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SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake BFF Edition Ready for Pre-Order

Meet all your favorite Bikini Bottomites from the series, voiced by their original actors! Voiced languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Polish, Hindi, Indonesian.

Pre-Order the BFF Edition!
The “BFF Edition” for SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake is ready for pre-order now, at an SRP of € 249.99 / $ 249.99 / £ 219.99. Included in the collector’s edition is:

  • Cosmic Victory Statue – 25cm / 9.8″
  • Inflatable Patrick – 50cm / 19.7″
  • BFF Amulet with Necklace
  • 4 Costume miniature bouncing balls
  • 4 placemats
  • Standard copy of the game on the chosen platform
  • Costume Pack DLC

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Cosmic Shake is in development for Nintendo Switch™, PC, PlayStation®4, and Xbox One and will be out in 2023.

Since its launch in July 17, 1999, SpongeBob SquarePants has reigned as the most-watched animated series for 22 consecutive years, while generating a universe of beloved characters, pop culture catchphrases and memes, theatrical releases, consumer products, a Tony award-winning Broadway musical and a global fan base. SpongeBob SquarePants is one of the most widely distributed properties in Paramount International history, seen in more than 170 countries, translated in 29+ languages, and averaging more than 100 million total viewers every quarter. SpongeBob SquarePants was created by Stephen Hillenburg and produced by Nickelodeon in Burbank, Calif. The character-driven cartoon chronicles the nautical and sometimes nonsensical adventures of SpongeBob, an incurable optimistic and earnest sea sponge, and his undersea friends.

The Oregon Trail is Out Now

Gameloft, a leader in the development and publishing of games, and HarperCollins Productions, are thrilled to announce that The Oregon Trail™, the multiple award-winning official successor to the global phenomenon, is now available to play on Steam, Microsoft Store, and Nintendo Switch™ for $29.99 USD.

In The Oregon Trail, players are put at the center of all the trials and tribulations of the journey westward. They must stock their wagon, choose their traveling party, and make sure they all arrive safely to Oregon by making tough choices in dangerous and unexpected situations. Players will also learn the real history behind the trail, including the Native American experience, which is a first in the franchise.

The release of The Oregon Trail on PC and Nintendo Switch is a faithful adaptation of the Apple Arcade version and has been created with the support of Gameloft Lviv. It includes all five previous content updates, and the latest new features include more accessibility options, events, and visual filters to see the game in a whole new way!

Learn more about The Oregon Trail here.

Download The Oregon Trail on the Nintendo eShop here.

Download The Oregon Trail on Microsoft Store here and on Steam here.

Dying Light 2 Stay Human Bloody Ties DLC Out Now

Bloody Ties, the first story-driven DLC for Dying Light 2 Stay Human, is out now for PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox One.

In this DLC, priced USD $9.99 (varies by region and platform), players will be able to visit the Carnage Hall, an old opera house turned fighting arena. The encounters will pose a stiff challenge suitable for the most seasoned Pilgrims. However, this DLC is not only about a bloodsport tournament. Underneath the action-packed combat lies a deep narrative about power and revenge.

The dangerous show must go on

Carnage Hall is home to all manner of conflicts. Jump from relatively small brawls straight into Spectacles—the biggest fighting performances imaginable. Clash with the Infected and other contenders while performing various tasks to rile up the crowd and properly tell a mid-fight story, like a very bloody stage play. One such story might even take you back to the days of the crisis in Harran, circa the original Dying Light.

Actors of destruction

On your journey, you will meet a wide cast of characters with rich personalities and complicated relationships that drive everything around them. Discover the stories of people such as Astrid (Carnage Hall’s showrunner), Ciro (a young, enthusiastic fighter), and Skullface (the arena’s brutal champion).

Powerful loot

Flashy weapons and equipment aren’t only a means of survival—they’re also an important symbol of status. You’ll need some serious gear to impress the crowd, such as the magnificent Carnage Manica, a special shield capable of withstanding even the heaviest blows.

Fierce foes

Face a horde of new enemy types, like the wild Gorilla Demolisher, the dangerous Cataclysm, and the Molotov-throwing Grenadier. All of them, plus Infected and other fighters, will try to block your way to victory.

