August 28, 2019 – YGGdrazil Group Co. Ltd and Ningbo Inception Media Group today announced Home Sweet Home Episode 2 will release on Steam this September 25th, the follow up to the cult classic Home Sweet Home. Blending classic first-person gameplay, mind-bending puzzles, and a terrifying story steeped in classic Thai folklore, Home Sweet Home Episode 2 brings a number of new gameplay features and story surprises that promise to fill every gamer’s heart with excitement and terror.
Continuing immediately off where the first Home Sweet Home game ended, the main character Tim begins his earnest search for his missing wife, Jane. Awakening in a dark and strange forest, he’s immediately set upon by its crazed inhabitants, who appear to be more spirit than human. Using stealth and combat, a first for the series, Tim must sneak, kill and solve puzzles as he makes his way through the forest and beyond in a desperate search for his missing wife. Along the way he’ll also have to contend with a mysterious Thai dancer, who appears when Tim is at his most vulnerable and whose deadly touch is capable of making short work of him. Along the way, Tim will also discover the sinister and mysterious connection between the dancer and his wife, a revelation perhaps best left unknown.
For more information about Home Sweet Home Episode 2 please visit the links below.
Lesquin, France, August 28, 2019 – For the first time, the free to play fishing simulator Fishing Planet, downloaded by 7 million players, goes premium with exclusive content to be discovered in a brand-new trailer!
The Fisherman: Fishing Planet gathers 143 species of fish with realistic behavior, 19 fishing areas around the world, 4 fishing techniques, dynamic weather and thousands of tackle combinations possible, with unique properties.
The exclusive content available in The Fisherman: Fishing Planet also includes: a new fishing spot in La Creuse, France, the trolling technique, four unique fish species and a new motorboat.
It is open season this winter on October 17 for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
August 28, 2019 – BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. and Supermassive Games have released the official launch trailer for The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan. The fate of everyone aboard lies in your hands as Man of Medan drops anchor on the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One and PCs via STEAM® on August 30, 2019.
The first in an anthology of horror games developed by Supermassive Games, the masterminds behind 2015’s Until Dawn, and published by industry leader BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc., The Dark Pictures Anthology: Man of Medan is a tale with numerous outcomes. Players must navigate carefully as every playable character can live or die depending on the choices made in-game, leading to a multitude of possible endings and near-limitless replayability. Man of Medan is helmed by a talented cast of actors, including stars Shawn Ashmore (X-Men, Quantum Break) and Pip Torrens (The Crown, Star Wars: The Force Awakens), whose in-game likenesses are rendered in eerily vivid detail.
August 28, 2019 – Insta360 today launched GO, a tiny stabilized camera that mounts anywhere. GO uses its innovative form factor and AI-powered smart editing to make capturing life effortless.
Insta360 GO is the Ant-Man of cameras. Weighing in at 18.3 grams (0.65 ounces), it goes places that other cameras can’t, captures angles other cameras don’t, and never gets in the way.
When worn, GO enables seamless, hands-free shooting, so users can capture experiences at the spur of the moment without ever fumbling behind a phone display. But GO is more than a wearable. A magnetic body, plus a range of accessories, means GO is ready to clip, tag or hang on just about anything.
Shooting video with GO is simple: Pressing its button once records a clip for up to 30 seconds, pressing a second time stops it.
Gimbal-like stabilization.
Because GO can be mounted anywhere — from clothing to vehicles — it has to be ready for a bumpy ride. Whether users walk, ride or crossover dribble, GO keeps footage smooth using Insta360’s signature FlowState stabilization.
FlowState is the secret ingredient that enables GO to get great footage anytime, anywhere.
AI-powered FlashCut auto editing.
GO doesn’t just save time and hassle during capture. With FlashCut auto editing, it also saves the hassle of finding and editing your best clips.
FlashCut uses AI to find your best shots and combine them — on beat — into a stylized edit. GO can sort content based on theme (e.g. food, cities, smiles) and quality of shot composition. With FlashCut, users can capture, edit and share their day in a few taps.
For creators who like to get hands-on, the GO app also offers a full-featured editing tool that allows tweaking of everything from transitions to color palette and playback speed. The app also lets users easily combine footage from the GO and their smartphone, ensuring their edits bring together all of their best shots.
Hyperlapses made easy.
Thanks to its next-level stabilization, GO makes hyperlapses easy. Mind-blowing shots that used to take expensive gear and hours of editing are now as simple as the press of a button. GO captures hyperlapses for up to 30 minutes at 6x speed.
Stationary timelapses are just as easy. GO’s mount-anywhere design lets users capture the flow of time from impossible perspectives.
Do a barrel roll.
The GO app’s unique Barrel Roll feature lets you twist your shots like a turntable, as many times as you like. It’s a head-turning effect that looks even better when combined with a hyperlapse.
Smooth, rolling shots used to take expensive gimbals and fancy footwork. GO uses stabilization and an ultra-wide field of view to make them easy.
Water resistant.
GO is IPX4 water-resistant straight out of the box. It’s ready for splashes, rain, and submersion in water for up to 10 seconds.
Slow-mo to GO.
