A DARK OMEN DESCENDS UPON SKYFORGE TODAY

Newest Update Introduces Elder God Questlines and More

Amsterdam, The Netherlands – March 16, 2016 – Developer Allods Team and global publisher My.com, proudly present Dark Omen, Skyforge’s newest update. The update contains a new questline and tools to improve quality of life for Pantheons – Skyforge’s equivalent of guilds. Dark Omen is an update, setting up and enhancing gameplay for a future expansion that will come soon for the highest level of players.

Dark Omen update features:

• New Operation System: Operations are a system in which high level players can combine their powers to more effectively fight off the continued invasions on Aelion. This system will receive an overhaul with a clear progression bar and an increase in overall ease of use for players.
• Elder God Questline: Players can learn what it takes to become an Elder God and continue their divine journey during the next Invasion on Aelion. They can fight against the metallic threat in a series of missions leading up to a showdown with the Mechanoid Boss!
• Pantheon Fusion Tool: Any Pantheon, large or small, seeking to merge themselves with another Pantheon, will now be able to accomplish such a feat. Pantheons can join forces and battle Aelion’s threats together!

To view the complete update details, please visit: sf.my.com/gb/news/announcements/dark-omen-live-golden-circle-packs

Also available from today are brand new Golden Circle packs:

To view the complete details, please visit: sf.my.com/golden-circle-packs

Skyforge is a free-to-play MMORPG set in a universe where mortals and immortals use cutting edge technology to fight for survival against mythical creatures and invaders from space. Players start as immortals, newly reborn into the world and vie to become gods themselves.

To learn more about Skyforge and to download for free today, visit sf.my.com. ‘Like’ the game on Facebook and follow the game’s development on Twitter @GodsofSkyforge 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 © 2015 My.com.

For more information, visit my.com

TRACKMANIA^® TURBO OPEN BETA STARTS THIS FRIDAY, MARCH 18 GET A WARM-UP LAP BEFORE THE LAUNCH ON MARCH 24

OPEN BETA TRAILER:  YOUTUBE

London, UK — March 16, 2016 — Today, Ubisoft^® announced that TrackMania Turbo, the latest installment in the Trackmania franchise developed by Nadeo, a Ubisoft studio, goes into open beta from March 18 at 1pm UK time to March 21 at 1pm UK time on new-gen consoles. TrackMania Turbo will be released on the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One, and Windows PC on March 24, 2016.

TrackMania Turbo is racing onto new-gen consoles for the very first time, and gamers are invited to play in an immersive arcade racing universe featuring next-gen graphics and a brand new art direction that incorporates elements of racing culture and references to 90s arcade gaming.

TrackMania Turbo features “easy to learn, hard to master” gameplay. Players’ skills are challenged in 200 head-spinning tracks divided into four environments, each one with its own gameplay style. Using the Trackbuilder tool, players are empowered to design their own outlandish tracks and share them. They can also add more variety to their experience by generating random tracks with ease. Finally, players can also be joined by their friends either in local or online multiplayer, with dozens of game modes on offer. With the huge variety of options available in TrackMania Turbo, players can enjoy a highly replayable experience.

To participate in the TrackMania Turbo Open Beta, players can connect to their console’s digital store to download it, starting March 18 at 1pm UK time.

To learn more about TrackMania Turbo, visit trackmania.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, Tom Clancy’s video game series, Rayman, Far Cry and Watch Dogs. 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 2014–15 fiscal year Ubisoft generated sales of €1,464 million. To learn more, please visit www.ubisoftgroup.com.

© 2016 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Ubisoft and the Ubisoft logo are trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the US and/or other countries. Nadeo and the Trackmania logo are trademarks of Nadeo in the US and/or other countries. Nadeo is a Ubisoft Entertainment company.

