PARIS, FRANCE – January 30, 2020 – Today, Novaquark have released the latest update to their sci-fi MMO Dual Universe. The Alpha 3, entitled ‘Shattered Alliances’, is packed with new features and enhancements, and stays true to the scheduled release roadmap of the game. The following trailer showcases what players can expect in the latest release:
One of the most significant highlights is the arrival of PvP combat, the first of its iterations in Dual Universe. Future updates will include new combat types, added features, and balancing to build upon the Alpha 3 version. In this update, players can take to the skies and duke it out between constructs, whether it’s small skirmishes or large-scale warfare between organizations.
And speaking of organizations, they’ve officially been included in-game in this latest release. Players can join forces and build anything from clubs to widespread factions, using the game’s deep organization system, which includes the ability to assign roles to individual members and manage the group’s shared assets to key players with the rights and duties management system (RDMS).
There have also been a host of new changes to the game’s market and economy, the inclusion of surface gathering which allows players to harvest basic elements from rocks, and improvements to piloting, among other things. “These are some of the most impressive features we’ve added to Dual Universe,” said CEO Jean-Christophe Baillie. “The way we handle organizations is way more advanced than traditional MMO guilds, especially with the RDMS system. And we’re very excited to finally release combat for the first time.”
With the arrival of construct-vs.-construct PvP and in-game organizations, the last of Dual Universe’s fundamental gameplay pillars — building, exploration, social, economy, RPG elements, and PvP — have been launched. After adding these core building blocks to Dual Universe, the team can now focus on improving the overall player experience, polishing the game’s mechanics, and preparing for this year’s Beta 1 release.
“With this Alpha, we’re one step closer to fulfilling our goal of creating a metaverse,” said Baillie. “As we continue to deliver more and more features, we’re providing players with tools to create amazing experiences. This is a fantastic start to 2020, and looking at what’s ahead, the Dual Universe community has a lot to be excited about.”
Sci-fi fans can jump right into the Dual Universe experience now for $60 USD/60 Euros. Pledge packs and more information can be found on the game’s website. Dual Universe’s Beta 1 launch is expected this summer, with the full game releasing in 2021.
January 30, 2020 – There’s no place like home. Humanity has reached the stars and explored the galaxy, but all memory of its home planet has been lost. Now it’s time to head back home and find the lost Earth, exploring all corners of unknown space. But be prepared: this search will be dangerous. Merciless Alien factions and Space Pirates lurk in the shadows, waiting to annihilate Human colonies and wreck their homeward-bound fleets.
Astra Exodus is the new 4x sci-fi strategy game from Slitherine: a compelling mission-driven campaign where the player will lead the Human faction in search of the lost home planet. A full sandbox game, every single campaign is unique. Players can choose any faction – or create their own – and explore a giant, dense galaxy, conquer a smaller star cluster, fight for Galactic Conquest, spearhead a peaceful victory with a Diplomatic Alliance, or overcome their limits through Evolutionary Ascension.
Explore the galaxy, colonize hospitable planets, build cities and factories, and prepare to defend them: Astra Exodus’ galaxy is full of sentient species, but very few of them are friendly.
“Our goal, which is also somehow a responsibility as one of the leaders of the strategy gaming niche, is to support indie developers with solid ideas, a vision for innovation and their feet planted on the ground of this genre”, says Marco A. Minoli, Marketing Director of Slitherine. “We have the possibility of giving selected projects a bigger visibility, substantial marketing support and two decades of experience in publishing games into an ever changing market. Astra Exodus is a project we strongly believe in and Atomic Kaiser is a developer we are proud to support and endorse”.
Astra Exodus features
Multiple choice-driven narrative campaign
Several possible victory conditions
Eight different main factions
Dynamic Sandbox mode
Real-time tactical battles in space and on the ground
Possibility to colonize or conquer
Randomized tech grid to research over 300 technologies
Possibility to design your own starship with weapons and core and support systems
Larkspur, Calif. (Jan. 29, 2020) – Take a breath, grip the wheel and raise the revs as the DiRT Rally 2.0, Colin McRae FLAT OUT pack launches on March 24, 2020 on PlayStation® 4, Xbox One and PC. Players who have purchased either the DiRT Rally 2.0 Deluxe Edition or any full Season pack will enjoy the Colin McRae content for free from March 24 as a digital download.
