LOST DIMENSION COMING TO AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ON 10^th SEPTEMBER  2015 FOR PLAYSTATION®3 AND PLAYSTATION®VITA!

NIS America is very excited to announce that the turn-based tactical RPG, Lost Dimension, is set for release on September 10 for PlayStation®3 and PlayStation®Vita as both a physical and digital release!

About the game:

To subdue the threat The End poses to the entire planet, several countries create a special forces group called S.E.A.L.E.D., which is comprised of eleven psychics with superhuman abilities. Each soldier has their own talents and skillsets to use in combat, which can be expanded after gaining enough experience in the field. Bonds of friendship will form amongst the members of S.E.A.L.E.D., but be mindful of which allies to keep close, as The End mandates the player must begin eliminating teammates. Make sure to accuse the right teammate of being a traitor though–once the final battle with The End begins any remaining traitors will fight the main character alongside him.

Key Features:

A Cataclysmic Whodunnit!–Not only will players have to keep their eyes focused on strategically defeating the enemies laying in wait on the field of combat, but they need to carefully watch party members’ tendencies in order to expose the traitor. At the end of every floor, players will be forced to vote and eliminate one of their trusted allies, and the consequences for choosing incorrectly could be dire…

Spoiler-Free Zone – In addition to a variety of game mechanics to help assess teammate loyalty, Lost Dimension‘s traitor system is randomly determined, assuring that no two players will be faced with the same playthrough. Sorry, kiddies, but it’s impossible to look up the answers this time around.

Psychic Warlords – Each character in the party is a master of a different sphere of powers. There’s the girl who controls molecular behavior to burn or freeze anything/anyone in her path. There’s the guy who can teleport all around (also with the bonus superpower of being satisfyingly cocky). And there’s even someone with an identity crisis because all he knows how to do is steal everyone else’s powers!

Keep Your Friends Close… – In between battles, players will have the option to chat with teammates and develop closer bonds with them. Juggling these friendships and keeping track of who participates in battle will be the key to sussing out the traitors and assuring that, by the time you reach The End, it won’t be…the end…for you and your allies!

Click here to watch the latest trailer for Lost Dimension on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbWCyZ4-6lM

Lost Dimension, is set for release on September 10 for PlayStation®3 and PlayStation®Vita as both a physical and digital release.

HEAR YE, HEAR YE: THE GRAND TOURNAMENT^™ HAS BEGUN!

Second Hearthstone^®: Heroes of Warcraft^™ expansion adds over 130 cards 

SYDNEY, Australia—August 25, 2015—The Grand Tournament^™, the second expansion for Blizzard Entertainment’s award-winning online strategy card game, Hearthstone^®: Heroes of Warcraft^™, is now live, and players around the world are invited to join in on the fun. This expansion brings over 130 knightly cards to the (round) table, along with exciting new game mechanics that will delight duellists and inspire creative new deck strategies.

The Grand Tournament takes players to the frost-covered continent of Northrend, where the heroes of the Argent Crusade once held a prestigious tournament to select the bravest and mightiest champions in all the land. Though the evil that once held this realm captive has been vanquished and order restored, the jousting continues in the spirit of fun and friendly competition!

This expansion presents duellists with powerful new tools for their arsenals, allowing them to motivate their brave champions through the Inspire mechanic or challenge an opponent to single combat in its most honourable form—the joust. Inspired minions, which are triggered by using a Hero Power, can grow in strength, restore health, and even call for reinforcements. Jousts are one-on-one contests between random minions drawn from each player’s deck. The stakes are high—if the initiating player wins a joust, they’ll earn a substantial bonus.

“With the new Inspire and Joust mechanics, and over 130 new cards to play with, The Grand Tournament brings a fun medieval-tournament vibe to Hearthstone,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “We can’t wait to see what players come up with now that they have their hands full with tons of new deck and strategy options.”

