Sydney, Australia, May 15th, 2024: THQ Nordic have released the port for the post-apocalyptic Wung-Fu Fable RPG Biomutant on Nintendo Switch! In Docked Mode, experience gameplay in 1080p (with Dynamic Resolution) at a stable 30 FPS. Handheld Mode will feature 720p (with Dynamic Resolution) at a stable 30 FPS.
Use a unique martial arts-styled combat system to mix melee, shooting, and mutant ability action while exploring and traveling through a beautiful post-apocalyptic open world, filled with unique creatures, friends, and foes. Re-code your genetic structure to change the way you look and play, mix and match parts to create your own weapons, and fight or team up with several tribes.
Biomutant is already available for PC, PlayStation®4, PlayStation®5, Xbox One™, and Xbox Series X/S.
About Biomutant BIOMUTANT® is an open-world, post-apocalyptic Wung-Fu fable RPG, with unique martial art styled combat system allowing you to mix melee, shooting, and mutant ability action.
A NEW TAKE ON 3rd PERSON COMBAT The martial arts style combat system allows you maximum freedom of movement and agility while mixing shooting, melee, and powers from your mutations. Learning new Wung-Fu combat forms through progression and learning from masters you’ll meet, will constantly add to your choices and make sure combat never gets old.
EVOLVE YOUR GAME-PLAY You’ll be able to re-code your genetic structure to change the way you look and play. This will of course affect your attributes and in addition to this, exposure to bio-contamination in the world will lead to mutations like the Turtleform and Mucus Bubble, while exposure to radioactivity found in bunkers from the old world will affect your mind and unlock psi-mutations like telekinesis, levitation and more.
NEXT LEVEL OF CRAFTING You are totally free when crafting weapons. Mix and match parts to create your own unique 1H or 2H slash and crush weapons. Revolvers, rifles and shotguns and add modifications like cork-screws and battery-powered chainsaw modules to bio-contaminated sludge vials adding to your combat arsenal. There are even characters you’ll meet that’ll craft cool stuff for you, like bionic wings, a jump-pack and even let you modify your Automaton – the scrap-toy sidekick!
GEAR UP FOR ADVENTURE You are totally free when equipping your character. Not only when it comes to choosing weapons you created, but what type of gear you wear. Equip a gas-mask and an oxygen tank for exploring the Dead Zones, thermos-resistant clothes for venturing into cryonic areas or protective gear for taking on bio-contaminated creatures, the choice is up to you.
SURVIVE IN A VIBRANT OPEN WORLD You are free to explore the world and what lies beneath its surface, by foot, mech, jet-ski, air-balloon or area unique mounts. Explore the dying wildland, the tunnels and bunker networks of the underworld, and find your way up the mountains or out in the archipelago. There are lots of discoveries to be made, mysteries to unravel, creatures to confront, and weird characters to meet in this vibrant and colourful world.
AN UNUSUAL STORY WITH AN UNUSUAL END Your actions play a major part in the unfolding of a story where End is coming to the New World. A plague is ruining the land and the Tree-of-Life is bleeding death from its roots. The Tribes stand divided, in need of someone strong enough to unite them or bring them all down… You are guided through the world by a Storyteller that narrates every step of your journey, but it’s your actions and choices that’ll decide how your story of survival ends.
Magic: The Gathering Players rejoice: the flames of the Dragon ignite once again for the 2024 APAC League Season 2 qualifiers! This new in-store play season features the upcoming Modern Horizons III (MH3) set and newly available Year of the Dragon promotions. As part of these celebrations, select stores in Australia and New Zealand will run special MH3 Constructed Tournaments with exclusive prizes, and a scaled-up suite of rewards.
Modern Horizons III Brewer’s Showcase Tournaments
Between 21 and 23 June, select WPN stores will host special Modern constructed tournaments. Players will be challenged to showcase their deckbuilding skills in a format unique to these tournaments: all decks must include a minimum of 15 cards whose first Modern-legal printing was in MH3.
