Fictorum Brings Spell-Binding Destruction to PC on August 9

It’s not enough to cast spells – shape them

SEATTLE, WA — July 17, 2017 – Have you ever wanted to wield the forces of nature, pushing the limits of their destructive capabilities? Do you prefer your wizardry to be on the explosive side of things? Well you’re in luck, because Scraping Bottom Games announced today that action RPG Fictorum will launch on PC on August 9, 2017, with availability on Steam, GOG and Game Jolt.

Set against the backdrop of a desperate fight for survival, Fictorum casts players in the role of a powerful wizard who is the last of a forbidden magical order. Facing down the theocratic empire responsible for the Fictorum’s eradication, the Inquisition, players must flip this struggle on its head with an impressive array of destructive spells.

From flaming meteors and chain lightning, to pillars of ice, the Fictorum wields the power to demolish structures in a rain of debris, giving the Inquisition ample reason to fear them. Not enough destruction? Players can apply runes to each of the game’s spells to further augment them, allowing them to dynamically shape spells on the fly as they adapt to their surroundings. Need to take out a group of fast-moving enemies? Turn a regular old ball of plasma into a swarm of homing, explosive balls of plasma. Problem solved.

To accomplish the player’s ultimate goal of tracking down the Grand Inquisitor and avenging the order of the Fictorum, they must travel across a procedurally generated world map, weighing risk and reward. The decisions they make will impact the resistance they face and loot they find, resulting in a unique and explosive adventure across a broken world.

From dynamic spell-shaping to environmental destruction at your fingertips, are you ready to live out your wildest wizard power fantasies? Review codes for Fictorum will be available soon, so request your copy on Terminals.io today! If you’d like to keep up with Scraping Bottom Games’ development updates, be sure to check the game out on Steam, follow @Scraping_Bottom and visit http://www.fictorum.com.

Fictorum Features

• A new kind of spell-casting: Arm yourself with a wide array of spells and then unleash their true, destructive potential by altering their effects on the fly with spell-shaping.
• Destructible environments: Turn villages and castles against their inhabitants with well-placed spells, reducing them to deadly, flying debris.
• Choose your own adventure: Navigate a procedurally generated world map as you make choices that will alter the flow of your journey. Do you stop to help a wealthy town in need, or do you save your energy for later?
• Relive your past lives: Visit the Void to read up on the exploits of your previous incarnations, examining the choices that led them to their ultimate fate.

Social Links

Website: http://www.fictorum.com
Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/503620/Fictorum
Game Jolt: http://gamejolt.com/games/SBG-Fictorum/251028
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Scraping_Bottom
Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/ScrapingBottomGames
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ScrapingBottomGames
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Fictorum

Game of Thrones Phenomenon Crash Sites Across the Globe!

Tonight’s global premiere of the new season of GAME OF THRONES has caused technical glitches around the world, with online sites crashing in the United States, Latin America and Australia.

The show’s producer and U.S. broadcaster, HBO, reported its technical systems could not cope and in Australia, the surge of demand for Foxtel’s recently launched online product, Foxtel Now, also experienced customer meltdown.

Foxtel spokesman, Bruce Meagher said tonight, “We are devastated that some customers experienced technical issues tonight. As was the case in the U.S. and Latin America, the unprecedented rush for a subscription just prior to the telecast, crashed the system. Foxtel engineers are working through the night to resolve the issue. It’s most unfortunate and we apologise to those affected. We are committed to resolving the technical faults immediately and together with our broadcast partners around the world, we are giving this the same degree of priority. We assure anyone impacted that they will be able to watch the first episode of Season 7 either On Demand or via one of our encore screenings throughout the week. We will continue to communicate with affected customers to ensure they are fully informed,” he said.

“GAME OF THRONES” screens on Foxtel’s showcase channel.

Encores screen today, Tuesday, at Midday, 9.15pm, on Wednesday at 1.20pm, Thursday at 10.10pm, Friday at 11.25am and Saturday at 8.30pm

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About Foxtel

Foxtel is one of Australia’s most progressive and dynamic media companies, directly employing around 2,800 people and delivering a diverse subscription television service over cable, satellite and broadband distribution. Foxtel effortlessly connects Australians to all the stories they love by offering a better entertainment experience every day to more than 2.8 million subscribing homes through delivery of new and inspiring programming across all genres, the world’s most popular channel brands, and investment in high quality local content. As constant champions of innovation we have brought customers the iQ personal digital recorder; Australia’s largest HD channel offering; the Foxtel Go App for tablets and mobile devices; internet TV service, Foxtel Play; and television, broadband and home phone bundles with Foxtel internet and voice services delivered over Australia’s largest telecommunications network. Foxtel is owned by Telstra Corporation Limited ACN 051 775 556 (50%) and News Corporation (50%).

