Physical Deluxe Edition is bundled with DLC and new game updates and is available to pre-order now

WARRINGTON, ENGLAND & LOS ANGELES, CA – April 30, 2025 – Today, independent studio 10:10 Games, in collaboration with Funko, Inc. (Nasdaq: FNKO) and Universal Products & Experiences, alongside physical distribution partner U&I Entertainment, announced Funko Fusion Deluxe Edition, a new physical release of the crossover action-adventure game inspired by Funko Pop! Funko Fusion Deluxe Edition will release on August 22, 2025 and is available to pre-order now at select global retailers. 

Fans can expand their Funko Fusion Deluxe Edition experience with a special pre-order incentive now live with select retailers. Players who pre-order the game starting today will receive a special character DLC pack from the Pop! Fantastik Plastik range to download when the game launches. Check local retailers for more information and availability. 

Funko Fusion Deluxe Edition is the most complete release to date and includes the base Funko Fusion game, every piece of free Funko Fusion downloadable content (DLC), and a selection of paid DLC, including but not limited to The Office Cameo Pack,  Wicked Movie Packs Bundle, and Universal Monsters DLC packs. That’s not all, as this physical release will also pack in all game updates released to date and brand-new improvements, including an option to toggle gore to a more family-friendly set of stylized effects.

The Pop! culture extravaganza developed and published by 10:10 Games invites players to explore levels, complete quests, and discover innumerable references based on beloved NBCUniversal franchises including Jurassic World, JAWS, Back to the Future, The Thing, Hot Fuzz, Chucky, Battlestar Galactica, Xena: Warrior Princess, The Umbrella Academy, Masters of the Universe, and beyond, as well as Skybound Entertainment’s Invincible, Capcom’s Mega Man™, and more. Fans can also look forward to regular new additions through free and paid DLC packs, introducing characters from every corner of modern entertainment.

“Our community has been absolutely essential to improving Funko Fusion since launch, and we can’t thank them enough for their passion and support,” said Arthur Parsons, co-founder and Head of Publishing at 10:10 Games. “With the long-awaited Switch physical release, we’re delighted to unveil this Funko Fusion Deluxe Edition that packs in our most exciting post-release content with the massively enhanced base game, and we look forward to seeing new fans explore the Wonder Works this summer.”

Funko Fusion Deluxe Edition launches as a physical edition for Nintendo Switch on August 22, 2025 for £34.99GBP / $39.99USD / €39.99EUR and is available to pre-order now for specialist retail stores. Check local retailers for availability. 

For more information, please visit www.funkofusion.com.

About 10:10 Games

Founded in the summer of 2021 by industry veterans, 10:10 Games was formed with a vision to create a studio that is inclusive, collaborative, and welcoming for everyone, a studio where the team is empowered to do their best work every day, and a studio that creates amazing games that engage and exhilarate gamers everywhere. Their first game, Funko Fusion, released on PC and consoles on September 13.

About Funko

Headquartered in Everett, Washington, Funko is a leading pop culture lifestyle brand. Funko designs, sources, and distributes licensed pop culture products across multiple categories, including vinyl figures, board games, action toys, plush, apparel, housewares, and accessories for consumers who seek tangible ways to connect with their favorite pop culture brands and characters.

About Universal Products & Experiences

Universal Products & Experiences (UP&E) globally drives the expansion and elevation of NBCUniversal’s iconic collection of brands, intellectual properties, characters, and stories based on the company’s extensive portfolio of properties created by Universal Pictures, Illumination, DreamWorks Animation and NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. The division executes this through innovative physical and digital products, as well as engaging retail and product experiences across our expansive global theme park destinations (for both owned and third-party IP), location-based venues, e-commerce product platforms, and retailers around the world. Along with global brand strategy and creative, UP&E’s lines of business include Consumer Products and Games, along with Theme Parks Products & Retail. UP&E is a division of Universal Destinations & Experiences, part of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast Corporation.

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Pom-poms Have Never Been This Deadly: Frenetic and Vibrant 2D Sidescroller Ra Ra BOOM Explores a Colorful Coming of Age Story Set to the Sound of Cracking Robot Skulls and Good Ol’ Fashion Pew-Pew and Boom-Boom Also, sick beats.

