Gambitious Digital Entertainment to Publish Vile Monarch’s Oh…Sir! The Insult Simulator on Windows PC, iOS, Android, Mac and Linux

Remake of the irreverent roasting game adds single-player challenges, cross-platform online multiplayer and more when it arrives later this summer

AMSTERDAM – Aug. 11, 2016 – Gambitious Digital Entertainment has announced it is partnering with independent developer Vile Monarch to release the competitive insult dueling game Oh…Sir! The Insult Simulator on multiple platforms later this summer.

Oh…Sir! The Insult Simulator is a full-fledged remake of the original Oh…Sir! – created by Vile Monarch in 42 hours during the amJam game jam and released for free on Steam in 2015. This new title delivers even greater depth and variety to its chutzpah with fan-requested features like single-player gameplay, cross-platform online multiplayer, improved voice acting and special effects, tons of new insults and more.

Inspired by the infamous “Dead Parrot Sketch” from Monty Python’s Flying Circus, Oh…Sir! The Insult Simulator’s cleverly contentious battle system challenges players to create long-winded combos of verbal insolence to fling at opponents. There are five comically quarrelsome characters from which to choose, each featuring their own unique voices, quirks and jokes, as well as four distinctly cantankerous conflict scenarios.

Oh…Sir! The Insult Simulator is expected to launch later this summer with cross-platform online multiplayer for Windows PC, Mac, Linux, and iOS and Android devices. For the latest updates until then, please visit www.gambitious.com, and follow the teams on Twitter: @GambitiousInc and @VileMonarch.

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About Vile Monarch

Vile Monarch is a hard rock game studio created by two twisted minds: Kacper Kwiatkowski and Grzegorz Mazur, who catapulted from 11 bit studios where they had worked together on This War of Mine. Soon after he was born, the Monarch started using his exceptionally skillful minions to start making engaging video games for various platforms, full of surprising, novel ideas. And what’s worse, he forced them to have fun while working! All of it to – you wouldn’t guess – conquer the world!  Vile Monarch lives in his castle in Warsaw, Poland. He likes rock music, beer and Mad Max: Fury Road.

About Gambitious, Inc.

Launched in 2012, Gambitious, Inc. is the first global crowd-financing platform exclusively for games. With a mission to create and foster a sustainable ecosystem for independent game creation and publishing, Gambitious utilizes its evolving set of creative crowd financing tools and techniques to get more great game titles funded, produced and successfully released. The company’s publishing label, Gambitious Digital Entertainment, was created in 2014 to offer professional, developer-friendly production, marketing and distribution services in order to ensure a timely return to investors and developers on projects. Gambitious has successfully established partnerships and released its titles on Steam, the PlayStation®Store, Xbox Games Store, GOG.com, Humble and the Mac App Store, as well as a number of emerging global digital distributors. For more information, visit the official Gambitious website, and follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

INITIAL TRACKS AND GROUNDBREAKING EIGHT-PLAYER MIC SUPPORT HEADLINE FIRST DETAILS REVEALED FOR WE SING

We Sing Productions, Formed by Nordic Games, Wired Productions and Le Cortex, Aims to Deliver the Ultimate Music Singing Experience

LONDON — August 11, 2016 — Interactive music collaboration We Sing Productions, a joint enterprise between Wired Productions, Nordic Games and Le Cortex, is happy to announce today that the top-selling, award-winning karaoke game series We Sing is back, and it’s bigger and better than ever before.

Headed to the PlayStation® 4 computer entertainment system and Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft later this year, We Sing builds on the success of the original series for Nintendo Wii, which set the bar for being the only music game to support group singing with up to four microphones.  This next generation version of We Sing will offer support for up to eight mics, and will feature 30 of the hottest and most iconic hits along with a host of cutting edge technology and gameplay experiences for the music singing category.

In We Sing, players can sing together or go solo, climbing to the top of the online leaderboards to become the star they were born to be. We Sing features all original artist recordings along with their official music videos.  The game’s unique eight mic support enables players to use their smartphones as an additional mic with the free We Sing Mic companion app in addition to using a We Sing certified mic for a truly authentic studio experience.

