AMANITA DESIGN RELEASES SAMOROST 3 ON WINDOWS PC AND MAC

New Exploration Adventure and Puzzle Game Arrives From Imaginative Studio Behind
 Machinarium and Botanicula

PRAGUE, Czech Republic – March 24, 2016 – Amanita Design, the independent developer of award-winning puzzle games like Machinarium and Botanicula, has launched Samorost 3 on Windows PC and Mac platforms. This point-and-click exploration adventure is a loose follow-up to the original indie hits Samorost (2003) and Samorost 2 (2005). It follows a curious space gnome who uses the magical powers of a mysterious flute to travel through the cosmos in search of its origins.

Samorost 3 is Amanita’s most ambitious experience yet, combining the intricate logic puzzles of Machinarium with Botanicula’s more relaxed gameplay and tone. Players will journey across nine uniquely alien worlds, each a distinctive ecosystem teeming with colorful creatures, characters, challenges, achievements and surprises to discover.

Brought alive by detailed artwork and expressive animations, Samorost 3’s surreal landscapes and lifeforms draw a balance between stylishly bizarre and believable. The game’s eclectic audio and soundtrack –composed by inventive musician Floex – are both abstract and atmospheric, frequently playing key roles alongside environmental clues in the game’s puzzles and mini-games.

Samorost 3 is out now for $19.99 through Steam, GOG.com, Humble Store, the Mac App Store, and the game’s official website: www.samorost3.net. Samorost 3 Cosmic Edition – containing the full game, 90-minute original soundtrack and 170-page digital art book featuring design drawings from creator Jakub Dvorský – is also available* for $24.99.

Samorost 3 is expected to launch on iOS and Android devices later this year.

*Cosmic Edition not available on the Mac App Store.

About Amanita Design

Amanita Design is a small, independent game development studio based in the Czech Republic. It was established in 2003 when Jakub Dvorský completed his thesis project at the Academy of Arts in Prague by creating a free online flash game called Samorost. In 2005, animator Václav Blín joined the studio and Samorost 2 was created. Since then, our team has expanded further to include several excellent collaborators – musicians Floex and Dva, programmers David Oliva, Peter Stehlík and Jan Werner, painter Adolf Lachman, sound effects expert Tomáš Dvorák and animator Jaromír Plachý. Besides making computer games, the studio has also created music videos, websites, animated works, and illustrations, and has done production design, as well.

For more information, visit www.amanita-design.net, and follow the studio on Facebook and Twitter.

Ambush, Modify Weapons and Sabatoge the KPA Using Guerilla Warfare Tactics in Homefront®: The Revolution

“Guerilla Warfare 101” Trailer Prepares Players For Single-Player and Co-Op Combat

Larkspur, Calif., March 24, 2016 – Deep Silver revealed today the “Guerrilla Warfare 101” trailer, the first in a series of new Homefront: The Revolution gameplay trailers. It showcases the type of gameplay and combat variety players can expect in the game’s single-player campaign as well as in the online co-op Resistance Mode.

Faced with the technologically superior forces of the KPA who are occupying Philadelphia in 2029, the Resistance needs to fight their war for liberation on their own terms. Urban guerrillas use their knowledge of the environment, their custom homebrew weapons, and their Guerrilla Toolkit to their advantage to even the odds.

As a guerrilla fighter in the Resistance you:

• MODIFY WEAPONS TO SUIT ANY SITUATION
Use the in-game and on-the-fly weapon customization system to tailor your weapons to your style of play. Add a silencer to infiltrate under the cover of darkness in a dynamic day and night cycle, or equip a muzzle break to forego stealth in favor of loud firepower. Equip different sights and scopes or different grips to go from short range mobile stability to long range accuracy.

• CONVERT WEAPONS FOR ON THE FLY UTILITY
Convert your pistol to a submachine gun, your assault rifle to a mine launcher, your crossbow to a flamethrower and more!

• USE THE GUERRILLA TOOLKIT TO TURN OPEN WORLD COMBAT INTO A TACTICAL PLAYGROUND
Use explosive and incendiary devices to ambush the KPA, distract patrols, or hack enemy cameras and drones to turn enemy tech against them. Modify any of your Guerrilla Toolkit items with a bit of good old American ingenuity; throw it, trigger it, lay a trap, or put it on an R/C Car to take direct control.

• USE THE TERRAIN
This city is your city. Learn your environment to know where to strike from, and where to escape to. In the urban population centers of the Yellow Zones, strike unseen and melt away in the city’s alleyways. In the war-torn Red Zones of Philadelphia, hit hard and unexpected, then jump on your motorbike to evade the inevitable KPA reinforcements.