Cincinnati, Ohio (April 30, 2025) – Earth has been taken. A dutiful AI created to solve climate change has gone rogue, targeting the very civilians it was supposed to save. Only Aris, Saida, Ren and Vee, four teenage ninja cheerleaders from space, highly skilled in the art of ranged and melee combat, can get to Earth and reclaim the planet. They’ve been training their entire lives for this moment – and the moment is almost here. This is Ra Ra BOOM and it hits hard on PC, Xbox and PlayStation in August: https://linktr.ee/raraBOOM

This is not your average beat ‘em up. Ra Ra BOOM cooks with turbo-charged four-player co-op action, blending classic beat ‘em up gameplay with ranged combat in a lane-based 2D sidescroller. Today’s incredibly badass new trailer showcases the latest look at some of the game’s action – from enemies and bosses hellbent on keeping Earth under their control to our heroic cheerleaders from outer space who definitely aren’t going down without a fight:

Woven throughout this action-packed game is a surprisingly narrative-rich campaign, complete with 2D cinematic cutscenes in which each of our heroes experiences their own character arcs – anyone who has ever been a teenager can relate, even if they’ve never had to save the planet. Turns out that facing your demons might be harder than saving the planet. 

In Ra Ra BOOM, each playable character also sports their own weapons and abilities, giving you four completely different, explosive takes on combat that, through a progression system, you can level up and gain new abilities and skills. Augmenting traditional beat ’em up gameplay with its unique integrated lane system, Ra Ra BOOM blends horizontal lanes naturally into its hand-drawn environments. Players are able to hone their skills in melee or ranged combat to deal furious blows, quickly switching between clearly defined lanes to never miss a beat, no matter which play style you prefer. 

Ra Ra BOOM’s killer soundtrack doesn’t miss a beat either – with a non-stop score of heart-pounding, rock-tinged beats courtesy of DJ duo Toy District, made up of Gylee Games CEO Bergs and partner Dreweybear. Ra Ra BOOM keeps both the energy and the BPM sky high.

ReadyAimFire launches an unfiltered new podcast hosted by Alien: Isolation’s Kezia Burrows and featuring the biggest voices and creatives in gaming.

London (April 30, 2025) – Games industry production studio ReadyAimFire is delighted to announce the ReadyAimFire Podcast, a brand new show pulling back the curtain on the creatives behind your favourite games. Hosted by Kezia Burrows, best known for playing Amanda Ripley in the hit game Alien: Isolation, and Tom Stacey, ReadyAimFire co-founder, the show invites listeners into honest conversations revealing what went into making these best-selling titles. 

Watch the ReadyAimFire Podcast trailer:

Episodes are released every two weeks with episode one and two now live. Episode one (YouTube) features Devora Wilde, the actor and voice of Lae’zel in the multi-award winning RPG Baldur’s Gate 3. Devora makes the revelation that she was still recording the game just days before giving birth and on how her actor peers feel “more creatively fulfilled doing video games than they are doing TV or film.”

In episode two (YouTube) Michael Geary, best-known for hit TV series Outlander and epic shooter Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2, shares stories about getting into voice acting from theatre and how voicing certain characters has pushed him to his limits.

Upcoming podcast guests include iconic names such as Doug Cockle (Geralt, The Witcher series), Luke Dale (Lord Hans Capon, Kingdom Come: Deliverance II)  and the creative team behind Final Fantasy XVI. 

Upcoming Episodes & Guests:

• Doug Cockle – Geralt of Riviera, The Witcher
• Kirsty Gilmore – Director, Baldur’s Gate 3
• Damien Goodwin – Director, Returnal
• Luke Dale & Tom McKay – Hans & Henry, Kingdom Come Deliverance II
• Final Fantasy XVI – Creative Team Roundtable
• Alien: Isolation – Creative Team Roundtable

As video games cement their place at the heart of global entertainment – inspiring critically acclaimed TV shows like Arcane, Fallout, and The Last of Us – there’s a growing hunger to understand the people behind the magic. The ReadyAimFire Podcast taps into this moment, offering a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the blood, sweat and pixels poured into every beloved title. It’s not just about how games are made; it’s about who makes them and giving fans an opportunity to understand the creative process better.

New episodes drop every two weeks. Available on the ReadyAimFire Website, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon, YouTube, and all major platforms. 