GO supports shooting at up to 100 FPS so creators can slow things down and dial in on the action.
200 clips a day.
GO’s Charge Case slips into your pocket, allowing for easy charging on the fly. With the Charge Case, GO is ready for about 200 clips a day.
After a day of shooting, the Charge Case connects directly to your phone for fast footage transfer.
Make it yours.
Any GO purchased via Insta360.com can be laser-engraved to give it a personal touch. Check out details here.
Available now.
GO comes standard with a range of accessories for easy charging and mounting, including the Charge Case, Magnet Pendant, Pivot Stand, Easy Clip and Sticky Base. GO is priced at $199.99 USD.
It’s available worldwide via Insta360.com and select retailers, including B&H Photo and Canada Computers.
August 28, 2019 – No matter which platform you use to play Borderlands 3, all the on-screen mayhem is going to look fantastic. But all you PC players out there will be able to fine-tune those excellent visuals via Borderlands 3‘s extensive graphics settings, letting you perfectly match the visual fidelity to your personal preferences and the power of your rig.
If you want to get the most out of your machine and maintain smooth framerates with tons of graphics settings turned up, here’s a handy list of recommended specs, featuring AMD Ryzen and AMD Radeon hardware:
Once you’ve got your spec sorted, it’s time to tinker with the many graphics settings available in Borderlands 3. Check out this blog for a complete list of the in-game visuals options on PC, which allow you to adjust everything from Vertical Sync and Field of View to Ambient Occlusion and Screen Space Reflections.
Borderlands 3 launches on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC on September 13.
August 27, 2019 – Games Workshop and Virtual Realms today announced Warhammer: Odyssey, an exciting MMO that brings the conflict and intrigue of the Warhammer Old World to Android and iOS devices.
Morrslieb the Chaos Moon grows large in the skies above the Old World, under it’s wicked visage doomsayers take to the city streets and those creatures who would bring the walls of man crumbling down become ever more bold. However, all is not lost! Those that would stand against the darkness and chaos that threatens civilisation have come together once more, honouring ancient pacts as they did in times long past. Now is the time for heroes, now is the time to forge your odyssey.
Experience the Old World in the palm of your hand in a fully featured free-to-play mobile MMORPG for Android and iOS devices. Join a Mercenary Company and fight back Morrslieb’s evil influence across hundreds of quests through iconic locations Marienburg, Drakwald Forest, and The Wasteland.
Across three playable races and 6 character classes, Warhammer: Odyssey players will be able to craft their ideal hero depending on their personal playstyle. Lighting fast attacks and crippling debuffs await those ready to take on the role of a Witch Hunter, while devastating offensive spells and restorative healing abilities mark the key qualities of the Archmage, to name a few.
Character Races
Human
Dwarf
High Elf
Character Classes
Witch Hunter
Warrior Priest
Slayer
Engineer
Shadow Warrior
Archmage
Engage with a world that’s always growing and expanding, with regular free content updates that add more enemies, formidable bosses and iconic territories from the Old World.
August 27th, Gliwice, Poland — Discover new routes to take in the highly contaminated Exclusion Zone of Chernobylite, but be careful! Besides being an excellent virtual alternative to visiting the Pripyat power plant and its surroundings, Chernobylite will also drive you insane. Play as a physicist who decided to revisit the area 30 years later to finally face his fears and rescue his beloved. Encounter unpredictable situations and natural, as well as supernatural threats. Overcome deadly creatures pouring out from an alternate reality. And do your best to stay conscious, as it won’t be an easy task.
And in case you missed it, check out the most recent, official gameplay trailer with a ton of new content you’ll encounter in-game.
New York, NY – August 27, 2019 – Private Division and Panache Digital Games today launched Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey for PC on the Epic Game Store. Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey, is the debut title from Panache Digital Games, the independent development studio co-founded in 2014 by Patrice Désilets, the original creative director behind Assassin’s Creed. In the game, players relive the early stages of human evolution millions of years ago, battling a harsh and brutal world to ensure the future of their lineage.
Players begin ten million years ago as an early hominid, our first known ancestor, swinging through the trees of a lush jungle full of dangerous predators like giant pythons, sabre-tooth tigers, deadly alligators, as well as other beasts, and will need to master both their character in addition to their surroundings. Through carefully analyzing and discovering the environment, players will help ensure the survival of their clan by expanding the capabilities of their hominid. The player will have the choice in how to advance the neuronal network, offering a host of role-playing game elements that improve different abilities. These choices may allow the clan to advance motor functions, heighten their senses, enhance their intelligence, and unlock better communication amongst the tribe. Eventually, the player may evolve their clan to a more advanced species through the decisions and actions along their play experience. Ultimately the player will determine if the clan will have an enduring lineage or become another extinct species that recedes into history.
“I am extremely proud of what my team and I have accomplished with Ancestors. I wanted to make a game about evolution that would help remind us of our shared primal instincts. Once I thought of this concept, I could not shake this idea of struggling, trying to survive in this massive, dangerous world,” said Patrice Désilets, Co-Founder and Creative Director of Panache Digital Games. “Today is a great day because we can now share this game with the real world. It may be a difficult journey but hopefully you can survive just as our own ancestors did.”