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About Deep Silver
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Total War Battles™: KINGDOM Released for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Android™ Devices, PC, and Mac

LONDON & IRVINE, CA – MARCH 24, 2016 – SEGA® Europe Ltd. SEGA® of America, Inc., and Creative Assembly today announced that Total War Battles™: KINGDOM is now available for free download on the App Store for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch; as well as digital download on Google Play™ for Android devices, PC via Steam and Mac.

From the creators of the award-winning Total War Battles™: SHOGUNees players ruling a fledgling realm during the tumultuous turn of the 10^th century. Introducing all-new gameplay mechanics and for the first time ever bringing the celebrated massed clashes of Total War to mobile platforms, Total War Battles™: KINGDOM features both realm building and large-scale tactical battles.

As players carve out their own piece of a war-torn world, they will transform their lands from a desolate wilderness into a powerful and prosperous realm, while training and customizing their very own army to go head-to-head with other players or AI enemies in real time battles. Players must conquer new territories, overcome their enemies and outwit their competitors as they wage Total War in a persistent world across multiple platforms, carrying over progress no matter where or when they choose to play.

“While there are great casual games on mobile, with Kingdom we wanted to make a much deeper strategy game, but one you can still play at your pace and on the go. KINGDOM is a true Total War game: strategic, historical, great looking but also designed from the ground up for your phone and tablet,” said Renaud Charpentier, Total War Battles: KINGDOM Game Director.

Total War Battles: KINGDOM is available for free download on the App Store for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch, as well as digital download on Google Play™ for Android devices, PC via Steam and Mac. For more information, please visit www.twkingdom.com. Players can also follow the game’s socials via Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or YouTube.

To view the launch trailer for Total War Battles: KINGDOM, please visit: https://youtu.be/rxBZkWgES7E

About Creative Assembly

Founded in 1987 and based in Horsham, West Sussex, Creative Assembly is one of the UK’s most successful and established game studios. Creator of the multi award-winning Total War strategy series, the studio has received numerous press, industry and consumer accolades, including BAFTA and the Develop Industry Excellence awards.  With over 400 highly talented developers and counting, the studio is still expanding with new triple-A console, PC and mobile projects. Creative Assembly’s website is located at www.creative-assembly.com

About Total War

Multi-million-selling Total War is one of the most critically-acclaimed series in gaming with a legacy covering 13 years. A drive for historical authenticity and superb gaming quality has helped establish the franchise as one of the most successful PC games of all time. Alongside core grand strategy games, the Total War series has expanded to include mobile and free-to-play titles, with five projects currently in development. Total War’s website is located at www.totalwar.com

About SEGA® Europe Ltd.:

SEGA® Europe Ltd. is the European Distribution arm of Tokyo, Japan-based SEGA Games Co., Ltd., and a worldwide leader in interactive entertainment both inside and outside the home. The company develops and distributes interactive entertainment software products for a variety of hardware platforms including PC, wireless devices, and those manufactured by Nintendo, Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. SEGA Europe’s website is located at www.sega.com

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NEW POKÉMON GO FEATURES ANNOUNCED

Gameplay Details Unveiled for Highly Anticipated Mobile Title

ACTION RPG WOLCEN: LORDS OF MAYHEM RELEASES ON WINDOWS PC IN EARLY ALPHA ACCESS

Wolcen Studio’s Open World Game – Previously Titled Umbra – Arrives on Steam Early Access

NICE, France – March 24, 2016 – Wolcen Studio, the independent game company formerly known as Solarfall Games, has released the open world action role-playing game Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem on Windows PC through Steam Early Access for $19.99.

At the launch of early alpha access, Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem – successfully crowdfunded by over 11,000 Kickstarter backers as Umbra – will introduce players to the fundamentals of its lore, hack-and-slash gameplay and progression systems. Players who enter the game now will get to explore large segments of its expansive open world, with environments designed for elemental interaction and destruction. New characters can develop without class limitations, and there are already tons of loot, weapons, armor, potions and spells to discover.

Over time, the team will progressively add new features that evolve the core experience of Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem with feedback from the community. Players can expect to use one of the game’s most exciting combat mechanics – Apocalyptic Form – in the near future, letting characters develop distinct special abilities and appearances based on individual play style. As alpha moves forward, the game will grow even further with a full co-op mode, advanced weapon and armor crafting, player housing, and the ability to transform player houses into challenging dungeons that can be shared with the community.

Set in a dystopian land of fantasy and intrigue, Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem follows a former army officer and fugitive, on the run from authorities after mysteriously acquiring magical powers. In order to uncover the secrets behind the evil corrupting the realm, players will have to battle against the dangers that lay in its darkest depths.

For more information on Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem as development progresses, please follow the game on Facebook and Twitter.