About ReadyAimFire

ReadyAimFire is a production studio for the games industry and brands who speak to gamers. They specialise in creating commercials and social content campaigns, with expertise in AAA live action trailers. They are members of UKIE and BAFTA Games.

Keep your eyes peeled for surprise game reveals during the ‘Month of Wired’

Watford, UK – April 30th, 2025: Independent publisher Wired Productions is celebrating its 17^th birthday on May 15^th with a month-long celebration of great indie games. The ‘Month of Wired’ will be filled with daily deals, competitions and even surprise game reveals!

All dates and offers can be found at: https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/WIRED/sale/MonthOfWired

Check out the ‘Month of Wired’ kick-off video below

The Month of Wired features:

• May 2^nd: Reach for 85% off Deliver Us The Moon
• May 8^th: Get your claws on 50% savings on GORI: Cuddly Carnage
• May 12^th: Sneak 20% off before Mother finds out in KARMA: The Dark World
• May 15^th: A surprise reveal
• May 19^th: Find 70% off, deep in the lake of Martha Is Dead
• May 20^th: Check in to Hotel Architect
• May 22^nd: A surprise reveal
• More surprises to be revealed throughout the month!

Announced last week ahead of the Month of Wired, the chaotic management-sim Hotel Architect is launching into Early Access on May 20^th with a 20% discount running for two weeks on Steam.

About Wired Productions

Wired Productions is a true Independent Publisher proudly presenting a diverse range of specially curated games from some of the greatest storytellers and independent developers. Named as “Indie Publisher of the Year” at the MCV / Develop Awards, Wired is home to an award-winning collection of titles including: KARMA: The Dark World, DIG VR, Gori: Cuddly Carnage, Bulwark: Falconeer Chronicles, Arcade Paradise, Martha Is Dead, Deliver Us the Moon, and many more. Upcoming titles include: Hotel Architect and Beneath and more to be revealed this year.

Developer RuneHeads shows its hand, reveals tower-defense twist on the popular genre

Milan, Italy (April 30, 2025) – Award-winning indie developer RuneHeads is delighted to place its cards on the table, as it releases a playable demo on Steam for its upcoming roguelite deckbuilder, Journey to the Void. The demo should give players a taste of its card-battling goodness ahead of the full game’s release later this summer.

Your world is being corrupted and there is darkness and devastation rampant in each of the disparate elemental regions. Choose from an endless number of procedurally generated heroes, select your starting location, and begin your run, going headfirst and headstrong into battle to decide the fate of your world. With heroes having positive and negative traits that can nerf or buff you and locations offering region-exclusive cards, strategy comes into play right from the very beginning.

Across 25 unique arenas and eight different biomes, you’ll strategically play with more than 300 cards, items and weapons. Stack attacks, wield the elements present in that region, and unleash devastating game-changing abilities to take down more than 100 different enemy types, including 10 bosses, in grid-based arenas. 

Need to put a bit of pep in your deckbuilding step? Shape your hero into a powerful warrior by using XP earned in battle to improve their stats across Constitution, Strength, Resonance and Intelligence, according to your strategy. In Journey to the Void, you’ll also encounter fine merchants selling trinkets, items, and weapons – including those of dazzling rarity – for your hero to equip.

Offering an additional twist on the genre, Journey to the Void also features moral decisions which can affect your current and future runs. In more than 100 possible interactions, you have the ability to permanently alter a region, with terrible or tremendous consequences. 

In the demo, two biomes, five arenas,  50+ cards and items, 40+ enemies (including two bosses), and 40+ narrative decisions are available.

Key Features of Journey to the Void

• Holding Out for a Hero: With an infinite number of procedurally generated playable heroes, you’ll choose a new one each run to make for a unique playthrough. With buffs and nerfs like being Adamant (more base physical damage) or Unfriendly (trading is more expensive), the strategic gameplay begins before you even start your run.
• Journey to the Stat Screen: Min/max to your heart’s content with light RPG elements, levelling up your hero and building their stats to support your playstyle.
• Battling the Elements: More than being background decoration, the game’s eight different elemental biomes affect the way certain cards and abilities play. From scorching firelands to the frozen tundra, you’ll need to build your deck to make the most of the conditions.

