ODIN SPHERE® LEIFTHRASIR SKILLS AND COMBAT TRAILER RELEASED!

NIS America have already announced that Odin Sphere Leifthrasir will be joining its European RPG lineup in June 2016 and now they have released the new ‘Skills and Combat’ trailer. You can watch it via the YouTube link here: https://youtu.be/uhV4MVXiTC8

Odin Sphere Leifthrasir is a 2D sidescrolling action RPG, steeped in Norse mythology or a Wagnerian opera. The new game is a complete HD remake of the original PS2 classic Odin Sphere from Vanillaware, the team behind the hit side-scrolling action game Dragon’s Crown and Muramasa: The Demon Blade. Atlus U.S.A. will be publishing this game in North America.

About the story:

The kingdom of Valentine was the most powerful country on the continent of Erion. Its people thrived using the magical power of the Crystallization Cauldron, but it was destroyed in one fateful night. And so, a war over the now master-less Cauldron has begun, involving all the nations of the land and growing more intense by the day. Is the End near, as the Prophecy states?

For more information about Odin Sphere Leifthrasir visit: http://atlus.com/osl/

Click here to view the new Skills Trailer https://youtu.be/uhV4MVXiTC8

Click here to download the assets for Odin Sphere Leifthrasir: http://we.tl/ShAaVYFOME

Tour the World of Assassination in interactive 360-degree format & The Real Life HITMAN Experience 

SYDNEY, 10^TH March 2016 – Io-Interactive today released a unique 360-degree video welcoming viewers into a world of killer fashion. Set in Paris, the Sanguine Fall Fashion Show is the red carpet event of the year and you are invited to join in this interactive video experience. Shot in 4K resolution, it shows off the Paris location from the first episode of the upcoming HITMAN game in stunning visual fidelity, allowing viewers to enter the fashion show itself and even inviting them backstage for a peak behind the curtains of mystery that surround this event.

From moment you move through the flashy entrance of Palais de Walewska to the second you see the outside fireworks setting off in the evening sky, the video gives you an immersive experience inside the secret World of Assassination unlike anything you’ve seen before in a Hitman game.

The HITMAN Sanguine Fall Fashion Show 360 video can be experienced here on YouTube. For a fully immersive experience, we recommend mobile as the preferred viewing platform.

Io-Interactive and Realm Pictures also recently invited a select group of people to become Agent 47’s handler as he goes on a mission to eliminate a Serbian arms dealer in a real life Hitman experience unlike anything created before. Among the participants were YouTubers AliA, NukemDukem, SUP3R KONAR and Pietsmiet as well as Jane Perry, the voice actress behind Agent 47’s handler Diana Burnwood. The full video experience is available here and you can go behind the scenes with Realm Pictures here to learn much more about the elaborate setup required to pull this off.

HITMAN will launch on March 11^th for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One, the all-in-one games and entertainment system from Microsoft, and early on March 12^th for Windows PC (ANZ).

Related Links

Official Website: hitman.com / Official Facebook Page: facebook.com/hitman / Follow @Hitman on Twitter: twitter.com/hitman / Visit the subreddit: reddit.com/r/hitman

TORN BANNER STUDIOS REVEALS NEW ACTION GAME SET IN A WORLD OF FANTASY AND MAGIC, MIRAGE: ARCANE WARFARE

Obliterate your enemies with powerful magic or silence them with a sword in a new multiplayer FPS project from the creators of Chivalry: Medieval Warfare set to debut at GDC

TORONTO, CANADA, March 9th, 2016— Torn Banner Studios, the creators of the popular first-person medieval combat simulator Chivalry: Medieval Warfare are proud to finally reveal to their fans a first look at their upcoming magic and blood-soaked title, Mirage: Arcane Warfare.  To introduce their newest IP Torn Banner has released a gameplay trailer which can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/0rBFSkJELuw. Additionally, the official website has launched offering more details about the game: MirageArcaneWarfare.com. The game will make its debut at GDC 2016 (San Francisco, March 14-18) – interested media can schedule a private meeting to learn more about the new game.

In Mirage: Arcane Warfare, the calm of a strange fantasy world is shattered by ruthless civil war. Warriors armed with steel and magic bring violence and death as they do battle across a fantastical Arabian and Persian-inspired setting of desert sands, market bazaars and grand palaces. Built using the powerful new capabilities of Unreal Engine 4, Mirage: Arcane Warfare presents visually stunning backdrops to some viscerally brutal multiplayer combat.

