SAN FRANCISCO — September 17, 2018 — Today, Ubisoft® and South Park Digital Studios announced that South Park™: The Stick of Truth™ will be available on Nintendo Switch on September 25, 2018. Created, written and directed by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and developed by Ubisoft San Francisco, South Park: The Stick of Truth, the winner of numerous 2014 game of the year awards, transports players to the perilous battlefields of the fourth-grade playground, where a young hero will rise, destined to be South Park’s savior. From the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, comes an epic quest to become… cool. South Park: The Stick of Truth will be available through digital stores only at the suggested retail price of $29.99
For a thousand years, the battle has been waged. The sole reason humans and elves are locked in a never-ending war: The Stick of Truth. But the tides of war are soon to change as word of a new kid spreads throughout the land, his coming foretold by the stars. As the moving vans of prophecy drive away, your adventure begins.
Arm yourself with weapons of legend to defeat underpants gnomes, hippies, and other forces of evil. Discover the lost Stick of Truth and succeed in earning your place alongside Stan, Kyle, Cartman, and Kenny as their new friend. Fail, and you will forever be known…as a loser.
For more information about South Park: Stick of Truth, please visit southparkgame.com, and for the latest on all Ubisoft games, please visit news.ubisoft.com.
September 17, 2018 – New Wave Toys has officially launched RepliCade X Centipede, an officially licensed, fully-playable 1/6-scale reproduction of the classic Atari arcade cabinet. RepliCade X Centipede is now available for $160 on NewWaveToys.com, and soon on Amazon, Walmart, and Best Buy.
From now until 12 a.m. PDT on Sunday, September 23, 2018, New Wave Toys is also offering a 10 percent discount on NewWaveToys.com with the code LAUNCHWEEK10.
RepliCade X Centipede features:
Accurate 1/6-scale replica Centipede arcade machine
3.5″ color screen in vertical orientation
Mini TRAK-BALL control
Amplified-Mono audio reproduction
Wood cabinet construction
Illuminated marquee and cabinet accents
Diecast metal coin door with storage compartment
High-resolution cabinet art reproduction on quality 3M vinyl overlays
PVC Trim-molding
Built-in rechargeable battery
Officially licensed by Atari
Premium retail packaging
Limited edition (of 5,000)
New Wave Toys first announced RepliCade X Centipede in October 2017 on Kickstarter. The project reached its $50,000 goal within the first 24 hours and closed at $167,281 with 1,302 backers. The company also announced RepliCade X Tempest, available later this year.
LOS ANGELES – Sept. 17, 2018 – Sinemia, the leading global movie ticket subscription service, today released a new movie ticket subscription plan offering unlimited 2D movie tickets for $29.99/£29.99 per month, available in the U.S., the UK, Canada and Australia.
The new plan offers a sustainable, reasonable model for seeing movies on an unlimited basis. With the average U.S. ticket price at about $9.00 per film, the plan offers unlimited movies for the value of about three standard movie tickets each month.
Since 2014, Sinemia has provided an unlimited plan available to moviegoers in Europe, where it is the company’s best-selling plan. At $29.99 per month, this new plan shows what it would take for a company to offer a sustainable unlimited option in the movie ticket subscription economy.
“While most of our plans are focused on the modern moviegoer who sees one, two, or three movies each month, we want to serve every type of movie lover and that includes frequent moviegoers looking for an unlimited tickets option,” said Rifat Oguz, CEO and founder of Sinemia. “We’ve spent four years testing and fine-tuning our unlimited tickets model and are confident this is the right price to sustainably offer such a plan.”
Sinemia will continue to offer its popular tiered plans offering one, two or three movies a month, with options for 3D and IMAX tickets as well as family plans. Sinemia subscribers can reserve tickets and select seats in advance, without needing to be at the theater to book their tickets. Sinemia’s app also includes a variety of features that make for the perfect movie night, including rideshare integration and restaurant deals.
For more information or to sign up for Sinemia today, please visit https://www.sinemia.com. Download the Sinemia mobile app today on the App Store and Google Play Market at:
San Diego, CA – September 17, 2018 – Get ready to propel yourself to higher levels of competitive play and more podium wins as leading gaming audio brand Turtle Beach (NASDAQ: HEAR), today announced its flagship Elite Pro™ 2 + SuperAmp™ Pro Performance Gaming Audio Systems for Xbox One and PlayStation®4 have started hitting retail stores. Developed in collaboration with top pro esports teams, including OpTic Gaming, Splyce, and the Houston Outlaws, the Elite Pro 2 + SuperAmp delivers a perfect balance of powerful amplified professional-grade sound, unmatched build quality and comfort, and groundbreaking mobile app-based controls. The Elite Pro 2 + SuperAmp is available at www.turtlebeach.com and participating retailers across North America for a MSRP of $249.95, and will be available in the UK and across Europe starting on Oct. 12, 2018. Read below for full details on the Elite Pro 2 + SuperAmp Gaming Audio System. #WeAreElite
“The Elite Pro 2 + SuperAmp is the perfect successor to the original Elite Pro, once again offering gamers our signature professional-grade audio performance and unmatched comfort, now paired with a revolutionary new way to connect, amplify and control their audio,” said Juergen Stark, CEO, Turtle Beach. “We designed the Elite Pro 2 + SuperAmp in collaboration with some of the world’s best pro gamers, so if you’re a serious player looking to get an edge on the competition, you owe it to yourself to check it out because this headset is built to help you win.”
