Cyanide Studio and NACON are pleased to announce that Blood Bowl 3 Season 5 is now available. This new season sees the arrival of the Necromantic Horror faction, numerous unlockable rewards, as well as a keenly anticipated feature: cross-play. Blood Bowl 3 is available on PC, PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One.
The Necromantic Horror, an eagerly awaited faction
The Necromantic Horror faction comprises a wide variety of monsters and undead creatures straight from your worst nightmares: wraiths, ghouls, zombies, werewolves and even flesh golems… a highly varied patchwork of specialist players, who complement each other to a tee. This faction makes for a mobile and tough team, which can also call on peerless regeneration and resurrection skills!
A major new feature: cross-play
Eagerly anticipated by the community, cross-play has now arrived. This feature enables players to face rivals from any platform via the matchmaking function, and take part in cross-platform competitions. The Official Ladder now provides a single ranking system, while private leagues will also be catered for, with players able to participate from any platform.
Stern Pinball, Inc., announces a full line of JAWS pinball machine accessories compatible with the Pro, Premium, and Limited Edition (LE) models. Stern Pinball’s monster hit game JAWS just got better with these newly available upgrades that will take your game to the next level.
Right from the plunge, dive straight into action with a custom sculpted Orca Barrel Shooter Knob as you go shark hunting and bounty collecting.
Fully dress up the inside of your game with the official JAWS Inside Art Blades. Featuring stunning and distinctive hand-drawn artwork by Michael Barnard, these art blades add an entirely new dimension inside this world under glass pinball experience highlighting iconic shark beach attack scenes.
Protect yourself and your game from shark attacks with the official JAWS Shark Bite Side Armor. Featuring the iconic JAWS logo and a laser cut shark bite, you’ll feel safe going back into your gameroom.
Make your game pop with the official Speaker Lighting System accessory. With intelligent RGB LED lighting, your speakers will light up and flash as you go shark hunting, fully integrated and dynamically responsive to game events.
And lastly, get fully immersed into the JAWS universe with the Amity Island Billboard Topper accessory. Featuring a backlit lenticular effect and choreographed lightshows, players can grab their harpoons and help Amity Island save the 4th of July!
“The JAWS pinball accessories will bring out the best of you and your pinball playing experience,” said Seth Davis, President and CEO of Stern Pinball, Inc. “Become the apex predator with these officially licensed items on your quest to conquer JAWS!”
Pricing and Availability:
Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price:
Amity Island Billboard Topper $US 999.99
Orca Barrel Shooter Knob $US 149.99
JAWS Shark Bite Side Armor $US 249.99
Speaker Lighting System $US 199.99
JAWS Inside Art Blades $US 99.99
MSRP for sales to USA end-users, before any VAT, GST, Sales Tax, Duties, or other taxes.
JAWS pinball machines and accessories are available now through authorized Stern Pinball distributors and dealers around the world.
Swedish game developer Stunlock Studios is excited to announce that the highly anticipated PlayStation®5 version of their open-world fantasy survival Action-RPG, V Rising, is out now. Following a phenomenal 1.0 Steam launch on May 8th, which garnered rave reviews from critics and captivated a rapidly growing community of players, PS5 users can finally experience the thrill of V Rising. Awaken as a vampire, construct your own majestic castle, avoid the burning touch of sunlight, and explore a massive open world with seven regions and 57 formidable boss fights. Whether hunting alone, playing solo, or allying with friends online, rise to power and challenge Dracula himself in an epic battle to dominate the night.
Key features include:
Immersive hands-on Action-RPG combat with the DualSense gamepad
Survival crafting gameplay: construct your vampire castle and arm yourself
Hunt for blood and navigate shadows to avoid the deadly sunlight
Explore a dark fantasy world filled with fearsome creatures and dangerous foes
Conquer over 50 powerful bosses to gain their abilities and rise in power
Customize your gameplay with 11 weapon types and 50+ spells
Style your vampire with a variety of armor appearances and color options
Confront and defeat Dracula to rule the night
In collaboration with Auroch Digital, Stunlock Studios has fine-tuned the PlayStation®5 gameplay experience, including UI enhancements and DualSense game controller support.