Featuring the international number one smash hit “Dancing Queen” by Abba and the late great David Bowie’s iconic classic “Let’s Dance”, the full We Sing track list, to be announced in the coming weeks, encompasses the biggest songs from across five decades including recent hits DNCE’s “Cake By The Ocean,” “Stitches” by Shawn Mendes, “Chandelier” by Sia, and “See You Again” by Wiz Khalifa feat. Charlie Puth.  More tracks along with exciting game features will be revealed as We Sing Productions readies the game’s worldwide launch, later this year.

“We’re delighted to bring We Sing to a new audience, building on the tenants that made the original series a resounding success,” said Alasdair Hibberd, Product Manager for We Sing games.  “Our new We Sing game has been built from the ground up, utilizing the Unreal 4 engine alongside the highest calibre of audio technologies, including the KaraEngine™ to deliver an immersive experience, for the next generation of gamers.”

“Our intentions for We Sing are lofty.  Having the significant support and expanding strength of Nordic Games to begin this journey with a brand new console title puts us in a great place to start this most excellent of musical adventures,” added Nik Blower, franchise director, Nordic Games.

Today’s news follows the announcement of We Sing Productions, the joint interactive music collaboration formed earlier this year between Nordic Games, Wired Productions and Le Cortex.  All three companies collaborated on the original series, bringing together over 150 combined years of experience and expertise in creating titles featuring high-profile intellectual properties from the music industry.

Key Features of We Sing:

• Sing your heart out to the hottest hits from the biggest artists – including original recordings and HD videos from across five decades
• Connect up to four USB microphones and download the free We Sing Mic app (available for iOS and Android devices) to sing with up to eight friends simultaneously
• Sing with friends or rock it solo to top the online leaderboards and become a star
• Featuring six game modes, including We Sing mode to sing and score together, and Sing-Off mode to compete individually
• Sing along with your favorite artists or dive into a true karaoke experience with the original instrumental recordings
• Turn your console into a music channel and watch every song’s music video in Jukebox Mode
• Turn up the heat and show off your perfect pitch with We Sing’s three difficulty settings
• Create and save playlists of your favorite tracks for future and non-stop play
• Gameplay powered by the KaraEngine™ for ultra-accurate pitch detection
• Studio quality audio pipeline allows players to hear the music the way it was meant to sound
• Explore a dynamic 3D user interface with audio effects and choose the songs to sing from the dynamic carousel
• Anti-cheat and auto-lag detection systems
• Game built in the Unreal Engine® 4
• English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, Portuguese language support

We Sing will be available to play at Gamescom in Cologne.  Stop by and show us your best performance at the Nordic Games Booth C20, Hall 8.

About Nordic Games GmbH
Nordic Games GmbH is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nordic Games Group AB, focusing on computer- and video games for PC/MAC/Linux and present/past console platforms. Founded in 2011, the Vienna/Austria based company puts great emphasis on its extensive game catalogue. The core portfolio comprises products and brands which have been acquired from various parties (THQ, Atari, and others), and further acquisitions of IPs and trademarks will follow.

The company will pursue the long-term goal of delivering quality products that live up to expectations of gamers worldwide. For more information visit: http://www.nordicgames.at.

About Wired Productions Ltd
Wired Productions are an established independent games publisher based in Watford, Hertfordshire, UK.  Wired have produced over 35 titles, and are the team responsible for the 1.5 million unit selling  We Sing franchise as well as producing and co-developing  The Voice branded console products.  In 2013/14, Wired Productions moved back into digital console publishing with Let’s Fish! Hooked On for the PlayStation Vita, Tiny Troopers Joint Ops on the PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita (including cross buy) and Last Inua on PC & Mac, and Super Dungeon Bros on Xbox One, PS4 and PC.

For more information visit www.wiredproductions.com or follow at:  www.facebook.com/WiredPro and on Twitter https://twitter.com/WiredP.

