September 6, 2019 – GreedFall is just four days away from release! The fantasy RPG, developed by Spiders Studio in partnership with Focus Home Interactive, embarks on its great journey on September 10, on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Today, the soaring Launch Trailer is here to sweep you away to adventure and heart-wrenching conflict.
The mysterious and magical island of Teer Fradee looms on the horizon, a beacon of hope for your disease-ridden homeland. Uneasy relationships simmer between the island’s many factions, both settler and native, as you arrive as a diplomat and seeker of a cure.
Freedom and the power to choose both lie at the heart of GreedFall. Shape your story from character creation to conclusion, carving your path through impactful decisions and your choices in talents, skills and attributes. Choose which companions to bring on your journey, carefully considering their talents and loyalties, while crafting equipment for your entire party to look and play the way you want. Befriend, betray, and make the toughest choices as you shape your destiny and the island’s.
Lesquin, France, September 5, 2019 – Bigben and Kylotonn are delighted to announce that WRC 8, the official video game of the FIA World Rally Championship, is available starting today on PC and Xbox One and PS4TM next week on September 10 in North America. The Nintendo Switch™ version will be available in November.
Experience all the same thrills as a WRC driver
As the official licensed video game of the World Rally Championship, WRC 8 returns with a stronger focus on simulation and puts gamers right into the heart of intense and technical rallies. The realism has been taken to the next level with all-new car and surface physics, as well as unique dynamic weather conditions for each country. Players will need to adapt their driving to the terrain and climate to save those precious few seconds that can result in a podium finish.
Deep and extensive content
With 52 world rally teams, 100 special stages across 14 countries, and a further array of legendary rally cars from WRC’s history, this is the most complete rally simulation ever made. The Career mode has been rebuilt from the ground up to create even greater immersion. It puts players in the shoes of a rally driver and manager who must progress over the course of several seasons to compete in the WRC category and become world champion. As part of a team, players must plan their calendar, manage their crew, recruit new members and develop a strategy to take them to the top.
Developed in collaboration with professionals
As well as working with engineers and mechanics from official teams, KT Racing also conducted tests with top eSports players and official WRC drivers to gather feedback and benefit from their expert opinions. These tests provided the expertise to create the most authentic rally simulation as well as the most realistic and accurate gameplay ever made.
The eSport WRC competition at the heart of the WRC experience!
The 9 World Finalists of the 2019 eSports WRC powered by Hyundai have now qualified. They will face off against each other on WRC 8 in early October during the Wales Rally GB at a two-day event in the WRC Service Park in Llandudno. The winner of the 2019 eSports WRC powered by Hyundai will take home a car – a brand new Hyundai i20. In 2020, the eSport WRC competition will return. There are weekly challenges for players to compete against each other and test their skills, whilst the race to the 2020 World final will commence during Rallye Monte-Carlo in January 2020.
Experience all the content of WRC 8 from today on PS4TM, Xbox One and PC. New online features on Epic Games now allow players to see and compete against the ghosts of any player on the leaderboard (compared with a maximum of five previously). More free online features will be added to the WRC 8 experience on PC in mid-October, including the ability to face your friends in real time directly on stage.
WRC 8 is available today on PC, September 10 on PlayStation®4, Xbox One in North America and in November on Nintendo Switch™.
September 5, 2019 — Call of Cthulhu brings cosmic horror to the Nintendo Switch™ on October 8. Hold on to your sanity as you watch the Release Date Trailer, which showcases the fantastic response the game received upon launch from press. This videogame adaptation of Chaosium’s pen and paper RPG combines Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos and choice-driven investigative gameplay to create a unique and terrifying beast.
Take on the role of Edward Pierce, a private investigator who’s seen better days. Nightmares and a difficult past already haunt him when strange visions seep into his tortured sleep. One thing is clear: truth and madness await you on the quiet island of Darkwater.
The Nintendo Switch™ version of Call of Cthulhu is the full experience – prepare for “perhaps one of the finest cosmic horror experiences in modern gaming”, according to IGN, with an investigation that leads you ever closer to the most unmentionable horror. The murky depths call your name.
Call of Cthulhu releases October 8 on Nintendo Switch™. Pre-orders are now available.
September 5, 2019 – Vampyr, DONTNOD’s narrative-driven action-RPG, sinks its teeth into the Nintendo Switch™ October 29 of this year. Hailed as “an ambitious masterpiece” by VG247 in our latest Release Date Trailer, this is your opportunity to experience this vampire story on the go on the Nintendo Switch™.