“Our last game Chivalry was about chopping off people’s heads with a sword. Mirage takes that core gameplay DNA and explodes with a range of new bloody, brutal combat possibilities thanks to the addition of powerful magic” said Steve Piggott, Torn Banner CEO and game designer on Mirage: Arcane Warfare. “Mixing in the elements of fantasy and magic allow us to add entirely new components and levels of complexity to that core team-based combat concept that we find so much fun to play.”

“Our artists have created a rich and unusual world in Mirage, full of colour, character and a unique setting that is so rarely explored in video games,” according to Torn Banner environment artist Lucas Annunziata. “Working with Unreal Engine 4 has not only helped us bring to life the exotic locales of Mirage, it also gives us the tools to make magic effects that dazzle and bloody gore that make us cringe.”

Slated for release on PC through Steam later this year, Mirage: Arcane Warfare will feature a range of diverse player classes each with their own unique weapon and skill sets, exotic fantasy locales, multiple multiplayer game modes including objective-based challenges, brutal gore and a host of other innovative new features. Currently in development, Torn Banner will roll out more information and progress about Mirage: Arcane Warfare in the coming months.

Torn Banner will have a private meeting room off site during GDC week on Wednesday, March 16 and Thursday, March 17. Interested media are invited to schedule a meeting to reserve a session with the team to learn more about Mirage: Arcane Warfare.

For the latest information on Mirage: Arcane Warfare, please visit @MirageGame on Twitter, on Facebook or go to MirageArcaneWarfare.com.

About Torn Banner Studios

Torn Banner Studios is a small indie games studio that makes BIG games. Based in Toronto Canada, Torn Banner Studios was founded in 2012 by a group of passionate game developers who are dedicated to creating powerful and unique games for a dedicated audience of fans. The nucleus of the team first came together from a group of modders who created a well-known Half-Life 2 mod called Age of Chivalry. Their first full game, Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, was a critical and commercial success and has driven the dedicated team at Torn Banner to continue to develop great games and ongoing content for their passionate community of fans. For more information visit TornBanner.com or follow @TornBanner.

Fourth Annual E3 College Game Competition Opens
ESA Showcases Talents from Popular Game Development Programs at Leading U.S. Colleges and Universities

March 9, 2016 – Washington, D.C. – The Entertainment Software Association (ESA) today announced its fourth annual Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) College Game Competition. The contest provides colleges and universities with video game development programs an opportunity to exhibit student work at E3−the world’s premier trade show for computer and video games. Each institution can submit one game and selected finalists will receive a display space at this year’s event at the Los Angeles Convention Center from June 14-16, 2016.

Competing schools are required to submit story details and content assets from their own playable video game, which will be judged by a panel of game industry veterans and media professionals. Previous E3 College Game Competition winners include the DigiPen Institute of Technology (2015) and the Savannah College of Art and Design (2014, 2013).

“E3 is the leading place in the world to see the video game industry’s strength and vitality on display. The college competition is an incredible opportunity for the next generation of student talent to display their creativity at E3,” said Rich Taylor, senior vice president of Communications and Industry Affairs with the Entertainment Software Association. “We are thrilled to be working with universities to inspire, cultivate, and support the best in up-and-coming video game artists and designers.”

The competition targets nearly 400 U.S. colleges, universities, art and trade schools offering video game courses, certificates, and degree programs. The five competition finalists will not only be given the chance to feature their games at E3 2016, but they will also be able to network with top game industry figures including publishers, developers, analysts, and marketing executives.

“This competition has become one of my favorite aspects of E3,” said Kate Edwards, executive director of the International Game Developers Association. “It is awesome to witness the passion these students have for making new and interesting games. I greatly appreciate the ESA taking the time to spotlight these talented students in such a high-profile format.”

ESA will provide participating schools with complete instructions, including guidelines on specific design, concept, and key asset requirements. Universities and colleges interested in more information on competition rules and submission requirements should email [email protected]. The winning submission will be announced during E3.

Important competition dates and deadlines are as follows:

• Submissions will be accepted beginning March 16, 2016.
• The final deadline for submissions is April 20, 2016.
• Finalists will be notified on May 11, 2016.

E3 is the world’s premiere trade show for computer and video games and related products. The show is owned by the ESA, the U.S. association dedicated to serving the business and public affairs needs of the companies, publishing interactive games for video game consoles, handheld devices, personal computers and the Internet. ESA conducts business and consumer research, provides analysis and advocacy on issues like global content protection, intellectual property, technology, e-commerce and the First Amendment in support of interactive software publishers. For more E3 information, visit www.E3Expo.com.

To learn more about ESA and its work, please visit www.theESA.com and follow us on Twitter: @E3.