RUNESCAPE AND OLD SCHOOL RUNESCAPE ARE COMING TO MOBILE

PC-Mobile-PC Cross-Platform Play Coming to Jagex Titles

Cambridge, UK – July 17, 2017 – Jagex announced today both RuneScape and Old School RuneScape, the iconic massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPG), will come to mobile and tablet devices.

The two titles will be the first mainstream and fully-established Western MMORPGs to deliver the complete MMO experience to PC and mobile platforms and feature full cross-platform play, allowing players to jump from PC to mobile platforms and back again. Old School RuneScape is set to debut on mobile platforms this winter, with RuneScape to follow.

Extending RuneScape and Old School RuneScape‘s PC gameplay to mobile, cross-platform play represents a massive advancement for RuneScape‘s legions of players. Players will be able to log out from their PC when they need to be AFK, and launch the mobile app to continue their adventure on the move, picking up from the in-game moment that they left it on PC… and vice versa.

Players will be able to have a RuneScape and Old School RuneScape adventure just on their mobile devices if they choose, enabling past RuneScape players who have moved from PC to mobile as a preferred platform, to reconnect with the game and their characters once again.

“As a MMO player, you ideally want to play at any time of the day or night no matter where you are. We know that our players’ time is precious, and that’s why want to give all RuneScape players, both present and past, the opportunity to play RuneScape on the go,” said Neil McClarty, Senior Product Director, Jagex. “The fact that they’ll be able to play on their PC, leave the PC, and pick up their mobile and continue playing where you left your character will be a big deal for our players – there really will be no need for any XP waste.”

“This is a real step change for MMORPGs and a signal of Jagex’s intent to continue to push the boundaries of live games,” said Phil Mansell, Chief Operating Officer, Jagex. “The RuneScape titles will become the first mainstream and established Western MMORPGs on mobile in full and the first to deliver cross-platform play between PC and mobile platforms. We believe in taking our games to wherever our players want them; recent player surveys showed an overwhelming 90% of active players and 64% of former players telling us of their very high intent-to-play on mobile. Our innovative approach to mobile is also evidence of our ambitions in the mobile sector, and a further indication of our investment in extending the RuneScape franchise to additional devices and territories.”

Assets for the announcement, including screenshots and key art, can be found here: https://spaces.hightail.com/receive/ZFfNv74isI

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About Jagex

Established in 2001, Jagex today stands as a key game developer and publisher and is the home to the iconic online role-playing game, RuneScape. RuneScape has welcomed over 250 million players to its world and more than two million of them play every month, while millions more watch avidly through social channels. In addition to RuneScape, Jagex has developed new RuneScape-branded games as it enters additional genres, including the authentically vintage edition, Old School RuneScape. Jagex employs over 320 people at its Cambridge headquarters. In 2016 Jagex became part of Fukong Interactive Entertainment, a global games group publicly listed in China. Career information can be found at www.jagex.com.

About RuneScape

Step into a medieval fantasy world that’s packed with epic adventures, fascinating characters and a passionate community that helps to mold the game itself. Unashamedly British in humor, RuneScape embraces an unconventional world where you’re free to play and explore the way you want to. An MMO unlike any other – become the hero you were born to be at www.runescape.com.
About Old School RuneScape

Based on the 2007 incarnation of RuneScape, Old School RuneScape’s players enjoy weekly updates that they vote for through an in-game polling system. Since launch in 2013, Old School RuneScape has established itself firmly in the competitive gaming arena with Deadman Mode involving the best 2,000 players across the globe participating quarterly in a free-for-all battle which results in just one winner. From 100 player raids to solo bosses and dungeons consisting of over 60 waves, Old School RuneScape truly caters for adventurers after the ultimate PvP or PvE challenge. Play now at http://oldschool.runescape.com

NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER UNVEILS ITS GAMEPLAY WITH MORE DETAILS ABOUT FIGHTERS AND BATTLE MODES

BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe is really pleased to reveal today more details about the gameplay of its acrobatic ninja battle action game, NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER, developed by Soleil Ltd. and scheduled to be launched on PlayStation®4, Xbox One and PC via STEAM® and other distributors.

Expert Ninja are gathered to compete in 4 vs. 4 online battles in large 3D stages and choose between 4 different types and various Ninjutsu. Attack-type fighters such as Naruto Uzumaki, Kakashi Hatake and Pain will have powerful, fast and strong attacks. NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER will also feature Ranged-type fighters with Sasuke Uchiha, Itachi Uchiha and Konan who are famous for their long-distance attacks. Kisame Hoshigaki as a Defense-type fighter is able to reinforce his defense. The last type of characters, the Heal-type fighters like Sakura Haruno, will be able to heal themselves and also other players.