Awaken in 1918 London as Dr. Jonathan Reid, a newly-turned vampire. Plunged into a hidden world of ungodly creatures and vampire hunters, you must find a cure for the deadly disease spreading through the city.
As a doctor, you made an oath, but as a vampire, you must feed. Use your burgeoning powers to uncover conspiracies festering in the darkest corners of London. The citizens make up an intricate social web, where the consequences of each life taken will ripple through the city. How far into the darkness will you go?
Vampyr releases for Nintendo Switch™ on October 29. Pre-orders are now available
September 4, 2019 – NASCAR Heat 4 is coming next week! 704 Games has unveiled the game’s launch trailer ahead of its release on September 13. Featuring a ride along with cover athlete Kevin Harvick and his Monster Energy Series #4 Ford Mustang, this new video shows off dirt track racing and a peek at some of the 38 tracks and over 150 teams and drivers in the game. Experience the thunderous power and intense side-by-side racing that only NASCAR delivers.
NASCAR Heat 4 launches Sept. 13, 2019, on PlayStation®4, Xbox One and Windows PC. The game is available to pre-order now at https://nascarheat.com and major retailers. Fans can also pre-order NASCAR Heat 4 Jeff Gordon Gold Edition, which includes three days of early access starting September 10, as well as the NASCAR Heat 4 Season Pass, featuring new DLC throughout the 2019 season and NASCAR Legend Jeff Gordon as a playable driver. Follow the game now on Twitch, YouTube and Twitter.
HAMBURG, Germany — Sept. 4, 2019 — Daedalic Entertainment’s space exploration RPG The Long Journey Home releases today on Nintendo Switch. Nintendo players can finally join the award-winning game’s rag-tag crew on an adventure of danger and discovery, already available for PC, PlayStation®4 and Xbox One.
When humanity’s first FTL jump goes wrong, it strands your group of explorers on the other side ofthe galaxy from Earth. With your spacecraft barely holding together and resources dwindling, it’s up to you to choose your crew, explore the vastness of space, deal with alien races and find a way to return home.
In this procedurally generated experience, each playthrough is unique and only shows you a small part of The Long Journey Home universe. In any playthrough, you’ll meet at least four different alien races out of a large pool of possible races in various combinations, and it’s up to you to decide how to deal with them – peacefully or through other means.
Navigating your ship across an open galaxy won’t be an easy challenge, thanks to the constant danger of being sucked into black holes, attacked by alien warships and more. Each decision counts: landing on strange planets might give you something with which to survive, but it might also damage your ship and endanger your crewmates. You’ll need to carefully consider your options and make smart choices to have a hope of making it back home one day.
SAN FRANCISCO — September 3, 2019 — Today, Ubisoft announced that UPLAY+, its subscription service, is now available for Windows PC. For $14.99 per month, players will have unlimited access to download more than 100 games, including new releases, the latest games, back catalog, premium editions and additional content packs. Players who subscribe now will be able to access* a free trial of UPLAY+ from September 3 to September 30.
UPLAY+ subscribers will automatically be included in beta and early access programs** for upcoming titles, including the Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon® Breakpoint Closed Beta, which starts on September 5. UPLAY+ subscribers will be able to play the Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint Ultimate Edition*** on October 1 with three-day early access.
UPLAY+ subscribers will have access to a growing catalog of more than 100 Ubisoft games, spanning more than 4,000 hours of gameplay and representing 25 franchises and more than 40 premium editions.*** For the full list of games visit uplayplus.com.
“We’re committed to providing players the freedom to choose how they want to access their favorite classic, new and upcoming games from our catalog,” said Brenda Panagrossi, vice president of Platform and Product Management. “In September, PC players will have the opportunity to jump in and test out UPLAY+ at no cost to experience the value for themselves.”
To sign up for UPLAY+ and be enabled access to the service for free from September 3 to September 30, register at uplayplus.com.*
UPLAY+ will also be available on Stadia, the new generation gaming platform, in 2020.
LOS ANGELES (Sept. 3, 2019) – One of gaming’s most cherished RPGs returns today on modern platforms with the release of FINAL FANTASY® VIII Remastered on the Nintendo Switch™ system, PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, PC (STEAM®), and the Xbox One family of devices.
