Might & Magic® Heroes® VII will be available on September 29^th and a second beta phase is scheduled for August 26^th 

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — August 7, 2015 — Ubisoft has announced that Might and Magic® Heroes® VII will release on September 29^th exclusively on Windows® PC. For 20 years the Might & Magic® Heroes® titles have set a new standard for computer strategy games. Combining a deep fantasy universe with a complete strategic experience, a rich RPG progression and a strong story narrative, Might & Magic® Heroes® VII offers players a more detailed world than ever to explore and conquer, a complex economic system to master and legendary creatures to face in epic battles.

After the success of the first closed beta, a second closed beta will take place on August 26^th and will run until September 2^nd. As part of the Shadow Council initiative, players had the opportunity to choose the extra factions that will be included in the second closed beta. As a result, Sylvan and Dungeon will storm in as the two new factions for this second beta phase.

Might & Magic Heroes VII is being developed by Limbic Entertainment, a team of devoted Might & Magic fans, and promises to be the best of the series by respecting its long-standing tradition and introducing features chosen by the community.

To secure access to the second closed beta, players must pre-order the game. Players may also register on the waitlist for a chance to enter the beta.  For more details on Might & Magic Heroes VII’s pre-order offers visit us at: www.mmh7.com/pr 

For more information about Might & Magic Heroes VII and the Shadow Council, please visit www.mmh7.com

About Limbic Entertainment

Limbic Entertainment is an independent game development studio based in Germany. Limbic’s core competences are game design, programming, hosting and maintaining games. Since Limbic was founded, the company has released more than 60 product versions, published in more than a dozen languages. Limbic has been a third party developer for Ubisoft for about four years now. Their latest work with Ubisoft was on Might & Magic® X Legacy. For more information, please visit http://www.limbic-entertainment.de.

About Ubisoft

Ubisoft is a leading creator, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and services, with a rich portfolio of world-renowned brands, including Assassin’s Creed, Just Dance, Tom Clancy’s video game series, Rayman, Far Cry and Watch Dogs. The teams throughout Ubisoft’s worldwide network of studios and business offices are committed to delivering original and memorable gaming experiences across all popular platforms, including consoles, mobile phones, tablets and PCs. For the 2014-15 fiscal year Ubisoft generated sales of €1,464 million. To learn more, please visit www.ubisoftgroup.com.

© 2015 Ubisoft Entertainment. All Rights Reserved. Might & Magic, Heroes, Ubisoft and the Ubisoft logo are trademarks of Ubisoft Entertainment in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Kids Can Enjoy a Pokémon-Filled Summer Holiday with Pokémon Camp Updates and Pokémon TV via Chromecast

The Pokémon Company International Releases a Host of New Updates for the Engaging Pokémon Universe in Pokémon Camp, Plus the Pokémon TV App Is Now Google Cast^TM– Enabled

Help Zoombinis Reach Zoombiniville! Zoombinis is Now Available for iOS and Android Tablets

Non-profit Educational Leader TERC Revives the Classic Logic Game

Boston, August 6, 2015 – Following the incredibly successful Kickstarter from earlier this year, TERC, a not-for-profit leader in K-12 math and science education, announced today the availability of the beloved educational game, Zoombinis, on iPad and Android tablets for $4.99. The app is designed for players 9 and older and is available on the App Store? and Google Play. Zoombinis will also come to Mac, Windows and Kindle Fire in the coming months.

Zoombinis is developed in conjunction with the world-class designers at FableVision Studios, an award-winning educational developer, along with Learning Games Network.

“Together we have recreated the Zoombinis adventure so that it can be shared with a whole new generation, in a touch screen format,” said David Libby, Director of Technology, TERC. “Zoombinis now has a more modern look and added gameplay refinements, complete with the timeless logic puzzles that children and adults first came to love in the ’90s.”

Numbering in the hundreds, the Zoombinis need your help. The small blue creatures, each with distinct personalities and appearances, are all imprisoned by the evil Bloats who took over their home – and you need to help them reach the safety of Zoombiniville. Using logic, data analysis, pattern finding and problem solving skills, children and adults will face a series of increasingly difficult challenges – 12 in total – set within entertaining environments such as Pizza Pass, Titanic Tattooed Toads and Mudball Wall. Help the Zoombinis travel in groups until all 400 of them are safe in Zoombiniville.