The two main battle modes revealed today can also be playable in 4 vs 4. Teams are split into Offense and Defense in the Barrier mode where they have to defeat the boss. In the Flag mode, teams of 4 shinobi have to capture each other’s flag and take it back to their territory. Other sub mission modes such as the escort, extermination and subjugation will allow players to coop with friends to achieve the mission!

NARUTO TO BORUTO: SHINOBI STRIKER will come to PlayStation®4, Xbox One and PC via STEAM® and other distributors

Join the acrobatic ninja battle on:
Official Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/NarutoGames
Official Twitter Account: https://twitter.com/NarutoVideoGame
Official Website: http://www.Naruto-VideoGames.com
STORM League Website: http://www.Storm-League.com
BANDAI NAMCO Games Europe Official Website: www.BandaiNamcoGames.eu

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

Trunks next in line to join the Saiyan-tastic fighting action in DRAGON BALL FIGHTERZ

Closed Beta for DRAGON BALL FighterZ Announced at EVO 2017. Sign ups open on July 26^th.

EVO 2017 proved to be an exciting event for DRAGON BALL FighterZ with the announcement of Trunks as the next character to join the highly-anticipated fighting game’s character roster. Head over to the following YouTube video to check out Trunks as he demolishes any and all enemies that dare challenge him in DRAGON BALL FighterZ.

Also announced at EVO 2017 is the impending start of the DRAGON BALL FighterZ closed beta for the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 which will feature nine playable characters for fighting game aficionados and DRAGON BALL fans to take into battle.

DRAGON BALL FighterZ is slated for an early 2018 launch on the Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PCs via STEAM. Registration for the closed beta will open on July 26^th. We’ll have more detailed information about the DRAGON BALL FighterZ closed beta soon, so stay tuned!

For more information regarding DRAGON BALL FighterZ and additional titles from BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe please visit: https://www.bandainamcoent.com, or follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/BandaiNamcoEU , or https://www.facebook.com/DBZ.videogames/.   Join the conversation on Twitter at: https://www.twitter.com/BandaiNamcoEU .

Xbox at gamescom 2017

Here at Xbox, we’re still buzzing from our fans’ reaction to our news at E3 – from the unveiling of the Xbox One X to the 42 games shown on our stage. But we’re only just getting started. Today, we’re happy to announce that in August we’re coming to Cologne, Germany for gamescom 2017. This will be the first time Xbox One X will be on the ground in Europe and we’ll have a huge line up of 27 playable games for the Xbox One family of devices and Windows 10 PC from developers around the world, including Forza Motorsport 7, Age of Empires: Definitive Edition and Sea of Thieves.

Here’s a rundown of what we’ll be up to throughout the week:

Xbox @ gamescom Live
Tune in on Sunday, August 20, at 9:00pm CEST (05:00am AEST, Monday, 21^st August) to a special Xbox @ gamescom live show to get latest news and announcements on Xbox One X.

The show will be hosted by Graeme Boyd (aka @AceyBongos) and Xbox Germany’s Maxi Graeff (@GMaxee). They’ll have news to share, games to show off, will sit down to talk with developers from fan favourite studios and play some of the year’s hottest games yet to be released. There will even be a few surprises and giveaways along the way, so be sure to tune in on mixer.com or watch via the Mixer app.

Age of Empires @ gamescom Live
On Monday, August 21, starting at 9:00pm CEST, 12:00pm PDT, Microsoft will celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Age of Empires franchise with a special livestream event in Cologne, alongside some of our biggest fans. The livestream will celebrate the rich history of the beloved PC game series, as well as give fans a first-look at Age of Empires: Definitive Edition, the beautifully remastered edition of this bona fide classic we announced at E3 last month. We’ll be talking all things Age of Empires with some of the legendary developers who worked on the games as well as sharing some exciting news that fans will not want to miss – watch on mixer.com or through the Mixer app.

We’ll share more details on how you can attend in person very soon.

Xbox FanFest @ gamescom
We will again be hosting an Xbox FanFest experience for our fans who are attending gamescom 2017. FanFest will begin on Tuesday, August 22nd. We will be sharing more details on our plans soon and look forward to seeing you there!

Xbox Booth @ gamescom
When gamescom officially opens at the Koelnmesse on Tuesday, August 22, gamers in Germany will be able to get hands on Xbox One X for the first time at the Xbox booth. We’re back in Hall 8 of the Koelnmesse, North entrance, this year and you won’t want to miss the opportunity to play a wide collection of the games coming to Xbox over the next 12 months. See below for the show opening times:

• Tuesday, August 22 – 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. CEST (press/trade only day)
• Wednesday, August 23 – 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. CEST
• Thursday, August 24 – 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. CEST
• Friday, August 25 – 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. CEST
• Saturday, August 26 – 9:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. CEST

And throughout the week, we’ll be tweeting, live streaming and sharing news and content via social media – twitter, snapchat, Facebook, Mixer, etc., most often using the hashtag #XboxGC. Whether in person or online, you won’t want to miss what we have in store this year!
See you there!

