A NEW ARRIVAL IN TOWN! FREE WELCOME amiibo UPDATE FOR ANIMAL CROSSING: NEW LEAF RELEASED 

Additional update to Nintendo 3DS game adds new area, amiibo functionality, items and other new features, now free to download

3^rd November, 2016 – In a new Nintendo Direct video presentation, Nintendo threw a rustic party for Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo. The update, now available to download*, will also be included in a packaged version exclusively for the Nintendo 3DS family of systems available at retail on 24 November. This update to the classic Animal Crossing: New Leaf game adds the new RV campground area, which opens up a whole neighbourhood of fun new possibilities for all players. And those who own Animal Crossing amiibo figures or amiibo cards can have even more fun in their town.

All kinds of things are possible with amiibo! Depending on which one of the 16 Animal Crossing amiibo figures or the hundreds of Animal Crossing amiibo cards is scanned**, players can invite visitors to the new RV campground area, get new items, take photos with their animal friends using the amiibo Camera function, and some might even move in to town! To view the Nintendo Direct video in its entirety, make yourself at home and visit http://www2.nintendo.com.au/nintendodirect where K.K. Slider and Harvey will introduce all the new features.

While many of the new features introduced in the Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo update use amiibo, there are some that don’t require amiibo at all. This makes the update perfect for all players, regardless of how many cool amiibo they own. Here’s a list of the new features discussed during the Nintendo Direct:

Work with amiibo!

• Wisp’s Wishes: By finding the magic lamp in the main game, players will unlock amiibo functionality. Once acquired, the lamp can be used once a day to summon the ghostly Wisp. Simply tap an amiibo and invite that respective amiibo character to your town, or receive a daily item. Want to live in a town full of ducks? Or cows? By using specific amiibo, that wish can come true!

• New amiibo Cards: Launching on 10 November, players can pick up 50 new Animal Crossing amiibo cards. On the same day, the Sanrio Collaboration Pack will be available via the Official Nintendo AU/NZ eBay Store. All these cards not only include cool new villagers, but also their RVs as well! And speaking of those RVs…

• New RV campground: After updating the game, players will notice a new area in their town. This new campground offers different interactions with special villagers and new shopping opportunities, as well as Harvey, a hilarious new character that will assist with all campground needs. By tapping a certain amiibo figure or card, that character will show up in their stylish custom RV. This even applies to some non-Animal Crossing amiibo like the Inklings from Splatoon and Wolf Link!

• More to Play!: By finding a Wii U item or New Nintendo 3DS XL / New Nintendo 3DS item in an RV at the campground, players can unlock two new games and purchase them with MEOW Coupons. The Wii U console unlocks the Desert Island Escape game, while Animal Crossing Puzzle League can be accessed with the New Nintendo 3DS XL / New Nintendo 3DS item. The Wii U and New Nintendo 3DS items can be obtained via fortune cookies at the Nooklings’ shop, but it’s much easier to obtain these items by scanning any of the 16 Animal Crossing amiibo figures. Certain Animal Crossing amiibo figures and cards can also be used while playing these new games.

No amiibo needed!

• MEOW Coupons: By earning new MEOW (Mutual Exchange of Wealth) coupons players can get unique in-game items at the RV campground or from visiting animal friends. To earn these coupons, players must complete new Town Initiatives, like pulling a set amount of weeds or gathering certain seashells.
• Say Cheese!: With the new amiibo Camera mode, you can take the coolest in-game selfies ever. By gathering your favourite villagers, you can snap a photo and save it to view whenever you like. You can even share with friends using the 3DS Image Share tool. No amiibo are needed for this mode, but by tapping an amiibo card you can take photos of any animal friends who don’t live in your town!

• What Do you Do With a New Storeroom?: Store things, of course! In Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo, players can purchase a new secret storeroom for their house at Nook’s Homes. The secret storeroom can be accessed from anywhere in the house and stores tons of collectibles. Maybe it can even be used to hide a dusty old treasure map in there. Isn’t that where all dusty old treasure maps are stored?

• Decorating Is Easier Than Ever!: Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo lets players customise their homes by moving around their furniture and items using the touch screen. Making setting up a perfectly styled room easier than ever.