Journey to the Void will be released on PC via Steam. A playable demo is now available.

About RuneHeads

RuneHeads is an award-winning indie game studio based in Milan. RuneHeads was founded in 2017 by industry veterans. Since then, they have launched Fall of Light and Conglomerate 451, their latest game Journey to the Void is set to launch in 2025.

April 30, 2025 – Wargaming, the award-winning online game developer and publisher behind the hit World of Tanks and World of Warships Franchises, unveiled today the first Season of its original IP Steel Hunters, a free-to-play mech hero shooter that uniquely blends Battle Royale and Extraction mechanics. This Season marks the thrilling debut of the new horned Hunter, Taurus, along with a fresh lineup of cosmetics and gameplay enhancements.

Armed with his Bull Charge and Heavy Shotgun, Taurus gets into battle with unmatched ferocity. Designed for close combat, he has the strength and weaponry to go face-to-face with any foe. Pain means nothing to Taurus — for him, it’s all about the thrill of the fight. Players can unlock this raging bull through both the Pro and Premium Battle Passes available for Platinum, an in-game currency easily earned by completing combat missions.

With this new season the development team continues to empower the community to actively shape and evolve the game through their feedback. This version contains some exciting updates, including:

• Streamlined HUD: The in-game HUD has been updated and simplified to improve readability and reduce on-screen clutter.
• Enhanced Unique Skill Tree Nodes: The credit cost for unique nodes has decreased by 50%, addressing concerns that they were previously too expensive. Credits spent on these nodes prior to this change will be fully refunded.
• Clearer Match Progression Indicators: To provide greater transparency regarding the impact of upgrades and level progression during matches, the visibility of these indicators has been significantly improved.
• Faster Ammo Recharge: Ammo recharge times have been sped up, especially when players are low on mags.
• Improved Melee Combat: Cooldowns and attack ranges for melee combat have been adjusted to make melee engagements feel less restrictive and more dynamic.
• Heatbreaker Rebalance: Large updates to her Railgun and Sonar Pulse are being rolled out to enhance team play, with key changes including more power in her scoped fire and additional support utility in Sonar Pulse.

Join the hunt today via:

• Wargaming Game Center https://asia.wargaming.net/en/wgc
• Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/1691340

About Steel Hunters

Steel Hunters is an online, mech-hero shooter that seamlessly combines Battle Royale and Extraction mechanics. Players take command of formidable mechanical giants called Hunters, engaging in dynamic duo PvPvE battles on the Hunting Grounds. Fight to collect Starfall on an abandoned Earth and use combat tactics to turn rivals into scrap.

Official website: https://steelhunters.com/

About Wargaming  

Wargaming is an award-winning online game developer and publisher headquartered in Nicosia, Cyprus. Operating since 1998, Wargaming has grown to become one of the leaders in the gaming industry with 15 offices around the world, including studios in Guildford, Prague, Chicago, Austin, Shanghai, Tokyo, Vilnius, Kyiv, and Belgrade. Millions of players enjoy Wargaming’s titles across all major gaming platforms. Our flagship products include hit free-to-play franchises – World of Tanks and World of Warships. 

Official website: https://wargaming.com/en/.

Coming to PlayStation 5 on April 30 is I Am Your President, a political survival game from the creators of the popular and highly rated Crime Scene Cleaner. The title allows you to become the president of the United States of America. I Am Your President is a game full of political clashes, crisis situations and geopolitical struggles. This unique simulator has also been released previously for PC and Xbox.

The game was developed by the independent President Studio from Poland, which is known for its well-received Crime Scene Cleaner. I Am Your President was released in 2023 first on PC, and later the title also hit Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. Ultimate Games S.A. is responsible for developing and releasing the console version.

PlayStation Store Link – https://store.playstation.com/en-us/concept/10013879

Grand challenges and political survivalism

I Am Your President is an intriguing political survival game with the mechanics of a narrative strategy game. The player begins his adventure as the newly elected president of the United States, who must face the realities and challenges of big politics.

The gameplay includes making political decisions, talking to people, attending press conferences and conducting foreign policy, among other things. Presidential activities also include preparing various speeches and addresses, as well as running social media channels. The game combines serious topics with satirical and humorous elements.

Decide, divide and rule!

