Terry unleashes his gameplay at Gamescom 2024 Opening Night Live

London (August 20, 2024) Burn your knuckles with SNK’s Fatal Fury series’ Terry Bogard when he arrives in Street Fighter™ 6 as the newest playable character – and first-ever guest character to scuffle in the Street Fighter™ series – on Sept. 24, 2024, across PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. The first look at Terry’s gameplay was revealed at Gamescom 2024 Opening Night Live, with a longer Extended Version premiering immediately after. Players can finally experience Terry across all three games modes, including Fighting Ground, and Battle Hub, as well as throwing hands with Terry as the newest Master in World Tour’s Metro City. In addition to debuting his fiery move set, which incorporates mechanics from SNK’s Fatal Fury series, Capcom revealed a hot new outfit and stage set to drop alongside the Legendary Hungry Wolf next month!

To witness the Terry Gameplay Trailer, see below, and for the latest assets and information on Street Fighter™ 6, visit the official Street Fighter 6 website.

Go head-to-head as Terry with these new additions:

• New Outfit: Try on Terry’s Outfit 2, inspired by his appearance in Fatal Fury: City of the Wolves, where he sports a brown jacket and jeans. Acquire this retro look and dress to impress by maxing out your bond with him in World Tour, or with Fighter Coins.
• New Stage: Keep the open tabs coming with Terry in the new stage, Pao Pao Cafe 6 and find all the Easter Eggs and cameos from the Fatal Fury series! Year 2 Ultimate Pass owners will receive automatic access to Terry and the Cafe stage on Sept. 24, while the new stage can also be purchased individually with Fighter Coins or Drive Tickets.

Terry is ready to fight with his iconic attacks from previous Fatal Fury installments such as Power Geyser and Passing Sway featured in his extensive move set:

• Passing Sway: A unique target combo that movies to the back “lane” of the stage when it hits, then has Terry reappear on either side of his opponent with Jumping Lariat or Jumping Knee – a unique mechanic carried over directly from the Fatal Fury series!
• Power Wave: Launch a fireball projectile that travels along the ground, with the light version moving slower and the medium version igniting a bigger wave.
• Burn Knuckle:  A forward thrusting punch, useful for surprises and closing distance. The light version, Quick Burn, reels off a hook, then a downward punch that can’t be blocked while crouching.
• Buster Wolf: Terry’s Level 1 Super Art charges him forward with a piercing thrust, firing off a blast of energy, and is invincible on start-up.
• Power Geyser: Terry’s Level 2 Super Art erupts a volcanic explosion that pushes opponents away. If it hits, expend 3 Drive Gauge bars to follow-up with a Twin Geyser. And if that hits, spend 1 Super Art gauge for the iconic Triple Geyser.
• Rising Fang: Terry’s Level 3 Super Art showcases a lethal sequence of attacks featuring his iconic moves that end with a powerful blast.

Terry will be ready to rumble next month for players who own or purchase the Year 2 Character Pass or Year 2 Ultimate Pass. The wicked M. Bison (available now) and easygoing Terry will soon be joined by Mai (Early 2025) and Elena (Spring 2025) to round out Year 2 of Street Fighter™ 6. Stay tuned for more details!

About Street Fighter 6

Street Fighter 6, having sold more than three million units since launch, is available now and represents the next evolution of the Street Fighter™ series with a combo of unique fighting game innovations, brimming with content across three brand new game modes – Fighting Ground, World Tour, and Battle Hub. Players around the world can get their hands on all the hard-hitting Street Fighter 6 action now on PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.

About Capcom

Capcom is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment for game consoles, PCs, handheld and wireless devices. Founded in 1983, the company has created hundreds of games, including groundbreaking franchises Resident Evil™, Monster Hunter™, Street Fighter™, Mega Man™, Devil May Cry™ and Ace Attorney™. Capcom maintains operations in the U.S., U.K., Germany, France, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Tokyo, with corporate headquarters located in Osaka, Japan. More information about Capcom and its products can be found at www.capcom.com  or news.capcomusa.com.

