Pocket Platoons to Bring Giant Battles to Small Screens

World War II Mobile Strategy Title to Focus on Tactics, Story, and Depth with Over 300 Campaign Stages and a Variety of Game of Modes

SEATTLE — August 11, 2015 — En Masse Entertainment, publisher of TERA — one of the most-played MMORPGs on Steam— is excited to announce the upcoming launch of Pocket Platoons. Scheduled to charge into battle on August 27 for iOS, Android, and Amazon Kindle Fire devices across North America and Europe, Pocket Platoons finds players building bases of operations and controlling customized armies in a stylized, WWII-themed strategy extravaganza.

“Pocket Platoons is a little game with a lot of heart. It has so much to offer with its amazing depth, wide range of units and variety of modes,” said Chris Lee, En Masse Entertainment CEO. “In this game, troop position really matters, which will appeal to players looking for fantastic turn-based combat strategy. Core gamers will gravitate to this gem of a game for their mobile devices.”
Choose between the Allies and Axis factions, build your base, summon and strengthen your army, and then lead your troops into battle. Enjoy a variety of single-player skirmishes, PvP battles, and epic 5v5 coalition combat. With over 300 campaign stages, hundreds of progression quests, dozens of tactical units, and a wide variety of combat modes to master, Pocket Platoons brings a new experience to the mobile strategy genre. Instead of relying on luck-based battle systems and pay-to-win micro-transactions, Pocket Platoons rewards player skill and a deep understanding of battlefield positioning and combat tactics.

Pocket Platoons will be free to download on the App Store, Google Play™, and the Amazon Appstore on August 27. For more information please visit the official Pocket Platoons product page.

For supporting assets for Pocket Platoons, including today’s announcement trailer and screenshots, please visit: http://bit.ly/PocketPlatoonsAnnounce

About En Masse Entertainment

Based in Seattle Washington, En Masse Entertainment embodies the evolution of modern game publishing. The company’s mission is to publish great games and provide great service. Beginning with En Masse’s inaugural title, TERA, and continuing with Zombies Monsters Robots and its first mobile game, Fruit Attacks, the company has built a track record of excellence and innovation. The team at En Masse includes experts in online technology, live service, branding, community, and player support, allowing them to thrive as a publisher in the digital era. For more information, visit EnMasse.com.

“PETERPALOOZA” INVADES FAMILY GUY: THE QUEST FOR STUFF IN THE HOTTEST SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL OF 2015 

Recording Stars Snoop Dogg, Weird Al, Deadmau5, Alice Cooper and More Join a Brand New Adventure on Mobile Devices

San Francisco, August 11, 2015 – TinyCo and Fox Digital Entertainment are pumped to announce the totally freakin’ sweet update to FAMILY GUY: The Quest for Stuff – “Peterpalooza”.

Peterpalooza features fan favorite recording artists including Snoop Dogg, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Deadmau5, Alice Cooper, Avril Lavigne, and Rick Astley.  The “Peterpalooza” event is now live and runs through September 17, 2015. Awarded one of the “Best Mobile Games of 2014” by Facebook and “Best Mobile Game of 2014” by the Mobile Excellence Awards, FAMILY GUY: The Quest for Stuff is available to download for free on the App Store, Google Play, and the Amazon Appstore.

Entertainment icon Snoop Dogg had this to say, “Let Quahog know that the D-O-double-G is coming to town to get Peterpalooza bumpin’.” 

The event features top voice talent from the music world as they work with Peter Griffin to find the source of mysterious activities that threaten to sabotage the event. These musicians are featured in-game and are voiced by the artists themselves.

“Music festival season is in full swing, and we’re cranking the volume to eleven with the Peterpalooza event,” proclaimed Andrew N. Green, Head of Business Development and Operations at TinyCo. “We guarantee music enthusiasts and Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff fans alike will love partying in Quahog with such top voice talent in what is sure to be one of the craziest and weirdest music festivals in history!”