Winners of these tournaments will receive a Collector Booster box filled with rare and desirable cards, and a number of top players will win unique rewards such as exclusive playmats and card sleeves designed specifically for these events.
APAC League Season 2
Separate to the Brewer’s Showcase tournaments, 2024 APAC League Season 2 qualifier events will be held at participating WPN stores from 14 June through 19 July. Exclusive to MH3 qualifier events, such as MH3 Sealed, additional prizes will be offered on top of the previously announced promotional full-art Mountain card. Rewards include previous APAC League Year of the Rabbit themed rewards such as unique Playmats, Deck Boxes, and Sleeves. These exclusive rewards are only available to players participating in Season 2 qualifier events.
Players can find their closest MH3 Constructed Tournaments and 2024 APAC League Season 2 qualifying events by using the WPN store and event locator. You can read more on the official Wizards of the Coast blog post.
Take enemy turns into your hands and roll to save the world
LOS ANGELES (May 16, 2024) – Publisher Good Shepherd Entertainment and developers LEAP Game Studios and Tiny Ghoul have officially announced Dicefolk, the tactical roguelike centered around dice-based combat and monster-catching mechanics, will be coming to Nintendo Switch on June 20. From today until June 19, anyone who chooses to pre-order Dicefolk on the Nintendo eShop will receive a 10% discount: https://store.nintendo.com.au/au/nintendo-eshop
In February, Dicefolk was originally released on Steam to critical acclaim from the community. Currently, the game sits at a rating of “Very Positive” with 88% of all reviews being positive. The wait is almost over for Switch players to leap into the strategic gameplay.
Dicefolk is a new twist on turn-based gameplay, where players get to command their turns in addition to their enemies. This mechanic elevates the level of strategy in each battle, transforming your dice into an integral part of your success. By thoughtfully choosing which dice faces you will bring with you in each encounter, you will be able to influence the abilities your team and your adversaries will have at their disposal.
Begin your quest as a Chimera Summoner, in a world on the brink of extinction thanks to the evil sorcerer, Salem. As Alea, a young Dicefolk hero, you will encounter a myriad of formidable creatures to choose from to join your group with the magic of your dice. Cultivate connections and recruit your favorite companions. Keep in mind all of your chimeras’ abilities to fully utilize your team’s strengths to defeat Salem and free your land from his grasp. With over 100 creatures and items to collect, the bounds of possibility feel endless.
Stay up to date on everything Dicefolk by following Good Shepherd Entertainment on Twitter @GoodShepherdEnt and the official Dicefolk Twitter @dicefolk.
About Good Shepherd Entertainment
Good Shepherd Entertainment is an award-winning independent game publisher based in the Netherlands. The company has built a robust global footprint, shepherding talented development teams to create impactful games that innovate, challenge, and – most importantly – entertain. We’ve done this by pairing creators with writers, musicians and IP powerhouses and through strategic partnerships with some of the industry’s most notable names, including Devolver Digital, Croteam and Perfect World. In addition to the acclaimed Monster Train and John Wick Hex, GSE’s selection of titles includes Hellboy Web of Wyrd, Showgunners, Phantom Doctrine, the Transport Fever series, and the Hard West series. For more information, visit www.GoodShepherd.games.
NETMARBLE’S SOLO LEVELING: ARISE SURPASSES 15 MILLION DOWNLOADS AND RANKS NUMBER ONE IN “TOP FREE GAMES” ON GOOGLE PLAY
Popular New Action Game Receives Number One Spot in App Store’s “Top 10 Free Apps” Charts in 79 Countries One Day After Launch
LOS ANGELES – May 14, 2024 – Netmarble, a leading developer and publisher of high-quality mobile games, announced that Solo Leveling: ARISE has surpassed 15 million downloads globally and has reached the number one spot in the “Top Free Games” chart for Google Play.
The brand new mobile and PC action game continues its legacy by scoring top downloads in the App Store on the first day of its global launch across 79 countries, including South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, France and many more. More than 5 million Daily Active Users (DAU) were recorded on the first day of the game’s launch. Additionally, Solo Leveling: ARISE is currently ranked number one on the “Top Free Games” chart from the Google Play Store in South Korea, Taiwan and more.
