driving and racing entertainment games including DiRT, GRID and the official BAFTA award-winning FORMULA 1™ series of videogames. The company is fully controlled by Reliance Big Entertainment Ltd. (RBEL). For more information on Codemasters’ product portfolio, please visit www.codemasters.com. Join in the conversation with @codemasters on Twitter or Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/codemasters.

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. Upcoming highlights from Deep Silver include Dead Island 2 and Agents of MAYHEM. 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