May 13, 2019 – Asobo Studio’s debut new IP, A Plague Tale: Innocence, launches tomorrow for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC on May 14. Watch the Launch Trailer now and embark on a dark adventure through a war-torn, medieval France, relentlessly pursued by the Inquisition and never-ending hordes of ravenous rats.
A Plague Tale: Innocence tells a grim and emotional story, with gameplay blending action and adventure. Follow Amicia and her little brother Hugo, as they attempt to survive a harsh, brutal world plagued by war and the Black Death. On the run from the Inquisition and surrounded by unnatural swarms of rats, the siblings’ rocky journey will not leave them unscathed.
A Plague Tale: Innocence releases tomorrow, May 14, on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Pre-orders are still available!
SEATTLE – May 10, 2019 – Materia Collective is thrilled to release KINGDOM HEARTBEATS, a pumping electronic album by producer RoboRob paying tribute to the KINGDOM HEARTS franchise. It features several key themes from the series re-imagined in unique and pleasantly surprising ways, including a track from the most recent addition to the series, KINGDOM HEARTS III. KINGDOM HEARTBEATS is available digitally with limited edition CD and sleek clear vinyl versions to follow. KINGDOM HEARTBEATS is licensed and available now:
The track list for KINGDOM HEARTBEATS is as follows:
01. Simple and Clean (KINGDOM HEARTS)
02. Tension Rising (KINGDOM HEARTS II)
03. The 13th Struggle (KINGDOM HEARTS II)
04. Sora’s Theme (KINGDOM HEARTS II)
05. Passion (KINGDOM HEARTS II)
06. Dearly Beloved (KINGDOM HEARTS)
07. Face my Fears (KINGDOM HEARTS III)
08. Traverse Town (KINGDOM HEARTS)
09. Sinister Sundown (KINGDOM HEARTS II)
10. This is Halloween (KINGDOM HEARTS)
“I’ve always loved the fluid and soulful nature of the music from KINGDOM HEARTS,” notes producer RoboRob. “My main focus when diving into this project was to capture nostalgia while subverting expectations. Electronic dance music has so many sub-genres. With the help of several talented vocalists and producers, we tackled multiple styles while adding a personal degree of grit and attitude to these classic songs that I think fans of the game’s original score and electronic music fans alike will enjoy.”
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA – MAY 10, 2019 – Audeze, the leading high-end audio headphone manufacturer, announces at the High End Munich 2019 show the launch of the world’s first high-end purist gaming headphones – the Audeze LCD-GX. After pushing the envelope in the gaming industry with its award-winning Mobius headphones, the new open-back LCD-GX delivers unprecedented sound quality with clear voice chat for the serious audiophile gamer. Combining Audeze’s magnesium construction with patented Fluxor™ magnets and ultra-thin Uniforce™ diaphragms delivering astonishing immersion and transient response, the GX’s advanced LCD planar magnetic drivers are 2 to 4 times the size found in other gaming headphones. This delivers superior attack and bass response not only for gaming, but for monitoring, mixing, and editing audio.
The Audeze LCD-GX will be shown and demonstrated at the High End Munich 2019 show, at the MOC event center in Munich, Germany (Stand M02, Hall 3). Projected USA retail price is expected to be $899.
The Audeze LCD-GX is handcrafted in Audeze’s California factory featuring magnesium housing, memory foam ear pads, and a weight-reducing suspension headband design for long-lasting comfort during marathon gaming sessions. The detachable microphone cable includes a mute button and flexible gooseneck arm, allowing customized positioning to ensure the optimal angle when communicating with online teammates. The GX also includes a standard LCD series headphone cable for use without the mic, and a splitter/adapter for the separate mic and headphone signals. A foam pop filter is included with each LCD-GX to further reduce unwanted noise and improve voice clarity.