Today at the PC Gaming Show, Swedish publisher Raw Fury announced that their upcoming interstellar truck sim Star Trucker will launch September 3, 2024 for PC and Xbox Series X|S, and will be available on Xbox Game Pass for console and PC day one. In addition, Raw Fury unveiled the first gameplay trailer for their genre-defying title, Blue Prince.
Developed by Monster and Monster, Star Trucker, a trucking simulation and space RPG, has players tame the most open road of them all – space – in a true americana inspired retro sci-fi fashion. Players will be able to explore expansive worlds, overcome the challenges and opportunities with zero-g truck physics, skill up their mastery over hauling different types of goods and upgrade their truck to complete their jobs faster and more efficiently.
Star Trucker will launch on September 3, 2024 on PC and Xbox Series X|S, and will be available on Xbox Game Pass for console and PC at launch.
The first gameplay trailer for Blue Prince reveals more of the game’s mysterious elements and teases at the secrets locked within the Mt. Holly manor.
Developed by Dogubomb, Blue Prince combines compelling mystery, strategy, and puzzle elements to create an unpredictable journey through Mt. Holly, a mysterious manor with shifting rooms. Players must navigate through the ever-changing chambers in their quest to find the rumored Room 46. Every chamber is unique in what it does, and every step brings you closer to unraveling the mystery.
Bolt Blaster Games is ready to share their excitement with you! The Spell Brigade makes it to Steam Next Fest, and with it, you get to experience a lot of chaotic fun! Bolt Blaster Games has been polishing and updating The Spell Brigade demo on Steam so you can test it in all of its glory during Steam Next Fest.
The Spell Brigade is a co-op, friendly-fire, bullet hell, rogue-like chaos that you won’t get enough of. The Spell Brigade offers a 1-4 player co-op driven playstyle to figure out different spell combinations with your team, to help complete map objectives, slay your foes and take down the monstrosities you’re going to face.
“In the weeks leading up to Steam Next Fest, we concentrated on fine-tuning game balance and adding the finishing touches. Thanks to our community’s invaluable early feedback, we were able to smooth out the remaining quirks and demo the game from great to epic.” – Bolt Blaster Games
Key Features:
Survivors-like Gameplay with Multiplayer Madness: Enjoy the thrill of fighting thousands of weird monsters together. Complete missions and upgrade spells as a team. Survive together!
Team-Based Combat: Assemble your Brigade and traverse the mystical warpath together. Experience the benefits of fighting as a team, even if it means occasionally stepping on each other’s toes. Fear not, as even the most unfortunate deaths can be remedied through the power of sorcery and friendship.
Dynamic Spell System: Find, upgrade, and combine your spells with powerful elements. The game ensures that no two builds are ever the same, and with multiple wizards in your squad, the potential for pure, unhinged chaos is endless!
Systemic Reaction is excited to reveal the free Skyfire Update for Generation Zero, the open-world stealth-action shooter. Launching on June 25 for Steam, PlayStation and Xbox, this newest content drop will introduce The Vulture – a brutal new endgame enemy machine – as well as a bonus weapon and Companion Armor Kits, a new feature that gives players the ability to repair their Companions while exploring or in combat.
Skyfire Features:
New Endgame Boss: Face off against the terrifying Vulture, a new Tyrant class enemy in the form of an evolved Firebird. Arm yourself with your best equipment and rally your allies to defeat this menacing new foe.
Companion Armor Field Repair: Companion Armor Kits can soon be equipped into your weapon wheel and thrown onto Companions. This new feature allows players to repair or re-kit their Companions on the go, increasing the Companion’s versatility and the length of excursions without needing to return to a safehouse.
New Weapon & Augmentations: The new Meusser Hunting Rifle fires a chemical laser beam that can set the ground around the player on fire. New weapon augmentations will also be added that require defeating Tyrants to unlock.