Capcom, and the Capcom logo are registered trademarks of Capcom Co., Ltd. in the U.S. or other countries. Ace Attorney, Devil May Cry, Mega Man, Monster Hunter, Resident Evil and Street Fighter are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Capcom Co., Ltd. and/or its subsidiaries, in the U.S. and/or other countries. All other trademarks and trade names are the property of their respective owners. ©CAPCOM ©SNK

Dying Light: The Beast Brings Back Legendary Hero Kyle Crane in a New Standalone Zombie Adventure

Dying Light: The Beast is a thrilling standalone zombie adventure set in a tightly-crafted rural region. Play as Kyle Crane, a legendary hero who breaks free after years of brutal experiments. Now, he must realize there’s more at stake than just revenge.

Cologne, Germany – During Opening Night Live at gamescom, Techland announced Dying Light: The Beast. Dying Light: The Beast is a thrilling 18+ hours standalone zombie adventure set in the post-apocalyptic Castor Woods, a once-popular tourist destination. After 13 years of enduring experiments, you escape and hunt down your captors to seek retribution, only to discover there’s far more at stake. 

While the region is not as populated as it once was, there are still people and factions here, as well as plenty of horrors. Some will ask for your help, others will want to kill you. And that’s not to mention the mysterious creature that’s turned the woods into its personal hunting grounds.

Become the legendary hero 

You are Kyle Crane, the man whose selflessness during the initial virus outbreak saved many from a fate worse than death. After more than a decade in captivity, you find yourself in a world that’s changed, and not for the better. Now, you’ll need to use the survival skills that kept you alive all those years ago to save even more innocent lives.

Nearly ten years after the launch of the original Dying Light, Techland also announced the return of voice actor Roger Craig Smith to his iconic role of Kyle Crane. “Stepping back into Kyle Crane’s shoes feels like a reunion with an old friend,” Smith said. “And even though he’s gone through a terrible time, there’s still plenty of legendary hero left in him.”

Explore a tightly-crafted open world

Welcome to Castor Woods! This once-bustling tourist destination is home to a diminishing number of survivors and an increasing population of zombies. Featuring natural landmarks, small villages and industrial complexes, the setting offers diverse traversal options, whether it’s using your parkour skills to gain the upper hand on your enemies or hopping into an abandoned 4×4 to outrun the horrors of the night.

Unleash the beast to survive

They caged you like an animal. Years of brutal experimentation took its toll, but the zombie DNA and yours are now intertwined so that you are able to unleash a beast-like power. It flows through your veins. No one can take it from you. Use it. And you’ll discover it’s not just a curse.

Surviving the night is easier in 4-player co-op

The day brings many possibilities to explore the region and make the most of your time while the sun is still out. But after sundown, the laws of nature take their course. Darkness tends to bring out the worst in the horde, leaving you with no other choice but to run, hide, or fight.

Sometimes it’s best to stick to a group. You never know what you might come across on your adventure. Team up in up to 4-player co-op, or ride solo if you have the guts to take it all on your own.

Ultimate owners get Dying Light: The Beast at no extra cost

Development of Dying Light: The Beast originally started as a story DLC for Dying Light 2 Stay Human. But after two years of work, its size and scope has changed so much that it evolved into a standalone, self-contained experience.

To show appreciation for the community who patiently waited for the DLC, Techland will be offering Dying Light: The Beast at no extra cost to all owners of the Dying Light 2 Stay Human Ultimate Edition, delivering a full standalone adventure instead of just a DLC. 

Dying Light: The Beast will be available on both PC and current-gen and last-gen PlayStation and Xbox consoles. Techland will reveal more details including the release date later this year. To always stay up to date you can wishlist Dying Light: The Beast now on Steam, Epic Games Store, Xbox and PlayStation.

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To help us create unforgettable experiences for all Dying Light players, we invite them to join the conversation on Discord, Facebook, X, Instagram, and YouTube – we’ll be waiting!

For more information about the Dying Light franchise and Techland, head to www.dyinglightgame.com.