About Le Cortex
Le Cortex is an independent development studio based in Paris, France. Founded by the creative duo Frédéric Sommer and Johan Spielmann, Le Cortex have been instrumental in over 20 music and singing games, ranging from the hugely successful We Sing franchise, to The Voice branded games.  Alongside music games, Le Cortex created their own unique IP, Ninja Pony, culminating in the release of a Neo-Geo version. Driven by strong beliefs in gameplay design and known for the ingenuity of work, Le Cortex have managed to build a trusted relationship with publishers and gamers throughout the world.

For more information visit: www.lecortex.com.

We Sing uses the Unreal® Engine. Unreal® is a trademark or registered trademark of Epic Games, Inc. in the United States of America and elsewhere. and “Unreal® Engine, Copyright 1998 – 2016, Epic Games, Inc. All rights reserved.                                                                                                                                                          

We Sing uses the KaraEngine™. The KaraEngine is a trademark of Lecortex S.à r.l./Wired Productions Ltd.

Fractured Space Celebrates Summer Games with ‘Olympian’ Update & PAX West News as Beta Launch Nears

New Update Gives Players New Freedoms, 2x More Sectors and Summer Games National Flag Skins; Press Are Invited to Play Fractured Space at PAX!

Guildford, August 11, 2016 – Edge Case Games, developers of the team-based space combat game, Fractured Space, today announced the game’s Alpha 18 update, code-named ‘Olympian’, is now live. This is the game’s last planned major update before the game’s beta launch this fall when the game is scheduled to exit Early Access on Steam. To mark the game’s progression, the studio further announced that Fractured Space will be exhibited at PAX West in Seattle from September 2–5, with media and community members invited to attend and play.

With the update, players can celebrate the games of summer with a new freeform tech tree, new sectors, a new game mode, a new ship and new patriotic ship skins that allow players to show their support for their national sports teams. Captains can root for their country’s Summer Games team with US, UK, French, German and Russian national flag skins on offer—or Jolly Roger pirate flag for those with a mischievous streak—as seen in the “World Games” update video released today. Edge Case Games will be tracking results by flag and will let players know who is racking up the most wins!

The game’s tech tree has been revamped to let players assemble their ship fleet without restrictions. All ships in Fractured Space are designed to have equal value, with well-rounded, easy to play ships for new players, and extremely specialized, hard to play ships available for veterans. Previously, there was a manufacturer XP-based progression with easier to play ships being followed by more difficult to master ships. Now, any ship can be unlocked without having to unlock previous ships. As before, all ships can be purchased with earned credits or Platinum premium currency and all ships can be battle tested on the Firing Range before purchase to ensure they suit the player’s style.

Two new sector maps join the game’s original alpha and beta sectors—which have also been updated—so players can discover new battle strategies and environments. The first, a forest of vertical angular structures orbiting a binary planet offers numerous hiding spots, making it a great place for ambushes and skirmishes. The second takes players to a tightly packed asteroid field where mines are flanked on both sides by cover, making pushing toward the enemy forward base a daunting task.

The new TDS Executioner ship available with the update represents an evolution in fast strike tactics for captains who favor a finisher role. With a brutal Gauss Cannon and the unique Blink Back utility that allows the ship to instantly jump a certain distance in any direction, the ship is a close quarters, knockout specialist with poor general mobility balanced against its devastating single-strike capability—as demonstrated in the Executioner Ship Guide video.

Additionally, showing the team’s commitment to Open Development where new features are shared with the community, the game’s new Experimental Mode will launch later this month. This mode will offer a weekly play test of fun new features such as massively increased ship speeds, double damage or other trial ideas to let players experience one-off changes that may someday be implemented in the game. Game stats during Experimental Mode matches are not stored so players can experiment and have fun with no consequences.

More details on the update can be found in the Alpha 18 patch notes.

From September 2–5, Fractured Space will be exhibited at the sold-out PAX West gaming show in Seattle.

Fractured Space is a team-based space combat game fought in gigantic capital ships with the intensity of a shooter and the big-picture-thinking of a strategy game. Originally launched on Steam Early Access in November 2014 to critical and commercial success, Fractured Space has attracted over 600,000 players as the game continuously evolves using an open development model where the community is encouraged to talk directly to the development team, highly influencing the development of the final game.

For updates on Fractured Space please follow us on Twitter at @FracturedSpace or on Facebook.