Revamped Tyrant Spawning System & More: Players can now discover Tyrant locations after defeating Rival machines, gathering Coordinate Keys, and entering them into Tyrant Terminals located in base assault bases.Tyrant progression will also be updated, along with fixes to machine detection.
Generation Zero is a stealth-action shooter that puts players on the front line of an alternate history war against the machines. Explore a vast open world map inspired by the Swedish-era Cold War and take part in the resistance alone or with up to three friends in seamless co-op. Including the upcoming Skyfire update, Generation Zero has received 32 major updates and two substantial story expansions since its launch in 2019. With a growing community of over six million players and more new content on the way, there’s never been a better time to join the resistance!
Today at IGN Live, Fun Dog Studios released an extended gameplay trailer for their debut game, The Forever Winter, created by industry veterans behind iconic titles like Horizon: Zero Dawn, DOOM Eternal, Killzone, and more. The Forever Winter’s new trailer unpacks the game’s squad-based, tactical looter-shooter approach and features a deeper look at the PvEvE Scenario Systemthat governs the chaos of the battlefield, directs NPC factions towards achieving their own objectives, and aims to eliminate any player who rises beyond nuisance-level. The trailer also showcases The Forever Winter’s war-torn world, available player classes, and progression, ways to customize your build in order to survive, and features a long look at new enemy types and gameplay.
Eager scavs can look forward to The Forever Winter’s Closed Beta release soon. Wishlist on Steam today. Check out the gameplay trailer here:
In The Forever Winter, players are a scavenging survivor, leading a community of like-minded individuals who only want to be left alone. Unfortunately, AI controlled factions like Europa and Eurasia control all of the world’s existing resources, and are at constant war with each other to secure more. This means the player must navigate these battlefields to collect the needed resources for their communities to survive.
“The Forever Winter isn’t about being the biggest or the strongest; it’s about outsmarting your enemies and making the most of every resource you find. Survival is your greatest achievement, because there are only three types of scavs: the fast, the smart, and the dead,” said Miles Williams, CEO and Creative Director of Fun Dog Studios. “I can’t wait for folks to get their hands on it, starting with Early Access very soon. But getting the game out is just the beginning. We look forward to working closely with our community to refine and expand the game for as long as there’s love for dark futures.”
The Forever Winter features include:
Prepare for Hell: Players join up at the community hub where they can buy from vendors selling weapons, pharmaceuticals, and additional gear to prepare for the maze ahead, accept missions or dirty jobs from NPCs and rival factions and more.
PvEvE Scenario System: Enemies have their own goals and agendas, operating in coordinated groups, and undertaking full-scale battles. Enemy AI deploys enemies in squads based on their current objectives, with each squad reacting differently to player actions. As the player gets more powerful or makes a bigger mark on the battlefield, the enemy will deploy more (and stronger) firepower to counter. And players will never be stronger than the enemy.
Brace the Cold Challenges Ahead: While surviving is always the primary goal, players can earn more XP, gear and money by taking on quests. Each quest has varying threat levels commensurate with their risk and reward: harder quests give larger reputation rewards that increase your faction standings, earn more credits, and get rewarded with more powerful gear.
Increase Skills and Gear Up to Survive: Spend accumulated resources between sessions to level up health, speed, accuracy and reload speed that give you a fighting chance against The Forever Winter’s relentless enemies.
Prioritize Stealth and Teamwork: Coordinate with your squad to outsmart enemies and avoid detection to gain the upper hand, or tactically plan battles and ambushes to win guerilla engagements. Just don’t take the enemy head-on. You won’t live to tell the tale.
Death is Just the Beginning (Again): If your squad dies, the run’s over. And death is unforgiving. If you fall in battle, you’ll lose everything in your inventory for that session, and have to start over from scratch. Build up a stash back at base between sessions to keep the upper hand in the future.