• Happy Home, Happy Transfer: Players with Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designersave data on their Nintendo 3DS system, can transfer it to purchase giant furniture in Animal Crossing: New Leaf – Welcome amiibo. This new furniture is huge and will definitely make an impression in any home!

*To download the update, players just connect their Nintendo 3DS family system to the internet and start the game. A notification will appear, prompting to download the update.

**Using the NFC functionality on New Nintendo 3DS and New Nintendo 3DS XL, or by using the NFC Reader/Writer accessory for Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 2DS, and Nintendo 3DS XL systems.

UBISOFT^® DETAILS THE WATCH_DOGS^® 2 SEASON PASS

PlayStation®4 owners will get a 30- day exclusivity on the 3 downloadable contents

 trailer or watch it HERE

Sydney, Australia— November 3, 2016 — Today, Ubisoft^® revealed details of the Watch_Dogs^® 2 Season Pass. Players will be able to continue their hacker’s journey with several hours of additional mission contents including new co-op challenges and difficulty levels, outfits, vehicles and tons of customization items. Each downloadable content will be available with a 30-days exclusivity for PlayStation 4 owners.

• DLC 1 – T-Bone Content Bundle: Players will get the style and the swagger of legendary hacker Raymond “T-Bone” Kenney with his truck and outfit and discover Mayhem, a new co-op difficulty level that will pit players against a new enemy archetype armed with advanced weaponry. (Available on December 13^th on PlayStation 4)
• DLC 2 – Human Conditions: Through several hours of additional mission content in three new world stories, players will uncover San Francisco’s biggest scandals on the cutting edge of science, medicine and misuse. In Human Conditions, players will also experience new elite co-op missions and face a new enemy type: Jammer, with the technology to hunt players down.(Available on Spring 2017)
• DLC 3 – No Compromise: Players will experience an all-new world story which mixes Marcus up in the seedy underbelly of San Francisco and puts him in the crosshairs of the Russian mafia. Also includes a new co-op mode: Showd0wn, where only the best players will get to survive. .(Available on Autumn 2017)
• Psychedelic Pack: Customize Marcus’s outfit, weapon, drone and car in the grooviest style. (Available on Day One)
• Root Access Bundle: Includes full sets of outfits, new cars, a drone skin and a new weapon, as well as the Zodiac Killer mission. (Available this Summer)

The Season Pass is included in the Watch_Dogs 2 Gold Edition and is also available to purchase separately for $59.95 AUD.

In Watch_Dogs 2, players explore the birthplace of the tech revolution as Marcus Holloway, a brilliant young hacker who has fallen victim to ctOS 2.0’s predictive algorithms and accused of a crime he did not commit. In Marcus’s quest to shut down ctOS 2.0 for good, hacking is the ultimate weapon. Players can not only hack into the San Francisco Bay Area’s infrastructure but also every person and any connected device they possess to trigger unpredictable chains of events in this vast open world.

Watch_Dogs 2 will be available worldwide on consoles November 15 and on Windows PC November 29.

For more information about Watch_Dogs 2, please visit watchdogs.ubisoft.com.

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, Watch_Dogs, Tom Clancy’s video game series, Rayman and Far Cry. 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 2015–16 fiscal year Ubisoft generated sales of €1,394 million. To learn more, please visit www.ubisoftgroup.com.

© 2016 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Watch Dogs, Ubisoft, and the Ubisoft logo are trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the US and/or other countries.

Naruto Online NOVEMBER IN-GAME EVENTS ANNOUNCED FOR first mmorpg gAme from highly popular anime series

Oasis Games Ltd, a leading independent publisher, today announced its in-game events for the month of November for Naruto Online, the turn-based MMORPG for Windows PC which can be played for free through any browser. In the final day of the company’s October events, a bevy of timed events and rewards awaits fans in November.

From November 3 – 6 Naruto Online players can share their favorite Konoha Ninja moment and players with the top 20 moments will be rewarded with in-game items through their accounts. Later in the month, the immortal Hidan, who must take on equal amounts of the damage he deals himself, strikes Sarutobi Asuma dead.  Between November 20 – 26 fans can post their tale of how the infamous duel goes down, the 20 best will reap in-game rewards. Details for both contests can be access on the game’s Facebook page at: facebook.com/naruto.en. November will also offer a new ninja, Shino Aburame (Great Ninja War) as a Daily Check in reward.