ENCORE PUBLISHING GROUP GROWS NEW PUBLISHING BRANCH OCTOPUS TREE

Launching with Three Diverse Games, Octopus Tree Offers Custom Publishing Services for Indie Game Developers to Grow, Mature, and Succeed in the Modern Marketplace

Eden Prairie, Minnesota – March 16, 2016 – The veteran publishing house Encore Publishing Group announced today the newest branch of its software publishing brand, Octopus Tree. Offering a focused, custom approach to video game publishing, Octopus Tree is a small group of experienced industry professionals dedicated to nurturing developers’ games into the best versions of themselves imaginable.

Octopus Tree already boasts an exciting trio of PC games for 2016, headlined by Goliath, Buildanauts, and Robot Arena III. Goliath is an open-world ARPG, in which the player builds giant robots to battle dangerous monsters. Buildanauts is an open-world city construction simulator for players of all ages, where players build their own city. In Robot Arena III, the sequel to Robot Arena 2, players will design and build their own robots and enter them into an arena where they compete against other bots in a fight to the finish. Each of these three games symbolizes the unique strengths and unusual characteristics Octopus Tree seeks for its new publishing efforts.

Watch the Octopus Tree games trailer on YouTube HERE: youtu.be/JYUYJX-aXNk

“The Octopus Tree is the perfect symbol for how we approach games,” said Tracy Magnuson, Director of Marketing for Octopus Tree. “We want to help independent games to become mighty and strong, and also to be unique and unlike anything else. We are here to help independent developers craft their games into ones that stand apart from the rest like our namesake, the Octopus Tree.”

The Octopus Tree is a one-of-a-kind Sitka Spruce on the Oregon Coast that is believed to be up to 300 years old. Its limbs extend horizontally outward and then straight up, giving the appearance of an Octopus growing out of the ground. This strange yet powerful tree is the perfect symbol for the types of games Octopus Tree intends to release.

Encore Publishing Group’s new indie branch wants games that turn familiar ideas on their head or offer something that people have never seen before. Octopus Tree wants games that appeal to small passionate niches in the gaming world. Octopus Tree provides flexible services to developers, including Funding, Marketing and PR, QA, Localization, Sales Support and more.

Octopus Tree will be at the Game Developers Conference and Game Connection in San Francisco this week and would love to meet up with developers and media alike to discuss its upcoming titles.

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ABOUT OCTOPUS TREE

Established in 2016, Octopus Tree is a video game publisher focused on individualized attention to independent core game development partners. Octopus Tree offers a variety of funding, publishing, development, marketing, quality assurance and sales services to game developers based on the unique needs of their projects. Octopus Tree publishes games for a variety of channels and platforms. Based in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, Octopus Tree is a subsidiary of Encore Publishing Group. For more information, visit www.octopustreegames.com/.

ABOUT ENCORE PUBLISHING GROUP
Encore Publishing Group offers a wide variety of best-selling print, productivity, home design, entertainment and educational titles through its portfolio of interactive digital brands. Encore Publishing Group brands include Broderbund’s The Print Shop and PrintMaster, Punch! Software, HOYLE and Octopus Tree. Encore Publishing Group develops and publishes software for a variety of platforms and channels, including North American retail and worldwide digital distribution.  Encore Publishing Group also sells direct to consumers through its managed sites: broderbund.com, encore.com, hoylegaming.com, punchsoftware.com and punchcad.com.

Three Legendary Bird Pokémon await you at Smyths Toys Superstores!

Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres will be distributed with their Hidden Abilities at participating UK Smyths Toys Superstores from 22 March.

ESCAPE FROM TARKOV: ENVIRONMENTAL IN GAME SCREENS

Battlestate Games, the creators of the hardcore online shooter Escape from Tarkov, are happy to reveal the latest package of screenshots showcasing the game locations that change dynamically over the daytime hours. The shots are made in the vicinity of the industrial plant, featuring a wide, open-air territory. This is one of the large scenario locations open to Escape from Tarkov players for exploration, reconnaissance, and combat.

In the links below, the developers describe the process of creating a rich and devastating world – from architectural elements, to weapons and characters.