The DiRT Rally 2.0, Colin McRae FLAT OUT pack features new Scottish locations, Perth and Kinross, with 12 routes, the SUBARU Impreza S4 Rally and SUBARU Legacy RS, and 40 scenarios spanning McRae’s legendary career. Rally fans will test their driving acumen and take Colin’s seat with a range of challenges including time penalties, damaged equipment, and mechanical failure. The scenarios take place in nine of the cars made famous throughout Colin’s career, including many iconic vehicles from previous Colin McRae Rally and DiRT games.
With four seasons of content since launch, DiRT Rally 2.0 is the ultimate racing experience celebrating the best of rally and rallycross. Players will take on the most authentic point to point rally game combined with the thrilling, fast-paced action of the Official FIA World Rallycross Championship: a traditional track-based race over multiple laps featuring six cars.
“DiRT Rally 2.0 has been a wild and exciting ride, and the FLAT OUT pack is the perfect way to conclude the journey,” said Ross Gowing, Game Director of DiRT Rally 2.0. “It’s 25 years since Colin became World Champion and the content is our tribute to the greatest rally driver of his generation.”
Players who own the standard edition of DiRT Rally 2.0 can purchase the Colin McRae ‘FLAT OUT’ pack via their platform’s digital store.
January 29, 2020 – Hellfire Knight, the first of three CODE VEIN Season Pass DLCs is now available for purchase on the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, Xbox One, and PC via STEAM® from BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment America Inc. A new trailer for the DLC can be viewed with the following YouTube link:
The new DLC, Hellfire Knight, gives players access to a new area within The Depths called Fiery Oblivion. This area holds new story elements, the terrifying Hellfire Knight boss, and the Horror Hunting Trials, unique challenges for players to complete in order to unlock new content including new partner costumes for Louis and Io, new weapons, a new blood code, character creation items, and more.
The Hellfire Knight DLC is now available and can be purchased for $9.99. Players can also purchase the CODE VEIN Season Pass for $24.99 which includes the Hellfire Knight DLC and two more DLC packs to be released at a later date.
January 29, 2020 – Northgard, the best-selling Viking strategy game from Shiro Games, lets loose a new DLC pack today featuring a fearsome new clan. Available now on Steam for $4.99 / €4.49 / £3.99, the Himminbrojtir: Clan of the Ox is a dynamic faction with crushingly-powerful late game finishers.
Helmed by the venerable Torfin, the Clan of the Ox are a formidable band of warriors renowned for their large appetites and physical might. Members of this clan tower over their rivals and wield their hulking size to gain 15% attack and defense bonuses in combat. They also boast a 40% boost in production, but their imposing stature does have limitations, as only a single Ox villager can be assigned to buildings (both military and production) at any given time.
Warchief Torfin’s unmatched strength and cunning nature allows the clan to identify and loot Northgard’s Ancient Battlegrounds for Ancestral Equipment. In combat, Torfin’s Provocation ability increases his defense while forcing every non-neutral enemy to focus their attacks on him for a limited time. He also features an offensive Ram power, which unleashes a devastating charge attack with the muscle to immediately destroy opposing structures.
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – January 28, 2020 – Today, Perfect World Entertainment Inc., a leading publisher of live service games, and Cryptic Studios announced Star Trek Online: Legacy is now live on PC and launches on PlayStation®4 and Xbox One on March 3. Next week, the free-to-play space MMORPG celebrates ten years of exploring and expanding the iconic Star Trek universe. To celebrate this milestone, the development team at Cryptic Studios is releasing brand new content under license of ViacomCBS Consumer Products that pays homage to various Star Trek series spanning the franchise’s incredible 50+ year history. This kicks off with two new featured episodes, starring Seven of Nine (voiced by Jeri Ryan) from the Star Trek: Voyager and brand new Star Trek: Picard series on CBS All Access, plus Starfleet’s very own Michael Burnham (voiced by Sonequa Martin-Green) from Star Trek: Discovery. Star Trek Online: Legacy also introduces a brand new space TFO and special anniversary events that allow players to earn the all new Khitomer Alliance Battlecruiser.
“These last ten years have been an incredible journey for Star Trek Online,” said Andre Emerson, the game’s executive producer. “And it feels like we’re only getting started. Over the last decade, we’ve had the honor and privilege of exploring all of the different series that really defined the Star Trek franchise. Looking forward, we are excited about diving further into new shows like Picard and Discovery and want to thank our wonderful community of players for being the reason why opportunities like this even exist.”