FAMILY GUY: The Quest for Stuff continues to engage with fans from around the world with new features and updates while maintaining its signature style and humor. The “Peterpalooza” in-game event is now live and runs through September 17, 2015. Download FAMILY GUY: The Quest for Stuff for free on the App Store, Google Play, and the Amazon Appstore.

About TinyCo

Founded in 2009, TinyCo has developed more than a dozen successful games for the App Store, Google Play Store and Amazon App store with titles such as FAMILY GUY: The Quest for Stuff and Tiny Monsters. The company’s mission is to make people happy five minutes at a time through incredible, fun and original mobile entertainment. The company’s investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Pinnacle Ventures and angel investors including Ron Conway and Keith Rabois. For more information about TinyCo, please visit http://www.tinyco.com. Become a fan of FAMILY GUY: The Quest for Stuff on Facebook and Twitter (@playfamilyguy).

About FAMILY GUY

FAMILY GUY follows the adventures of endearingly ignorant dad, Peter Griffin, and his hilariously odd family of middle-class New Englanders—wife Lois, daughter Meg, son Chris, baby Stewie and dog Brian—in Quahog, Rhode Island. The animated series, which features the voice talents of Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Seth Green, Mila Kunis and Mike Henry is a 20th Century Fox Television production. Seth MacFarlane is Creator/Executive Producer. Rich Appel and Steve Callaghan serve as Showrunners/Executive Producers, while Danny Smith and Kara Vallow serve as Executive Producers. Become a fan of FAMILY GUY on Facebook at www.facebook.com/familyguy and follow the series on Twitter at www.twitter.com/familyguyonfox (@familyguyonfox).

About Fox Digital Entertainment

Fox Digital Entertainment (FDE) is the 20th Century Fox division dedicated to fostering new and innovative mobile content and apps in emerging distribution channels. FDE develops and produces original videos, apps and games based on new concepts and extensions of existing Fox brands. The group has produced a number of award-winning products, among them ANGRY BIRDS™ RIO, ICE AGE VILLAGE™, THE SIMPSONS™ TAPPED OUT, FAMILY GUY: THE QUEST FOR STUFF and many others.

Kobojo’s Highly Anticipated Mobile JRPG Zodiac: Orcanon Odyssey to Launch as a Premium Title in U.S. and Europe 

PARIS – Aug. 11, 2015 – Independent game developer Kobojo has revealed that its upcoming Japanese role-playing game (JRPG), Zodiac: Orcanon Odyssey will officially launch as a premium mobile game on iOS platforms in the U.S. and Europe later this year. The game is in production at Kobojo’s Dundee, Scotland studio with the aid of Kazushige Nojima (writer of Final Fantasy VII, Final Fantasy VIII and Final Fantasy X) and Hitoshi Sakimoto (composer of Final Fantasy Tactics, Tactics Ogre and Final Fantasy XII).

Combining some of the best elements of classic JRPGs, this innovative new role-playing game seamlessly combines an engaging adventure and intense battle sequences with freeform exploration, item crafting and a unique storyline – all presented with gorgeous, hand-drawn 2D art and accompanied by a comprehensive soundtrack. At launch, Zodiac will be available as a premium app purchase from the App Store, offering multiple areas to explore, numerous dungeons, hours of quests and side-quests, and in-depth cinematic sequences and epic boss encounters. The game will be supplemented following launch with episodic updates that unfold the story of Orcanon, add new areas to explore, release additional unlockable character classes and powers to discover, and interesting new characters to meet and exciting new challenges to reveal the secrets of this new mysterious world.

“The heart and soul of Zodiac has always been to bring players a classic JRPG experience regardless of platform – the kind of experience that JRPG fans enjoy, and sadly, that no longer seem as common as they once were,” said Kobojo CEO Mario Rizzo. “Listening to the great feedback we received after showing the game at GDC and E3, we’ve made the unprecedented decision to shift gears from Kobojo’s usual free-to-play format to make Zodiac: Orcanon Odyssey a premium game for Western audiences. We’re excited to announce that the launch of game will offer an original Nojima-san storyline and the thrilling gameplay that we’ve all been hoping to see from a new JRPG product in a standalone, one-time premium game purchase, with episodic content updates to continue the epic saga of Orcanon.”