The Audeze LCD-GX will begin shipping in July 2019 and retail for $899 on Amazon and from the official Audeze website. For more information on the Audeze LCD-GX, follow Audeze on Twitter, “Like” us on Facebook, subscribe to Audeze on Youtube to see and hear video demonstrations of Audeze products, and visit the website at www.audeze.com.
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint is a military shooter set in a diverse and hostile open world entirely playable solo or in up to four-player co-op. Players will discover Auroa, a mysterious island where the most technically advanced facilities meet wild and untamed nature. Home to drone creators, tech giant Skell Technology, Auroa has fallen into the wrong hands and all contact has been lost.
The Wolves, a lethal ex–US Military unit of former Ghosts gone rogue, have taken over the island. Led by Nomad’s ex-brother-in-arms, Lt. Colonel Cole D. Walker, portrayed by Jon Bernthal, they have reprogrammed Skell’s drones into killing machines and are ready to use them, no matter the casualties. Nomad and the Ghosts are sent in on a recon mission, but their helicopters are shot down. Injured, without support, and hunted down, players will live an intense military experience as they fight to survive, take down the Wolves and regain control of Auroa.
Steep slopes, accumulating injuries, and fatigue are new challenges for players to tackle as they test their survival skills in the varied terrains of Auroa. To overcome adversity, players will enjoy total freedom to accomplish their missions and have plenty of tactical options and tools at their disposal, including a set of new military features. They will be able to carry enemies and teammates’ bodies, blend into their environment with prone camo and set up camp with teammates in the bivouac to manage equipment, change classes, and fine-tune their strategies.
They will also be able to choose among thousands of customization combinations to create their perfect Ghost, and keep their character and progression through the game in both the main campaign and Player-versus-player (PvP), available at launch.
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint will include a robust post-launch content support plan, with regular updates after launch. New story arcs, classes and features will be continuously added, and for the first time in a Ghost Recon game, a new type of endgame content: raids.
Additionally, Ubisoft announced the Gold, Ultimate and Wolves Collector’s Edition** of Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint as well as the standalone Ubicollectibles® figurine of Nomad:
The Gold Edition will include the base game and the Year 1 Pass.
The Ultimate Edition will include the base game, the Year 1 Pass and the Ultimate Pack.
The Wolves Collector Edition will include the base game, the Year 1 Pass, the Ultimate Pack, a Ubicollectibles® high-end figurine of Lt. Colonel Cole D. Walker, a Steelbook®, exclusive lithographs, Walker’s dog tag, a waterproof map of Auroa as well as the soundtrack.
The standalone Ubicollectibles figurine of Nomad is available for preorder on the Ubisoft store.
Fans who purchase the Gold, Ultimate, or Collector’s Edition will have access to the game up to three days early. Fans who pre-order*** Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint will receive access to the Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint Beta closer to launch, as well as the Sentinel Corp. pack which includes exclusive gear.
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London, England – May 9, 2019 – SEGA® Europe Ltd., a subsidiary of Tokyo headquartered SEGA Games, is delighted to announce the acquisition of Two Point Studios, the Farnham-based developer behind the award-winning Two Point Hospital. Two Point Studios had been working with SEGA Europe in a publishing partnership capacity since January 2017 as part of SEGA Europe’s Searchlight programme. The Searchlight team look for exciting new development talent, working on new IP, with franchise potential, and this acquisition is the first of its kind of as a direct result of this internal initiative.
Two Point Studios was set-up in 2016 by Lionhead alumni, Gary Carr, Mark Webley and Ben Hymers, with the goal of creating accessible games with understated depth, set in atypical worlds. The trio set about assembling a 17-strong team, featuring talent from some of the best and most experienced developers, who between them have worked on titles like Black and White, Alien: Isolation and Fable at studios including Creative Assembly, Lionhead and Mucky Foot. On 30 August 2018, Two Point Hospital launched worldwide as a PC digital download, garnering critical acclaim and commercial success.
