ARK: SURVIVAL EVOLVED EXPANDS WITH INFINITE PROCEDURALLY GENERATED MAPS AND THREE NEW CREATURES IN DINO-SIZE STEAM UPDATE

Get ARK: Scorched Earth on Sale Now, and Uncover Story-Driven Explorer Notes Left Behind By Ancient Warriors

Seattle, WA – October 20, 2016 – Studio Wildcard updated its popular survival-adventure game ARK: Survival Evolved today with an arsenal of highly anticipated dinos, mechanics and features — but the most significant addition wasn’t standard procedure. By introducing procedurally generated maps into ARK’s already huge geographical landscape, Studio Wildcard gives Survivors infinite choices to generate random ARKs (maps) and to tailor them to their liking.

Players can determine a myriad of landscape options from the heights of mountains, depths of valleys, and the number of lakes, rivers or oceans, to the kinds of each biomes they want, and more! Procedurally generated maps bolster ARK’s replay value and player creativity level, adding a whole new dimension to the already immense game.

Watch the new trailer HERE: youtu.be/1fVD8C1d0wE

This week on Steam ARK: Scorched Earth, the first giant expansion for ARK: Survival Evolved, is on sale for $14.99 (regularly priced $19.99). This entirely new desert-themed ARK is filled with new desert biomes, creatures, gameplay mechanics, and challenges that will push players’ survival skills to the limit.

Also in update v248, three new creatures join the fray with the prey-grabbing Kaprosuchus, the boulder-tossing Chalicotherium, and the oxygen-giving Diplocaulus making their debut. Also, the ARK “Explorer Note System” finds its way into both the main Island and ARK: Scorched Earth. Found within 130 treasure chests and available now, these chests contain the stories of actual inhabitants who have previously lived on the isle, as well as provide a temporary XP buff to those Survivors who collect them. These 3D Explorer and Story Notes are punctuated with powerful personalities from a Roman Centurion to an Ancient Chinese Warrior to an Egyptian Priestess, each one chronicling their experiences on ARK and unveiling kernels of the story secrets they have uncovered. What will they reveal about the mysteries that surround the ARK?

The full ARK: Survival Evolved Update v248 features a broad spectrum of additions, including:

• New Feature: Procedurally Generated ARKs! Generate your very own totally unique, customized or randomized world!
• New Dinos: Kaprosuchus Paludentium, Diplodocus Insulaprincep, and Chalicotherium Obsideoquus
• New Mechanics:

• You can now directly wield your weapons when mount-riding smaller Dinos!
• Explorer Notes

Kaprosuchus Paludentium: A smaller relative of the Sarcosuchus, “Kapro” is a water-based carnivore primarily found among swamps and capable of high speed running on land or in water. Kapro is a solitary hunter that picks off small -to-medium creatures, especially those isolated from their packs. Survivors are generally split about the usefulness of this dino. Some love its versatile speed, while others do not like its physical frailty and and do not think its high speed and damaging attacks make up for this shortcoming.

Diplocaulus Natatorinutrix: At home mainly on the island’s swamps, Diplocaulus Natatorinutrix is a small amphibian residing at the middle-bottom of the ecosystem. The few uses for tamed Diplocaulus include the (rather disgusting) practice of employing it as an oxygen bag. Because Diplocaulus stores air in the bladders of its head, divers can suck from these bladders to take deep breaths while submerged, supporting long-term underwater exploration without the use of external gear. Diplocaulus’ unique capability to retain vast quantities of oxygen allows to effectively remain submerged for hours at a time, usually outlasting even other amphibious creatures that might otherwise prey upon it.

Chalicotherium Obsideoquus: Found in small numbers in colder regions, Chalicotherium Obsideoquus is a primitive creature with simple behaviors. While normally a peaceful herbivore that prefers to spend its days lazing about or playing with its family, it is very territorial, and the entire family, young and old, will turn against an encroaching creature at just the slightest provocation. It’s believed that Chalicotherium is best used as a trained mobile artillery, as its unique playtime habit delivers a devastating long-range assault tactic when it is given boulders to throw, rather than snowballs!

Feel like riding a dinosaur? Join the ARK community forums HERE: survivetheark.com/index.php?/forums/

ARK: Survival Evolved is in development for Xbox One via the ID@Xbox program, PlayStation^®4 with VR support, and Steam PC. The game is currently playable in Microsoft’s Game Preview on Xbox One and Steam’s Early Access program, which includes Oculus Rift VR support and an integration of Steam community features such as Steam Economy and Steam Workshop for custom maps and mods. Players can host private/LAN servers and have access to a custom-built version of the Unreal Engine 4 Editor for creating mods. The world of ARK is designed to be modder-friendly and ever-expanding!