For more information visit:
Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/profile/ZoombinisGame
Web: http://www.zoombinis.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/ZoombinisGame
Twitter: https://twitter.com/zoombinisgame
YouTube: http://tinyurl.com/ZoombinisYouTube

About TERC
For nearly fifty years, TERC has been introducing millions of students throughout the United States to the exciting and rewarding worlds of math and science learning. Led by a group of experienced, forward-thinking math and science professionals, TERC is an independent, nonprofit, research-based organization dedicated to engaging and inspiring all students through stimulating curricula and programs designed to develop the knowledge and skills they need to ask questions, solve problems, and expand their opportunities. Visit us on the web at: www.terc.edu

About FableVision Studios
FableVision Studios creates technology-enhanced media and story to move the world to a better place. Our signature blend of positive media, storytelling, and interactive technologies is sought after by a host of best-in-class organizations, including leading publishers, broadcasters, educational and nonprofit organizations, museums, and health care organizations. Together with our partners, we have designed and developed hundreds of websites, games, animated films, museum kiosks, and apps. Visit us on the web at: www.fablevisionstudios.com

About Learning Games Network
The Learning Games Network mission: By identifying and partnering with organizations that are working to create, research and disseminate game-based learning tools, the Learning Games Network amplifies the impact of these organizations and broadens access to high-quality educational games for learners at every age. Visit us on the web at: http://learninggamesnetwork.org

Stronghold Kingdoms iOS Coming Soon 

Strategy MMO to arrive on iPad and iPhone, followed by an all-new Stronghold title on PC

Firefly Studios has just announced Stronghold Kingdoms iOS at Gamescom 2015. Currently available for PC and Mac, the full game is now coming to iPad and iPhone with bespoke touchscreen controls and cross platform play with millions of existing Kingdoms players:

Announcement Trailer – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aw66eqiBkI

“A recent GDC survey showed a significant swing toward PC development for mobile devs, this isn’t the case for Firefly. Smart devices are missing out on deeper strategy experiences like Stronghold Kingdoms and we see a gap for our unique style of hardcore strategy”, said Simon Bradbury, Creative Director at Firefly Studios. “We’re bringing Stronghold to mobile without any concessions. Kingdoms will be the full game on iPad and iPhone, with extra features like cross-platform play with PC and Mac users and a totally redesigned UI for touch control”.

Currently available for PC and Mac, Stronghold Kingdoms will be the first game of its kind on the App Store. A fully fledged strategy MMO featuring classic Stronghold gameplay in massive persistent game worlds, Kingdoms allows players to dominate whole countries if they choose to. Working as part of a Faction or House, each feudal Lord must expand their empire and specialise as a farmer, trader, diplomat or warlord using the in-game tech tree. Each player castle can be sieged in real time and every village raided for supplies, as players reach for the throne and domination of Europe.

Revealing more about the series’ long-term trajectory, Firefly also announced plans for a future entry in the Stronghold series on PC. Currently without an official title, the next traditional Stronghold game is planned as a standalone release intended to satisfy long-time fans. Keen to let followers of the series know that Stronghold has a future on both mobile and PC, Firefly is currently reaching out to players for their ideas and wish list requests for future titles. 

Players can prepare for the upcoming iOS launch and start building their kingdom immediately, by downloading the game for free on PC or Mac:

www.strongholdkingdoms.com 

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About Stronghold Kingdoms

Kick start your medieval domination in Stronghold Kingdoms, the world’s first Castle MMO. Build your castle, farm peacefully, engage in political mind games or seek vengeance on sworn enemies. Whatever your path Stronghold Kingdoms allows players to become a feudal Lord ruling over cities, countries or entire continents. Epic battles and political double-crossing take place across a series of sprawling world maps, populated by the game’s four million players. Build your online stronghold, siege other players and AI opponents, research new technology and fight for honour and glory! For more information please visit www.strongholdkingdoms.com or follow @PlayStronghold on Twitter.