The Grand Tournament is available now for Windows^® and Mac^® PCs, iOS and Android^™ tablets, and mobile phones. Card packs can be purchased individually or in discounted bundles from the in-game Shop for gold or real-world currency (same pricing as all other Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft card packs). Players now also have the chance to win The Grand Tournament card packs as rewards in Arena Mode, or craft cards from the expansion by using Arcane Dust, which is collected from disenchanting unwanted cards.

For more information on all things related to The Grand Tournament, visit www.thegrandtourney.com.

FINAL FANTASY XIV European Data Centre to arrive in October 2015

LONDON (24^th August 2015) – After announcing plans at the first ever European FINAL FANTASY®  XIV Fan Festival in London last year,  Square Enix Ltd., announced over the weekend that the European Data Centre for FINAL FANTASY XIV Online will commence operations in October.

Speaking during the latest ‘Letter from the Producer LIVE’, which took place as part of a 14-hour Japanese Livestream to commemorate the second anniversary of FINAL FANTASY XIV, Producer and Director Naoki Yoshida, announced the arrival of the European Data Centre in October this year.

In order to prepare for the start of operations of the European Data Centres, Worlds subject to transfer to the new data centre are scheduled to undergo maintenance for three to five days. Further information regarding World transfers, and the details of the maintenance will be shared via the Lodestone at a later date;http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/.

Recently surpassing 5 million registered accounts globally, FINAL FANTASY XIV: HEAVENSWARD is available now on the PlayStation®3 system, PlayStation®4 system, Windows PC. A free 30-day trial is included for new accounts, with monthly subscriptions starting at £7.69 / 10.99 €. For new comers to FINAL FANTASY XIV Online, an all-in-one bundle including both the award-winning FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn and FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward is also available now.

For more information, visit: http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/heavensward/

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About Square Enix Ltd.
Square Enix Ltd., a part of the Square Enix Europe business unit, develops, publishes, distributes and licenses SQUARE ENIX, EIDOS® and TAITO® branded entertainment content in Europe and other PAL territories as part of the Square Enix Group. Square Enix Ltd. also has a global network of leading development studios such as IO Interactive™, Crystal Dynamics® and Eidos Montréal. The Square Enix Group boasts a valuable portfolio of intellectual property including: FINAL FANTASY, which has sold over 110 million units worldwide, DRAGON QUEST® which has sold over 66 million units worldwide and TOMB RAIDER® which has sold over 42 million units worldwide; and the legendary SPACE INVADERS®. Square Enix Ltd. is a London-based, wholly-owned subsidiary of Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.
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BEDLAM INCOMING!

Release date officially announced for post apocalyptic rogue-like journey to hell.

Austin, USA – Monday 24^th August, 2015 – Independent developer Skyshine in partnership with indie publisher Versus Evil, today confirmed that the release date for Skyshine’s BEDLAM will be Thursday 17^th September, 2015.  The game will be available for digital download on PC.

Built on the foundations of the Banner Saga engine, Skyshine’s BEDLAM is a fast paced rogue-like turn-based strategy game with a unique art style, tons of character and hours worth of replayability. Set in a post-apocalyptic world inspired by 1980 action movies such as Mad Max, Skyshine’s BEDLAM puts players in the role of the revered and mysterious Mechanic, whose mission is to safely escort a Dozer full of paying passengers and crew across the vast wastelands of BEDLAM to reach a distant utopia known as Aztec city.  Except, in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, with rogue factions threatening you at every turn, it’s not going to be easy.

“The world of Skyshine’s BEDLAM was really born out of the best possible places, the stuff we loved when we were kids.  The games, graphic novels and movies we experienced in the 80’s like Mad Max, Heavy Metal and Judge Dredd were all inspirations.” said John Mueller, Art Director at Skyshine.  “We loved games like FTL and XCOM and the rogue-like genre was a perfect fit for what we wanted to accomplish.  “We have made a game our 14 year old selves would have loved, complete with vomiting monsters, killer robots and gruesomely funny deaths!”

