BRING THE PARTY STRAIGHT TO YOUR MOBILE DEVICE WITH THE DEBUT OF WURDY ON THE ITUNES APP STORE

Keep the Party Going – and Guessing – in New Word-based Puzzle Game

LONDON: December 5, 2013:  Marvelous Games, a division of Japanese publisher MarvelousAQL, best known for the highly-acclaimed titles No More Heroes, Harvest Moon, and RunBot, today announced the release of Wurdy, a highly entertaining new word-based party game on the App Store. Available now on iPhone®, iPad and iPod® touch devices,Wurdy is designed to bring the entire room together – at home, your favourite pub, a friend’s house –  for hilarious ‘shout-out-loud’ fun anywhere you go.

Developed by UK studio SockMonkey, players each have a sixty second round to cleverly and quickly describe a listed word or phrase to their audience using clues that will lead them to the answer. Once someone guesses correctly, players move onto the next word as the clock quickly races to zero. The player with the most points at the end of each round wins, but remember: no miming and no rhyming!

“We fell in love with Wurdy from our very first play,” says Harry Holmwood, CEO, MarvelousAQL Europe.  “People of all ages have always loved playing together – whether it’s cards or classic board games. Wurdy takes that tradition and combines it with the easy accessibility and convenience of a mobile phone – making any occasion perfect for a fun, social game.”

Topics for Wurdy take players through a wide range of subjects that will entertain all types of people including Film/TV, Celebrities, Sports, Animals, Books and even the Kids’ Zone for the wee Wurdy gamer. Premium categories will also be available as in-app purchases, keeping players on their toes and up-to-speed with an array of new topics ,including the latest pop culture news, sporting events and holidays. Each category contains more than 300 words, which will offer endless entertainment to players.

The fun doesn’t stop there, as Wurdy allows players to capture their unforgettable epic fails and verbal victories live on camera by utilising the EveryPlay feature. EveryPlay allows players to record video footage from the perspective of the quizzer, and easily share hilarious videos from their Wurdy funny moments via popular social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

Wurdy is available now for £1.49 from the App Store on iPhone®, iPad and iPod® touch devices, with an Android launch coming soon.

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About Marvelous Games:
Marvelous Games is the digital brand of MAQL Europe, a subsidiary of MarvelousAQL, Inc. of Japan – which is the result of the 2011 merger between Japanese publishers Marvelous Entertainment, AQ Interactive, and mobile/ social developer Liveware.

Known for acclaimed console games like No More Heroes and Harvest Moon, MarvelousAQL has also enjoyed critical and commercial success in Japan with social and mobile games like Logres of Swords and Sorcery and Three Kingdoms.

Marvelous Games partners with mobile and social game developers around the world, including recent iOS titles such as Eyes Attack and the multi-million download hit RunBot, providing expert help with development funding, user acquisition, monetization, PR and marketing for their games.

About SockMonkey Studios:
SockMonkey Studios is a mobile game and app development studios based in Middlesbrough, UK, with a team that has worked at some of the biggest independent studios in the UK including Team17, Atomic Planet Entertainment and Jagex, working on a variety of platforms including mobile, console, handheld and Facebook.

Warriors unite: ‘East-meets-West’ action RPG Conquest Age launches on iOS

Cooperation is key as players team up in this world-spanning free-to-play action RPG

LONDON: December 5, 2013: Marvelous Games, a division of Japanese publisher MarvelousAQL, best known for the highly-acclaimed titles No More Heroes, Harvest Moon and RunBot, has today launched Conquest Age, a fantasy action RPG available on the iTunes AppStore.

Conquest Age, developed by Singapore studio Daylight Studios, immerses players in the seven world-spanning regions of the Dracon Peninsula. Players are tasked with uniting this divided land to face the imminent threat of invasion from across the ocean by the land’s ancient rulers, bent on revenge.

Players will have the option of both single player and multiplayer modes throughout each play session, as they can team up in cooperative war conquests, or hire bands of mercenaries and fight alone for supremacy in the arena.  Exploration, weapon collecting and fusion is a key part of Conquest Age as well – even the most common of items can be fused with another weapon to further strengthen it to unlimited levels.