Music for carnage

Taste the carnage with the Bloody Ties’ launch trailer, featuring a cover of “Born To Be Wild” made in collaboration with Massive Music.

To help us create unforgettable experiences for all Dying Light 2 Stay Human players, we invite you to join the conversation on DiscordFacebookTwitter, Instagram, and YouTube—we’ll be waiting!

For more information about Dying Light 2 Stay Human and Techland, head to www.dyinglight2.com

Firefighting Simulator – The Squad Console Trailer

astragon Entertainment and developer Chronos Unterhaltungssoftware are pleased to announce Firefighting Simulator – The Squad for console. On December 06, 2022, the fight against fire starts alone or in multiplayer with up to 4 players now on PlayStation®4, Playstation®5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S. The successful simulation game is available for pre-order in the respective stores now.

In Firefighting Simulator –The Squad, players take on the battle against the flames alone or in multiplayer with up to 3 other virtual firefighters. In more than 30 varied missions, players must fight against different fires. The game is already available for PC on Steam, where it enjoys positive reviews from gamers, content creators and the press.

Firefighting Simulator – The Squad will be released on December 06, 2022 for PlayStation®4, Playstation®5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S and costs EUR 29.99/USD 29.99/GBP 24.99. Digitally, the game is available for pre-order starting today. A boxed version will be released in stores early next year.

About Firefighting Simulator – The Squad
In exciting missions, the team members will proceed to action with authentic firefighter equipment and a selection of 5 officially licensed firefighting vehicles by Rosenbauer America – such as the TP3 Pumper® and the T-Rex® Articulating Platform – to extinguish fires and save people from the flames. While single players take control of their AI-controlled colleagues with the help of the intuitive command interface in order to give them instructions on how to proceed, in cooperative multiplayer mode up to four players can take action together as a team to prove their team spirit and skills in the field of firefighting. Thanks to the advanced fire simulation – including water, smoke, heat, backdrafts, flashovers, grease fires as well as a number of other causes of fire such as electronics, chemicals and explosions – the firefighter team will have to face hard to calculate fire situations and dangers. Next to this, players can look forward to a complex physics system for the representation of destruction within dynamically spreading fire situations.

Features:

  • Multiplayer with up to 4 players
  • Authentic firefighter equipment by well-known manufacturers – e.g. Cairns®, MSA G1® SCBA, Leatherhead Tools® and HAIX®.
  • Officially licensed firefighting vehicles by Rosenbauer America
  • Comprehensive training which introduces players to the basics
  • Advanced fire simulation & physics system
  • PlayStation®5 version offers advanced DualSense™ Features, such as dynamic adaptive triggers or haptic feedback

Warhammer 40K: Inquisitor Season of Judgement Launch Trailer

NeocoreGames announced today that the Sororitas Class DLC is releasing 28 November on PC (Steam). This DLC adds as a new playable class – an Inquisitor with an Adepta Sororitas background – also known as the Sisters of Battle – to Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr.

The Sororitas Class DLC adds the following to Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr:
A new playable class: An Inquisitor with an Adepta Sororitas (Sisters of Battle) background
New game mechanics: Embodied Saint form, Acts of Faith empowerments
New items and item types: Flamers, Blessed Blades, Power Mauls, Power Halberds and more
New passive skills
New perks
New enchants
And more…

Originally released in 2018, Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr is the very first action-RPG set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, featuring multiple classes of the Inquisition, who carry out the Emperor’s will. Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor – Martyr is currently available on PC (Steam), PlayStation®4, PlayStation®5, Xbox One and Xbox Series S/X. The Sororitas Class DLC is coming to consoles at a later date.

Read about Season 5 and the latest changes in the updated COMPENDIUM

Football Manager 2023 Official Launch Trailer

Managers won’t just meet expectations this season, they’ll crush them with Football Manager 2023 out now across multiple platforms. FM23 on PC and Mac is available from Steam, Epic and the Microsoft Store with fans able to download and play now. Those who have been enjoying the FM23 Early Access Beta on Steam or Epic can simply quit and restart the relevant launcher and the game will update to the full release build. All single-player progress made in the Early Access Beta will automatically carry forward.