The team also confirmed that the game will be playable on the Versus Evil booth #6608 at the forthcoming PAX Prime event in Seattle which runs from Friday 28^th August through to Monday 31^st August at the Washington State Convention Centre.

Skyshine’s BEDLAM is available for pre-order now through Steam and other trusted online digital retailers.

Visit: www.gobedlam.com for more information.

About Skyshine

Skyshine games are an independent video game developer specializing in creating fun and captivating role-playing games. Skyshine was founded in 2014 by three industry veterans from various high-profile studios whose gaming credits include Darksiders 1 & 2, Unreal Championship, Unreal Tournament and NBA Hangtime.

About Versus Evil

Versus Evil, LLC is a global independent video game publisher based in the US.  The company was founded on the principles of helping independent game developers be financially and creatively successful in the highly competitive video games market.  Led by group of AAA games industry veterans, Versus Evil’s services include the full suite of publishing support such as brand marketing, community, social, PR, creative, production, QA, legal, distribution and other general business support.  As a global publisher, the Versus Evil team is strategically placed around the world with presences in California, Texas, Maryland, New York, and London and works with indie studios in North America, South America, and Europe. The partnership with Skyshine Games makes BEDLAM the latest addition to an impressive and growing 2015 roster of indie games including Afro Samurai 2: Revenge of the Bear, Armikrog, The Banner Saga 2, Toren, Kyn, Habitat, Guild of Dungeoneering and more.

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

© Versus Evil LLC. 2013-2015.  All rights reserved.

EL Gaming Has Been Crowned the Champions of the Wargaming.net League APAC Season I 2015-2016

EL Gaming Reigns Supreme. 

August 24, 2015 — After a hard-fought season of intense battles leading to the finals at Yongsan e-Sports Stadium (I’Parkmall 9th Fl.) in Seoul, South Korea, Wargaming proudly presents EL Gaming as champions of the Wargaming.net League (“WGL”) APAC Season I Finals 2015 – 2016. Beating out runners-up and three-time winners KONGDOO with a score of 7 – 1, EL Gaming went home with AUD82,953 from the AUD143,855 prize pool and 4,000 points.

Over the same weekend, Caren Tiger defeated Reforn Gaming with a score of 5 – 3 to claim third place, raking in 1,100 points added to their season’s tally. After the next and final season of 2015-2016, the top two teams with the most accumulated points will move on to represent APAC at the Grand Finals in 2016.

Speaking to Wargaming.net after their win, EL Gaming said of their future plans, “We hope to make even more of an impression next season. We will strive to maintain our strengths by training constantly, and our goal is to let the world know of our prowess in World of Tanks and be worthy representatives of China and Asia!”

“It’s been a fantastic blur of a weekend with impressive gameplay shown by our teams and the exuberance of our fans! Congratulations to EL Gaming on their tenacity and taking home the championship!” said Deputy Head of Global eSports, Wargaming.net, Mr Alexey Kuznetsov.

The season finals saw about 650 viewers at the live event over the weekend, and close to 10,000 viewers watching the final matches on the six livestream channels hosted by Twitch.tv and Niconico.

To learn more about the Wargaming.net League APAC-ASIA Season I 2015-2016, please visit: 

• http://asia.wgleague.net/en/ 

About the Wargaming.net League

Established in 2013, the Wargaming.net League is Wargaming’s professional eSports league. It showcases one of the company’s key products in an eSports capacity; runs all-year-round world-class events giving professional and aspiring gamers a platform to compete and excel, and provides its ever-growing, global audience with instant access to premier competitive gaming content.

The League promotes eSports through large-scale events and premium content, fostering its popularity among gamers and spectators. The massive prize pools and world-class competitive gaming tournaments are broadcasted live to millions of viewers. In addition, the League’s accessibility attracts new teams and contributes to global audience growth, with the ultimate goal of turning all eSports into a professional sport.