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About Techland

Techland is one of the biggest and best-known Polish game developers with studios in Wroclaw and Warsaw. For over 30 years, we’ve carried a tradition of providing gamers with unforgettable experiences. We’re an international team of over 500 highly-skilled professionals driven by a passion for gaming, always striving for the best quality.

We’re fueled by the support of our global community built on the foundation of successful AAA franchises such as Call of Juarez, Dead Island, or Dying Light. The gamers’ trust in our games has resulted in our newest project, Dying Light 2 Stay Human, selling more than 5 million copies across all platforms within the first month after release.

On top of continuously growing the world of Dying Light through a robust post- launch support plan for Dying Light 2 Stay Human, we’re also working on an unannounced AAA Open World Action RPG set in a brand new fantasy universe; our biggest project to date.

Techland’s mission strictly determines every aspect of our work: we want to create unforgettable experiences.

In space, death takes many forms

GUILDFORD, England – Aug. 20, 2024 – Supermassive Games has today announced an all-new sci-fi survival horror adventure, Directive 8020, a new Dark Pictures game for PC (Steam), PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.  

From the studio behind Until Dawn and The Quarry comes an immersive cinematic horror experience. Directive 8020 blends intense survival gameplay with a branching narrative storyline featuring Hollywood actor Lashana Lynch (Bob Marley: One Love, The Woman King) as the groundbreaking astronaut ‘Young.’

In a dramatic step forward for the series, the game features persistent real-time threats, all-new stealth gameplay mechanics, and enhanced interactive cinematics powered by Unreal Engine 5.

Directive 8020

Earth is dying and humanity is running out of time. 12 light years from home, Tau Ceti f offers a small sliver of hope. When the colony ship Cassiopeia crash lands on the planet, its crew soon realize they are far from being alone.

Hunted by an alien organism capable of mimicking its prey, the crew of the Cassiopeia must outwit their pursuers to make it home alive. As they battle to survive, they are confronted with the hardest choice of all: to save themselves, they must risk the lives of everyone on Earth.

In space, death takes many forms.

Features

• Next-Gen Cinematic Survival Horror: Experience immersive cinematic storytelling and edge-of-your-seat horror on a deep space mission to save humanity.
• Real-Time Alien Threats: Evade a deadly alien threat that roams the dark corridors of the ship, intent on eradicating human life. Overcome your enemies using improvised weapons, lightning reflexes, and stealth. 
• Trust No One: Encounter an alien lifeform that perfectly imitates its prey.Years of training and trust are lost among the crew when their enemy hides in plain sight. Who is human and who is not? Your choices are now more important than ever!

Directive 8020 is coming in 2025 and available to WISHLIST NOW:

Xbox Series X|S – bit.ly//Directive8020-Xbox
PlayStation 5 – bit.ly//Directive8020-Playstation
PC (Steam) – bit.ly//Directive8020-Steam

In addition, Supermassive Games invites you to join the mission and find out more: www.directive8020.com 

About Lashana Lynch

Directive 8020 will feature actress Lashana Lynch as the groundbreaking astronaut ‘Young’ in an intense cinematic sci-fi horror narrative. She will next be seen starring and the co-EP of the series The Day of the Jackal with Eddie Redmayne. Previous projects include The Woman King, Bob Marley: One Love, Matilda the Musical and appearances in the MCU’s The Marvels, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and Captain Marvel. Most notably, Lashana played the first black and female 007 agent ‘Nomi’ in the latest instalment of the James Bond franchise, No Time to Die, alongside Daniel Craig and Rami Malek.

About The Dark Pictures

The Dark Pictures is a series of stand-alone, cinematic horror games, designed to present a new, terrifying experience with each release. Each game features a brand-new story, setting, and new cast of characters. 

About Supermassive Games

Founded in 2008, we are a BAFTA-winning game studio, developing innovative storytelling games. We have released a number of successful titles and are best known for Until Dawn, The Dark Pictures Anthology and The Quarry.

© 2024 Supermassive Games Limited. “THE DARK PICTURES”, “DIRECTIVE 8020” and “SUPERMASSIVE GAMES” are trademarks or registered trademarks of Supermassive Games Limited. All rights reserved.