Following the acquisition, Two Point Studios becomes a wholly owned SEGA studio and a fully integrated SEGA Europe pillar, alongside Creative Assembly, Sports Interactive, Relic Entertainment, Amplitude Studios and HARDlight. Two Point Hospital will take its place alongside SEGA Europe’s other illustrious franchises like Total War™, Company of Heroes™, Football Manager™ and Endless Space™. The studio will continue to work on several exciting unannounced projects of which there will be more news in the coming months. For SEGA Europe’s Searchlight initiative, the ongoing task of seeking out the best new studios, ones that fit with SEGA’s ethos to deliver new IP with strong franchise potential, continues to gather momentum.
“We’re delighted to welcome Two Point Studios officially in to the SEGA family. As a relatively new, British-based developer with a global hit already under their belts, we knew we had to move quickly on this deal because they are an extremely attractive investment proposition with a great deal of talent,” said Gary Dale, President/COO for SEGA Europe Ltd. “The Searchlight team at SEGA Europe have done a fantastic job integrating the studio over the past two years and the studio have gone on to produce a fantastic title with clear franchise potential.”
“It’s a landmark step for Two Point Studios and we’re thrilled to be joining the SEGA family. We’re looking forward to executing the next phase of our plans as we continue to evolve Two Point County” said Mark Webley, Co-Founder of Two Point Studios. “It’s a hugely exciting time to be a part of Two Point and we are here today thanks to the hard work, passion and dedication of our small, but amazingly talented team here in Farnham and the incredible fans that have supported us throughout and guided our continued development of Two Point Hospital.”
For more information about Two Point Studios, log on to www.twopointstudios.com or follow them on Facebook or Twitter. For more information about SEGA Europe, log on to www.sega.co.uk or follow us on Facebook or on Twitter.
STOCKHOLM – May 9, 2019 – Paradox Interactive and Colossal Order today announced the next step in the Cities: Skylines future – Campus. University life abounds with new area types for any sort of student – Trade School, Liberal Arts and University. Players will be able to increase the reputation of their campuses by attracting students and creating Academic Works. With five types of varsity sports arenas, nine unique faculties, seven new policies, seven new achievements and five new maps, Campus will take higher education to new heights on May 21, 2019 for $12.99 MSRP.
Key Features:
Degrees of Freedom – Design your own campus based on three area types – Trade School, Liberal Arts College and University. Increase reputation by attracting students and creating Academic Works to unlocking new buildings!
Var-City Sports – Bring college sports to your city by building football, basketball, baseball, track & field, and swimming arenas. Manage your teams, hire coaches, sell tickets — and collect prizes for winning matches! Customize your teams with unique jerseys and increase their chances of winning with cheerleaders and coaches.
Syllabuster – Employ seven new policies including book fairs and for-profit education. Sponsor academic works by handing out research grants and supporting the staff.
We Fancy – Display your scientific achievements in Museums.
Cheers! – Celebrate with your citizens during graduation ceremonies.
Ludocartography 101 – Five new maps for your building pleasure.
Three New Chirper Hats – Be the big chirp on campus!
But no Cities DLC is complete without some freebies! In addition to two new radio stations and a new Content Creator Pack , there will be two new library buildings, a new yellow school bus, job titles in the citizen info panel, and new industry policies added to the game in a free update later this month. Let’s recap:
Cities: Skylines – Content Creator Pack: University City
Give your city that real “university town” look and feel with a selection of new building spawns designed by Mike “KingLeno” Leno. For $4.99 MSRP, University City adds 36 low-density residential buildings, 32 low-density commercial buildings, and 15 props including commercial signs and logos to reflect the student residents in your neighborhood!
Cities: Skylines – Deep Focus Radio
For those late night term papers or relaxing city-building sessions, Deep Focus Radio has the chilled-out ambiance you need. For $3.99 MSRP, enjoy a selection of Ambient and Lo-Fi study music presented by DJ “Deep Thought.” This station comes with 16 unique tracks that will help you to focus on what’s truly important: perfect street layouts.