Nick “Ashes” Ridgeway, Assistant General Manager of OpTic Gaming added, “Working closely with the teams as well as being a coach on the front line myself, there are crucial features we need in a headset to be at the top of our game. The Turtle Beach Elite Pro 2 + SuperAmp checks all of those boxes for us: crisp voice communication, detailed sounds, and our own customized EQ so we always have the audio advantage over our competition.”
The Elite Pro 2 headset’s audio performance is driven by Turtle Beach’s signature esports-tuned 50mm Nanoclear™ speakers paired with a removable high-sensitivity noise-cancelling mic with TruSpeak™ technology for crystal-clear communication with teammates. The Elite Pro 2 headset also sports a sleek and durable metal headband with a suspended pad, Turtle Beach’s patented ProSpecs™ glasses friendly design, and magnetic AeroFit™ cooling gel-infused memory foam ear cushions featuring athletic sport fabric and synthetic leather working together to block out external noise while keeping players cool and comfortable under fire. Additionally, easily swappable magnetic deco plates allow players to customize their Elite Pro 2, with an assortment of deco plate designs planned to be available for purchase this holiday season.
In parallel, the Elite SuperAmp offers an entirely new way for players to control their game audio. This one-dial gaming audio controller provides powerful amplified Windows Sonic for Headphones surround sound on Xbox One and compatible Windows 10 PCs, and DTS® Headphone:X® 7.1 channel surround sound on PS4™ and PC, and connects via Bluetooth® to the Turtle Beach Audio Hub mobile app on Android or iOS devices where gamers can adjust a variety of settings. When connected to the Audio Hub app on their mobile device, players will be able to instantly control features like Game and Chat Audio Mix, Variable Mic Monitoring, Dynamic Chat Boost™, Superhuman Hearing™ and other audio EQ presets, including Bass Boost. There are also controls for the SuperAmp’s LED color and lighting mode, and streaming-specific audio settings as well.
Turtle Beach’s Elite Pro 2 + SuperAmp Gaming Audio System for Xbox One and PS4 define the future of esports gaming audio equipment, delivering best-in-class audio performance for game sound and team chat, plus innovative comfort-driven technologies. Elite esports performance, elite comfort, and the elite esports audio setup designed to help you dominate the competition…this is Elite Pro!
For more information on the latest Turtle Beach products and accessories, visit www.turtlebeach.com and be sure to follow Turtle Beach on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
PARIS – SEPT. 13, 2018 – Asmodee Digital today announced it will expand its digital board game offering to the Nintendo Switch™ platform, beginning with several best-selling titles to be released over the coming year. Five titles are currently in development, being optimized for Nintendo Switch, including The Lord of the Rings: Living Card Game, Pandemic, Carcassonne Munchkin and Catan.
“Bringing our most popular titles to new platforms is a no-brainer, but we’re going a step above to make sure they are optimized for Nintendo Switch,” said Philippe Dao, CMO of Asmodee Digital. “The new audiences that await us on this platform are clear to us, and we’re glad to offer them the best of board games.”
Carcassonne (Holiday Season 2018) – The official adaptation of the famous board game Carcassonne! A modern classic tile-placement game based on the award-winning game in which the players build a medieval city. Build a medieval world in a full adaptation of the award-winning Carcassonne, complete with 3D maps, solo mode and 4-player local multiplayer.
The Lord of the Rings: Living Card Game (2019) – Whether you play alone or alongside a second player, forge a powerful deck—and a fellowship of three—to face the forces of Sauron in each story-driven quest. Inspired by the hit Fantasy Flight LCG® The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game.
Pandemic (2019) – Stop the spread of four diseases and cure them all on your own or in local, 4-player multiplayer with Pandemic, plus its DLC based on popular expansions. Discover the Nintendo Switch adaptation of the famous board game! As skilled members of a disease-fighting team, you must keep four deadly diseases at bay while discovering their cures.