To celebrate the success of the global launch, players can acquire 3,000 Essence Stones when they reach Level 10 in the game.
Solo Leveling: ARISE is an action game adaptation of Solo Leveling, based on the hit Webtoon. Taking on the role of Jinwoo, players can experience his level-ups and progress through the beloved webtoon tale firsthand, taking on dynamic battles and creating their own combat styles, relying on various combinations of skills and weapons. Not only can players team up with hunters from the Webtoon, they can summon their own “Army of Shadows” just like Jinwoo did when he first uttered the famous line “Arise!” in the Webtoon.
Solo Leveling: ARISE is coming to Steam. As more information will be revealed progressively, currently fans around the globe can add the title to their wishlist to stay on top of the further information in the near future. Check out the link here.
Established in Korea in 2000, Netmarble Corporation is a leading developer and publisher of top-grossing mobile games worldwide. Through powerful franchises and collaborations with acclaimed IP holders, Netmarble strives to elevate the gaming experience and entertain audiences globally. As a parent company of Kabam and SpinX Games, and a major shareholder of Jam City and HYBE (formerly Big Hit Entertainment), Netmarble’s diverse portfolio includes Seven Knights Idle Adventure, Tower of God: New World, Lineage 2: Revolution, MARVEL Future Fight, Ni no Kuni: Cross Worlds and The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross. More information can be found at http://company.netmarble.com/.
TOKYO – May 14th, 2024 –Touhou Genso Wanderer -FORESIGHT-, the turn-based RPG Touhou Project fan game from publisher Phoenixx and developer AQUASTYLE, launches on PC via Steam today for $34.99, along with the Winter outfit DLC pack for $2.99. Early birds can enjoy a 10% discount ($31.49), and a game-and-DLC bundle for $32.06 until Tuesday, May 28th at 10:00 AM PT.
After a series of unfortunate events befall the Hakurei Shrine, guide Shrine Maiden Reimu alongside longtime friend Marisa and solve strange happenings that occur one after another to save Gensokyo from the hands of a mysterious enemy. Brave the perils of randomly generated roguelike dungeons, and save Gensokyo once again in the latest chapter of the Genso Wanderer series.
Select the perfect combat companion from 60+ Touhou heroines, each with distinct spells and abilities, Then search for supplies to bolster the team’s combat-readiness. Tread carefully through dungeons filled with a bustling bestiary including fairies, vampires, and supernatural shapeshifting enemies. Execute melee strikes, ranged bullet-hell attacks, and 20 different screen-clearing spell cards with precise precisioning to prevail.
Create a custom build with right-hand weapon and left-hand armor options. Return to the Shrine after each failed mission with XP in tow, and jump right back into the enemy fray without losing upgrades or gear. Fret not when faced with failure – fight another day as Reimu enjoys permanent stat boosts after every battle.
Strengthen the party by rationing rice balls and green tea for additional stamina. Manage Reimu’s stamina levels or risk racking up additional damage over time once they reach zero. Enlist help from fellow fairies by trading sake for labor, and spend hard-earned funds to outfit the Shrine with enhancements.
The Genso Wanderer series returns to its roguelike roots popularized by the previous fan-favorite Touhou Genso Wanderer -Reloaded-. Enjoy updated artwork for nearly every character, newly-drawn weapon and armor items, fully-voiced scenes featuring an illustrious voice cast, and much more.
“Touhou Genso Wanderer -Reloaded- featured a gameplay formula that our community enjoyed, and FORESIGHT follows as a spiritual successor,” said JYUNYA, head of AQUASTYLE. “We are thankful for the feedback from our fans that led to our latest creation, and are equally as thankful to the artists, musicians, and developers who made this game possible.”