Fans purchasing physical copies of FM23 will notice that this year’s edition does not include a disc. Instead, every pack contains a unique code that, once redeemed, enables play via Steam, Epic Games or the Microsoft Store. Removing the disc and notebook from this year’s edition, in addition to further refinements to our eco-packaging, means that the overall carbon footprint for FM23’s packaging is 47% lower than FM22’s.

To mark the release of FM23, Sports Interactive has released a launch trailer featuring Manchester City stars Rodri, Phil Foden and İlkay Gündoğan that showcases the ways a manager can elevate their squads and deliver success on the pitch for their club’s fans.

Sports Interactive Studio Director Miles Jacobson said: “I’m delighted that we’re able to release Football Manager 2023 today across the world.

“More than 8.8 million matches were played during the Early Access Beta and with strong pre-order and pre-registration interest shown across our whole range, we’re sure that FM23 will continue our tradition of providing the best value-for-money games on the market.”

With major additions and improvements to core areas of the game, FM23 elevates the long-running series to new heights.

Today also marks a debut for the Football Manager franchise, with FM23 Touch stepping out on to the pitch through Apple Arcade.

Following last year’s success, FM23 and FM23 Console are available with Xbox Game Pass from launch. As such, all Xbox Game Pass subscribers can start their careers on PC or Console* from Day One at no extra cost. Completing the squad for this season, FM23 Mobile is now available for download from the App Store and Google Play and Football Manager 2023 Touch (Nintendo Switch™) is also now live on the Nintendo eShop. Those who pre-ordered on iOS devices will be able to play immediately.

The release of the PlayStation 5 version of Football Manager™ 2023 Console will be later than planned due to unforeseen complications which have arisen during the submissions and approvals process. SEGA and Sports Interactive will update on this matter at the earliest opportunity.

For further information on FM23 across all platforms, visit www.footballmanager.com

EVE: Uprising Launched for EVE Online

CCP Games today launched EVE: Uprising, the latest narrative-driven expansion for spacefaring MMO EVE Online. Following months of construction by the Amarr empire, an activated Prototype Stellar Transmuter in the Turnur system has destabilized, its unstable technology triggering the fury of its system’s sun to scorch an entire planet. In the aftermath of the inferno, the intrepid pilots of New Eden must rally to determine the future of EVE Online’s empires. Fly your colors and fight on the frontlines to expand your faction’s reach across the stars.

“Our goal with EVE: Uprising is to give our community more control over New Eden’s vast solar systems and strengthen their connection to others, whether they are NPC groups or fellow capsuleers,” said Bergur Finnbogason, EVE Online’s Creative Director. “The decisions that you, your friends and your rivals make, will set the course for EVE’s future. Every in-game action and reaction holds weight, contributing to a domino effect of gripping outcomes.”

The future of war rests in the hands of New Eden’s capsuleers with a combat-intense update to Factional Warfare (FW). As battle lines are drawn, players can use new Frontline and Advantage features within FW to focus their efforts towards key, emerging conflicts where history will be written once more. With three operational states (Frontlines, Command Operations or Rearguard), systems now provide a range of rewards dependent on their proximity to enemy territory as well as gameplay properties which affect the field of battle. By conquering enemy territory, the Advantage feature allows players to give their chosen faction an edge in the warzone; from building propaganda structures to completing system-based activities, the more involved your faction is the greater the victory. As FW evolves, players will see the battlefield of New Eden pose new challenges, threats and unexpected consequences.

Unlocking a bright future for personalization through the new Paragon Corporation, pilots can add a variety of alliance and corporation emblems to decorate their ships and fly their colors via the first phase of the Heraldry system. Players interested in displaying their alliance or corporation emblems on hulls can locate Paragon Corporation agents at designated stations throughout EVE Online’s busiest trade systems. Emblems are obtained via an exchange system, where players submit crafted hulls for their emblem of choice.

In anticipation of the war to come, empires have ramped up their innovation on the production line. Eager pilots can now build hulls for new destroyers and dreadnaughts across each empire, totaling 8 new ships in addition to the 8 frigates and battlecruisers released last month. You can admire your ships in new visually-immersive hangars within certain player-owned structures, showcasing a new level of graphical fidelity for EVE Online.