The Forever Winter will initially be released on PC with potential platform expansion based on the game’s success and community feedback. For more updates on The Forever Winter and to view the trailer, visit https://www.fundogstudios.com/.
Frost Giant Studios, founded by former members of the StarCraft II and Warcraft III real-time strategy game teams at Blizzard Entertainment, today announced that Stormgate, our highly anticipated RTS, will enter Steam Early Access starting Aug. 13, 2024. Players eager to embark on the road to mastery can get a head start and dive into the game on July 30 by pre-purchasing an Early Access bundle, available today on Steam.
Stormgate’s Early Access release date was announced today during the PC Gaming Show, where the game’s previously unannounced third faction–the Celestial Armada–was revealed. Once a tightly guarded secret known only to thousands of our closed beta testers, the Celestials are a race of highly technologically advanced interstellar travelers who have come to Earth to challenge the demonic Infernal Host for control over our planet–with humanity caught in the middle.
For more on the Celestials, which some playtesters have called the most original RTS faction they’ve ever played, visit the Celestials faction page on the official Stormgate website.
Get a Head Start with Early Access Bundles
Stormgate will be free-to-play, but Early Access bundles offer players the opportunity to pick up a collection of exciting new game content to explore once the game is live.
The Early Access Pack ($25 USD) includes the Amara Human Vanguard Hero, the first Chapter of the Vanguard campaign, and the Gold Vanguard Army Accent.
The Deluxe Early Access Pack ($40 USD) includes everything in the Early Access Pack plus the Maloc Infernal Host Hero, the Auralanna Celestial Armada Hero, and the Chicken Pet.
The Ultimate Early Access Pack ($60 USD) includes everything in the Deluxe Early Access Pack plus Chapters 2 and 3 of the Vanguard campaign (available sometime after August 13) and the Firestorm Fog of War Shader.
Each Stormgate Early Access bundle includes preview access to Stormgate on July 30, 2024, two weeks before the official Early Access release date on August 13. Hero progression and leaderboard rankings will not be reset following the preview period.
Early Access: A Partnership With Our Players
“Launching Stormgate in Early Access represents a major milestone for our team and our community,” said Tim Morten, CEO and Production Director at Frost Giant Studios. “We believe Early Access is a better way to make games, as it allows us to form a true partnership with our players. Their feedback and participation have already been invaluable in shaping the future of Stormgate, and we can’t wait to see what future contributions they’ll make as together we forge a bright future for the real-time strategy genre.”
A Global RTS Community
The Frost Giant team developed SnowPlay, a custom layer of technology that transforms Unreal Engine 5 into the most powerful and responsive real-time strategy engine to date. It allows for next-generation improvements for the genre such as the inclusion of rollback netcode–which revolutionized online play in the fighting game community–now in an RTS featuring massive armies. Supported by a globally distributed server network and the improved gameplay feel that results from SnowPlay and rollback, Stormgate makes a truly global RTS community a possibility, with the potential to bring together players around the world like never before.
A More Approachable RTS
Stormgate features a variety of innovative features meant to make this style of game more approachable than ever. The Quick Macro Panel (QMP) puts all of the actions players need to perform to build and maintain their armies at their fingertips while automated control groups make controlling armies a cinch. Stormgate also features a customizable player-assist tool called the BuddyBot that provides varying degrees of automated assistance. Designed for the benefit of new players as well as those with differing abilities, the BuddyBot gives players a helping hand by providing as much or as little help as desired. While it won’t turn a new player into a world champion, the BuddyBot can help anyone dive right into the fun of leading armies in epic battles.
Frost Giant Studios will be self-publishing Stormgate in the West and is partnering with publisher Kakao Games to bring the future of real-time strategy to gamers in Korea–considered by many the birthplace of competitive RTS. Korean gamers can look forward to exciting regional support plans to be announced by Kakao Games in the days ahead. Stormgate will initially be localized in French, German, Korean, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Thai, and Vietnamese.