From the creators of MudRunner and SnowRunner comes an innovative simulation game with a deep focus on heavy machinery and reconstruction!

COLOGNE, Germany – Aug. 20, 2024 –In RoadCraft, revealed today by Focus Entertainment and Saber Interactive at Gamescom Opening Night Live, players will take the helm of a company specializing in the restoration of industrial sites ravaged by natural disasters around the globe. Whether dealing with the aftermath of a devastating flood or relentless sandstorm, your mission is to deploy an impressive fleet of construction vehicles to clear debris, reactivate dormant factories, and rebuild crucial infrastructure like roads and bridges to revive the local economy.

As shown in today’s reveal trailer (see below), RoadCraft pushes the boundaries of realism with an evolved physics engine, offering unprecedented and authentic interactions with the environment. Prepare for an unparalleled immersive experience that combines driving, operating construction machinery, and managing reconstruction resources.

“We are thrilled to embark on a new journey with Saber Interactive and announce RoadCraft today at the Opening Night Live 2024,” said John Bert, Managing Director at Focus Entertainment. “Saber’s experience combined with our expertise in the genre will pave the way for the success of this new franchise and allow players to discover a deep construction simulation experience.”

“Saber continues to explore ways to innovate using our industry-leading off-road simulation technology,” said Matthew Karch, CEO of Saber Interactive. “We are constantly in search of new and fun types of gameplay experiences that complement our best-selling titles, such as SnowRunner and MudRunner. RoadCraft is our first foray into heavy equipment simulation. The game provides the best combination of off-road and construction simulations to create a new experience unlike anything that has preceded it.”

From Chaos to Reconstruction

Take control of your fleet of construction vehicles to overcome the toughest challenges. Use your bulldozer to clear blocked paths, mobilize your heavy transporter to carry multiple vehicles, and operate your cranes, whether fixed or mobile, to lift containers and equipment with precision. Reactivate a factory by reconnecting it to the power grid with your cable layer, spread hot asphalt using your paver, and perfectly flatten it with your roller to create new roads.

Explore and unlock more than 40 vehicles as you progress through a captivating campaign. Each object, based on its mass and size, can be moved and manipulated to achieve your goals. Use materials like sand, wood, and tar to transform the terrain and facilitate the passage of your vehicles. Every resource found can be crucial for reconstruction! Supply factories and sand quarries to ensure a continuous production of resources needed for building roads and bridges. As the operations chief, plan the routes for your transport trucks on the map and ensure no obstacle impedes their path!

Features:

• Rebuild devastated areas solo or in co-op mode for up to four players in a simulation featuring advanced physics.
• Operate more than 40 vehicles, from bulldozers to construction cranes.
• Work in various regions around the world with eight maps, each 4 km² in size.
• Manipulate materials such as wood, sand and asphalt using Saber’s new physics engine.
• Construct new roads and bridges to facilitate movement across rugged terrain.
• Plot point-to-point routes on your map to guide your logistics convoys and recycle every piece of debris into reconstruction materials.

RoadCraft is planned for release in 2025 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. Wishlist now!

CD PROJEKT RED announces that its critically acclaimed open-world RPG The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is now available to players through PlayStation Plus Extra

Subscribers to the Extra or Premium tiers of the PlayStation Plus subscription can now play through the entire base game on their PlayStation 4 and 5. Players take on the character of Geralt of Rivia, a monster slayer for hire who embarks on a quest through the war-torn Northern Kingdoms in search of his adopted daughter, Ciri.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt features over 150 hours of gameplay, featuring engrossing characters, morally grey choices — and their wide-spanning consequences — and engaging gameplay.The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, a winner of over 250 Game of the Year Awards, also received a next-gen update in 2022, which PlayStation 5 players can take full advantage of. The next-gen edition contains visual, performance, and technical enhancements including faster loading times, integrated mods, and ray tracing. Apart from next-gen specific improvements, PlayStation 4 and 5 owners can enjoy quality of life improvements and whole new content inspired by The Witcher series on Netflix. PlayStation Plus Extra subscribers around the world can now download the base game and discover the world of The Witcher.