Catan (2019) – It’s time to discover on Nintendo Switch the most popular island in board game history!
Munchkin (2019) – A dungeon crawler based on Steve Jackson’s iconic card game, Munchkin.
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Vienna, AUSTRIA, September 14th: PC players all over the world can now add five superb adventures to their game collection thanks to a new combined effort from Microsoft Studios and THQ Nordic. Today marks the physical release of five critically-acclaimed titles, which are now available on PC at a fantastic price.
Wiesbaden, September 14th 2018– Assemble Entertainment is happy to announce two big pieces of news about Larry Laffers new point & click adventure Leisure Suit Larry – Wet Dreams Don’t Dry today! For all fans from Russia and Poland, Larry is busy with his hot tutor until the release on November 7th as he is now learning Russian and Polish, so that Wet Dreams Don’t Dry will be released with Polish and Russian subtitles. For all fans worldwide there are also two new screenshots from the eagerly awaited adventure game, which once again reveal how much work and attention to detail the developers of Crazybunch have put into the completely hand-drawn graphics and characters.
And if you didn’t see it, you are welcome to watch the gameplay trailer released last week:
IRVINE, Calif.—September 13, 2018—Heed the prophecies, heroes—the newest front in the battle for the fate of Sanctuary will soon open! Diablo III Eternal Collection, the definitive version of Blizzard Entertainment’s acclaimed action RPG,arrives for Nintendo Switch™ on November 2, giving a whole new generation of gamers the opportunity to face down the horrors of the Burning Hells. Eager adventurers can secure their digital pre-orders starting today through the Nintendo eShop for Nintendo Switch.
Endlessly playable and continually evolving, Diablo III provides a lifetime of challenge and adventure, and the Eternal Collection includes the multitude of features, refinements, and updates that have been added to the game to date. On top fighting through an epic story campaign that spans the High Heavens, the Burning Hells, and beyond, players can earn bountiful rewards in Adventure Mode, a never-ending onslaught of activity with constantly shifting objectives across all of the game’s locales. Diablo III Eternal Collection also includes Seasons, a recurring game mode that encourages players to create fresh characters, earn exclusive Seasonal rewards, and crush hordes of demons to earn spots on their region’s leaderboards.
“The gates of Hell will soon be opening once again, and we couldn’t be more excited to have Nintendo Switch players joining the battle,” said Mike Morhaime, CEO and cofounder of Blizzard Entertainment. “Whether they’re bravely diving in alone or teaming up with friends, Sanctuary’s newest heroes are in store for endless adventuring—and endless loot—when Diablo III Eternal Collection launches on November 2.”
Diablo III Eternal Collection has been forged to take advantage of the Nintendo Switch System’s flexibility and versatility, whether players are using the Joy-Con controller or a Pro Controller. And true to Diablo’s spirit, players will have a wealth of options when it comes to cleansing Sanctuary cooperatively—parties of up to four can play together, either by sharing a screen on a single Nintendo Switch, linking their consoles together wirelessly, or connecting through the Nintendo Switch Online subscription service.
Diablo III is the fastest-selling PC game of all time.* The Reaper of Souls expansion introduced the mighty Crusader class, the infinitely-replayable Adventure Mode, and a host of other game-defining features, like the random loot-filled Nephalem Rift dungeons. In 2017, Rise of the Necromancer resurrected the fan-favorite Necromancer class from Diablo II, bolstering players’ forces with the gruesome powers of blood and bone. All of this is included in Diablo III Eternal Edition for the Nintendo Switch, on top of platform-exclusive bonus items, like Ganondorf’s cosmetic armor set, inspired by the iconic villain from The Legend of Zelda series.
Diablo III Eternal Collection for Nintendo Switch will be available on November 2 at retail stores everywhere and digitally through the Nintendo eShop at a suggested price of $59.99. For more information, visit https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/diablo-3-switch
FRANKFURT, Germany – Sept. 13, 2018– Performance in Hunt: Showdown gets a big boost this month with the release of Update 2.4, which focuses on performance-related additions and changes to the multiplayer FPS bounty hunting game from Crytek. Additionally, the new solo mode, which proved to be highly popular during the game’s recent Solo Event, is here to stay.
Performance upgrades in 2.4 are manifold, and in a new video interview Level Design Director Chris Auty and Technical Director Sebastien Laurent discuss the performance updates in 2.4 in detail, while Senior Game Designer Andreas Liebeskind and Junior Technical Designer Bence Kovacs weigh in on the new weapons, content updates, and game fixes. Many details are covered in the eight-minute video, which can be viewed here:
Changes to the game’s graphics settings offer one of the biggest potential improvements to performance, as rendering has been split out into different quality settings, allowing players to make choices about things like shadow quality or particle quality fitting to their specific machine. Players with limited GPU performance should see the biggest benefits from this change. Resolution scaling is another big feature now available with 2.4. Originally introduced in Crytek’s Ryse: Son of Rome, resolution scaling decouples display resolution with rendering resolution, significantly improving performance on the GPU level. CPU optimizations were also made on the game code side, and this should result in significantly less stalling. Level loading times should also improve.
