In XO, Battlestar Galactica meets The Lost Fleet via FTL!

Can you help humanity survive an unbeatable enemy in this stylish space-based strategy game XO?

LONDON, July 22 2015: Humanity is on the brink of extinction, under threat from an enemy possessed of overwhelming force, and time is running out. Only you, a lone starship captain, has a chance to save the remnants of civilization and escape to safety – but how will you choose who to save, or when to fight?

That’s the starting point for XO, a stylish and deep new space-based strategy game designed by Portland, Oregon-based Jumpdrive Studios – influenced by legendary sci-fi experiences including Battlestar Galactica, The Lost Fleet and FTL.

The project launched on Kickstarter on Monday, July 20 seeking an initial total of USD 40,000 to complete development, and is the latest campaign to be supported by Square Enix Collective. The last five projects supported by the initiative have all been successful, with developers raising over USD 600,000 in the process.

Kickstarter link: http://j.mp/XOkck

With an immediately recognisable visual style and a soundtrack provided by the incredible Jim Guthrie (Sword and Sworcery, Indie Game: The Movie), we’re pretty sure that indie gamers the world over will like what they’re seeing.

“We’ve received a tremendous amount of support from the indie community so far,” said Corey Warning of Jumpdrive Studios. “I think we initially struck a chord with the game’s visual style, and once we started diving into the political system, people started to get really excited.

“We’ve teamed up with one of my favorite composers Jim Guthrie – who I very much admire.  His work on Sword & Sworcery and Indie Game: The Movie is what inspired me to start making games with my friends in the first place, which set me on my path into the games industry.”

The Jumpdrive Studios team (like all developers supported through crowdfunding by Square Enix), passed the Collective Team Assessment process last week; this means that we have examined the capabilities of the team and believe they possess the expertise and tools needed to create the game they are describing.

Square Enix Collective is a platform that aims to help independent developers find an audience for their projects, by enabling them to tap into our community and media resources. Projects which gamers support through the initial Feedback phase may be offered continued support through crowdfunding too; but developers are free to choose whether to accept, and always retain IP and complete creative control over their projects.

For more information on Square Enix Collective, or if you wish to talk to any of the developers featured on the Feedback platform or supported through funding, please contact your local PR rep or directly via Phil Elliott: [email protected]

Square Enix Collective website: collective.square-enix.com
Follow @SQEX Collective on Twitter®: twitter.com/sqexcollective

Keep the Flag Flying with World of Warships Dev Diary #7

Learn how to deck your vessel out in new Signal Flags and camouflage in the latest Dev Diaries

July 22, 2015 — Get ready to fly your flag high on the open sea with the World of Warships Dev Diaries #7! In this latest instalment in the World of Warships Dev Diary series, viewers will discover how they can display their battle prowess and acquire an in-game advantage thanks to the strategic use of Signal Flags and confounding camouflage.

In the Navy, flags are one of the main naval insignias for distinction, used to detail a ship’s nationality as well as communicate status and mission. In Dev Diaries #7, you’ll learn about the history of these flags, as well as the meticulous work that went into getting them looking and acting realistic in the game. In World of Warships, Signal Flags aren’t just cosmetic: they also boost your ship and captain, giving players an edge in battle. Through a player’s battle achievements, Signal Flags will be earned and applied to their ship. Discover what enhancements certain flags grant their vessels, ranging from increased XP earnings to increased speed. Camouflage is the other way a captain can customize their vessel. Learn the history of camouflage used in navies around the world and how it will not only give your ship a unique look, but offers a practical gameplay enhancement.

To watch World of Warships Developer Diaries #7, just visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M8BxI62cPI

To learn more about World of Warships, visit:

• http://worldofwarships.asia

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About World of Warships

The highly anticipated World of Warships is the latest free, historical online combat game to be added to the Wargaming’s catalog. Command a massive naval fleet featuring history’s most iconic war vessels, level up important tech modules and prepare to dominate the oceans in World of Warships.

With four classes of ships, a plethora of upgrades, strategically designed environments the action never ends and every match is a unique experience.

Endless hours of strategy, tactical gameplay and pulse pounding combat await all who take the helm in World of Warships!