For more information about The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, visit the official website, as well as follow the game on Facebook and X.

About CD PROJEKT RED

CD PROJEKT RED is a game development studio founded in 2002. It develops and publishes video games for PCs and video game consoles. The studio’s flagship titles include the futuristic RPG Cyberpunk 2077, its spy-thriller expansion Phantom Liberty, and The Witcher series of games, including The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and its two expansions. In collaboration with studio TRIGGER, CD PROJEKT RED also created the award-winning Netflix anime series Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, set in the same universe as the game. Other games developed by the studio include Thronebreaker: The Witcher Tales and GWENT: The Witcher Card Game. Together with GOG.COM, a game store offering hand-picked titles for PC and Mac, CD PROJEKT RED is part of the CD PROJEKT Group. CD PROJEKT S.A. is listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (ISIN: PLOPTTC00011).

About The Witcher franchise

Created by CD PROJEKT RED, The Witcher is a series of fantasy role-playing games following the adventures of professional monster slayer Geralt of Rivia. To date, the series has sold over 75 million copies worldwide and garnered over 1000 awards. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which released in 2015 for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, and later in 2019 on the Nintendo Switch, won a total of 250 Game of the Year awards and has sold over 50 million copies worldwide. The Witcher games are set in the universe created by Andrzej Sapkowski in his series of books

Release date announcement trailer and updated demo are now available, pre-orders go live on Nintendo Switch (US) & PlayStation today!

Edge of Sanity will launch simultaneously on PC, PS4/PS5, Xbox One, Series S/X, and Nintendo Switch on Friday, September 13th. Players can now try the updated demo with voice-overs added!

Hamburg, Germany / Gdansk, Poland August 16th, 2024 – Publisher Daedalic Entertainment, together with developer Vixa Games, set the release date for their unique take on survival horror formula for Friday, September 13th. The game will launch simultaneously on Steam, Epic Games Store, GOG.COM, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S/X, and Nintendo Switch.

NEW Edge of Sanity Trailer

The uncanny atmosphere and sinister story featured in Edge of Sanity will be ramped up thanks to the addition of a full voice-over. Steam players can try the first act by downloading the new demo and transferring the save to the full game upon purchase.

About Edge of Sanity

Set in the unforgiving lands of Alaska, Edge of Sanity is a Cthulhu-inspired, 2D survival horror game. The cosmic and disturbing story features Carter, the regular worker, who inevitably gets madness clawing his mind. Left without choices, he leads a group of rescued survivors, exploring and scavenging, in a hopeless mission to survive together – against untold eldritch horrors.

In Edge of Sanity, players explore remote areas of Alaskan wilderness while seeking other survivors and scavenging for basic supplies. Preparations for both main and side expeditions will be crucial. With each new person alive found, the need for food, water, and the risk of disease increases.

Each dramatic event during the traverse across Alaska will leave a permanent scar on Carter’s mind. Accumulating madness results in acquiring traumas, affecting your character’s actions and sense of reality, opening new dialogue options, and even enabling the crafting of entirely new items.

To overcome unwanted meetings with various monstrosities, players need to learn the enemy’s weaknesses, impair their senses, manage resources, and make use of crafting abilities and surroundings for a chance to survive. When out of options, fighting using an axe might be unavoidable, but be prepared for a lethal outcome. 

About Vixa Games

Vixa Games was founded in 2016 by a group of passionate indie developers in Gdańsk, Poland. The team strives for a unique and eye-catching art style and an uncommon mix of genres and themes, so their games are usually a bit twisted, just like the crew themselves. ​ Although they have a fondness for silliness–both overall quality and the studio’s motto, “Life is too short to play boring games,” are strongly reflected in all of Vixa Games’ products. For more, please visit: https://www.vixagames.com.

