Play Beautifully With Dots & Co, the New Puzzle Game From Dots

NEW YORK – July 21, 2016 – Dots, the acclaimed NYC-based developer of Dots and Two Dots, has released Dots & Co, a new mobile game available as a free download from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Dots & Co introduces an enhanced visual palette and new companions with a variety of powers, bringing an exciting layer of magic to the original gameplay of Dots and Two Dots, which have 100 million downloads to date combined.

“Dots & Co is a beautiful, thoughtful and immersive experience we wanted to feel like a little mental oasis,” said Patrick Moberg, co-founder and chief creative officer at Dots. “It elevates our portfolio of games with new worlds, charming in-game companions and fresh ways to approach challenges.”

Like Two Dots before it, Dots & Co features specially crafted levels of colorfully matching dots with distinct mechanics that change and combine as players progress. It launches with 155 new and completely reimagined stages that move across a bright landscape of beautifully painted environments with colorblind mode support and an original musical score. Additional puzzles will arrive in free updates after release.

“Dots & Co is designed around the principles of strategy, simplicity and style,” said Margaret Robertson, game director for Dots & Co. “It’s both a satisfying challenge for your brain and a restorative treat for your senses.”

Dots & Co can be downloaded for free from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store globally.

About Dots

Dots builds unique games with thoughtful design. The studio’s first game, Dots: A Game About Connecting, has garnered a massive and loyal following since its launch in 2013. In 2014 the studio launched Two Dots, an acclaimed global mega-hit. You can learn more about Dots by following @playdots on Twitter, @dots on Instagram, www.facebook.com/playdots on Facebook and visiting the Dots website: www.dots.co.

Crytek and ESL partner for new Warface esports series

Cash prizes up for grabs in free-to-play weekly Go4Warface ESL tournament series

Frankfurt am Main (Germany) July 21, 2016 – Today Crytek announced that Warface, the always-evolving free-to-play FPS, has joined forces with the leading esports event provider ESL to launch the ESL Go4Warface online tournament series. ESL is the largest esports company in the world, and many of today’s top esports stars started out on their journey to professional gaming by participating in free-to-enter ESL Go4 tournaments, which have distributed over €1,000,000 to players in cash prizes.

Ilya Mamontov, Director of Game Operations at Crytek, said: “We’re delighted to join forces with ESL and offer FPS players and our ever-growing community a new way to compete. Warface’s gameplay is built around rapid action and tactical teamwork which is ideally suited to intense esport competition. Warface is always evolving with regular content and feature updates, and this is an exciting push forward into the esports scene for us – we can’t wait to see players give it their all on the battlefield.”

The Go4Warface tournament series will launch with a prize pool of over €10,000, which will grow over time. Players will join together in teams to compete in weekly tournaments with €100 prize money up for grabs, and the eight top-performing teams will become eligible for a monthly final tournament with a prize pot of €500. The first tournament begins on Sunday, August 7th and is free to enter for players and teams of all levels of experience. Players can find out more information and sign up by visitinghttp://play.eslgaming.com/warface/europe/ and stay up to date with all the latest news by following ESL Warface on Facebook and Twitter.

Powered by Crytek’s award-winning CRYENGINE, Warface brings AAA production values to the free-to-play, game-as-a-service space, immersing players in the heat of battle. Gamers play as one of four unique combat classes – Rifleman, Sniper, Engineer, or Medic – and combine the strengths of each to dominate the battlefield as a team. Players can enjoy over 100 weapons with thousands of attachment combinations while new content and features, including missions, maps, and equipment, are regularly added as the game serves its expanding community of over 30 million registered players worldwide.

Warface is available for free download by visiting www.warface.com .

