Big Ant Studios announces comedic action-adventure game Masquerade: The Baubles of Doom

Old-School Brawler-Platformer Coming to Consoles and PC on April 20

MELBOURNE – March 3, 2016 – Big Ant Studios has revealed Masquerade: The Baubles of Doom, an original, third-person action video game with an emphasis on swift-paced brawling, platforming and puzzles. Players can combo together fast-flowing attacks, counters, dodges, hammer throws, takedowns and superpowers against huge, varied groups of enemy forces. The journey also includes treacherous terrain to traverse and environmental challenges that test players’ logic and reflexes.

“Masquerade is a call back to those classic 3D action games that were all about larger-than-life characters and personalities,” said Mark Bracken, Executive Vice President of Big Ant Studios. “We wanted to deliver a game with both heavy hits and lighthearted adventure, something that’s simultaneously fun to play and fun to experience.”

Masquerade: The Big Nose Prologue – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7P8MAvq5B4

Masquerade: The Baubles of Doom features a bright art style, colorfully ridiculous characters and beautifully animated cutscenes that give it its comic fantasy tone and humor. The game stars a hammer-wielding, quip-slinging jester named Jaxx, whose quest to stop the evil Clown Army from claiming an artifact of supreme power will take him across the Realm to save it.

Masquerade: The Baubles of Doom is expected to launch on April 20 as a digital release on the PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment systems on the PlayStation®Store, Xbox One and Xbox 360 through the Xbox Games Store, and Windows PC via Steam. For more information, check out  www.MasqueradeGame.com .

About Big Ant Studios

Big Ant Studios, one of the largest game developers in Australia, develops premium character action, racing, and sports content for platforms that include the PlayStation®4 system from Sony, Microsoft’s Xbox One, and PC. Supported by leading global publishers, Big Ant Studios has achieved significant market success.  www.bigant.com

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Curve Digital unveils Manual Samuel, a comedy physics adventure from newcomers Perfectly ParaNormal

QWOP meets Monkey Island in this brilliantly original tale of redemption, coming to consoles and PC this summer

March 3rd, 2016 – London, United Kingdom 

Samuel is just an ordinary guy. He has a job, a girlfriend, his health – nothing at all to complain about. Until, that is, he is knocked over and killed, at which point things become a little more complicated.

You see, far from that being the end of the story – it’s literally the beginning, as Xbox One, PlayStation and PC owners will soon find out, thanks to Perfectly ParaNormal’s brilliant new dexterity-based adventure game, due to be published by Curve Digital this summer.

Following a meeting with Death Himself, Sam is offered a deal: live for 24 hours manually, or have his soul tortured in hell for all eternity. How could he possibly refuse?

Manual Samuel is the story of those 24 hours, with players assuming control of the titular hero has he attempts to navigate his normal life performing everything manually. Breathe in, breath out, move left leg, right leg, blink, work, kiss, even piss… all of Sam’s bodily functions are controlled by the player.

It’s a brilliant premise, created with love, flair and a gleeful sense of humour which combines scripted events with emergent gameplay to create an adventure unlike any other. The tasks Sam must perform to get through his day may be mundane – but operating everything manually takes real skill, and the situations players will find themselves in will differ hugely.

“I fell in love with Manual Samuel the moment I saw it,” says Simon Byron, publishing director, Curve Digital. “It’s almost as much fun to watch as it is to play, brimming with unique touches, gleeful one-liners, hysterical set pieces and even song and dance numbers. I’ve not seen a game so happy to go out of its way to set up a joke – honestly, it’s impossible to play without laughing.”

Perfectly ParaNormal is a small game and animation studio based in Hamar, Norway, that focuses on comedy and characters, formed with the aim of proving that 2D animation isn’t dead. Manuel Samuel is the company’s first game.

“We’ve been really impressed with the enthusiasm for Manual Samuel that the team at Curve has shown,” adds Ozan Drøsdal, writer, Perfectly ParaNormal. “Curve’s support has enabled us to focus on creating a game that we wanted to make – and we’re excited to see the reaction to Samuel and his manual adventures once the game releases this summer. One thing is for sure – we’re all in deep faeces.”

Manual Samuel will be published by Curve Digital for PC and consoles this summer.

SKY FORTRESS available March 8th for Expansion Pass holders

Patch coming March 4th reduces load times and more

JUST CAUSE 3’s first content pack entitled SKY FORTRESS will be available on March 8th for all holders of the AIR, LAND AND SEA Expansion Pass and will go on general sale on March 15th.

SKY FORTRESS contains a brand new set of missions that introduce a new threat – the eDEN Corporation and their huge and terrifying Sky Fortress, with its army of deadly robotic drones. To tackle his deadly new adversary, Rico Rodriguez will use a new upgradeable, rocket-powered, weaponised ‘Bavarium Wingsuit’ fitted with shoulder mounted machine guns and auto targeting missiles – alongside his new ‘Eviction’ personal defence drone and ‘Bavarium Splitter’ assault rifle, all of which can be carried over into the main game.

“The new content will fundamentally alter how our players approach the game – we’re really looking forward to seeing how fans adapt to the new Wingsuit,” said Tobias Andersson, Senior Producer at Avalanche Studios. “The new story missions, challenges and gadgets that can be taken into the main game really mix things up, and we can’t wait for players to revisit Medici and start getting even more creative”.