For more information about Stormgate, including details regarding the Early Access Packs and preview period, visit playstormgate.com. You can become a member of the official community on Discord and join the discussion on Reddit. You can also watch streaming gameplay from our most recent Stormgate beta test on Twitch.tv. Be sure to stay tuned for more updates in the months ahead as we approach the official Early Access release.
Galloping fiercely into battle as the 23rd character in Street Fighter™ 6 is the Psycho-powered fallen dictator, M. Bison, entering the fray on June 26, 2024, across PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam! M. Bison’s gameplay reveal comes just one day after all four Year 2 characters were announced, including M. Bison himself, the ever-popular Terry Bogard and Mai Shiranui from SNK’s Fatal Fury series, and the capoeira master Elena!
To watch the M. Bison gameplay trailer, please visit YouTube, and for the latest assets and information on Street Fighter 6, visit the official Street Fighter 6 website.
The iconic, power-hungry M. Bison was last seen seemingly defeated by Ryu in Street Fighter™ V, and has now awoken and stumbled into the Ruined Lab with only one thought on his mind: reattaining the villainous power he once had.
M. Bison’s move set will feel both familiar and fresh compared to previous Street Fighter installments, with Psycho Power and aggressive pressure still major parts of his fighting style, featuring some of the following moves:
Shadow Rise: A quick and high-reaching jump that has two follow-ups, including his iconic Head Press and Devil Reverse moves
Backfist Combo: An all-new move that allows M. Bison to plant Psycho Mines in his opponents
Knee Press Nightmare: M. Bison’s Level 1 Super Art that takes aim at opponent’s legs with a series of crushing blows and is invincible on start-up
Psycho Punisher: M. Bison’s Level 2 Super Art that launches opponents into the air with a powerful shockwave from a stomp
Unlimited Psycho Crusher: M. Bison’s Level 3 Super Art sees the villain rush towards his opponent and smash them into the ground with devastating strength
Check out even more details on his moves here so you can better prepare for the impending evil.
M. Bison will be unlocked for owners of the Year 2 Character and Ultimate Pass, and M. Bison’s iconic Outfit 2 from Street Fighter™ II: Champion Edition will be released at the same time as well.
We’ll have much more to share about Year 2 characters in the months ahead – and don’t forget to check out the full Year 2 announce trailer here on YouTube – so stay tuned for more later this year!
Warner Bros. Games today announced Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions, featuring the legendary magical sport introduced by the Harry Potter books and films. Fans and gamers will be able to immerse themselves into the enchanting world of Quidditch through solo play, cooperative online matches with friends or in competitive online player vs. player games.
Developed by Unbroken Studios and published by Warner Bros. Games under the Portkey Games label, Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions Standard Edition will release worldwide on Sept. 3 for $29.99 (SRP) on PlayStation®5, PlayStation®4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch™ system, and PC (Steam and Epic Games Store) Additionally, Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions* will be available at no extra charge to all PlayStation Plus members from Sept 3 to Sept. 30, 2024.
Featuring iconic wizarding world locations, characters, and references that fans will love, Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions highlights the rush of flying across legendary arenas as either a Beater, Chaser, Keeper or Seeker in a variety of modes. From backyard battles in the Weasley Burrow to high-stakes showdowns at the Quidditch World Cup, players will soar into legendary arenas playing as – or against – iconic characters such as Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger and many other quintessential characters. And as a special gift, players who own Hogwarts Legacy will receive the Bonus Legacy Pack** when they download Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions and connect to their WB Games account.
“Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions gives fans a chance to delve further into the Harry Potter world with the thrill of playing this beloved, fantastical sport,” said David Haddad, President, Warner Bros. Games. “The team has worked to capture the spirit of Quidditch, including iconic characters and never-before-seen areas of the wizarding world.”
“The team is excited to unveil Harry Potter: Quidditch Champions and showcase our take of this magical sport,” said, Paul Ohanian, Chief Executive Officer, Unbroken Studios. “We’ve worked hard to create a Quidditch game to play solo or with friends, that is an authentic representation of the fan-favorite sport.”