Touhou Genso Wanderer -FORESIGHT-will be available on PC via Steam today at 8pm PDT for $34.99, along with the Winter outfit DLC pack for $2.99. Early birds can enjoy a 10% discount ($31.49), and a game-and-DLC bundle for $32.06 until Tuesday, May 28th at 10:00 AM PT. Touhou Genso Wanderer -FORESIGHT- supports language options in English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Japanese. For more information, follow Phoenixx on X / Twitter, and YouTube.
About Phoenixx
Established in 2019 by industry veterans, Phoenixx aims to support innovative and creative developers from Japan and around the world. Its mission is to inspire and nurture the human spirit – one creator, one game, and one community at a time.
About AQUASTYLE
AQUASTYLE is both a game development studio and music production studio with multiple contributions to the Touhou universe since its inception in 2001.
Two brand-new mechs join the roster as VR MOBA opens up to players around the world
Shanghai, China — May 14, 2024 | Chenni Network (under Kingnet) are happy to announce the expansion of Mecha Party — its novel, entertaining mech-battle VR game — into the European, Asian, and Japanese markets. Now available on PlayStation and Steam, the opening of these new regions allows a fresh crop of global players to join their North American counterparts, who have been enjoying the game since March.
Mecha Party immerses players in virtual reality mechanised combat across colourful arenas, both in single-player and 3v3 battles. It offers a MOBA experience, combining accessible gameplay with enough strategic depth to appeal to both casual gamers and VR enthusiasts alike.
Choose from a diverse roster of unique mechs, each with distinctive abilities and play styles. Players can go it solo, or jump in with a team to fight for the top spot in the first-ever robot battle league — The Mecha Party.
To celebrate the expansion, Mecha Party has introduced two new mechs to its lineup: Dino, a small dinosaur with a crazy appetite for close-range combat, and Tuan, a prop-throwing panda with a particular set of skills for group brawls. These additions aim to bring a fresh dynamic to the battlefield.
Mecha Party has also been updated to improve gameplay balance and address community feedback. Changes include bug fixes and tweaks to ensure a fair and optimised gaming experience, as well as UI refinements and the addition of visually striking new skins so players can customise their mechs even further.
Further, the development team is currently working on the Meta Quest 3 version of Mecha Party, with an anticipated summer 2024 release, offering even more players the chance to get in on the VR mech battler fun.
About Kingnet
Kingnet Network Co., Ltd. (SZ.002517) is a domestically well-renowned, listed online game company known for a plethora of popular titles, including Legend of Blue Moon, Zero Arms and War of Angels. Its main business covers R&D, operation and publishing of quality entertainment contents, both mobile game and webgame. It’s also responsible for the operation of a webgame platform and mobile apps distribution platform. The company is also actively developing overseas business by utilising its strong R&D strength and market development capability, pushing its performance to the next level.
New collaboration with Ultrakill and DUSK brings crossover music content to players for free and discounted bundle on Steam
Leamington Spa, UK – May 14, 2024 – Leading UK games publisher Kwalee and independent game development studio Inzanity will launch their much anticipated roguelite rhythm shooter ROBOBEAT on PC via Steam and Epic Games Store today.
In ROBOBEAT, you’ll play as Ace – a bounty hunter on a mission to capture robot-gone-rogue Frazzer in his ever-shifting lair. Wall run, slide, and shoot to the beat, blast through robot armies, and track down your target.
Watch the launch trailer below:
ROBOBEAT is priced at $19.99, €19.49 and £16.99 on Steam and Epic Games Store with a 20% discount at launch
The upbeat soundtrack for the game, featuring 38 tracks, will also launch exclusively on Steam, priced at $3.99, €3.99, and £3.39.
Following the recent news that two classic tracks from BPM: Bullets Per Minute (Judgement and The Crypt) are included in ROBOBEAT as secret cassettes for players to find, Kwalee andROBOBEAT are thrilled to team up with New Blood Interactive to announce that the tracks Burn in Hell from DUSK and Versus from ULTRAKILL are also hidden in the game.