The creators of I Am Your President have prepared a special political compass, which shows exactly how specific decisions of the player place themselves on the ideological map. The player gets a lot of freedom in conducting domestic and foreign policy. So you can, for example, lavigate around the center or be closer to the Democratic or Republican line.

There is also no shortage of random events in I Am Your President, and references to real-life political figures and events, as well as conspiracy theories, add further flavor.

I Am Your President – main features:

• political survival simulator;
• domestic and foreign policy;
• different ideological currents;
• random events and crises;
• conspiracy theories.

The release date for I Am Your President for PlayStation 5 has been set for April 30, 2025.

Fans Are Encouraged to Indulge in All Things ANI-MAY With Activations Available Across Retail, AVOD, Crunchyroll Games, Home Entertainment, Crunchyroll Store, and More

Sydney, Australia 30 April 2025 – Crunchyroll®, the ultimate home for anime worldwide, is kicking off the third annual Ani-May celebration with global retail, digital, and streaming activations. New and exclusive products and promotions will be available at JB Hi-Fi and EB Games & Zing Pop Culture in Australia and at several retail locations across the globe. New and exclusive product launches and exciting promotional deals will also be available on the Crunchyroll Store all month!

“Anime isn’t just an entertainment medium; it’s a lifestyle. To celebrate anime’s explosive growth, we’re giving fans a variety of ways to express their anime passion during Ani-May – from all-new products across apparel, collectibles, global activations, game collaborations, and new series streaming for free on Crunchyroll,” said Anna Songco Adamian, Vice President, Global Consumer Products. “Whether it’s through wearing their fandom on their sleeves or streaming their favorite series, Crunchyroll will have fans covered this Ani-May.”

Throughout May, fans can expect a wide array of new, officially licensed merchandise from internationally beloved series! Solo Leveling, which was the top series streaming on Crunchyroll in 2024 will be back, alongside sci-fi monster series Kaiju No. 8, the wonderfully adorable series featuring kittens living in bananas, Bananya, and supernatural comedy Toilet-bound Hanako-kun. Of course, merchandise will also feature smash hit shonen series My Hero Academia, video game fantasy Overlord, and The Apothecary Diaries, a historical romance mystery set in a fictional country based on the Tang dynasty of Imperial China. These are just a few of the multitude of shows available—fans can expect more across many global retailers.

Australia and New Zealand-based fans can look forward to the following retail activations:

• In Australia, JB Hi-Fi will be celebrating with dedicated Ani-May end caps in stores, encompassing anime home video and collectibles, with unique in-store signage created by talented store staff! The May edition of STACK Magazine will feature an editorial piece on anime, and will be available in all stores and also online.
• EB Games & Zing Pop Culture – the Home of Pop Culture & Gaming will be joining the Ani-May fun! Customers who sign up to EB WORLD PLUS will receive a 30-day Crunchyroll Premium trial membership*. EB Games will also celebrate with digital signage, ceiling banners, and exclusive products available for purchase across fan-favorite shows, including JUJUTSU KAISEN, SPY x FAMILY, Chainsaw Man, and My Hero Academia.

The Crunchyroll Store, the ultimate one-stop shop for anime fans, will also dive into the Ani-May fun with new and exclusive product launches, unbeatable deals, and an exciting gift-with-purchase offer: a new Crunchyroll-exclusive Ani-May pin. Each week in the month of May will highlight a different genre of product – fans can look forward to deals on popular products for collectors, action / adventure titles, shonen shows, and finally fantasy fan-faves. Additionally, those tuning into the 2025 Crunchyroll Anime Awards® celebration on May 25th might also want to take a peek at the Crunchyroll Store the next day to celebrate this year’s nominees for Anime of the Year.

In the world of home entertainment, Crunchyroll will be releasing Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End Season 1 Part 2 in a Limited Edition Blu-ray™ box set with preorders beginning on May 16. Crunchyroll will also be rereleasing Perfect Blue and Paprika director Satoshi Kon’s psychological thriller series Paranoia Agent and the dark action fantasy GOBLIN SLAYER Season 1, both on Blu-ray in SteelBook® cases, available exclusively for purchase in the Crunchyroll Store on May 1. And to help organize these new SteelBooks at home, the Crunchyroll Store has exclusively debuted the SteelNook, an open display case made from premium SteelBook metal designed to fit four standard SteelBooks from anime series to movies. The SteelNook will be available for purchase on the Crunchyroll Store starting tomorrow.