About Daedalic Entertainment

Daedalic Entertainment is a renowned publisher that has supported indie developers for over 17 years, bringing their titles to every major gaming platform. The line-up of games includes a diverse variety of unique titles, focusing on four distinct areas: storytelling, strategy, co-op games, and wholesome games. With an international team of around 45 employees, Daedalic is currently working with various development studios to create a new line-up of innovative games across consoles and PCs to market. Recent hits include New Cycle, Barotrauma, Capes, Unrailed!, REVEIL, Potion Tycoon, Deponia, Shadow Tactics, Inkulinati, Hidden Deep, Fling to the Finish! and more. Please look out for upcoming games like Reveil, Capes, Woodo, Magin: The Rat Project Stories, Edge of Sanity, Wild Woods, and many more. Since April 2022, Daedalic Entertainment has been a subsidiary of the French publishing house Nacon.

New Homestead Player Housing is Basecamp for Exploring a Primal Untamed Wilderness

BELLEVUE, WA – August 20, 2024 – Today ArenaNet released Guild Wars 2®: Janthir Wilds^TM, the fifth expansion for the award-winning and critically acclaimed MMORPG Guild Wars 2. This latest expansion finally brings housing to the game, giving players their very own homestead to decorate with their friends. Using a powerful new suite of creative tools to build their perfect living space, homesteads further expand the game’s philosophy of horizontal progression and enriches the subscription-free online world of one of the most enduring and beloved PC games of all time. 

The launch trailer for Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds can be viewed below:

Janthir Wilds is available on Steam and through the official Guild Wars 2 site for $24.99. Expansion customers will immediately receive access to two new explorable maps: Lowland Shore and Janthir Syntri. In addition, Janthir Wilds will feature new world boss fights against massive elemental entities that have absorbed the power of the land, new exploration and combat utility for the warclaw mount, a new collection of seasonal rewards from the Wizard’s Vault, and more:

• Homesteads: Janthir Wilds will grant players a plot of land and their own housing space to decorate and customize, with the freedom to place objects and props through a brand new set of tools. The expansion will launch with over 300 individual decoration items, with more to come in following updates. Featuring a mount stable, room for alternate characters to hang out, and resource gathering improvements, homesteads will provide a new way to express personal identity in the world of Tyria.
• Kodan Spear Mastery: for the first time since launch, all character professions will gain access to a new weapon type, including new combat skills. The spear is the primary armament of the Lowland Kodan, Guild Wars 2’s humanoid bear race, and they will teach players a bevy of new abilities with which to fight the hostile denizens of Janthir while also expanding character gameplay build possibilities.
• Warclaw Mount Update: previously occupying a niche for World-vs.-World competitive game modes, the newly updated warclaw mount provides additional opportunities for exploration in the open world via a new mastery track. Once fully trained, this large cat doesn’t take fall damage, can leap multiple times in the air, uses its sharp nose to sniff for treasure, and employs its chain pull skill in combat against enemies while also allowing its rider to throw lances from the saddle.
• New World Boss Event: the primordial energies of Janthir have drawn massive entities known as titans to its rocky shores. This dual threat encounter will challenge upwards of 50 players to put all their new skills to use in the kind of massive, signature epic showdown that Guild Wars 2 is known for.
• New Convergences: arriving with the first content update post-launch, this 50-player instanced game mode introduced in Secrets of the Obscure returns with new epic encounters against Janthir’s aforementioned elemental-infused titans.

ArenaNet plans to release additional content for Janthir Wilds at no extra charge to players throughout the next several months and into 2025, including a new legendary spear weapon and backpack, a third and fourth map, and for the first time in five years, a new raid, 10-player instances with unique story beats and challenging boss encounters.

The story of Janthir Wilds continues from the events of the 2023 Secrets of the Obscure^TM expansion. Fresh off of dealing with the extraplanar threat of the Kryptis, the nations and peoples of Tyria have come together to form a united defense against forces that would wreak havoc on the world. The player is sent on a diplomatic mission to the lands of the elusive Lowland Kodan, whose pastoral villages dot the primal landscape of Janthir. While new allies offer reprieve from the journey, there also lurks eidolic danger amidst the crags and brambles of the terrain itself. 