“It has been a privilege to partner with Panache Digital Games to make Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey,” said Kari Toyama, Senior Producer at Private Division. “Patrice Désilets is meticulous in his approach to game design, and together with his small team incredibly talented developers, they created an experience that is wholly unique.”
Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is a third-person exploration survival game in which players will establish a clan in an unforgiving wilderness of Africa spanning from ten million to two million years ago. The game mechanics focus on three main principles: explore, expand, and evolve. With danger around every corner, players must carefully explore their environment set in Neogene Africa, slowly expanding their clan’s territory, and choosing how to evolve their clan from one generation to the next. Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey is the first title from Panache Digital Games.
PITTSBURGH ー Aug. 27, 2019 ー Gamers with a hunger for immersive swordplay action can rejoice as Until You Fall from Schell Games is now available for Early Access on Steam. The virtual reality (VR) game, which is playable on the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift, will retail for
$19.99 USD and take players on a treacherous mêlée-laden journey through the lands of Rokar. A 20 percent discount will be offered to those who ready themselves for battle the first week of Early Access launch.
Assuming the role of a Rune Knight, players must arm themselves with a variety of unique weapons to protect what’s left of Rokar, their homeland. Fending off the twisted and powerful Unraveled forces and utilizing their best sword-fighting skills, Rune Knights must defeat these former Rokari warriors who roam the ruins. Strategy is key; only those Rune Knights who are clever and persistent will survive the horrors that lie ahead.
The current Early Access build includes the first two-thirds of the first campaign, offering players a selection of weapons from which to choose. Schell Games plans to share a product roadmap publicly for all those who wish to learn the next steps of the game’s development as it progresses through Early Access. Players will be encouraged to provide feedback for the game on its Discord channel.
“One of our main objectives in releasing the game via Early Access is to connect with the community, glean feedback, and use that information to inspire our game design decisions moving forward,” said Jesse Schell, CEO of Schell Games. “We want Until You Fall to push the limits of the VR genre, not only by offering players an exciting gameplay experience but also in terms of replayability. We feel the best way to meet our goals is by building a dedicated community early on in the game’s lifecycle, to ensure players get a title with features they want.”
Adding to the game’s appeal is actor Zehra Fazal in the role of the mysterious Runesmith. Ms. Fazal is known for Voltron: Legendary Defender and Netflix’s Lost in Space, among many other roles. The heart-pounding Synthwave music of the credits track was composed by Chris Dudley, the keyboardist in the multi-Grammy award-nominated band Underoath.
To play Until You Fall, please visit the game’s Steam page.
LONDON — Aug. 27, 2019 — Today, Foam Sword and Double Fine Presents launched the highly anticipated, ultra-charming co-op adventure game, Knights and Bikes for PlayStation 4 and Steam. In celebration the team released a new trailer, which can be viewed here.
“It’s been a long journey to get here, but we’re excited that Knights and Bikes is ready for everyone to enjoy,” said Foam Sword co-founder Rex Crowle. “With Knights and Bikes, we’ve been influenced by some of our favorite childhood memories, games and movies, and we hope that when fans jump in it’ll bring back childhood emotions of their own!”
Knights and Bikes is a hand-painted action-adventure for 1 or 2 players, set on a British island in the 1980s. It’s a coming-of-age story starring Nessa & Demelza, exploring the coasts of Penfurzy on their trusty bikes, looking for a legendary lost treasure in a Goonies-inspired tale of excitement, danger, fun and friendship.
The two new friends, along with their pet-goose and the pickled-head of an undead knight, form the Penfurzy Rebel Bicycle Club, and are ready for anything this adventure throws at them. They pedal into danger to face threats head-on with frisbees, water-balloons, video game controllers and the powerful beats of an amplified boom-box.
Along the way they’ll stuff their pockets with trinkets and barter for bike upgrades, spurring them onwards down the island’s country lanes, windswept beaches, deep forests, modern attractions and ancient ruins.
Together their friendship will create an adventure as big as their imaginations.
“Collaborating with Foam Sword has been an incredible experience,” said Double Fine VP of Business Development Greg Rice. “We have been in love with Knights and Bikes since its initial Kickstarter campaign, and working with Rex and Moo has been an absolute treat – we’ve even picked up some UK slang along the way, especially each time they give us another tinkle on the blower.”
Foam Sword is a collaboration between game-making friends Rex Crowle and Moo Yu, who met at Media Molecule while making LittleBigPlanet. Rex is a BAFTA award winning artist and designer, who was also the creative lead for Tearaway and Tearaway Unfolded. Moo is a Programmer who worked on the gameplay for Ratchet & Clank, Moshi Monsters, as well as his own games Ring Fling and MonstrosCity. They are joined by two collaborators — Audio Direction from multi-BAFTA nominated Kenneth CM Young (LittleBigPlanet, Tearaway, Astrobot) and an Original Score from Ivor Novello-winning composer Daniel Pemberton (Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse, The Man From U.N.C.L.E, Steve Jobs, LittleBigPlanet).