Crunchyroll Game Vault®, a library of premium games available to Mega and Ultimate Fan members globally, also joins the Ani-May celebration with the launch of Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth, available on April 30 today. The tactical role-playing game (“RPG”) is just one of several titles dropping each week throughout May — from acclaimed visual novels like Grisaia Phantom Trigger to cult horror classics such as Corpse Party — all tailored for anime fans.

The fun doesn’t stop there! Beginning on May 2 and continuing through the end of the month, 20 hit series will be available to stream on Crunchyroll for free with ads. These series include Cowboy Bebop, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Haikyu!!, Jujutsu Kaisen, Shangri-La Frontier, the first seasons of Solo Leveling and The Apothecary Diaries, and many more. Please note that movies and OVAs are excluded from the promotion and regional restrictions may apply.

As always, fans can celebrate anime all year long with a Crunchyroll membership, which grants access to the world’s largest dedicated anime streaming library of over 50,000 episodes, 2,000 unique titles, and 25,000 hours of content—available subbed and dubbed worldwide in more than 12 languages and across over 15 platforms.

About Crunchyroll^®

Crunchyroll is the global anime brand that fuels fans’ love of anime. With the ambition to make anime an even bigger part of pop culture, Crunchyroll offers fans the ultimate anime experience and destination centered around a premium streaming service. Crunchyroll has the largest dedicated anime library, an immersive world of events, exciting theatrical releases, unique games, must-have merchandise, timely news, and more. Anime is for everyone and is accessible to stream across territories through Crunchyroll—whether on the go on mobile, through gaming consoles and big-screen devices at home, or on desktops anywhere.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA – 30 April, 2025 – Cardboard Sword, and PLAION, are excited to today reveal their debut title The Siege and the Sandfox will be releasing next month. The wait is over for this noteworthy 2D stealth Metroidvania and to celebrate the team have released a new trailer for the adventure. The Siege and the Sandfox will be available on 21^st May 2025 on Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG and Humble for $20.99 AUD.  

The Sandfox, known as the Kasha’I, is famed across the land as part of the legendary line of faithful protectors and servants to the crown. In this ‘Stealthvania’ adventure players will explore the majestic palace in the ancient desert city Kariman, under siege by its neighbouring kingdom, and venture into the ruins below to overcome a threat from a sand-borne evil. In The Siege and the Sandfox players will master dynamic parkour abilities and use cunning and stealth to discover the true threat lurking within.

“We are excited for our debut title The Siege and the Sandfox to finally get into players’ hands! Developing a meaningful 2D stealth game has been an ambitious undertaking for the team, and we are eager for our fans to play and enjoy it.” shares Olly Bennett, Cardboard Sword CEO.

“As a studio we set out on this development journey to create a new indie game IP with a unique 2D stealth element. Art led a lot of our development process, inspiring the narrative and gameplay mechanics. The hand-animated retro-style pixel art, combined with the hand painted normal maps and Unreal lighting and effects, provides an incredibly rich visual for players – really immersing them into the game world of the Sandfox.”

Features: 

• 2D stealth Metroidvania with parkour exploration
• Rich retro-style pixel art, hand animated frame-by-frame, with modern effect from Unreal Engine
• Immersive and dynamic audio builds tension and highlights danger
• An eclectic range of characters to discover and aid
• Smooth controls and fluid animations
• Avoid enemies, evade capture and find other ways to deal with threats

Fight for your city! The Siege and the Sandfox is coming to PC on 21^st May 2025. Wishlist now via Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG and Humble. 

About Siege and the Sandfox: 

A shining city lies besieged in the heart of a vast desert. As the moon rises over the royal palace, a notorious assassin watches the king die to a traitor’s hand. Discovered, falsely accused, and thrown into the labyrinthine dungeons below, they must escape to tell the tale – else the city will fall. 

Master dynamic parkour abilities to explore the cavernous depths of an ancient underground prison, evading detection and avoiding certain death from a sand-borne evil. Fight for your city! Foil the enemy’s attempt to strike from within the heart of the kingdom. 