About Firefly Studios

Firefly Studios is an independent PC game developer specialising in real-time strategy and MMO titles since 1999. Formed Simon Bradbury and Eric Ouellette of Caesar and Lords of the Realm fame, the company has brought to market many high profile and commercially successful strategy games. These include the Stronghold series with lifetime sales of over six million and Stronghold Kingdoms, which currently has three million registered players from more than 100 different countries. Firefly has offices in the UK and US, with around 30 full and part-time staff. For more information visit their website at www.fireflyworlds.com or follow @fireflyworlds on Twitter.

©2015 FIREFLY STUDIOS LIMITED. All rights reserved. Stronghold Kingdoms and FIREFLY STUDIOS LIMITED are trademarks or registered trademarks of FIREFLY HOLDINGS LIMITED.

KOEI TECMO HIGHLIGHTS THE BENEFITS OF DIPLOMACY IN NEWEST ASSETS FOR NOBUNAGA’S AMBITION: SPHERE OF INFLUENCE

‘The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.’ – Sun Tzu, The Art of War

BURLINGAME, Calif. – August 6, 2015 – KOEI TECMO America released today a wealth of new assets for upcoming famed strategy/historical simulation Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence, including a new trailer, which highlights the abundance of strategic options available to tacticians.

Using Diplomacy to improve foreign affairs is a key ingredient to building a powerful clan in Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence. Although it’s a slow-burning process that doesn’t provide the fast-paced, exhilarating action that battles do, Diplomacy can wield very fruitful results. For example, players can cultivate relationships with nearby clans and tribes to ensure they won’t take up arms or join enemy armies. Good diplomatic relationships with other lords can also lead to forging longer lasting alliances, or coalition armies against a common enemy. Prolonged good relationships might allow players to assimilate tribes into their clan, thus increasing the population and sphere of influence of their fief.

Additionally, diplomatic ties to the imperial court – although costly – can lead to an increase in rank through the award of nobility titles. These titles can be acquired on behalf of the clan lord or passed on by the lord to subordinate officers to increase their loyalty and provide a multitude of benefits, including an increase in influence and a decrease in cost for various diplomatic actions.

On the darker side of Diplomacy, players can assign officers to covert operations and espionage. These can include reconnaissance missions, or attempts to entice and create discontent amongst enemy officers. Keeping officer loyalty and satisfaction high is the only way to prevent NPC spies from leading officers away from the players’ clan and ensuring betrayal won’t hit from those closest to the top!

To view the all-new trailer for Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence, please visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnFNM8f18eg.

Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence is slated for release on the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system across America on September 1, 2015. It will also be simultaneously available digitally on the PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system and on PC via Steam®.

For more Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence news and a first look at the newest trailer, please visit the official website at www.koeitecmoamerica.com/sphereofinfluence, Like KOEI TECMO America at www.facebook.com/koeitecmous, and follow KOEI TECMO America on Twitter @KoeiTecmoUS.

ABOUT NOBUNAGA’S AMBITION

Celebrating its 30^th anniversary this year, Nobunaga’s Ambition is one of the longest running franchises for KOEI TECMO Games, and during its lifetime the series has received high praise by an ever-growing fan base across an array of platforms.

The Nobunaga’s Ambition series is named after one of the most prominent and infamous figures of the Sengoku era (Warring States) of Japanese history, Nobunaga Oda, who 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, and much more.

Hailed as one of the best installments in the franchise’s history upon its release in Japan, the series’ latest chapter, Nobunaga’s Ambition: Sphere of Influence, is set against the backdrop of a fragmented nation. In this extremely intricate, deep, and meticulous strategy game, the player must take on the role 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 AMERICA CORP.

KOEI TECMO AMERICA CORP. is a publisher of interactive entertainment software for current generation consoles, handhelds and digital download content based in Burlingame, California. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of KOEI TECMO HOLDINGS CO., LTD., headquartered in Yokohama, Japan. KOEI is best known for its Dynasty Warriors® and Samurai Warriors® franchises. TECMO is best known for the Dead or Alive®, Ninja Gaiden®, Tecmo Bowl®, and Fatal Frame® series.

©2015 KOEI TECMO GAMES CO., LTD. The KT logo is a registered trademark of KOEI TECMO HOLDINGS CO., LTD.

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