DREADNOUGHT RETURNS TO PAX PRIME WITH A NEW MULTIPLAYER BUILD

HOUSTON and BERLIN – Aug. 21, 2015 – Grey Box, Six Foot and developer YAGER announced today that a new build of Dreadnought, their team-based spaceship combat game, will be playable for PAX Prime attendees at Booth #3330 on the show floor. Visitors will be able to experiment with new ships like the Heavy Destroyer and new abilities like the Nuclear Torpedo on two maps in the game’s exciting 5v5 Team Deathmatch mode. Representatives from YAGER and Six Foot will also be present to chat with players and answer questions.

Aspiring captains can sign up now for Dreadnought’s upcoming PC closed beta at www.playdreadnought.com. As a bonus for PAX Prime attendees, anyone who signs up at the show will be granted guaranteed access to the closed beta when it launches early next year.

Set in a futuristic age of all-out galactic warfare, Dreadnought is built to blend action and tactics into one gripping experience. Each battleship is designed to fill a unique class-based role in the fight, which can be augmented even further as players choose with specialized weapons, abilities, optical enhancements and more. Dreadnought will launch as a PC free-to-play title featuring competitive and cooperative online multiplayer, as well as a single-player campaign.

Dreadnought is powered by Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 4 (UE4) technology and is expected to officially release on PC in 2016. For more information, please visit www.playdreadnought.com, and follow the game on Facebook, Twitter and Twitch for the latest updates.

About Grey Box

Grey Box is a new video game publisher that combines digital publishing, financing, and a passion for creating fun and innovative games. Championing the ideas that video games are an influential art form and players should be treated as intelligent consumers, Grey Box is set on creating its own path and publishing games it believes in.

About YAGER Development

Founded in 1999 in the heart of Berlin, YAGER is one of the gaming veterans of AAA development. The award-winning studio is dedicated to the creation of vivid and meaningful multi-platform gaming experiences. The best gaming enthusiasts, technical experts and creative minds from all over the world who all share the same passion for great action games make up the YAGER team. Among others YAGER is known for the gripping military shooter Spec Ops: The Line. www.yager.de

About Six Foot

Six Foot is an interactive production company focused on brand and IP development, digital media production, and video game development, publishing services and operations. Founded in 2000 as a digital agency, they are committed to creating interactive entertainment that engages, delights, and inspires.

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FINAL FANTASY XIV reaches more than 5 million adventurers worldwide!

LONDON (21^st 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 £7.69 / 10.99 €. For newcomers to FINAL FANTASY XIVOnline, 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.
More information on Square Enix Ltd. can be found at http://www.square-enix.com/eu/en/ .
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The Epic Finale Arrives for The Wargaming.net League APAC Season I 2015-2016 

The Season I Battle for Asian World of Tanks Supremacy Is On 

August 21, 2015 — After 9 weeks of round-robin battles, the Wargaming.net League (“WGL”) APAC Season I Finals 2015 – 2016 is primed to introduce KONGDOO (Korea) and RefornGaming (China), both of whom will go up against Caren Tiger (Japan) and EL Gaming (China) respectively for the championship title.

Held at Yongsan e-Sports Stadium (I’Parkmall 9th Fl.) in Seoul, South Korea, the Season I Finals will see the final 4 elite World of Tanks teams battle it out on the Asian arena. The final stakes are the right to be crowned champions, two coveted places in the global WGL Grand Finals, and finally, a piece of the USD104,000 pie – the accumulative prize pool for all seasons of this year’s APAC league, shared between winning teams and their members.

Battling with a 7v7 system, a max total tier of 54 and a top tier limit of 8, a fierce battle of skill and teamwork will be on display for a world-class spectacle of blazing firepower. The events schedule is as follows:

22nd August 2015 Saturday, 17:00 UTC+8

Match 1: RefornGaming vs EL Gaming

Match 2: KONGDOO vs Caren Tiger

23rd August 2015 Sunday, 12:00 UTC+8

Third Place Playoff: Loser of Match 1 vs Loser of Match 2

Final Match: Winner of Match 1 vs Winner of Match 2

This season’s champions of the Asia server, Caren Tiger and EL Gaming, will go up against Korea’s KONGDOO (previously ARETE) who have taken the WGL APAC title home 3 times in a row, and the newest entrant, China’s RefornGaming, who have set out to deal some serious damage to stake their claim on the championship.

Entry to the Season I Finals will be free to the public with a lucky draw for the most passionate spectators.

The event will be broadcast in English, Korean, Mandarin, Japanese, Thai, and Vietnamese on the official Twitch channels: ENG / KOR / CHN / JPN / THA / VN.

“The WGL APAC-Asia Season I has been absolutely electric so far and I can’t wait for our fans to join us once more for this finale as our teams battle it out!” said Jasper Nicolas, General Manager of Wargaming Asia.

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

• http://asia.wgleague.net/en/

Video trailer:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X51CAwhGTak 

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

COMMAND VAST ARMIES IN LARGE SCALE BATTLES AND CONQUER THE ISLAND OF JAPAN 

Form alliances! Build your armies! Defeat those who oppose your dream of uniting Japan!