Official website:

• http://worldofwarships.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 armored 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 for Xbox 360 and World of Tanks Blitz. Launched in 2014, World of Tanks for Xbox 360 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:

• wargaming.com

AUDI RUAPUNA PARK TRACK EXPANSION AVAILABLE NOW ON DEMAND!

Project CARS continues its program of continual updates and fresh content delivery today with its first Track Expansion featuring New Zealand’s Ruapuna Park circuit and three iconic Audi racing cars. The Audi Ruapuna Park Expansion is priced at $5.49 and is available for download today on STEAM^®, Xbox One^® and the PlayStation^®4 computer entertainment system.

Comprising of five unique layouts, Ruapuna Park International Raceway is New Zealand’s premier motor racing facility, located 13 kilometers west of Christchurch, New Zealand. Hosting some of New Zealand’s most exciting racing events, including the prestigious Lady Wigram Trophy and an annual round of the New Zealand V8s series, the track’s main 3.3 kilometer layout runs in an anti-clockwise direction and its challenging layout incorporates many fast sweeping corners that reward smooth and precise drivers.

With the Audi R18 e-tron Quattro, six-time American Le Mans Series winner Audi R8 LMP900, and 1989 Audi 90 IMSA GTO rounding out this expansion, all players will additionally be able to get behind the wheel of the coveted and limited run Audi A1 Quattro with delivery of their second Free Car.

And as if that wasn’t enough, the second pack of Community Liveries includes an amazing community-created livery for the Ford Escort Mk 1 as well as six real-life DTM liveries for the Mercedes 190E 2.5-16 Evolution2.

With continual Feature Updates addressing items identified by the community and introducing new functionality, exciting Free Cars, beautiful Community-created Liveries, and a variety of themed Car Packs and Track Expansions, Project CARS is built for the future and continues to be a growing and evolving experience throughout 2015 and beyond led by the racing community around the world.

Find out more about PROJECT CARS ON DEMAND at projectcarsgame.com/on-demand

Breach & Clear: DEADline Available Now on Steam

– Mighty Rabbit and GUN’s distinctive real-time with pause, action-strategy game combines an array of gameplay features in one incredible package –

July 21, 2015 – Breach & Clear: DEADline springs from the petri dish and into PCs everywhere today as Mighty Rabbit Studios and Gun Media, in association with Gambitious Digital Entertainment and forever friend Devolver Digital, release hordes of zombies for slaughter today for $19.99 (http://store.steampowered.com/app/310890/). Breach & Clear: DEADline masterfully blends exploration with top-down, action-based twin stick shooting and RPG-style looting, weapon modding, upgrading and leveling/progression into one hell of a zombie-fueled tactical journey.

Breach & Clear: DEADline features a new, robust co-op mode straight from the suggestions of fans in Early Access – eliminating urban parasitic infestations was never so awesome. Once you’re dropped into an urban wasteland, you have one mission: Link with your squad, wipe out the source of the virus and escape with your life. Along the way, you’ll be tasked with clearing out the infested and leading your squad through increasingly difficult areas using limited resources. By cleverly combining what you are able to find, you can create vicious, brutal weapons and devise clever plans to kill the infested. You’ll need to develop your squad, grow their skills, as well as your own plethora of tactical talents, against the ever-mutating hordes of zombies and murderous human survivors.

Breach & Clear: DEADline features hours of replayable missions in a variety of dynamic environments– no play-through is ever the same. Get in, get out, stay alive – if you can. Check out more at http://store.steampowered.com/app/310890/.

For more information about Gambitious, please hit up www.gambitious.com.

About Gun
Based in Kentucky, Gun Media is a publisher of interactive entertainment comprised of industry veterans with unique and complementary backgrounds. The mission of Gun is to build fresh and exciting interactive experiences for a wide range of platforms and gamers. The team shares a vision that game development is not just the creation of a product, but the blending of art, design and technology to create an experience that engages and entertains players from all over the world. Head over to www.fearthegun.com for more information on Gun.

About Mighty Rabbit Studios:
Entering the fray from Cary, NC, Mighty Rabbit Studios is staffed by talented and edgy developers that spend their days making rad games! Since being founded in 2010, they have focused on creating multi-platform games like Saturday Morning RPG, Fat Chicken and Breach & Clear. All the aforementioned games have garnered much acclaim from critics and fans alike. You can learn more about Mighty Rabbit and their team at www.mightyrabbitstudios.com.