To join our growing band of survivors, journey to Steam or Microsoft’s Game Preview on Xbox One to download the game. 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!

ABOUT INSTINCT GAMES

Instinct Games is Egypt’s leading game development studio. Started in 2011 by former Timeline Interactive co-founders, the Instinct Games team develops and produces video games on all major platforms utilizing its competent technical team. Its mission is to collaborate with world class partners to foster Egypt’s video game development ecosystem and set a precedent of high quality, low cost, entertaining indie games with worldwide appeal.

Battlefield 1 is now Available in Stores Worldwide

Experience the Birth of Modern Warfare Like Never Been Seen in Entertainment

SYDNEY, Sweden – October 21, 2016 – DICE, an Electronic Arts Inc.(NASDAQ: EA) studio, today announced the highly anticipated worldwide launch of Battlefield 1 in stores on Xbox One, PlayStation®4 and Origin™ on PC. Battlefield 1 is already being heralded by critics worldwide, winning over 45 awards including Best Action Game at E3 from the Official Game Critics Awards and also the Consumer Award from the Official gamescom Awards. In addition to this, the game is being praised for its all-out war multiplayer experience and impressive re-imagination of the Great War through its single player War Stories. IGN applauded Battlefield 1 for its “exhilarating multiplayer” and Digital Spy called it “the best Battlefield we’ve had in years.”

In Battlefield 1, experience the dawn of all-out war on an unmatched epic scale, full of a variety of new gameplay opportunities. DICE set out to build the most immersive and dynamicBattlefield game ever, continuing to improve their multiplayer sandbox experience through ever-changing environments with intuitive destruction and dynamic weather in up to 64-player battles. In Operations, a brand new multiplayer mode, players can fully immerse themselves in a series of interconnected battles, holding the front line across multiple maps. And if the battle is looking lost, call in a Behemoth, the largest fully player-controlled vehicles ever seen in Battlefield or deploy as one of three destructive forces of the Elite Class. In the unique single player campaign, players can immerse themselves in War Stories, played from the perspectives of different protagonists across the globe from the deserts of the Middle East to the skies of the Western Front.

“Battlefield 1 was a passion project for us at DICE and after years of working with the World War 1 era, we realized what a perfect fit it was for the Battlefield all-out-war style of play,” said Aleksander Grøndal, Senior Producer, DICE. “This was truly a fascinating time as it gave birth to modern warfare with many weapons, vehicles and gadgets being first introduced into the world and we wanted to share those things through a modern lens for all players to experience.”

When Battlefield 1 was first revealed in May 2016, it was lauded by fans and media alike for the bold decision of setting, opening up the possibilities for brand new gameplay opportunities. Since then, the Battlefield 1 reveal trailer became the most-liked trailer on YouTube this year across any medium, with over 2 million likes, and sparked a momentum of anticipation for the game leading up to today’s launch.

For more information on Battlefield 1, please visit www.battlefield.com or join the conversation on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter^® Press assets for Battlefield are available at www.ea-anz-press.com

About Electronic Arts
Electronic Arts (NASDAQ: EA) is a global leader in digital interactive entertainment. The Company delivers games, content and online services for Internet-connected consoles, personal computers, mobile phones and tablets. EA has more than 300 million registered players around the world.

In fiscal year 2016, EA posted GAAP net revenue of $4.4 billion. Headquartered in Redwood City, California, EA is recognized for a portfolio of critically acclaimed, high-quality blockbuster brands such as The Sims™, Madden NFL, EA SPORTS™ FIFA, Battlefield™, Dragon Age™ and Plants vs. Zombies™. More information about EA is available at www.ea.com/news .

EA, EA SPORTS, Origin, The Sims, Dragon Age, Plants vs. Zombies, Battlefield, and Battlefield 1 are trademarks of Electronic Arts Inc. and its subsidiaries. John Madden, NFL, NHL, NBA, PGA TOUR, UFC and FIFA are the property of their respective owners and used with permission.  “PlayStation” is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.

TOTAL WAR: WARHAMMER – THE KING & THE WARLORD PACK OUT NOW, PLUS BONUS FREE CONTENT FOR ALL PLAYERS

Creative Assembly, developers of the critically acclaimed Total War: WARHAMMER, unveils The King & The Warlord DLC pack today introducing two new Legendary Lords to the game, each leading their own faction. As King Belegar Ironhammer leads Clan Angrund to retake the ancient hold of Karak Eight Peaks, the vicious Night Goblin warlord Skarsnik directs the Crooked Moon Clan to thwart him. The pack brings a wide variety of new content including new Lords and Legendary Lords, quest-chains, famous Regiments of Renown, and new battlefield units including Bolt Throwers and Squigs! For complete details surrounding the DLC, please see the Steam page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/404014/