Three new weapons are also packed into Update 2.4. The new Nagant Officer M1895 Carbine pistol has a long barrel and a stock, which means it behaves more like a rifle than a pistol. The new Specter 1882 Compact Shotgun has a sawn-off barrel, foregrip, and wider spread (if shorter range). The Crossbow Shotbolt mixes the characteristics of a shotgun with those of a crossbow, utilizing bolts tipped with shotgun shells that detonate on impact, setting off a cone of shotgun pellets.
Calabasas, California – September 12, 2018 – Assetto Corsa Competizione, the official game of the Blancpain GT Series, developed by KUNOS Simulazioni and published by 505 Games, is now available on Steam Early Access. Available for a limited-time low price of $24.99 USD, Assetto Corsa Competizione offers an incredible ‘buy-now, save-later’ incentive to players, with new monthly free content released to buyers leading toward full launch in Q1 2019.
After the groundbreaking worldwide success of Assetto Corsa, which redefined the standards of the Sim racing genre, the Italian development team KUNOS Simulazioni is ready to deliver to its amazing community the first Early Access version of their latest game.
Assetto Corsa Competizione is born from KUNOS Simulazioni’s long-term experience, and it takes full advantage of Unreal Engine 4, ensuring photorealistic weather conditions and graphics, night races, motion capture animations, reaching a new standard in terms of driving realism and immersion, thanks to its further improved aerodynamic models.
The immersive sim game will allow players to experience the real atmosphere of the FIA GT3 homologated championship, competing with official drivers, teams, cars and circuits, reproduced in-game with the highest level of accuracy ever achieved. Sprint, Endurance and Spa 24 Hours races will come to life with an incredible level of realism, in both single and multiplayer modes.
Players opting in at the low early access price will receive a series of free monthly game updates, delivering new cars, tracks, features and gameplay enhancements to players as the game progresses towards official launch in Q1 2019. The early access price on Steam will periodically increase as new features and game enhancements are added with each update. The final Assetto Corsa Competizione game will feature all cars and tracks of the ongoing Blancpain GT Season and will also introduce career and championship modes, progressively providing early access players with a complete game for a fraction of the launch price.
The early access content roadmap was unveiled by the developer and is also available on the official game website:
September 2018:
o New Car: Lambourghini Huracan GT3
o New Track: Nurburgring Grand Prix
o New Features: Special Evenets, Hotlap and Quick Races
October 2018:
o NewCar: Bently Continental GT3
o New Track: Misano World Circuit
o New Features: Super Pole, Virtual Reality Support and Basic Pit-Stops
November 2018:
o New Car: BMW M6 GT3
o New Track: Circuit de Paul Ricard
o New Features: Endurance 3/6h, Basic Multiplayer and Full Pit-Stop
December 2018:
o New Car: Ferrari 488 GT3’
o New Track: Hungaroing
o New Features: Spectator Mode Introduced
January 2019:
o NewCar: Emil Frey Jaguar G3
o New Track: Zolder
o New Features: Enhanced Multiplayer Launches
February 2019:
o NewCar: Honda Acura NSX GT3
o New Track: Monza Eni Circuit
o New Features: Live Special Events
TBD Q1 2019: All the Officially Licensed 2018 and 2019** Blancpain GT Series cars, teams and circuits, career mode, championship mode, single player and multiplayer, complete rating and matchmaking systems
“Behind Assetto Corsa’s success there is also the contribution given by the community, which with its suggestions and constructive criticism has allowed us to refine both the product and the simulation experience”, commented Marco Massarutto, Brand & Product Manager and co-founder of KUNOS Simulazioni. “Thanks to the Steam Early Access program we can further strengthen this synergy with our fans: offering them the opportunity to actively participate in the Assetto Corsa Competizione testing. In this way we will not only optimize the game itself, but also work on its functionalities in order to arrive at the launch of final version exploiting in the best way all potentialities that our driving simulation will offer. We consider precious the support of our community and we intend to reward it concretely “.
Racing enthusiasts and players in Germany can get their hands-on Assetto Corsa Competizione at Nürburgring this weekend (September 14 – 16, 2018) for the next round of the Blancpain Championship and at the Sim Racing Expo 2018 with Fanatec, a leading provider of gaming steering wheels, pedals and peripherals specifically designed for sim racers.
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