XSEED GAMES REVEALS RELEASE DATE FOR AKIBA’S BEAT IN SYNC WITH NEW TRAILER

Delusions Invade Akihabara on May 16 in Upcoming Spiritual Successor to ‘AKIBA’S TRIP: Undead & Undressed’ Headed to PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®Vita

Torrance, Calif. – March 29, 2017 – XSEED Games, the independent-minded publishing brand of Marvelous USA, Inc., today proudly announced that AKIBA’S BEAT, developer ACQUIRE’s highly-anticipated satirical JRPG, will release in North America on May 16, 2017 for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system and PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system. A brand-new trailer was released to ring in today’s announcement, providing a glimpse at the themes and gameplay that players can look forward to on their upcoming Akihabara adventure.

Players who pre-order AKIBA’S BEAT will receive the game’s “cute little uggo” mascot character, Pinkun, who is phasing into reality as a 3.5” tall pocket plushie  that will come with all pre-orders at participating retailers while supplies last.

A spiritual successor to AKIBA’S TRIP: Undead & Undressed, AKIBA’S BEAT is a modern-day satirical spin on the classic Japanese RPG formula. Set in a true-to-life recreation of Tokyo’s Akihabara district (“Akiba” for short), players will take control of a party of characters led by protagonist Asahi Tachibana as they seek to rid the town of anything out of sync with reality.

There are two sides to the gameplay: first, players will wander the streets and question the quirky Akihabara residents on a variety of subjects related to the mystery at hand, ultimately unlocking fantasy-themed dungeons known as “Delusionscapes” which are infested with monsters called “deluseons.” These deluseons are encountered on the map and fought in a party-based action battle system, putting players’ skills to the test and creating a uniquely challenging experience that seamlessly blends a real-life locale with the secret delusory world of its residents’ innermost desires.

AKIBA’S BEAT also features dual audio support with both English and Japanese language dialog options covering each of its nearly 22,000 spoken lines.

Developed by ACQUIRE and published in North America by XSEED Games, AKIBA’S BEAT is headed to the PS4™ and “PSVita” systems for $49.99 and $39.99 MSRP respectively on May 16, 2017. This title has been rated “T for Teen” by the ESRB.

For more information on XSEED Games products, please visit www.xseedgames.com. Fans can also follow XSEED Games on Facebook at www.facebook.com/XSEEDGames and on Twitter at www.twitter.com/XSEEDGames.

BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc. Unearths Colorful Worm-Themed Puzzle Game Gunpeyard Flower Carnival on Mobile Platforms

Hours of Fun Puzzles Await Players of Every Type on the App Store and Google Play

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (March 29, 2017) – BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Inc. has brought colorful and fast-paced fun to mobile platforms with Gunpeyard Flower Carnival, now available on the App Store and Google Play. Gunpeyard Flower Carnival is a brisk puzzle game in which players shift tiles to form a connection from one end of the screen to another, like patching together a pipeline or circuit. Gunpeyard Flower Carnival can be downloaded immediately for free from the App Store and on Google Play.

• Download Gunpeyard Flower Carnival for iPhone and iPad from the App Store:

https://itunes.apple.com/app/Gunpeyard Flower Carnival/id1213205224?mt=8

• Download Gunpeyard Flower Carnival for Google Play:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bandainamcoent.gunpey_hanano_carnival_ww

• Official Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xp95gc-1BEY
• Official Website: http://gunpey.bn-ent.net/en/
• Assets including screenshots and the game logo for Gunpeyard Flower Carnival can be downloaded here

Based on the cult classic game designed by the late legendary game creator Gunpei Yokoi, Gunpeyard Flower Carnival is the newest iteration of a fun and fast-paced puzzle game that’s easy to pick up but impossible to put down. Utilizing intuitive touchscreen controls, players can vertically arrange worm segments together to form a horizontal connection from one end of the screen to the other. From this simple premise comes unseen depths; with different challenges at each level, friendly worm characters with useful gift items, and multiple playable characters with distinct personalities and skills for players to enjoy.

“Like other BANDAI NAMCO classics like PAC-MAN™ and Galaga™, Gunpeyard Flower Carnival is all about simple gameplay that anyone can enjoy, but with depth to keep players engaged,” says Nina Kato, the Producer of Gunpeyard Flower Carnival. “Yokoi-san was a genius of game design, and his creations were guaranteed to put a smile on the faces of every man, woman, and child who experienced them. Gunpeyard Flower Carnival is no different, and we’re excited to see mobile gamers get to experience it for themselves.”

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OPEN WORLD VOXEL ADVENTURE STELLAR OVERLOAD TRAVELS TO NEW PLANET IN LATEST MAJOR CONTENT UPDATE

New characters, tools, challenges and more await to be discovered in this imaginative sci-fi adventure and crafting game

PARIS – March 29, 2017 – Independent developer Cubical Drift has released its most significant content update yet to the open world adventure Stellar Overload, bringing to the game a completely new planet for players to explore. It also adds more dynamic tools to Stellar Overload’s extensive crafting system while giving players the freedom to share their maps, dungeons, buildings, vehicles and other inventive creations with the community for the first time.

Novo Ares is Stellar Overload’s latest world, a Grand Canyon-like environment where players will discover a planet divided between the scorching heights and temperate depths of its rugged terrain. A new melee weapon – the hook sword – makes venturing around this landscape easier thanks to its functionality as a hookshot, letting explorers get to hard-to-reach locations in a flash. A new dungeon is also now available on the game’s first world, Merx.

For builders at heart, Stellar Overload has added new systems to allow for even more imagination in construction. The introduction of electricity, including cables, switches, lasers and engines, lets players control mechanisms within buildings, including elevators and monorail trains. New materials and textures also offer improved customization choices.

Mixing adventure and building gameplay mechanics with RPG and FPS action and a sci-fi story, Stellar Overload gives players a universe of teeming horizons made of bricks to explore with jetpacks, block-throwers and other gadgets alone or in cooperative multiplayer.

Stellar Overload is available for Windows PC, Mac and Linux as a Steam Early Access title for $19.99. For the latest updates as the game develops, visit www.stellar-overload.com, and follow Cubical Drift on Facebookand @StellarOverloadon Twitter.

About Cubical Drift

Cubical Drift, in operation since 2014, is an independent French developer and publisher of video games which feature next-generation voxel technology. Created by Michel Thomazeau, keystone of this cubic creative emulation, the company is comprised of brilliant personalities including: voxel technology expert Fabien Perrot, musician Charles Bardin, and 3D pixel artist Alexandre Rey. The company is the creator of Stellar Overload (formerly Planets³), a futuristic adventure game set on cubical planets with a community of more than 30,000 players worldwide.