The SKY FORTRESS pack will be priced at $11.99 / €11.99 / £9.49 whilst the AIR, LAND & SEA Expansion Pass is available for $24.99 / €24.99 / £19.99. All three content packs will be available before the end of summer 2016 and released one week early to Expansion Pass holders.

In preparation for the new content, the main game will also be receiving a new update on Friday March 4th that includes the following fixes:

– Reduced initial loading time and in-game loading screens by 20-50%
– Fixed several memory leaks resulting in crashes
– Reduced a number of random crashes
– Improved streaming of game world
– Some performance optimizations related to hitches and stuttering
– Implemented DLC system in preparation of the Air, Land and Sea packages

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Watch the trailer here:   https://youtu.be/6sEUrJSWOQg

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EVERETT, WA – GameSamba, NGames Interactive Limited, and Funimation Entertainment have announced today that they are working with Kodansha to develop and publish an officially licensed mobile game based on “Attack on Titan.” The “Attack on Titan” game will be available in all major English markets for Android and iOS devices, and is expected to be released by the end of 2016.

The “Attack on Titan” game will be an action-driven title, allowing players all over the world to battle titans on their mobile devices. It will combine elements of runner and action games, in order to replicate the feeling of the titan battles from the anime series. Players will need to use careful planning – and quick reactions – to survive. There will also be deeper, persistent elements to the game, which will be revealed at a later date.

“We’re very excited to work with NGames and GameSamba to create a game based on the wildly popular ‘Attack on Titan’ franchise,” said Gen Fukunaga, CEO of Funimation Entertainment. “With more than 50 million copies of the manga in print, a 25 episode anime series, and last year’s live action films, we’re excited to show fans what we can do with a game.”

GameSamba, NGames, and Funimation previously announced two, officially licensed mobile games based on “Fairy Tail” and “Tokyo Ghoul,” and an officially licensed web game based on “Fairy Tail.” These three games are set to release in 2016 – the “Fairy Tail” mobile and web games will be available in multiple languages worldwide and the “Tokyo Ghoul” game will be available in English worldwide.

More details about the games will be revealed in the coming months. To stay up to date on the development of the games, fans can stay tuned to the GameSamba website and Facebook page.

Collaborative Cross-Platform Physics Conundrum Dreii to Launch on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in Europe and North America on March 9th 

Dreii Arrives on PlayStation Consoles with Cross-Buy and Cross-Play Between PS4 and PS Vita! 

Zurich, Switzerland — March 3rd, 2016 — Swiss developer Etter Studio, in collaboration with publisher Bitforge, today announced that Dreii, the award-winning physics conundrum, launches on PS4 and PS Vita in Europe and North America on March 9th. Dreii is a puzzling game that connects players in real-time across the world to help each other with logic and skill in a battle against gravity and is already available through Steam on PC, Mac, Linux, on the App Store for iOS and Google Play Store for Android. Dreii will be launching for Wii U later in Spring 2016. 

“We can’t wait to see PlayStation players on console and handheld, working collectively to solve Dreii’s geometric physics puzzles”,  said Game Designer Christian Etter. “Dreii is founded on one thing – connecting players in real-time across the world to help one another in a battle against gravity”. 

In Dreii your mission is simple: build a tower to a specified point and hold it there. Sounds too easy? Like anything in life, things get in the way of reaching your goals, including gravity, explosives, magnetism, thunderstorms and incompetent colleagues. Featuring cross-platform play on PlayStation devices, Dreii allows friends to play on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita together. The PlayStation version also features Cross-Buy, so owners of both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita can purchase the game once, but download it on both systems! 

What’s more, Dreii is not only cross-platform but cross-cultural with a universal communication tool that allows players to speak to others, wherever they are in the world with simple words that get translated into 19 different languages. Each player also has his or her very own instrument, as avatars work together to form Dreii’s unique universal orchestra, creating a unique musical landscape, inspired by archaic instruments and ancient melodies. 

Launched in 2013, the concept study of Drei won the Swiss Game Award (2013), European Design Award (2014) and was a finalist at the IGF (2014), IndieCade (2014) and SXSW (2014).  In 2015 PewDiePie, the most followed YouTuber of all times, titled it “coolest puzzle game ever”. 

Dreii will translate player’s communication instantly across 19 languages: Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Rhaeto-Romanic, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Swiss-German and Turkish. Dreii will be available on PSN for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita for £9.49, €11.99 and $11.99. 

For Dreii on Steam for PC, Mac and Linux visit: http://store.steampowered.com/app/298420/

For Dreii on the App Store for iOS visit: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/etter-drei/id708388097?mt=8

For Dreii on Google Play Store for Android visit: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.etterstudio.drei

For further information visit: http://dreii.com/

About Etter Studio  

Etter Studio came into the spotlight when they released the initial version of the collaborative multiplayer game Drei in 2013, which has earned them the European Design Award, as well as being a finalist at IGF, IndieCade and SXSW. With their release of the quirky Plug & Play (aka the weirdest game ever) in 2015 they have again proven their ability to create games off the mainstream while appealing to a large audience. Etter Studio is an independently owned company from Zurich, Switzerland.

http://etterstudio.com

About bitforge

bitforge Ltd. is developing mobile games for more than 11 years and well known for their hit game Orbital which has won several awards and highest praise from the press and industry peers in 2009. They are an expert in creating and publishing cross platform software for PC, mobile, web and consoles. bitforge is an independent game and app development company from Zurich, Switzerland

http://bitforge.ch