“Janthir Wilds is a promise fulfilled,” said Josh Davis, Guild Wars 2 Game Director. “When we announced we were moving to yearly expansion cycles, this is what we had in mind: new content every few months full of compelling content and new gameplay features so that the game always feels fresh when you log in. The entire studio team is excited to see what kind of creations players construct in their own homestead.”

For more information about Guild Wars 2: Janthir Wilds, please visit the official web site.

About Guild Wars® 2

Guild Wars 2 is a visually stunning online game that offers players the epic grandeur of a massive role-playing environment combined with action combat, large-scale dynamic events that players tackle together, plus both team-based and World vs. World competitive battles. Available on Windows PC and Steam, the game is updated frequently with expansion and free content that chronicles the ongoing story of Tyria and introduces new environments and activities to explore. Yet with all these updates, the game continues the no-subscription-fee business model that made the original Guild Wars so popular. For more details, please visit www.guildwars2.com
 
About ArenaNet

ArenaNet is the developer of the groundbreaking Guild Wars 2 and best-selling Guild Wars online role-playing games. The studio’s mission is to create innovative online worlds, cultivate a vibrant and engaged global community of players, and to incorporate handcrafted artistry into every aspect of their games. ArenaNet formed in 2000 and it has attracted over 16 million players worldwide, with press and fans consistently calling Guild Wars 2 one of the best MMOs and RPGs of all time.

Latest Gameplay Reveal for Toplitz Productions Intense Action Melee Game

Oberhaching, Germany, August 20th, 2024 – Independent development team RealityArts Studio and Publisher Toplitz Productions are thrilled to reveal the new gamescom trailer for their brutal action melee game Unawake ahead of the games first appearance on console to games media in Cologne.

The new title by Turkish based RealityArts Studio, which has already received several international awards and has twice won the Epic Mega Grant, focuses on brute action in a dystopian apocalypse.

Check out the new Gamescom trailer for Unawake below.

The Unreal Engine 5 powered title will bring action-packed, yet tactical skirmish combat thick and fast as players try to survive in an end-time caused by angels and demons. Unawake’s nightmarish world is brought to life by stunning world design visuals set against a narrative of an epic battle against impossible odds, where players decide the fate of humanity and determine the future of an Earth marked by merciless wars between creatures from heaven and hell.

Unawake utilizes Audio2Face technology from NVIDIA to enhance its character animations working in tandem with Epic’s MetaHuman toolset. The technology is made possible with generative AI to create emotional and lifelike facial animations from pre-recorded voiceover samples, adding an incredible realism to npc characters.

The intense action, combining dynamic first-person melee combat, a rich character progression and a deep loot system will let players level up their character as well as customize their loadouts and a vast number of weapons as they face harder, more challenging adversaries set within its dark twisted fantasy universe.

“Toplitz Productions is thrilled to be presenting games media with their latest look at Unawake at gamescom. The visceral action led gameplay,deep progression system combined with the power of Unreal Engine 5 and Nvidia’s Audio2Face technology is a true testament to pushing the boundaries of narrative and immersive experiences” says Matthias Wünsche, CEO Toplitz Productions.

Further information on Unawake is available on the official product page on Steam, where the game can already be wishlisted.
Gamers are also invited to join the games Discord channel here.

About RealityArts Studio

RealityArts Studio, founded in Istanbul 2016 by film and production veterans Ismail Kemal Ciftcioglu and Bahar Baziki, swiftly rose to prominence as Turkey’s premier independent gaming company. Their Steam Greenlight success propelled them onto Steam’s platform, and they gained recognition from industry giants like Epic Games, Nvidia, Microsoft Turkey, HTC Vive, and MSI. Honored by Endeavor in 2016 and four times by Epic Games with 3 Epic Megagrants and a Best Game award; they secured a coveted place in the global indie game community. https://realityartsstudio.com/

About Toplitz Productions

The German-Austrian publisher, whose name originates from the mysterious Toplitz Lake in the heart of Austria, develops and publishes games with “heart & soul” for all platforms. The company consists of a healthy mix of experienced industry veterans and young talents, all of whom are passionate gamers. They enjoy working with creative developers on many exciting titles, such as those from the “Dynasty” and “Giant” series. Stay up to date and learn everything worth knowing about Toplitz Productions by following the company on X, Facebook, the official website and Instagram.