In addition, THE BEATSLAYER BUNDLE is available on Steam and includes ROBOBEAT and New Blood Interactive’s highly popular titles, ULTRAKILL and DUSK. The BeatSlayer Bundle offers a 10% discount across all three games, delivering exceptional value for players seeking the fast paced thrills of these first-person shooters.
THE BEATSLAYER BUNDLE and the previously announced ROBOBEATS PER MINUTE BUNDLE (includes ROBOBEAT and BPM: Bullets Per Minute) are available now on Steam. These special bundles also let players complete their collection if they already own any of the games included in them.
About ROBOBEAT –
Beat. The. Bot.
You’re Ace – a famous bounty hunter after your latest target, the eccentric robot-showman Frazzer. To find your way through his twisted techno-playground, you’ll have to master the art of shooting, wall-running, sliding, and bunny hopping, all in sync with the beat! Get ready to dance till you’re dead and then suit up for the remix in rogue-lite rhythm shooter ROBOBEAT.
Shoot to the Beat
Shoot to your own beat with the custom music feature. Simply upload & trim your track or leave it as it is in our in-game editor to auto generate beats that suit your play style. Change custom songs effortlessly in-game anytime anywhere without interruption. The feature will support .wav, .mp3, and .ogg files. Maximise your damage and shorten your cooldown time by shooting in sync.
Master the art of charged shots, damage multipliers, armour piercing rounds, and more!
Move to the Music
You’ll want some slick moves to go with those slick new weapons. Your enemies aren’t going to wait around for you to take a dance break, so you’ve got to keep moving if you want to survive.
Wall run, slide, double jump, bunny hop, and grapple hook your way through technicolour levels to give your enemies the runaround. Keep it fluid, keep it funky, and keep it moving.
Rewind, Remix, Replay
ROBOBEAT is a rogue-lite remix.
Fast forward through procedurally generated levels, equip an arsenal of finely-tuned weapons, and accompany your arsenal with a symphony of modifications. Your playstyle is on continuous shuffle, so you never know what each new run is going to bring!
About Kwalee
Kwalee is a multi-award-winning games publisher and developer based in Leamington Spa, UK, and has published a growing catalogue of PC and console titles including Eternal Hope, Scathe and Wildmender along with upcoming titles ROBOBEAT, The Precinct, The Spirit of the Samurai, Voidwrought and Hordes of Hunger.
Founded by games industry icon and Codemasters co-founder David Darling CBE, who leads a fast-growing team of global gaming experts with studios in the UK, India, China and Portugal along with remote team members all over the world, Kwalee is on the lookout for high-quality games to publish on all platforms and encourages developers to get in touch.
Officially recognised as ‘Best Publisher’ (Mobile Games Awards 2022) and ‘Best Large Studio’ (TIGA Awards 2021), Kwalee is also an ambassador of not-for-profit organisation Women in Games and a regular supporter of the charity SpecialEffect.
About Inzanity
Founded in 2016, Inzanity is the brainchild of Simon Fredholm, an independent solo developer based in Sweden. Inzanity has previously developed and self published games like Break the Game and Escape the Game on PC. Simon is currently working on ROBOBEAT, a rhythm shooter where you’ve been trapped in the ever-changing mansion of the eccentric robot-showman Frazzer.
About Awe Interactive
Awe Interactive is an ambitious UK based development studio who created BPM: BULLETS PER MINUTE. They are now working on their next big thing, and it’s awesome.
About New Blood Interactive
New Blood is a game development studio founded by friends and run like maniacs. We develop, we publish, It’s Whatever™.
Forge your own path through 1899 America’s brutal Wild West
Kyiv, Ukraine – 14th May 2024. Exciting game developer Game Labs is thrilled to announce that their community-driven MMO with a PvEvP extraction-based first-person shooter A Twisted Path to Renown will enter Steam Early Access on June 6th, 2024.
A Twisted Path To Renown is set in the unrelenting environment of 1899 America and blends immersive survival mechanics such as hunger, thirst and medicine, trading and crafting systems to gather raw materials, and intense PvEvP extraction-based FPS gameplay.