HATOFUL BOYFRIEND SPREADS ITS WINGS ON PLAYSTATION 4 AND VITA

The Nest – The bird-loving folks of developer Mediatonic and avian-friendly publisher Devolver Digital are pleased to announce that Hatoful Boyfriend is now available for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita for $14.95! As the only human in St. PigeoNation’s prestigious school for birds you’ll encounter a feathered cast of characters and choose a suitable love interest all while managing elective school classes. Follow your heart as you choose your path and go on romantic dates you but be wary of fowl twists and turns along the way that could turn you love life upside down.

Hatoful Boyfriend’s debut on PlayStation 4 and Vita will also include a whole new romance option featuring Tohri, a character that previously only appeared in the Hatoful Boyfriend: Holiday Star sequel, written by original creator Hato Moa. This exclusive story path introduces some new questionable stalkers, bitter rivalries, and even a doomsday device sure to shake up any avian romance for the series’ longtime fans and those new to the world of Hatoful Boyfriend!

“Research shows that the bird romance game business is a $15 billion a year industry and with Hatoful Boyfriend the only title in the category I stand to make roughly $15 billion,” said Devolver Digital CFO Fork Parker.

Hatoful Boyfriend is available now on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita as a Cross-Buy title so users can purchase on one platform and receive it on both. For more information about the leading romantic bird simulator Hatoful Boyfriend please visit devolverdigital.com or follow @DevolverDigital on Twitter.

RACE LIKE A CHAMPION AS F1^TM 2015 ACCELERATES INTO STORES IN THE AMERICAS TODAY

STUNNING NEW GAME ENGINE AND ‘BROADCAST PRESENTATION’ VISUALS BRING F1™ 2015 TO LIFE 

SAN JOSE, Calif,. (July 21, 2015) – Codemasters® today announced the launch of F1 2015, the official videogame of the 2015 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP™, racing into stores throughout North and Latin America today and will be available in Brazil on July 24, 2015. Distributed by BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. F1 2015 arrives earlier in the season compared to previous Codemasters FORMULA ONE™ releases. The launch of F1 2015 marks the award-winning series’ debut on PlayStation® 4 computer entertainment system and Xbox One. The game is also available for Windows PC through STEAM.

F1 2015 delivers a truly immersive experience thanks to an all-new ‘broadcast presentation’ style that recreates the unique race day atmosphere of a GRAND PRIX™, complete with introductory grid sequences, new motion-captured pit stops by a real world pit crew, and the iconic podium celebrations. Using voice recognition technology available for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles, players can become immersed in the cockpit, engaging with their race engineer through in-game voice commands with Kinect for Xbox One and the PlayStation®Camera or compatible headsets and microphones for PlayStation 4. Players compete as their favorite FORMULA ONE star in the all-new Championship Season and push themselves to the limit in the challenging Pro Season mode. The game also features fully playable 2014 FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP™ bonus content.

F1 2015 takes players closer to the real-world experience of racing in the world’s most glamorous, exciting and prestigious motorsport, thanks to a brand new version of Codemasters’ proprietary EGO game engine. In addition to spectacular visual fidelity, F1 2015 offers a significant step forward in the physics-based handling model of the game, which is designed to be inclusive for both seasoned players and those new to the series. The handling model offers enhancements and additions in over 20 areas, including engine and transmission, aerodynamics, fuel tank, force feedback, suspension and most notably, a brand new tire physics model, to recreate the breathtaking handling characteristics of the world’s fastest and most responsive racing cars.

F1 2015 is now available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Windows PC via STEAM and is rated E for Everyone by the ESRB.

Follow Codemasters F1 games blog and social channels on Twitter and Facebook for future updates. F1 2015 is published by Codemasters and distributed by BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Russia, Australia and New Zealand.

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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 per cent 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 BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc.

BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc., part of BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc., is a leading global publisher and developer of interactive content — including all major video game consoles, iOS, mobile and online. The company is known for creating and publishing many of the industry’s top video game franchises, including PAC-MAN^®, TEKKEN^®, SOULCALIBUR^®, NARUTO™, NARUTO SHIPPUDEN™, Dragon Ball^®, GALAGA^®, RIDGE RACER^® and ACE COMBAT^®. More information about the company and its products can be found at www.bandainamcoent.com or www.facebook.com/BandaiNamcoUS.

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