About Edge Case Games
Formed in 2014 from the team behind the hit space game, Strike Suit Zero, Edge Case Games brings its expertise and passion for space games to its inaugural title, the tactical space MOBA, Fractured Space. Based in the development hotbed of Guildford, UK, the team is dedicated to expanding the scope and scale of space-based gaming through an open development philosophy that leverages the enthusiasm of the gaming community.

About Fractured Space
Fractured Space is team-based space combat fought in gigantic capital ships with the intensity of a shooter and the big-picture-thinking of a strategy game. Fractured Space is currently available free-to-play for PC on Steam Early Access and is set for a wider free-to-play release in 2016.

GAIJIN ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES NAVAL BATTLES FOR WAR THUNDER

Naval Battles Launches in Closed Beta Later This Year with “Knights of the sea”

(MOSCOW, RUSSIAN FEDERATION) – August 11, 2016 – Gaijin Entertainment today announced the forthcoming start of closed beta for Naval Battles, the highly sought after combat mode in War Thunder, its award-winning MMO WWII online game with first exclusive hands-on at this year’s Gamescom. The inclusion of Naval Battles will provide fans with the ability to battle from the land, sea and air.

The participants of naval battle’s upcoming closed beta will be called the “Knights of the Sea”. Made up of torpedo, artillery and missile boats, coast guard vessels and submarine chasers, they are the so-called “small” naval contingent that served in all oceanic theatres of World War 2.

“The high level of realism is one of the key design features of War Thunder. Vehicles are as close to their real life counterparts as possible. Classic large ship battles during the war were contests of patience and planning, where engagements could last from several hours to several days. In War Thunder, where all kinds of vehicles fight in one battle and players can control aircraft, tanks and ships, it is not possible to change the size of the ships or make time run faster, as everything needs to remain consistent.

Our internal testing showed that battles with large battleships were too long and slow or required design changes that made ships entirely unrealistic. For this reason, we are leading with fast attack-based craft, which are rarely reproduced in games. Ships, that are more suitable for the formula of our game. These fast, agile and dangerous “Knights of the Sea” are worthy contenders for aircraft and tanks on the ground” – says creative director Kirill Yudintsev, Gaijin Entertainment.

All nations in War Thunder will get naval forces. Invited players and those who purchase one of two Starter packs with unique ships, will be able to join the closed testing as soon as the testing phase begins later this year.

The first Starter Pack includes a Soviet Project 1124 Armored River Boat. The T-34 turret and two 12.7mm machine guns allow the gunboat to efficiently eliminate enemy ships and low-flying aircraft; but the main destructive power of the Project 1124 lies in her M-13-M1 unguided rocket launcher, the legendary Katyusha.
The second starter pack includes the famous American PT-109, a motor torpedo boat on which the future US President John F. Kennedy served and performed acts of wartime heroism. During one of the operations the boat was subjected to a surprise ram attack from the Japanese destroyer, Amagiri. Despite a serious back injury, Lieutenant Kennedy acted wisely and decisively, saving all ten surviving crew members. In War Thunder, this boat is a fast and maneuverable ship destroyer. Her four torpedoes, each weighing almost 1,200 kg, come in handy for destroying large naval targets. Both ships will be available at the start of closed beta testing.

The first to take part in the naval battles of War Thunder will be the visitors of Gamescom 2016. In the game booth in Hall 6, Gaijin Entertainment has organized a special closed area, where guests can try their hand as captains of attack boats. For those unable to visit the exhibition, there will be a special video broadcast from the official Twitch booth and new devblog updates each day, where developers of the game will talk about the new regime, present ships of different nations and run giveaways of closed beta access codes for the viewers.

Naval Starter Packs: https://store.gaijin.net/catalog.php?search=special_offer_wt&tag=1

Devblog link: http://devblog.warthunder.com

NEW POKÉMON—WISHIWASHI, PYUKUMUKU, MORELULL AND MORE ALOLAN POKÉMON VARIANTS—REVEALED FOR POKÉMON SUN AND POKÉMON MOON!

New details about Alola region ruffians Team Skull also announced