About Wolcen Studio

Wolcen Studio is an independent video game developer located in Nice, France, dedicated to developing deep and rich action RPGs. Wolcen Studio works in partnership with Crytek and specializes in the use of CRYENGINE for game development. Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem is the first title developed by Wolcen Studio and is planned to be distributed on PC and consoles.

MLB Manager 2016 Available Now For Android and iOS

Official Licensee of MLB.com and MLBPA, Featuring 2016 Opening Day Rosters

Out of the Park Developments, an official licensee of MLB.com, MiLB.com, and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA), today announced that MLB Manager 2016 is available now for Android and iOS at Google Play and the Apple App Store, respectively. This exciting mobile game allows players to take control of any MLB team, past or present, and guide it through unlimited seasons of championship chasing. An option to create fictional leagues is also included.

Like Out of the Park Baseball 17, which was released on March 22, 2016, MLB Manager 2016 features the official Major League Baseball logo, as well as official logos for all 30 MLB teams, historical MLB logos, and the World Series trophy. The MLBPA license allows MLB Manager 2016 to include real player names and stats too.

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ootpdevelopments.mlbm2016

iOS App Store: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mlb-manager-2016/id907407546?l=de&ls=1&mt=8

MLB Manager 2016 also features 2016 Opening Day rosters, with the projected 40-man roster for each team. It sells for US$4.99, with historical seasons available as in-app purchases.

“MLB Manager is perfect for running your favorite team while on the go, no matter where you are in the world. You don’t even need an Internet connection,” said lead developer Sebastian Palkowski.

MLB Manager 2016’s core features include:

• Three game modes:

• Major League: Mobile managers guide their favorite Major League Baseball teams through the 2016 season and beyond
• Fictional: A fresh customizable world full of fictional players, providing a unique challenge each time
• Historical Major League: Three exciting past seasons to recreate — 1919, 1939, and 2012 — with the ability to buy more through in-app. (Historical seasons are $0.99 each, 10 for $4.99, or all seasons dating back to 1901 for $19.99.)

In Historical Major League mode, real players show up in the draft when they made their actual major league debuts, assuming the user owns those seasons.

• Managerial options that enable players to set lineups, pitching rotations, and depth charts before taking the field to make in-game calls, including when to issue hit-and-run and steal signs, how to configure the defense, when to pull pitchers and put in pinch-hitters, and more.

Players can also let the computer handle those decisions and set a series of sliders that dictate overall strategies, such as aggressiveness on the base paths, how often to pitch around batters, and more. They can simulate the season a day or a week at a time, jumping back in to manage games whenever they want. A Simulate to Date X function allows players to simulate to a specific date, with a Don’t Disturb option that enables uninterrupted long-term sims.

• A play-by-play text stream that describes what’s happening on the field during the game, making it feel like a radio broadcast.

• An in-depth financial system that allows players to unleash their inner GMs. Are they looking for undervalued players who might help the team win while keeping payroll low, or are they free-wheeling spenders seeking high-profile free agents for the big win?

Players oversee trades, negotiate contract extensions, sign free agents, draft players, cultivate minor league prospects, move players between the active roster, minor league roster and disabled list, and more. A Shop a Player function lets them field offers from other teams, while shortlists let armchair GMs easily keep track of certain players.

About Out of the Park Developments 

Out of the Park Developments is the developer of the award-winning OOTP and MLB Manager series of baseball management simulations, Franchise Hockey Manager, and Beyond the Sideline Football. German-based OOTP Developments was founded by Markus Heinsohn and Andreas Raht in 1999. OOTP Developments has consistently produced games that have met with critical acclaim, including winning Metacritic’s coveted “Game of the Year” for the 2007 edition of OOTP, which remains the second highest-rated PC game on Metacritic of all time. Further information on the company and its games is available from the OOTP Developments website, http://www.ootpdevelopments.com

About MLB.com

Established in June 2000 following a unanimous vote by the 30 Major League Baseball club owners to centralize all of Baseball’s Internet operations, MLB Advanced Media LP (MLBAM) is the interactive media and internet company of Major League Baseball. MLBAM manages the official league site, MLB.com,and each of the 30 individual Club sites to create the most comprehensive Major League Baseball resource on the Internet. MLB.com offers fans the most complete baseball information and interactivity across computers and mobile devices, including up-to-date statistics, game previews and summaries, extensive historical information, online ticket sales, baseball merchandise, authenticated memorabilia and collectibles, fantasy games, live full-game video streaming and in-progress and on-demand highlights, live and archived audio broadcasts, Gameday pitch-by-pitch application, Statcast tracking technology, around-the-clock hosted and specialty video programming, complete blogging capabilities, console and mobile video games and the award-winning At Bat and Ballpark mobile applications. MLBAM powers more live events across the Internet than any other company in the world.