View the first Escape from Tarkov Developer Diary HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJfcaCmMy7c

Watch the Second Escape from Tarkov developer diary HERE: www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUwNFRGD-dA

Did you miss Escape from Tarkov’s kickass announcement trailer? Watch it now HERE: www.youtu.be/IPlnHe9l34E

Escape from Tarkov is a hardcore online game that combines FPS/TPS with RPG elements. The game events unfold in the sealed off Russian city of Tarkov, which has become a scene of a local conflict between two private military companies. As a hazardous environment combat simulator, the game uses multiple system modules for ultimately immersive gameplay and a complete feeling of reality. The closed beta-testing of Escape from Tarkov is planned for 2016. Interested in testing your mettle? Sign up now for the Beta on the official game Website at: www.escapefromtarkov.com/.

To stay up to date on current development be sure to follow Battlestate Games on Twitter and “Like” the game on Facebook.

AMPLITUDE STUDIOS DELIVERS CONSOLE-PERFECT DUNGEON OF THE ENDLESS TO XBOX ONE

The Award-Winning, Hyper-Genre Blending Dungeon Defense Game Will Challenge Xbox One Gamers Day One

Paris, France – March 16, 2016 – Award-winning indie developer Amplitude Studios announced today its popular dungeon-defense roguelike game Dungeon of the Endless is available now on Xbox One. Featuring updated and polished controls tuned for the Xbox One and a new and improved user interface, this unique blend of roguelike, RPG, strategy, and dungeon-defense genres has been hand-crafted for Microsoft’s platform.

Console players will experience dynamically generated retro pixel-art dungeons in both the single-player mode and the four-player cooperative multiplayer modes on the desolated planet of Auriga. They will feel the brutal do-or-die burn of a true roguelike while benefitting from the complete original PC version, and also the Deep Freeze and Bookworm add-ons. Dungeon of the Endless on Xbox One is available for $9.99 (US).

Watch the launch trailer for Dungeon of the Endless HERE: youtu.be/Cfj9HStua-Y

“We are very proud to bring to the Xbox One this unique roguelike and tower defense hybrid game, designed with the help of the community,” said Romain de Waubert de Genlis, creative director at Amplitude Studios. “The blend of genres, the challenge to truly cooperate in multiplayer, and the tough nature of the ‘Easy’ mode will provide, well, excuse the pun, endless hours of gaming fun for Xbox One fans.”

Originally distributed on Steam PC in October 2014, and nominated at the D.I.C.E. Awards for Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year and Outstanding Achievement in Game Design, DotE gives players the chance to build and equip their own team, gather resources and construct defenses, all while exploring an infinite number of dungeons in an effort to reach the planet’s surface.

Dungeon of the Endless on Xbox One Features Include:

• Improved interface and updated control scheme.
• Two, three, and four person Xbox Live cooperative multiplayer gameplay.
• A distinct rogue-like, do-or-die play-style that encourages teamwork and cooperation in multiplayer.
• Randomly created dungeons for a new gameplay experience each time you play.
• Technology and resource management abilities including the skillful handling of Dust, Food, Industry and Science to keep one’s team alive and prepared for battle.
• Endless replayability with unlockable ships that will renew your game experience.

Known for its deep, engaging, and gorgeous 4X strategy games, Amplitude Studios won the venerable 2013 Golden Cube and Community Choice Unity Awards for Endless Space and the 2015 Best 3D Visual Experience for Endless Legend. For more on Dungeon of the Endless, visit Amplitude Studios on its website (www.amplitude-studios.com), like it on Facebook, and follow it on Twitter.

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ABOUT AMPLITUDE STUDIOS
Amplitude is an independent team of experienced video game lovers (and developers) with a single goal: Create the best strategy games with the players’ help! Based in Paris, the studio boasts an international team that has worked all over the world on major AAA titles. Since Amplitude’s creation in 2011, the studio has released Endless Space, Dungeon of the Endless and Endless Legend, all critically acclaimed. A pioneer in its working method, while developing its first game Amplitude launched an open crowdsourced development process called “GAMES2GETHER.” This platform enables the community to participate in the creation of a video game from the early stages of development. Today, this methodology enables the studio to fulfill the expectations of its players while earning international recognition for the quality of its productions. Read more at www.amplitude-studios.com.