Marking the 20th anniversary of the game’s original release, FINAL FANTASY VIII Remastered features newly rendered visuals that breathe life into the game’s characters like never before. Players step into the shoes of SeeD recruit Squall Leonhart and resistance fighter Rinoa Heartilly as they work together to save the world from the military nation of Galbadia.
The remastered version includes the following boosts to enhance the experience:
Battle Assist: The ability to always have maxed out HP and ATB, and trigger Limit Breaks at any time.
No Encounters: An enemy encounter option that allows players to enjoy the storyline uninterrupted. While enemy encounters are turned off, players can still enjoy the story’s event battles.
3x Speed Boost: Play through the game with three times the speed.
The STEAM version will also receive additional functions, including All Items (possess all items except for a few certain items), All Abilities, GF Max Level, Max Gil, Max Magic, All Limit Breaks, and All Cards (possess max number of Triple Triad® Cards except for Rare Cards).
Seattle, WA, August 30, 2019 – At Gearbox’s Main Theater Show at PAX West there was another announcement for a major third installment to a critically acclaimed franchise. Gearbox Publishing together with Blackbird Interactive (BBI) announced that Homeworld 3 is now in pre-production 20 years after the first installment. They are kicking off the production process through a Fig campaign with a $1 funding goal, allowing longtime Homeworld fans to invest and participate in the success of the title.
Homeworld 3 will be a true sequel to the legendary space-faring RTS. Blackbird Interactive takes the helm on development, returning the series to its roots with a gripping continuation of the story, fully 3D combat, and the classic RTS elements you expect. In this process, they will be further supported by the veterans of Homeworld Remastered Collection at Gearbox Publishing.
“Homeworld 3 is the last word in epic space combat,” says Rob Cunningham, CEO of BBI. “It will capture the mood and tone of Homeworld and deliver it in an exactly expected and juicy, lovely way. There will be an extension of the story that’s totally satisfying with some interesting twists and turns, and locations that I think will blow some minds and resonate with existing fans and new fans alike.”
The project is in its early stages with only a few months into pre-production. The campaign will allow longtime Homeworld fans to become investors in Fig and participate in the game’s future success. Additionally, investments and pledges will provide a chance to tell the developers what they expect of Homeworld 3 via a backer-only survey. This survey would include things such as its features, priorities, and even what the collector’s edition will include.
“It’s a unique experience that only Fig can offer and we’re excited for the most open development process in both Blackbird’s and Gearbox’s history,” says Steve Gibson, head of Gearbox Publishing. “You don’t just get the game. You get a chance to profit from the financial success too. If you’re not interested in that, no worries. We’ll see you at launch later down the line.”
The Fig campaign will last 30 days with a goal of a single, solitary US dollar. The Fig campaign will offer fans the opportunity to invest or pre-order the game with collectibles.
Moenchengladbach/Germany, August 30, 2019 – The success story continues: With Fishing: North Atlantic, astragon Entertainment and developer Misc Games will release a successor to the simulation hit Fishing: Barents Sea in 2020. Lots of new features, fish species, fishing methods and, of course, ships are set to delight fishery fans around the globe. As the game’s title already suggests, players will also be able to discover a brand-new setting: The Canadian province of Nova Scotia and the North Atlantic Ocean will be offering an exciting backdrop for even more extensive fishing expeditions. Another interesting news for players is the cooperation of Misc Games with the UK software studio Simul Software. Misc Games will use the already well-known weather renderer trueSKY from Simul for Fishing: North Atlantic, but also their realistic ocean renderer Volumetric Water, which is currently still in development.
While the open source ocean simulation OceanProject used in Fishing: Barents Sea reproduced the waves of the Barents Sea only as adjustable sine curves, Volumetric Water will be able to calculate the waves by taking the in-game wind direction and intensity into account, which will result in a more realistic water behaviour including wave breaking. Moreover, the new water shader provides natural transparency and light reflections on the water surface.
Additionally, Misc Games plans to develop a completely new buoyancy algorithm for Fishing: North Atlantic to ensure realistic buoyancy for every ship in the game. Fans can also look forward to seeing and steering lots of new ships and boats which will come in a varied mix of different sizes, shapes and functions.
Detailed particle effects will display water displacement, water turbulences as well as wake and therefore ensure that Fishing: North Atlantic will provide an immersive fishing simulation experience.
Fishing: North Atlantic will be released 2020. More information about platforms, features and more to follow soon.