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BANNER SAGA 2 RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCED

Detailed Plans for Showcase at PAX East also Revealed

BALTIMORE, MD – March 23, 2016 – Stoic, an independent game development company, and Versus Evil, one of the leading independent video game publishers, today announced that Banner Saga 2 for PC will launch on Tuesday 19th April, 2016. Banner Saga 2 is the exciting sequel to the award winning, BAFTA nominated, indie hit The Banner Saga, an epic Viking role-playing strategy game where a player’s choice directly affects their personal journey.  The console versions of the game are set to launch this summer.

The team also revealed their plans for a showcase at PAX East in Boston which runs from 22-24th April, 2016 to celebrate Banner Saga 2’s launch week.  The showcase, which is being sponsored by partners AMD and Razer, has been designed to give attendees an inside look into the Banner Saga universe and will take place over the full three days of the event. Fans will be able to play the newly released game on Versus Evil booth #10081 in the main hall.

Spearheading the activity is a Banner Saga panel which will take place on Saturday 23rd April from 10:30am – 11:30am in the Albatross Theatre.  The panel, which will be moderated by YouTube gaming personality Jesse Cox, will include development team members Arnie Jorgensen (Art Director), John Watson (Technical Director), Drew McGee (Writer) and Matt Rhoades (Tech Designer) as well as by Grammy nominated, two-time BAFTA winning composer Austin Wintory. The panelists will discuss the Banner Saga universe and also tease some of the great things that gamers can expect to experience in the newly released Banner Saga 2. The team will also show off the worldwide premier of the Banner Saga “In Memoriam” trailer created by Penny Arcade contributor Kris Straub. Finally, the first 100 panel attendees will receive a limited edition Banner Saga 2 t-shirt and Versus Evil and Stoic will also be handing out prizes to cosplayers who attend the event dressed in Banner Saga inspired costumes.

In addition to encouraging cosplay fans to dress up as their favorite Banner Saga character, there will be a large photo booth next to the registration desk outside the main hall where people can take pictures against a stunning backdrop taken directly from the game.  Props will also be on hand to help make each picture more authentic and people will be encouraged to share their moment in the Banner Saga world on Twitter (@BannerSaga) and Facebook (#BannerSaga).

Fans will also be able to get a limited run paperback copy of the book “The Gift of Hadrborg” by James Fadeley, a book that has further expanded the Banner Saga universe and which serves as a prelude to the video game story. Fadeley will also be by the photo booth on Saturday morning to sign copies.

Finally, the Banner Saga has once again been honored by the Penny Arcade team by being selected as one of the official Pinny Arcade collectable pins at the event.  The exclusive ‘Bolverk’ pin will be available to anyone who visits the AMD booth (#9200) to pick up a limited edition Banner Saga 2 lanyard. They can then take that to the Versus Evil (#10081) booth to play the Banner Saga 2 demo and redeem their pin.  Fans can also pick up the limited edition Dredge and Ivor pins at the Versus Evil store set up at the booth.

The Banner Saga, which launched to much critical acclaim has received several awards and nominations, including winner of the 2014 Geekie Awards for “Best Video Game”, winner of 2014 Game Developers Choice: “Best Debut” award, finalist placement for “Excellence in Visual Arts” category at the Independent Game Festival, 3 BAFTA Award Nominations, and winner of Pocket Gamer’s 2015 Best Adventure/RPG Game and Best Android Game of the Year. The sequel, Banner Saga 2 for PC is available now for pre-order through Steam at a 10% discount: http://store.steampowered.com/app/281640/

To learn more about The Banner Saga and Banner Saga 2 visit: http://bannersaga.com
To learn more about Versus Evil visit: http://www.vsevil.net

About Stoic
Stoic is an independent game developer based out of Austin, Texas, formed in early 2012 by three veteran game developers. Each is dedicated to making great games that are artful, independent and unique.  Today, the studio is headed by Arnie Jorgensen and John Watson – both industry vets who are now dedicated to continuing as independent game developers. The Banner Saga™ and The Banner Saga: Factions™ content is used by permission. © Stoic LLC. 2012-2016 All rights reserved.

About Versus Evil
Versus Evil, LLC is a US based independent video game publisher behind critically acclaimed indie titles such as The Banner Saga, Guild of Dungeoneering and Armikrog.  Publishing games on all major mobile, PC and console platforms, Versus Evil works with indie studios in North America, South America, and Europe. The company was founded on the principles of helping independent game developers be financially and creatively successful in the highly competitive video games market.  Their suite of games span many different genres, platforms and business models.  As a global publisher, the Versus Evil team is strategically placed around the world with presences in California, Texas, Maryland and New York.

For more information visit http://vsevil.net/
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