Sydney, Australia – July 16, 2015 – KOEI TECMO released today a wealth of video clips and other assets pertaining to the upcoming release of famed strategy/ historical simulation Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence, slated for release on the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system across Australia and New Zealand in September 2015. The game will also be simultaneously available digitally on the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and on PC via Steam®.

Battles play a vital role in Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence. Although it is not necessary that players would have declare war to strengthen their position, it is quite possible that enemy lords will try to attack castles, towns, and settlements to increase their area of influence and grow their wealth. Defeating enemy fiefs can also strengthen the overall standing of the player’s chosen clan, so growing a strong, well equipped and well trained, loyal army is a key component to completing the game successfully.

Players can enter the battlefield with one or multiple army regiments, call on banner-men, allies and subordinates and use the terrain strategically to the advantage of their clan!

Battles are resolved in multiple ways, with the two main ones being a remote, birds-eye view of the map where there is free control of individual armies or combinations of allied forces and a close-up view option that offers more control of individual units.

Taking the first option, allows for a Multi-faceted Battle; meaning there can be various fronts and skirmishes all over the map and control of the chosen clan and its allied forces. All battles are in real time, so this option offers a better overview of the map, as well as ally and enemy movements.

In the second event, players can strategize further using information like terrain particularities and current weather (e.g. finding out the army would go faster taking a detour around a hill rather than going over it on a straight line). Close-field battles also offer the player the possibility to take on the role of the Grand Commander. Doing so opens up the option to use officer ‘Traits’ and ‘Tactics’. Traits are passive special abilities of officers that automatically take effect when the officer is present. They can be learned when the officer levels up or through his/her retainers and can affect –among others- strategic, military, or diplomatic situation.

Tactics are actions unique to each officer that can be used to strengthen the army or weaken the enemy for a short period of time. A few of the ‘Tactics’ available are ‘Bondbreaker’ (a power that makes enemy soldiers fight each other), ‘Incite’ (which nullifies the enemies strengthening effects), ‘Against all Odds’ (limits the army’s speed but greatly increases their strength) and many more.

‘Tactics’ can be used at any time during a conflict by expending ‘Command Points’- a metric of the army’s energy levels.

Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence offers a great selection of options for tactical warfare and allows the player to choose how each skirmish or conflict should be resolved. If battle is not the best strategic option, players can opt for negotiations or diplomacy to gain friendly allies and weaken the enemy forces.

For more Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence news and a first look at the trailer please visit www.facebook.com/koeigames and www.nobunagasambition.eu and follow us on twitter @koeitecmoeurope

ABOUT NOBUNAGA’S AMBITION

Having celebrated its 30^th year anniversary, ‘Nobunaga’s Ambition’ is one of the longest running franchises for Koei Tecmo Games in Japan, and during its lifetime it has received high praise by an ever-growing fan base across an array of platforms. Now, its latest chapter, ‘Sphere of Influence’, is released in Europe for the first time.

The game is named after one of the most prominent and infamous figures of the Sengoku era (Warring States) of Japanese history, Nobunaga Oda. He fought to realise his dream of a united Japan and a new world. Though he fell before his dream was accomplished he left behind a revolutionary legacy of castle towns, technological improvements, developing culture, modern warfare, a new system of economics etc.

Hailed as one of the best instalments in the franchise’s history, this extremely intricate, deep, and meticulous strategy game is set against a backdrop of a fragmented nation and asks the player to take up the mantle of a Daimyo, a feudal lord of the Sengoku era (15^th– 16^th century Japan), who will fight for the great ideal of uniting the war-ridden country under one rule, thus becoming the first Shogun.

ABOUT KOEI TECMO EUROPE LTD.

KOEI TECMO EUROPE LTD. is a publisher of interactive entertainment software for current generation consoles, handhelds and digital download content based in Letchworth, Hertfordshire, UK. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of KOEI TECMO HOLDINGS CO., LTD., headquartered in Yokohama, Japan. TECMO is best known for the Dead or Alive® and Ninja Gaiden®series. KOEI is best known for its Dynasty Warriors® and Samurai Warriors® franchises. On April 1, 2009, KOEI TECMO HOLDINGS CO., LTD was established as a result of the TECMO, LTD. and KOEI Co., Ltd. merger. More information about KOEI TECMO EUROPE LTD and its products can be found at www.koeitecmoeurope.com

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ABOUT QV SOFTWARE

As a leading interactive entertainment specialist across Australia and New Zealand, QVS is a privately owned independent software and accessories distributor that has operated in Australia for over ten years providing quality, innovative interactive software titles and accessories. The company’s main objective is to provide its clients and customers with software products and accessories that deliver a highly satisfying entertainment experience. Boasting longstanding partnerships with globally renowned publisher, QVS’s portfolio features products from publishers such Avanquest, City Interactive, Focus Home Interactive, Focus Multimedia, Koch Media, NCsoft, Nero, Turtle Beach, plus many more. www.qvsoftware.com.au