About Crytek

Crytek is an independent videogame developer, publisher, and technology provider dedicated to pushing the boundaries of gaming with its cutting-edge 3D game development platform CRYENGINE. With headquarters in Frankfurt am Main (Germany) and studios in Kiev (Ukraine), Budapest (Hungary), Sofia (Bulgaria), Seoul (South Korea), Shanghai (China), and Istanbul (Turkey), Crytek has created multiple award-winning titles, including the original Far Cry, the Crysis series, Ryse: Son of Rome, Warface, and The Climb. Crytek delivers fun and innovative gaming experiences for PC, consoles, and VR and continues to grow its reach in the games-as-a-service market. Every Crytek game is created with CRYENGINE, which can be used by anyone to create games on a Pay What You Want business model.

For more information visit www.crytek.com  and www.cryengine.com .

SBK16 INVITES MOBILE GAMERS TO JOIN ELITE RACERS IN THE MOTUL FIM SUPERBIKE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

SBK16 Launches for iOS, Android and Windows Phone Devices; Racers Can Show Their Skills to Remove all Ads from the Free-to-play Game

MILAN –July 21, 2016 – Italian Developer Digital Tales today announced it has launched SBK16 Official Mobile Game, the official game of the 2016 Motul FIM Superbike World Championship, for smartphones and tablets on the App Store, Google Play and Windows Phone Store. SBK16 is equipped with elite new features and a radically fair new free-to-play value proposition: prove your skill in the new Test Ride mode and you can play the game completely free with no advertising. The latest game builds on the success of the SBK series for mobile, which has garnered over 20 million downloads and a 4+ user rating while reaching the top sports game slot in over 100 app stores worldwide.

SBK16 will be totally free-to-play through the rest of the championship. After downloading the game, players will be able to immediately access all the bikes and tracks featured in the current season, including the new Yamaha YZF R1 and the Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca circuit in California.

The Motul FIM Superbike World Championship featured in SBK16 is one of the top motorcycle racing series in the world with a global audience of more than 400 million viewers. More than 100 riders, representing 22 countries, compete in 13 events throughout the season in the series and in the game. Unlike most motorsports, SBK motorcycles are based on production models available for sale, allowing manufacturers to showcase new models with a “Win on Sunday, sell on Monday” mantra. The race for the manufacturers’ title is closely fought and this year will see the return of Yamaha with the new YZF-R1 to debut in the World Superbike Class with Honda, Kawasaki, Ducati, Aprilia, BMW and MV Agusta also competing for the ultimate prize. For the last 29 years the passion, speed and excitement of elite Superbike racing have attracted a global fan base and the biggest names in world motorsport—and this excitement is fully captured in SBK16, allowing fans to race to the championship on their phone or tablet.

Thanks to feedback collected from real SBK riders and fans of the series, Digital Tales has further improved the game’s physics and bike handling for better feel and realism: speeding on circuits will be even more fun now that motorcycles are far more responsive and can actually skid or oversteer when the rear wheel loses grip.

SBK16 Official Mobile Game also adds some highly requested features including support for mobile game controllers—widely sought after by core gamers—and the new cockpit view that allows players to literally take the rider’s seat.

Perhaps the most notable addition is Test Ride mode, which offers gamers a chance to measure their riding skills through a series of 250 trials. If all the trials are completed, players can unlock premium features and an ad-free gaming experience for free. This new feature rewards players for the skill, expanding the possibilities for free-to-play gaming by providing a new way for players to get maximum enjoyment whether or not they make any purchases.

SBK16 Official Mobile Game features all the riders, bikes and circuits of the 2016 Motul FIM Superbike World Championship.

For more information, visit sbkmobile.com, and follow the game at facebook.com/SBKOfficialMobileGame, twitter.com/Digital_Tales and youtube.com/DigitalTales.

About Digital Tales:

Founded in 2006 and based in Milan, with offices in Rome and Miami, Digital Tales develops games and e-Learning solutions combining user-friendly technology and strong graphic appeal. Its racing and action-adventure games are based on a proprietary cross-platform C++ framework. Besides collaborating with established developers and publishers, the studio has self-published a few chart-topping, award-winning mobile games totaling over 20M downloads worldwide. For more information, visit http://www.dtales.it/gaming/en.