Cities: Skylines – Campus Rock Radio
Relive your freshman year with a collection of College Rock, Teen Pop, Happy Punk, and Power Chord music. For $3.99 MSRP, let DJ Claude Couture spin the tracks of your higher education with 16 unique songs!
May 9, 2019 – We are pleased to announce WARHAMMER 40,000: INQUISITOR – PROPHECY, a stand-alone expansion pack for Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr. It is a brand new action-RPG experience in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, and although Inquisitor – Martyr is not required to play, the story is designed to fit both for new and for returning players.
KEY FEATURES
New Class: Play as a Tech-Adept Inquisitor. Summon and enhance units to help defeat enemies and complete investigations. This new summoner class comes with new unique abilities and mechanics, a unique skill-tree and various new melee and ranged builds.
New Campaign: The story of Inquisitor – Martyr continues in three new chapters, with one chapter solely focusing on the Tech-Adept, as its story slowly ties into the main plot.
New Environments: Players can discover huge monasteries, hazardous factories, unforgiving deserts and ruthless worlds engulfed by lava and volcanoes.
New Enemy Races: Inquisitor – Prophecy adds the Eldar and the Tyranids as new enemy races.
New Gameplay Mechanics: Inquisitor – Prophecy will be based on Inquisitor – Martyr’s 2.0 update, bringing the base game’s new level cap, redesigned loot-system and leveling, its new end-game, the co-op campaign mode, new items and a much faster, ARPG-focused gameplay to the stand-alone expansion as well.
Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Prophecy will be available on PC on May 28 for $24.99, while those who already own a copy of Inquisitor – Martyr receive -30% off of their purchase for a limited time.
PlayStation 4 and Xbox One players will be able to pick the game up at a later date.
Watford, England – May 9, 2019 – Wired Productions Ltd., an award-winning independent video games publisher, and developer Caged Element Inc., today launched a game changing update for GRIP: Combat Racing, bringing futuristic anti-grav racers and wheeled vehicles together for the first time, as a free download for all players.
Inspired by Rollcage, and in partnership with key development team members from the original Rollcage, GRIP: Combat Racing launched in late 2018 to fuel the racing appetite of arcade gamers. A return to the hardcore combat scene of the 90’s, bristling with heavy weapons and packing ferocious speed, the game is an intense, sensory feast. With a dedicated community and player numbers continually growing, GRIP: Combat Racing has seen a huge amount of content and updates since launch, with constant optimization, new tracks and new playing modes having already been introduced, GRIP: Combat Racing now receives the game changing feature, flipping the fundamental elements of gameplay, mechanics and physics, all in one surprise free update.
Introducing AirBlades!
Bringing a whole new vehicle class, and uniting two genres from the 90’s together for the first time, anti-grav racers called ‘AirBlades’, powered by an Element 115 anti-grav engine, fight against the aggressive wheel based mechanical monsters called Rollers, that launched with GRIP: Combat Racing, with both classes able to flip on any side, and choose their own path, not defined by the laws of gravity.
AirBlades is available on all the original race tracks that launched with GRIP: Combat Racing, plus all new levels set in out of space and is a completely free update for players. The inclusion of this latest update adds a robust new set of features sure to thrill fans and adrenaline junkies. GRIP: Combat Racing is now two games in one, giving racers the choice of how and where they drive!
“I’m pretty sure if WipeOut and Rollcage hooked up, this is the baby they’d pop out.’ said Leo Zullo, Managing Director of Wired Productions. “It’s beyond exciting to finally be able to reveal AirBlades, as we see it as a true game-changer and industry first. GRIP: Combat Racing is a fantastic game and, thanks to the mighty talented team at Caged Element with their visionary idea and commitment, gamers are now able to experience an even more truly amazing and unique experience that helps to redefine the racing genre.”
The AirBlades free update is live right now on Steam, Xbox One and PlayStation 4, with Nintendo Switch to follow later in May.