Substitution Jutsu! As the new month rolls in, today is the last day all Naruto Online October event updates will be available to players before they disappear into the night!  Players have one last day to refine five-star ninja fragments for a bonus Naruto [Nine Tails Chakra] fragment, upgrade battle armor for bonus rebates and achievement packs, participate in “Spooky Halloween” missions with friends for extraordinary ninjas and items and take part in other October events that provide a variety of treats. Full details on each October Halloween event can be found here.  Events will end today, so players should trick or treat and fill their inventories with ninja goodies while they can!

About NARUTO ONLINE

Naruto Online is entirely set in the Naruto universe, and faithfully follows the NARUTO story portrayed in the anime series.  Naruto Online adds five brand-new characters that represent the elements of earth, water, fire, wind and lightning. Players can choose to become one of these characters and start a new adventure, gaining experience in a variety of different types of quests and gameplay modes. Players can also recruit from 170 familiar ninjas from the series including Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura to build their own team.

Naruto Online includes a single player mode, multiplayer dungeons and giant Worldboss battles, giving players tons of ways to gain experience, obtain new items and enhance their characters—and their outfits!

In partnership with BANDAI NAMCO and Tencent, Naruto Online is published by Oasis Games in North America and Europe. The game is free-to-play and browser-based, requiring a PC and Internet connection and available via the Oasis Games portal and Facebook.  This game is not rated by the ESRB.

For more information on NARUTO ONLINE visit: naruto.oasgames.com. For the latest updates follow: facebook.com/Naruto.en and twitter.com/NarutoOnline_en.

MOBILE MOBA GAME PLANET OF HEROES UNVEILS FIRST NEW HERO

Next Testing Phase Dates And Brand New Content Revealed

Moscow, Russia – November 2, 2016 – Developer Fast Forward Studios and global publisher My.com are pleased to announce the next testing phase dates for its MOBA for mobile devices, Planet of Heroes. Getting ready for a release on iOS and Android devices, the community-driven development project embraces feedback from a counsel of pro MOBA players including notable figures in the streaming community. In addition to the counsel, Planet of Heroes is actively looking for player feedback as the next closed beta phase begins November 2 and finishes up on November 20.

To sign up for the beta and get more details, please visit the beta sign up page.

Watch the Planet of Heroes – gameplay trailer HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nUKRrj6QeU

This code can be used by players to get free in game currency.

New features available in this testing phase include:

• A Brand-New Hero: Adding to the already diverse roster of heroes, Candy will join the fray as a ranged physical damage dealer. Her range and utility allows her to set up lethal ambushes from afar, and will fill an essential role for teams seeking to outplay their adversaries.
• New Sparks: New summoner powers like Smite and Scatter will be available for players.
• An All-New User Interface
• Automated iOS10 Streaming
• Integrated Facebook Invitations

Planet of Heroes is an action-packed modern MOBA for mobile devices that aims to capture the essence of what makes the genre great on PC, while playing to the strengths of mobile platforms. Planet of Heroes makes the most of the mobile experience, allowing for both simultaneous head-to-head online play, and asynchronous offline play. Game controls are tailored to make the most of mobile devices, eschewing awkward gestures and control layouts in favor of friendly, easy-to-grasp control schemes.

To learn more about Planet of Heroes, visit moba.my.com. ‘Like’ the game on Facebook and follow the game’s development on Twitter @PoHMOBA for all the latest developer updates and news.

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ABOUT MY.COM

My.com comprises myMail, MAPS.ME, myTarget, and online and mobile games. Its mobile communications and entertainment services and apps facilitate people in pursuing their business goals – and let them relax and have a good time gaming in-between. Copyright © 2016 My.com.

For more information, visit my.com

ABOUT FAST FORWARD STUDIO

Fast Forward Studio, recently formed by international multimedia powerhouse My.com, focuses on mobile development and making games that are optimized for mobile platforms. With a staff of more than 30 experienced developers, Fast Forward Studio takes a “Community Driven” approach to development, integrating members of popular online communities, live streamers and bloggers to help fine-tune their game designs.