Having grown from a player-encouraged initiative into a worldwide organization, the League puts its community first and evolves based on the needs of pro-gamers and viewers. Format and rule sets for matches are continually improved in close cooperation with professional players.

The Wargaming.net League infrastructure gives aspiring players a clear ladder of progression for them to transition to the pro scene. Split into three divisions—Gold, Silver, and Bronze Series—it allows for skilled players to tap into the world of pro-gaming and provides them with a clear path onward to the top echelon.

Official website:

• http://asia.wgleague.net (Asia) 

About Wargaming

Wargaming is an award-winning online game developer and publisher and one of the leaders in the free-to-play MMO market. Founded as a privately held company in 1998, Wargaming has shipped more than 15 titles. Currently, Wargaming is focused on its team-based MMO war series dedicated to the mid-20th century warfare that will include the tank warfare title World of Tanks, the flight combat World of Warplanes, and the naval World of Warships. The three intertwined titles will form a common gaming universe integrated within the portal www.wargaming.net.

As part of its multiplatform line-up, the company has introduced World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition and World of Tanks Blitz. Launched in 2014, World of Tanks: Xbox 360 Edition introduced epic tank-on-tank battles to console gamers and the mobile MMO game World of Tanks Blitz has opened up Wargaming’s trademark team-based military IP to smartphone and tablet users worldwide.

Official website:

• www.wargaming.com

Xbox announces Partnership with V8 Supercars Australia to Bring Fans Closer to the Action in Forza Motorsport 6

Xbox has today announced a partnership with V8 Supercars Australia that will bring 10 cars from all five manufacturers in the current V8 Supercar series into Forza Motorsport 6 with 2015 liveries – a first for the franchise. In addition, the world renowned Australian Mount Panorama race track will also be included in game when Forza Motorsport 6 launches on 15 September 2015, exclusively on Xbox One.

Today’s announcement is a continuation of the existing partnership between Xbox and V8 Supercars which began in 2002, bringing the real world of V8 racing to fans at home in the latest entry to the Forza Motorsport franchise. The debut of the Xbox wildcard in 2013 proved to be the fastest car and most successful wildcard in V8 history, and Xbox is hoping to continue that success in 2015.

Rounding out the partnership, legendary V8 Supercar champion and 2014 Hall of Fame inductee, Mark Skaife, will be included as a voiceover in the game for the Mount Panorama circuit for the first time in gaming history. With 90 race wins, 88 podiums, six Bathurst 1000 titles and five V8 Supercar Championships to his name, Skaife is the perfect addition to the award winning Forza franchise.

“I’ve been involved with the Forza franchise for over a decade now and each year I’m amazed at the incredible realism the development team bring to their games. Being asked by the Turn 10 team to have my voice in the game is an honour and a privilege. I’m thrilled to be included in Forza Motorsport 6,” said Mark Skaife.

Forza’s unique livery creation gives fans the ability to recreate every car in the field, from all manufacturers, in-game, making this year’s Forza entry appeal to Australian racing fans like never before. Featuring current season championship leader Mark Winterbottom, 2014 Australian V8 champion Jamie Whincup, the iconic Holden Racing Team plus all other teams including Nissan, Volvo and Erebus Mercedes, Forza Motorsport 6 has all the V8 Supercars action, plus much more.

James Warburton, CEO of V8 Supercars Australia, said, “We are very proud that our home-grown Australian V8 Championship including drivers and teams from the 2015 season representing each of the five constructors will be featured for the first time in Forza Motorsport 6 and be played by millions of racing fans around the world.”

Xbox also announced a continuation of its partnership with DJR Team Penske for the Enduro rounds of the V8 Supercar Championship series in 2015. This will see the Xbox Race Car livery driven by Marcos Ambrose and Scott Pye for all races in the Enduro series, including the Wilson Security Sandown 500, Supercheap Auto Bathurst 1000 and Castrol Gold Coast 600 races.