EVE: Uprising also includes a range of other improvements to sound and visuals across the board. With the latest iteration to EVE Evolved, players will hear refined turret audio and soundtracks for FW sites, plus benefit from AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution 1.0 and the addition of Object Instancing and Ambient Occlusion. With today’s launch of a dedicated Spanish-language client, players from around the world can now benefit from fully localized audio and text across EVE Online.

From smoother frame-rates and new localization options, to improved shading and rendering across all EVE assets, there has never been a better time to jump-in and explore the universe of New Eden.

Further information about EVE: Uprising, Factional Warfare feature updates, Navy ships, and more can be found in this blog post.

EVE Online can be downloaded for free by visiting www.eveonline.com. For all the latest information about the game, please visit EVE News.

Hello Neighbor VR: Search and Rescue Reveal Trailer

Developers Steel Wool Studios and publisher tinyBuild invite you to take a closer look at what your mysterious neighbor Mr. Peterson has been up to. Coming soon to PlayStation VR and VR2, Hello Neighbor : Search & Rescue brings players truly face-to-face with the many dangers of this cult horror-puzzle franchise. Check out the trailer below.

The old Peterson house has always been a legend among the local kids. What’s going on there? Why can the sounds of power-tools be heard late into the night? It’s up to a team of six young neighborhood heroes to crack the mystery, confront their fears and infiltrate the twisted house in search of their missing friend. Will they spring their pal, or become prisoners too?

In Hello Neighbor: Search And Rescue, players will have to master the unique abilities of six different pint-sized protagonists, crack puzzles, uncover mysteries and evade the roaming Mr. Peterson. He might not be the only danger roaming the halls either; there’s something truly strange going on in this building. The world can be scary enough from a child’s perspective and downright terrifying when you’re lost in a mad inventor’s lair!

Supporting both the cutting edge PlayStation VR2 headset and the classic PlayStation VR hardware, Hello Neighbor: Search & Rescue will be cross-buy on release. Stay tuned for more details, including the release date.

Ancient Farm Reveal Trailer

Fans of farming games should get ready to exchange their modern tractors and harvesters for considerably more primitive tools. Ancient Farm, a farming and breeding simulator set in antiquity, will soon release on PC. According to UF Games S.A., Ancient Farm will feature varied gameplay and provide a realistic depiction of what it meant to be a farmer in ancient times. Ancient Farm’s release date is to be announced soon…

 

Surviving the Aftermath: Shattered Hope Out Now

Paradox Interactive and Iceflake Studios today released Shattered Hope, the second expansion for their survival colony builder, Surviving the Aftermath. This expansion builds upon the game’s world with the Shattered Moon calamity, adding both the ability to boost resource production and the task of maintaining survivors’ hope. Surviving the Aftermath: Shattered Hope is now available on Xbox One, PlayStation 4, and PC at a suggested retail price of 9.99 USD / 7.99 GBP / 9.99 EUR.

In Shattered Hope, the Moon is destroyed and pieces of it descend to the Earth’s surface. This disaster has a silver lining in the form of moon rock deposits, which can be gathered to increase resource production. Survivors must also come together to find hope to persevere, or else they will be plagued by anguish. Balance resources and survivors’ resolve in this human nature-centered expansion to Surviving the Aftermath’s colony management gameplay.

Surviving the Aftermath: Shattered Hope Key Features:

  • Face the Moonfall and use it to your advantage with the new Building Boost mechanic
    The Moon is shattered in the sky and its fragments are crushing down on Earth leaving behind them devastation – but also moon rock deposits. You can refine lunar fragments and obtain lunar dust which will be used to increase the production of your buildings for a limited time. This new building boost mechanic is called overtime.
  • Keep your hopes up, and feast!
    Hope is a new global value that decreases over time and when catastrophes happen in the game. If kept too low for too long, it will trigger a new condition called anguish that, if left untreated, may turn your colonists hostile. So, keep your hope as high as possible by holding feasts at the new colony square building.
  • New production chain: take care of your colonists
    When colonists experience anguish, you can help them by building a trauma center where they will heal. They will recover faster thanks to a brand new medicine called antistress. To make it, you’ll have to grow raw resources on the mushroom farm, then refine them into the actual medicine in the med hut building.