Embark on your own Wild West adventure and carve your own thrilling story in a world filled with authentic weapons of the era, wild animals, NPCs, and other players. Stay alert and be prepared for all the challenges the harsh world throws at you, as being unprepared could be your undoing with fatal consequences. How will you survive these dangerous badlands? Will you saddle up with other buckaroos or forge your own path as a lone wolf?
Watch the Steam Early Access teaser trailer below
Steam Early Access release content
The Early Access Steam release of A Twisted Path to Renown will feature thrilling PvEvP extraction-based first-person shooter action in a community-driven MMO environment. Developer, Game Labs, has been working on refining many of the weapons, environments and item physics to fully enhance your game world experience.
Expect to see new craftable lever-action firearms, a wide variety of revolver mechanism pistols and rifles and also single and double barrel shotguns, bolt action rifles, as well as Volcanic and Pepperbox pistols with all modifications. Other content includes new military and bandit groups, revised and realistic ammunition ballistics and muzzle velocity, updated blood splatters, and the introduction of invulnerability during spawning (no more unfair deaths while you’re still loading!) and numerous quality-of-life enhancements. New bosses have also entered the game world in random locations, so stay vigilant as you never know when you might encounter them.
Features:
Explore a setting full of colorful and vibrant scenery that transports you to another era. Plan your routes using the navigational tools at your disposal. Everything else is up to you to decide.
The Wild West is a harsh world with a diverse set of authentic weaponry to fit its nature. With simmering tensions between the military, natives, ranchers, and bandits, you will have to tread lightly when approaching their territories.
Embrace combinations of numerous items obtained through PvEvP engagement. Build your reputation with different vendors, raise your riches, and gear up for yet another high-risk, high-reward expedition.
With the addition of wildlife, A Twisted Path to Renown offers the freedom to acquire consumables and resources in a variety of ways. Be alert, as the landscapes hold threats that may endanger the life of any curious hunter.
Emotes and whistles play an important part in the game as NPCs react to these in the world. You can whistle to catch your enemy’s attention or find the extraction spot where a person should be positioned.
Holsters and pockets provide quick access to the most needed small items. If you have holsters for each type of weapon you carry, you can switch between your guns quickly or heal without hiding the gun.
In addition to the penetration class for bullets, clothes have their own protection class. Together they generate the damage index that is used each time someone shoots.
A disguise system works for the main factions in the game when your character is dressed is special faction uniform or clothing providing you with the chance to infiltrate enemy area with less chance of being detected. Beware, get too close or stay too long and they might just realise you are not part of their group and attack!
A Twisted Path to Renown will launch for PC via Steam Early Access on June 6. Fans can wishlist the game now.
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About Game Labs
Game Labs is an independent game development studio based in Kiev, Ukraine. Founded in 2013 by a team of passionate game developers, Game Labs has garnered acclaim for its historically rich strategy games, including Ultimate General Gettysburg and the Age of Sail. Committed to innovation and quality, Game Labs continues to push the boundaries of gaming by creating unique, immersive experiences that engage and inspire players worldwide.
Today, Prime Video announced it has ordered a new series based on the iconic Tomb Raider video game franchise as part of a deal between Crystal Dynamics and Amazon MGM Studios. The series will be written and produced by Phoebe Waller-Bridge and will premiere exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.
This exciting news comes after Crystal Dynamics and Amazon Games previously announced a collaboration to develop and publish a new multiplatform Tomb Raider video game. The as-yet untitled game is a single-player, narrative-driven adventure that will add a new chapter to Lara Croft’s story in the Tomb Raider series.
“With great IP, the possibilities are endless. The richness and depth of the fiction allows the Tomb Raider series from Prime Video and the video game from Amazon Games to tell separate stories about Lara Croft’s adventures.” said Christoph Hartmann, VP of Amazon Games. ”We’re honored that Crystal Dynamics has entrusted Amazon with this iconic franchise, and we’re looking forward to seeing where this collaboration takes us.”