Released alongside The King & The Warlord is an in-depth look at the creation of Warhammer’s ever popular squigs. In Behind the Squig, we follow their creation from table top wildcard to fully animated, slobbering dwarf-munchers. Check out the video here: https://youtu.be/4kJNqVL320Q

In addition to The King & The Warlord DLC launch today, Creative Assembly also releases the 5^th free DLC content pack for Total War: WARHAMMER today. Headlining this pack is Wurrzag Da Great Green Prophet, the legendary Greenksin Shaman and leader of the Bloody Handz Svaage Orc tribe. This free pack also contains three powerful new battlefield units for the Warriors of Chaos, and can be downloaded here: http://store.steampowered.com/app/404015/

Finally, Grombrindal – the White Dwarf himself – will arrive soon as a Legendary Lord for the Dwarfs! Grombrindal will be available exclusively in the November issue of the new-look White Dwarf Magazine, or directly from Games Workshop stores. Full details on how to get Grombrindal can be found on the Grombrindal Steam page: http://store.steampowered.com/app/506190/

Total War: WARHAMMER continues to be the fastest-selling Total War ever, and is out now. For more details visit www.totalwar.com

TIGER KNIGHT: EMPIRE WAR, THE ONLINE TACTICAL COMBAT GAME OF MOUNTED WARRIORS, IS COMING TO STEAM

Oasis Games Brings Historical Warfare to PC, Combining Action Gameplay with Player-controlled Mounted Warriors and Strategic, Largescale MMO Battles

BEIJING – (October 20, 2016) – Oasis Games Ltd, a leading independent Chinese publisher, today announced that it will publish Tiger Knight: Empire War, a massively multiplayer online tactical combat game, for PC via Steam. The game, which combines large scale, strategic MMO battles set in the historical era of the Han Dynasty, the Kushan Empire, the Parthian Empire and the Roman Empire, with action gameplay involving hundreds of player controlled units, is scheduled to launch on October 24.

“Tiger Knight: Empire War brings to life the legendary battles of the Three Kingdoms, with a unique mix of  intense combat and adrenaline-charged action with over 3000 hours of gameplay ,” said Yuhui Wang, CEO at Oasis Games. “Players will battle up to 127 other combatants in third-person action  on horseback and command teams of tiger knights in faction-based wars where leadership, skill and strategy mean the difference between defeat and glorious victory. Its faithful rendition of these epic moments in history will make it a truly memorable experience.

Tiger Knight: Empire War is set in an era of the Three Kingdoms, where a ruthless battle has erupted across the lands. The four factions  are caught in a time of truceless warfare, where trust ceases to exist as they each seek to destroy the other and reign supreme. Created with Unreal 3, the game offers real 3D battle experiences based on scenes where Chinese cavalry thundered into combat during the third-century era of Three Kingdoms.

In Tiger Knight: Empire War battle is in third person and players enter the battlefield by choosing to command a battalion or enter the fray alone to rise as the sole hero. A bevy of over 400 weapons and 400 armor types, along with 75 arm types allow players a multitude of customization options. The thrill of victory can be experience in numerous modes including PvP battles with up to 64 players on each side, kingdom battles and one-on-one matches. In faction wars, up to five players per faction will control 20 warriors each for battles with 100 tiger knights per side where communication, strategy and tactics are as important as individual performance and battlefield skill.  Keeping true to the realism in Tiger Knight: Empire War, players also engage in mounted combat, relying on their horse to triumph over the enemy.

Tiger Knight: Empire War is developed by NetDragon and is published by Oasis Games in North America and Europe for PC via Steam.  The game will be Free-to-Play on October 24 via Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/app/534500. This game has is not rated by the ESRB.

Keep in touch with the latest news by Liking Tiger Knight: Empire War on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/tigerknight.en, and Follow  @TigerKnightGame on Twitter. Complete details about the game can be found at the official website at: http://tk-en.oasgames.com.

About Oasis Games

A leading independent Chinese game company, Oasis Games prides itself on serving as an ambassador for China’s massive gaming community to the West with its strategic business endeavors. Established in 2011, Oasis Games was one of the first publishers in China to deliver online games to overseas markets, currently reaching over 100 million players in 70 countries. The company continues its pioneering presence as the first, and currently sole, strategic publishing partner of Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) Shanghai for the overseas publishing market—uniquely positioning Oasis Games to bring high quality Chinese games to PlayStation® players worldwide. Its blockbuster online RPG, Legend Online has attracted over 50 million players in China and Naruto Online, the official RPG browser game of the Naruto franchise has amassed a global following. The award-winning exploration adventure game, KOI, was Oasis Games’ PlayStation®4 console debut for the western market. The company is currently launching a lineup of four exciting PlayStation®VR games, more than any other third party publisher. For more information, visit http://company.oasgames.com/en.