Conquest Age lets players choose to become one of three warrior classes, each featuring their own skill trees for players to develop and shape. These choices will have deep implications on tactics in battle situations. Although it is possible to fight with any weapon, Conquest Age rewards players who best complement their weapon choices with their character build, and use them strategically in the real-time battle system. Battle effectiveness is immediately evident, as each player is ranked on a global leaderboard or against their Facebook friends.

With hundreds of hours of addictive quests, high quality fantasy artwork and a fusion of East-meets-West gameplay, Conquest Age is designed to appeal to both existing RPG fans while being accessible for newcomers.

“Conquest Age is a game we have put our all into; we worked tirelessly to create a game that we could be proud of,” says Don Sim, CEO at Daylight Studios. “It has been a long process of refinement and improvements to make the game as good and rewarding as it can possibly be for players. We are very excited to finally be unleashing our game to the world!”

“As a long-standing fan of RPG games, I was hooked into the world of Conquest Age from the first time I played the game,” adds Jonathan Nevill, Project Manager, MarvelousAQL Europe. “It’s been a pleasure working with Daylight Studios to realise our shared vision – combining the best of Asian and Western gaming to deliver an RPG suited to a global audience.”

Conquest Age is available now, Free to play on iOS – https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/conquest-age/id609524542?ls=1&mt=8

About Marvelous Games:

Marvelous Games is the digital brand of MAQL Europe, a subsidiary of MarvelousAQL, Inc. of Japan – which is the result of the 2011 merger between Japanese publishers Marvelous Entertainment, AQ Interactive, and mobile/social developer Liveware.

Known for acclaimed console games like No More Heroes and Harvest Moon, MarvelousAQL has also enjoyed critical and commercial success in Japan with social and mobile games like Logres of Swords and Sorcery and Three Kingdoms.

Marvelous Games partners with mobile and social game developers around the world, including recent iOS titles such as Eyes Attack and the multi-million download hit RunBot, providing expert help with development funding, user acquisition, monetization, PR and marketing for their games.

About Daylight Studios:

Daylight Studios is a premier developer of mobile games based in Singapore. After launching its first game in 2011, the company quickly became one of the most popular mobile game developers in South East Asia.

Developer of Reign of Heroes, Reign of Heroes Turbo and Hisho Collection Mall Empire, Daylight Studios has won the hearts of over 2 million players in the SEA region. In Dec 2011, the team released Reign of Heroes as their debut title and it became the top game on the mig33 platform within 13 days from launch.

Since then the 20 man team has been hard at work developing their new series of high quality smartphone games for the past 14 months. Conquest Age is a fine example of the exciting games they will be releasing in the upcoming months.

ASSASSIN’S CREED^® PIRATES SETS SAIL 

New stand-alone Assassin’s Creed mobile adventure now available 

Launch Trailer Youtube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9BR7xb1Efg 

London, UK — December 5, 2013 — Today Ubisoft^® announced that the next game in the award-winning Assassin’s Creed^® franchise, Assassin’s Creed^® Pirates, is now available for iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and select high end smartphones and tablets on the App Store, on Google Play and on the Amazon Appstore for £2.99.

The year is 1716, the dawn of the Golden Age of piracy in the Caribbean. Players take on the role of Alonzo Batilla, a young and ambitious Captain who is embarking on an epic quest to find La Buse’s legendary treasure. Along his way Alonzo will cross paths with famous buccaneers including Blackbeard, Bellamy and Hornigold and find himself caught in the middle of the ancestral fight between Assassins and Templars.

In Assassin’s Creed Pirates, players will be tasked to manage their crew, upgrade their ship, recruit new crew members and engage in massive and brutal real-time naval battles to become the most feared pirate in the Caribbean.

Ubisoft Paris has developed a brand new mobile engine to bring groundbreaking 3D visuals to Assassin’s Creed Pirates. This engine is responsible for the breathtaking moving waters, lush islands, and gorgeous graphics that set new visual standards for mobile platforms.

For more information on Assassin’s Creed Pirates, please visit:

assassinscreed.com/pirates and www.facebook.com/assassinscreed

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