GRIP: Combat Racing can be purchased now for console platforms (MSRP $39.99) and PC (MSRP $29.99) – digitally on Steam, the PlayStation™ Store, Xbox Games Store, Nintendo Switch or physically, upright and upside-down at global retail. All players who already own GRIP: Combat Racing will receive Airblades as a free update.
In addition to its digital release on Xbox One, GRIP: Combat Racing is available through the Xbox Game Pass subscription service, bringing the title to Xbox players around the world.
May 9, 2019 – When you’re about to get your head sliced in half by the glowing, wrist-mounted fishhook blade of a giant, old, cyborg man, you tend to reflect on the journey that brought you to that very moment. Relatable, right? Once you check out the launch trailer for RAGE 2, you’ll understand.
Check out the official RAGE 2 launch trailer here:
RAGE 2 launches next week on May 14, 2019 for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC. Check out the official RAGE 2 site at bethesda.net/en/game/rage2 to pre-order and to learn more about what kind of crazy things players can do when they take over the mantle of “Wasteland Superhero.”
SANTA ANA, CA – MAY 8, 2019 – Audeze, the world’s leading manufacturer of planar magnetic headphones, and Apogee Electronics, the preeminent maker of audio recording interfaces and digital microphones, have teamed up to offer a premium USB microphone and headphone bundle – the Mobius and Apogee Ultimate Streaming Bundle. This limited promotion run (only 50 available), will feature a numbered, limited edition Apogee NITE MiC USB microphone and an Audeze Mobius headphone together for $499.00 ($149 off S.R.P), designed to deliver next-level gaming audio quality at an affordable packaged price. The Mobius and Apogee Ultimate Streaming Bundle combines the best in recording technology with the top premium gaming headphones to deliver unparalleled performance and value to members of the streaming community looking to take their game to the next level.
Watch the trailer for the Mobius and Apogee Ultimate Streaming Bundle HERE:
“We are always looking to work together with partners that share our pursuit of innovation and high quality,” states Sankar Thiagasamudram, CEO of Audeze LLC. “We have always admired Apogee’s product line and commitment to excellence, so it was a natural no-brainer to work together to bring a top-of-the-line bundle perfect for the livestreaming community.”
Apogee’s all new NITE MiC is a premium USB microphone that has been customized to work seamlessly in gaming environments from PC and MAC to consoles like the PS4 and more. NITE MiC features studio-grade sound quality, a stylish and durable design, and premium accessories, like a custom pop filter, mic stand adapter and desktop tripod. The Audeze Mobius is the multi-award winning premium gaming headphones that utilizes patented planar magnetic drivers with Waves Nx 3D audio technology for uncompromised audio quality. Apogee and Audeze are driven by a shared commitment to innovation and quality which keeps them at the forefront of audio technology development.
“Partnering with Audeze, a dedicated and dynamic company that shares our obsession with sound quality and customer satisfaction, is the ideal way to introduce NITE MiC to the gaming/streaming community,” comments Sean McArthur, Director of Marketing for Apogee. “Apogee and Audeze are focused intensely on creating innovative, inspiring, and high-quality products that elevate the user experience. We are confident that bringing these two premium products together as an affordable bundle will delight hardcore gamers who rely heavily on broadcast clarity and hearing the finest sonic details of footsteps, reloads and callouts. The pairing of NITE MiC and Mobius offers an almost unfair competitive advantage!”
The Mobius and Apogee Ultimate Streaming Bundle includes the following:
Audeze Mobius Gaming Headphones
Apogee NITE MiC USB microphone with mini-tripod
NITE MiC carrying case
For more information on Apogee products, please visit the official website at apogeedigital.com. For more information on the Audeze Mobius, follow Audeze on Twitter and Instagram, “Like” us on Facebook, subscribe to Audeze on Youtube to see and hear video demonstrations of Audeze products, and visit the website at www.audeze.com.