About Cardboard Sword 

Cardboard Sword is a AAA-experienced multi-talented team, with over 150 years of combined experience, creating original IP and providing full-stack development services – specialising in Unreal Engine and offering strong technical expertise and powerful tools, for use in our and our client’s projects. Founded in 2013, our current team of 10 has received multiple Epic MegaGrants and other funding awards, and is working for a number of clients and on other own-IP titles. The Siege and the Sandfox is our debut game.

About PLAION   

PLAION is a dynamic and diversified business in the global entertainment sector, masterfully crafting franchises that captivate audiences worldwide. Boasting a vast network of eight game development studios, fifteen regional publishing offices, three game publishing labels including Deep Silver, and PLAION PICTURES as an independent film publisher and distributor, the company extends its influence with merchandise production and expansive distribution capabilities across the globe. Founded three decades ago, PLAION has firmly established itself within the entertainment arena. With a diverse range of services and solutions, PLAION stands as the premier publishing partner for console and PC games across both physical and digital channels. Moreover, its strong foothold in the Virtual Reality (VR) domain highlights the company’s commitment to varied gaming experiences. PLAION is an Embracer Group company. 

Battle Colossal Titans, Tame Exotic New Creatures, and Uncover Earth’s Final Secrets in this Element-Infested Map
ARK Survivors can return to Earth today as the game’s third expansion map “Extinction” is available now in ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition. This element-infested map is now available for all mobile survivors on the App Store® and Google Play Store™.

Finish your journey through the worlds of ARK in the game’s third canonical expansion map ‘Extinction,’ an Element-infested, ravaged planet filled with fantastical creatures both organic and technological. Earth holds both the secrets of the past and the keys to its salvation. As a veteran Survivor who has conquered all previous obstacles, the ultimate challenge awaits: can you defeat the gigantic roaming Titans which dominate the planet and complete the ARK cycle to save Earth’s future?

The Ultimate ARK Experience on Mobile
ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition brings the full ARK: Survival Evolved experience to mobile devices, including all major expansion packs such as Scorched Earth, Aberration, Extinction, and Genesis Parts 1 & 2. Extinction is the latest addition to this already expansive world, ensuring thousands of hours of immersive gameplay for mobile players.

For those looking to maximize their survival experience, the ARK Pass Subscription ($4.99/month or $49.99 annually) unlocks all current and future expansions, plus exclusive in-game bonuses including:

• God Console for single-player commands
• Access to all Expansion Packs
• Bonus XP across all game modes
• Monthly in-game currency drops
• Exclusive access to premium servers

Players can also purchase each map and feature individually.

In ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition, players are stranded in a harsh prehistoric world where they must hunt, harvest, craft, build, and tame over 150 dinosaurs and creatures. Whether playing solo or online, survivors will battle to endure the elements and uncover the secrets of the ARKs.

For the latest ARK: Ultimate Mobile Edition updates, join the ARK Survivor’s conversation on Discord, follow us on Twitter or on BlueSky, subscribe to us on YouTube, and visit our website at playark.com.

ABOUT GROVE STREET GAMES

Located in Gainesville, FL, Grove Street Games has been an influential game developer since 2007. They have delighted fans of the world’s greatest games with bold interpretations on new platforms and have delivered fresh and original games to millions of happy players. They have grown to be a leader in the industry because of their commitment to building incredible and accessible gaming experiences. Their games can be found worldwide across all major gaming devices, including consoles, PC, and mobile. www.grovestreetgames.com

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ABOUT SNAIL GAMES

Snail is a leading, global independent developer and publisher of interactive digital entertainment for consumers around the world, with a premier portfolio of premium games designed for use on a variety of platforms, including consoles, PCs and mobile devices.
https://www.snailgamesusa.com/

ABOUT STUDIO WILDCARD

Since revealing its flagship game ARK: Survival Evolved in 2015, Studio Wildcard has tirelessly strived to bring its dinosaur-filled vision to the masses. With millions of players worldwide, the team has delivered an amazing amount of new content and leveraged cutting-edge technology to keep fans engaged. With a transmedia universe, the ARK story can be discovered on all gaming platforms, within spin-off titles, and now as a new epic narrative featuring a star-studded cast in ARK: The Animated Series on Paramount+.
www.studiowildcard.com