Zodiac: Orcanon Odyssey will launch later this year on Android and will launch on PC and Sony platforms shortly afterwards. Exact pricing information will be released closer to launch. 

About Kobojo

Kobojo develops engaging, online RPG titles that are designed for touch devices. The company is passionate about developing high-quality multiplayer game mechanics and is known for its extraordinary hand-drawn 2D graphics. It has created and is currently managing the highly successful mobile RPG Mutants: Genetic Gladiators. Kobojo is a private company, founded in 2008, with headquarters in Paris, France and a new development studio in Dundee, Scotland.

Cloud-Based Project Management Platform, Streamframe, is Now Available Worldwide

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – August 11, 2015 – Streamline Media Group announced today that its new proprietary cloud-based project management platform specifically designed for video game development, Streamframe, is now commercially available to users globally. During its testing phase Streamframe has already served an integral part for thousands of developers creating games worldwide. For more information and to start using Streamframe, visit: www.streamframe.com 

“The complexity of game development has moved beyond spreadsheets and one-dimensional systems”, said Alexander Fernandez, CEO of Streamline Media Group. “Teams today need a unified development platform that brings together art, code, production and administration into one place so that they can have a holistic view of their project and its effect upon the organization. Streamframe does just that while also tracking all the individual changes taking place during the course of development. For the first time teams are able to get a general overview and immediately deep dive into the state of play.” 

Streamframe builds projects quickly through a sophisticated framework that incorporates tracking of resources, time and finances. Teams collaborate, manage clients, feedback and workflows all through a socially powered interface. Clients stay informed on every aspect of a project whenever they want by simply logging into Streamframe’s Client access to view project status. The ability to implement any necessary changes to development quickly and seamlessly leads to a massive reduction in turnaround times. While most project management tools are static, Streamframe is highly responsive and allows on-the-fly adjustments to free creativity and prevent lags in project timelines.  

 To register and learn more about Steamframe visit: www.streamframe.com

ABOUT STREAMLINE MEDIA GROUP

Streamline Media Group, Inc., is an award winning group comprised of media, entertainment and technology experts. Working through its daughter companies, Streamline Studios and Streamframe, Streamline Media Group leverages high-end production expertise, proprietary technology and the economies of scale of Southeast Asia to devise uncommon solutions that drive its clients’ business forward. For more information, please visit www.streamline-mediagroup.com  

ABOUT STREAMLINE STUDIOS

Streamline Studios is the largest  independent game developer and content outsourcing studio in Malaysia. A subsidiary of Streamline Media Group, Inc., Streamline Studios combines its proprietary technology, Streamframe, with veteran lead teams and economies of scale of Malaysia to bring its clients’ visions to reality. With more than 200 productions completed, including Bioshock Infinite, Gears of War and Pillars of Eternity, Streamline Studios is the go-to studio for discerning publishers and developers that require no-nonsense creative execution. Streamline Studios, with Streamframe, have experienced over 340% growth in the last 12 months and as Malaysia’s largest game developer it is currently recruiting talent from all over the globe. For more information, please visit www.streamline-studios.com. 

ABOUT STREAMFRAME

Streamframe is the first cloud-based project management platform engineered by game developers for game developers. It recombines production, project and client management into an entirely new social-powered platform that is powerful and easy to use. Currently in preview-release and utilized by thousands of developers worldwide, Streamframe organizes development chaos, bringing a flexible, fluid tool to the complex production streams of game development and allowing teams both the freedom to create and keep a clear focus on the bottom line. For more information, please visit www.streamframe.com. 