Journey Beyond the Edge of the World, Markus Koepke’s atmospheric first-person adventure currently in development for PC, is making its debut at this year’s gamescom, but those unable to attend don’t have to miss out on experiencing what the game has to offer as an early demo will also be available on Steam tomorrow on August 21st.

In this first public demo, players will get an introduction into the game’s surreal retro-sci fi story set in 1953, and get the opportunity to solve an environmental puzzle that highlights the game’s rope physics amidst a treacherous storm. They will also experience the eerie atmosphere enveloping the fishing vessel they find themselves on, as they operate a mysterious device called the Temporal Resonance Localiser, allowing them to use the game’s spatial audio mechanics.

In Journey Beyond the Edge of the World you explore a storm-ravaged interactive ship, fixing broken navigational equipment, repairing leaks and solving other item-based and environmental puzzles to unlock new parts of the story, which is told through a unique combination of narrative, music and spatial audio.

The game’s low-poly, pixelated retro look is complemented by atmospheric lighting, modern visual effects, and realistic water simulation. Handcrafted sounds fully immerse you in the world through Spatial Audio, providing three-dimensional sound that works on any headphones, making for a truly unique audiovisual experience. Using the Spatial Audio features players can focus on specific sounds leading them to memories, which in turn allow them to step through time and tackle new puzzles.

The story is told through narrated ambient music tracks. Each story chapter is locked behind a puzzle. Solve the puzzle – unlock the music. With each chapter, the ship and its surroundings change, adapting to the events that take place in the music; taking you closer and closer to the Edge of the World – and beyond.

With this demo the developer is also looking for feedback, so leave your impressions on the Steam Community Page or join the Journey Beyond the Edge of the World Discord to share your thoughts. 

About Markus Koepke

Markus Koepke is an experienced commercial cinematographer and filmmaker with a new found passion for making video games. After developing and releasing a number of small projects he is now focusing on his most ambitious game to date, “Journey Beyond the Edge of the World”. With this game, Markus combines his skills in crafting cinematic images with his other love, composing electronic music, blending the two artforms in a unique way.

The Farming Life Explored in Latest Gamescom Trailer

Oberhaching, Germany, August 20th, 2024 – Polish developer Umeo Studios in partnership with games publisher Toplitz Productions proudly reveal their new gamescom trailer for Farmer’s Dynasty 2.

Farmer’s Dynasty 2 will form part of Toplitz Productions multi-title line up of games it will be showcasing in Cologne ahead of the games launch in the fall of 2024. The latest trailer gives players another look at the game before they embark on the farming life and forge their own farming legacy. Farming sim fans will get  to use various resources and tools, renovating buildings into a functioning agricultural base to establish their agricultural dynasty, and build out community relationships helping other nearby farms. Budding farmers will use a variety of older traditional farming vehicles with the chance to also use newer modern farming appliances to tend to their range of crops and undertake their daily work during an earlier timeline, or one set in current times.

Farmer’s Dynasty 2 provides a beautifully realized open-world farming simulation alongside a main campaign and an assortment of captivating side quests for players to live, build and farm as they bring their farming dreams to life. For more information on the game, head over to the games official Steam page here. 

Gaming Press and Media are invited to Stop By The Toplitz Productions booth in Hall 4.1 – Booth# D38 – C29 and check out Farmer’s Dynasty 2.

About Umeo Studios

Umeo Studios is a small independent development studio nestled in Poland, dedicated to providing engaging player experiences, their previous titles include Lumberjack Dynasty and Farmers Dynasty.

About Toplitz Productions

The German-Austrian publisher, whose name originates from the mysterious Toplitz Lake in the heart of Austria, develops and publishes games with “heart & soul” for all platforms. The company consists of a healthy mix of experienced industry veterans and young talents, all of whom are passionate gamers. They enjoy working with creative developers on many exciting titles, such as those from the “Dynasty” and “Giant” series.

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