“We could not be more proud of the team at Cryptic Studios for helping Star Trek Online become the game it is today,” said Yoon Im, CEO of Perfect World Entertainment. “Ten years in development is a major accomplishment. The game has remained a success during its tenure due to the support of our players and the dev team’s dedication to bringing the Star Trek universe to life.”
Originally released in February 2010, Star Trek Online is officially one of the longest running Star Trek series in the history of the franchise and offers 183 episodes, over 50 queues (now known as Task Force Operations), four major expansions and 18 full seasons of playable content. Over the last ten years, the game has explored some of Star Trek’s most beloved series, including The Original Series, Voyager, Enterprise, Deep Space Nine and The Next Generation. Star Trek Online has also welcomed dozens of original cast members to the game, including Leonard Nimoy (Spock), LeVar Burton (Geordi LaForge), Michael Dorn (Worf), Denise Crosby (Tasha Yar), Armin Shimerman (Quark), René Auberjonois (Odo), Mary Wiseman (Tilly), Anthony Rapp (Stamets) and many more.
Star Trek Online: Legacy pays loving tribute to all the different Star Trek series featured in the game over the last decade. In honor of the episode “The Savage Curtain” from the third season of The Original Series, the game’s newest missions test the morality of the galaxy’s finest. In the original episode, Captain Kirk and Spock came across the omnipotent Excalbians, who forced them into an experiment to understand the difference between good and evil by resurrecting history’s greatest heroes and villains. Legacy’s two new featured episodes bring players back to the planet of Excalbia to face a similar test. Captains will face off against iconic enemies from some of the game’s most popular content updates, while teaming up with some of Starfleet’s finest, who represent the epitome of good. This includes former Borg drone and U.S.S. Voyager crew member, Seven (voiced by Jeri Ryan), from the brand new Star Trek: Picard series, which made its highly anticipated debut on January 23 on CBS All Access in the United States and internationally on Amazon Prime Video in more than 200 countries and in Canada on Bell Media’s CTV Sci-Fi Channel and OTT service Crave. Players will also rely on help from Starfleet’s brilliant commander, Michael Burnham (voiced by Sonequa Martin-Green), from the popular Star Trek: Discovery series.
A full list of game features released today with Star Trek Online: Legacy includes:
Two New Featured Episodes – Captains hailing from all of the game’s factions can experience two brand new episodes, “Measure of Morality” Parts 1 and 2. A strange anomaly calls players to Excalbia where they are tasked with proving once and for all that good is better than evil. Players will team up with heroes like Seven of Nine (Star Trek: Picard) and Michael Burnham (Star Trek: Discovery) to navigate a series of trials that pit them against some of Star Trek’s most dangerous enemies.
New Task Force Operation: “To Hell With Honor” is a brand new 5-player space TFO that takes place on the surface of the moon, where J’Ula and her Klingon forces are building a new shipyard for her fleet. Players will need to work together to destroy this base before enemy forces take them down with Mycelial weaponry.
Anniversary Celebration – Over the next month, Star Trek Online players can earn credits toward the brand new cross-faction T6 Khitomer Alliance Battlecruiser by playing new episodes, TFOs and the Omega Anniversary Event. This special event is a STO favorite, which sends players on a mission to stabilize particles that Q has scattered across the galaxy.
Mycelium Task Force Operation – The popular TFO introduced with Star Trek Online’s last update, Awakening, has been added to the game’s standard rotation of Task Force Operations. This special ground mission lets up to five players battle the Elachi, as they shut down probes that threaten to destroy the Mycelial Network.
January 28, 2020 – The excitement of EVO Japan was palpable all weekend as the best of the best fighting game competitors came together at EVO Japan for knock-down drag-out bouts of high-level fighting game action. This made for the perfect time to share updates pertaining to two of BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment’s premiere fighting game franchises, starting off with…
TEKKEN 7 dropped details about a new Developer Diary featuring a behind the scenes look at the development of two of the game’s most electrifying new characters, Leroy Smith (Wing Chun style) and Fahkumram (Muay Thai style).