Roger Penske, co-owner of the DJR Team Penske team, believes the partnership with Forza Motorsport 6 and Xbox will enable not just racing fans to enjoy the world of V8 Supercars, but also provide vital skills to one of the world’s most intimidating tracks.

“We are pleased to be partnering with Xbox and Forza Motorsport 6 at the V8 Supercars Endurance events and we are really looking forward to the Bathurst 1000 in particular. There are millions of people using the Xbox platform across the world and knowing that the Xbox DJR Team Penske Ford is represented in the game is a great benefit. The game’s authenticity and representation of the Bathurst circuit is world class so I am sure it will be enjoyed by many players. I know some of our drivers and team members are Xbox gamers as well so that makes this relationship even more unique.” Roger Penske commented.

Jeremy Hinton, Head of Interactive Entertainment at Microsoft in Australia, said “Xbox has always been the home of racing and this partnership further reinforces our commitment to the sport in Australia. We couldn’t be more excited about having legends such as Mark Skaife in game and Marcos Ambrose in the driver’s seat of our car, leaving no doubt that Xbox is the only place for racing in 2015.”

A list of the cars from the V8 Supercar series announced today:

2015 Mercedes-Benz #4 Erebus Motorsports E63 AMG V8 Supercar

2015 Holden #22 Holden Racing Team VF Commodore

2015 Mercedes-Benz #9 Erebus Motorsport E63 AMG V8 Supercar

2015 Volvo #33 Wilson Security Racing GRM S60

2015 Holden #97 Tekno Autosports VF Commodore

2015 Holden #1 Red Bull Racing Australia VF Commodore

2015 Holden #14 Lockwood Racing VF Commodore

2015 Ford #5 Pepsi Max Crew PRA Falcon FG X

2015 Nissan #23 Nissan Motorsport Altima

2015 Ford #17 Xbox Racing Ford Falcon FG X

Forza Motorsport 6 will be available September 15th 2015 in Australia, exclusively for Xbox One. The game will feature a range of great new features, such as night and physically-based wet weather racing alongside 450 ForzaVista cars – more interactive cars than ever before.

You can catch the DJR Team Penske Xbox Race Car in action at the annual Bathurst 1000 racing weekend from October 11-15, 2015.

FINAL FANTASY XIV REACHES MORE THAN 5 MILLION ADVENTURERS WORLDWIDE! 

SYDNEY, 24^th August 2015 – In just under two years,   Square Enix Ltd., today announced that the community of FINAL FANTASY® XIV now exceeds 5 million registered accounts globally – across Europe, North America, Japan, and China. * excludes those from free trial.

Spurred on by a vibrant community of players, as well as a consistent schedule of content updates, FINAL FANTASY XIV continues to deliver on the promise of bringing the hallmarks of the FINAL FANTASY experience to an online world. Players can enjoy the option of joining the adventure together on multiple platforms from the PC to the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, the PlayStation®Vita handheld entertainment system (with Remote Play), and the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system.

FINAL FANTASY XIV: HEAVENSWARD features a new story that drops adventurers into the heart of the Dragonsong War, the bloody, thousand-year conflict between the knights of Ishgard and the dragons of Dravania. Adventurers can also enjoy an increased level cap from 50 to 60 on all disciplines, a new playable race, new dungeons and raids, new primal battles, and the introduction of flying mounts that allow players to take to the skies on flying black chocobos®, single-rider airships, dragons and more!

FINAL FANTASY XIV: HEAVENSWARD is available now on the PlayStation®3 system, PlayStation®4 system, Windows PC. A free 30-day trial is included for new accounts, with monthly subscriptions starting at $19.95. For newcomers to FINAL FANTASY XIV Online, an all-in-one bundle including both the award-winning FINAL FANTASY XIV: A Realm Reborn and FINAL FANTASY XIV: Heavensward is also available now.

For more information, visit: http://eu.finalfantasyxiv.com/heavensward/

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