OVERLORD™: FELLOWSHIP OF EVIL INFORMATION FILM DISCUSSES THE BENEFITS OF EVILING ALONE OR EVILING WITH FRIENDS

UK – August 10, 2015 – The dastardly development minions at Codemasters today unleashed the latest video for Overlord: Fellowship of Evil, their digital only, angelically-priced, devilishly fun Action RPG which is coming to PlayStation® 4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One and Windows PC soon. Fans of evil doings can watch the trailer in action now at www.overlordthegame.com.

Whilst eviling alone is fun, the second in their series of training videos from The Minionstry of Information also teaches Netherghūls-in-training the value of working together. Bringing a friend (or at least someone you can tolerate for a while) along to help with the carnage can really help lift the levels of nefarious nastiness.

But in Overlord: Fellowship of Evil, your friends can also be your biggest enemies. Co-operation becomes “co-opetition” as Netherghūls compete to be more evil throughout the game and traps offer opportunities for mischief.

“Whilst you are welcome to indulge in some solo mayhem and destruction, sometimes you need a friend to back you up,” said Gnarl, evil Minion Master. “And when I say friend, I mean enemy who hasn’t killed you yet.”

“Fellowship of Evil has been designed to be equally fun playing solo or with your friends in co-op,” said Carl Johnson, Chief Design Minion, Codemasters. “Whether you’re at your happiest causing chaos alone with a horde of minions at your heels or together with some equally evil companions, there’s always plenty of deviousness to be done. Remember, evil never plays by the rules!”

Overlord: Fellowship of Evil is a dark and twisted Action RPG filled with the series’ signature black humor. Penned by award-winning original Overlord scriptwriter Rhianna Pratchett, Overlord: Fellowship of Evil delivers an epic new quest featuring four Netherghūls – undead servants of the dark arts, resurrected in the absence of a true Overlord, to bring evil back to a world overrun by the forces of good.

Assisting gamers once again are the mighty, maniacal and occasionally moronic minions, ready to unleash their charmingly chaotic brand of destruction and led by Gnarl, their wise old master, voiced, as before, by actor Marc Silk.

Players will embark on a brand new Overlord adventure filled with fun combat and twisted fantasy tales in single-player or with up to three friends in local and online single-screen co-op. Overlord: Fellowship of Evil invites players to dive into an Action RPG where it’s good to be bad, but it’s GREAT to be evil.

Overlord: Fellowship of Evil invades digital stores on consoles and Steam for Windows PC in 2015. Follow the Codemasters minions’ progress towards world domination on the Codemasters Blog and on social media on Twitter and Facebook.

To plunder the press treasures, including the devilish new trailer, head to  www.codemasterspress.com.

ABOUT CODEMASTERS

Codemasters, the award winning video game developer and publisher, has a 25-year heritage. With titles distributed globally, Codemasters is a leading developer and publisher of driving and racing entertainment games including DiRT, GRID and the official BAFTA award-winning FORMULA 1 series of videogames. In March 2010, Reliance Big Entertainment Ltd. (RBEL), a part of India’s Reliance ADA group, acquired a 60 percent shareholding in the company, alongside existing investor, Balderton Capital, the leading European venture capital firm. For more information on Codemasters’ product portfolio, please visit www.codemasters.com. Join in the conversation with @codemasters on Twitter or Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/codemasters.

ABOUT RHIANNA PRATCHETT

Rhianna Pratchett is an award-winning scriptwriter for videogames, comics, film and TV. Rhianna has regularly been named one of the top 100 most influential women in the games industry by various publications, including Edge, MCV and Develop, and won the Women in Games Hall of Fame award in 2013. She has talked about wrestling the wild beasts of narrative for numerous panels, documentaries and lectures. For more information, visit www.rhiannapratchett.com

ABOUT MARC SILK

Marc Silk’s voice is heard around the world in Cartoons, Films, TV Shows, Commercials, Theme Parks & Games, including F1 Race Stars, and the Overlord games, as the voice of Gnarl and a stack of wild Minions! For more information, visit www.marcsilk.com Twitter: @marcsilk

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