Check out the full article via the Xbox Wire.

Custom Gamerpics, Console Co-streaming, Arena Updates and More Roll Out to Xbox Fans Today

Fan feedback is an important part of how we’ve built Xbox over the years, and this month’s update, which we expect to roll out later today, is all about addressing feedback from the community:

• Upload custom Gamerpics to your Xbox profile; choose how you want to express yourself.
• Mixer Co-streaming is now on console, for everyone: With just a few clicks, you and up to three of your friends can stream together in a single broadcast. Plus, never miss your friends’ streams inside your Club and Arena Tournaments.
• Sign-in to your Xbox One with just one press of the Xbox button on your controller. Now you can make your controller truly your own.
• New user-generated tournaments for Killer Instinct on Xbox One means it’s never been easier to go to battle with your friends.

Xbox App on iOS and Android updates bring support for LFG Sharing, Game Pass Browsing, an updated Language/Location Setting and an Android-only feature supporting Messaging Chat Bubbles.

Read more about all the updates coming to Xbox in the latest update here.

Destiny 2 Open Beta Early Access Begins July 19 on Xbox One

Guardians! The time is nigh to join the fight in Destiny 2. Today, Bungie announced that Open Beta Early Access for Destiny 2 on Xbox One will begin Wednesday, July 19, giving players admittance to the opening moments of the new cinematic story campaign, three-player cooperative multiplayer on the Inverted Spire, and two competitive multiplayer modes, as well as a chance to try out the new social space.

To join the fun on July 19, pre-order your copy of Destiny 2 today to ensure your place in the Open Beta Early Access. Once in, here’s an overview of the features you can expect to see and play:

Experience the New Cinematic Campaign
Play the opening mission and experience the explosive cinematics from the opening moments of Destiny 2‘s campaign. We had a chance to play this mission at E3 last month and we can’t wait for you to try it yourself.

Play Countdown, the New Multiplayer Mode
Battle it out with other Guardians in this brand-new multiplayer mode. Enter the Crucible to attack or defend your base on a map built from the ground up exclusively for this mode.

Fight on a New Multiplayer Map
What’s old is new again in Destiny multiplayer combat — albeit with several changes that we’ll get to try out for the first time. This too will be a brand-new map built for this objective.

Battle on the Inverted Spire
Gather your friends and attack a Vex stronghold. Or try out the new matchmaking system to find a Fireteam to complete this challenging objective.

Try the New Subclasses
Dawnblade Warlock, Arcstrider Hunter and Sentinel Titan classes will all be playable during the Open Beta, making it the best time to figure out which path and fighting style you’ll want to try first when Destiny 2 comes out

Help Test the Farm
For one day only on Sunday, July 23 at 10am PDT (Monday 24 July at 3am AEST), all players will be invited to see the new social space. No, you won’t be able to buy anything from the vendors or try out any of the services, but you’ll be encouraged to log in to help Bungie test how many places the space will handle at once.

Make sure you pre-order your copy of Destiny 2 today to ensure your place in the Early Access Open Beta on July 19. And be sure to visit Bungie.net for even more details about Early Access and Open Beta for Destiny 2 and stay tuned to Xbox Wire for all the latest gaming news for Xbox One and Xbox One X.

DEADCORE STORMS ONTO PLAYSTATION®4 & XBOX ONE

Grip Digital launch the brand new console iterations of 5 Bits Games’ award-winning first person platformer, today.

PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC – July 14th 2017 – Publisher and developer Grip Digital, have announced today, that the critically-acclaimed first person platformer DeadCore, arrives today on Xbox One and PlayStation®4 priced at $7.99.

Described by PC players as “the ultimate parkour game…fast, deadly and incredible to look at” DeadCore is a gritty first person platformer blending exploration, speedrunning and puzzles. After falling endlessly through powerful magnetic storms, players will find themselves in a desolate world with no memory, surrounded by void. As they explore this unforgiving futuristic environment, they’ll discover a gigantic Tower at the centre of the dense fog. Equipped with a ‘SwitchGun’, they must make their way to the top of the Tower, deciphering cryptic messages as they search for answers along the way.

Fans can expect a perilous journey full of traps, complex mechanisms, gaps to cross, and lethal foes. They question is; will their journey allow them to solve the mystery surrounding this strange and abstract world?