STEAMWORLD COLLECTION LAUNCHES AT RETAIL TODAY BRINGING TWO HIT STEAMWORLD GAMES TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME

Two Smash-Hit Titles Now Available Together in a Physical Boxed Edition at Retailers Across the USA, South America, and Canada

LOS ANGELES, CA – November 2, 2016 – Rising Star Games today announced that SteamWorld Collection, from acclaimed developer Image & Form, is now available at participating retailers across the USA, South America, and Canada.

SteamWorld Collection features 2013’s ground-breaking SteamWorld Dig, in which players drill down into a platform game mining adventure full of secrets, treasure, and terrors. Also featured is this year’s SteamWorld Heist, which delivers turn-based strategy with a twist: manually aim the guns of your robots, allowing for insane skill shots and bullet-bouncing action. Board, loot and shoot your way through enemy spaceships and upgrade your recruits with unique abilities, weapons and, of course, stylish hats!

View the trailers for SteamWorld Dig and SteamWorld Heist HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV5_Hp3kG7U

Critical praise for SteamWorld Dig:

• “SteamWorld Dig is a really lovely, very fun time. What a great thing for a game to be.” ROCK, PAPER, SHOTGUN
• “SteamWorld Dig is an utterly phenomenal video game.” 10 out of 10 – Pocket Gamer UK
• “SteamWorld’s simple hook and hypnotic rhythm will keep you mining long into the night.” 5 out of 10 – IGN

Critical acclaim for SteamWorld Heist:

• “What more can I say? I loved SteamWorld Heist and I think everyone should play it.” 10 out of 10 – USGamer
• “As much a work of art as a video game… a swagger and attention to detail usually associated with big budget games.” 10 out of 10 – The Mirror
• “SteamWorld Heist stole my heart… the Firefly-style adventure made every battle a blast.” 8 out of 10 – IGN

Developed by Image & Form and published by Rising Star Games, SteamWorld Collection is available now for PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system in the USA, South America and Canada at participating retailers, and will be available on Wii U™ from November 15. In Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Middle East, Rising Star Games publishes SteamWorld Collection on PlayStation®4 system, which is also available now.

For more information, follow Image & Form on Twitter and visit the official Image & Form website.

For more information about the publisher, follow Rising Star Games on Twitter and visit the official Rising Star Games website.

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ABOUT IMAGE & FORM

Image & Form Games is a video game development studio made up of nearly two dozen childishly creative people in Gothenburg, Sweden. They’ve been at it since 1997, and are more productive than ever.

Their bestsellers SteamWorld Dig and SteamWorld Heist have captivated gamers of all ages all around the world, and are blessed with multiple Game of the Year awards and nominations, including Best Original Game, Best Indie Game, and – wait for it – Overall Game of the Year!

www.imageform.se

ABOUT RISING STAR GAMES

Rising Star Games is a privately held video games publisher with a global reach. With operating offices in Europe and USA the company publishes video game entertainment across all gaming platforms from Sony, Microsoft, Nintendo and via Steam. With decades of combined experience and a genuine passion for interactive entertainment, Rising Star Games is proud of its ever-expanding and enormously diverse catalogue of over 120 titles.

www.risingstargames.com

The Hayne Plane in training for space combat at Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Academy

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare launches November 4, 2016

2 November, 2016 – Ahead of the launch of Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare on 4 November, avid Call of Duty® fan and NRL superstar, Jarryd Hayne attended a special training session at the Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Academy, hosted by the NSW Institute of Sport (NSWIS). Hayne was joined by Australia’s leading professional Call of Duty esports team, Mindfreak; together they were pushed to the limit through a series of physical and mental challenges at the national high performance center and Olympic training facility.

The Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Academy was developed to enhance the skills of local esports professionals. Participants endured a series of intense trials:

• The performance stressor test used a light board to measure the participants’ reaction times and hand-eye co-ordination, an exercise that was repeated after a physical drill, to demonstrate the effects of fatigue.
• To combat the negative impact of stress, participants were placed in an extreme stress environment underwater, allowing NSWIS’s performance psychologist to teach them stress management strategies to quieten the mind and optimise performance.
• In the Mindroom they were taught how to improve attentional skills by tracking multiple moving objects in a 3D field.