Head over to the following YouTube link (ready for embedding) to get an insider’s look at the development of Leroy Smith and Fahkumram:
SOULCALIBUR VI will welcome a new swordsman to the stage of history with the addition of “Haohmaru” from SNK’s Samurai Showdown franchise. The SOULCALIBUR franchise is known for having awesome crossover appearances and the addition of Haohmaru and his stage-of-battle will surely fire up SOULCALIBUR VI players. Check out the first look at Haohmaru and his stage in a brand new gameplay trailer:
Baltimore, MD – January 28th, 2020 – Independent games publisher Versus Evil and developer Obsidian Entertainment today announced that Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire – Ultimate Edition is now available on Xbox One and PlayStation 4, with a Nintendo Switch version following later in the year. Originally released for PC and Mac, Deadfire received universal critical acclaim and picked up numerous awards.
Priced at $59.99, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire – Ultimate Edition features all the major updates and expansions available for the PC version made up of Beast of Winter, Seeker, Slayer, Survivor and Forgotten Sanctum.
With an enormous open world to explore and comprehensive cast of characters, Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire – Ultimate Edition builds on the foundation of classic tabletop gameplay more than ever before, providing players with a deeper single player RPG game experience with either Turn-Based Mode or Classic Real-Time with Pause.
Players on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One can now experience and craft their very own sprawling RPG adventure and explore the infinite possibilities that await them from detailed character customization to the individual meaningful choices they make in-game.
“Console gamers can fully immerse themselves in an RPG adventure of exploration and discovery in what will be one of the definitive tabletop role-playing experiences available in 2020,” said Steve Escalante, General Manager of Versus Evil.
Consumers can digitally purchase the Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Ultimate Edition through the Microsoft Store and PlayStation Store fronts today. Deadfire is also available as a physical release from today in the form of a Standard Edition and the Ultimate Collector’s Edition courtesy of THQ Nordic for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 at an SRP of €59.99 | $59.99 | £49.99 and €129.99 | $129.99 | £119.99, respectively. The Ultimate Collector’s Edition will contain the following items.
Pillars of Eternity 2: Deadfire [including the 5.0 PC patch], and all DLCs: Beast of Winter, The Forgotten Sanctum, Seeker, Slayer, Survivor
Oxford, January 28th 2020 – The looming release of ZOMBIE ARMY 4 draws ever closer, but there’s a whole new realm of terror lurking just behind! Rebellion has released a new trailer showcasing some of the hair-raising content coming to the game post-launch in Season 1.
The trailer teases Season 1’s new mini-campaign, HELL CULT, comprising three brand new missions for 1-4 players! The debut season will also include new character packs, weapon bundles, weapon skin packs and character outfit bundles.
Rebellion has also promised to release new maps for Zombie Army 4’s Horde Mode. These will be FREE for everyone brave enough to take them on!
Season Pass 1 will grant access to the entirety of Season 1:
3 new campaign missions
4 character packs, featuring playable characters that can be used in any mode
9 weapon bundles including new weapons, charms, skins and more
5 weapon skin packs to customize your arsenal with
4 character outfit bundles, featuring new outfits and hats!
Would-be hunters of the damned can pre-order the SUPER DELUXE EDITION now, featuring the game and Season Pass 1 in a great value-for-money bundle.
Zombie Army 4: Dead War rises February 4 on PS4, Xbox One and PC.
Lesquin, France, January 23, 2020 – Bigben and Eko Software are delighted to announce the release of Rugby 20, now available on PlayStation®4, Xbox One and PC via Steam.
Watch the launch trailer here:
Experience all aspects of modern rugby in Rugby 20! With a wide range of tactics options, attacking pods and set plays, rugby fans will find all the fine points of the sport in this new simulation-focused game. Designed to offer the deepest tactical gameplay ever for this sport, Rugby 20 introduces an innovative set-play system and the option to adapt the game strategy during the match. Dictate play and control the game by defining the position and behaviour of your players, as well as the sequences you want to use.
Whether attacking or defending, your choices will make all the difference. Long passes, side-steps, grubber kicks and tackling with two players will all help you gain the upper hand during the match. Timing and accuracy will be your greatest strengths as you demonstrate your skills and try to turn the game in your favor.
In Rugby 20, you can play with over 60 official teams from the Top 14, Pro D2, Premiership and Pro 14, as well as many national teams. Create your own team in Solo mode and add new recruits from over 2,000 players recreated in the game. In Multiplayer mode, compete against your friends in local or online matches, or challenge the player community via the matchmaking system.
With many technical upgrades (motion capture, redesigned AI) and a wide range of new gameplay features, Rugby 20 sets the new standard for the sport.
Rugby 20 is now available on PlayStation®4, Xbox One and PC.