‘Minecraft: Story Mode – A Telltale Games Series’ Season Premiere Now Free on Multiple Platforms

Season Pass Also Discounted

Today we can announce that the season premiere episode of Minecraft: Story Mode – A Telltale Games Series is now free to download on multiple platforms, and season passes are discounted to reflect special pricing for Minecraft: Story Mode – The Complete Adventure. 

Minecraft: Story Mode – Episode 1: ‘The Order of the Stone’ is now available to download free on the Xbox Games Store for Xbox One® and Xbox 360®, for Windows 10 via the Windows Store, for compatible iOS devices via the App Store, and for compatible Android-based devices via Google Play and the Amazon Appstore. The episode is also available to download free on the PlayStation®Network for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 in North America (SIEA territories), and will be available free very soon for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 in Europe (SIEE territories).

Prices for the Season Pass, Adventure Pass, Season Pass Deluxe, and The Complete Adventure on each platform have been discounted to reflect the newly free Episode 1, and the special pricing for Minecraft: Story Mode – The Complete Adventure retail disc.

The new Minecraft: Story Mode – The Complete Adventure retail disc includes all 8 episodes in the season in one place for the first time: 5 episodes from the original season pass, plus the 3 episodes from the ‘Adventure Pass’ add-on series. Minecraft: Story Mode – The Complete Adventure will be available on disc for US$29.99 or equivalent for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360 at retailers in North America starting October 25th; and at retailers in Europe starting October 28th. The disc will also be coming to PC in the near future.

In their review of the season premiere, Polygon declared the series, “a grand adventure in the universe of Minecraft,” with Wired UK saying it, “brilliantly channels its source material,” and Kotaku UK calling it “a triumph.” The Guardian said the series “will delight Minecraft veterans young and old alike,” while GameSpot called it “a charming, winning adventure for both fans and newbies to the world of Minecraft.”

In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named ‘Jesse,’ you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond. You and your friends revere the legendary Order of the Stone: Warrior, Redstone Engineer, Griefer, and Architect; slayers of the Ender Dragon. While at EnderCon in hopes of meeting Gabriel the Warrior, Jesse’s friends discover that something is wrong… something dreadful. Terror is unleashed, and you must set out on a quest to find The Order of the Stone if you are to save your world from oblivion.

The story continues beyond the original season with three ‘Adventure Pass’ episodes, chronicling the further journeys of Jesse and friends lost in a hall of portals leading from one world to the next. Will you be able to find your way home?

Minecraft: Story Mode features an all-star cast, including Patton Oswalt as male Jesse,Catherine Taber as female Jesse, Brian Posehn, Ashley Johnson, Scott Porter, Martha Plimpton, Dave Fennoy, Corey Feldman, Billy West, John Hodgman, Paul Reubens, Sean Astin, Jim Meskimen, Melissa Hutchison, Yvette Nicole Brown, Jim Cummings, Kari Wahlgren, Stampy Cat, Stacy Plays, DanTDM (The Diamond Minecart), LDShadowLady,and CaptainSparklez.

Minecraft: Story Mode is rated ‘E10+’ (Everyone 10+) for Fantasy Violence and Mild Language by the ESRB. The series is published by Telltale Games in partnership with Mojang.

For more information on Telltale Games, visit the official website, Facebook, and follow @TelltaleGames on Twitter.

For more information on Mojang, visit  the official website, follow @Mojang and@Minecraft on Twitter, and like Minecraft on Facebook.

Civilization VI – “Sogno di Volare” live performance and soundtrack release

With just one more day until the launch of Sid Meier’s Civilization VI on October 21, 2016, 2K and Firaxis Games have released a live performance of “Sogno di Volare” the theme music for Sid Meier’s Civilization VI, and made the game’s soundtrack available for all to enjoy on YouTube.

Watch Christopher Tin conduct “Sogno di Volare”, performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, the Angel City Chorale, Prima Vocal Ensemble, and Lucis at Cadogan Hall in London, July 19, 2016.

The new video is available to view or embed on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2RBRdazOBeA

Each of the 19 different civilizations featured in Sid Meier’s Civilization VI has their own unique music. This score lives as an evolving audio record of your civilization’s progress as players aim to expand their empire and conquer the world in Sid Meier’s Civilization VI.

You can listen to the soundtrack on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0wxyMkZxx8

The Sid Meier’s Civilization VI soundtrack will be available for purchase from Friday October 21, on Apple Music, iTunes, Amazon Music and Google Play.

For the latest news on Sid Meier’s Civilization VI, visit the official site, follow @CivGame on Twitter, and become a fan of Civilization on Facebook.