In a first for the franchise, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare introduces an all-new story set beyond Earth’s atmosphere. To further help Hayne with his training before he plays the game, he recently visited the Spaceflight Academy, Australia’s first astronaut test center, where he took part in a one-of-a-kind space training simulation. Jarryd strapped himself in to the Multi-Axis Trainer (MAT), which simulated the disorientation that you would feel during a tumble spin on reentry into the Earth’s atmosphere, as well as scaling a Zero-G Gravity Wall, which emulates the feeling of weightlessness in space and gameplay featured in Infinite Warfare.

Video content of Jarryd Hayne in action can be downloaded here.

Hayne said, “It was unreal to witness the amount of preparation that is needed to go into space at the Spaceflight Academy and to see how my own sports training applies within the esports environment at NSWIS. The highlight was definitely hanging out with Australia’s best Call of Duty players and picking their brains on the game to improve mine. I’m ready and looking forward to the launch of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare on November 4.”

Activision’s Call of Duty franchise is a major player in the esports world, with the Call of Duty World League in full swing and Call of Duty World League Championship taking place annually.

Mindfreak’s team captain, Mitchell Mader said, “When we compete in the Call of Duty World League Championship, we come head-to-head with fierce international teams who we play for up to twelve hours at a time.  The skills we learnt at the Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Academy will be extremely beneficial in these moments of high pressure.”

“Mindfreak team is really excited about the release of Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare, which puts us back on a level playing field as all professional teams worldwide learn the intricacies of the new game.”

Dr. Mike Martin, Lead Performance Psychologist, NSWIS said, “With any elite level performance, comes the need for top tier training and preparation, no matter the discipline. Our team of leading experts in physiology, psychology and high performance developed a training program that targeted tactical awareness, superior mental performance under pressure and improved decision making and targeting accuracy. We look forward to seeing how MindFreak benefit from what we’ve taught them. Hopefully it gives them a great start heading into major competitions.”

Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare will be available for PlayStation® 4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One and PC on Steam starting November 4^th.

Images from the Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare Academy can be downloaded here.

The Official Call of Duty®: Infinite Warfare Live Action Trailer – “Screw It, Let’s Go To Space” can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIE4CggSB2E

About Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare

Award-winning studio Infinity Ward breaks new ground in storytelling, by exploring the weight of leadership and the responsibilities that come with it in an emotional, character-driven narrative. Players are thrust into wartime leadership as Captain Reyes, a Tier 1 Special Operations soldier, who takes the helm of the Retribution, one of Earth’s last remaining warships. In a time of unthinkable hardships, Reyes must lead the remnants of coalition forces against a relentless enemy in a war that stretches to new terrains across the vast expanse of our solar system beyond Earth.

Infinite Warfare introduces new weaponry, new player abilities and stunning new settings to the Call of Duty franchise. In addition to a riveting single player campaign, Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare will also deliver a robust multiplayer mode, and a unique cooperative zombies experience.

For the latest intel, check out: www.callofduty.com, www.youtube.com/callofduty or follow @CallofDuty and @InfinityWard on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare is scheduled for release November 4^th on PlayStation® 4 system, Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft, and PC, rated MA15+ for Mature (Blood, Intense Violence, Strong Language).

About Activision Publishing, Inc.

Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision Publishing, Inc. is a leading global producer and publisher of interactive entertainment. Activision maintains operations throughout the world and is a division of Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI), an S&P 500 company.  More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company’s website, www.activision.com or by following @Activision.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-looking Statements: Information in this press release that involves Activision Publishing’s expectations, plans, intentions or strategies regarding the future, including statements about the expected Call of Duty:  Infinite Warfare beta release dates are forward-looking statements that are not facts and involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause Activision Publishing’s actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements set forth in this release include unanticipated product delays and other factors identified in the risk factors sections of Activision Blizzard’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. The forward-looking statements in this release are based upon information available to Activision Publishing and Activision Blizzard as of the date of this release, and neither Activision Publishing nor Activision Blizzard assumes any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements believed to be true when made may ultimately prove to be incorrect. These statements are not guarantees of the future performance of Activision Publishing or Activision Blizzard and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors, some of which are beyond its control and may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations.